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TacticalFox88 from USA Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Dating the Doctor
#148076: Nov 2nd 2016 at 5:09:47 PM

We're legitimately without a hint of sarcasm or irony comparing one of our Presidential candidates to Comic Book super villains.

Just let that sink in for a moment...

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Bat178 Since: May, 2011
#148077: Nov 2nd 2016 at 5:10:58 PM

Like I said, even Dr. Insano would make a better president than Trump. At least he is not ugly and is honest about his evil plans:

edited 2nd Nov '16 5:11:38 PM by Bat178

BearyScary Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: You spin me right round, baby
Euodiachloris Since: Oct, 2010
#148079: Nov 2nd 2016 at 5:12:46 PM

[up]x4 Worse, he's losing. Heck: Doom would be an improvement. We know the guy does the flaming research and is a dab hand at enforcing what the results show to be optimum policy!

Trump even makes Mayor Quimby look fantastic as a leader. <_<

edited 2nd Nov '16 5:13:45 PM by Euodiachloris

AmbarSonofDeshar Since: Jan, 2010
#148080: Nov 2nd 2016 at 5:14:11 PM

@Tactical Fox

A while ago I got one of my friends to take the "Trump or Mussolini" quiz. We noted that the Mussolini quotes can be identified by being better written. My friend's complaint: "how is it that Mussolini is coming off better than someone in this conversation? When did he become the metric for anything other than worst people to run Italy?"

edited 2nd Nov '16 5:14:33 PM by AmbarSonofDeshar

BestOf FABRICATI DIEM, PVNC! from Finland Since: Oct, 2010 Relationship Status: Falling within your bell curve
FABRICATI DIEM, PVNC!
#148081: Nov 2nd 2016 at 5:17:15 PM

When did he become the metric for anything other than worst people to run Italy?

To be fair - to Mussolini, I know - Italy has probably had worse rulers, when it was known as Rome. (Not a high bar but I'm sure they've still managed to fail to surpass it.)

Quod gratis asseritur, gratis negatur.
AngelusNox Warder of the damned from The guard of the gates of oblivion Since: Dec, 2014 Relationship Status: Married to the job
Warder of the damned
#148082: Nov 2nd 2016 at 5:17:59 PM

Well, comic book super villains actually are competent when it comes to running stuff.

Trump isn't.

I can easily imagine Lex and Doom being offended of being compared to Trump on the account they aren't incompetent and their plans actually make sense.

On Mussolini and Trump, I think the main similarities over the two is how both appealed to machismo, and had that narcissistic drive to put their faces everywhere.

edited 2nd Nov '16 5:24:07 PM by AngelusNox

Inter arma enim silent leges
Euodiachloris Since: Oct, 2010
#148083: Nov 2nd 2016 at 5:18:54 PM

[up][up]Berlusconi and Nero spring to mind...

And, I'm not sure Trump improves on either. <_<

edited 2nd Nov '16 5:19:52 PM by Euodiachloris

BestOf FABRICATI DIEM, PVNC! from Finland Since: Oct, 2010 Relationship Status: Falling within your bell curve
FABRICATI DIEM, PVNC!
#148084: Nov 2nd 2016 at 5:22:51 PM

I don't think it's fair to say Berlusconi was even worse than Mussolini. The latter might have been more competent in some ways but come on, Berlusconi didn't start multiple wars or sign the Tripartite pact or commit all sorts of war crimes.

Berlusconi, though, is very similar to Trump in more ways than Trump supporters should feel comfortable about.

(Also, one Roman emperor worth mentioning in this context might be Caligula; but the caveat, as always with Roman rulers, is that latter generations have done whatever they wanted with the narrative that would survive to our days, so it just might be possible Caligula and Nero weren't even really quite as bad as they're thought to have been. Then again, maybe they really were that horrible - in which case at least one of them was worse than Mussolini.)

What a derail...

Quod gratis asseritur, gratis negatur.
IFwanderer use political terms to describe, not insult from Earth Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Wishfully thinking
use political terms to describe, not insult
#148085: Nov 2nd 2016 at 5:32:44 PM

I have something for when Trump loses the election:

Oh, I also have a song prepared:

Did you know this song is about Trump's father?

edited 2nd Nov '16 5:33:22 PM by IFwanderer

1 2 We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be. -KV
TacticalFox88 from USA Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Dating the Doctor
#148086: Nov 2nd 2016 at 5:38:28 PM

Okay, okay, this one is a new one that I haven't heard before.

Quote from my feed...sigh again.

Nobody thinks a utopia is going to come if Bernie were president. We wanted him to have these liberal positions, then after having to compromise, get to something at least decent. Hillary straight up starts at a compromised position.

Forgetting all the absurdities and twisting of facts here...

Is this implicitly comparing political negotiation as if you were buying a car or something similar where the dealer meets you halfway?

