Trump Explained

[Minimalist]

Here's one of his idiot supporters.

http://www.rawstory.com/2015/12/trump-su...ies-to-me/

Susan DeLemus believes everyone is lying to her except Donald Trump, and that’s why she’s supporting the Republican presidential candidate.

In an interview with CNN, DeLemus emphatically said she’s never been into politics until now, because she believes everyone is “lying to me, straight to my face!”

This is not a new situation:




The republicunts problem is that Trump is simply better at it than the rest of the shitheads they have running.

[Chad32]

The fact that someone like Trump can be the most popular republican candidate is a symptom of how extreme the party has gone. Even the establishment is leery of him, because he's too extreme to be easily controlled. The men behind the men would rather Jeb or Hillary be in charge.

[vorlon13]

Bob Vander Plaats doesn't like Trump, and Bob is a rabid fundie, and self made Iowa political king maker.

[Minimalist]

Remember that if he is getting 35% of republicunts that means that 65% of them do not like him.  The question is, do they not like him enough to stay home on election day?

[Lek]

Remember that if he is getting 35% of republicunts that means that 65% of them do not like him.  The question is, do they not like him enough to stay home on election day?

I get this terrible feeling of hopelessness when I think I might end up having to choose between Clinton and Trump. It demonstrates the sad state of our nation. I truly don't know what I would do in that situation.

[abaris]

This is not a new situation:




The republicunts problem is that Trump is simply better at it than the rest of the shitheads they have running.
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You know, it might just be because he fits the above description to the last detail. He is simply a primitive man and therefore appeals to other primitive people.

[Crossless2.0]

Fear sells. Simple-sounding solutions to complex issues sell. Pandering to idiots sells. And for all our talk in this country about republican principles and the rule of law, there has always been a certain percentage of Americans who hope for a Strong Man to lead the way and "protect" them. Combine these things to a candidate with Trump's media savvy, and you have all the explanation you need.

[JuliaL]

It is an unfortunate fact of our democracy that the electorate is widely and disparately fragmented.


To achieve a plurality, much more so for a majority, it is necessary to tell enough fragments each what it wants to hear.  When the fragments so addressed have completely incompatible views, to get elected, a politician must lie to at least one of them.  Then it is necessary to hide this and deny it when discovered.

It is only since the advent of fact checkers and widely disseminated information from varied sources and through varied filters that this situation has been widely revealed.  A good example of this was the Romney's 47% event in the 2012 campaign.

I blame the Regan campaign for bringing in the lunatic fringe in to tip the balance of power towards the Republican party.  Once the camel was invited into the tent, it was only a matter of time until its purest ideologues took over.  They're evil, but effective, and many followers will follow.  Fear mongering speaks to the reptile brain and serves to aggregate the newly faithful who otherwise might not follow the herd.

[downbeatplumb]

Remember that if he is getting 35% of republicunts that means that 65% of them do not like him.  The question is, do they not like him enough to stay home on election day?

I get this terrible feeling of hopelessness when I think I might end up having to choose between Clinton and Trump.  It demonstrates the sad state of our nation.  I truly don't know what I would do in that situation.

There is no choice, Hilary is sane.

[Whateverist]

I get this terrible feeling of hopelessness when I think I might end up having to choose between Clinton and Trump.  It demonstrates the sad state of our nation.  I truly don't know what I would do in that situation.

There is no choice, Hilary is sane.

Absolutely right.  Voting to keep Trump out of office is both the rational thing to do and the Christian thing to do.  Odd bed fellows to be sure.