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busterbrown

(8,515 posts)
Tue Dec 13, 2016, 02:49 PM Dec 2016

Bill Gates? You're fucking Crazy? Trump is similar to Kennedy?

You are a 1st class idiot.. What about the Planet Bill? Safety Net Cuts? Dream Act.. Permanently Extinguished! JUST BECAUSE HE SPOKE TO YOU AND MADE A LITTLE SENSE?
He’s Not a Well Man.. Who turns on a dime. He’s a dangerous non-human. IDIOT YOU ARE!

http://www.thedailybeast.com/cheats/2016/12/13/bill-gates-compares-trump-to-jfk.html?via=desktop&source=copyurl

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Bill Gates? You're fucking Crazy? Trump is similar to Kennedy? (Original Post) busterbrown Dec 2016 OP
Trump plans on breaking down barriers The_Casual_Observer Dec 2016 #1
But Hillary's emails!!! she's a corporatist shill!! but but but ..!! JHan Dec 2016 #2
And they're going to drain the swamp! Initech Dec 2016 #33
well, whatever positive things I felt about gates just went down the drain. niyad Dec 2016 #3
Yep...You would think he Gates be helpful to the plight of humanity.. busterbrown Dec 2016 #6
He and his wife's past efforts in that realm make this all the more surprising RonniePudding Dec 2016 #14
If I'm not mistaken, Gates is a big proponent of charter schools and no_hypocrisy Dec 2016 #4
I fear Trump is drugging people? Blackmail? What the hell? Generator Dec 2016 #5
Message auto-removed Name removed Dec 2016 #13
Gates has now officially lost MFM008 Dec 2016 #7
Everyone needs to read or reread 'Plutocrats' ... earthside Dec 2016 #8
Bill Gates has only one goal Wellstone ruled Dec 2016 #9
Gates knows you can get what you want from Trump by flattering him. The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2016 #10
Can the Democrats stop listening to Gates advice on how to "fix" schools now? yurbud Dec 2016 #11
I can not believe some around here support Charter Schools.. busterbrown Dec 2016 #31
Can the Democrats stop listening to Gates advice on how to "fix" schools now? LenaBaby61 Dec 2016 #34
Wow! Shocking that the richest man in the world Txbluedog Dec 2016 #12
Gates IS another egotistical Drumpf-like rich guy. longship Dec 2016 #15
One way Trump is like JFK McCamy Taylor Dec 2016 #16
Why are billionaires so out of touch flying-skeleton Dec 2016 #17
he's always been a jerk eShirl Dec 2016 #18
Bill Gates is 7 years younger than me HockeyMom Dec 2016 #19
Really now Bill Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Dec 2016 #20
JFK cheated on his wife too. lagomorph777 Dec 2016 #21
How incredibly naive. Trump is out for Trump, PERIOD. VOX Dec 2016 #22
Apparently I'm the only one who remembers what a rat bastard Gates actually is jmowreader Dec 2016 #23
Gates says Trump CAN do good - if he wants to. Cicada Dec 2016 #24
Wow, my opinion of him just dropped like a rock. CentralMass Dec 2016 #25
rock? still_one Dec 2016 #26
He just bought some firewood. deaniac21 Dec 2016 #28
Another rich asshole who won't be affected if social security, Medicare is destroyed still_one Dec 2016 #27
Would tRump have ever said this? CountAllVotes Dec 2016 #29
A lot of his message has been about... where he sees things not as good as hed like Johonny Dec 2016 #30
hey bill DonCoquixote Dec 2016 #32
I'm sure Trump told Gates that he was privatizing public education DefenseLawyer Dec 2016 #35
$ loves $. pansypoo53219 Dec 2016 #36
 

The_Casual_Observer

(27,742 posts)
1. Trump plans on breaking down barriers
Tue Dec 13, 2016, 02:53 PM
Dec 2016

Not for any sort of innovation but instead to increase the profits of oil and gas.

JHan

(10,173 posts)
2. But Hillary's emails!!! she's a corporatist shill!! but but but ..!!
Tue Dec 13, 2016, 02:55 PM
Dec 2016

but... but but.. etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc

Initech

(100,108 posts)
33. And they're going to drain the swamp!
Tue Dec 13, 2016, 04:47 PM
Dec 2016

They didn't drain the swamp. They breathed new life into the swamp.

 

Generator

(7,770 posts)
5. I fear Trump is drugging people? Blackmail? What the hell?
Tue Dec 13, 2016, 02:58 PM
Dec 2016

I don't want to be in a conspiracy bubble but what he said makes ZERO sense. Trump isn't going forward he's going backward. At this rate I don't know if I can stay in this crazy ass country. "Health breakthroughs?" Even Gates is insane. What has Trump ever done for anybody but himself? He wants to outlaw abortion and that means forced birth. Women will die. People will lose health care. WHAT THE FUCK-yes Trump is going to cure cancer. I am living in some word that isn't real anymore.

Response to Generator (Reply #5)

earthside

(6,960 posts)
8. Everyone needs to read or reread 'Plutocrats' ...
Tue Dec 13, 2016, 03:03 PM
Dec 2016

... by Chrystia Freeland.

No matter how 'humble' their origins, those who have the enormous wealth of today's plutocrats soon share all kinds of associations and affinities for their fellow billionaires.

Bill Gates merely communing with one of the few in his same economic and social circle.

 

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)
9. Bill Gates has only one goal
Tue Dec 13, 2016, 03:06 PM
Dec 2016

and that is how much is in it for me. Gates found the cash cow when he invested in Charter Schools. Just watched the Bush Crime Family pull off the same .

