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backscatter712

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6. I think more likely, we may be looking at Horseshoe theory...

Reply to kysrsoze (Original post)

Mon Aug 15, 2016, 12:25 PM

Aug 2016

...aka the Pacman Tunnel of Madness.

Go far enough to the right, and you emerge in the extreme left, and vice-versa. And in that Pacman tunnel is batshit insanity.

Trump's gone so far right he's in the Pacman tunnel, and adopted a few pieces of far batshit left.

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Time to Start Labeling tRump for what He Appears to be - a Commie [View all] kysrsoze Aug 2016 OP

Well except that it's not the Cold War anymore.... Tommy_Carcetti Aug 2016 #1

Oh HELL no. Daemonaquila Aug 2016 #2

I agree "Commie" is not the right term. But he seems to be VERY tied to Putin/Russia kysrsoze Aug 2016 #11

More like a Tsarist thucythucy Aug 2016 #3

No. He is friends with the far-right (Putin as an example) not with 'commies'. n/t pampango Aug 2016 #4

The Trump zombies don't realize communism is Lint Head Aug 2016 #5

I think more likely, we may be looking at Horseshoe theory... backscatter712 Aug 2016 #6

no! as another du'er wrote recently, ALWAYS refer to him as "republican presidential nominee. . niyad Aug 2016 #7

Fascist, not Communist. graegoyle Aug 2016 #8

How about Fascist and Russian Puppet? kysrsoze Aug 2016 #12

Maybe he's just a foreign agent seeking to manipulate our elections and subvert our democracy. NightWatcher Aug 2016 #9

1960 called Warren Stupidity Aug 2016 #10

Bad terminology, right idea JHB Aug 2016 #13

No. that would be silly. cali Aug 2016 #14

That worked out really well for McCarthy. nt B2G Aug 2016 #15

Isn't Russia a Capitalist society? Oneironaut Aug 2016 #16

Ya mean Trumpski? nt jeffreyi Aug 2016 #17