Courtesy of Business Insider:
CNN anchor Jake Tapper repeatedly asked Donald Trump on Sunday to denounce David Duke's support for his candidacy, but Trump insisted he didn't know anything about the former KKK grand wizard.
"Will you unequivocally condemn David Duke and say that you don't want his vote and that of other white supremacists in this election?" Tapper asked Trump on "State of the Union."
But Trump, the Republican presidential frontrunner, said he didn't have enough information to answer the question:
"I don't know anything about David Duke, OK? I don't know anything about what you're even talking about with white supremacy or white supremacists. So I don't know. I mean, I don't know — did he endorse me or what's going on? Because I know nothing about David Duke. I know nothing about white supremacists. And so you're asking me a question that I'm supposed to be talking about people that I know nothing about."
Oddly enough David Duke himself claims that Trump certainly knows him:“I think he knows who I am,” Duke said. “But he doesn’t know what I actually stand for today.”
Which is backed up by the fact that Trump referred to him by name back in 2000:
In 2000, when he ended his presidential campaign, Trump cited Duke's participation in the Reform Party as one reason he no longer wanted the party's nomination.
"The Reform Party now includes a Klansman, Mr. Duke, a neo-Nazi, Mr. [Pat][ Buchanan, and a communist, Ms. [Lenora] Fulani. This is not company I wish to keep," he wrote in his statement.
"Hey look I don't know anything about this Hitler fellow that you say I remind you of. You say he's a bad guy, killed a bunch of Jews, but I didn't see it so I don't know. Don't want to condemn the guy until I get all of the facts, and by "facts" I mean input from Right Wing talk radio."
And THIS guy is leading in the race for the presidential nomination in the Republican party.
They must be so proud.
Update: So yeah now Trump is blaming an earpiece.
I guess nothing's you fault when you're Donald Trump. Right?
Trump doesn't know about David Duke or the KKK and refused to denounce them BUT TRUMP SURE WAS GUNGHO THAT OBAMA IS FOREIGNER.
ReplyDeleteAnyone of Trump's age who isn't aware of who David Duke is has been living a heavily sheltered life.
DeleteThis could be easily explained if Trump has dyslexia.
DeleteIf Trump has dyslexia and never reads unless he is interested in the topic, he would never have known about David Duke or even the KKK in a negative way. Since Trump associates with like-minded people, nobody he pals around with have a netive opinion of the KKK.
What do you read really matters when it comes to electing a president.
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Deletehttp://www.politicususa.com/2016/02/29/transcript-shows-donald-trumps-bad-earpiece-excuse-kkk-support-lie.html
Trump knows about David Duke. Read the update Gryphen posted a few hours ago.
DeleteDonald Trump DOESN'T associate just with people who have positive opinions of the KKK. He is a middle aged man who grew up in NYC and has engaged with people all over the country and all over the world. His daughter married a Jewish man and converted.
"66gardeners8:23 AM This could be easily explained if Trump has dyslexia."
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No, it couldn't. It is explained by the simple fact that Trump lied regarding his knowledge of the KKK and David Duke, as evidenced by his own prior statements.
You don't have to be able to read worth a damn to know which people or organizations have a generally negative or positive connotation in the culture at large, and how to respond accordingly to serve whatever your own ends are.
You do people with dyslexia a great disservice when you refuse to recognize the complex and intelligent coping strategies used and developed by people with dyslexia to ensure that they can make their way through life successfully with a full and complete knowledge of the world around them.
I think 66 is trying to say that dyslexia may explain what is going on here because Trump's world knowledge seems to be very skewed.
DeleteTrump is not stupid. He may be a con man, and he most certainly is a liar. He certainly is not well read.
Trump does not know squat about being president. That much is obvious.
If Trump doesn't read, it's not because he can't read, it's because he thinks he knows everything.
DeleteWith all due respect 66G, you used the "probable dyslexia" argument about the Bushes in previous threads. Now you've diagnosed in Trump. Not everything is explained by dyslexia. Nefer's post is on the money.
