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Lindsey Graham: 'My Party Has Gone Batshit Crazy'

Posted by $ nickursis 8 years, 2 months ago to Government
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Sen. Lindsey Graham is disgusted with the GOP's embrace of Donald Trump: "My party has gone batshit crazy." Well, I would say turnabout is fair play, the RNC and associated idiots have been Batsh@t crazy for the last 3 elections or so. Maybe the Republicrat voters are just fed up with the imperial families who run both parties and want to dictate their policies and laws to us, and then hand us the bill on top of it. No thanks, to all of them. BS crazy is ok if it means cutting them down even a little.
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    Posted by giallopudding 8 years, 2 months ago
    This election is turning out to likely be the most entertaining and informative one of our lifetimes. It reveals the limitations and proclivities of voter imagination, and forces us to realize that branding works as well with people as it does with ketchup or detergent.
    Trump will easily win, with largely the tactic Obama used in 2008, running on a very vague theme, in his case: "Make America Great Again," similar in its generality to "Hope and Change." The difference is, Trump's slogan has powerful emotionally positive resonance, appealing to nationalistic pride, whereas Obama's tactic was intentionally neutral, since "Change through Socialism and Legal Thievery" probably wouldn't have gotten him elected. Obama may be smooth, articulate and smart, but Trump understands people at a deeper level. Therein lies his paradox: a seemingly narcissistic blowhard, yet with a deep capacity for empathy. This is as good as it gets, folks!
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  • Posted by term2 8 years, 2 months ago
    Voters ARE fed up with the establishment cronyism. He is also abolishing political correctness, which is LONG overdue. And he says the things that voters are thinking anyway. Who wants old time GOP thinking anymore. Trump is bringing new life to a dead party.
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    • Posted by RobertFl 8 years, 2 months ago
      That's no excuse for voting for a jerk.
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      • Posted by term2 8 years, 2 months ago
        Vote for him OR get Hillary/Sanders and live with them. Unfortunately thats the choice this year. John Galt would never be elected in this culture at this time
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        • Posted by RobertFl 8 years, 2 months ago
          It's not a matter of voting for John Galt when he can win. It's about voting for John Galt, period.
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          • Posted by term2 8 years, 2 months ago
            I dont understand when presented with a clear choice between someone really BAD (Hillary or Sanders) and someone not as bad, why you would essentially let the really bad one win. Makes no sense, but you are entitled to your vote for sure. Have fun with Hillary running your life and your bank account
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            • Posted by conscious1978 8 years, 2 months ago
              I don't understand how Trump supporters can be so blind to a despotic demagogue. The Presidency is a target for all kinds of free speech. I don't want to see him with the political power to crush what offends him. I don't want to see him entrench his admitted cronyism further into government.

              So NO, he is not the lesser of two evils. The Democrat/Socialists disgust me; but I fear the quick loss of liberty in the camouflage of an unprincipled Salesman.
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              • Posted by edweaver 8 years, 2 months ago
                I fear you are correct.
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                • Posted by conscious1978 8 years, 2 months ago
                  Watching the news last night, I mentioned to my wife, "So this is how it feels to be inside a zombie movie."
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                  • Posted by khalling 8 years, 2 months ago
                    you been gone a fair time... :)
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                    • Posted by conscious1978 8 years, 2 months ago
                      ...dealing with life and watching. ;)
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                      • Posted by $ 8 years, 2 months ago
                        I understand your angst, and I feel it too. That does not change the current circumstances. There is another dynamic at work here, which is how much crap can be generated by either side by November. By the time they get done digging Trump dirt, and Hillary Felonies, they may both be either disqualified, or in jail, or both. They are already raising the KKK Flag on Trump, which he did blithely fall into, as well as another 2K classified emails. It may actually be a great time for a third party candidate with presence, calm, intelligence and a good communication skillset, to rise. Who that is, I have no idea. Trump is annoying, you almost think he is on the edge of dementia, but, as many have said, a frickin criminal is not an alternative either.
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              • Posted by term2 8 years, 2 months ago
                Unfortunately, the choice is going to be Hillary vs Trump the way it looks right now. With Hillary, the loss of liberty will be rapid. She will sign off on anything the congress does that increases governmental power. Plus she has agreed to grant Goldman and Wall St unknown favors much greater than anything Trump could do.

