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#277451: Apr 15th 2019 at 1:35:27 PM

Dumbster Fire. SAD.

Edit: This pagetopper is said on behalf of Trump calling Omar the leader of the Democratic party.

The insult could have had a bit more sting to it, while remaining blatantly false, if he had said AOC.

As for gratefulness, narcissists love to throw that accusation around.

Edited by Oruka on Apr 15th 2019 at 1:38:24 AM

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#277452: Apr 15th 2019 at 1:41:17 PM

I hate how the racism and Islamophobia has just been getting bolder.

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#277453: Apr 15th 2019 at 1:44:45 PM

I'm just waiting for him to try to link the Notre Dame fire to that at this point.

Fourthspartan56 from Georgia, US Since: Oct, 2016 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
#277454: Apr 15th 2019 at 1:45:13 PM

I hate how the racism and Islamophobia has just been getting bolder.

That's a tautology, also yeah. It sucks that Trump has emboldened such things.

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#277455: Apr 15th 2019 at 1:48:58 PM

> I'm just waiting for him to try to link the Notre Dame fire to that at this point.

he might but so will Marine Le Pen (France's far right politician)

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#277456: Apr 15th 2019 at 1:49:36 PM

[up][up]If you want to be pedantic, it's probably more a redundancy. That said, I wish I had some way to reach out to let people know that hate is not the answer. But I live in Indiana, and not near Indianapolis, and besides, a passionate plea probably won't be interpreted as any different than hate to the people who only know hate and are able to drown out my voice.

Edited by ShinyCottonCandy on Apr 15th 2019 at 4:49:59 AM

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#277457: Apr 15th 2019 at 2:02:42 PM

[up]

Depending on where you live, you could very easily be considered a Category Traitor for doing so.

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#277458: Apr 15th 2019 at 2:55:47 PM

Former Gov of Massachusetts Bill Weld is running for the Republican POTUS Nomination

Edited by 3of4 on Apr 15th 2019 at 11:56:31 AM

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#277459: Apr 15th 2019 at 3:01:37 PM

I wish him luck.

For real, I wish literally anyone trying to primary Trump the best of luck. The devil I know is Godzilla Threshold terrible.

Edited by TobiasDrake on Apr 15th 2019 at 4:02:17 AM

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#277460: Apr 15th 2019 at 3:04:35 PM

He's charging at Windmills basically

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#277461: Apr 15th 2019 at 3:07:31 PM

[up][up] Beware Be Careful What You Wish For. There are worse demons in the Republican Party, which would assuredly like to be in power.

Though, if Bill Weld wants to try and push back against him, all power to him. We won't get my vote for President, but I'd rather see Democrats vs. Weld than Democrats vs. Trump.

Edited by AzurePaladin on Apr 15th 2019 at 6:09:01 AM

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#277462: Apr 15th 2019 at 3:20:05 PM

Beware Be Careful What You Wish For. There are worse demons in the Republican Party, which would assuredly like to be in power.

Though, if Bill Weld wants to try and push back against him, all power to him. We won't get my vote for President, but I'd rather see Democrats vs. Weld than Democrats vs. Trump.

Who could be worse than Trump?

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#277463: Apr 15th 2019 at 3:29:23 PM

Beware Be Careful What You Wish For. There are worse demons in the Republican Party, which would assuredly like to be in power.

Though, if Bill Weld wants to try and push back against him, all power to him. We won't get my vote for President, but I'd rather see Democrats vs. Weld than Democrats vs. Trump.

The worse demons in the Republican Party know better than to run for President when a Congressional majority wields so much more power and never has to worry about term limits. And a judge is a lifetime appointment! Frankly, being President is shit-work.

90% of the President's job is to be a figurehead. He acts as the face of the nation. Trump likes the job because he loves the attention more than he loves actually doing things of consequence that will avoid being overturned four years later. Other Republicans are content to let him get away with the terrible shit he's doing in the short-term because he's also serving their long-term legislative agenda at the same time. Particularly getting McConnell's judges their nominations so he can rush them through confirmation.