Deletewith all due respect 2:48
DeleteThe Bush has dyslexia. that is a fact. There is information on the internet that Trump has dyslexia as well. 10% of the population have dyslexia. It is easy to recognize in politicians who run a national campaign.
I am not qualified to diagnose dyslexia. I am qualified to give my opinion. Having dyslexia explains so much about what is going on here.
66gardeners, I usually respect your posts, but don't believe dyslexia washes as an explanation here. A person Trump's age cannot possibly be unfamiliar with the KKK. Hell, the KKK is the KKK no matter how you scramble the letters.
DeleteWhat the man is is a politician to the core, and one who will go to great lengths to avoid alienating any supporter if he doesn't have to.
I am not saying Trump can be defended for anything. He is a liar so the line is blurred between when he doesn't know and what he lies about knowing. You must admit there are so many areas where he seems unprepared for the complexities of being POTUS. Nothing is on paper. There is also hints on the internet that he knows he has dyslexia.
DeleteWhat I am saying is dyslexia may explain a lot of what is going on in his campaign. It does not explain the lying or character flaws.
The only reason Trump is running is because people have always told him how great he is. They have enabled him despite his obvious inadequacies. George Bush actually became president, not because of his qualifications but because of who he was. It can happen. If a potential president seems clueless because he has dyslexia, HELLO, he is clueless about a lot of things. Trust me I know.
You may not agree with me about whether someone has dyslexia or not, but I have a right to say I see all the signs
I also see signs of dyslexia in Sarah Palin. It seems to me to be a recipe for disaster in politicians. People need to know stuff because they know it to be real and true by reading. Relying upon what others tells you makes for disaster in a president.
Other sites confirm dyslexia. I am waiting for the diagnosis to get out.
DeleteThis happened at a high school
ReplyDeleteNew York Daily News:
Ind. students held Trump cutout, chanted 'build the wall'
Students at an Indiana high school held an oversized Donald Trump cutout and chanted "build the wall" during a basketball game against a rival school with many Latino students — outraging fans and drawing national attention on social media.
The demonstrations occurred during a Friday game at Andrean High School in Merrillville against Bishop Noll Institute in Hammond.
Students often wear costumes and shout chants during the games. A group of Andrean students wore patriotic clothing, including flag bandanas and Captain America T-shirts.
One student brought a cutout showing Trump's face.
"Build the wall, build the wall," the students chanted, according to the Times of Northwest Indiana — highlighting the presidential candidate’s pledge to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.
See pictures at
http://m.nydailynews.com/news/national/students-held-trump-cutout-chanted-build-wall-article-1.2547486
Like attracts like.
ReplyDeleteTrump is backpedaling now he's getting bad press for it.
Too little too late.
Why doesn't he sue the press? He promises that is the answer.
DeleteTrump needs to own his white supremacy. He needs to own it like he does his horrible hair, tacky homes and disgusting personality. You'd be surprised how many people will vote when they are pissed off that the Klan will be allowed in the WH.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.mediaite.com/tv/john-oliver-dismantles-donald-trumps-candidacy-and-his-tiny-cocktail-sausage-fingers/
ReplyDeleteBest take down of Donald Drumpf ever. SHARE IT!
it's like Palin's "all of them, any of them" comment to Katy Couric. A bunch of hooey. Trump has no real desire to be President, he just likes the shiny glow of crowd worship. What a maroon.
ReplyDeleteThat's exactly what I thought. The similarity between his non-answers and evasions and those of Palin. Don't forget, she is the one who tweeted support of the use of the N word, and who also said that the first black president was "shucking and jiving"
Deletethe similarities are there between trump and palin. Both have word salad issues.
Deletetrump and palin have attitude but not aptitude
DeleteREALLY DONALD?
ReplyDeleteToday:
Donald Trump on KKK non-answer: A 'very bad earpiece' made it tough to hear
Donald Trump tells TODAY's Matt Lauer and Savannah Guthrie he's "disavowed" former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke and blamed a "very bad earpiece" for his earlier inability to repeatedly repudiate the group.
