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People with certain political leanings might not think that this is a good omen for the future of America.
https://twitter.com/MrDanZak/status/889617053447008256
Trump tells the Boy Scouts he’s going to kill Obamacare; Boy Scouts respond with chants of “U-S-A! U-S-A!”
I mean, jeez, why does this have to be so political?
In before frevious compares this to Hitler Youth.
This turning into a political rally seems to fly in the face of their tax exempt status?
Where were you in '77?
People with certain political leanings might not think that this is a good omen for the future of America.
https://twitter.com/MrDanZak/status/889617053447008256
Trump tells the Boy Scouts he’s going to kill Obamacare; Boy Scouts respond with chants of “U-S-A! U-S-A!”
I mean, jeez, why does this have to be so political?
In before frevious compares this to Hitler Youth.
Twitter has you covered:
https://twitter.com/BilgeEbiri/status/889629947802923008
Definitely no historical precedent of wannabe-autocrats using uniformed youth groups to blindly & loudly endorse their agenda.
I’ll admit, it is very weird (and partially disturbing), but I’d be extremely cautious to compare anything to Hitler or that whole era. That’s just me, though.
which is a good reminder as to why I hate people.
I mean no offense by this, but this is what I first thought of when I read that comment.
That would’ve been a pretty funny reference had you not preemptively apologized for it.
Sorry.
I’m probably a bad person but this made me laugh really hard.
Maybe she had some kind of surgery?
Some of the people behind him looked like they were in a hostage video going by the facial expressions.
Where were you in '77?
I’m probably a bad person but this made me laugh really hard.
Those eyebrows… yikes.
Maybe she had some kind of surgery?
Eyebrow surgery?
The Boy Scout incident is disturbing, not for what Trump did - which is no surprise - but for the rabid show of support by the young audience for such an inappropriate speach. As I’ve said, I wouldn’t be so sure that quiet underbelly that got him elected is any smaller now. There are a surprising number of people that seem to actually like this.
"Close the blast doors!"
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The Boy Scout incident is disturbing, not for what Trump did - which is no surprise - but for the rabid show of support by the young audience for such an inappropriate speach. As I’ve said, I wouldn’t be so sure that quiet underbelly that got him elected is any smaller now. There are a surprising number of people that seem to actually like this.
While Trump’s strong approval numbers have dropped over the past six months from 27% to 20%, your main point is still valid. It’s especially noticeable if you live in or near Trump country, which I happen to. Trump support is still a real thing, even if it isn’t the majority.
I even see that rabid base of support here in “non-Trump” country.
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Also:
The Internet.
I think that the tacit support for Trump caused by the anti-Hillary tendencies of typically Democratic voters is what got Trump elected. If an election were held today of Trump vs. any Democrat but Hillary, he’d lose terribly I bet. Even Hillary’s loss was a total fluke. Trump didn’t do much better than McCain and Romney, and they each lost by a lot, so the blame largely falls on her for utterly failing to court the swing states.
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I don’t know… given Bernie’s “socialist” reputation, just imagine the names that Trump would have branded him with, and which probably would have stuck. The only reason they didn’t vilify Bernie was because he was a convenient martyr in the vilification of Hillary. Trump is very, very skilled at bullying, and his people eat it up.
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That’s true, but Hillary and his primary opponents in the GOP also didn’t respond to it well. I think if any one of those Republicans would have called him out on stage and called him, “an incompetent fool with no working knowledge of government or global affairs that spews nonsense so incomprehensible that it’s capable of dropping the IQ of any sentient being, as well as a lying, serial-adulterer whose ungodly antics make anyone with a conscience vomit in their mouths,” then I don’t think he’d have been able to respond well, but they all took this weird, pseudo high road that looked pathetic and weak. Hillary also should have pressed the incompetence issue harder than she did, and campaigned in the rust belt a little bit instead of not at all. Keep in mind, Donald Trump lost the popular vote by three million votes. His victory was dependent on only about 100,000 votes spread across multiple states. People need to keep in mind that apathy on the part of Democratic voters, and stunning idiocy on the part of the Democratic Party (and Hillary) gave Trump one of the most narrow victories in the history of the American presidency. If his unfathomable incompetence continues like this for four years, I suspect he’ll lose in a landslide. There’ll never be a landslide like Reagan’s victories again, since California and New York, with some others, will always go Democrat and the South will always go Republican, but I think it’s fear-mongering to count on Trump winning again. That said, if it keeps people from being apathetic and choosing not to vote against him, then maybe it’s necessary.
The Person in Question
http://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/company-to-install-microchips-in-employees/ar-AAoJT1s
Where were you in '77?
http://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/company-to-install-microchips-in-employees/ar-AAoJT1s
Creepy
The Person in Question
It’s voluntary…for now.
Trump just implicated his youngest son in the Russia scandal.
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/889800510106107904
Jared Kushner did very well yesterday in proving he did not collude with the Russians. Witch Hunt. Next up, 11 year old Barron Trump!
I also like how the simple act of someone saying “I didn’t do it” (and not even under oath) is proof.
The classic Trump tweet.
https://twitter.com/IvankaTrump/status/348862619060432896
“If the facts don’t fit the theory, change the facts.” - Albert Einstein #quote #sunday
10:58 AM - 23 Jun 2013
Promoting deception while also misquoting a famous historical figure.
https://twitter.com/AlbertEinstein/status/889474132106203136
We can confirm that Albert Einstein never said this quote. Here’s a worthy purchase via @PrincetonUPress: http://press.princeton.edu/titles/9268.html
Flashback: 2009.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/09/04/obama.schools/
(CNN) – The White House found itself on the defensive Friday over what would ordinarily be considered the most uncontroversial of events: a back-to-school speech to the nation’s children.
The White House said the address, set for Tuesday, and accompanying suggested lesson plans are simply meant to encourage students to study hard and stay in school.
Many conservative parents aren’t buying it. They’re convinced the president is going to use the opportunity to press a partisan political agenda on impressionable young minds.
“Thinking about my kids in school having to listen to that just really upsets me,” suburban Colorado mother Shanneen Barron told CNN Denver affiliate KMGH. “I’m an American. They are Americans, and I don’t feel that’s OK. I feel very scared to be in this country with our leadership right now.”
Promoting deception while also misquoting a famous historical figure.
My favorite response – someone posted (presumably referring in part to Trump’s disdain for his own intelligence apparatus): “imagine having all those facts at your fingertips and choosing to listen to Fox News instead.”
"Close the blast doors!"
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Flashback: 2009.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/09/04/obama.schools/
(CNN) – The White House found itself on the defensive Friday over what would ordinarily be considered the most uncontroversial of events: a back-to-school speech to the nation’s children.
The White House said the address, set for Tuesday, and accompanying suggested lesson plans are simply meant to encourage students to study hard and stay in school.
Many conservative parents aren’t buying it. They’re convinced the president is going to use the opportunity to press a partisan political agenda on impressionable young minds.
“Thinking about my kids in school having to listen to that just really upsets me,” suburban Colorado mother Shanneen Barron told CNN Denver affiliate KMGH. “I’m an American. They are Americans, and I don’t feel that’s OK. I feel very scared to be in this country with our leadership right now.”
AND WHERE IS SHANNEEN BARRON NOW? WHY WON’T THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA REPORT ON HER ANYMORE? HMMMM???
I know; I’ve never seen her in one of the millions of “Trump Country” think pieces.
Anyone else think that it’s a bit ironic (and sad) that McCain receives some of the best medical care in the world but then rushes back to potentially remove it from millions of Americans?
