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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
Honestly, if Trump were a plant by Clinton, I'd kind of have to admire her cunning in turning the worst parts of the GOP against itself. Would it qualify her as a Magnificent Bastard?
I don't believe Trump is a democrat plant. However, if he was he'd be doing a very good job, so it might as well be true.
Leviticus 19:34I will repeat because I think my magic gets stronger the more I repeat it.
Plus Donald Trump + stupid US news media needs multiple smacks with virtual cluebat courtesy of moi.
Ignore Trump!!! Plus am making a list and checking it twice. Whichever news "brand" keeps using Trump as clickbait will go on the list that Zen must rant at.
Plants are aliens, and fungi are nanomachines.So there's a story going around now that someone shouted "Set the motherfucker on fire!" and "sieg heil!" in reference to a Black Lives Matter protestor being dragged out of a Trump rally.
Trump and his supporters must really terrify the Republican establishment.
So much for Rubio being the moderate face of the Rebublican Party.
Disappointed.
Rubio had a reputation for being more moderate in immigration matters (so as long as it was politically viable on that side of the political spectrum), he's fairly orthodox in all other aspects.
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard FeynmanRubio's always been a Tea Party darling. He got his Senate seat by primarying out a moderate Republican (who ran as an independent anyway, and split the vote — between him and the Democrat running). The only thing where he hasn't toed the Tea Party line from the start is on immigration, and that's because a good part of his base are Cuban-Americans, who want their family members that are still living in Cuba to be able to immigrate.
Really from Jupiter, but not an alien.Rubio was never a moderate. He's a Tea Partier through and through, with his only break from party orthodoxy being his attempt at immigration reform. (And the reaction to that vs. the reaction to Trump's ravings should say a lot about the Republican base.)
What Rubio has been good at has been putting on a facade of reasonableness and saying horrific policies in a calm, measured tone instead of sounding like an Ax-Crazy nutcase. But the difference between a random Tea Party politician and Rubio is virtually nil.
| Wandering, but not lost. | If people bring so much courage to this world...◊ |i think Pandora's Box would be a more fitting metaphor
Bumbleby is best ship. busy spending time on r/RWBY and r/anime. Unapologetic SocialistWhen I watched the video, I clearly heard the "Light the motherfucker on fire!" (and initially thought it was "monkey" when reading an article that put mo——), but I couldn't see or hear someone yelling "Sieg Heil". Also, there's people alleging it was another protester that had said it, not a Trump supporter, which I don't exactly buy given the open racism of the first guy.
As for Congress, I know they let the Zadroga Bill lapse back in October, which means that the 9/11 First Responders are effectively blowing in the wind when it comes to affording medical treatment. Already wrote a letter to my Congressman about it because it's fucking shameful to do that while still extolling "Never Forget".
"Why would I inflict myself on somebody else?"
That's the crux of the problem, though - Trump is exactly the type of person that would attract neo-Nazis to one of his rallies. But as I said, I couldn't see or hear anyone saying that phrase, so I'm not sold entirely on it having been said at all. The whole "Light the motherfucker on fire" bit, though, is plain as day, and has only one probable source.
"Why would I inflict myself on somebody else?"

Trump is an old friend or at least contact of the Clinton's...
Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.