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calimary

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73. Indeed.

Reply to Scuba (Reply #11)

Sat Aug 8, 2015, 08:52 PM

Aug 2015

I've actually heard some of them calling in on hate radio.

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Rail all you want against Trump, but he's not the problem. Neither are those on stage with him. [View all] Stinky The Clown Aug 2015 OP

You're preaching to the choir. eom DonViejo Aug 2015 #1

Trump Their To Make Jeb Appear The Reasonable Choice billhicks76 Aug 2015 #72

It is sickening to think these two could lock up the presidency for the next 16 years... reformist2 Aug 2015 #76

Bush Sr CIA Director 1975 and Essentially Prez in 1980 on... billhicks76 Aug 2015 #77

You should write horror novels. nt raccoon Aug 2015 #84

Trump is a walking reality show Rosa Luxemburg Aug 2015 #2

Yep It's no accident loyalsister Aug 2015 #25

Megyan Kelly has her share of the blame in whipping up Dustlawyer Aug 2015 #88

Donald Trump is the Top Choice, best Republican and that IS a huge Republican 'problem'. Sunlei Aug 2015 #3

Yeah theater shooters, lion killers, nazis, baby rapers, global warming deniers and all the lonestarnot Aug 2015 #4

In any free society there will always be nuts Agnosticsherbet Aug 2015 #5

he is a symptom of the hopelessness of the electorate corkhead Aug 2015 #6

Bravo! smirkymonkey Aug 2015 #19

Absolutely correct. classykaren Aug 2015 #24

Well done...that's it! haikugal Aug 2015 #27

I think the electorate is mostly clueless and uninformed. nt Logical Aug 2015 #69

They will not be swayed by facts. n/t WHEN CRABS ROAR Aug 2015 #71

Yes but the Donald is Baadger Aug 2015 #75

Well said but I believe you're missing an important point which is that snagglepuss Aug 2015 #7

Yes.. Trump is disgusting, but the GOP candidates need his voters to win the nomination. SusanaMontana41 Aug 2015 #17

The stage perfromance was a window's glimpse into the republican mind, many R's thinking the RKP5637 Aug 2015 #8

A good reminder. Basic LA Aug 2015 #9

+1 840high Aug 2015 #33

...and, as George Carlin reminds us, 1/2 of the country is also below average intelligence. bvar22 Aug 2015 #38

Carlin also reminded us to remember hifiguy Aug 2015 #44

but 1/2 are above, isn't that what "average" means? Hamlette Aug 2015 #64

It couldn't be otherwise. maddiemom Aug 2015 #89

I don't think it's half the country at all leftieNanner Aug 2015 #40

Look up the word average. n/t jtuck004 Aug 2015 #66

And that is the frightening reminder we always have to keep in mind. n/t RKP5637 Aug 2015 #51

Trump & GOP pander to the politics of spite from supporters they themselves hold in contempt. ancianita Aug 2015 #10

Don't think for a moment that women's suffrage is not still on a lot of people's wish lists. Scuba Aug 2015 #11

Women don't need to really own property let alone vote. They're not smart enough anyway. Enthusiast Aug 2015 #23

Indeed. calimary Aug 2015 #73

The Repub's leading candidate, locked in a death match with a Fox "News" personality.... Paladin Aug 2015 #12

well said ashling Aug 2015 #13

"The patriotism which poverty produces is as yellow as the gold which buys it." ion_theory Aug 2015 #14

Great quote - and it IS still as true today as it was in 1900. canoeist52 Aug 2015 #26

Wow, thanks for that canoeist52! haikugal Aug 2015 #29

Time to dust off the old American Marxist writings now after re-reading that hah. nt ion_theory Aug 2015 #31

Trump has made SmittynMo Aug 2015 #15

It was funny SusanaMontana41 Aug 2015 #18

He is not the first to do so, merely the latest version of the extreme. Ford_Prefect Aug 2015 #20

Excellent post...Koch AstroTurf. haikugal Aug 2015 #32

Nailed it! world wide wally Aug 2015 #16

Trump is clearly the least horrible of all the republican candidates fbc Aug 2015 #21

They wouldn't have a leg to stand on if the media didn't pump them up. Enthusiast Aug 2015 #22

Which is why they bought all the MSM... haikugal Aug 2015 #34

A few years after they abolished the Fairness Doctrine they passed the Telecommunications Act. Enthusiast Aug 2015 #35

Yeah, this has been a very long term plan and it's almost complete... haikugal Aug 2015 #37

Totally. cilla4progress Aug 2015 #28

Trump got his hippy on. 50 yrs too late & comic book version. Eleanors38 Aug 2015 #30

Bill Maher ia right. We are collectivly stupid and innorant and we don't know it. sailfla Aug 2015 #36

Ive been sayong this since 2010 Cosmocat Aug 2015 #86

The clown car republicons are a distraction. While we laugh at them the Oligarchs rhett o rick Aug 2015 #39

Of course they are OK with her. They're much more than "OK" with her. hifiguy Aug 2015 #42

Those that turn their backs on poverty in this country and vote to continue the domination of rhett o rick Aug 2015 #46

Well, they weren't before the Clintons and the DLC hifiguy Aug 2015 #47

Actually the money spent by the Oligarchs on think-tanks is paying off. rhett o rick Aug 2015 #59

Agreed all around. hifiguy Aug 2015 #60

India Pale Ale? My favorities. nm rhett o rick Aug 2015 #67

Truer words were never spoken or written. hifiguy Aug 2015 #41

2016 is a test for Americans, and at this point we are failing it. Ron Green Aug 2015 #43

I am genuinely afraid that Bernie hifiguy Aug 2015 #45

They are making preperations. bvar22 Aug 2015 #49

The militarization of the kkkops is especially telling. hifiguy Aug 2015 #50

I have to agree with you here. bvar22 Aug 2015 #54

I call BS NotHardly Aug 2015 #48

I mostly agree with you dreamnightwind Aug 2015 #62

Trump is the GOP Trojan horse, he prevents the GOP candidates from attacking each other and they are Thinkingabout Aug 2015 #52

I think Trump's sudden popularity can be traced to one issue: immigration. Warren DeMontague Aug 2015 #53

Immigration has always been with us. It's anger that people can't stand that Obama is President. kelliekat44 Aug 2015 #55

Oh, I'm not saying it makes any rational sense. Warren DeMontague Aug 2015 #57

True, even some liberals dislike the changing color of their flamingdem Aug 2015 #80

If Trump or one of the other extremely bigoted GOP candidates win the Presidency I think Lint Head Aug 2015 #56

Totally agree. spooky3 Aug 2015 #58

Agree totally. This is exactly why Atticus Aug 2015 #61

yes Liberal_in_LA Aug 2015 #63

the mudsill theory Hamlette Aug 2015 #65

Yep. The problem is "white" people. underthematrix Aug 2015 #68

Wut? hifiguy Aug 2015 #74

Has the GOP not,,,,, Cryptoad Aug 2015 #70

You are 100% correct, not a damn thing funny about the followers BUT... 63splitwindow Aug 2015 #78

Cowards, all of them. nilesobek Aug 2015 #79

The real problem: Rush Limbaugh and Fox News. Our people have been brainwashed, folks. eom Stardust Aug 2015 #81

Lack of money spent on education is the problem Money in politics BUYS these morons sabrina 1 Aug 2015 #82

K&R They are the denizens of corporate America and they are legion. raouldukelives Aug 2015 #83

The incarnation of our problem PATRICK Aug 2015 #85

ugly Americans maindawg Aug 2015 #87