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Kber

(5,043 posts)
1. Huh - that's not how I read that at all
Wed Mar 9, 2016, 09:55 AM
Mar 2016

I read it as a warning that some people might think he's not as dangerous as he really is, making him a genuine threat in the general.

CTyankee

(63,769 posts)
3. he thinks trump will move left and perhaps he is correct...remember "govern in the middle"
Wed Mar 9, 2016, 10:02 AM
Mar 2016

after you run from the right in the campaign...

Act_of_Reparation

(9,116 posts)
4. I'm trying desperately to recall the last time Tom Friedman was right about something.
Wed Mar 9, 2016, 10:06 AM
Mar 2016

Coming up a little short.

CTyankee

(63,769 posts)
5. well, he's joined the press gaggle that all have the same vibe on trump...
Wed Mar 9, 2016, 10:11 AM
Mar 2016

he's tapped into the righteous anger on the right. Paul Krugman has pointed out how that is just not true. He says Trump is tapping into the racism and xenophobia of the right that has always been there...

Act_of_Reparation

(9,116 posts)
6. Last week on the Diane Rehm Show...
Wed Mar 9, 2016, 10:19 AM
Mar 2016

...David Brooks was asked what he thought of the state of discourse within the Republican party. His answer, predictably, began with, "Well, both sides..."

For an otherwise respectable news outlet, the NYT sure has stacked their Op Ed staff with right wing muppets.

CTyankee

(63,769 posts)
7. brooks an just put me over the edge when he does that. Krugman has scolded him
Wed Mar 9, 2016, 10:21 AM
Mar 2016

in the past. I don't think Brooks cares but I think I know why his wife left him. Who could live with THAT...

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