Trump claimed he believed CNN anchor Jake Tapper was asking him about "various groups" and not just the KKK during a Sunday interview.
http://www.today.com/news/donald-trump-kkk-non-answer-very-bad-earpiece-made-it-t76661
Trump's excuse is pure bullshit (quelle surprise):
Delete"Tapper seemed somewhat perplexed. "OK, I mean, I'm just talking about David Duke and the Ku Klux Klan here, but ..." he said, trailing off and inviting Trump to comment.""
Trump was asked specifically about one group in particular, the KKK, and the chickenshit racist just kept dancing around it.
Donald Trump = Sarah Palin
ReplyDeleteThis is why Trump loves Sarah Palin
Donald Trump Blames Earpiece for Declining to Disavow David Duke
ReplyDeleteThe New York Times - 37 mins ago
Did Trump lose his kiss ass?
ReplyDeleteSalon:
Donald Trump’s KKK flap has finally lost him “Morning Joe”: Even Joe Scarborough calls Trump’s latest stunt “disqualifying”.
A new poll out ahead of tomorrow’s Super Tuesday elections shows Donald Trump on the edge of majority support in the Republican party with 49 percent of the vote — but that was before his disturbingly KKK-filled weekend that turned one of his biggest fanboys in the media, Joe Scarborough, against him.
“That’s disqualifying right there,” the “Morning Joe” host said of Trump’s refusal to disavow the support of former Klu Klux Klan grand wizard David Duke, who recentlyencouraged his followers to vote and work for Trump’s campaign to “meet people who are going to have the same kind of mindset that you have” and protect “your heritage"
Read more at
http://www.salon.com/2016/02/29/donald_trumps_kkk_flap_has_finally_lost_him_morning_joe_even_joe_scarborough_calls_trumps_latest_stunt_disqualifying/
Joe is afraid of being attached to the KKK by association with Trump. He's trying to cover his ass.
Deletescarborough palin and trump are all sociopaths
DeleteIf you read below, Trump now says he disavows David Duke but didn't say he disavows the KKK
ReplyDelete..... “Let me tell you, I’m sitting in a house in Florida with a very bad earpiece they gave me and you can hardly hear what he was saying, but what I heard was various groups,” Trump explained. “And I don’t mind disavowing anybody, and I disavowed David Duke, and I disavowed him the day before to a major news conference, which is surprising because [Tapper] was at the major news conference, CNN was at the major news conference, and they heard me very easily disavow David Duke.”
At that news conference, Trump said, “I disavow, okay?”
Read more at
http://theslot.jezebel.com/donald-trump-didnt-disavow-former-kkk-leader-because-he-1761922993
Now, today, at this time, he disavows. Yesterday is gone (except on the internet) and tomorrow hasn't happened, so all is good, right?
DeleteI'm so impressed.
And this is why it doesn't matter how many states Trump takes for the GOP. He will NEVER get the minority vote and no candidate cannot win without us.
ReplyDeleteReread the sentence and fix cannot to can.
Delete@ anon 7:10 am
DeleteSorry, Trump does not have all the white vote to begin with so he cannot win without the minority vote.
why, you just did
Delete@ anon 8:36 am
DeleteIf you were aware and not so paranoid you would realize that there is no edit feature on this blog. Better lay off the drugs in the morning or you will never get a job and your poor Mom will be stuck with you in her basement forever.
9:37 little pecker syndrome?
DeleteThe Daily Beast:
ReplyDeleteThe Klansmen And Mobsters In Donald Trump’s Closet
Read more at
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/02/29/the-kkk-and-mob-allegations-haunting-donald-trump.html
"In fairness, all major New York builders had to deal with mob-linked firms and unions well past the time Donald Trump built his signature tower. The same was true in Atlantic City when he built his casinos."
DeleteKRISPY KRISTY "KREAMER" is a PIG..
Deletethe Young Executioners?
Trump is like Bristol Palin, he doesn't quite remember who he is in bed with.
ReplyDeleteLOL! Touché!
DeleteWould anyone agree with me that The Donald is a lying sack of shit?
