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Kayeka (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#96751: Jul 18th 2015 at 1:21:00 AM

Appropriate, but possibly counter-productive. I mean, more people read entertainment news than political. So they might have just given him more publicity.

Then again, it's the Huffington Post. No one reading that would vote for Trump anyway.

probablyinsane Since: Oct, 2011 Relationship Status: I LOVE THIS DOCTOR!
#96752: Jul 18th 2015 at 3:34:17 AM

I am rooting for Hillary Clinton.

But... I have to admit that if Trump wins, I will be entertained.

Plants are aliens, and fungi are nanomachines.
Protagonist506 from Oregon Since: Dec, 2013 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
#96753: Jul 18th 2015 at 7:13:42 AM

I doubt he's going to win. Even Glenn Beck thinks he's an idiot, if I recall.

Leviticus 19:34
ironballs16 Since: Jul, 2009 Relationship Status: Owner of a lonely heart
#96754: Jul 18th 2015 at 8:45:57 AM

Ugh, I was reminded again why I'm not a fan of Evangelicals. Had a minister (regular customer with his church down the street, PO box, etc.) come in to pick up his mail, and he mentioned that he was doing his "Mormon Outreach" at the Hill Cumorah pageant today.

Translation: "I'm going there to tell people why Mormonism is a filthy lie that will lead them to Hell if they don't repent their ways".

edited 18th Jul '15 8:56:22 AM by ironballs16

"Why would I inflict myself on somebody else?"
FluffyMcChicken My Hair Provides Affordable Healthcare from where the floating lights gleam Since: Jun, 2014 Relationship Status: In another castle
My Hair Provides Affordable Healthcare
#96755: Jul 18th 2015 at 11:10:39 AM

[up] Whenever I see those kinds of people in public, I just remind myself of the historical fact that it's not that the US has more fundamentalist religious folk than Europe, but that most if not all their fundamentalist religious folk have historically emigrated over here. tongue

tclittle Professional Forum Ninja from Somewhere Down in Texas Since: Apr, 2010
LeGarcon Blowout soon fellow Stalker from Skadovsk Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Gay for Big Boss
Blowout soon fellow Stalker
#96757: Jul 18th 2015 at 12:18:00 PM

Now that's just fucking low, Trump.

Oh really when?
FFShinra Since: Jan, 2001
#96758: Jul 18th 2015 at 12:30:01 PM

And so goes Trump, moron of the year. Buh Bye Mr. Toupee.

Parable Since: Aug, 2009
#96759: Jul 18th 2015 at 12:38:24 PM

The Old Man of Arizona still has plenty of support in his own state and elsewhere. If I recall, he even conducted a purge of Tea Party officials to solidify the Moderate's grip on the state. Is there an particular to antagonize McCain loyalists?

I mean, you know, besides being a loudmouth media darling?

edited 18th Jul '15 12:39:01 PM by Parable

kkhohoho (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#96760: Jul 18th 2015 at 12:45:32 PM

Trump said Mc Cain "is a war hero because he was captured. I like people who weren't captured."

Let me get this straight: Did a far-rightest republican just put down another far-rightest Republican? Because that's what it looks like. In any case, it's probably not a good idea to slam on someone from the only base that's likely to vote for you. (At least, it likely isn't for Trump. From my POV, it's a terrific idea!)

Fighteer Lost in Space from The Time Vortex (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
Lost in Space
#96761: Jul 18th 2015 at 12:46:54 PM

McCain is not a "far rightest" Republican. He's way over towards the moderate side of that scale.

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
kkhohoho (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#96762: Jul 18th 2015 at 12:54:55 PM

[up]Ah. Sorry about that. Still, probably not good for PR in any case.

TheyCallMeTomu Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#96763: Jul 18th 2015 at 1:03:54 PM

Mc Cain is a sensible and centrist politician.

Except for when he isn't.

Protagonist506 from Oregon Since: Dec, 2013 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
#96764: Jul 18th 2015 at 1:20:27 PM

On Cruz's facebook, he said:

"John Mc Cain is an American hero. Although we have some policy disagreements, I'm proud to serve alongside him". I do believe he might have been responding to Trump's statement.

Leviticus 19:34
RavenWilder Since: Apr, 2009
#96765: Jul 18th 2015 at 1:23:48 PM

Trump's comments can't help but remind me of this:

Homer: That little Timmy is a real hero.

Lisa: What makes him a hero, Dad?

Homer: Well, he fell down the well and ... can't get out.

Lisa: How does that make him a hero?

Homer: Well, it's more than you did!

Ogodei Fuck you, Fascist sympathizers from The front lines Since: Jan, 2011
Fuck you, Fascist sympathizers
#96766: Jul 18th 2015 at 1:34:56 PM

Something like this is what will kill Trump, when he mouths off at a sacred cow of the right.

FFShinra Since: Jan, 2001
#96767: Jul 18th 2015 at 1:37:03 PM

Not just of the right. There are plenty of Democrats who love Mc Cain too.

Ogodei Fuck you, Fascist sympathizers from The front lines Since: Jan, 2011
Fuck you, Fascist sympathizers
#96768: Jul 18th 2015 at 1:43:30 PM

Yeah, but those people don't matter in Trump's current context. Aside from whatever remaining Reagan Democrats there are (registered Dems who haven't voted for the party in a meaningful way since the 80s).

And Democrats really cooled off on him after 2008.

kkhohoho (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#96769: Jul 18th 2015 at 1:43:50 PM

[up][up][up]In that case, more power to him.tongue

edited 18th Jul '15 1:44:04 PM by kkhohoho

nightwyrm_zero Since: Apr, 2010
#96770: Jul 18th 2015 at 1:44:12 PM

I don't understand Trump. Is he just trying to piss everyone off?

PotatoesRock Since: Oct, 2012
#96771: Jul 18th 2015 at 1:48:33 PM

I think he's like Paris Hilton. They're doing dumb things to brand themselves, build name recognition. Which makes them more expensive as they sell themselves.

Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#96773: Jul 18th 2015 at 2:03:28 PM

Trump is an egomaniac and attention whore out to feed his ego.

Although I still like the idea that Trump is a devoted Democrat out to sabotage the GOP from within.tongue

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
Deadbeatloser22 from Disappeared by Space Magic (Great Old One) Relationship Status: Tsundere'ing
#96774: Jul 18th 2015 at 2:05:04 PM

So Trump has been mocking Mc Cain's military record.

Exactly what service has Trump done?

"Yup. That tasted purple."
kkhohoho (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#96775: Jul 18th 2015 at 2:11:03 PM

[up]Well...

Newly released documents suggest that a young Donald Trump received several deferments that could have allowed him to avoid service in Vietnam, contrasting claims he made this week that he missed the draft solely because he had a high lottery number.

Either way, he had a good chance of serving Vietnam, but lucked out. So he doesn't have any real jurisdiction to be calling Mc Cain out on anything here, really.

edited 18th Jul '15 2:12:32 PM by kkhohoho


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