                Trump is right out there telling you where he is at. Hillary is hidden behind layers of emails and lies. At least Sanders tells us where HE is at.
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                • Posted by conscious1978 8 years, 2 months ago
                  Here is your creepy, chameleonic salesman, Trump, "telling it like it is" in 2013 and 2006.

                  http://www.upi.com/blog/2013/02/28/WA...

                  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkvG3...
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                  • Posted by term2 8 years, 2 months ago
                    Well, I would love to hear what stuff dear old Hillary is into. We all know what Bill was into. To be honest I really dont care about this stuff. What I want to know is how they will do presidential things like negotiating with other countries, taxing us, executive orders and the like. Hell, I would bet Rubio is into young boys from the looks of him and the fact he was IN the mormon religion and then LEFT it (sounds like they found out what he was up to and kicked him out, or he left under duress). Cruz reminds me of that Louisiana preacher who was found with prostitutes, caught, repented, and then did it again. Then we have Spitzer from New York, and most of the others. You would think they could keep their pants zipped for a lousy 4 years
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                    • Posted by conscious1978 8 years, 2 months ago
                      Beyond his creepy factor, you missed his giving whoever he is talking to a tidbit they can hold.

                      You're dealing with (in the nicest terms) a professional marketer, a salesman. He brags about it all the time and it goes right over the heads of most. He sells what you want to hear, but his end game is to get more power and grow his brand. It's what he always does. One cannot afford to hide from it.
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                      • Posted by term2 8 years, 2 months ago
                        And don't I think Hillary and sanders are much worse? Why aren't you complaining about them???
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                        • Posted by conscious1978 8 years, 2 months ago
                          You are more than well aware I've said Hillary should be in jail and Bernie's socialist positions are, for the time being, easily defeated in this country. I'm not trying to change your mind because, in spite of an expose of his Pragmatism and disregard of individual rights, you have previously rationalized your support for Trump.

                          I'm hoping to change the minds of others willing to investigate beyond the superficial rhetoric of a master marketer with a penchant for political power.
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                          • Posted by term2 8 years, 1 month ago
                            It's looking like without trumps opposition to Hillary beast, she will win in november. There are people like yourself who would rather have her. Sanders would be worse. Both will result in the loss of my small business which I will be forced to milk and close this year if possible. We have 10 employees who will be out of jobs for certain. $12-$15 per hour minummum wage will see to that. Half the capital gains I was hoping to see by building up my small business will be post-war so why bother building it up any more.
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                            • Posted by conscious1978 8 years, 1 month ago
                              False choice, term. Your presumption that I would rather Hillary would win (in the face of fact to the contrary) is based on the same kind of logic you use to support Trump.
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                              • Posted by term2 8 years, 1 month ago
                                If you continue to hate Trump, however, you will guarantee Hildebeast's victory. Trump is not the worst candidate by any means. You think Hildebeast isnt a sales person??? She says whatever the political winds tell her
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                                • Posted by conscious1978 8 years, 1 month ago
                                  I'm not concerned with her winning anymore. She is 'dying' of self inflicted wounds. And the day will come when it's better for her to contrive a 'medical issue' than face the public humiliation that result from her legal problems. If she doesn't face charges, then the '60's could look like a picnic for the U.S.
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                      • Posted by jabuttrick 8 years, 2 months ago
                        It's Bernie Clinton versus Benito Trump. Pick your poison.
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                        • Posted by conscious1978 8 years, 2 months ago
                          It is incredulous and unsurprising, at the same time, that this could be the choice for the U.S. Presidency.

                          "In any compromise between food and poison, it is only death that can win."