ReplyDeleteJust caught a bit of cable TV which is still promoting Trump and taking Hillary Clinton apart! Amazes me!!!
Rubio is correct in everything he is saying about Trump.
Hopefully, the Republican party will not nominate him as their candidate for POTUS. He is already tearing the party apart!
Trump is just like Hitler! His election would result in Americans fighting each other in another civil war!
If Trump succeeds in destroying the GOP, he will be a true American patriot hero.
DeleteIn the last few days Donald Drumpf has:
ReplyDelete1) suggested that the Hispanic judge in his fake Trump University fraud suit should be recused because he is hispanic, and because Mr Drumpf has been talking about the wall
2) Pretended not to know what the KKK was and the connection to DDuke, refused to criticize either
3) Drumpf approvingly retweeted a saying of fascist Mussolini.
Themed Donald Trump Musical
Deletehttp://www.gossipcop.com/jimmy-kimmel-oscars-special-2016-producers-donald-trump-musical-video/
BUY BUY BUY BUY
http://www.donaldjdrumpf.com/
Gas for sale.
http://theimmoralminority.blogspot.com/2016/02/bristol-palin-just-keeps-taunting-her.html
The problem with all these negative articles coming out about Trump is that many of his loony, angry supporters see those things as features, not bugs.
ReplyDeleteYes, for instance the Trump exposés in the NYT, although quite explosive and revealing, are basically just preaching to the choir.
DeleteTrump's supporters don't read the NYT, if they've even heard of it at all.
Delete(Those of them who can even read, that is.)
Let's also not forget the republicans don't have a viable alternative besides Trump.
DeleteFuck Hillary she's a closet racist and Goldwater drank.... Go Bernie!!! Hey chickenshit gryp why not write about the huge Sanders marches that went on or the Twitter censorship of #whichhillary you fucken lame wannabe progressive... did you get a donation from HRC foundation or there minions...
ReplyDeleteAh, the irony of being called a chickenshit by a person hiding behind the label "Anonymous."
DeleteBy the by, it's "their minions" not "there minions."
Hey fuckface my name is Elijia Free not hiding
DeleteFinally mad cause I called you out for what you are
DeleteYou're making a great case for your candidate.
Delete(eyeroll)
And I noticed you did not deny the accusation of you getting a little HRC money
DeleteYou're making a great case for your candidate.
Delete(eyeroll)
Dear, your enthusiasm aside, Bernie can't win the general. Love the guy, but no can do.
DeleteWow...sounds like you have your undies in a wad! Some of us don't support Bernie. Let me tell you why...as a nightly watcher of Chris Hayes & Rachel Maddow for the past 8 years I watched several interviews done with Bernie. Never once did I say...WOW...this guy has it going on rather why "Bernie you old curmudgeon stop yelling at me". Although he has been active for years on income inequality and put forward several bills he was only able to get 1 bill passed. I am a Progressive Democrat, I have voted in every election since 1968, I am a 40 yr. veteran teacher & I can support who I want. I guess this is why Bernie Bros are getting such a bad reputation with statements such as yours.
DeleteI like your Sanders, I don't care for many of your Sanders supporters.
DeleteShut up fucken sheep msnbc is in for Hillary
DeleteAgain Bernie bros is all Hillary supporters just like Obama boys 8 years ago... fucken sheep
DeleteSilly commenter. Do you really think if Gryphen is getting Clinton money, he's going to admit to getting Clinton money. In fact, if he says he's NOT getting Clinton money, then you know he is. Same thing if he says nothing. It's only if he comes out and admits that he's getting Clinton money that you will know he's NOT getting Clinton money. Unless he's playing a trick and only wants you to THINK he's NOT getting Clinton money, so you'd better just assume no matter what Gryphen says or doesn't say, he's definitely getting Clinton money.
DeleteThe more I see posts like this with their incoherence, shoddy punctuation and grammar, the more I'm convinced the authors are all Republican trolls. I honestly don't believe any true supporter of Bernie would or could write this kind of crap.
DeleteAnon at 7:46 am. It's for certain that no Democrat would write a comment like Anon's at 7:05 am.
