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Cyrano

(15,027 posts)
Tue Oct 27, 2015, 02:50 PM Oct 2015

Yeah, I know, a “President Trump” can’t happen.

The same thing was said about Reagan and George W. Bush. But Reagan got elected twice and W. served one appointed term and one stolen term.

So do you really believe we couldn’t end up with a “President Trump?”

Face it. There are many millions of ignorant people (and too many who should know better) who are buying into Trump’s P.T. Barnum act of the 21st century.

At some point, America ran off the rails. I don’t know whether it was the Sarah Palin craziness, or the fact that a black man named Obama was elected president twice, or the 24/7 propaganda of the right wing, or the hate, ignorance and fear that has always existed in the ugly underside of America, or a combination of all of them.

We are living in a country in which:

O Racial profiling and police brutality are the norm

O Voter suppression is out of the closet and in full bloom

O One political party talks about killing Social Security and Medicare

O Planned Parenthood is under siege by religious fanatics

O Shooting massacres have become a weekly norm

O The middle class has been destroyed with barely a whimper

O Virtually every U.S. Senator is a millionaire

O Democrats bitch, but don’t turn out for mid-term elections

O Women are still second class citizens in hundreds of ways

O “Privatization” has replaced responsible government

O More people are imprisoned than in any other country in the world

O Congress is bought, paid for, and won’t regulate air, water or food

O Our infrastructure is crumbling beneath us, over us and under us

O “Is our children learning?” Spoken by George W. Bush, Jan. 11, 2000

O “We’re not going to give up on destroying the health care system for the American people.” Paul Ryan March 12, 2013


Do you really believe America couldn’t/wouldn’t elect a boorish, ignorant, narcissist named Donald Trump? -- Not to mention someone like Carson, Cruz, or virtually any other member of their very strange group of candidates who actually believe the garbage they are saying, or are playing to the lowest common denominator.

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Yeah, I know, a “President Trump” can’t happen. (Original Post) Cyrano Oct 2015 OP
It's not just possible. It's likely. (eom) HassleCat Oct 2015 #1
I think so, too artislife Oct 2015 #15
Well, it can happen Kelvin Mace Oct 2015 #2
Seems to me the majority of Germans said the same thing about Hitler. They OregonBlue Oct 2015 #3
Donald Trump has already fallen behind Ben Carson in IA and nationally DemocratSinceBirth Oct 2015 #4
The very fact that Trump and Cyrano Oct 2015 #7
I suspect the lead will lead change hands several times before they settle on a nominee... DemocratSinceBirth Oct 2015 #9
"...Trump will not be the nominee..." Cyrano Oct 2015 #10
I am confident in taking the field. DemocratSinceBirth Oct 2015 #11
Could happen it's more likely to happen Robbins Oct 2015 #5
Donald Trump will never be President. OilemFirchen Oct 2015 #6
Well, at least we won't have Cyrano Oct 2015 #8
Not sure that I understand. OilemFirchen Oct 2015 #12
Nah. I was just reaching back into history Cyrano Oct 2015 #13
Brings back memories. OilemFirchen Oct 2015 #14
 

Kelvin Mace

(17,469 posts)
2. Well, it can happen
Tue Oct 27, 2015, 02:56 PM
Oct 2015

especially as "We the People" can't be bothered to vote, or be properly informed, or think critically.

Yes, a lot has been done to stack the deck, but it still comes back to Americans being too lazy to think and/or vote.

OregonBlue

(7,754 posts)
3. Seems to me the majority of Germans said the same thing about Hitler. They
Tue Oct 27, 2015, 03:05 PM
Oct 2015

refused to take him seriously until it was too late And no, I don't consider T-Rump to be Hitler but I do think these things have a way of happening when good people do nothing.

Cyrano

(15,027 posts)
7. The very fact that Trump and
Tue Oct 27, 2015, 03:13 PM
Oct 2015

Carson are leading in the polls indicates the degree to which too many Americans have lost their minds.

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,708 posts)
9. I suspect the lead will lead change hands several times before they settle on a nominee...
Tue Oct 27, 2015, 03:16 PM
Oct 2015

That's what happened in 012.


Trust me, Trump will not be the nominee...It's more likely than not he will be out before the SEC primary.

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,708 posts)
11. I am confident in taking the field.
Tue Oct 27, 2015, 03:22 PM
Oct 2015

His who campaign is predicated on saying he's the Alpha Dog who is slaying his opponents in the polls...Now that talking point is gone his campaign will descend into the abyss.

OilemFirchen

(7,143 posts)
6. Donald Trump will never be President.
Tue Oct 27, 2015, 03:11 PM
Oct 2015

And "the same thing was said about Reagan and George W. Bush" by virtually nobody.

Cyrano

(15,027 posts)
13. Nah. I was just reaching back into history
Tue Oct 27, 2015, 03:56 PM
Oct 2015

Nixon lost to Kennedy in 1960. In 1962, Nixon ran for governor of California and lost. He lashed out at the press saying something like "Now you won't have Nixon to kick around anymore." Google it.

It seems that people back then thought they were rid of Nixon once and for all. But the Dick came back in 1968 to fuck up America with his "Southern Strategy" which has been with us ever since.

OilemFirchen

(7,143 posts)
14. Brings back memories.
Tue Oct 27, 2015, 04:43 PM
Oct 2015

When I was too young to understand, my dad told me that Nixon was the most crooked Congressman he'd ever met - and that he'd met quite a few. He was in a rage when Nixon was elected, but it certainly wasn't unsurprising. He'd been a Congressman, Senator and two-term Veep and Kennedy's victory over him was narrow.

In recent history, the best comparison to Trump would be George Wallace. Of course, the Dixiecrats were still a strong voting bloc, so Wallace's run peeled off a lot of Democratic votes. By contrast, a Trump third-party run (which seems quite plausible) would be the death knell of the Republican Party's national ambitions.

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