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In reply to the discussion: I keep trying to grapple with Trump's appeal and I just don't get it. Now with mini rant. [View all]Tierra_y_Libertad
(50,414 posts)36. He promises to be a strong and decisive LEADER and lead us all to safety.
Safety from refugees, murderous Muslims, rapist Mexicans, and the IRS. He offers simple solutions to all of our problems (real or imagined).
He's a wealthy (which shows he must be "smart" demagogue who preaches to idiots, nationalists, racists, and paranoids.
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I keep trying to grapple with Trump's appeal and I just don't get it. Now with mini rant. [View all]
cali
Dec 2015
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I heard a great response to that!! "So does my drunken Uncle, but do we want him for President???"nt
adigal
Dec 2015
#52
There is a common method in marketing which applies to the marketing of politicians also.
GreatGazoo
Dec 2015
#5
His support is there because he is saying the bigotted BS that most will not speak
Hepburn
Dec 2015
#6
I do, and it is not different at all from what happened in Germany during the Weimar Republic
nadinbrzezinski
Dec 2015
#9
Conservatives tend to think political correctness is some huge problem.
Zing Zing Zingbah
Dec 2015
#64
RW populists like Trump & Le Pen, prey on two insecurities, economic and cultural.
pampango
Dec 2015
#23
About 20% of American adults dedicate under five minutes a year to thinking about politics
L. Coyote
Dec 2015
#24
Illegal immigration from Mexico has stopped, even reversed, under Obama. Punishment of
pampango
Dec 2015
#37
Who will working poor Americans believe, their own eyes or a UC Berkley prof?
Dems to Win
Dec 2015
#46
We agree on much. But progressive countries with more immigration are better for workers
pampango
Dec 2015
#47
He speaks to them at a 3rd grade level. Their minds don't wander from him using words or
valerief
Dec 2015
#31
He promises to be a strong and decisive LEADER and lead us all to safety.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Dec 2015
#36
The GOP base has always being racist, anti government, Confederate flag waving, etc.
vinny9698
Dec 2015
#40
30% of GOP primary voters...not 30% of the american people. much smaller number.
spanone
Dec 2015
#44