DeleteBeaglemom
Unfortunately, if this guy is telling the truth about his name, he's not a Republican troll. He's just an angry man who seems to have fallen off the edge of reason (not for being a Sanders supporter, but for the tone and content of his attacks on other Democrats).
DeleteAnon 7:46 I totally agree.
DeleteMost of the progressives that I know (a lot) are able to use spellcheck and not have screaming aneurisms every time someone mentions or doesn't mention Hilary's name. I'm thinking there is much troll activity posting as Sanders supporters. I cannot imagine a progressive as vile as these guys pretend to be.
Anon at 7:46 am. It's for certain that no Democrat would write a comment like Anon's at 7:05 am.
DeleteBeaglemom
He never denied he got money either
DeleteFor you morons who believe I'm a republican troll... Go on Twitter my name is Elijiafree..I don't hide
DeleteMan you folks are paranoid about trolls how fucken sad.. the difference between you folks and me it's the I'm a true progressive and you folks drink the kill aid.. both democrats and republicans are same party take money from the same ol corps and billionaires... few democrats in government are true progressive...
DeleteHe never didn't deny saying he never got money neither.
DeleteElijia,
DeleteThere are free adult literacy courses in your community check them out. Oh, and BTW you and your attitude are why many fence sitters hopped off to Hillary's side.
But feel free to start your own blog and write about whatever you want to. Of course you may need that adult literacy course before hand. Good luck, but don't worry, you can still vote for your backup Trump.
Elijia Free never denied he is a pedophile
DeleteYour sick dude with that fucked up comment
DeleteYou folks pay a whole lot of attention to my bad grammar.... for that fuckhead hiding behind 8:45 this forum is the only place you would get posting shit like that not in person
DeleteYou folks pay a whole lot of attention to my bad grammar.... for that fuckhead hiding behind 8:45 this forum is the only place you would get posting shit like that not in person
DeleteGryphen 7:16 AM wrote: Ah, the irony of being called [whatever] by a person hiding behind the label "Anonymous."
DeleteI'm with you.
By the by, it's "their minions" not "there minions."
That too.
Bernie Sanders would be embarrassed if he read your comments about Clinton. I have no trouble with cursing, it can be a very effective language tool, but calling Clinton a skank and a bitch (which you did in an earlier comment thread) is far from the Progressive ideal you seem so in favor of.
DeleteElijia
DeleteIt would be their not there. But you do sound a bit paranoid, it may be time to lay off the weed. Marijuana can actually increase paranoia in some mental health patients and I fear you may be one of those.
True progressives wouldn't refer to Hillary Clinton as a "skank."
Delete"Fucken?"
DeleteYou can't even spell curse words correctly.
*Goldwater skank
ReplyDeleteI'm sure a feminist progressive like Bernie Sanders appreciates sexist insults.
DeleteWritten by someone that wasn't alive when Goldwater was. The Bernie Bro should learn that the only difference between Goldwater and Bernie was that Goldwater actually accomplished something in his political career.
DeleteHow can one try to become president of the US and not know who duke?
ReplyDeleteWell no republican that's for sure. Since the GOP still buys Dukes mailing lists.
DeleteTrump can't have it both ways. He's trying to say two separate things. On the one hand, he is trying to claim he knows nothing about the white supremacists and the Klan and David Duke. On the other hand he is trying to claim he isn't racist. Both are outright lies.
ReplyDeleteDuring this entire campaign he has done nothing but bad mouth minorities and raise people's hatred to the foreground and use the thoroughly understandable reactions of the slandered groups as proof of what he says.
Personally, I wouldn't vote for him if he was running against Alfred E. Neuman, but I am hoping that this latest gaff will open more peoples' eyes and cut deeply into his numbers.
I don't want a racist in the White House and if he really DOESN'T know about the Klan he is too STUPID to be in there. Both stances are dangerous to the U.S.
I have a pic of a Bernie March in Alaska... why not write about that
ReplyDeleteWhy don't you write about it on your own blog?
