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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
Only rednecks, Neo-Nazis and Southerners. Hell, Dr. Insano would be a better president than Trump: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fhGS0tAcQg
edited 13th Mar '16 3:27:41 PM by Bat178
Taking a cue from "Hate the war, not the warrior," I would say, "Respect the office, if not the office-holder."
So, while it would be a shame if the POTUS got assassinated, I would not mourn Donald Trump's death for an instant. And while flying the flag at half-staff, I would offer up a silent thank-you to whoever was responsible.
Only thing is, who would step into his shoes afterwards, Chris Christie? Ted Cruz?
Not much of an improvement, if you ask me...
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I'd mourn for the sanctity of the office of president and the state of American democracy. I'd be anxious that his reactionary base would feel freshly victimized. I'd wistfully peel through the history of the Roman republic from the end of the second Punic war to the assassinations of the Gracchi and Caesar. But the man himself? Probably not a whole lot of mourning or jubilation on my part. He plays with rhetorical fire and uses aggressive language frequently, so it wouldn't surprise me much if someone determined and crazy enough ended the would-be tyrant's reign shortly after it began.
edited 13th Mar '16 3:48:28 PM by Artificius
"I have no fear, for fear is the little death that kills me over and over. Without fear, I die but once."I wouldn't be particularly overjoyed OR mournful if Trump were assassinated - mainly because I would be too busy being flat fucking terrified of the KKK, Neo-Nazis, and other horrible people committing all sorts of murder and mayhem in the name of their beloved martyr.
Someone did tell me life was going to be this way.
I thought that was a send-up of the Clinton campaign and corporate media shill for Clinton, not necessarily her base's reasons for voting for her. People can vote for a candidate out of principal and not be brainwashed despite the company of some unsavory and deceitful types, in my case the Berniebros who seem to detest Clinton for her ovaries and probably aren't all that progressive.
edited 13th Mar '16 4:10:38 PM by Artificius
"I have no fear, for fear is the little death that kills me over and over. Without fear, I die but once."It probably includes me too. I did find it a bit flame baity.
edited 13th Mar '16 4:16:41 PM by LSBK
@Jack: As an Argentine (that is, someone from a nation that has a story of serious political instability), you don't need to need to feel sad about an hypotetical president Trump being assassinated. You should be very afraid, because it's going to cause big riots, possibly turn his followers into a solid political movement (like Peronism in my country), and somewhat "justify" political assassinations (and generally increase violence by reactionaries).
1 2 We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be. -KVActually, I meant Clinton herself, the entirety of whose defense against such accusations is saying "I told them to cut it out once! As softly as possible!" and then taking all the donations and making all the speeches anyway.
She couldn't meaningfully oppose them before, she can't meaningfully oppose them now, and should she become president, that won't magically change.
edited 13th Mar '16 4:20:12 PM by Luminosity
So, the Clinton campaign can't pay back local police departments for services rendered months ago, but Clinton herself can pull a monthly salary from her Super PA Cs?
You tell me.
I don't understand them. I also don't understand how the continuous stereotyping of Bernie voters as "Berniebros" and "Would-be Trump voters" is allowed, yet anything resembling a rock in the other garden is a no-no.
It seemed like that was less her and more how it's usually done, unless I have that wrong. Like, weren't Trump and Sanders noted as being exceptions for paying or just for paying up front. Still not good on her, though.
Edit: So it sounds more like a point for Sanders (and Trump) than a take away from Clinton. Or are those the same thing?
edited 13th Mar '16 4:29:42 PM by LSBK
Sanders casts a wider net, and it does tend to haul in some Trump-y floaters. Those who would vote for Trump in lieu of Sanders and in outrage of Clinton are probably solely motivated by economic populism: they're pissed about the pay-to-play model our system has adopted in the last three decades, and they absolutely don't trust her to hold the mega banks accountable, no matter what she says now. A vote for Trump might seem like a last resort, a torch for the corrupt house from that perspective.
edited 13th Mar '16 4:41:23 PM by Artificius
"I have no fear, for fear is the little death that kills me over and over. Without fear, I die but once."
x5 — Maybe not, but there was a letter to the editor in my local newspaper today from a Trump supporter, who says they'd vote for Clinton, if Trump doesn't get nominated.
Then again, this person also says, and I quote: "Trump is the only civilized candidate on the debate stage." End quote.
I don't know what drugs they're taking, but I'd say the dosage needs adjusting...
edited 13th Mar '16 4:40:11 PM by pwiegle
This Space Intentionally Left Blank.She doesn't need to be "made look like" anything. Her weasely ways speak for themselves. Not helped by any and all critique of her constantly getting silenced with cries of "Trumpzilla! Trumpzilla!"
edited 13th Mar '16 4:44:24 PM by Luminosity

So if Trump gets elected and then assassinated, do us American Troupers still have to feel sad about it? I mean the previous ones were national traumas and everyone was sad about it, but feeling that for Trump? This of course only applies to Americans, foreigners are free to celebrate to their hearts continent.
I Bring Doom,and a bit of gloom, but mostly gloom.