I'm listening to trump on Morning Joe ...

[1StrongBlackMan]

He is INSANE!

That is all.

[CTyankee]

1. Joe's not far behind him. Did you hear him bellow "GO TO BREAK!" to cut Trump off?

Morning Tough Guys!

[1StrongBlackMan]

6. Yes ...

That made me laugh.

I'll repeat ... TRUMP IS INSANE!

[Scarsdale]

38. Downs Syndrome

I wonder if Trump is borderline DS? His eyes look slightly like that, plus he is very childish. Lots of DS people have really productive lives, are able to function normally. Is he one of them? Something is "off" about him. Would people like his wife, Melaria, Melanoma, whatever be banned under HIIS rules? Where would he find his next wife?

[Cosmocat]

2. Which explains why he is the republican front runner at this point

THIS is america 2015/16, we absolutely have a big chunk of this country that is stupid enough to vote for it ...

[get the red out]

7. My thoughts also

Very scary, we have a large part of this country that would abandon constitutional rights for a lot of people in a heartbeat.

[1StrongBlackMan]

10. I got the sense that ...

I was listening to 1937 Adolf Hitler.

(I don't think Godwin's Law applies here.)

[alcibiades_mystery]

11. Would be 1931 or so

Hitler came to power in January 1933.

[1StrongBlackMan]

13. Okay. That works. ...

But that fellow is scary ... and we are watching this in real time.

[randome]

14. Has anyone read "Looks Who's Back" by Timur Vermes yet?

I'm reading it now. It's a satirical look at what would happen if Hitler woke up today to find himself at an abandoned construction site. It's funny but also eerie.
[hr][font color="blue"][center]Don't ever underestimate the long-term effects of a good night's sleep.[/center][/font][hr]

[winstars]

17. The film version was #1 at the box office a few weeks ago in.....Germany.

Very clever book...

[SDJay]

44. We Were in Berlin a Few Weeks Ago

My wife and I were in Berlin a few weeks ago and, speaking no real German, we kept seeing giant paintings of Hitler on billboards and on the sides of buildings. It freaked us out a bit to the point where we asked a local what was going on. He chuckled and explained the whole thing to us. Even after hearing that it was just a show, it was still a bit unsettling, but at least it wasn't what it could have been.

If this nutcase Dump somehow gets elected, I honestly think we would see his giant, bloviating face painted all over the country much like you do tinpot dictators from small countries. Ugh.

[VanillaRhapsody]

22. Its exactly what I was thinking

cheering Trump Trump Trump is the new Seig Hiel!

[thecrow]

21. Well, except for that second amendment thingie.

They would probaby expand that to include other weapons of war, because a citizen can't be too safe.

[1StrongBlackMan]

35. If he were to get into office ...

The entire constitution would be "suspended", including the 2nd amendment.

[get the red out]

47. Yep

I somehow overlooked that. Every American needs a rocket launcher in case the neighbor's cat shits in their petunias.

[Victor_c3]

16. I'm not so sure this is what most republicans want

The type of people who involve themselves in primary politics are usually the party hard-core types. I believe most Americans do nothing to involve themselves in primaries. If Trump gets beyond the primaries he'll have a tough time appealing to a majority of Americans.

[Cosmocat]

48. I hope

But have no faith in this ...

The number one thing ALL republicans agree on is that democrats/liberals are spawn from the devil.

So, they will get behind whoever their candidate is for the most part.

Maybe he is THAT bad, it suppresses things a bit, but it would still will be at worst 45-46% of the vote.

[Vinca]

3. That's exactly what my husband and I said a couple of minutes ago.

FYI, we both worked at a psychiatric hospital in the 1960's and Trump is reminding us of a particular patient who had an obsession with the "Reds." The scary part is that I can imagine this lunatic becoming POTUS. What do you do when the leader of the country is clinically psychotic?

[1StrongBlackMan]

8. I suspect if he were elected to the Office of the President ...

The "establishment" would pursue "extra-judicial measures" in order to preserve the United States.

[KingCharlemagne]

15. Don't forget to factor in a nuclear arsenal of some 8500 weapons. Why, what

could possibly go wrong?

[Volaris]

40. Hope the Legislature isn't.

Short of that, I'll take that 'Activist Judiciary' the Right Wing is always bitching about.
They complain, and we do too at times, but that activism is the last built-in Check when the other 2 Branches go off the deep end.
The other mechanisms for sanity and reform aren't so built-in, and usually involve bodies in the streets.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

4. Water is wet and the sky is blue.

And the Catholic bear pope shits in the woods.

