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10 Aug 2015, 12:58 pm

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I think it's dumb to tell you the truth. He'd turn the American government into a dictatorship.

The U.S. government has had elements of authoritarianism since Lincoln suspended the writ of habeus corpus. And during the Wilson Administration, it pretty much was a dictatorship. What we have is a pseudo-democracy where we get to pick from two people that the powers that be foist on us.


I concede I have a strong dislike for Wilson, as his wartime domestic policy had caused the end of the Progressive Era, and had given rise to a new conservatism in the political air, which had included the rebirth of the KKK, while he himself was personally a racist. That said, both his and Lincoln's policies were only temporary.


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10 Aug 2015, 3:17 pm

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next president?

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he has said that if elected he would adopt a more "presidential" hairstyle. or presumably stronger hairspray at least.



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10 Aug 2015, 3:36 pm

Of course the obvious question, how exactly does a man go bankrupt running a casino?



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10 Aug 2015, 3:40 pm

And on economic questions such as not enough middle-class jobs,

instead of big, complex, all-at-once theory,

I like the method of solid medium step, observe feedback, another medium step, observe more feedback, etc.



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10 Aug 2015, 4:09 pm

AardvarkGoodSwimmer wrote:
Of course the obvious question, how exactly does a man go bankrupt running a casino?

:idea: I suppose anybody as rich as him could use bankruptcy strategically somehow.



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11 Aug 2015, 7:55 pm

..I suppose anyone who can fit Trump onto a bank note and into a call centre would only end up being FIRED.



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11 Aug 2015, 8:01 pm

I wonder if there will be a quiet deal made by the GOP to T Rump? to get him to go away.



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11 Aug 2015, 8:05 pm

GOP, like in Gestapo? hmph, that's a bit full on even for readers digest, nah just tie dye his hair and make him look less noticeable. A full on tan like he's got would rumble him.



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11 Aug 2015, 8:09 pm

I predict that if in office he will not get along with congress. he will manage to piss off both sides of the aisle.



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11 Aug 2015, 8:16 pm

auntblabby wrote:
I predict that if in office he will not get along with congress. he will manage to piss off both sides of the aisle.


I predict they'll unanimously try to impeach him for incompetence.


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11 Aug 2015, 8:17 pm

Or floss his way down the isle and back with the kind of fossil energy that only a midnight fox in his position can do.



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11 Aug 2015, 8:20 pm

I predict he will wrap the tea party around his little finger, and try to form a type of quasi-fifth column.



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11 Aug 2015, 8:42 pm

Trump is a long-time Clinton pal, has stated that he "identifies more" as a Democrat, until recently held typical Dem positions on most things. He doesn't want the presidency, he wants to stir up publicity now, so he'll have enough support to run on a third-party ticket, so he can take votes from the GOP candidate and hand the election to his Dem buddies.


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11 Aug 2015, 8:45 pm

so somebody is paying him off.



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11 Aug 2015, 10:28 pm

I'm wondering if some people might end up voting for T. Rump as a vote of no confidence, and not because they actually like him? Barely anybody seems to have any trust left in either party, and the common thing I've heard is that voting for him will the way of sticking their middle finger up at both parties.


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11 Aug 2015, 10:30 pm

Metalwolf wrote:
I'm wondering if some people might end up voting for T. Rump as a vote of no confidence, and not because they actually like him? Barely anybody seems to have any trust left in either party, and the common thing I've heard is that voting for him will the way of sticking their middle finger up at both parties.

the problem is that I think a vote for him will be more often than not a vote taken away from a democrat and given to a gop. so those very same voters may find themselves getting the big middle finger shoved way up where the moon don't shine.