Lynnch said:

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...We’re now at a point where the Senate says it won’t even hold hearings on a presidential Supreme Court nominee, in clear defiance of custom and the Constitution. We’re now at a point in which politicians live in fear if they try to compromise and legislate. We’re now at a point in which normal political conversation has broken down. People feel unheard, which makes them shout even louder, which further destroys conversation.

And in walks Donald Trump. People say that Trump is an unconventional candidate and that he represents a break from politics as usual. That’s not true. Trump is the culmination of the trends we have been seeing for the last 30 years: the desire for outsiders; the bashing style of rhetoric that makes conversation impossible; the decline of coherent political parties; the declining importance of policy; the tendency to fight cultural battles and identity wars through political means.
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Trump’s supporters aren’t looking for a political process to address their needs. They are looking for a superhero. As the political scientist Matthew MacWilliams found, the one trait that best predicts whether you’re a Trump supporter is how high you score on tests that measure authoritarianism.

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This isn't a fucking game you guys. Trump is a joke. A horrible awful terrible, just the worst, joke. He is everything that is wrong in politics right now. He has no coherent positions. He's advocated things that would be war crimes. He has a tenuous relationship with the truth -at best, mostly he just doesn't seem to care what comes out of his mouth. Our Vice president just had to go to a foreign nation to apologize for things Trump has said. 
He is in no way qualified to be our president.

Hilary is essentially disliked because she is a career politician, she plays the established game. But whatever hate you have for her, at least you know what game she's playing.

If you think there isn't a difference between the two of them, you really aren't paying attention.

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Thayendanegea said:

Trump will do 100X the irreparable harm to this country and to us than Hillary could do in 20 terms as president.
Fuck Trump....he has absolutely no business being in politics except to groom his own  over-inflated ego. Like Lynch said...this is not a joke...Trump has outgained his title as sideshow Don....just let it end like that...he would have to admit that even he did not anticipate going this far into the process. It's not too late to vote in Rubio or Hasich...both  are better choices than either Hillary or Trump.

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Lynnch said:

Trump IS corporate america. You think he gives a flying fuck about any of his supporters? He's practically said outright that he thinks they're stupid.

Jesus. I can't believe we live in the same universe let alone the same country.

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zappaisgod said:

Trump is a scumbag.  Hillary is a bigger scumbag.  Sanders is a retard.

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zappaisgod said:

I'm a Walker guy.  Either Cruz or Rubio are preferential to the big three.

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zappaisgod said:

You have to be a stone retard to vote for Trump, Hillary or Sanders.

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qman said:

He has the economic freedom to do and say whatever he wants, no other politician has that luxury.

Did Obama or Bush give a fuck about their voters?  No, just their FINANCIAL supporters.

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qman said:

Thayendanegea said:

Trump will do 100X the irreparable harm to this country and to us than Hillary could do in 20 terms as president.
Fuck Trump....he has absolutely no business being in politics except to groom his own  over-inflated ego. Like Lynch said...this is not a joke...Trump has outgained his title as sideshow Don....just let it end like that...he would have to admit that even he did not anticipate going this far into the process. It's not too late to vote in Rubio or Hasich...both  are better choices than either Hillary or Trump.

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If you more comfortable with politicians bought and paid for by special interests, then I can understand why you dislike Trump.

People don't like their Representatives owned by corporate America and serving their interests, that's the only reason why Trump is winning today.

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Loyola10 said:

zappaisgod said:

You have to be a stone retard to vote for Trump, Hillary or Sanders.

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I will support trump because he's strong on illegal immigration. No other canadite has the stones to take it head on.

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zappaisgod said:

Loyola10 said:

zappaisgod said:

You have to be a stone retard to vote for Trump, Hillary or Sanders.

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I will support trump because he's strong on illegal immigration. No other canadite has the stones to take it head on.

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Cruz

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zappaisgod said:

I know.  The establishment hates him as much as they hate Trump.  BUt he has a use.  If he can siphon enough delegates from Trump there might be a brokered convention.

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On Saturday, columnist Gail Collins, one of the attendees at the meeting (which also included editor-in-chief Dean Baquet), floated a bit of speculation in her column:

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The most optimistic analysis of Trump as a presidential candidate is that he just doesn’t believe in positions, except the ones you adopt for strategic purposes when you’re making a deal. So you obviously can’t explain how you’re going to deport 11 million undocumented immigrants, because it’s going to be the first bid in some future monster negotiation session.

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Sources familiar with the recording and transcript — which have reached near-mythical status at the Times — tell me that the second sentence is a bit more than speculation. It reflects, instead, something Trump said about the flexibility of his hardline anti-immigration stance.

The NY Times refuses to discuss what was said unless Trump agrees to release the transcript, since it was off the record.

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