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Do Not Resuscitate posted:https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2015/10/06/hey-lets-all-make-our-own-donald-trump-hats/ 
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Ibogaine posted:If you look at the rise of fascism in the past, the people you described have always been pivotal in its rise. How is fascism going to rise in American government with our constitutional system of checks and balances that separate power? Will Trump fire the Supreme Court Justices, bar shut the doors of the United States Capitol building while Congress is in session and light it on fire to burn them all to death, and declare martial law in perpetuity? I'm not sure if all the halfwits that call Obama/Trump/anyone but Hitler a Hitler have thought through their deep, hard-hitting analysis, or can even make a decent argument with more substance than a Salon or Huffpo clickbait headline.
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Smoothrich posted:How is fascism going to rise in American government with our constitutional system of checks and balances that separate power? Will Trump fire the Supreme Court Justices, bar shut the doors of the United States Capitol building while Congress is in session and light it on fire to burn them all to death, and declare martial law in perpetuity?
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Oct 7, 2015 10:25
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Do Not Resuscitate posted:https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2015/10/06/hey-lets-all-make-our-own-donald-trump-hats/ 
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Smoothrich posted:How is fascism going to rise in American government with our constitutional system of checks and balances that separate power? Will Trump fire the Supreme Court Justices, bar shut the doors of the United States Capitol building while Congress is in session and light it on fire to burn them all to death, and declare martial law in perpetuity? I did not claim that America is going to become fascist. I only pointed out that the people you described (lower middle to middle class who are already sliding down in social status or who are afraid to do so) are in fact the people who are traditionally associated with the rise of fascism. Hence the dichotomy you set up in the post I quoted was a flawed one. I didn't compare anyone with Hitler in my post. In fact, I didn't even mention him. Did you misclick on my post when you quoted me? You didn't adress anything I said, but reacted very angrily to a kind of opinion I didn't write down. You got so angry that you were even calling these people names. I was surprised, though, that Obama was compared to Hitler on Salon, so I googled that, and there seems to be a misunderstanding: I only found one article, and the article that apparently got you so angry is actually critically of comparing POTUS with Hitler: http://www.salon.com/2015/01/13/7_conservatives_who_have_compared_obama_to_hitler/ hth
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Ben Carson on gay marriage quote:Laws and regulations should be designed to address normal situations while providing special mechanisms for the creation of exceptions in abnormal situations. Changing the law governing the normal situation in order to accommodate the abnormal situation is like requiring that car seats be designed to accommodate conjoined twins as well as anatomically normal children. The more sensible thing would be to require car seats to accommodate typical children and design special car seats for atypical children as needed. This principle can be applied to a host of situations in our nation. For example, most people are heterosexual, and changing the definition of marriage to suit those outside that definition is unnecessarily complicated.” – Ben Carson, from his new book A More Perfect Union
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Oct 7, 2015 12:22
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Pretty sure making the boxes "spouse" instead of husband and wife isn't that complicated.
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Oct 7, 2015 12:24
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Mr Ice Cream Glove posted:Ben Carson on gay marriage So every gay couple gets a specially designed handcrafted marriage at the expense of the state?
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Oct 7, 2015 12:25
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Well at least he's comparing the gays to conjoined twins instead of pedophiles or bestiality enthuthiasts. That's progress right?
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Oct 7, 2015 12:31
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Patter Song posted:Head to Head: Whelp, GG to that "Trump has a ceiling" stuff - he's polling in the 40s against multiple candidates. A 40% ceiling wins you the nomination.
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Oct 7, 2015 12:57
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The flaw of our Democracy is that the system of checks and balances could easily be overpowered by a bearish Slav wrestler
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Oct 7, 2015 13:46
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CheesyDog posted:The flaw of our Democracy is that the system of checks and balances could easily be overpowered by a bearish Slav wrestler Is Trump slav? I never saw him squatting in a track suit...
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Quinnipiac has polled FL, OH, and PA. Florida: Trump 28 Carson 16 Florida Senator Marco Rubio 14 Former Florida Governor Jeb! Bush 12 Fiorina 7 Cruz 6 Kasich/Paul 2 Christie/Huckabee 1 Ohio Trump 23 Carson 18 Ohio Governor John Kasich 13 Cruz 11 Fiorina 10 Rubio 7 Jeb! 4 Paul 3 Huckabee 2 Christie 1 Pennsylvania Trump 23 Carson 17 Rubio 12 Fiorina 8 Cruz 6 Christie 5 Jeb! and Huckabee 4 Kasich 3 Former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum 2 Jindal, Pataki, and Paul 1
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Oct 7, 2015 13:52
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Jeb Bush at 4% makes me happy.
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Oct 7, 2015 13:57
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Oct 7, 2015 13:58
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I think Trump used to have bad unfavorables and Bush good ones but then the campaign happened. It's hilarious that Trump basically destroyed Jeb's presidential campaign and basically did it only with twitter, instagram, and free publicity.
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Oct 7, 2015 14:00
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Ibogaine posted:Is Trump slav? I never saw him squatting in a track suit... He bred with the finest of Slav stock so his spawn would take over the Earth. (The joke is on him, Ivana Trump, being Czech, is an tainted Slav-German hybrid)
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Oct 7, 2015 14:04
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Bad news JEB! Donald hasn't even started fighting for the GOP nomination yet. But he's about to. http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/donald-trump-plots-his-second-act/2015/10/06/305790c2-6c68-11e5-9bfe-e59f5e244f92_story.html
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Oct 7, 2015 14:12
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Can't believe no one has done this one yet: 
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Oct 7, 2015 14:17
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Can someone explain the appeal of Carson? Right wing views plus outsider status?
