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CrispyQ

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63. Sadly, almost half of America doesn't give a shit what the rest of the world thinks, cuz,
Thu Aug 13, 2015, 11:28 AM
Aug 2015

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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
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