Many flew over the cuckoo's nest...

[kentuck]

Insane, babbling fool, and the crowd cheered on...

I cannot define pornography but I know it when I see it.

Watching the leader of the free world mockingly embrace the American flag and whine about how Democrats do not love this country, and he has a list....

The whole world was watching as the sycophantic crowd embraced the whiny bastard.

It was enough to gag a maggot.

[ginnyinWI]

1. You know, we were ashamed before the world with GWB...

This goes so very far beyond Dubya. They must have gone from questioning our sanity as a nation to actually having pity for us.

It will gag a maggot but not a MAGAt! lol

[PatSeg]

9. Yes GWB was a huge embarrassment

but there were some sane rational people in his administration and aside from his much too friendly attitude to the Saudis, he didn't collude with known adversaries. Trump has made sure to weed out everyone in his administration, who is halfway reasonable or knowledgeable, while courting tyrants and dictators. He is truly a very dangerous man.

[Ferrets are Cool]

11. And there is that tiny little matter of him being a

FUCKING WAR CRIMINAL! And yet somehow, Agent Orange is much more of an embarrassment to this country than Jr ever was. So far, he isn't responsible for the death and murder of 1 million people like Jr was, but Agent Orange is capable of this and much worse.

[Pepsidog]

13. I'll take GWB as President for life instead of Benedict Donald, and I'm no Bush fan.

[Ferrets are Cool]

17. I understand your sentiment, but

I cannot and will not overlook the 1 million children, women and men he murdered in his ILLEGAL war. Jr and Cheney were just as evil, if not more so, than Agent Orange. They were just not "as crazy".
Jr as president for life? Just shoot me. That would make me happier.

[jayschool2013]

19. THANKS!

GWB and Vice killed my cousin and too many other American soldiers and Iraqi civilians.

[Ferrets are Cool]

20. You're very welcome.

And welcome to DU if you are fairly new.

[Pepsidog]

31. Probably not the best comment I have ever posted. When Bush was president I thought we had hit the

bottom of the barrel. He was ignorant and he was a liar. Bush’s ignorance and reliance on others like Cheney caused so much pain and devastation throughout the world. Never in a million years did I think we could do worse. Time will tell if Bush or Trump hold the title as the worst president in history. I do believe, however, that at least Bush May have some understanding of what a bad president he was and has thus stated mostly out of the limelight. Trump, however, IMO, will leave The White House with his head held high and never acknowledge the affect he has had in the world. If you were offended by my comments then I apologize, they weren’t meant to hurt anyone. I am just frustrated about what is happening to our country and what the future holds.

[kentuck]

32. But, one big difference between Bush and Trump...

Bush was not calling the shots. Cheney was.

[Pepsidog]

34. Very true

[jayschool2013]

33. Not offended

Clearly, Trump is a much worse administrator, and probably a much worse person than Bush. But the unnecessary invasion of Iraq and the loss of life in Iraq and for military families across the U.S. is a deep, dark stain on the Shrub/Vice co-presidency.

If Bush had a second chance, he might even be less doctrinaire in his conservatism. He knows his financial and military policies led to death and devastation, and his daughters might moderate the instincts of his handlers. Finally, without Cheney, he might not any worse than say, George H.W. Bush (though that's still bad).

In short, no worries, but I'll never get over the death of my cousin, 1st Lt. Jacob N. Fritz, and the lies that sent him to Iraq and to his demise.

[PatSeg]

23. I agree

Bush was a horrible president. I cannot even entertain a choice like that - Bush or Trump?

[PatSeg]

22. Oh yes, I think Trump

is potentially far more dangerous than Bush, who was incompetent and manipulated, but not completely delusional. Trump could easily set off World War III, ending life as we know it.

[Ferrets are Cool]

24. But, ONLY, if there is some profit in it for him...

that would be the only reason for him NOT to start WWIII.

[PatSeg]

25. I worry about him being backed into a corner

He is a stubborn and vindictive man who often does things just to retaliate or to defy his critics.

[Ferrets are Cool]

26. Very true. nt

[dalton99a]

27. +1. W was a war criminal, but he never tried to actively destroy American society and institutions

and kill Americans by depriving them of healthcare.

Trump is a clear and present danger to America and the planet.

