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TheHandle United Earth from Stockholm Since: Jan, 2012 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
United Earth
#129726: Jul 12th 2016 at 9:27:39 AM

Finally happened. We all knew it was going to happen. The guy robbed a bunch of delusional unemployed college students out of their money, and then endorsed the very evil he campaigned against. Tag one of your Bernout friends, and rub it in their face.

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#129727: Jul 12th 2016 at 9:29:27 AM

The part of me that engages in schadenfreude hopes they get their Trump presidency so they can continue to not find employment and have to live in his neo-fascist clown state. Of course, that would be a pointless wish: they regard themselves as having nothing to lose, so the self-destruction of the nation is not a negative for them. What they don't truly appreciate is how much worse they could have it.

edited 12th Jul '16 9:31:43 AM by Fighteer

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PotatoesRock Since: Oct, 2012
#129728: Jul 12th 2016 at 9:32:58 AM

Something big is happening.
And what do you think that something is?

megarockman from The Sixth Borough (Experienced Trainee)
#129729: Jul 12th 2016 at 9:34:36 AM

Honestly, it reminds me more of The Decision in Cleveland. (Though I make no projections on what Sanders may do in 2020 in that case.)

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SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#129730: Jul 12th 2016 at 9:35:29 AM

The other thing that bothers me about Trump supporters (and Sanders-Trump crossover voters) is their complete disregard for what will happen to people who are not secure white male and well off.

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#129731: Jul 12th 2016 at 9:37:56 AM

[up] I suppose that they welcome the forthcoming revolution. I don't think they appreciate that their "black brothers and sisters" would eagerly put them up against the wall for having supported Trump even ironically. And some of them are unabashed racists, anyway.

edited 12th Jul '16 9:38:16 AM by Fighteer

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tricksterson Never Trust from Behind you with an icepick Since: Apr, 2009 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
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#129732: Jul 12th 2016 at 9:40:29 AM

We are now in The World According to Garp territory: "Even Ellen James is against the Ellen Jamesians" (possibly imperfect quote)

edited 12th Jul '16 9:42:25 AM by tricksterson

Trump delenda est
TobiasDrake (•̀⤙•́) (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Arm chopping is not a love language!
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#129733: Jul 12th 2016 at 9:40:50 AM

[up][up]Yeah. Not everyone who supports Trump is apathetic to the plight of minorities.

edited 12th Jul '16 9:41:03 AM by TobiasDrake

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TacticalFox88 from USA Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Dating the Doctor
#129734: Jul 12th 2016 at 9:41:30 AM

Plus, remember when the rest of the world practically disliked Americans during the Bush years? I'd imagine that'd be 10x worse under a potential Trump Presidency.

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#129735: Jul 12th 2016 at 9:43:56 AM

So much worse.

And when the dust settles and whatever horrible disasters have ended, Europe will look to us like, "What the hell happened, America?!"

And we will be like, "We got the money out of Washington and replaced it with radical True Believers. Then we learned a valuable lesson about the importance of enlightened self-interest in the political system."

edited 12th Jul '16 9:45:04 AM by TobiasDrake

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ThePest179 Since: Jul, 2015
#129736: Jul 12th 2016 at 9:44:18 AM

I was reading up on David Duke a few days ago (for those of you not in the loop, Duke is a former KKK member who recently praised Donald Trump), and then I read about his campaign for Governor of Louisiana, and thought to myself, "Hey, doesn't this resemble the 2016 election?" I mean, there are pretty uncanny similarities (a career politician widely seen as corrupt wins against a racist demagogue who is associated with white supremacist groups). Compare and contrast for yourself: [1]

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Lost in Space
#129737: Jul 12th 2016 at 9:48:15 AM

Duke is a former KKK Grand Master — the head honcho. He's run some hilariously racist political campaigns and Trump had to be reminded by his staff that a direct endorsement from that guy is not a good thing. At one point, Trump pretended not to know who he is.

edited 12th Jul '16 9:48:33 AM by Fighteer

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TacticalFox88 from USA Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Dating the Doctor
#129738: Jul 12th 2016 at 9:59:52 AM

Crazy part is, I remember somewhere reading that breaking down the votes statistically, blacks and other minority voters were the central reason that Duke lost his bid for Governor.