[leftofcool]

5. No kidding!

[kentuck]

9. Donald and MSNBC appear to have made a deal...

How much $$$ ?

But if they think he is crazy, why do they keep putting him on the air? I can think of only one reason. $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

[1StrongBlackMan]

12. I think Joe's ego told him ...

"Joe. You can be the Trump killer and you will be revered."

Joe failed miserably, as with all good con men ... give them enough talk time and they will come out sounding reasonable.

As Nicole noted ... she wanted to eat glass; but, she said trump would survive and grow.

[kentuck]

20. Absolutely spot on!

In my opinion.

[tiredtoo]

18. Haven't watched moanin joe in months

But last night on Hardball with Chris Matthews they spent the first few minutes bashing Trump and then cut to broadcast his rally in S.Carolina?
Methinks MSNBC is in bed with Trump.

[1StrongBlackMan]

19. I think MSNBC is merely doing what media does ...

Airing what sells.

While I really don't fault them for doing what they do ... that segment scared me.

[librechik]

23. This segment made the front page of yahoo news

"A fed up Joe Scarborough cut to commercial break to get Donald Trump to stop interrupting him"


http://finance.yahoo.com/news/fed-joe-scarborough-cuts-commercial-130800741.html

[drynberg]

24. Everyone at Joe (about 1/2 Rep) and they are were not impressed, no disapproving of

Trump's latest "idea". Even Joe who is chasing ratings had to jump to a "break", to cut The Donald off. I don't think Donald is insane, he's getting the S. Carolinians to jump at his every pronouncement no matter how far he goes. I'd say he is very dangerous.

[weknowvino2]

25. I see dumb people

Why does ANYONE give this man a forum??????
He doesn't spend any money on ads. He doesn't need to.
He is on TV every day spewing hate & selling fear. EVERY DAY!

What has our media become?
This is not a game show. Our very futures are at stake.
Wake up people! This is existential.
And it is getting STUPIDER every day.

[roguevalley]

26. he is a mirror where we see ourselves or not

[daleanime]

27. Big proof...

That we need better mental health care in the US.

[world wide wally]

28. And you can see that they all disagree with him, but they are afraid to call him what he is...

A fucking liar.

[geardaddy]

29. K & R

[SHRED]

30. Cut to a commercial?

How cowardice can Joe get?

Grow a pair and start calling him what he is to his face.

[allan01]

31. what is morning joe ?

[1StrongBlackMan]

36. A morning talking heads show. N/T

[Ineeda]

32. I'm far from a CT person but

I can forsee a 'stroke' or other pseudo-catastrophic event in Mr. T's future. The (R) party establishment is terrified. Time's a-wastin' people!

[wagepeace]

33. I was listening to Trump on morning joe

Morning Joe...sometimes makes me feels l'm watching Foxnews...on MSNBC that shouldn't happen!

[jalan48]

34. Trump continues the push of the political spectrum to the right.

Many Republicans like Ronald Reagan are now considered liberal. That really is scary.

[Half-Century Man]

41. tRump is the guy in the nondescript sedan parked at the mouth of an ally,

offering sweets to the fairly clueless political spectrum.

[SpankMe]

37. Please...let him get the nomination!

Anyone we run would be a slam dunk in a general against this assclown.

[Half-Century Man]

39. Some people aquatint personal wealth with personal worth.

These people are republicans. They are easily fooled, attracted to shiny objects, and quickly angered.

[yellowcanine]

42. Why is he still getting a platform to spew his hatred.

I am not buying the Republican handwringing over Trump's bigotry as long as they continue to give him a platform. That is all.

[joshcryer]

43. What's more insane is he'll likely get a bump in the polls.

At this point I think he's looking at himself and wondering what the fuck is going on.

[1StrongBlackMan]

45. I wonder if he is asking himself ...

"What exactly do I have to put out there, that is crazy enough to blow up my campaign? I've already floated the idea of suspending the 5th and 8th amendments and all that did was make the cheering crowds bigger and louder."

[joshcryer]

46. Maybe, but he actually READ the ban Muslims thing.

He never reads a speech, never, first time I ever saw him do it.

I think his campaign has reached a point where they're copy-testing their base and they're actually channeling the rhetoric in a way that gives him the nomination... I mean, it's gone from him going about an ego trip to his ego trip becoming a real campaign attempt.

Basically, I'm really exhausted and I think the exact opposite, I think they're actually running for real now. It started off as a joke but, now, with the very purposeful messaging, I think it's coming from some internal polling shit that represents the true depths of American depravity.