[spanone]

2. He's mentally deficient and dangerous as hell.

[empedocles]

3. Scary.

However, I do think that 'we', [non trumpers, Muellers, our checks and balances, America, etc.], will prevail, [with fearful difficulties], and be ok.

[malaise]

4. I did not watch him but I read that many people walked out

as he babbled on and on and on and on and on and on and on and did I say and on.

[defacto7]

15. That's slightly encouraging.

[Timmygoat]

5. I keep thinking

About the old saying, that when people think you are a complete idiot, stop opening your mouth and proving them right.

[liberaltrucker]

35. President Lincoln:

"Better to remain silent and be thought a fool
than to speak and remove all doubt".

[dawnie51]

6. I tell myself......

that was performance, a skit, a long set of comedy sketches. Because if it isn't, it's terrifying. Good Lord, how long can this go on?

[gordianot]

10. I feel free to be terrified no matter if this is an act or not.

I do have severe doubts this is an act. He is definely a terrorist and more.

[vlyons]

7. Call me irresponsible

[gordianot]

8. Insane yet to be determined by some court.

Being mentally ill is well within the comfort zone by those who pay attention.

[BlueJac]

12. The man should be in a straight jacket...

and those people were at his sick sideshow

[littlemissmartypants]

14. I hope every face in that crowd is now a part of the

Homeland Security Department's permanent facial recognition record and each person has a file of personal stats with their name and address on it, waiting for the CIA to develop. The whole crowd is a threat to national security.

[Farmer-Rick]

16. This should lay to rest the captilist's belief that rich people are smart.

Trump is the epitome of capitalism.

All the necessary traits to be successful in our capitalist political and economic system are on display in Trump. Trump is what the Waltons and Koch brothers want.

You can take it even further. Trump represents all the very rich Americans from the Vanderbilts, to the Rockefellers, to Epstien and the DeVos. He is their choice, their guy, one of them.

Trump is the capitalist kings representative.

[olegramps]

18. We are witnessing the foundation of reconstitution of fascism that is regaining strength.

The situation is little different than what transpired during the early 1930's. The situation is not as severe, but contains the basic elements. Stagnation of the Middle Class which is threaten by globalization and especially automation. It is the perfect situation that provided fertile ground for the rise of demagogues. It is not limited to our nation, but is infecting countries through out Europe, such as Poland, Hungry and Turkey to name a few. Basically the stagnation of the Middle Class provided situation for election of Trump who is nothing more than a raving imitation of Mussolini. He is making the same outlandish promises that a gullible segment of the population embraced and led to Germany and Italy's disastrous destruction.

It should not be a surprise that the segment of his most ardent supporters are made up the evangelicals and those with a high school or less education. This is coupled with the fact that the Republican Party has been moving toward the establishment of a authoritarian presidency for the last forty years. Their goal is a virtual dictatorship of a president under the directorship of an oligarchy little different than the governments of China and Russia. Congress' role would be subservient to presidency as well as every other government agency including the Department of Justice. It is being put to the test with Trump's determination to break congress' authority and imposed his will on the nation over the boarder dispute. The only why it can be stopped is at the ballot box. Again it should not be a surprise that Republicans a have attempted to disenfranchise those groups who are more likely to oppose them. Nor should it be surprising that they have been attacking the Free Press over the same period. These are the hallmarks of Fascism.

[NRaleighLiberal]

29. This. Catalyzed by hate radio, faux, and social networking

[Trailrider1951]

36. And don't forget about the destruction of the labor unions

and their denigration as "communists". That is another hallmark of Fascism.

[pazzyanne]

21. DJT may physically embrace the US flag,

but he does not embrace what that flag stands for. He does not understand the pledge of allegiance nor does he know the words to the national anthem. In the past, his wife has had to prompt him to place his hand over his heart during the pledge! Disgusting!

[lastlib]

28. But unfortunately, not enough to gag a MAGAt........

What a congregation of STOOPID! I think I had 10 IQ points SUCKED out of my brain just hearing from a distance the few clips of that orange turd speaking that I could stomach. Anybody in that auditorium probably left with the alpha waves of a turnip.

I'm hearing that the American flag on that stage is joining the #MeToo movement as a victim of sexual assault.......

[world wide wally]

30. And I know "crazy" when I see it

And Trump is stark raving mad.

[Blue Owl]

37. Donald "Bad Touch" Trump

n/t