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skip fox

(19,356 posts)
Tue Jun 14, 2016, 08:33 AM Jun 2016

"LGBT stands for 'lesbian, gay, bacon, and tomato,' right?" . . . Please come CAPTION Donald Trump!!



Donald ("You won't believe what I'm hearing!&quot Trump is saying: "Let's get this straight! . . . I'm not saying Obama directed this murderer's actions, or anything like that. . . . That's just what I'm hearing. . . . I absolutely wouldn't say something like that! . . . But believe it or not, that's the least of what I'm hearing. . . . Not even Satan would believe the rest."


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Above CAPTION based on Trump's 6.13.16 comments suggesting Obama was sympathetic to the cause or actions of terrorists. The Guardian covers this well:

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/jun/13/trump-obama-secret-agenda-pulse-nightclub-shooting-orlando
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"LGBT stands for 'lesbian, gay, bacon, and tomato,' right?" . . . Please come CAPTION Donald Trump!! (Original Post) skip fox Jun 2016 OP
I and lots of others tried to warn this country about Trump starting in the 80's. Bluenorthwest Jun 2016 #1
He was on a down slope in the 1990's runaway hero Jun 2016 #2
You're absolutely right. skip fox Jun 2016 #3
Sure, but the fact is LGBT groups and PoC groups warned the nation, which then went golfing Bluenorthwest Jun 2016 #4
The man's pathological, no doubt about it. skip fox Jun 2016 #6
+1 Hekate Jun 2016 #8
"There is a HUGE disconnect between my very, very big brain and what comes out of my mouth." randome Jun 2016 #5
The Donald is saying: skip fox Jun 2016 #7
 

Bluenorthwest

(45,319 posts)
1. I and lots of others tried to warn this country about Trump starting in the 80's.
Tue Jun 14, 2016, 08:46 AM
Jun 2016

We were ignored so that America could attend Trump's weddings and golf with him, give him network TV shows, appear on that show to legitimize him, make deals with him and all of that.
ACT UP had regular anti Trump actions. Hell, the generation before protested Trump's racist father. Woody Guthrie wrote songs about him.

So America made its choice for Donald long ago by siding with him against minority persons. Those who legitimized him, they created this monster and they are culpable for his actions.

runaway hero

(835 posts)
2. He was on a down slope in the 1990's
Tue Jun 14, 2016, 08:51 AM
Jun 2016

The media brought him back, Donald represents america and its not a pretty picture. America deserves this.


Reality TV becomes real life. Fitting for this country.

skip fox

(19,356 posts)
3. You're absolutely right.
Tue Jun 14, 2016, 09:02 AM
Jun 2016

But we might also recognize that his type has been around for centuries: the flip flam-man, the American con-man, the snake oil salesman. Or if you consider the trickster figure, he's been around since the beginning.

Also around for the beginning: Man's third desire: to be significantly and well duped. I.e., we're not just gullible, we love being gullible. We get both wet and wood as the con-man sinks the hook.

 

Bluenorthwest

(45,319 posts)
4. Sure, but the fact is LGBT groups and PoC groups warned the nation, which then went golfing
Tue Jun 14, 2016, 09:08 AM
Jun 2016

with Trump. Our presumptive nominee ignored our warnings and went to Trump's parties and laughed for the cameras. My people had been arrested over Trump's racist policy, she drank his wine. And of course she also claimed that Reagan was the first AIDS activist. Meaning she and Bill paid zero attention to the actual activists of that time. Not just LGBT people. And we were not even the first.

I was first asked to oppose Trump in 84 by a straight artist whose concerns were about housing, racist policies and Trump's economic piracy.

Here's another fact: some people asked to do his Apprentice show refused, others accepted. Those who accepted knew he was a racist, or they actively looked the other way. I know that at least two of them were told. And they said 'I need the money'. They are millionaires.

skip fox

(19,356 posts)
6. The man's pathological, no doubt about it.
Tue Jun 14, 2016, 09:22 AM
Jun 2016

He has shown us his disorder for decades. Constantly.

I have never heard a well-considered word from this man nor has I seen or heard of a selfless action.

Maybe Trump is a mirror of some dark side of ourselves (or of those who find him compelling)?

Regardless, his nature will cost him the election. He will never drop the conspiracy theories. He will fail to appear presidential. His racism will appear in multiple guises. When he's done, maybe 30% of the electorate will be likely to vote for him.

As he says, "It's going to be huge!"

(Meanwhile, I will continue to employ my best weapon: the CAPTION.)

 

randome

(34,845 posts)
5. "There is a HUGE disconnect between my very, very big brain and what comes out of my mouth."
Tue Jun 14, 2016, 09:12 AM
Jun 2016

"Ideas go in, words go out. You can't explain that."

skip fox

(19,356 posts)
7. The Donald is saying:
Tue Jun 14, 2016, 02:16 PM
Jun 2016

"It's absolutely false to say I implied Obama sympathizes with terrorists. . . . I was just passing one what I heard."

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