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CrispyQ

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

Thu Aug 13, 2015, 11:26 AM

Aug 2015

I believe that is the end game. Trump will implode & Jeb will get the nomination & look reasonable.

It's gonna be Bush vs. Clinton. It's what the media & the 1% want. The media will pit them against each other like the Capulets and Montagues & make millions doing so. The 1% will win no matter who ends up in the White House, although I believe HRC will win the dem nomination & lose the election. The republicans are taking back the White House even if they have to steal it again. And they may not have to steal it. I think there is a huge contingency, even democrats, who feel the Presidency should go back to a white man. "We've given the minorities their chance & everything is not perfect, so see, they aren't meant to be leaders."

So maybe there's a big crack in my crystal ball, but that's what I see.

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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