                          "When men reduce their virtues to the approximate, then evil acquires the force of an absolute, when loyalty to an unyielding purpose is dropped by the virtuous, it's picked up by scoundrels—and you get the indecent spectacle of a cringing, bargaining, traitorous good and a self-righteously uncompromising evil." Galt's speech, Atlas Shrugged
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                          • Posted by edweaver 8 years, 1 month ago
                            I'm not arguing with you but when you look at what happened in the 1930's in Germany, are you really still surprised? I'm not. I believe the same is going on here. People are so angry about the path we are on that the anger is blinding many of the truth. Or more so, they see the lies and choose to look the other way. On the radio this morning they stated, I believe a Politifact article, that had (I think) 78% of what Trump states as false. I don't trust Politifact to tell the truth either but even if half of what they stated was correct, do we really want that in the White House. Yikes! The path to Fascism.
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                      • Posted by term2 8 years, 1 month ago
                        Isnt that what the hildebeast does? Or sanders for that matter (but he is more honest at least? Hildebeast will be a disaster for business and foreign relations though. Trump wont be
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                        • Posted by conscious1978 8 years, 1 month ago
                          Rational discussion with you regarding Trump is not possible. You offer his worst qualities as a defense, or deflect the question with lamentations of Hillary winning. Trump is Poison. Hillary is Poison. Bernie is delusional.
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                          • Posted by term2 8 years, 1 month ago
                            The problem is that we will suffer the effects of ONE of them for sure in Jan 2017. Which one is worst is the question. Which one will cost us all more, and take away more of our freedoms. We just disagree on that point I think. It would appear only Trump has a chance of getting the Repub nomination, no matter what we think. It would appear hildebeast is going to get the democratic nomination. Hildebeast might crash and burn before the election if the media doesnt protect her. Trump might also C and B before the election if the haters somehow can decimate him.
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                    • Posted by $ 8 years, 2 months ago
                      HillaryBeast will sell us out as quick as BendOver. She has a well documented record of selling the country when she was SOS. Again, some of her acts were probably treason, if not just plain unethical. The Clinton Foundation reaped millions while she was in office, and will reap billions if she is elected. And we will not benefit one drop from it. Clinton may have been the Teflon President, HillaryBeast will be the Armored Monster President.
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                      • Posted by term2 8 years, 1 month ago
                        I agree totally, and with all the trump hatred out there, I suspect she will win. It's time to shrug unfortunately and leave the wealth of the country to the politically entitled. In a way, MADOFF was smart. He played the statist system like James taggart and had a good life while the getting was good. Sorry to say
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                        • Posted by conscious1978 8 years, 1 month ago
                          These comments completely explain your support for Trump.
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                          • Posted by term2 8 years, 1 month ago
                            Trump basically says he uses the loopholes, so if you dont like them, get RID of them. He is honest about it, which is absolutely what we need a dose of now. The biggest ponzi scheme is Social Security by FAR, and its the system that has perpetrated it. Madoff was a small time player, and he operated with the support of the system and fed off the stupid greed of the jews who put their money with him.
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                            • Posted by $ WilliamShipley 8 years, 1 month ago
                              I think it's really stupid for the government to be subsidizing consumer purchases of more efficient furnaces, but that didn't keep me from filing for the tax credit when I bought my new furnace.
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                              • Posted by term2 8 years, 1 month ago
                                Subsidies arent subsidies really. They are reductions in taxes that shouldnt have been there at all. You pay plenty of other taxes, so enjoy your furnace knowing that it resulted in a tax refund.
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            • Posted by $ CBJ 8 years, 1 month ago
              Two problems with "bad vs. not-so-bad":

              1) It is often not easy to tell which choice is worse when the two candidates are bad in different ways.

              2) The "not-so-bad" candidate may have a better shot at implementing his/her agenda. For example, here in Nevada we have a Republican governor that was able to push a huge tax increase through a Republican-dominated legislature. A Democrat in the governor's office would have had a much harder time accomplishing this.
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              • Posted by term2 8 years, 1 month ago
                You have a good point there. Sandoval is a wolf in sheep clothing for sure. He is a lying turncoat for sure. I have really bad feelings about him and will forevermore.

                I really fear Hildebeast, although Sanders is more honest and pushes us where most of the voters want to go in the end anyway. Hildebeast is bought and paid for by Wall St and Goldman- that is scary since they will mess with the money and steal from us that way as well as raising taxes on all of us.

                I dont think Trump is bought and paid for. I like the fact he runs his campaign on his own dime. He isnt perfect, but he will speak what needs to be spoken, be good in foreign relations and stick up for the USA for a change, isnt muslim-leaning, and will be good for the economy here
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            • Posted by RobertFl 8 years, 2 months ago
              Because I argue it doesn't matter, left or right. Plus, as long as congress can block the pres., then we're no worse. Always voting for the best the can beat the other side assures a John Galt will never win. If we start growing the libertarian party, maybe others will follow,or maybe the GOP will wake up and change.
              I say we're in the dumper regardless of who wins I. November. And Trump is bs'ing his supporters. He is as conservative as Hillary.
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              • Posted by term2 8 years, 2 months ago
                I wish you were right, but I dont think so. Hillary is out there promoting free college education, reducing existing student loan debt, increasing taxes by quite a bit actually (not quite as much as Sanders), and is in the pocket of Goldman and wall street. (why else would they pay her over $600 for "speaking fees". These things are bad news, unless you want to promote the total collapse of the country.

