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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIs Donald Trump a threat to America?
Perhaps some Americans have that thought buried deep in their subconscious somewhere?
Or is he just a threat to the American political system? Or is he not a threat to either?
I think the deep-seated fear and anxiety are real. People do not know what he might do as President. He is unpredictable when compared to political party norms.
It would be folly to assume Hillary could defeat him and that he has no chance to win the Presidency, in my opinion. Strange things can happen when stupid people vote. The chances are that they are not as enlightened as you.
InAbLuEsTaTe
(24,122 posts)Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)Reality TV creation. The Guy is a Dyslectic Con Artist,has been and will always be. Notice no one is asking this question,how come you have not complied with a Federal Court Order demanding you represent your Employee's Union at your Las Vegas Hotel. Enough said.
katsy
(4,246 posts)Should trump win, he would go along to get along with the gop.
There would be a massive slashing of health, safety & environmental regulations. Maybe tense international relations. The treasury depleted for his pet wall projects & corporate welfare.
He may not be the slick, refined face of the gop party, but he is all about their wet dreams come true.
Whether trump, cruz or kasich... all the same outcome.
Jackie Wilson Said
(4,176 posts)to cause as much harm as possible.
katsy
(4,246 posts)Katashi_itto
(10,175 posts)Clinton is not.
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,185 posts)You win the most foolish statement on DU today.
Katashi_itto
(10,175 posts)Tommy_Carcetti
(43,185 posts)Katashi_itto
(10,175 posts)Tommy_Carcetti
(43,185 posts)Because that's what everyone wants to see. So I applaud you for your public service.
Maedhros
(10,007 posts)Too late to claim the high ground.
You can go off to the ignore list.
/bye.
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,185 posts)I was categorizing the poster's statement--that a President Hillary Clinton would somehow be worse than a President Donald Trump--as being idiotic. I certainly stand by that statement, because it is indeed a very idiotic thing to say.
I was not calling the poster him/herself an idiot. The poster could very well in fact be a very smart person. But even smart people are capable of saying dumb things from time to time, and what he/she said was incredibly dumb.
Of course, I'm supposedly on ignore now so you're probably not listening to me anyways.
Jackie Wilson Said
(4,176 posts)ananda
(28,868 posts)I will have to hold my nose to vote for the Democrat... again.
Katashi_itto
(10,175 posts)again.
heaven05
(18,124 posts)Last edited Tue Apr 26, 2016, 11:52 AM - Edit history (1)
you will get what you deserve, voicelessness. To vote on principle, regardless of the shameful state of our CORRUPT political process, is a personal victory of conscience to me. Yet don't get me wrong you are very entitled to do or not do the right thing.
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,185 posts)So if he gets elected, we're not as bad off.
Katashi_itto
(10,175 posts)a lame duck from the beginning.
Clinton's agenda is essentially Republican. we would a lot of her stuff go through all behind the Kabuki theater of impeachment hearings.
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,185 posts)Trump's a lunatic with zero desire to understand the political system and who has a raging case of NPD and insane fascist-like followers.
Please don't insult our intelligence and claim that Hillary Clinton is the same as that.
Katashi_itto
(10,175 posts)Gosh I didnt know you speak for everyone. Whoa!
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,185 posts)Katashi_itto
(10,175 posts)heaven05
(18,124 posts)I think you are responding to a backdoor trumpchump. I talked with one last sunday. He kept saying his candidate had his own money so he wouldn't be subject to corruption. I asked what about the wall? He shrugged. What about his comments on minorities, the mexicans as a statement on point. What about his comments and newspaper ads in the controversial 'Central Park Five' case of 25 years ago. A serial rapist confessed and DNA corraborated his confession. What about the racial violence directed toward men and women of color at his rallies? He said, "those people were agents of the left sent in to create problems". I said, "some didn't even say anything, just showed up while being black and were attacked". He shrugged his shoulders. I finally said, he's a racist fascist that bodes ill for this country. He smiled and walked away.
heaven05
(18,124 posts)you wanted to be a delegate to our "corrupt" Party? Which is it? Make up your mind!!!!
Katashi_itto
(10,175 posts)You telling me I can't run?
(With the paperwork already in lol)
muriel_volestrangler
(101,326 posts)It's astounding someone can spend 5 years on DU and come up with such an ignorant, self-centered statement. Hillary Clinton is in the mainstream of the Democratic party, with policies close to Obama's. Trump is an egomaniac racist and misogynist who despises Mexicans, women, and poor people.
