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nichomachus

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4. I see Trump as Reagan 2.0

Reply to Miles Archer (Original post)

Tue Mar 1, 2016, 09:06 PM

Mar 2016

Their ideas are the same. They promise the same "Make the country great again" nonsense.

Both racist, homophobic, misogynists. Both pretending to be Christian.

Two differences -- Reagan posed as the kindly grandfather, and Trump as the gross, loudmouth uncle. People like gross and loudmouth these days -- after right-wing media have raised that to an art form. It wouldn't have flown in 1980.

The second -- and most important -- is what Taibbi says about Bush and Trump. Both were morons, but Reagan was the establishment's moron and Trump is his own moron. That's why the establishment is freaking out.

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Oh my. bemildred Mar 2016 #2

Nobody will make you simultaneously laugh and cringe more than Taibbi BeyondGeography Mar 2016 #3

I see Trump as Reagan 2.0 nichomachus Mar 2016 #4

"Bush was their moron, while Trump is his own moron" phantom power Mar 2016 #5