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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
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That's actually Mr. Garrison's platform. He's mad as hell, and he's not going to take it anymore.
This is getting serious. He's really pushing things too far over here. Though extremist morons Britain First do support him apparently. Which in itself is a telling statement of fact.
Trump doesn't care for that either and neither will his voters, though. It would take mass, contagious insanity for him to get elected and before he gets elected, an insane zombified reagan would stumble through the white house, steal crazy obama's nuclear suitcase and jam zombie george bush' head through the button, so we'd be fucked even before trump ever got into office
It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothesIn fairness most of Trump's other statements have been condemned, this time it was just big enough to gain international attention, in part due to the accusations he levelled against cities in other countries.
“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ CyranDonald Trump, fundraiser for terrorists.
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For decades, Sinn Féin and the IRA were the political and military wings of the Irish republican movement, and the party was frequently accused of being an apologist for terror.
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On his way to the New York fundraiser a few months earlier, Trump would have seen a group of demonstrators protesting ongoing IRA violence, including victims of the 1993 Shankill bomb massacre in which 10 people died.
There were also protests from the relatives of Catholics who had been shot, beaten and exiled by the IRA even after the organisation declared its first ceasefire on 31 August 1994.
edited 9th Dec '15 10:30:11 AM by Achaemenid
Schild und Schwert der ParteiIf he loses, it will be for want of a ground game. I could see something like The Simpsons episode "Simpson v Prince" where Bart is vastly more popular than Martin, but Bart's voters were all of the too-cool-for-school cast and didn't actually vote, so Martin won, 2 votes to 0.
Unless Democratic turnout is massively depressed (and a Trump ticket would likely do the opposite), Trump can't take the general. His numbers among Latinos alone make winning certain swing states almost impossible, and that's not getting into everyone else he's pissed off. And given that 20-25% of Republicans have said that they will not vote Trump no matter what, its not looking too scary on that front.
Now if Clinton screws up on a level not seen since Walter Mondale, then you can start to panic/flee the country/etc. But Trump's angry far-right demographic isn't big enough to counter the wide coalition of people who will oppose him. The GOP doesn't have room to grow on the right, and Trump can't take much from the center, will likely lose some of the center-right and will send the center-left and the left into the arms of the Democratic ticket, even if said ticket is Vomit/Dog Crap.
edited 9th Dec '15 11:15:47 AM by Rationalinsanity
Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.Of course they can't do that yet, but I'm sure it will start to happen as we get closer to the first primaries and the nomination itself. Everyone is hoping that they don't have to be the one to take the hit from Trump's voter base that will inevitably ensue. There is something of a Taking the Bullet effect associated with criticizing him.
edited 9th Dec '15 12:56:21 PM by Fighteer
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"Hmm, so a few have stepped up. It's a start, at least.
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"

EDIT: Earlier I compared Trump to a Dalek but I'm starting to realize he's what would happen if Eric Cartman were running for President. He ingratiates himself into the group, they get fed up with his racism, at which point he declares "Screw you guys, I'm going home." by running as an Independent.
CARTMAN: Being independent is perfect. I can tell all the truth I want without having to give a damn about those Party assholes!
Had South Park done an ep about Trump in the election yet?
edited 9th Dec '15 7:08:42 AM by sgamer82