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#129739: Jul 12th 2016 at 10:05:39 AM

I wouldn't call that crazy. I would call that the appropriate outcome.

There aren't as many white people in this country as white people seem to think there are. "Minorities" is a bit of misleading in that regard. White people outnumber any given minority, sure. But all of them? Not by a long shot.

edited 12th Jul '16 10:06:18 AM by TobiasDrake

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Protagonist506 from Oregon Since: Dec, 2013 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
#129740: Jul 12th 2016 at 10:06:07 AM

Yeah, that was kind of funny. I was worried a guy who I listen to (though, honestly, I think he's too right wing even for me-Ted Cruz was his first choice) was going to start supporting Trump. However, when Trump didn't immediately denounce David Duke he flipped out in a way that I found kind of hilarious.

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Kostya (Unlucky Thirteen)
#129741: Jul 12th 2016 at 10:07:43 AM

[up][up]You sure? White people still make up 60+% of the population last I heard.

edited 12th Jul '16 10:08:18 AM by Kostya

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#129742: Jul 12th 2016 at 10:09:52 AM

Okay, yes, I stand corrected. Wiki says 63.7%.

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smokeycut Since: Mar, 2013
#129743: Jul 12th 2016 at 10:12:27 AM

But if you split "white voters" between "racists" and "decent human beings" you see that Duke never stood a chance.

TacticalFox88 from USA Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Dating the Doctor
#129744: Jul 12th 2016 at 10:14:11 AM

[1]

LAWD. Drag him Bernie. DRAG HIM.

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Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#129745: Jul 12th 2016 at 10:19:10 AM

Bernie would make the perfect attacker for Clinton in the general. He doesn't hold back, it motivates key blocs, doesn't piss off anyone who isn't with Trump anyway and is damn good entertainment to. Sanders gets to play to his strengths while Clinton deals with policy.

Please Hillary, let Bill, Bernie and Biden on the same stage and just have them go to town on Trump. It would be a thing of absolute beauty.

edited 12th Jul '16 10:19:27 AM by Rationalinsanity

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ThePest179 Since: Jul, 2015
#129746: Jul 12th 2016 at 10:20:15 AM

[up][up][up] Hence my comparison to Duke's race to the current election. Trump might just end up the same way Duke did.

edited 12th Jul '16 10:21:16 AM by ThePest179

CaptainCapsase from Orbiting Sagittarius A* Since: Jan, 2015
#129747: Jul 12th 2016 at 10:23:23 AM

@Tobias: Young voters in England were strongly against Brexit, in the same way young Americans are strongly against Trump. 70+% opposition (to Trump, I don't recall what the margin for Brexit was) is an extremely strong mandate among the demographic. The "crossover" supporters are both an extremely small minority of Sanders voters (smaller in fact than the percentage of Clinton's supporters claiming they would support Mitt Romney at this point in the race based on Pew Research's election breakdown, 9% now versus 15% then), despite a much higher dissaproval rate of Clinton among Sanders' supporters compared to 2008.

@Potatoes: A cultural and political paradigm shift of historic proportions. Many other such shifts have been catalyzed by technological changes that made information more readily available, here that change is the Intetnet.

edited 12th Jul '16 11:07:46 AM by CaptainCapsase

TacticalFox88 from USA Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Dating the Doctor
#129748: Jul 12th 2016 at 10:23:35 AM

So...Hillary has: Obama, Michelle, Uncle Joe, Warren, Sanders, Slick Willy, Plus a plethora of Senators, Mayors, Congressmen and Governors

and Trump has: Christie, Newt, Pence...and...?

LOL

This is like the Full Justice League being challenged by the Suicide Squad.

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#129749: Jul 12th 2016 at 10:25:30 AM

The Suicide Squad are a brave and tricksy bunch.

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speedyboris Since: Feb, 2010
#129750: Jul 12th 2016 at 10:30:09 AM

Maybe Trump should pick HOWARD DEAN, THE DEAN MACHINE!!!!

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edited 12th Jul '16 10:30:28 AM by speedyboris


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