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In reply to the discussion: All you ever need to know about Trump is contained in this quote: [View all]Gabi Hayes
(28,795 posts)38. did you see the clint eastwood eruption about getting over it? IOW, too bad if you
think something was racist.....
they had a segment on that with don lemon on cnn. Charles blow, who writes for the NYT, I think, just destroyed an ignoramus actor pal of eastwood, who embarrassingly, incoherently attempted to justify racist behavior in just the manner you described
this Blow guy was not having a word of it, and made him out as the poor old fool he has become. pretty sad, actually, except for the fact that pricks like him rule the world

haaaaa.....here it IS
http://www.rawstory.com/2016/08/cnn-goes-off-the-rails-as-charles-blow-mocks-actors-bizarre-rant-about-post-colonial-victim-sht/
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I'm usually that way, too, but I took about a minute of one of his rants, and realized
Gabi Hayes
Aug 2016
#32
Or in the case of Trump, the stream of unconciousness might be appropriate n/t
TexasBushwhacker
Aug 2016
#67
Smart people are too smart to boast about being smart. He was never wise, either. . nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Aug 2016
#21
I know, but that sort of thing always comes to mind. did you notice how they're
Gabi Hayes
Aug 2016
#13
he keeps saying all these other ethnicities are such better negotiators than we are
Fast Walker 52
Aug 2016
#28
did you see the clint eastwood eruption about getting over it? IOW, too bad if you
Gabi Hayes
Aug 2016
#38
Beckel kept trotting out, "How many blacks were with Washington at Valley Forge?"
csziggy
Aug 2016
#43
same here, with the racism. the first dirty harry is still one of my favorite movies,
Gabi Hayes
Aug 2016
#56
The prison yard scene he described is, imo, the imaginings of too many of these action . . .
brush
Aug 2016
#59
Hopefully these old white guys won't live long enough to see Hilton Head Island
Fla Dem
Aug 2016
#46
I understood every word , every context, every theme - What's wrong with you people?
packman
Aug 2016
#55
At least Sarah Palin had/has a sort of poetic quality to her inane ramblings.
KittyWampus
Aug 2016
#63