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Out of context: Reply #19843
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- mg334
Cygnus, you'll enjoy what i posted on FB earlier today about him saying he hopes Russia can find the emails:
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OK, here it is. Pretend Trump isn't a narcissistic asshole and a petulant child living in the body of an out-of-shape 70-something year old man. Then pretend that his business experience is somehow relevant to national governance; for the sake of discussion we'll pretend that his career as a self-promoter and branding behemoth that has made a fortune licensing his name to mediocre products, many of which eventually failed, somehow equates to a qualification worthy of being president. Pretend that his main obsession in life isn't popularity and being loved and winning at all costs. Pretend that a multi-billionaire who has never wanted for anything in his life, that has never struggled, somehow has any idea what the working class people of this country want or need. Good with that? OK, next.Pretend for a minute that the things he says, the wild ideas he claims are so easy, actually have a legitimate strategy attached to them, with legitimate tactics that can be carried out. For example, a budget, timeline, cost analysis, etc on a border wall. A concrete methodology for deporting tens-of-thousands of illegal immigrants a day, and the cost of hiring thousands of government employees to do it. An actual military strategy that isn't the words "bomb the hell out of ISIS." Pretend he has all that figured out. Try even harder to pretend he even could or will figure it out. Challenging, I know.
Lastly, pretend he hasn't made America look like a joke on the global stage since he started his campaign. Pretend the world needs more insane rhetoric, illogical ideas, xenophobia, and American nationalism that manifests itself as oppression and violence against minorities and immigrants, among other things. Pretend none of that exists and that he's conducting himself with a level of dignity and class you'd expect of a president. Good with that? Do we have our pretending all in order?
Now, tell me how in the world you can take someone like this seriously when you read this article. Tell me me how, because I'm dumbfounded on a daily basis by stuff like this, but this really takes the cake. I'll withhold judgement of anyone personally, but count me as one of the millions of Americans who are shocked that people are accepting this, and even worse, empowering it every single day.
- All I can say is be worried, few in the UK thought Brexit would actually happen (including those leading the campaign) but the great misinformed/easily ledfadein11
- voted for it... scary days. People are fed up and putting their trust in total morons. It's going to be a v.close call I reckon.fadein11
- Well put.monospaced
- I also put in a disclaimer saying I was deleting any reply with "but Hillary..." People really need to learn to stay on topic and stay in context.mg33
- The misdirection away from the point is a clear indication that they don't know what they're talking about, or they just get off on agitating people.mg33
- Trump does remind me of a alot of the billionaire trust peeps i used to frequently hang out with. there is that feeling of non grounded personality because ofyurimon
- being around yes people. i however have the same feeling about cliton.yurimon
- Only way is if you hang out with trump to know for sure. but the lifestyles of political figures could create a bubble. if one lets it.yurimon
- #yurinegufffadein11