                Trump isnt spouting that stuff at least. He will negotiate better deals than Obamacare, or the Iran deal (both of which Hillary supports ), and he is against political correctness and basically tells us where he is at (The only other one that does that is Sanders- and at least he tells us straight up what he would do.

                The congress isnt to be trusted, and the only way to stop them is for a presidential veto.
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                • Posted by $ 8 years, 2 months ago
                  Wasn't it $600,000? From Mother Jones:

                  Hillary Clinton's shift from declaimer of Big Finance shenanigans to collaborator with Goldman—the firm has donated between $250,000 and $500,000 to the Clinton Foundation—prompts an obvious question: Can the former secretary of state cultivate populist cred while hobnobbing with Goldman and pocketing money from it and other Wall Street firms? Last year, she gave two paid speeches to Goldman Sachs audiences. (Her customary fee is $200,000 a speech.)

                  The problem is, the pea brain sheeple cannot grasp using your position for personal gain is a bad thing, they think it is normal business, so that is why they can look past it. As well as all the other criminal crap we have been subjected to.
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                  • Posted by term2 8 years, 1 month ago
                    I can't believe voters don't see that Goldman and her other big contributors wants a return on their investment, and she has promised that at our expense. She lies and hides that so far
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      • Posted by $ 8 years, 2 months ago
        When the system gives us a choice between a jerk (an he is a jerk), and a Felon Liar, you just have to hold your nose and vote for the jerk. However, I can bet this is not over yet. They will have a couple of nukes left in the closet to drop on him, just as I think the Obamanation and his gang have a couple for HillaryBeast.
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        • Posted by jabuttrick 8 years, 2 months ago
          I fear Benito Trump is much worse than a jerk or clown. If this man gets power he will use it and our Constitution has been so undermined for so many years I am afraid it will present only a minor obstacle. And Congress? Remember the Reichstag fire?
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          • Posted by $ 8 years, 2 months ago
            Well I know what the Reichstag fire meant. I would argue you will only find .001% of our population who even know what it was, let alone what it meant. HillarBeasts record of corruption is as dangerous as Trumps lunacy. However, we just have to hope the spineless Jellyfish of congress can hold him in check. But all is not lost, we may see a total meltdown before November, and both get canned, causing a constitutional crisis, which would be even worse for us.I am convinced Lord Obamanation would love to just say "I guess I have to stay on for a while" and shred the Constitution.
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  • Posted by $ WilliamShipley 8 years, 2 months ago
    So the Republican establishment is falling all over themselves because none of the candidates they support can beat Trump. If they can't beat Trump in a Republican primary, what makes them think that they can beat Hillary in a general election?

    If you want someone who can win an election, you should probably go with someone who can win a primary.
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    • Posted by scojohnson 8 years, 2 months ago
      It would seem that winning a plurality of their own voter base would be the first logical step.
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      • Posted by lneil 8 years, 2 months ago
        But, Jebby baby said he would win, "Without the Conservative base". That statement sure helped him win huh?!
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        • Posted by $ Suzanne43 8 years, 2 months ago
          Yeah, when I heard that he said that, I thought to myself, go ahead and try you dumb jerk. Four thousand "Conservatives" stayed home in 2012. That really helped the GOP. Guess that the Ruling Class wants more of the same.
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          • Posted by lneil 8 years, 2 months ago
            Yes Suzanne43. My good friend and his wife stayed home in 2012 and I could not convince them they were, in fact, voting for Barry Obama. If it's this difficult to convince intelligent friends imagine how tough it is to convince those that do not use their brain.
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            • Posted by $ CBJ 8 years, 1 month ago
              “My good friend and his wife stayed home in 2012 and I could not convince them they were, in fact, voting for Barry Obama.” No they weren’t. What you are saying is that there is no difference between them 1) staying home or 2) actually casting a vote for Obama. You’re also assuming that the Republican candidate (Mitt Romney) would have been their second choice.

