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Diomedes
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Message 196 of 1639 (762823)
07-16-2015 1:37 PM
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07-16-2015 10:51 AM


Re: Donald Trump is a Democratic plot to make GOP look stupid
The line-up really is from the very bottom of the barrel of America when you consider intellect, education, honesty, integrity, compassion, empathy, and character.
I think that should actually be the definition in Webster's when I look up the word 'politician'.

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jar
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Message 197 of 1639 (762827)
07-16-2015 1:45 PM
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07-16-2015 10:51 AM


Re: Donald Trump is a Democratic plot to make GOP look stupid
There are some comforting things about Donald Trump. He's never declared personal bankruptcy only bankrupted the companies he runs. So even when he takes the US into bankruptcy he will likely do okay and not have to resort to the dole.
It would be terrible to have to bail him out too.

Anyone so limited that they can only spell a word one way is severely handicapped!

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Message 198 of 1639 (762833)
07-16-2015 1:52 PM
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07-16-2015 10:51 AM


Re: Donald Trump is a Democratic plot to make GOP look stupid
He doesn't make them look stupider, he's just funnier to watch. The GOP is already a clown car full of stupid. The line-up really is from the very bottom of the barrel of America when you consider intellect, education, honesty, integrity, compassion, empathy, and character.
They are an embarrassment to America and the human race.
I don't think he makes them look stupider - on the contrary he makes the rest of the Republican field look more reasonable by contrast. But if he continues to do well in the polls it encourages other Republican candidates to extremify their pronouncements to appeal to the base, simultaneously making themselves unelectable to moderate swing voters.
And imagine if he won the nomination. The Democrats could win the election with an actual donkey running.

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Message 199 of 1639 (762859)
07-16-2015 6:31 PM
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07-16-2015 10:51 AM


Re: Donald Trump is a Democratic plot to make GOP look stupid
The Donald is not making the Republican candidates look bad. They do that pretty much on their own. What Sir Combover is doing is making the entire party into the most embarrassing laughing stock ever to appear in American politics.
The fact that he, arguably, has the popular lead among the party's corps of candidates is an embarrassment to this nation. That about 15% of the grass root Republicans do not recognize this state of affairs is a further sad and embarrassing commentary on the Republican electorate.
We only have the two parties in American politics and one of them, besides being in the headlock of the religious right, is seriously considering taking on this buffoon as their national standard bearer. The Republican party is totally screwed up. The American body politic is totally screwed up.
This should be personally embarrassing for every American everywhere.

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Message 200 of 1639 (762860)
07-16-2015 7:14 PM


Trump's campaign poster
Like a clown!
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Message 201 of 1639 (762868)
07-16-2015 9:37 PM
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07-16-2015 10:31 AM


Re: Donald Trump is a Democratic plot to make GOP look stupid
The only problem with that is that the Republican do that all by themselves.

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Message 202 of 1639 (763431)
07-24-2015 5:21 PM
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07-16-2015 9:37 PM


Re: Donald Trump is a Democratic plot to make GOP look stupid
If Trump is a plot, Cruz is a vast conspiracy.
Ted Cruz Accuses Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Lying
Given developments, anything less than concealed carry in the Senate would be uncivilized.
See who calls who a liar with some iron floating around the chamber: Kentucky 1, Texas 0!
Maybe they'd all learn some manners.

"If you can keep your head while those around you are losing theirs, you can collect a lot of heads."

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marc9000
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Message 203 of 1639 (763512)
07-26-2015 11:55 AM
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07-16-2015 10:51 AM


Re: Donald Trump is a Democratic plot to make GOP look stupid
He doesn't make them look stupider, he's just funnier to watch. The GOP is already a clown car full of stupid. The line-up really is from the very bottom of the barrel of America when you consider intellect, education, honesty, integrity, compassion, empathy, and character.
They are an embarrassment to America and the human race.
How about John Kasich? He is governor of Ohio - not automatically considered a Republican state by any means. It's a swing state in most presidential elections.
He became governor in 2010, narrowly defeating the incumbent Democrat. He's in his second term now, he won it by a landslide. Which meant a lot of Democrats voted for him. Were they wrong? (I'm just trying to find out how blindly partisan you are )

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jar
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Message 204 of 1639 (763513)
07-26-2015 12:01 PM
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07-26-2015 11:55 AM


Re: Donald Trump is a Democratic plot to make GOP look stupid
Well, John Kasich is another one of the folk working to con the public by taking money from taxes and putting it in the Christian Cult of Ignorance avoidance schools.

