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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Mon Oct 10, 2016, 08:55 AM Oct 2016

A new low, even for Donald Trump - by the Washington Post Editorial Board

By Editorial Board October 9 at 11:47 PM

HAS THERE been a more disturbing low in presidential politics?

“If I win, I am going to instruct my attorney general to get a special prosecutor to look into your situation,” Republican nominee Donald Trump threatened in the course of the second presidential debate Sunday night.

“It’s just awfully good that someone with the temperament of Donald Trump is not in charge of the law in our country,” Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton responded.

“Because you’d be in jail,” Mr. Trump shot back.

Mark the moment. A major-party presidential nominee is officially promising to lock up his political opponent, despite the fact that an impartial federal investigation concluded that no fair prosecutor would have charged Ms. Clinton in the matter of her e-mails. If anyone needed any more proof that Mr. Trump does not understand the meaning of rule of law as opposed to arbitrary rule of autocrat — that he would use the levers of the federal government in a vindictive, self-serving and corrupt manner — Mr. Trump provided it.

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/mr-trump-doubles-down-during-the-second-debate/2016/10/09/dc91f470-8e92-11e6-9c52-0b10449e33c4_story.html?utm_term=.5a1d6854570c&wpisrc=nl_headlines&wpmm=1

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A new low, even for Donald Trump - by the Washington Post Editorial Board (Original Post) DonViejo Oct 2016 OP
Should have been said years ago. BSdetect Oct 2016 #1
Yes. NOT a new low--he's said it before himself and Hortensis Oct 2016 #40
Too little, way too late LiberalLovinLug Oct 2016 #47
Hey, they've been carefully making this bed for the last 8 years... Crash2Parties Oct 2016 #49
I agree in principle, but you're off by a factor of 10. lastlib Oct 2016 #50
K&R apcalc Oct 2016 #2
K & R Stuart G Oct 2016 #3
He's revealed this about himself repeatedly. Chemisse Oct 2016 #4
He's just a reflection of his deplorable constituency Major Nikon Oct 2016 #19
Disagree. He is not a reflection, he is the inspiration for the losers erronis Oct 2016 #42
The problem is there's nothing original about Trump Major Nikon Oct 2016 #43
KICK! Cha Oct 2016 #5
Message auto-removed Name removed Oct 2016 #6
Sucker. You bought Don's con. Run along and tidy up your room now. Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2016 #7
Huh. The Trump 'campaign' must be in a panic sarge43 Oct 2016 #11
K&R gademocrat7 Oct 2016 #8
Biggest moment of the night. JoePhilly Oct 2016 #9
Yet another disqualifying moment for Donald Trump. nt SunSeeker Oct 2016 #10
K&R. Paladin Oct 2016 #12
When there were a dozen Republicans on the stage mountain grammy Oct 2016 #14
K&R nt ProudProgressiveNow Oct 2016 #15
Actually It Is Trump That Will Be Going To Jail Yallow Oct 2016 #16
that's his one political strategy, ginnyinWI Oct 2016 #18
. . . and he'll cry: "political payback!" marybourg Oct 2016 #30
How IRONIC would it be if he receives a presidential pardon? Wednesdays Oct 2016 #44
His base will love it, for what that's worth. ginnyinWI Oct 2016 #17
Add tRump to SCVDem Oct 2016 #20
Donald's temperament is vindictive. It describes him perfectly. ffr Oct 2016 #21
And this: lastlib Oct 2016 #51
HAS THERE been a more disturbing low in presidential politics? AlbertCat Oct 2016 #22
A Civics Lesson? - NOT! dem in texas Oct 2016 #23
That's all good advice, in theory, but once they'll reach teenage revolt... Amonester Oct 2016 #29
Hell the SECOND debate had a not suitable for children warning. strategery blunder Oct 2016 #53
Trumpolini elmac Oct 2016 #24
exactly, he talks all the time as if treestar Oct 2016 #26
Of course, the RWers were incessantly freaking out Dark n Stormy Knight Oct 2016 #34
I'm so angry.. what the fuck. rivegauche Oct 2016 #27
Seriously, I feel like i have been stuck in the Twilight Zone ever since this smirkymonkey Oct 2016 #31
Trump showed himself to be vlyons Oct 2016 #28
Eric Holder tweeted ... napkinz Oct 2016 #32
Trump doesn't want to be President! cynzke Oct 2016 #33
I believe this is his plan exactly. eom Ligyron Oct 2016 #38
Bingo! BumRushDaShow Oct 2016 #41
This shit has been all over Facebook for months. Emilybemily Oct 2016 #35
Trump wants to turn the USA into a banana republic with him as supreme dictator StrictlyRockers Oct 2016 #36
vindictive, self-serving and corrupt manner blueseas Oct 2016 #37
Spread this around via social media. K & R nt Persondem Oct 2016 #39
He's offensive and a threat to civility and the Democratic values of this nation. Divine Discontent Oct 2016 #45
K&R napkinz Oct 2016 #46
K&R nt ProudProgressiveNow Oct 2016 #48
Fascism has always been the "rule of law" FraDon Oct 2016 #52
Dec 1969 #