              Not voting (or voting third-party) is a valid option when both major-party candidates are unacceptable. And who knows what junk Romney would have been able to get through a Republican Congress if he had been elected President. Here in Nevada a Republican governor was able to ram a huge tax increase through a Republican legislature, something that a Democrat would never have been able to do.
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              • Posted by lneil 8 years, 1 month ago
                That is ok. It is your opinion and I respect it. Now, how has the last 7 + years been for our country? You really don't need to reply.
                Thanks for your comment.
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                • Posted by $ CBJ 8 years, 1 month ago
                  How were the previous 8 years for our country? Patriot Act, two useless wars and an economic near-collapse that helped make Obama's victory possible.
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                  • Posted by $ 8 years, 1 month ago
                    Desperate attempts at control to try to "fix" problems they have known about for 20 years. However, the Obamanation has surpassed anything Bushy Boy did, he has been an outright racist, manipulative, thief. Obamacare is a disaster, more people cannot afford health care now, and it gave the Irresponsible Revenue Scum another thing to add to the already insane thing called "taxes". There was a hue and cry about how they lied to get OC rammed through, yet Felony Pelosi continued unabated, and is now scott free. I would say our government has successfully sucked a pure vacuum the last 16 years. Most people are afraid it will just go on until collapse. The rest hope it will go on and continue to be manipulated to give them more free stuff, and then bitch when the bill comes due.
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        • Posted by $ 8 years, 2 months ago
          Jebby was on hallucinogenic drugs from the get go. He assumed that he would win simply by being a member of the royal family. He is a much bigger jerk than Trump.
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    • Posted by freedomforall 8 years, 2 months ago
      Why change now? The GOP supported obvious losers in the past just because they were controllable, e.g., Dole and McCain.
      The GOP will choose someone they can control.
      If they have enough dirt on Trump then he will be allowed to run for the GOP. If not, the GOP will make sure Trump can't be elected.
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  • Posted by lneil 8 years, 2 months ago
    Mr. Graham, (Hard for me to consider you a Senator since you are more Socialist/Democrat/Anti-Constitutionalist than Representative Republican), we, who voted your sorry backside into office, and pay your un-earned income, are tired of you and your smug croneys' lying to us. We are not your vulgar portrayal of us.
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  • Posted by LibertyBelle 8 years, 2 months ago
    I'm not a fan of Donald Trump. I like Cruz better. But what does Lindsay Graham want? More wet
    noodles who just "go along to get along" and never
    do a d--n thing about repealing Obama care? Or
    anything else?
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    • Posted by $ 8 years, 2 months ago
      Graham is a useless wet noodle himself, and this was symptomatic of the immature level of leadership in our country. Felony Pelosi did the same thing and got away with it when she held them in prison until they passed Obamacare. No one objected. It would have been cool if the Republicrats had all rolled in cots and camp stoves and told her "Bitch, how long will we camp out here?" But no, they wimped out so they could have Christmas by the fireplace and croon softly to their money.
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  • Posted by wiggys 8 years, 2 months ago
    All I can say is ANYONE but hillary. Maybe AR could tell us at this time what will happen if Trump wins, I am trying to look ahead but who knows. Since AR is not here it is any ones guess. If the twit h wins we join the rest of the 3rd world within 4 years.
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  • Posted by $ Mimi 8 years, 2 months ago
    Trump is making everyone's head explode. It is so funny.
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    • Posted by Rex_Little 8 years, 2 months ago
      You want to see heads explode, wait til the general election, when Trump gets more women's votes than Hilary and a larger share of the black vote than any Republican in a hundred years.
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    • Posted by $ 8 years, 2 months ago
      Indeed, he is good at it...
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      • Posted by term2 8 years, 2 months ago
        I love it. GOP was dead in the water before Trump. We would have been subjected to Hillary for 4 years. That phony smile; that power hungry interior; the manipulation and lying.
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        • Posted by jabuttrick 8 years, 2 months ago
          And Trump isn't a power hungry, manipulative liar? Dream on.
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          • Posted by term2 8 years, 2 months ago
            Why aren't you complaining about Hillary and sanders as being much worse?
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            • Posted by jabuttrick 8 years, 2 months ago
              Because I'm not sure they are much worse. They might be, of course, but maybe not because we have no idea what Trump's principles are other than to gain power. Bernie Clinton is a straight up socialist. We know what she would try to do and it is hateful to be sure. With Trump I can't even keep track on a daily basis with what he has up his sleeve. Seriously, just yesterday he started talking about "opening up the libel laws" which sounded a lot like he wants to decimate the First Amendment. Maybe not, but who knows. We do know he wants massive tariffs, restrictions on trade and control over where you can move your business and whether you can downsize your workforce. What he will dream up tomorrow I haven't a clue except it will be very expensive and you will be paying for it.
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              • Posted by term2 8 years, 1 month ago
                Trump engenders a lot of hate because he is anti establishment and anti political correctness. But he isn't going to do things to destroy our economy. The expensive candidates are sanders and Hillary. Both have proposed massive tax hikes which will kill stock profits and kill off the incentive to start small business with the idea of selling it off later (40-64% capital gains). For me, I might as well just close my small business with the $12-$15 minimum wage. In fact I am planning on a 25% reduction in workforce this year-guaranteed if Hillary/sanders gets in
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                • Posted by conscious1978 8 years, 1 month ago
                  Trump engenders a lot of hate because he has demonstrated a disregard for individual rights, a record of cronyistic behavior, and a philosophy of Pragmatism that makes any principle negotiable.

