Typical Trump Supporters

jhunter1163 said:
Put another way, 80 percent of Republican women don't support Trump.
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Oh, come on, you can give even more shocking or damning numbers than that for every single one of the other candidates if you phrase it in that form (90% of Republican women don't support Bush, etc.) It doesn't support the fantasy that Trump is alienating women. By any objective measure, he's just simply NOT, even if it seems that he should be.
 
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The_Animus said:
Those who believe this are going to be sorely disappointed.
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And, with luck will actually/physically be sore from all their clenching of ******** and gnashing of teeth and the beating their hands and feet take from punching/kicking solid objects in frustration.:D:D:D:D:D
 
Oops, forgot the beating their heads against things also in frustration. This is much fun for the rest of us!!!!!
 
hgc said:
Another stellar moment from a Trumpster...

This is, believe it or not, a grown man saying to Jorge Ramos, "Get out of my country. Get out."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-jorge-ramos_55ddc41ce4b04ae497051923

But you gotta admire them for their passion. :rolleyes:
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One of our big Trump boosters here admits he support Trump simply because he is such a disruptive force in the election.
IMHO that is utter stupidity....supporting a man totally unfit to get withing 100 miles of the White House,and who is using bigotry as his main tool,just because his is "shaking things up".
Godwin be damned,this has to be said: This is the kind of thinking that gets people like Hitler elected to office.
 
dudalb said:
One of our big Trump boosters here admits he support Trump simply because he is such a disruptive force in the election.
IMHO that is utter stupidity....supporting a man totally unfit to get withing 100 miles of the White House,and who is using bigotry as his main tool,just because his is "shaking things up".
Godwin be damned,this has to be said: This is the kind of thinking that gets people like Hitler elected to office.
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I think you're mistaken, and I don't understand the foundation for your statement. My understanding of history is not that Hitler rose to power just because a significant number of people wanted to "shake things up".

Part of the reason Hitler was able to rise to power, and was able to do what he did, is because the Weimar Republic was a very, very flawed and weak system of government. If he had risen to power in a system such as that of the United States, he would not have been able to do what he did. That's why I said in the other thread that if you have a genuine concern about this, then it's important to work towards changing the system. I have more faith in the system than you do to control individuals whom the electorate selects who might be inclined to attempt to push the boundaries of the powers granted to them by the Constitution.

Considering the fact that I believe our system is robust and resilient, and that the founders intended for the citizenry to rule itself, it is true that I would have absolutely no problem with the electorate deciding that a particular candidate was suitable simply because the current establishment needed to be "shaken up" or re-aligned and re-organized.
 
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Doghouse Reilly said:
I think you're mistaken, and I don't understand the foundation for your statement. My understanding of history is not that Hitler rose to power just because a significant number of people wanted to "shake things up".

Part of the reason Hitler was able to rise to power, and was able to do what he did, is because the Weimar Republic was a very, very flawed and weak system of government. If he had risen to power in a system such as that of the United States, he would not have been able to do what he did. That's why I said in the other thread that if you have a genuine concern about this, then it's important to work towards changing the system. I have more faith in the system than you do to control individuals whom the electorate selects who might be inclined to attempt to push the boundaries of the powers granted to them by the Constitution.

Considering the fact that I believe our system is robust and resilient, and that the founders intended for the citizenry to rule itself, it is true that I would have absolutely no problem with the electorate deciding that a particular candidate was suitable simply because the current establishment needed to be "shaken up" or re-aligned and re-organized.
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The flaws in the Weimar government (primarily the amount of power concentrated in the president) created some of the conditions that allowed Hitler to rise to power, but what allowed him to consolidate it was the use of violence by his supporters, and the more-or-less widespread acceptance of his blatantly unconstitutional laws and acts of government. And in a sense that acceptance was motivated by a desire to "shake things up", or rather, avoid the ever looming civil war.
 
dudalb said:
One of our big Trump boosters here admits he support Trump simply because he is such a disruptive force in the election.
IMHO that is utter stupidity....supporting a man totally unfit to get withing 100 miles of the White House,and who is using bigotry as his main tool,just because his is "shaking things up".
Godwin be damned,this has to be said: This is the kind of thinking that gets people like Hitler elected to office.
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we may have to suspend Godwin's Law for the duration of this election.
 
Myron Proudfoot said:
we may have to suspend Godwin's Law for the duration of this election.
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Meh. Much ado about nothing. Even if Trump did try to deport people. Eisenhower deported all the illegal immigrants, too. Nobody was comparing him to the Nazis. It's just silly to do so in Trump's case, too, IMO.

I know, I know, very different circumstances in Eisenhower's day, etc. But I still think Godwin's law applies here. The comparisons to Hitler and the Nazis with regard to Trump are silly. Trump is running, and has the right to do so, as any other candidate does. He isn't breaking rules or seizing power. It's a presidential election. He's saying unusual and shocking things. Big deal.
 
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applecorped said:
Slinging accusations of overall racism in a group never really allows one to be a part of any meaningful discussion.
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To the GOP's credit, this time around they have a fairly diverse set of candidates. It's not just a bunch of old white guys with a token minority thrown in. Fiorina is surging, Carson has strong support, Cruz is beloved by the Tea Party, and Rubio is everyone's 2nd choice.

Ironically, it's the Democrats who are fixated, at the moment, on old white dudes.
 
Ladewig said:
So how long does a derail have to be before it gets its own thread?
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NoahFence said:
42
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I think the worst-president derail is around 27 posts.

With a little luck, we may get this thread back on topic.


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The number of Trump supporters seems to be growing still. Do they have a great deal in common or are they each seeing something different when they look at Donald Trump?
 
Ladewig said:
I think the worst-president derail is around 27 posts.

With a little luck, we may get this thread back on topic.


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The number of Trump supporters seems to be growing still. Do they have a great deal in common or are they each seeing something different when they look at Donald Trump?
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I think so far the evidence presented (such as the article I posted a couple of weeks ago interviewing 30 different Trump supporters) shows that they do not necessarily have a lot in common with each other, and that different types of people are seeing different things or aspects in Trump that they find appealing.
 
Doghouse Reilly said:
I think so far the evidence presented (such as the article I posted a couple of weeks ago interviewing 30 different Trump supporters) shows that they do not necessarily have a lot in common with each other, and that different types of people are seeing different things or aspects in Trump that they find appealing.
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The common thread being that they are all idiots.
 
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