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
40. Yes. NOT a new low--he's said it before himself and
Mon Oct 10, 2016, 04:20 PM
Oct 2016

supported it at dozens of rallies now. Pence leaped into that dark, dangerous deep hole with him this morning also.

lastlib

(23,234 posts)
50. I agree in principle, but you're off by a factor of 10.
Mon Oct 10, 2016, 11:34 PM
Oct 2016

Try 80 years. Their rage goes back at LEAST to the New Deal.

Chemisse

(30,811 posts)
4. He's revealed this about himself repeatedly.
Mon Oct 10, 2016, 09:31 AM
Oct 2016

Such as with his comments (and actions) toward journalists. It's about time the press has taken note of it.

Major Nikon

(36,827 posts)
19. He's just a reflection of his deplorable constituency
Mon Oct 10, 2016, 10:52 AM
Oct 2016

Lots of them have "Hillary for Prison" bumper stickers. At least Goebbels was smart enough to realize his propaganda strategy was based on repeating lies to useful idiots. Trump is the useful idiot.

erronis

(15,258 posts)
42. Disagree. He is not a reflection, he is the inspiration for the losers
Mon Oct 10, 2016, 06:00 PM
Oct 2016

Not saying that he isn't the iDJiT but somehow he's been set up there as the new sieg heil. Cocaine does interesting things to the fuhrers.

Mystifying that someone who was born with gold spoons and a sense of superiority over every common person can become a beacon for the detritus.

Major Nikon

(36,827 posts)
43. The problem is there's nothing original about Trump
Mon Oct 10, 2016, 06:14 PM
Oct 2016

He simply borrows his rhetoric from his sloganeering constituency and parrots it back to them. The actual inspiration comes from somewhere else. He's just a medium by which it travels.

Response to DonViejo (Original post)

mountain grammy

(26,621 posts)
14. When there were a dozen Republicans on the stage
Mon Oct 10, 2016, 10:12 AM
Oct 2016

and Donald mumbled this kind of shit about them, they imploded. Hillary ignored the asshole. Like most bullies, he imploded. Republicans are big, stupid wimps, afraid of their base, afraid of their donors, just afraid.

 

Yallow

(1,926 posts)
16. Actually It Is Trump That Will Be Going To Jail
Mon Oct 10, 2016, 10:38 AM
Oct 2016

Charity Fraud
Bribing Bondi
Illegal Campaign Contributions - Multiple
Defrauding Contractors
Defrauding Trump U Attendees

And the list goes on......

Maybe the justice system will actually work "this" time.

Wednesdays

(17,374 posts)
44. How IRONIC would it be if he receives a presidential pardon?
Mon Oct 10, 2016, 07:04 PM
Oct 2016

You know, like after January 20th or so?


(Not saying he deserves one, though.)

ginnyinWI

(17,276 posts)
17. His base will love it, for what that's worth.
Mon Oct 10, 2016, 10:39 AM
Oct 2016

I don't associate with many Repubs, but I have a RW niece who reposts stuff on her Facebook page. One was titled, "Pick your Poison" and had a list of the many supposed "crimes" of Hillary Clinton, and then under Trump's name, just "Said mean things".

This is the mindset they're operating with.

 

SCVDem

(5,103 posts)
20. Add tRump to
Mon Oct 10, 2016, 10:59 AM
Oct 2016

Issa, Gowdy, Chafetz and any Supreme Court picks and you get your own Star Chamber.

Now who is ISIS or the Taliban?

lastlib

(23,234 posts)
51. And this:
Mon Oct 10, 2016, 11:44 PM
Oct 2016

A few days ago I encountered a baby copperhead snake, and mistook it for Trump. I posted this:


Because there was a definite resemblance: it's kinda orange, venomous, thin-skinned, and scaly--Just like little Donny. But then I realized it didn't have the hair.



http://www.democraticunderground.com/12512472276

dem in texas

(2,674 posts)
23. A Civics Lesson? - NOT!
Mon Oct 10, 2016, 11:35 AM
Oct 2016

Many school children had been directed to watch the debate as a school assignment. The questions about Trump and Hillary's personal life should not have been brought up and the moderators should have directed Trump and Hillary not to go there. Plus Trump took himself down to the level of a ten year old with his same old name calling and lies. If children see this, do they think this is acceptable behavior for adults? No wonder passengers are getting in fist fights on airplanes.

