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hedgehog

(36,286 posts) Mon Aug 24, 2015, 09:19 AM Aug 2015

Trump is not a joke - any more than Huey Long was - [View all]

Trump has come up with some Progressive statements that might attract voters -

- denouncing corporations that lay off Americans for cheaper foreign workers

-calling for taxes on foreign goods entering the US to compensate for lower manufacturing costs elsewhere

- saying tax codes need to be changed because hedge fund managers are getting away with murder

- supporting women's health issues

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Trump is not a joke - any more than Huey Long was - [View all] hedgehog Aug 2015 OP

Ironically, Trump and Sanders are the only ones talking about H-1b visas HFRN Aug 2015 #1

Sounds a little "progressive" to me leftofcool Aug 2015 #2

no, just a populist opportunist HFRN Aug 2015 #3

Buffoons are rarely jokes... LanternWaste Aug 2015 #4

But Trump's idea of dealing with "cheaper foreign workers" is to lower wages here world wide wally Aug 2015 #5

The problem is that low information voters won't hear that part hedgehog Aug 2015 #6

Trump is a joke. Orsino Aug 2015 #7

I wonder if he'll end up like LibertyLover Aug 2015 #8

What concerns me about this talk is that it's popular and legitimate. closeupready Aug 2015 #9

I'm having a hard time picturing someone undecided between Bernie and tRump. KamaAina Aug 2015 #11

He's certainly no joke to the white supremacists. He's their man. pampango Aug 2015 #10

Theere has always been a stream of racism in the Populist movement - hedgehog Aug 2015 #12

That's why RW populists are more dangerous than LW populists with whom what you see if what you get. pampango Aug 2015 #13

Good analysis! I was thinking last night of "Reagen Democrats." hedgehog Aug 2015 #14