Anyone so limited that they can only spell a word one way is severely handicapped!

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Tanypteryx
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Message 205 of 1639 (763516)
07-26-2015 12:29 PM
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07-26-2015 11:55 AM


Re: Donald Trump is a Democratic plot to make GOP look stupid
I have watched Kasich since his career began and I disagree with his fundamental views on everything.
I'm just trying to find out how blindly partisan you are
I am partisan, but I am not blind.
I see exactly what these guys want to do to our country. I am ashamed that they represent such a large proportion of the population. If any of them could actually accomplish what they advocate, America is doomed.

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Message 206 of 1639 (763524)
07-26-2015 2:25 PM
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07-26-2015 11:55 AM


Re: Donald Trump is a Democratic plot to make GOP look stupid
marc9000 writes:
Which meant a lot of Democrats voted for him. Were they wrong?
People often realize voted for the wrong candidate. That's why candidates don't automatically get re-elected.

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marc9000
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Message 207 of 1639 (765354)
07-27-2015 7:42 PM
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07-26-2015 12:29 PM


Re: Donald Trump is a Democratic plot to make GOP look stupid
I see exactly what these guys want to do to our country. ......... If any of them could actually accomplish what they advocate, America is doomed.
What is your definition of "doomed"? Mine would be either of two major disasters; 1) a financial crash, far worse than any from the past, and/or 2) a terrorist attack or foreign military attack far worse than any from the past. Do you have fears other than those two things?
What do you think they (the current Republican candidates) want to do to the country that is different from what past Republicans did, or wanted to do to the country? The country didn't fall into any doom when Bush 43 was president, or Bush 41, or Reagan. Or Ford, or Nixon, or Eisenhower for that matter. What's different now with Republicans?

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Message 208 of 1639 (765356)
07-27-2015 8:25 PM


State of the Cartoonion: Trump on the Stump

  
Tanypteryx
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Message 209 of 1639 (765357)
07-27-2015 8:44 PM
Reply to: Message 207 by marc9000
07-27-2015 7:42 PM


Re: Donald Trump is a Democratic plot to make GOP look stupid
What is your definition of "doomed"? Mine would be either of two major disasters; 1) a financial crash, far worse than any from the past, and/or 2) a terrorist attack or foreign military attack far worse than any from the past. Do you have fears other than those two things?
I don't fear a terrorist attack that much, although 9-11 did cause a pretty severe economic slump. I think the assholes that did it accomplished a large portion of their goal, which was to have us turn our security apparatus against ourselves out of fear.
No foreign power other than Japan has attact our homeland since the war of 1812 so that is not something I think will happen.
I think we will continue the economic and social slide into oligarchy that began under Reagan the Braindead. I think the ultra wealthy puppet masters of the GOP ultimatly want to bring back slavery. Poverty is a character flaw to them that can be remedied with slavery.
That's what I mean by doomed.
They are trying to dismantle our education system, and make sure no one can ever pull themselves out of poverty. They want to make sure women in our society have no control over their own lives or bodies (ABE: The same as a bunch of other assholes that they all claim to hate). They want to make sure poor people cannot vote. They want to make sure that there will be no pensions or social security or medicare. By the way, medicare should have been expanded to provide single payer medical coverage for everyone instead of the ACA. It has a 3% administration cost compared to 10-20 times more for private insurance.
Edited by Tanypteryx, : added a small note....noting the similarity between Gop assholes and Muslim assholes and how they treat women.

What if Eleanor Roosevelt had wings? -- Monty Python
One important characteristic of a theory is that is has survived repeated attempts to falsify it. Contrary to your understanding, all available evidence confirms it. --Subbie
If evolution is shown to be false, it will be at the hands of things that are true, not made up. --percy

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Message 210 of 1639 (765358)
07-27-2015 9:32 PM
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07-27-2015 7:42 PM


Re: Donald Trump is a Democratic plot to make GOP look stupid
Bush 43 was president, or Bush 41, or Reagan. Or Ford, or Nixon, or Eisenhower for that matter
Well given that you've defined doom to be worse than only those things that have already happened, wouldn't that t be impossible for anyone to have manage that accomplishment in the past? I mean you are basically giving out free pass starting a war in Iraq and the last big financial crisis.
Perhaps you would like to rephrase?

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