Cancel the third debate. Donald Trump is not capable of participating in a debate. And if the third debate is held, there should be warnings about the content not being suitable for children.

Amonester

(11,541 posts)
29. That's all good advice, in theory, but once they'll reach teenage revolt...
Mon Oct 10, 2016, 11:53 AM
Oct 2016

they'll probably say mean things to each other and their parents, like Don Caligula dRump "still" vomits at 70...

The thing is, once they pass teenage revolt, they grow up, but he didn't and never will.

strategery blunder

(4,225 posts)
53. Hell the SECOND debate had a not suitable for children warning.
Tue Oct 11, 2016, 08:21 AM
Oct 2016

I streamed the debate from NBC's youtube live. (At least I think NBC, might've been another of the Big 3.) About a minute before the debate started, the host warned that some content might not be suitable for small children. That was the first time I remember such a warning ever being given for a presidential debate.

Of course the King of the Deplorables provided more than ample evidence to prove that warning correct.

Dark n Stormy Knight

(9,760 posts)
34. Of course, the RWers were incessantly freaking out
Mon Oct 10, 2016, 02:16 PM
Oct 2016

about how President Obama was a dictator!!!! for presidential acts well within the bounds of the Constitution and the rule of law yet, they can't seem to cheer loud and loud enough for Trump as he promises to ignore both.

rivegauche

(601 posts)
27. I'm so angry.. what the fuck.
Mon Oct 10, 2016, 11:47 AM
Oct 2016

I'm feel like what Bill Maher has been saying. Every day it's like, IS THIS REALLY HAPPENING.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
31. Seriously, I feel like i have been stuck in the Twilight Zone ever since this
Mon Oct 10, 2016, 12:24 PM
Oct 2016

race started. It's just too surreal.

vlyons

(10,252 posts)
28. Trump showed himself to be
Mon Oct 10, 2016, 11:52 AM
Oct 2016

a hateful, mean-spirited, vindictive man. I can no longer watch and listen to him, or any of his surrogates.

napkinz

(17,199 posts)
32. Eric Holder tweeted ...
Mon Oct 10, 2016, 12:38 PM
Oct 2016

Eric Holder ✔ @EricHolder
So @realDonaldTrump will ORDER his AG to take certain actions-When Nixon tried that his AG courageously resigned. Trump is dangerous/unfit
9:41 PM - 9 Oct 2016

http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/09/politics/eric-holder-nixon-trump-presidential-debate/

cynzke

(1,254 posts)
33. Trump doesn't want to be President!
Mon Oct 10, 2016, 01:34 PM
Oct 2016

The work is too hard and he would be living constantly under a microscope. His future in the private sector operating his own political show/net work would be far more lucrative. He would be free to operate his business without interference/scrutiny. He could use his network to gain revenge against his political enemies, disrupt Hillary's WH and rake in cash/curry favors from special interest groups seeking exposure. Trump can take the lemons from his failed scampaign and use them to make delicious lemonade!

Emilybemily

(204 posts)
35. This shit has been all over Facebook for months.
Mon Oct 10, 2016, 02:28 PM
Oct 2016

Typical repuke - violent, vengeful, and unAmerican. They don't understand how this country works and they have literal blood lust for revenge.

StrictlyRockers

(3,855 posts)
36. Trump wants to turn the USA into a banana republic with him as supreme dictator
Mon Oct 10, 2016, 02:35 PM
Oct 2016

I don't think he has any idea how much work the presidency involves. He just wants applause, hot women to adore him and money, lots and lots of money.

Divine Discontent

(21,056 posts)
45. He's offensive and a threat to civility and the Democratic values of this nation.
Mon Oct 10, 2016, 07:09 PM
Oct 2016

They signed up for the mental midget!!! Like they didn't know he was disgusting and had a Napoleon Complex because of his little teenie tiny hands.

He also has a piggish face, and that bugs me... those eyes. BLECH!

Like this tweet said -- LUI SHTINI: "Trump has pig eyes. Im sorry pig."

I can't look at him up close. It's gross...

FraDon

(518 posts)
52. Fascism has always been the "rule of law"
Tue Oct 11, 2016, 07:56 AM
Oct 2016

. . . the corporate workplace. In his greed-is-good world this is not merely legal, it's laudable.

Hardball, baby. He's our own Berlusconi.

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