This shouldn't be about you signalling to Bernie supporters that you are the Bernie-est of them all. Just think. Think.
Katashi_itto
(10,175 posts)I am simply stating my view about her.
It's easy to see what a train wreck a Clinton Admin will be. Just look at her track record.
muriel_volestrangler
(101,326 posts)There is no way I'm saying that. You can look on DU - I say both Sanders and Clinton are far better than anything the Republicans have - especially Trump.
Yes, it's your view. It's shameful, and stupid, and ignorant. You are ignoring reality. I'm being generous by saying you're just doing it to show off your Bernie credentials. If you really mean it, you don't belong on DU at all.
Katashi_itto
(10,175 posts)Tommy_Carcetti
(43,185 posts)....tons of personal insults and burned bridges, and has never once ever had to answer to an electorate.
How on earth can you honestly say anything Hillary Clinton has done is worse than that?
I get that she's not your favored candidate, fine, but that doesn't prevent you from pulling your head out of your ass when it comes to Donald Trump, a man whose rise in the polls can best be attributed to fascism.
Fascism.
Katashi_itto
(10,175 posts)I am fully aware of his record. Hence I don't think he would get much accomplished. He's a buffoon.
As for track record.
Clinton has helped destabilized numerous countries. Spilt our treasure on the sands of Arabia. Promoted coups and is one of the architects of TPP and will promote it at the cost of our sovereignty.
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,185 posts)Even if you claim that Hillary Clinton is a compromised candidate, I find it hard to believe that you believe we'd be better off with an non-experienced fascist narcissistic personality disorder headcase with a highly racist support base.
Katashi_itto
(10,175 posts)Trump would be to concerned with massaging his ego to get anything real done.
Clinton, savvy opportunist that she is, would be busy making backroom deals and selling the country off part and parcel.
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,185 posts)You're offering your opinion not as a matter of personal taste but rather as what you believe the reality of the matter to be.
Ergo, you are making a claim: Clinton is worse for the country than Trump.
Katashi_itto
(10,175 posts)muriel_volestrangler
(101,326 posts)Will you tell them you think Trump would be better than Hillary? If so, I'd love to hear their reaction.
Katashi_itto
(10,175 posts)muriel_volestrangler
(101,326 posts)That's why you don't belong on DU. Obviously.
Katashi_itto
(10,175 posts)Revolution comes in all sorts of ways.
We are Legion.
heaven05
(18,124 posts)wendylaroux
(2,925 posts)heaven05
(18,124 posts)is your claim. Own it. Show some courage and stand by your candidate.
dembotoz
(16,808 posts)ANY of the current gop is a threat to america
I live in wisconsin under the non trump scott walker and the non trump assembly and senate and it is pretty damn awful
That's why people who whine like 4 yr olds & say they won't vote for the Democratic nominee if their candidate loses the primaries are so offensive.
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,185 posts)nruthie
(466 posts)As horrifying as he is, though, I feel that Cruz is even more unpredictable. They're all monstrosities. And we're all screwed if either of them slithers into office.
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)Our Country has had Presidents like Bush who paint a target on America and draw attackers, like shit draws flies.
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)Maedhros
(10,007 posts)His own Party doesn't like him and is looking for ways to undercut him. The Democrats should unite against him, although I said that about GWB and I was wrong.
heaven05
(18,124 posts)and see their cadidate ascend to godhood as POTIUS, the gop will rally around this terrible human being.
0rganism
(23,959 posts)everyone else can relax and for a while
silvershadow
(10,336 posts)PufPuf23
(8,802 posts)If elected, will appointments be career GOP types or surprises?
Trump is the archetype ugly American and how Trump would govern as POTUS a blank slate.
His rhetoric as candidate is creepy, threatening, and that of a bully.
Initech
(100,087 posts)demwing
(16,916 posts)And a Dem presidency in 2020.
Unless he's scamming the GOP and swings to the left after the GE
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,185 posts)Which means I foresee some sort of ugly constitutional standoff as part of any Trump administration, with one of the sides being a man with a severe case of NPD. Not a pretty prospect.
La Lioness Priyanka
(53,866 posts)i'd rather he be president than Cruz.