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Trump Vents in 95-Minute Rant
November 13, 2015By Taegan Goddard18 Comments
For an hour and 35 minutes, Republican front-runner Donald Trump vented about everything thats wrong with this country and this election, the Washington Post reports.
More toast?:
http://politicalwire.com/2015/11/13/trump-vents-in-95-minute-rant/
http://mmc-news.com/news-donald-trumps-95minute-rant--and-8216;how-stupid-are-the-people-of-the-country-and-8217;-320700.dbv
MADem
(135,425 posts)Now watch Jeb! (or is it Jeb?) start inching up in the polls. He's got another heavy ad buy working.
'Tis the season.....farty larty lah, dah dah dah dah....
GOLGO 13
(1,681 posts)What an interesting candidate.
MADem
(135,425 posts)But it does suit his target demographic, doesn't it?
rurallib
(62,342 posts)MADem
(135,425 posts)You're not going to see much in the way of critical mass, though. It's pretty much a white state.
https://suburbanstats.org/population/how-many-people-live-in-iowa
yardwork
(61,408 posts)MADem
(135,425 posts)yardwork
(61,408 posts)Popcorn guy is hilarious too.
MADem
(135,425 posts)hibbing
(10,076 posts)NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)Hassin Bin Sober
(26,272 posts)Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)tblue37
(64,979 posts)davidpdx
(22,000 posts)tblue37
(64,979 posts)Remember Sophia in The Golden Girls?--a stroke had left her with no filter for the acerbic comments flowing directly from her id.
Sure, Trump's spoiled rich brat character is part of it, but this has all been so extreme that I can't help thinking there is more to it than his regular douchiness, especially since he is allowing his behavior to tarnish and undermine his brand, and in a way that will cost him big bucks, both in the short and the long term.
At 69, Trump has entered the stage where dementia becomes significantly more common. He is also a florid, aggressive personality. If he doesn't have high blood pressure, I'll eat my hat. IOW, he is a prime candidate for stroke.
Trump's popularity with the RW, not *despite* the outflow from his unrestrained id, but *because* of it, is a scary demonstration of the attitudes and impulses of a significant portion of the electorate--especially since *that* bunch are much more focused on voting than are the more temperate and rational types on either side of the ideological divide.
This is how fascism becomes possible, then probable, and then, if such impulses are not checked, inevitable.
MADem
(135,425 posts)Remember the play-movie-play's theme? "The Producers" get a bunch of backers, all having a huge investment in the play, which they make so deliberately awful that they think it's guaranteed to fail and close the first night--that way, "The Producers" can sky off with all the money they've conned from duped investors~! Instead, the audience found it amusing and ironic, and "The Producers" were stuck with a bunch of 'hundred percent' investors who wanted a return on their investment!
"The Donald" has enjoyed an ENORMOUS amount of attention from this run--more than he likely ever expected. You can't buy the amount of publicity he's gotten. There comes a point, though, where enough is enough.
I think The Donald is running a "The Producers" scheme on the American public, and, to his horror, his racist schtick is going over like "Springtime For Hitler" did....he wanted a little attention, a little visibility, a few "take me seriously/I'm a no-nonsense kinda guy" moments, not to have to actually WORK and campaign:
LiberalArkie
(15,686 posts)he wished he could get out somehow without quitting.
MADem
(135,425 posts)from fulfilling "the will of the people."
LiberalArkie
(15,686 posts)and hurt his leg or back and the doctors "Won't allow him to go to the debate"
MADem
(135,425 posts)It's a perfect 'out!'
LiberalArkie
(15,686 posts)of an ego trip. He has to be real bad in the loss column. He is used to declaring bankruptcy to get out of ego trips but won't work now.
MADem
(135,425 posts)this one or that one needs to "Do da MAAAAAATH."
He's probably been doing the math, and doesn't care for the bottom line.
LiberalArkie
(15,686 posts)anyone will ever know why he ran. It doesn't make any sense at all. Unless he just hates the Republican party. A lot of rich people do.
MADem
(135,425 posts)He does have a "donate" button at https://www.donaldjtrump.com/ and he even helpfully gives everyone information with regard to the MAX amounts they can contribute...but I haven't seen much flogging for dough at all--he seems more interested in selling his goofy hats!
LiberalArkie
(15,686 posts)If any of them got elected they would just sell to the highest bidder all the cabinet positions. The are all just grifters.
LiberalArkie
(15,686 posts)Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)"especially since he is allowing his behavior to tarnish and undermine his brand"
I agree - there is something more at play here than just the rich egomaniac angle.
Why, for instance, would he tweet all those Jeb pics with swastika - when Jeb already crashing and it makes him look bad?
He's obviously a successful business person - and would have had to listen to experts many times to reach his success level. Why isn't he smart enough to realize he needs to learn at least an iota of information to keep up with others in the debates?
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)carrying all the grain, and they were being led by a new leader, a prophet in flowing robes named Ben Ghazi.
#BenGhaziCarson
Donald Trump wonders 'How stupid are the people'
By Barbara Morrill
He threw insults at Hillary Clinton and Carly Fiorina, said Marco Rubio is weak like a baby, he promised to bomb the shit out of oil fields in Iraq and Syria, and called the media scum and garbage. But he directed most of his venom atgo figure, his closest rival in the raceBen Carson.
Trump said Carson has a "pathological disease" with no cure, comparing it to the incurable mental conditions of child molesters.
"A child molester, there's no cure for that," Trump said. "If you're a child molester, there's no cure. They can't stop you. Pathological? There's no cure."
Trump mocked Carsons story of trying to stab a friend .....
yardwork
(61,408 posts)Even I wouldn't go that far.
Wounded Bear
(58,436 posts)he was trying to make a point about it being 'untreatable' but yeah, comparing him to child molesters is just creepy.
tblue37
(64,979 posts)ACA. I think using the sh ** word will at least slow Trump down.
GusBob
(7,286 posts)"How stupid are the people of Iowa?"
Really?
underpants
(182,271 posts)and you have what, in the real world, would be a campaign ending week.
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global1
(25,166 posts)This is what happens when you take of the 'politically correct' filter. I'm not so sure that his numbers will go up after this rant. I'm thinking this rant might have got to more people that think the same way but are too polite to express.
yardwork
(61,408 posts)kpete
(71,898 posts)GusBob
(7,286 posts)he is toast
Javaman
(62,439 posts)and quite frankly, I don't honestly believe he cares whether he wins or loses.
leftyladyfrommo
(18,815 posts)This is all just another game to him.
He's a flim flam man.
Baitball Blogger
(46,572 posts)Just say'n.
LiberalElite
(14,691 posts)that's not normal with a crowd listening to Trump.