                  He has shown that he will use anyone as a stooge depending on the audience of the moment. He sells "Trump", at any cost, using innuendo, rumor, doublespeak, threats and the actions of a spoiled child. His election is the quickest path to fascism.
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                  • Posted by term2 8 years, 1 month ago
                    I thought you were talking about the HIldebeast. She just says whatever her handlers tell her is politically expedient. She pretends to be fighting for everyone, but in fact is fighting for her power only. She is more dangerous because she hides behind a cloak. Trump is the only one who gives speeches without notes in those "debates". That says a lot.

                    Your comments above are exactly what Hildebeast does.
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              • Posted by $ 8 years, 2 months ago
                None of which can be done without Congress, while HillaryBeast can sell the country with no issues at all, she has done so before. Check out the donation the Clinton Foundation got from Kazakhstan richest dude after she sold him 50% of the Uranium deposits in the US. Her deals have been treasonous, on top of the email thing. She cannot be allowed in, or you and I will not have a shirt left after she steals them all to give to her cronies. At least Trump will have some firewall around him. But your concerns are valid, we are just in deep doo at this point.
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  • Posted by Blanco 8 years, 2 months ago
    The Donald isn't my first choice. However, I'm voting for whomever is running against Hillary or Bernie. Four to eight more years of Hussein's welfare state socialism, fiscal irresponsibility and denigration of the Constitution is for me the worse nightmare.
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    • Posted by jabuttrick 8 years, 2 months ago
      Trump promises to be just as fiscally irresponsible and doesn't give a hoot for the Constitution. In fairness, however, I must concede he is not a textbook socialist. Benito Trump is more fascist than socialist. What choices we have!!
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      • Posted by $ MichaelAarethun 8 years, 1 month ago
        None on the left very few none in the right wing of the left. you might look a bit further to the right. There is this place called Constitutionalism ......
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        • Posted by $ 8 years, 1 month ago
          You look at the Constitution Party and they want to ram their own agenda down your throat. They mixed in some creation called the "right to life", and "One husband one wife". For people who espouse freedom, they seem pretty bent on dictating what you will do. I wish people who espouse the Constitution would stick to it, if it is not specifically prohibited, then it falls to the states to regulate. But noooo....
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      • Posted by Blanco 8 years, 1 month ago
        Yes, the choices are poor, and these are indeed perilous times for our republic. I will choose the lesser evil in November and hope and pray for the best.
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        • Posted by $ MichaelAarethun 8 years, 1 month ago
          Well said by an avid self confessed of left wing socialist fascist enabler and supporter. No way objectivism was used by this one when the best they hope for is the same the same thing they are complaining about. So which poison are taking, Clintonite? Bernie Bear Pills For Children or Trumpet lessons?
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    • Posted by term2 8 years, 1 month ago
      Anything but the hildebeast. She lies, hides, and has ideas sparked by a political weathervane. She is a good sales person, but very scary. She will destroy our economy and result in the demolition of my small company. Sanders will never get past a general election becuase of his ridiculous tax increases no one wants (they want the benefits, but he at least claims to make us pay for them) Trump is the only chance to beat the Hildebeast.
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  • Posted by bsmith51 8 years, 2 months ago
    Competition is such a wonderful, cleansing thing. If for nothing else, thank you, Mr. Trump, for outmaneuvering and revealing the incompetence and corruption of the vacuous Republican Party.
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    • Posted by scojohnson 8 years, 1 month ago
      It's easy to sum up -
      1.) He's not 'their' guy..

      2.) The ilk of Karl Rove, etc. are not going to be getting new $300k govie jobs in a Trump administration.

      3.) I suspect he will eliminate a lot of government overhead, I just can't picture him tolerating waste & fat.

      4.) He will obviously hold departments accountable. "You're Fired" has never before been uttered in the corridors of the federal government, but needs to be on a daily basis.

