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    Nicole Kidman please go back

    "I would just say he's now elected," Kidman said in an interview with the BBC earlier this week. "And we as a country need to support whoever the president is, because that’s what the country’s based on."

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    • 'I would say that Hitler is now elected, and we as a country need to support whoever the leader is, because that's what the country is based on'BuddhaHat
    • 'I would say that Pol Pot is now elected, and we as a country need to support whoever the leader is, because that's what the country is based on'BuddhaHat
    • fill in the blanks with any evil bastard, and you get the same result... an obsequious, idiotic populace doing nothing to change a terrible situation. shite.BuddhaHat
    • she's a non-event as an actress, and scores even lower on the scale as a provider of political commentary.BuddhaHat
    • come on, comparing Trump to Hitler or Pol Pot is quite a stretch...inteliboy
    • sorry, I don't see it that way. her statement is a tacit acceptance of all the corrupt and potentially illegal actions that led to his election.BuddhaHat
    • and in no way speaks to the potential horrors that await the election of such a clearly unqualified individual to such a position of power.BuddhaHat
    • hence the examples I used. to deny Trump leaning towards authoritarian power is to deny the reality of what is happening in front you of, in terms of his...BuddhaHat
    • treatment of the media.BuddhaHat
    • "FAKE NEWS!", the outraged, orange simpleton cried. "We'll see", said the zen master.BuddhaHat
    • https://www.youtube.…BuddhaHat
    • eek, error 3 posts up, 'in front you of' = 'in front of you'.BuddhaHat
    • https://www.youtube.…pango
    • I totally see your point. Though this is exactly the kind of hyperbole we hated from the right (Murdoch and friends) during Obama's terms.inteliboy
    • I respectfully disagree with the comparison, because in 8 years Obama never threatened to throw out a journalist for asking a question.BuddhaHat
    • and who's to say it's hyperbole? he hasn't even taken office yet and the insanity has already begun.BuddhaHat
    • Pol Pot wasn't elected.see_thru
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