Deletewhy don't you start on own blog fool
DeleteSCARBOROUGH: TRUMP KKK TALK 'DISQUALIFYING'
DeleteJoe Scarborough, host of MSNBC's "Morning Joe," suggested business mogul Donald Trump's refusal to disavow the Ku Klux Klan could disqualify him from the presidential race.
"It’s breathtaking. That is disqualifying right there," Scarborough said Monday. "To say you don’t know about the Ku Klux Klan? You don’t know about David Duke?"
“Is he really so stupid that he thinks Southerners aren’t offended by the Ku Klux Klan and David Duke?" Scarborough continued. "Is he really so ignorant of Southern voters that he thinks this is the way to their heart? To go neutral, to play Switzerland when you're talking about the Klan?"
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-joe-scarborough-kkk_us_56d45911e4b0871f60ec02c9
Trump Blames His Earpiece!... Romney: 'Disgusting'... Republican Senator: I Won't Vote For Him... Party Splinters As Nightmare Scenario Inches Toward Reality... Fox News Host: Debate Was 'An Embarrassment'... CLOWN TOWN: Senior Rubio Adviser Rationalizes 'Being A Part Of The Circus'... Rubio Lobs Penis Joke: 'You Know What They Say About Men With Small Hands'... Nate Silver: GOP Could Be 'On Brink Of Failure,' Unable To Stop 'Existential Threat'...
DeleteThe Republican Party’s implosion over Donald Trump’s candidacy has arrived
DeleteThe implosion over Donald Trump’s candidacy that Republicans had hoped to avoid arrived so virulently this weekend that many party leaders vowed never to back the billionaire and openly questioned whether the GOP could come together this election year.
At a moment when Republicans had hoped to begin taking on Hillary Clinton — who is seemingly on her way to wrapping up the Democratic nomination — the GOP has instead become consumed by a crisis over its identity and core values that is almost certain to last through the July party convention, if not the rest of the year.
A campaign full of racial overtones and petty, R-rated put-downs grew even uglier Sunday after Trump declined repeatedly in a CNN interview to repudiate the endorsement of him by David Duke, a former grand wizard of the Ku Klux Klan. Trump had disavowed Duke at a news conference on Friday, but he stammered when asked about Duke on Sunday.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/divisions-within-gop-over-trumps-candidacy-are-growing/2016/02/28/97b16010-de3a-11e5-8d98-4b3d9215ade1_story.html
And it's by the way not by the by if we are insulting bad grammar
ReplyDeleteYou forgot the period at the end of your sentence, 7:26.
DeleteLay off the weed and you may be able to actually form a sentence.
Delete7:44 is correct. You left off the period.
DeleteAND, to make matters worse, "by the by" IS correct! Google it. It can be either by the by or by the bye. Just because something isn't used often, doesn't make it incorrect.
BAHAHAHA - 7:44 AM for the win!
DeleteAnonymous 7:26 AM wrote: And it's by the way not by the by if we are insulting bad grammar
DeleteActually, you are insulting the writer's personal preference. History lesson available at http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/19331/what-is-the-origin-of-the-phrase-by-the-by
Trump Throws A Tantrum And Threatens To Run Third Party Because Marco Rubio Is Mean
ReplyDelete...To summarize, Donald Trump is throwing a tantrum and threatening to run third party because Marco Rubio and the GOP are being mean to him. What seems to have gotten under Trump’s Boehneresque orange skin were Rubio’s claims that Trump is a fake tough guy, who inherited $200 million, and wet himself at the Republican debate.
On Friday, Rubio said, “He called me Mr. Meltdown. Let me tell you something, last night in the debate during one of the breaks, two of the breaks, he went backstage, and he was having a meltdown. First he had one of those makeup things applying around his mustache because he had one of those sweat mustaches. Then, then he asked for a full-length mirror, I don’t know why because the podium goes up to here. I don’t know why maybe to make sure his pants weren’t wet. Then I see him pacing back and forth, and then he’s huddled in the corner talking to somebody, and he’s like waving his arms up and down and the person’s trying to calm him down.”