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,900 posts)
10. Gates knows you can get what you want from Trump by flattering him.
Tue Dec 13, 2016, 03:09 PM
Dec 2016

I don't believe for a minute that he actually meant what he said.

busterbrown

(8,515 posts)
31. I can not believe some around here support Charter Schools..
Tue Dec 13, 2016, 04:40 PM
Dec 2016

I never read such posts..but if I did...I wouldn’t remain silent.. Fuck 4profit Education.

LenaBaby61

(6,979 posts)
34. Can the Democrats stop listening to Gates advice on how to "fix" schools now?
Tue Dec 13, 2016, 04:55 PM
Dec 2016

HOPE so yurbud.

Although Gates has given overwhelmingly to Democrats and this past election cycle he heavily donated to Hillary, he's never to ME been this great guy who wants our kids educated. Whether it's charter schools or modified foods (And there are also some other controversial things about him that I don't like), there's something about Gates that I've never "trusted."

 

Txbluedog

(1,128 posts)
12. Wow! Shocking that the richest man in the world
Tue Dec 13, 2016, 03:13 PM
Dec 2016

would support a republican President-elect who is going to save him multitudes of millions in taxes.

longship

(40,416 posts)
15. Gates IS another egotistical Drumpf-like rich guy.
Tue Dec 13, 2016, 03:28 PM
Dec 2016

Microsoft is an evil company with horrible products. Wretched stuff.

flying-skeleton

(698 posts)
17. Why are billionaires so out of touch
Tue Dec 13, 2016, 03:32 PM
Dec 2016

Why are billionaires so out of touch with common sense reality and not be able to recognize stupidity staring them in the face !!

 

HockeyMom

(14,337 posts)
19. Bill Gates is 7 years younger than me
Tue Dec 13, 2016, 03:37 PM
Dec 2016

What in the world would he actually remember about JFK? I watched the Nixon/Kennedy debates, and not with my parents, when I was 11. How old was Bill? 4 years old? I knew all about the Electoral College and stayed up on Election night watching the returns come in. My parents (JFK supporters) and Teachers (Nuns supporting him too) thought I was crazy. Dad, I MUST stay up to see the California returns!

Dear Bill, I came home from school as a Sophomore and cried my eyes out when John Kennedy was assassinated, along with my parents, and a whole lot of people on the streets of NYC. Where were YOU? Dreaming up computers at 8 years old?????

Very, very INSULTING in my book.

Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,304 posts)
20. Really now Bill
Tue Dec 13, 2016, 03:38 PM
Dec 2016

Thought you were smarter than that. For one thing Trump opposes you on climate change. JFK was not anti-science.

VOX

(22,976 posts)
22. How incredibly naive. Trump is out for Trump, PERIOD.
Tue Dec 13, 2016, 03:49 PM
Dec 2016

Gates makes the BIG mistake of trying to frame Trump as a force for some greater good. Not gonna happen.

jmowreader

(50,567 posts)
23. Apparently I'm the only one who remembers what a rat bastard Gates actually is
Tue Dec 13, 2016, 04:07 PM
Dec 2016

In business Gates is absolutely ruthless. During the 1980s and 1990s he attempted to destroy the entire software industry, and in some cases he succeeded. (Try buying a word processor that ISN'T Microsoft Word!) I've had to help people recover from some of Gates' stupider ideas - can ANYONE tell me why being able to reformat a computer's startup drive from a word processor file, which the Word macro language will let you do, is a good idea? - and as a result I have absolutely no respect for the man.

Fuck Bill Gates and fuck Donald Trump. The two belong together. I'm surprised Trump hasn't given him a Cabinet post yet.

Cicada

(4,533 posts)
24. Gates says Trump CAN do good - if he wants to.
Tue Dec 13, 2016, 04:07 PM
Dec 2016

I guess that's true.

The great car salesman Cal Worthington in tv ads stressed that he financed his car sales. He would say "I can sell you a car for a dollar down and a dollar a week" and then add quietly "If I wanted to."

CountAllVotes

(20,878 posts)
29. Would tRump have ever said this?
Tue Dec 13, 2016, 04:31 PM
Dec 2016

Was Bill Gates, dare I suggest, referring to Robert F. Kennedy? Probably not ...

“’Few will have the greatness to bend history itself, but each of us can work to change a small portion of events, and in the total of these acts will be written the history of [each] generation … Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring, these ripples build a current that can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance.’”
- Robert Kennedy




Johonny

(20,913 posts)
30. A lot of his message has been about... where he sees things not as good as hed like
Tue Dec 13, 2016, 04:37 PM
Dec 2016

Trump sees 50% unemployment, race wars, Putin as a good leader, climate change as fake, and illegal immigration as a pandemic.

Sure during the election JFK did talk about a missile gap that wasn't real, but once he learned the truth he didn't pretend it was still real. Trump ran on fixing problems that aren't real and is fixing problems that aren't problems. Gates sounds out of touch...very out of touch with Trump's actual campaign.

DonCoquixote

(13,616 posts)
32. hey bill
Tue Dec 13, 2016, 04:47 PM
Dec 2016

I hope you realized that by kissing the orange ass, China now has every reason to screw you over.

 

DefenseLawyer

(11,101 posts)
35. I'm sure Trump told Gates that he was privatizing public education
Tue Dec 13, 2016, 05:02 PM
Dec 2016

and Gates got all weak in the knees.

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