      5.) He can't be bended & molded by threats of pulling or making campaign contributions. No one will have any control over him.

      6.) Obviously, a lot of large American business really likes the free import of made-in-China and Vietnam crap. The anti-Trump attack-ads PACs are going to be flying... Hillary is pretty hooked-up with Walmart, they stand to lose a lot from free trade going away.

      I think on his own, he certainly is a crazy SOB, but really think Eric & Ivanka hold tremendous sway over him and they are quite grounded. There will be a lot of times when they just call him and say "Dad.. WTF? you are embarrassing us..." And he will calm down again for a while, you can already see it in his campaign.

      Nonetheless, fully expect the real dirt & mud slinging machines to come out... it's pretty obvious the whole David Duke & KKK nonsense is a fabrication of Jeff Roe (Cruz's Campaign Manager), that is 100% in his past performance dirty-campaigning playbook... All these guys are about to be jobless, its going to be very ugly for a while. We'll see the real 'ilk' of all of them come out when they are unemployed and jump to the Hillary camp to run 'get out the vote' efforts. I saw that, and quite honestly, if someone had told me the KKK had endorsed me, I would be like "who? they still exist?". Actually, I looked it up... many, many more people claim to be abducted by aliens each year than are members of the KKK. That's Jeff Roe - Google his prior Missouri state campaign tactics...

      Someone should 'donate' a treadmill... http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/24/us/...
      Fat Slob. Maybe he will die of a heart attack while eating a jelly donut... we can only hope, one less Medicare suckling piglet to support in later years...
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      • Posted by $ 8 years, 1 month ago
        I wish that Trump was a bit more coherent and rational. That seems to be his Achillies heel. He should have said just that "who? I am not going to reject anyone, I do not approve of them, endorse them, or support them, but they are free to do as they wish. If someone just as free wants to knock their heads in, well...." Something like that would have probably gone better...
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        • Posted by CircuitGuy 8 years, 1 month ago
          "I am not going to reject anyone"
          Trump has no problem rejecting people for petty reason. If he had wanted to, he knows how to take petty cheap shots at people.
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          • Posted by $ 8 years, 1 month ago
            In deed, he just shoots himself in the foot. I have to wish someone would just get the balls up to tell him he looks like an idiot. Nikki Haley was his latest victim, and she took it well "Bless your heart", not considered a good thing down south. But, Truman was not known for his personality either...
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            • Posted by CircuitGuy 8 years, 1 month ago
              "he just shoots himself in the foot. I have to wish someone would just get the balls up to tell him he looks like an idiot."
              Yes. Usually it's best to let those people self-destruct rather than explain to them or others that he looks like an idiot. As you say, it's not working here. If you want to see someone tear Trump apart, John Oliver made him look like a stupid huckster: https://youtu.be/DnpO_RTSNmQ

              Regarding the his failure to respond to the white supremacist comment, if he were generally reluctant to condemn people, I would just think the question caught him off guard and he was too polite to respond off-hand. Turmp, however, is not someone afraid to be rude. It makes people wonder if he agrees with racists or at least wants their votes.
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        • Posted by scojohnson 8 years, 1 month ago
          I agree... "I'm not going to tell anyone not to vote for me, but I don't condone the activities of white supremacist or hate groups".