The phrase not treating me well is Trump code for being criticized. If anyone challenges or criticizes Donald Trump, they are not treating him well. Donald Trump is throwing a tantrum and threatening to take his ball and run as an Independent. Trump is challenging Richard Nixon for the title of the most thin-skinned frontrunner is presidential election history.
http://www.politicususa.com/2016/02/28/trump-throws-tantrum-threatens-run-party-marco-rubio.html
The GOP Establishment Is Angry At Trump For Stealing Their Hate
ReplyDeleteWhat bothers the GOP establishment is Trump repeating on the national stage what they have preached for 8 years in semi-isolated environs
...It is curious that after Donald Trump won a couple of primaries, everywhere one turns there are stories about the Republican establishment’s anguished fits over the hotel magnate taking control of the party. However “concerned” the party elite and their donors may be, it is more likely they are upset that Trump swooped in and took advantage of the establishment’s eight year propaganda and conditioning campaign; the one that created the Donald’s passionate supporters.
What is a mystery, really, is why the Party elite and establishment are not wholeheartedly embracing Trump as the RNC’s natural standard bearer. He is, by any measure, the epitome of a neo-conservative hero and the perfect representation of everything Republicans have promised the base they would deliver for at least the past four years; likely the past eight years since Barack Obama became a national figure.
The only thing Trump is doing that bothers the GOP establishment is repeating on the national stage, at rallies and on the campaign trail what the party has preached for eight years and what every other Republican has said in semi-isolated environs. Remember, since Barack Obama won the presidency in 2008, the Republican establishment and their powerful money machine have fostered and exploited hate, white-rage, and paranoia to incite its base and subsequently set the stage for a Trump-like character’s rise to power.
http://www.politicususa.com/2016/02/29/gop-establishment-angry-trump-stealing-hate.html
Good points.
DeleteIt is also worth noting that when the republicans do express reservations about Trump, it is that he is really a liberal. Him being a racist doesn't seem to matter to them.
Weak.. man I thought you were a true progressive when I first started reading this blog 4 years ago.. but you turned out to be the status quo democrat... I will get my does of daily Palin bashing elsewhere
ReplyDeleteBye.
DeleteLet's hope you stick the flounce.
DeleteSuch blind loyalty.... like I said sheep
Deletebe gone bimbo
DeleteAdios - don't let the door hit you in your backside!
DeleteMyself, I would love to vote Sanders into the White House, but whoever gets the nomination will get my vote because I am a pragmatist about keeping those ogres on the other side out of there. If he doesn't get the nomination, I have every certainty that Sanders will oblige Clinton to take a more progressive turn in the campaign. If she wants to win, that is what she must do.
Delete@8:03 AM.
DeleteAs my high school English teacher would have said "Eschew ellipses." The period is your friend. Perhaps, sadly, your only friend.
O, dear me, Donald Trump doesn't have any idea what "white supremacy" is all about? And we're supposed to believe him? He's even stupider than anyone thought possible!
ReplyDeleteBeaglemom
He knows, but he doesn't want to upset his racist followers.
DeleteSo many times we've heard Trump say a version of "I don't even know who he is," and in most cases there is video or written interview remarks showing Trump as quite aware of who the someone is and even that he has in the past interacted with that person. A list could be composed.
ReplyDeleteHe keeps calling others liars but he lies in some way at almost every public event and in almost every interview, and one if the lies is this denial of knowing someone or of being aware of some kind of incident/conditions that he ought to be aware of and surely is or, if he isn't, he should be embarrassed that he isn't aware.
Donald Trump can not spell Mussolini and has never read anything about him. Nobody Trump pals around with has told him Mussolini is a bad guy.
Delete@8:53 AM.
DeleteI went to Penn undergrad, and I can honestly say that I never met anyone going to Wharton who I would describe as brilliant, or even particularly bright for that matter. Lotsa stoners, though.
Good Read>
ReplyDeletehttps://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/02/29/a-provocative-theory-for-why-donald-trump-keeps-flip-flopping-on-the-kkk/
Nothing was der Fuhrer's fault either. Other people were blamed and died when he made a mistake. Anybody still want to be in tRump's inner circle?
