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ellennelle

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28. even worse than that

Thu Aug 13, 2015, 09:20 AM

Aug 2015

it's 40 years of sailing thru american politics w/o policy, but solely on (ahem) trumped up issues, like n*****s and hippies and drugs and crime and abortion and guns and gays and wars, OH MY!

trump almost perfectly embodies that crazy base the GOP actually created for instant ginning up every 4 years, to get them to the polls. (and when not even that would win for them, they went after the election process itself; you know that drill too well.)

aside from his support for planned parenthood and single payer healthcare, trump is the perfect embodiment of targeting the low info voter, with a very liberal (heh) dose of incendiary rhetoric and nasty hatefulness a la fox, and voila! the republican frankenstein!

as for his staying power, the minute someone sits him down - like his accountant and lawyer - and tells him he will have to leave his companies and his deal-making and his money while in office, he'll find a convenient way to bow out.

and sure, this will have to happen while he's still riding high, to avoid you know - loser.

such a creep. but not as creepy as the GOP who created his rabid followers.

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I am not amused. [View all] cali Aug 2015 OP

K&R Quackers Aug 2015 #1

I wouldn't count on him imploding. olegramps Aug 2015 #35

I would. Quackers Aug 2015 #45

My fear that the inevitable will only happen after he wins the presidency. olegramps Aug 2015 #48

Yes and he could take the whole country down with him when it happens Person 2713 Aug 2015 #52

Maybe it's time this country grew up and learned what democratic socialism really is passiveporcupine Aug 2015 #100

Sanders can win. He just needs to explain the tricks that the banks and Wall Street JDPriestly Aug 2015 #83

You give way too little credit to the Bush Crime Family. Currently Trump is keeping the rhett o rick Aug 2015 #94

neither am i....k&r... spanone Aug 2015 #2

I'm not amused, but I think he's useful to Democrats electorally. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Aug 2015 #3

I am not convinced of that. cali Aug 2015 #4

Neither am I. zeemike Aug 2015 #32

He really is bad for us kenfrequed Aug 2015 #47

This: "...he might actually make truly insane republican bullshit look reasonable by comparison." CrispyQ Aug 2015 #62

^^^ Agreed^^^ kenfrequed Aug 2015 #67

That's been my hypothesis also. Time will tell. Dont call me Shirley Aug 2015 #76

Haha! Juicy_Bellows Aug 2015 #97

Trump makes your entire country look really bad just by his candidacy. Just sayin'. n/t HickFromTheTick Aug 2015 #5

he certainly does. cali Aug 2015 #6

The entire republican party does exactly that.... FarPoint Aug 2015 #7

Sadly, almost half of America doesn't give a shit what the rest of the world thinks, cuz, CrispyQ Aug 2015 #63

Teh Stooopid is heartbreaking, isn't it? I think there's a correlation between valerief Aug 2015 #75

I just don't think he'd be a very good varnisher el_bryanto Aug 2015 #8

lol. yeah, he sucks at vanishing. alas. cali Aug 2015 #10

Okay, we'll get right on that jberryhill Aug 2015 #9

no, but I'd take a voodoo doll with orange hair and some hatpins cali Aug 2015 #13

Trump is the inevitable merger of reality TV and life for many, many people NRaleighLiberal Aug 2015 #11

Good point! elias49 Aug 2015 #22

I've thought this for years. The IQ of the average American must be in double digits libdem4life Aug 2015 #34

I don't know. Turin_C3PO Aug 2015 #55

OK, well in your Mom's case, I'll make an exception. For people who watch TV libdem4life Aug 2015 #56

Yep. Turin_C3PO Aug 2015 #57

Thing is, that if you look closely at the names, they were intended to inform... libdem4life Aug 2015 #58

Hopefully Trump will alienate every available group against the GOP Gothmog Aug 2015 #12

IMO he shows the success of 40 years of GOP attempts to demoralize and turn off the electorate since Hortensis Aug 2015 #14

even worse than that ellennelle Aug 2015 #28

Yes. We may come to be known as the Worst Generation. Still time, and need!, to be great, though. Hortensis Aug 2015 #74

Up to the Republican party and their voters to find Mr. Trump "repulsive". perhaps one of the old Sunlei Aug 2015 #15

Never interrupt your enemy while he's making a mistake. Jester Messiah Aug 2015 #16

+1 Shankapotomus Aug 2015 #19

Exactly! ctsnowman Aug 2015 #37

I think you underestimate the stupidity of the American Right Shankapotomus Aug 2015 #17

These days, impossible. But Big Money will trump, and turn, their stampede toward the cliff. Hortensis Aug 2015 #23

no. I'd bet my last cent that he'll be done by November. cali Aug 2015 #24

I think you made a good point. The anti-intellectuals that dominate the far right AikidoSoul Aug 2015 #86