          Unfortunately, I'm sure that was probably the 15th interview of the morning and he is probably going 20 hours a day right now at least, its easier said than done... Its not a fair point of criticism, all politicians have momentary gaffes. I still remember GW Bush walking away from an event where some reporter crashed and was just assailing him with BS and as he was walking away, he didn't realize his wireless mic was still on - "What an asshole" is all he said. Of course, that is all that played on the news, but the guy was being an asshole.
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          • Posted by $ 8 years, 1 month ago
            Agreed, like most of the media, Trump is the new Bull Elephant to shoot. The NYT thing is another desperate grab by Cruz and Rubio to engender support. Maybe they should try something beyond the same 10 or 12 lines.
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  • Posted by sfdi1947 8 years, 2 months ago
    Well, Senator, not Batsh#t Crazy, but quite uncivilized!
    That's because all the RINOs are terrified. their certain that Trump will pluck the golden goose, fry her eggs, and send all the K Streeters to GITMO.
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  • Posted by Herb7734 8 years, 2 months ago
    Dear Lindsey:
    If you think that's crazy, watch what happens if Hillary gets in.
    The truly shameful thing is that the two front runners are miscreants who have yet to be held responsible for their crimes. Since Mrs. Clinton's crimes are far worse than Mr. Trump's we will be forced into the unenviable, ancient situation of having to pick the lesser of two evils.
    Quoting the Wicked Witch of the West: "What a world, what a world."
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    • Posted by $ 8 years, 2 months ago
      No choice appears to be the standard choice. But I believe anyone else but Trump will lose to the Demcrapic Party machine, the dead people vote, and misprogrammed voting machines. I believe he actually has the nerve and the money to call each incident up and will sue the Democrap party for each one, unlike the Republicrats who just admired their abilities in 2012.
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      • Posted by Herb7734 8 years, 2 months ago
        You left out the bussing of voters from one precinct to another, and the Black Panther blockade. But it's true, you have a point.
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        • Posted by $ 8 years, 2 months ago
          I know, I have a hard time keeping track of all the criminal activity, which, strangely enough, never gets investigated. My wife says I ought to send Teddy Cruz the video of the guy in 2012 who could not vote for a Republicap in Ohio because the machine kept going back to Democrap. Ask him what were the results of his investigation, and who was responsible. Then tell him to shut up, he is as bad as any other politician we have.
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    • Posted by $ MichaelAarethun 8 years, 1 month ago
      You will force yourself into that choice. No one else is to blame when you had other choices and didn't take them. Vote left wing you belong to the left.
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  • Posted by scojohnson 8 years, 2 months ago
    Why are all of these old farts so afraid to just retire and enjoy their great grandkids or something.

    They are so 'out of touch' that they actually think their BS & rhetoric is at all relevant to the voters.

    He backed out of the primary with basically 0%, and he comes out with a statement like that as if he's 'relevant' and 'respected'. I guess he's not the problem... its everyone else.
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    • Posted by $ 8 years, 2 months ago
      No he is the problem, really. Along with all the rest of the Imperialists in both parties. Remember Felony Pelosi and her "you are not going home until you vote for ObamaCare?" They are indeed a huge part of the problem. Freedom dies when strangled by "dear leaders".
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  • Posted by $ allosaur 8 years, 2 months ago
    Yeah, Mr. Graham, as if batshit is worse than the usual RINO bullshit.
    I don't think piss and shit are dirty words any more. Lately, you hear those words used more and more on TV shows.
    They have evolved from "dirty" to slang.
    The f-word will evolve next.
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  • Posted by freedomforall 8 years, 2 months ago
    "He predicted irrevocable losses in November if the GOP backs Trump."

    Irrevocable, what a delightful adjective.
    - not able to be changed, reversed, or recovered.

    If the losses go to a candidate with principles and integrity, my dreams could be realized. In that case, the heavy losses will also be experienced by the Dem candidate and the third party candidate will have a plurality.
    It is the best peaceful chance for individual liberty.
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    • Posted by $ MichaelAarethun 8 years, 1 month ago
      Only if there are enough write ins for the third party candidate. Maybe in the primaries they aren't allowed except as winner take all bonus bunnies in the general election.
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      • Posted by $ 8 years, 1 month ago
        The Primary rules are rigged in so many ways to make sure a 3rd party cannot get a majority, Oregon just shuts out Independents, and you get 0 input on who is selected. I am sure other states are similarly rigged.
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    • Posted by $ 8 years, 2 months ago
      Not if they can help it....
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      • Posted by $ MichaelAarethun 8 years, 1 month ago
        that's the last place you would see most of the 46% going. those are people who deal in reality not in fairy tales. and they are not going to in any large part vote for a the sickness that stole their country and drove them into the 46%
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        • Posted by $ 8 years, 1 month ago
          I don't know for sure, but I do think he resonates with some who have checked out, if just because they want to throttle most politicians and Trump seems willing to do it. Maybe they don't consider he may be the biggest gasbag yet to make an appearance in politics?
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        • Posted by $ MichaelAarethun 8 years, 1 month ago
          Nickursis is right though I suspect that's where some of these supposed thrid party out of nowwhere derivce. Remember Anything Buchanan supports stay stay away from . He is the assassin of for the RINOs. he is no conservative he's just an establishment republican.
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  • Posted by term2 8 years, 1 month ago in reply to this comment.
    I hope indeed she dies of the multitude of self inflicted wounds.. But, she has so much money from her "crony supporters", and she has the media to keep things quiet- I dont think its over yet. Today will tell us a lot
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