Tell me I'm reading this wrong, because I refuse to believe someone can be this naive about how politics work.

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RavenWilder Since: Apr, 2009
#148087: Nov 2nd 2016 at 5:39:03 PM

I'm anticipating a Hillary Clinton inaugaration where, just as she's being sworn in, Trump shows up onstage, grabs the microphone away, and says, "Yo, Hillary, I'm really happy for you, Imma let you finish, but I had one of the best Presidential campaigns of all time!"

edited 2nd Nov '16 5:39:53 PM by RavenWilder

Silasw A procrastination in of itself from A handcart to hell (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
A procrastination in of itself
#148088: Nov 2nd 2016 at 5:40:26 PM

I've been looping "Fuck you" by Lily Allen for the last few weeks if we're discussing songs that we feel connect with this election.

“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ Cyran
Eschaton Since: Jul, 2010
#148090: Nov 2nd 2016 at 6:03:47 PM

[up][up][up][up]Out of curiosity, how do you think politics works?

Because the example Sanders supporters can most easily cite is the Democratic Primary itself, where Sanders stuck to his guns and made a very clear case on what a large portion of Democratic voters wanted, and then we wind up with "the most progressive platform the Democrats have ever had."

The fact that there are still holdouts who refuse to accept even that is a major annoyance for me, personally. Whether or not Clinton will deliver on the platform is a separate argument.

edited 2nd Nov '16 6:21:26 PM by Eschaton

Lennik (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#148091: Nov 2nd 2016 at 6:04:07 PM

Breaking Benjamin's "Had Enough" for Trump.

Randy Newman's "Strange Things" for Jeb Bush during the primaries.

That's right, boys. Mondo cool.
JackOLantern1337 Shameful Display from The Most Miserable Province in the Russian Empir Since: Aug, 2014 Relationship Status: 700 wives and 300 concubines
Shameful Display
#148092: Nov 2nd 2016 at 6:09:22 PM

Hillary's theme should be fight song.

I Bring Doom,and a bit of gloom, but mostly gloom.
InAnOdderWay Since: Nov, 2013
#148093: Nov 2nd 2016 at 6:16:37 PM

Yeah I'm not too confident in Hilary's liberal positions. It's so painfully obvious that she's adopting Bernie's platform to sway the oh so volatile millenial vote that it's hard to think she'll really stick to them come January.

The best hope at pushing Hilary towards liberal issues is to elect a liberal leaning Senate that in turn pushes Hilary towards liberal Supreme Court Justices. Trump might have actually paved the way for a Democratic clean coup.

smokeycut Since: Mar, 2013
#148094: Nov 2nd 2016 at 6:18:37 PM

Where does this idea that Hillary isn't actually liberal come from? She's actually got better views than Sanders did on social justice. She recognizes that we need to crack down on police brutality and focus on things aside from just economics.

edited 2nd Nov '16 6:18:54 PM by smokeycut

Soopor Agent Peacock from Talon IV (Troper Knight) Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
Agent Peacock
#148095: Nov 2nd 2016 at 6:19:07 PM

Thought I'd link this video in, if anyone's interested. It's a bit long (about 17 minutes), but is a fairly good perspective on things.

edited 2nd Nov '16 6:23:41 PM by Soopor

NoName999 Since: May, 2011
#148096: Nov 2nd 2016 at 6:19:55 PM

So Bill Maher is gonna have a stand up of Trump jokes live on Facebook in about 40 minutes.

Called "Whiny Little Bitch"

If we're lucky, it would be the last batch of Trump jokes we're gonna hear.

AngelusNox Warder of the damned from The guard of the gates of oblivion Since: Dec, 2014 Relationship Status: Married to the job
Warder of the damned
#148097: Nov 2nd 2016 at 6:21:12 PM

Personally for me it is a mix of Exodus - March of the Sycophants, Slayer - Pride in Prejudice and Fear Factory - Cyberwaste

Inter arma enim silent leges
AlleyOop Since: Oct, 2010
#148098: Nov 2nd 2016 at 6:22:43 PM

[up][up] If Trump TV takes off we'll still have to deal with quite a lot of them sadly. Like what happened with "Papa Bear" O'Reilly and Beck.

thatguythere47 Since: Jul, 2010
#148099: Nov 2nd 2016 at 6:23:25 PM

Pretty sure me and Handle will be racing to post this on election day.

EDIT: fixed link

edited 2nd Nov '16 6:26:21 PM by thatguythere47

Is using "Julian Assange is a Hillary butt plug" an acceptable signature quote?
IFwanderer use political terms to describe, not insult from Earth Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Wishfully thinking
use political terms to describe, not insult
#148100: Nov 2nd 2016 at 6:24:36 PM

Forget it. [nja]'d

edited 2nd Nov '16 6:24:59 PM by IFwanderer

1 2 We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be. -KV

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