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basselope

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15. I guess this is where i get stuck.
Wed Mar 2, 2016, 05:59 PM
Mar 2016

I don't believe he would actually DO any of that, except maybe the waterboarding, but I expect that from ALL the GOP candidates.

Maybe it is b/c I grew up in NY and have been listening to him most of my life. Maybe it was b/c I ACTUALLY supported his short lived flirtation with running on the reform ticket in 2000 on a platform of single payer and a one time wealth tax to eliminate the deficit.

I don't see him ACTUALLY trying to deport 11M people. There have been more deportations under Obama than any previous president... if he just keeps up the same record, he will tout it as success and his idiot followers will believe he is doing it.

I'm not sure which candidate keeps us out of a full blown war with ISIS... even Bernie says they must be eliminated, but takes the intelligent position that it needs to be a coalition led by Muslim troops.

I guess I also don't believe the Islam talk.

IDK.. Maybe I am just being incredibly naive, but of the possible choices (Cruz, Rubio, Trump).. I find him to be the least frightening.

I am also fairly convinced that unless Bernie is the nominee, Trump will win.

He will pick Kasich as his VP, seal up Ohio and the election. I don't see Clinton having a prayer against him.. so I am trying to prepare myself for the worst. (or at least convince myself it won't be AS BAD as it was under bush).

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Can Trump be WORSE than bush? [View all] basselope Mar 2016 OP
Yes BeyondGeography Mar 2016 #1
About the same zipplewrath Mar 2016 #2
Far worse katmondoo Mar 2016 #3
we will never find out. spanone Mar 2016 #4
Got off my prayer bench for a minute Mira Mar 2016 #32
.... spanone Mar 2016 #38
yep, this "Trump presidency" is doomed to remain hypothetical 0rganism Mar 2016 #59
Fortunately, no nichomachus Mar 2016 #5
interesting themonster Mar 2016 #54
Bush also had a pretty consistent ideology and realistically achievable political goals cemaphonic Mar 2016 #58
I didn't like Reagan vdogg Mar 2016 #6
I was afraid of Bush. hamsterjill Mar 2016 #19
yep disgusting.... chillfactor Mar 2016 #7
+1 narnian60 Mar 2016 #31
After the election in 2000, MiniMe Mar 2016 #8
He was the leader the Iraqi people needed. You just did not want to cross him. LiberalArkie Mar 2016 #36
taking his words to their logical extreme lunatica Mar 2016 #9
I guess this is where i get stuck. basselope Mar 2016 #15
Trump will do and say everything his base wants lunatica Mar 2016 #22
Maybe you are right, in which case I would be terrified. basselope Mar 2016 #23
His problem is he has the nasty tiger by the tail lunatica Mar 2016 #25
But.. what can THEY do once he is in office? basselope Mar 2016 #37
Look at the present Republicans in Congress lunatica Mar 2016 #55
Yes, but he COULD ignore them. basselope Mar 2016 #60
He could ignore them as you say lunatica Mar 2016 #62
I hate going here.... but.... basselope Mar 2016 #64
This is a well thought out and clearly presented post. Mira Mar 2016 #33
And damn you for making me defend Bush vdogg Mar 2016 #10
No - he can not ! No one as evil as Junior et al. He and Cheney are war Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2016 #11
I take issue with you're idea that people should be able to obtain IsItJustMe Mar 2016 #50
Yes... Mike Nelson Mar 2016 #12
Anytime the person who is President changes do you see much change in our Government? WDIM Mar 2016 #13
You didn't see a change between Carter and Reagan? Clinton and bush? basselope Mar 2016 #18
Honestly WDIM Mar 2016 #24
9/11 would've happened whoever was president vdogg Mar 2016 #41
Appointing buddies/unqualified people/bootlickers to high positions... tabasco Mar 2016 #14
Absolutely... Wounded Bear Mar 2016 #16
Absolutely... TipTok Mar 2016 #17
Probably not. Cruz would be worse than Bush. JustABozoOnThisBus Mar 2016 #20
just a thought... shanti Mar 2016 #44
Absolutely. ohnoyoudidnt Mar 2016 #21
Yes, he would be. UCmeNdc Mar 2016 #26
mix thermo dynamics , entropy and over 7 billion people olddots Mar 2016 #27
Of course he could maxsolomon Mar 2016 #28
Bush was stupid...Trump is shrewd... KansDem Mar 2016 #29
NEVER ask if one repuke can be worse than another Skittles Mar 2016 #30
It's hard to imagine how anyone can beat Bush's body count, but I suppose if anyone Vinca Mar 2016 #34
At the risk of a Goodwinism, nobody thought Hitler would be that bad. We can not guess how Trump Agnosticsherbet Mar 2016 #35
I guess I left out one thing. basselope Mar 2016 #40
Oh, he most definitely could. Tommy_Carcetti Mar 2016 #39
i'm more afraid of who shanti Mar 2016 #42
Bush never called for a blanket ban on all Muslims Shoulders of Giants Mar 2016 #43
bush said A LOT of things he never meant to follow through on. basselope Mar 2016 #45
He would definitely give Bush a run for his money in being a terrible leader robhalf4369 Mar 2016 #46
What happened slightly before then under GWB PufPuf23 Mar 2016 #47
Trum is bush on steroids and crack minus the facade of religion. craigmatic Mar 2016 #48
I actually did expect Bush to get in war with Iraq. Zing Zing Zingbah Mar 2016 #49
50-foot-high grease fire vs. 20-foot-high magnesium fire: take yer pick MisterP Mar 2016 #51
Oh yeah. He can definitely be worse than Bush. PatrickforO Mar 2016 #52
Depends... Where's Cheney? Kip Humphrey Mar 2016 #53
Yeah gollygee Mar 2016 #56
Busch didn't start a thermonuclear war. Turborama Mar 2016 #57
It can always be worse. KentuckyWoman Mar 2016 #61
He could make Murder Monkey look like an elder statesman. n/t backscatter712 Mar 2016 #63
Trump emulates Bush, albeit badly. L. Coyote Mar 2016 #65
Not missing much. ozone_man Mar 2016 #66
I'd prefer to get Bernie elected + 1000000000000000000000 basselope Mar 2016 #68
To be honest? No Aerows Mar 2016 #67
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