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Attorney in Texas

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25. Trump's campaign is perfectly tailored to the driven-by-talk-radio-fabricated-fear voter. For over 2
Tue Sep 15, 2015, 08:40 AM
Sep 2015

decades, hate radio has created fact-free paranoia to drive no-information voters to the polls. These are the people who think

* Saddam Hussein attacked the US on 9/11 and was hiding weapons of mass destruction,
* tax cuts for the wealthy trickle down to benefit the poor,
* Obama is a Muslim born in Kenya,
* the scientific community is sharply divided on the "theories" of evolution and climate change,
* the Estate Tax was killing off family farms, and
* voter fraud is a huge problem that must be addressed.


Ask yourself 3 questions:

How stupid would you have to be to believe such nonsense?
How stupid would you have to be to support Trump?
If your answer to both of the previous questions is "pretty fucking stupid," do you think that's a coincidence?
Carson with 20?! KamaAina Sep 2015 #1
He's currently under their radar. immoderate Sep 2015 #5
Yeah, but will his utter wackiness help him or hurt him tabasco Sep 2015 #17
A good question. immoderate Sep 2015 #18
A Carson supporter is someone who wants to say "none of the above" but that's not an option. A Trump Attorney in Texas Sep 2015 #13
Beck hates Trump for some reason oberliner Sep 2015 #14
Beck hates Trump and Palin because his audience likes them better than they like him Attorney in Texas Sep 2015 #15
But then why do the others like him? oberliner Sep 2015 #24
Trump's campaign is perfectly tailored to the driven-by-talk-radio-fabricated-fear voter. For over 2 Attorney in Texas Sep 2015 #25
And wants to say "See? I'm not a racist!" KamaAina Sep 2015 #23
Frothy Mixture has the Urban Outfitters guy to bankroll him KamaAina Sep 2015 #2
Crisco bringing up the rear. forest444 Sep 2015 #3
I predict neither of the Top 2 gets the nomination oberliner Sep 2015 #4
I thought it was Jeb! KamaAina Sep 2015 #6
I think it's Jeb! Cruz is too Tea Party for the country club and Kasich is not Tea Party enough for Attorney in Texas Sep 2015 #12
Yeah -- if they both crap out, are we stuck with Jeb! again? starroute Sep 2015 #8
Trump bucolic_frolic Sep 2015 #7
Thst is more or less how I won my high school VP election...except I promised a soda machine. Fred Sanders Sep 2015 #9
You DO get it, Fred bucolic_frolic Sep 2015 #10
Christie must be pissed that Trump stole his "angry white guy" demographic (n/t) thesquanderer Sep 2015 #11
;-))) Ichigo Kurosaki Sep 2015 #21
Christie? Behind? bucolic_frolic Sep 2015 #16
Republicans hate Christie madville Sep 2015 #19
christie is done like dinner restorefreedom Sep 2015 #20
Hello folks ,The Donald here ! Wash. state Desk Jet Sep 2015 #22
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