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Stratos_speAr
United States6959 Posts
It has nothing to do with the blatantly racist and sexist shit he says? Or the fact that he actively advocates for violating people's human rights? Or that he advocates for borderline fascist government policies? Nope, sure doesn't have anything to do with any of that shit. It's all just because he's anti-establishment. /s | ||
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ticklishmusic
United States15977 Posts
On March 17 2016 14:31 JW_DTLA wrote: Who is/are the Republican establishment? Can we get some names? Reince Priebus. Mitch McConnell. Roger Ailes. Paul Ryan. Marco Rubio. Who else? The artist formerly known as Jeb | ||
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TheTenthDoc
United States9561 Posts
On March 17 2016 14:26 Danglars wrote: One more thing Trump has going for him. His opponents are easily characterized as humorless nitpickers. And they dive into the box willingly too! You can imagine the political commentators saying after the show how low-brow enjoying reality TV is and that they would never be caught watching it. Not the reality but the perception. His excesses get half the shock washed away because everybody seemed irate at the first syllable anyways. Look at the coverage of the next Trump rally. The footage shows a guy that's clearly enjoying himself, firing off jokes everywhere, feeding off the excitement of the crowd that he doesn't really have to say anything. And they're talking about decorum and the dignity of presidential office. Jeb was gone from the first news cycle of "low energy." His TV critics fall into the same camp. That's what came to my mind when I heard your thuggish douchebag. It telegraphs a yearning for a gentler pansified candidate, like some NPR broadcast on music. The word douchebag itself is overused by a certain crowd that you just wonder how many times racist/sexist/bigot/homophobe/misogynist will occur per sentence. (I say this knowing how disgusting some of his attacks were in later debates and rallies). I said earlier that personality charge was going nowhere in a debate thread, after some thought I now wonder why you picked those in the first place. See, I just can't believe the only choices for him are between cartoonishly over the top taking-it-too-far oh-my-golly-gosh-did-he-really-say-that entertainer-in-chief and pansy. There's got to be a middle ground. And I don't think he'll convert to there any time soon; I'm not sure he could even if he wanted to given how much momentum the character has. Until he does I will call out his more ridiculous antics that really highlight the excesses, and that's the context I called him a douchebag here; I view that particular interview as a spectacular opportunity to convert in a meaningful way with just a few words, but I can't help but think he knew the way he responded would get him more coverage and thus did it anyway for double the dick points. And for the record I have tried to stay out of calling him a racist, sexist, bigot, or homophobe, if only because I think his persona is just kind of mean to everybody he doesn't want to appeal to at the moment rather than anyone in particular. Certainly I don't think Trump-as-human is any of those things, you're much better off as a businessman not being them. (also The Apprentice was not a terrible show, even the critics liked the early seasons I think since it was the honeymoon season of reality TV alongside Survivor. CELEBRITY Apprentice, on the other hand...) | ||
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SK.Testie
Canada11084 Posts
On March 17 2016 14:32 Stratos_speAr wrote: It has nothing to do with the blatantly racist and sexist shit he says? Or the fact that he actively advocates for violating people's human rights? Or that he advocates for borderline fascist government policies? Nope, sure doesn't have anything to do with any of that shit. It's all just because he's anti-establishment. /s What racist comment did he say? It must have been pretty blatant and not taken out of context. He has a lot of black and latino endorsements now. He must have said something really bad for that to happen. + Show Spoiler + Sexist? Man who hires women to head construction is sexist? I implore you to stop reading media headlines and do some research. The man is tough, but fair. And he knows how to bring the banter and get a rise out of people. That doesn't prove sexism. A bit of a bully? Sure. But it's worked. You don't have to worry about him being presidential in the future. He's already assured us that he has the best words. I think he's proven over his lifetime he's not really racist. And he's not really sexist. Come on, Oprah loves the man. Get real arguments because the days of calling people racist, homophobic, and misogynists when they have real arguments to counter yours are over. | ||
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GreenHorizons
United States23489 Posts
