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Link roundup (because I have far too many tabs open...)
Especailly like the Hillary segment (starting at 1:55). Although the Nazi thing is... Well, real life is overtaking the comedy at an alarming rate:
Trump Supporters Raise Right Hands to Pledge Support.
(I keep thinking that surely it can't be real. But The Slate is not the Daily Mail, you know? I don't want to throw these words around lightly, yet I'm worried.)
And re. debates, then the ones in Flint were interesting:
Flint mayor: GOP candidates were as dismissive of concerns as state was
Flint Wins the Democratic Debate (Hillary Clinton relied on anecdote and Bernie Sanders on principle—but the real story was that local residents forced the candidates to grapple with their community’s particular concerns.)
Says it all, doesn't it?
And finally, because it's a thing of beauty, and oh god, America will never have a President with so much class again:
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And yeah - can't be angry if you're black. Or a woman... (Ugh, straight white men in charge of everything.)
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Why, oh why, can't we get a third term?
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I didn't know he was a thing! Cool.
Why, oh why, can't we get a third term?
Because that would mean people like Dubya and Trump could also get a third term. :(
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Yeah- the 'Anger Translator' was a skit they did in the Key & Peele show.
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Same here. It's... complicated. And although there are definite echoes of the 30s in Germany is what we are currently witnessing, that does not make Trump a mass murderer.
It's more - this is worrisome. And looks far too much like fascism for my liking. :(
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Trump is a fascist, not a nazi.
Though he may be worse; the NAzis could never have carried out their plans without the help, or lack of opposition from millions who weren't and never were Nazis.
kerk
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Yeah, there are a lot of comparisons with Mussolini... :(
So here's to hoping someone stops him!
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I knew Trump was a Nazi the second he started spouting off about the Hispanic people within our borders. I knew it would only go downhill from there. I hate being right sometimes...
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Well, Hillary might not have his fabulous deadpan humour, but she's got style. I refuse to believe that Trump will be President.
I knew Trump was a Nazi the second he started spouting off about the Hispanic people within our borders. I knew it would only go downhill from there. I hate being right sometimes...
Well, asshats are asshats. It's the dragging so may others along that's so unsettling. :(
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I think that is what makes the off-hand, tasteless 'comedy' of comparing him to Hitler so terrifying. Because it went from tasteless and off-hand to scarily accurate. From his rhetoric, the frenzy he induces in his crowds, his call for absolute fealty and skewed views on the world and the people within it...he is too close to the real thing to make me comfortable. He is an absolute fascist and the last thing we need. Fascism is already on the rise here and we could either have complete fascism - or a total turnaround to the opposite view. It could truly go either way here...and Trump is too damned dangerous to be considered your standard tempest in a teapot.
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Bernie is already affecting Hillary - she's running on a much more caring platform thanks to him! (She's feeling the Bern...)
I think that is what makes the off-hand, tasteless 'comedy' of comparing him to Hitler so terrifying. Because it went from tasteless and off-hand to scarily accurate.
This. They created a monster, and now it's loose and no one seems able to catch it.
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Gods, yes. And no one is madder than the Republicans. They opened the path to this beast. But this wasn't exactly what they had planned on. Too bad. They made it possible. I'd laugh over it, if it wasn't so damned serious.
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It's like... The Republicans are so odious, the Democrats are going out of their way to be more human and caring than each other. <3 If only politics always worked like this. (Did you watch that SNL thing above? Skip the start, just go to 1:55 and watch the Hillary bit.)
I've noticed the changes to her platform...and I'm nothing but pleased. She is a smart woman and a thinker to boot. That she has moved her campaign forward in such a way is not a surprise to me. :D
I really, really hope they can work together. Whoever gets the nomination.
I'd laugh over it, if it wasn't so damned serious.
Same here...
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http://theadvocate.com/news/acadiana/15084708-63/bobby-jindal-blames-president-obama-for-emergence-of-donald-trump
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It's not THEM who have courted the white borderline racists for YEARS, however did anyone get that idea?
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Ughhhh...Bobby Jindal. What that man knows could fill a 4X4 small white card and still have room for several works of art. Gah.
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:-)
And "That's why we're running for a third term..."
"Uh, no we're not."
"We're not?" ... "WHO THE HELL SAID THAT?"
When are we going to start appreciating this guy as the best President America has ever had?
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It is a thing of beauty. <3
When are we going to start appreciating this guy as the best President America has ever had?
Once he's gone... (Although I have appreciated him since before he was elected. His books are excellent.)