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brooklynite

(94,713 posts)
Thu Dec 3, 2015, 12:42 AM Dec 2015

Donald Trump Joins Insane Conspiracy Theorist Alex Jones, Who Calls Him The George Washington Of Tod

Source: Right Wing Watch

It is really difficult to know where to begin when cataloging all of the truly insane statements and conspiracy theories levied by radio host Alex Jones, who has talked about everything from how 9/11 and Oklahoma City were false flag operations to how juice turns kids gay and space lizards are running the world.

So it isn’t really surprising that Donald Trump appeared on Jones’ show today, although we were disappointed that they didn’t delve into a discussion about their shared concerns about vaccines.

Instead, Jones dedicated the interview to showering Trump with praise, at one point even describing him as a modern-day George Washington and boasting about the candidate’s relationships with the country’s top military and intelligence leaders.

Jones told Trump that America may not exist in a few years if he doesn’t win the presidential election, a point with which Trump readily agreed.

Read more: http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/donald-trump-joins-insane-conspiracy-theorist-alex-jones-who-calls-him-george-washington-tod



Do the Republicans really want to be saddled with this?
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Donald Trump Joins Insane Conspiracy Theorist Alex Jones, Who Calls Him The George Washington Of Tod (Original Post) brooklynite Dec 2015 OP
Oh for f's sake! Rendered temporary speechless. Sorry. nt 7wo7rees Dec 2015 #1
Who the fuck is Tod? XemaSab Dec 2015 #2
Some dude who's really, really important to Alex Jones and George Washington, I guess. n/t. Ken Burch Dec 2015 #4
It's the German word for "death" Jack Rabbit Dec 2015 #6
"Trump: The George Washington of Death". Ken Burch Dec 2015 #7
This message was self-deleted by its author Ken Burch Dec 2015 #3
Tod perhaps means today but was cut off gembaby1 Dec 2015 #5
You are exactly right Jack Rabbit Dec 2015 #9
No I didn't, today just made sense to me, that's all. gembaby1 Dec 2015 #14
So Alex Jones is a Trump fan? DesertRat Dec 2015 #8
I suppose. Are you surprised? Jack Rabbit Dec 2015 #10
I am a bit Reter Dec 2015 #19
I'm wondering if Trump can win... EL34x4 Dec 2015 #24
I really don't think so DesertRat Dec 2015 #25
Post removed Post removed Dec 2015 #11
I'm really happy about this... ellenrr Dec 2015 #12
I can't imagine John Kennedy or even Nixon appearing on the same show where the host ScottLand Dec 2015 #13
Let's not forget Jones' conspiracy theories led to harassment of Aurora and Sandy Hook survivors Adenoid_Hynkel Dec 2015 #15
+1. Victimizing the victims twice over again and again. Bernardo de La Paz Dec 2015 #16
jones doing his best to be the new age rush limbaugh Javaman Dec 2015 #17
Radical Kook does not equate in any way with New Age. nt Bernardo de La Paz Dec 2015 #21
a new age not "new age". nt Javaman Dec 2015 #22
Trump Wants Out erpowers Dec 2015 #18
Maybe they'll nominate Tod instead. Bucky Dec 2015 #20
"The Producers" Redux! em nixonwasbetterthanW Dec 2015 #27
Maybe Tod is telling him to do it arikara Dec 2015 #28
I agree with Trillion Oneironaut Dec 2015 #23
My ex-hippy brother, age 62, is a big Alex Jones fan now. callous taoboy Dec 2015 #26

Response to brooklynite (Original post)

gembaby1

(253 posts)
5. Tod perhaps means today but was cut off
Thu Dec 3, 2015, 01:00 AM
Dec 2015

What I really want to know is what Trump is proposing we do about the reptilian agenda of world conquest

 

Reter

(2,188 posts)
19. I am a bit
Thu Dec 3, 2015, 01:43 PM
Dec 2015

Jones is a paleo-con, opposes the Police State, and worships Edward Snowden, which would put him closest with Rand Paul.

 

EL34x4

(2,003 posts)
24. I'm wondering if Trump can win...
Thu Dec 3, 2015, 08:26 PM
Dec 2015

...by consolidating the nutcase vote?

Seems here with Alex Jones, he's appealing to those people who vote for the fringe candidates. You know, the guys running on the American Independent Party, Freedom Party, Constitution Party, etc. Those oddballs who follow the Libertarian and Green candidates at the bottom of the ballot and pick up a few hundred votes yet make up the vast majority of FEC Form 2 filers.

DesertRat

(27,995 posts)
25. I really don't think so
Fri Dec 4, 2015, 12:41 AM
Dec 2015

But he is like a terrible mirror over the parts of America we've been blissfully ignorant of.

Response to brooklynite (Original post)

ellenrr

(3,864 posts)
12. I'm really happy about this...
Thu Dec 3, 2015, 06:21 AM
Dec 2015

i didn't think Trump wd get the nomination, or be elected if he did - but I think this puts the end to any speculation of him as president.
I suspect the general public does not know what a bizarre lunatic Jones is - but hopefully they find out.

ScottLand

(2,485 posts)
13. I can't imagine John Kennedy or even Nixon appearing on the same show where the host
Thu Dec 3, 2015, 07:05 AM
Dec 2015

dresses as a lizard. Still amazed at how ridiculous politics has become.

 

Adenoid_Hynkel

(14,093 posts)
15. Let's not forget Jones' conspiracy theories led to harassment of Aurora and Sandy Hook survivors
Thu Dec 3, 2015, 11:04 AM
Dec 2015

Jones has claimed that the family members of victims are secretly "crisis actors" who are lying as part of a tinfoil plot of the gub'mint to take yer guns away

For Trump to go on this show and receive no backlash from the media or the GOP is a slap in the face to everyone who lost their lives in those tragedies.

Bernardo de La Paz

(49,033 posts)
16. +1. Victimizing the victims twice over again and again.
Thu Dec 3, 2015, 11:29 AM
Dec 2015

Sandy Hook victims have been shouted at and worse by Jones goons.

erpowers

(9,350 posts)
18. Trump Wants Out
Thu Dec 3, 2015, 01:13 PM
Dec 2015

There are times when I think Trump is trying to find a way to lose the Republican Presidential nomination. At times it seems he is trying to do things to piss off voters and make people think he is to crazy/stupid to be President. Trump did not realize it would be this hard for him to bomb with Republican voters. He keeps trying to do more and more over the top things in the hope that Republican voters will stop supporting him.

Bucky

(54,041 posts)
20. Maybe they'll nominate Tod instead.
Thu Dec 3, 2015, 02:52 PM
Dec 2015

He's like the Tod of George Washington to the George Washington of Tod.

arikara

(5,562 posts)
28. Maybe Tod is telling him to do it
Sat Dec 5, 2015, 02:18 AM
Dec 2015

But I don't see that he's ready to leave. He was acting crazy even before too with all the birther nonsense and other nutty stuff he was pedaling.

callous taoboy

(4,585 posts)
26. My ex-hippy brother, age 62, is a big Alex Jones fan now.
Fri Dec 4, 2015, 07:26 AM
Dec 2015

He is always trying to engage me in some cockamamie theory, and it makes me sad. I am very worried about the electorate out there. I now have 4 family members that have gone off the rails, and we used to be a tight group, and I used to think that my group was relatively intelligent and immune to the sloppy reasoning that would propel someone like Trump to top of the GOP contenders.

Invasion of the Body Snatchers. Parallel universes. These notions come to mind when I hear those 4 talk now.

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