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PWPippin

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29. Humpty Trumpty

Reply to Hekate (Reply #13)

Mon Mar 14, 2016, 09:18 AM

Mar 2016

To paraphrase:

Humpty Trumpty sat on a wall.
Humpty Trumpty took a great fall.
All the king's horses
And all the king's men
Couldn't put Trumpty together again.

May this be the case for Humpty Trumpty and the the GOP which created him.

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This is really happening, isn't it? [View all] RandySF Mar 2016 OP

I've thought something would implode, elleng Mar 2016 #1

Or, you know, the country itself will implode. villager Mar 2016 #3

Lots will likely happen, elleng Mar 2016 #8

Probably not. Extremists on right and left have not united. Hortensis Mar 2016 #21

Les Miz vs The Brownshirts Protalker Mar 2016 #33

Donald's ceiling seems to be a little over 40% of the GOP. In applegrove Mar 2016 #2

The trouble is - the rest of the lineup is horrible and uninspiring. djean111 Mar 2016 #4

So true GOTV!! Scary monster party and zombie followers cant take down our great country lunasun Mar 2016 #27

he has become even more dangerous than I ever thought he would be. Lil Missy Mar 2016 #5

I've seen little to indicate... Whiskeytide Mar 2016 #24

didnt he say he could kill someone and he would be even more popular or something to that effect lunasun Mar 2016 #28

We live in a world where fear mongering matters more than reality. HuckleB Mar 2016 #6

not all hope is lost scubasteve76 Mar 2016 #7

I believe you are correct.. Stuart G Mar 2016 #9

Brokered convention for sure! Firebrand Gary Mar 2016 #10

I sure as hell hope so Hekate Mar 2016 #13

From your lips to gods ears my friend. Firebrand Gary Mar 2016 #14

Humpty Trumpty PWPippin Mar 2016 #29

This message was self-deleted by its author Blue Dalek Mar 2016 #36

whats scary for Republicans scubasteve76 Mar 2016 #39

No comparison at all with Reagan. Much as I disliked him, he had been gov of a major state.... Hekate Mar 2016 #11

Cruz just won in Idaho and Wyoming. Major Hogwash Mar 2016 #12

Oh shit. Cruz scares me more than Trump. CrispyQ Mar 2016 #32

many DUers have not noticed Skittles Mar 2016 #15

It's scary some of the time isn't it ? Wash. state Desk Jet Mar 2016 #16

no, he is the nominee quaker bill Mar 2016 #17

I thought that Kasich would have done better by now and Trump would've quit. Quackers Mar 2016 #18

It is. GreenEyedLefty Mar 2016 #19

I don't think enough people get that - Cruz is frightening. He is monstrous. djean111 Mar 2016 #22

Cruz is WAY worse, but too few people here realize that. Who used to post here about Dominionism/ kath Mar 2016 #35

Jarring but funny Taiwanese viewpoint MowCowWhoHow III Mar 2016 #20

I falsely assumed it would be a two-man race by this point ... LannyDeVaney Mar 2016 #23

You support Hillary but you bash AIDS Hero Ronald Reagan? Bluenorthwest Mar 2016 #25

To paraphrase Twain "The prediction of Trumps implosion are greatly exagerated." Agnosticsherbet Mar 2016 #26

I think the analogy is more to hitler than reagan. ellenrr Mar 2016 #30

Hmm no nadinbrzezinski Mar 2016 #31

He will win the nomination. Not the election. randome Mar 2016 #37

I will not discount that nadinbrzezinski Mar 2016 #38

no, Reagan was the huge front runner in 1980 hfojvt Mar 2016 #34