If Trump gets taken down by a primary challenger, McConnell will still get his agenda through. He'd need to lose majority control of the Senate to really block his stuff. But we won't have to put up with the insanely awful shit that Congressional Republicans keep whistling innocently and looking the other way on.

It'd be bad, but bad is still better than worse. And better is good.

So, yeah. I'm still voting Democrat, I'd need a lot of convincing to give a Republican candidate the time of day. But I would sleep so much more soundly if 2020 could be Democrat vs. Generic Republican instead of Democrat vs. Trump.

Edited by TobiasDrake on Apr 15th 2019 at 4:30:48 AM

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#277464: Apr 15th 2019 at 3:29:52 PM

[up][up] Steve King? David Duke? Both have run for office as Republicans before (and King is still in office). They would have some similarities with Trump, while being even more blatant about the white supremacy.

Never ask if someone could be worse. The answer, now and always, is yes.

[up] Yeah, I'm voting Democrat unless something ridiculous happens. Any of the current field would be better than what we've got now.

Edited by AzurePaladin on Apr 15th 2019 at 6:31:42 AM

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#277465: Apr 15th 2019 at 3:37:38 PM

At least David Duke is upfront about his White Supremacy. We wouldn't need to keep having "But is he really racist?" arguments every week.

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#277466: Apr 15th 2019 at 3:41:30 PM

Two words: President McConnell. He's been a heck of a destructive force in the Senate, I'd hate to see him with even more weight to swing around.

Edited by Bur on Apr 15th 2019 at 5:41:50 AM

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#277468: Apr 15th 2019 at 3:49:39 PM

A conventional Republican just means that the same corrosive policy is given a respectable mask. There's not a huge distance between an average Republican politician and Trump — he's just unpracticed in euphemism. We'e been over this before.

Honestly, at this point, I think a conventional Republican would be worse. Trump's sheer incompetence and cruelty produce a lot of creative destruction that make Democratic advances possible. Would we be able to openly talk about Medicare for All if a mild-mannered John Kasich was gutting labor, restricting abortion access, overturning Obamacare, cutting taxes to the wealthy, undermining science, etc. with a respectable air?

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#277470: Apr 15th 2019 at 3:50:43 PM

Worst would be President Pence,you do not want a zealot as President.

Along with Bannondorf

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#277471: Apr 15th 2019 at 3:51:20 PM

Isn't Trump just as much of a zealot?

sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#277472: Apr 15th 2019 at 3:53:09 PM

No. For better or worse, usually the latter, zealots have principles.

Trump does not. At most, there's his dedication to the Wall (tm).

Edited by sgamer82 on Apr 15th 2019 at 4:53:40 AM

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#277473: Apr 15th 2019 at 3:54:22 PM

>Duke: Yes, he'd be up front about it. But if you think Trump eggs on white nationalist violence, wait till you see what a former Klansman would do. He'd also probably use all the powers of the federal government to try and build an ethnostate.

>Mc Connell: Would be terrible...but I can't feel like he's more terrifying than David Duke. You know, the guy who wants to build an ethnostate.

Edited by AzurePaladin on Apr 15th 2019 at 6:55:24 AM

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#277474: Apr 15th 2019 at 3:55:34 PM

Mitch is more powerful and damaging as a senator, as in the institutional breakdown of our republic, whenever it's completed, will be traced by future historians to his actions. As President, he's limited to an ultimately finite period of high-intensity garbage. As senator, it's a losing battle waiting until he dies.

Edited by CrimsonZephyr on Apr 15th 2019 at 6:56:29 AM

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CharlesPhipps Since: Jan, 2001
#277475: Apr 15th 2019 at 4:05:23 PM

Weirdly, the big difference is David Duke has nothing against Muslims (racist being inconsistent? Surely you jest) and hates Israel. Otherwise, I expect he'd do more or less like Trump.

It's just I'd argue David would be better at framing himself because that was his entire handling of the Klan and why so many branches broke away from it under him.

(It's a weird thing you learn in my area like Klan identity politics but Duke was basically abandoned by large numbers for sounding too much like a Republican versus outright outlaw murderer—which most people who joined the Klan joined to be)

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