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Cont: The Trump Presidency X: 10-10 'til we do it again

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Lambchops said:
There's something seriously wrong with this guy.

Lil' Don-Don in his world of fantasy.
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He has done what he knew would work. A review of three books that explore what Trump unleashed:
“The information voters acquire during a campaign can ‘activate’ — or make more salient — their preexisting values, beliefs, and opinions,” political scientists John Sides, Michael Tesler and Lynn Vavreck write in “Identity Crisis,” a vital new work on the political culture of the Trump era. “That is exactly how Trump won support: he activated long-standing sentiments” surrounding race, immigration and religion. In “The Forgotten,” journalist Ben Bradlee Jr. details how contempt for Washington, a perceived loss of dignity and fear of immigrants helped Trump win over white voters in a key Pennsylvania county. “Trump was able to activate, own, and even weaponize the resentments that Luzerne residents had,” Bradlee writes. And in “Cyberwar,” communications scholar Kathleen Hall Jamieson argues that Russian trolls’ efforts to “activate the Trump vote” were designed to increase animosity toward Latin American immigrants and Muslims as well as deepen worries about civil unrest.
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...tive-to-extinguish-it/?utm_term=.69535ebf891c
 
Captain_Swoop said:
Trump Tweets

"If you want to protect criminal aliens – VOTE DEMOCRAT. If you want to protect Law-Abiding Americans – VOTE REPUBLICAN! (link: http://Vote.GOP) Vote.GOP
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Why is it that such an incredibly small handful of Republicans have parted ways with this demagoguery? Why do we never see trumpers on here even trying to defend it? Because now they know how well demagoguery works: A grandiose liar can use fear and resentment to produce votes by simply promising to save everything. And votes produce power. The Party of Lincoln has become a party of deceit and hypocrisy, because power has become all that matters. And now it must be burned to the ground. But don't worry, Republicans: From its ashes, I'm sure some of today's cowards will emerge to form a replacement.
 
alfaniner said:
OK, but just because this is too good to wait...

Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump

Rumor has it that Senator Joe Donnelly of Indiana is paying for Facebook ads for his so-called opponent on the libertarian ticket. Donnelly is trying to steal the election? Isn’t that what Russia did!?
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And I would bet who is involved in spreading that 'rumor'!
 
Bob001 said:
He has done what he knew would work. A review of three books that explore what Trump unleashed:


“The information voters acquire during a campaign can ‘activate’ — or make more salient — their preexisting values, beliefs, and opinions,” political scientists John Sides, Michael Tesler and Lynn Vavreck write in “Identity Crisis,” a vital new work on the political culture of the Trump era. “That is exactly how Trump won support: he activated long-standing sentiments” surrounding race, immigration and religion. In “The Forgotten,” journalist Ben Bradlee Jr. details how contempt for Washington, a perceived loss of dignity and fear of immigrants helped Trump win over white voters in a key Pennsylvania county. “Trump was able to activate, own, and even weaponize the resentments that Luzerne residents had,” Bradlee writes. And in “Cyberwar,” communications scholar Kathleen Hall Jamieson argues that Russian trolls’ efforts to “activate the Trump vote” were designed to increase animosity toward Latin American immigrants and Muslims as well as deepen worries about civil unrest.
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...tive-to-extinguish-it/?utm_term=.69535ebf891c
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As I've said before, the overriding emotion of the GOP is fear. They are so scared of change it's almost palpable.
 
Belz... said:
Aren't they going to far now? I mean, won't even their base think it's parody? Replace the population of Maine? Come on.
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I'm sure you'll be shocked to learn that King does not vote with Schumer 88% of the time (Propublica counts it as 83%).

So he's either a wannabe Nazi himself, or just, you know, unconcerned with attacks like the ones we saw last week.
 
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WilliamSeger said:
... The Party of Lincoln has become a party of deceit and hypocrisy, because power has become all that matters. And now it must be burned to the ground. But don't worry, Republicans: From its ashes, I'm sure some of today's cowards will emerge to form a replacement.
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Plow salt into the ashes.
 
LSSBB said:
Dubya wasn't the best at speechifying. He got in on ... something else, not quite sure WHAT the attraction was...
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I saw a cartoon once, can't remember who it was-:

"I voted for George W. Bush because he was the son of President George Bush,
I voted for George Bush because he was Vice President to President Ronald Reagan,
I voted for Ronald Reagan because he was a successful movie actor who played cowboys.

I like Cowboys"
 
Belz... said:
Aren't they going to far now? I mean, won't even their base think it's parody? Replace the population of Maine? Come on.
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They don't have a choice

https://www.vox.com/policy-and-poli...rump-closing-argument-ugly-immigration-speech

The challenge for demagogues is they don’t have much room to reposition themselves. They can’t start capitulating to the media, apologizing for, say, inspiring someone to mail bombs to his political enemies. They can’t start trying to work on policy with experts and release reasonable plans that take many interests into account — that’s the very opposite of why he’s supported. Demagogues draw a line between themselves and supporters and their enemies. There is no ground for compromise.
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Stacyhs said:
Somehow, Sheriff Joe Arpaio comes to mind.
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Hey funny (for depressing, horrible versions of the word 'funny') story you know Luis Bracamontes, the drug dealer and Mexican Citizen who's shooting of two Sacramento police officers and subsequent just total ******* behavior in the court room formed the basis for Trump's most recent attack ad on the Democrats?

Okay his story is actually pretty complicated and spans... a while but long story short by the time of the killing of the two police officers Bracamontes had entered the country and been deported multiple times under both Republican and Democratic administrations.

One of those times? In 1998 he was arrested on drug charges in Phoenix Arizona and released "for unknown reasons."

Three guesses who Sheriff of that jurisdiction was at the time.
 
BobTheCoward said:
They don't have a choice

https://www.vox.com/policy-and-poli...rump-closing-argument-ugly-immigration-speech
challenge for demagogues is they don’t have much room to reposition themselves. They can’t start capitulating to the media, apologizing for, say, inspiring someone to mail bombs to his political enemies. They can’t start trying to work on policy with experts and release reasonable plans that take many interests into account — that’s the very opposite of why he’s supported. Demagogues draw a line between themselves and supporters and their enemies. There is no ground for compromise.
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I think it is worse than what is described. One only need look at Trump’s behavior before he decided to run to see he has neither the temperament nor the skills necessary “to work on policy with experts and release reasonable plans that take many interests into account.” No one convinced him to work to reverse every law and regulation that came from the Obama administration. That was his goal ever since the 2011 Press Corp Dinner when the president made him the butt of jokes.
 
The Democrat agenda is the agenda of the extreme far-left. They've gone crazy, folks. They've gone totally loco.

The Democrats are the party of rigid ideology and total conformity. They demand absolute agreement, and they dismiss, demean and demonize anyone who questions their radical ideas.

-- President Donald J. Trump (Nov 2, 2018)
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Ignore the Fake News polls, a blue wave of liberal tears is coming on Nov 6th.
 
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