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Boosted_C5 posted:Bad news JEB! quote:“I was angry about the second debate,” he said, complaining about the overheated room and that three hours was one hour too many. “You can’t hold people’s attention,” he said. “ ‘Gone with the Wind’ was three hours, okay?” ... and yet, still slightly less racist
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Oct 7, 2015 14:23
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Boosted_C5 posted:Can't believe no one has done this one yet: Unfortunately "Ich bin im Land das größte Schwein/ Und lass mich nur mit Mexikanern ein" (I'm the biggest pig in the country/ and only get together with Mexicans) has too many words, useful as it may be against Jeb!. But then again, Trump is too magnanimous to kick somebody who is already on the floor and writhing in pain.
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Oct 7, 2015 14:24
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euphronius posted:Can someone explain the appeal of Carson? Right wing views plus outsider status? My wife and I both really like him. We probably wouldn't vote for him if the primary were today, due to reservations about his knowledge and preparation to be POTUS (look at what we got with the current unqualified clown) but we really like the guy. I could easily see myself ditching Trump and her ditching Rubio for Carson if he would follow in Trump's footsteps and simply hire people or associated with GOP politicians to help him craft policy positions and a clear plan for major issues. Every time we see the guy he just screams "truly decent human being"
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From that Washington Post Article: "Trump’s campaign headquarters is on the fifth floor of Trump Tower . . . The main room is a showcase for Trump’s penchant for boastful teasing: a “wall of shame” features downcast photos of the two candidates who have dropped out, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and former Texas governor Rick Perry . . ." 
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Boosted_C5 posted:From that Washington Post Article: Trump is like the Predator! It's all about the trophies!
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Oct 7, 2015 14:33
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Boosted_C5 posted:Every time we see the guy he just screams "truly decent human being" If you ignore all his racist and homophobic comments and squint reaaaaly hard I guess you could apply the title to him. In the Age of Trump, I cannot understand his appeal. I don't like Ted Cruz or Carly Fiorinia, but I understand why some people do. If JEB! is low energy, then Ben Carson is no energy. Every time I hear him speak I need to down a red bull then turn the TV volume up about 40 points to make up for his quiet mumbling. I guess he does fill the void of the religious wing for the GOPers who don't heart Huckabee and don't want to back consistent 1%er (in the polls) Rick Santorum, but I can't see him going the distance in the primary.
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LloydDobler posted:I think this is still the most concise counterpoint on the subject of the Redskins' name: That's still one of the strongest pieces of journalism I've ever seen.
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The Nastier Nate posted:If you ignore all his racist and homophobic comments and squint reaaaaly hard I guess you could apply the title to him. Carson is for evangelicals who aren't quite stupid enough to believe the bible is Trumps favorite book.
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TheTatteredKing posted:Pretty sure making the boxes "spouse" instead of husband and wife isn't that complicated. How is being less specific of the gender of two people entering into a legal contract more complicated? Let's not forget that it was just a few years ago that conservatives pushed so hard to change the constitution and laws, often successfully of the federal government and states to make marriage equality is difficult as possible because there was little to no technical reason you could just put Adam under Husband and Steve under Wife and the laws would work exactly the same baring someone getting pissy about the nomenclature.
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Boosted_C5 posted:Every time we see the guy he just screams "truly decent human being" Ben "gun victims are pussies that should die for my rights" Carson
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The Nastier Nate posted:If you ignore all his racist and homophobic comments and squint reaaaaly hard I guess you could apply the title to him. Carson thinks taking away your guns is more horrifying than the deaths resulting from a mass shooting so by Republican standards he's certainly a decent human being
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Also why would we expect a highly specialized surgeon to have much skill or knowledge outside of his expertise? A long time family friend is an incredibly well respected, extremely well paid, highly specialized surgeon, I don't know if he is autistic or what but I wouldn't trust him to house sit for me. Not because he is untrustworthy but because he would probably burn my house down trying to make popcorn. edit: I say he is a family friend, his wife is good friends with my mother and I grew up with their daughter before she had a mental break. He was just the weird but nice guy that would just randomly show up for dinner without calling first because his wife was out of down and he couldn't figure out how to eat or something. Three Olives fucked around with this message at 15:45 on Oct 7, 2015 |
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Not understanding Carson's appeal is something Goons and Freepers share. Other conservatives share Boosted's opinion of Carson: He's a good man who truly cares about people. Added to that he's an outsider without Washington stink, and he's not Donald Trump. Trump has a YOOOGE gender issue(women hate his guts), and Carson is cleaning up with female demo, and the evangelicals. EDIT: Trump is now White Knighting Carson: 
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Matt Drudge ranting about the internet/evil corporations on Alex Jone's INFOWARS is a really good indication of where the base is at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxbvYWKhX48 Been seeing this since 2012; the base of both sides is going INFOWARS. It's time pull off the blinders and destroy the right wing/left wing paradigm. There is just us and them, and by them I mean the Lizard people.
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Montasque posted:Trump is now White Knighting Carson: Trump/Carson 2016: We're back, we're bad, you're black, I'm mad
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