You could be just as right Shankapotomus Aug 2015 #90

He assures a democratic zentrum Aug 2015 #18

Bingo. bullsnarfle Aug 2015 #29

If there were no Trump, would it be necessary to invent him? malthaussen Aug 2015 #20

Yep, he is toxic for the country. Jamastiene Aug 2015 #21

I've owned several JackInGreen Aug 2015 #25

Careful--he'll sue you Orrex Aug 2015 #26

now that's funny cali Aug 2015 #27

The part that worries me is that a lot of people who have never voted before like him. LiberalArkie Aug 2015 #30

Well said. lisby Aug 2015 #31

Seriously? You've been around long enough to know better. Dawgs Aug 2015 #33

I am increasingly amused by the Trump "candidacy!" DirkGently Aug 2015 #36

Is there a Republican candidate who would make you say, Eric J in MN Aug 2015 #38

This is madness Glassunion Aug 2015 #39

Well, I look forward to debates between Trump and Bernie. libdem4life Aug 2015 #40

The world is right to be afraid of America and it's military being one day in fascist hands, guided Fred Sanders Aug 2015 #41

Too true kenfrequed Aug 2015 #42

Ummm, I'm just gonna say it, Darb Aug 2015 #43

not a chance. cali Aug 2015 #46

You are showing a vulnerability. Darb Aug 2015 #50

you're simply naive cali Aug 2015 #65

I think many will agree with you davidpdx Aug 2015 #44

No, not amused, but he represents the heart of what the repubs have become Thekaspervote Aug 2015 #49

Every Republican on that stage was a different shade of stupid. Oneironaut Aug 2015 #51

That's what I was thinking. It's like a strange reality show where participants Arugula Latte Aug 2015 #85

He's chewing up the republican party from the inside. BillZBubb Aug 2015 #53

Name recognition, tv star, millionaire, woman hater, racist, bigot ...what's to stop him? L0oniX Aug 2015 #54

I agree. what worries me is that too many people find him credible. we have seen this niyad Aug 2015 #59

Yes, I want him to go away. Turin_C3PO Aug 2015 #60

This nation is full of malignant narcissists. Initech Aug 2015 #61

I'm in 100% agreement with you. n/t SpankMe Aug 2015 #64

No thanks, he is causing havoc among the GOP hopefuls. Rex Aug 2015 #66

I disagree Kermitt Gribble Aug 2015 #68

He's basically what Republicans embody d_legendary1 Aug 2015 #69

I think his currecnt success speaks to the problems in our country. Behind the Aegis Aug 2015 #70

I wanna see him go broke from the attempt. Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2015 #71

Every time you say his name his ego gets some wings. n/t jtuck004 Aug 2015 #72

No, no, no! I want him to REALLY unleash his inner psycho lunatica Aug 2015 #73

But the polls, madamesilverspurs Aug 2015 #77

It frightens me to know that the mentality of a large segment of the US public AikidoSoul Aug 2015 #79

It's an obsession with insults and public humiliation as "entertainment" arcane1 Aug 2015 #78

More than that, it also indicates that there are a fair number of unstable people out there, and still_one Aug 2015 #80

i agree with you. nt DesertFlower Aug 2015 #81

I would not count on his imploding that quickly. There is a lot of anger in the country. JDPriestly Aug 2015 #82

+1000s DinahMoeHum Aug 2015 #84

True that! Martin Eden Aug 2015 #91

Yes, yes, yes...he is BAD for America. SoapBox Aug 2015 #87

For first time in a long while... K & R +1000!!!!!! TRoN33 Aug 2015 #88

Trump Epitomizes the 'Individualist' swilton Aug 2015 #89

+1!!! The media talks about "how he is sucking all of the oxygen from the room." Dustlawyer Aug 2015 #92

That's exactly what I wanted to say Lifelong Protester Aug 2015 #98

We will go in the next few months Rosa Luxemburg Aug 2015 #93

Trump is part of the Oligarch controlled Kabuki theater. When they are finished with him rhett o rick Aug 2015 #95

Even more than that, I'd love it if the assrockets that think he's fabs BlancheSplanchnik Aug 2015 #96

Trump is our society's creation Recursion Aug 2015 #99

"...who embodies the absolute worst things about this country" C Moon Aug 2015 #101

He can vanish after he splits the Republican vote. diane in sf Aug 2015 #102

And the other GOP candidates DON'T make you want to gag? Lodestar Aug 2015 #103

Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Aug 2015 #104

if Trump is a Republican strategy, There's a Downside NJCher Aug 2015 #105