I just hope Trump hops on the #ReleaseTheTranscripts train and pushes her to shut down her superPAC since she's the only contender who still has one at this point. Y'all thought we had a tenuous relationship with reality, we got nothing on Trump supporters. | ||
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ticklishmusic
United States15977 Posts
fun reading | ||
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Doraemon
Australia14949 Posts
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iPlaY.NettleS
Australia4360 Posts
On March 17 2016 14:31 JW_DTLA wrote: Who is/are the Republican establishment? Can we get some names? Reince Priebus. Mitch McConnell. Roger Ailes. Paul Ryan. Marco Rubio. Who else? Koch bros. Rupert Murdoch Karl Rove | ||
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amazingxkcd
GRAND OLD AMERICA16375 Posts
Happy digging boys and good luck in your searches!!!! https://wikileaks.org/clinton-emails/ | ||
Liquid`Drone
Norway28714 Posts
On March 17 2016 12:21 darthfoley wrote: What's even more funny is that Trump is a huge coward and has almost certainly never gotten into a fist fight in his life He sucker punched Vince Mcmahon in their battle of the billionaires bit | ||
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SK.Testie
Canada11084 Posts
On March 17 2016 17:31 Liquid`Drone wrote: He sucker punched Vince Mcmahon in their battle of the billionaires bit This is my last trump shill for tonight, just for you. What a beautiful man. | ||
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nojok
France15845 Posts
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GreenHorizons
United States23489 Posts
On March 17 2016 18:03 SK.Testie wrote: This is my last trump shill for tonight, just for you. What a beautiful man. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59aJn8Lk9zM&index=10&list=PLlbJNSc8JRlgYUoJDm_kueXC2Ls2aveht That is some grade-A propaganda. I have to give it up to whoever put it together, it's very well done (too long, but well done). That people are dense enough to fall for it, is a problem we can't blame on Trump. I have no doubt given a choice between America being great and him having to live poor, versus America not being great and him getting more wealthy, which he would pick. | ||
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DarkPlasmaBall
United States45089 Posts
On March 17 2016 15:15 ticklishmusic wrote: https://www.reddit.com/r/casualiama/comments/41t0a1/i_gave_ted_cruz_a_blowjob_ama/ fun reading "Well, I just lost a bet." LOL | ||
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DickMcFanny
Ireland1076 Posts
On March 17 2016 15:15 ticklishmusic wrote: https://www.reddit.com/r/casualiama/comments/41t0a1/i_gave_ted_cruz_a_blowjob_ama/ fun reading First question: Q: "Are you male or female" F: "female" Q: "Well, I lost a bet" | ||
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zeo
Serbia6322 Posts
On March 17 2016 17:05 amazingxkcd wrote: Clinton emails got wikileaked. It's quite scandalous Happy digging boys and good luck in your searches!!!! https://wikileaks.org/clinton-emails/ Are there any top secret confidential emails among them? This is everything from her private server right? | ||
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Plansix
United States60190 Posts
On March 17 2016 20:13 zeo wrote: Are there any top secret confidential emails among them? This is everything from her private server right? That is the best part of wikileaks, we will never know. They could even think it is everything and just be wrong. | ||
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oneofthem
Cayman Islands24199 Posts
On March 17 2016 20:13 zeo wrote: Are there any top secret confidential emails among them? This is everything from her private server right? they didnt leak anything lmao. they just put a krimlin spin on open government release from the u.s. | ||
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Acrofales
Spain18132 Posts
On March 17 2016 10:05 wei2coolman wrote: Can't wait for Trump in the general election debates to toss out this line: "If Hillary can't even satisfy Bill, how can she satisfy America?" How about a picture of Monica Lewinski deepthroating Florida. But really, that first attack ad was pathetic. I didn't think it was at all an attack, because it's very obvious that Hilary is completely not-serious. In fact, if I were in the business of making attack ads for Hilary, I would simply copypaste that entire ads and find a clip of Drumpf saying something moronic (plenty of choice)... such as "I have the very best words!" and then cut back to Putin laughing. | ||
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Doublemint
Austria8646 Posts
an effective anti-trump ad is using trump's own words against him, just putting it in the right context. expose his bullshit positions and "solutions". can't wait for the hillary machine to start rolling once the primary is over. | ||
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