I haven't had time to read through this entire thread, so please forgive if this article has already been posted: 
The Rise of American Authoritarianism  
http://www.vox.com/2016/3/1/11127424/tru...itarianism

I LOVED it.  A group of political scientists researched the correlation between authoritarianism and Trump supporters, with very clear results and conclusions.

"Why is the Republican electorate supporting a far-right, orange-toned populist with no real political experience, who espouses extreme and often bizarre views? How has Donald Trump, seemingly out of nowhere, suddenly become so popular?  What's made Trump's rise even more puzzling is that his support seems to cross demographic lines — education, income, age, even religiosity — that usually demarcate candidates."

"In South Carolina, a CBS News exit poll found that 75 percent of Republican voters supported banning Muslims from the United States. A PPP poll found that a third of Trump voters support banning gays and lesbians from the country. Twenty percent said Lincoln shouldn't have freed the slaves."

"Authoritarians are thought to express much deeper fears than the rest of the electorate, to seek the imposition of order where they perceive dangerous change, and to desire a strong leader who will defeat those fears with force."

It's a LONG article, but a good read.

(March 4, 2016 at 11:51 am)Divinity Wrote: In the end, the Republicans created their Frankenstein Monster of crazy ideas. They're going to have to live with the fucker no matter how much they don't want to.

The Republican Party did not create Trump. Hell, he used to support a lot of Democrats. He is neither republican or democrat. He is running on the republican ticket because it serves his purpose.

There are a lot of democrats that like Trump. He is going to be the next President of the United States of America.

(March 4, 2016 at 11:02 am)Alex K Wrote: KUSA, now, when you say he'll make America great again... what does that mean?

Empire..

To dominate in industry, Space exploration, finance and militarily. To subjugate and tyrannically bring the world under the heels of Uncle Sam, to rule with an Iron fist and makes the rest of the world fall to knees... Moo, ha ha ha!

That or maybe balance the budget and bring manufacturing back to this country along with repealing all the presidential orders Obama Illegally put into place, and Get mexico to build a wall. Then Canada to build one as well.

I think Canadians are a far greater potential threat. They speak the primary language (for the most part eh.) and it's hard to pick them out of a crowd. If they broke bad we'd have a hell'va mess trying to weed them out.

(March 4, 2016 at 1:11 am)Cato Wrote:

(March 4, 2016 at 12:38 am)Whateverist the White Wrote: If we're not ready for Bernie then we'll have to settle for the one with the better chance to actually get things done.  

Pipe dream. Electing Hillary will only invoke the 5th consecutive term of George W. This is not to say that George, Barack and Hillary aren't discernible in some respects, but that nothing will change regarding general direction and leadership. The differences are superficial.

Yeah, minutia like who they nominate to lifetime appointments on the appeals courts and SCOTUS. No discernible difference.

The next five states to vote.  The latest republicunt polling.

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/...h5gop.html


http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/...h8gop.html



For those who can't be bothered clicking the low-down is that Trump has double-digit leads in all of them except Kansas where he leads by 6.

(March 3, 2016 at 1:01 am)c172 Wrote: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/wwjtd/2016/...on-is-out/

Carson out.

He's not out.  He just looks unconscious.

He has from the start.

(March 4, 2016 at 1:17 pm)AFTT47 Wrote:

(March 4, 2016 at 1:11 am)Cato Wrote: Pipe dream. Electing Hillary will only invoke the 5th consecutive term of George W. This is not to say that George, Barack and Hillary aren't discernible in some respects, but that nothing will change regarding general direction and leadership. The differences are superficial.

Yeah, minutia like who they nominate to lifetime appointments on the appeals courts and SCOTUS. No discernible difference.

He said they're superficial, not that they're not discernible. If Hillary becomes president, nothing much is going to change. Pretty much same old, same old. At best, minor "improvements" (if you want to call it that).

(March 4, 2016 at 11:42 am)KUSA Wrote:

(March 4, 2016 at 11:02 am)Alex K Wrote: KUSA, now, when you say he'll make America great again... what does that mean?

I don't think that he will make America great again. I think he will make America great.

Then what does that mean.

(March 4, 2016 at 3:11 pm)Irrational Wrote:

(March 4, 2016 at 1:17 pm)AFTT47 Wrote: Yeah, minutia like who they nominate to lifetime appointments on the appeals courts and SCOTUS. No discernible difference.

He said they're superficial, not that they're not discernible. If Hillary becomes president, nothing much is going to change. Pretty much same old, same old. At best, minor "improvements" (if you want to call it that).

He said both. In any event, the judges the POTUS puts on the courts is extremely important. Those judges will be making important rulings long after the POTUS who appoints them is retired or dead. It's a very big deal.

(March 4, 2016 at 3:15 pm)Alex K Wrote:

(March 4, 2016 at 11:42 am)KUSA Wrote: I don't think that he will make America great again. I think he will make America great.

Then what does that mean.

Read up.

https://www.donaldjtrump.com/issues