ReplyDeleteAs for the white supremacists, they are nothing more or less than terrorists. They should be treated as such.
And other supremist groups such as BLMers and Black Panthers and La Raza and the like also to be treated as terrorist groups?
DeleteFor Anon. @ 9:30 AM; Have those groups ever burned a cross on your lawn?
DeleteWild Tortoise
Crying about reverse racism, 9:30?
Delete9:30, those groups want equality, not supremacy. Big difference.
DeleteMildred
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ReplyDelete" Mike Huckabee was asked about this garbage and gave this incredible response: "Does anybody think Donald Trump is a racist? I don't. I mean, I really don't. I don't know of anything in his life that indicates that this man has racist tendencies."
RNC Chair Reince Priebus tweeted after the last shitshow of a debate: "Tonight we saw another spirited debate between the most diverse & well-qualified group of presidential candidates in history."
"tRump is the gold-plated king of the hideous base they've been cultivating for decades. Why would they be mad about that?"
Poor Sarah. After almost a week of not posting anything, and after not hearing a word of acknowledgment from Trump while he's stumped, she finally has some new pro-Trump comments on Facebook. Guess she just hasn't anything much to say if it's not to repeat herself about Trump.
ReplyDeleteOnline, there's been nothing meaningful (whether pos or neg) written about her since her Iowa and Oklahoma freak show. All that's been written about is how Trump spelled her name wrong and how Fox mocked her during a show break that had an open mic.
Geez, it was about time Joe Scarborough stopped kissing Trump's butt:
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Donald Trump is remarkably dangerous to the Republican Party. Here’s why.
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Spray tans, pants-wetting and little hands: The GOP race goes in the gutter
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O/T - on Jimmy Kimmel there was a hilarious spoof of the Trump campaign. They even had a 'cameo' of wackadoodle Sarah Palin stumping for trump in her shrill peawitted nonsensical way. Funny stuff. Sarah, they are laughing AT you not with you.
ReplyDeleteOh and now rump jr says he will pay airline tickets for everyone that does not like daddy to leave the country if daddy gets elected. What a freak in a freak show. Both his boys look and act just like daddy. Its over. NO over paid over inflated wind bags in the WH. NOPE. silent majoriy? The hatefully anal ignorant silent majority votes for rump.
ReplyDeleteWithout his money, Trump would be an ignorant know nothing.
DeleteOh just the kkk? really? and the "other"groups such as 100's of militias, aip, bro hoods, birch, bundies, crows, and oh so many. How about those groups mr rump? hmmmmm? Who is this freak trying to fool? crazy bag of shit.
ReplyDeleteand poor giddy joe and meeka! The world ended today. They were so surprised!!! other than that? they love that old has been windbag and his hateful ignorant message. The silent and shocked glare in rump shark eyes. The gaze in the eyes of the mj show.)))(((
ReplyDeleteWho put blm in a terrorist group? How ignorant. The BLM is a land management agency owned by we the people. The deranged rump members might need a probe and colon check up. They may have rump warts and herpes causing the silent majority to gasp for air today.
ReplyDeleteToxic tRUMP has insulted everyone. I expected him to come out of the white sheet and beat his chest and scream that he is a kkk member and proud of it. Why be a orange chicken chit now?
ReplyDeleteHe hasn't insulted white supremacists.
DeleteDo you mean Don does not check blogs by the minute for negative feedback? Really? and to think? Don was only worried about those mid east terrorist chopping off the heads of the innocent. Don't ma and k have big big big big businesses too? He said he knew everybody! everybody! the silent majority huh? ok
ReplyDeleteWhat a fucking liar.
ReplyDeleteHey, I didn't know Sid Vicious, but when I met him, he became "Sid, not such a bad guy afterall". Donald painted himself in a corner, does not bode well for someone aspiring to be President. Either he knows and is just plain stupid, or he doesn't know and is bound to allow them to grow, as long as they vote for the long suffering badly treated by everyone, paranoid racist bully and toupee form, Donald Trump.
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