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2016 US Presidential Elections, Presidential Candidate Donald Trump, Presidential Candidate Hillary Clinton, US Democratic Party, US Republican Party
“So far, Democrats are acting as though nothing has really changed. In speech after speech at the Philadelphia convention they are denouncing Trump as though he was just an outrageous extension of the familiar conservative demonology, rather than an altogether different monster.”
~ Thomas Frank, “Hillary Clinton Needs to Wake Up. Trump Is Stealing the Voters She Takes for Granted,” The Guardian, July 28, 2016
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My hearing of what the Democratic ticket is saying is that Trump is a demagogue and an irrational, irresponsible, impulsive threat to the republic, not at all the Republican party as usual
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He’s all those things and more, yet more than 13 million people voted for him in the GOP primary. And from what I’ve read, they’re committed and fired up and will turn out to vote for him come November.
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Reblogged this on Guyanese Online.
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Thanks for the reblog, Cyril. Have a great week 🙂
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The Democrat establishment is willing to take the chance of losing this election. To them, it’s almost as if Trump is the “lesser of two evils” — compared to Bernie Sanders.
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JoAnn, as the hacked DNC emails reveal, the Democrat establishment had long decided to crown Hillary Clinton. As I see it: For our corporate overlords, Trump is the perfect fall guy for their nominee to secure the White House.
This election cycle demonstrates with greater clarity that we the people don’t count. Elections are just a charade. The main players on the stage, some very gifted orators, say what we want to hear and play to our emotions. The national conventions, for both parties, are grand spectacles.
Was Bernie Sanders another fall guy, as one of my Canadian readers claim? Who knows? What you and I know is that Bernie’s performance and results were so unexpected that they (our corporate overlords) had to shut him down.
The die is cast. Our young people have been mobilized. Our political revolution is underway. It’s up to us “boomers” to keep them engaged and do our part in whatever capacity we can.
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You’re absolutely right. They didn’t stop Sanders soon enough, like they did Larry Lessig. A miscalculation – now Our Revolution is picking up force.
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Meanwhile more and more Bernie Sanders line up behind Green Party candidate Jill Stein. What a boon for the Green Party.
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I agree, Dr. Bramhall. And if Trump wins, Clinton supporters will blame third-party voters.
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Well, if they really wanted to beat Trump, they should have stuck with Bernie Sanders, who has been consistently out polling Clinton. Obviously they prefer a Trump presidency to Bernie Sanders.
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What’s your take on Trump, Rosa?
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Amrita, he’s a sociopath skilled in tapping our fears and insecurities to achieve his own ends, whatever those may be.
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Oh! People should be aware of it!
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Amrita, here in the US, Trump is in the news daily saying outrageous things. Many in the Republican Party don’t support him.
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