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Happyhippychick

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1. I also think his appeal is his wealth and beautiful family

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Fri May 6, 2016, 08:08 AM

May 2016

People are aspirational and they think if they vote for it they will get it.

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I think much of Trump's appeal is his stupidity. [View all] cali May 2016 OP

I also think his appeal is his wealth and beautiful family Happyhippychick May 2016 #1

A couple of more reasons... griloco May 2016 #2

Yet another reason.... meow2u3 May 2016 #4

But we were told that he had an IQ in the 99.990549055th percentile! Tommy_Carcetti May 2016 #3

Or that the products of his defacation don't stink. Nitram May 2016 #10

Gary Forbes, AKA: Donald Trump world wide wally May 2016 #21

For a while I actually thought so. Tommy_Carcetti May 2016 #37

Good information. world wide wally May 2016 #55

John Barron. Tommy_Carcetti May 2016 #56

Yep� that's it :) world wide wally May 2016 #57

yep kpete May 2016 #5

Carlin! THERE was a genious. maddiemom May 2016 #33

Never forget that half the population is below average... TreasonousBastard May 2016 #6

It's the George W. Bush love, cranked up on steroids. bullwinkle428 May 2016 #7

trump is far from stupid. Javaman May 2016 #8

Well said. nruthie May 2016 #12

Yes! Perfect assessment. maddiemom May 2016 #25

I don't buy it. cali May 2016 #13

He knows exactly which buttons to push Matrosov May 2016 #16

? Javaman May 2016 #18

Never mistake malicious intent for stupidity. maddiemom May 2016 #27

Agreed. He's cunning, but not smart. First Speaker May 2016 #30

A nation of rubes? maddiemom May 2016 #36

out of everything I wrote, you chose that. Javaman May 2016 #38

Duh---was that an insult? maddiemom May 2016 #40

well, then. Javaman May 2016 #44

Accepted. maddiemom May 2016 #62

Cali, I totally agree. Nitram May 2016 #9

You've probably nailed it. maddiemom May 2016 #39

The film "Idiocracy"... Bigmack May 2016 #11

And it keeps getting more scary than funny. maddiemom May 2016 #29

It's related to the "good guy to have a beer with" reason for voting for someone. pampango May 2016 #14

Trump is a genious Dirty Socialist May 2016 #15

Baloney. I've never met or heard a.genius who consistently speaks on a third grade level cali May 2016 #19

Trump has sure outsmarted the M$M and the rest of the Republicans Fumesucker May 2016 #22

Outsmarted? No. Their greed and his showmanship, are not indicative of intelligence cali May 2016 #23

Misunderestimate Trump at your peril Fumesucker May 2016 #28

Love her or hate her...Hillary is one cool cucumber. maddiemom May 2016 #32

I didn't say his appeal isn't potent. And bullshit that he's a talented natural. cali May 2016 #64

At least someone is finally talking to stupid people in a language they can understand Major Nikon May 2016 #17

Trump is far from stupid nadinbrzezinski May 2016 #20

I completely disagree cali May 2016 #24

Sadly...I think it is his racism n/t hibbing May 2016 #26

Yeah. The Moron Americans have finally found their candidate... First Speaker May 2016 #31

For the most part, he doesn't say anything of substance. TryLogic May 2016 #34

There are all different kinds of intelligence. Demit May 2016 #35

Agreed Dirty Socialist May 2016 #41

This is part of the problem with destroying the very concept Volaris May 2016 #42

Male version of Palin libodem May 2016 #43

They love his one liners.. they dont have to think too much to get what he is saying. DCBob May 2016 #45

I once heard Studs Terkel speak, and when someone asked him why Lydia Leftcoast May 2016 #46

Any puppet would do libodem May 2016 #48

I think the word is ignorant. Turin_C3PO May 2016 #51

I think you're right. This was certainly true when Bush Jr. was running for President... bjo59 May 2016 #47

Trump is who they want to be: a rich asshole who can say or do anything with no repercussions TeamPooka May 2016 #49

Most people aren't truly stupid. Turin_C3PO May 2016 #50

The average American IQ is 100. cali May 2016 #59

Yes. Turin_C3PO May 2016 #61

Probably has at least average or better "intelligence". It's father would have euthanized jtuck004 May 2016 #52

It's an act. Odin2005 May 2016 #53

Trump has a shit ton of money. In the LibDemAlways May 2016 #54

I will agree with you, Andy823 May 2016 #58

and we picked the BORING one. pansypoo53219 May 2016 #60

+1000 smirkymonkey May 2016 #63

Yep..."he speaks like us" is a sign of something... Rex May 2016 #65

I think they're all drunk. rug May 2016 #66