2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumOne tweet explains how twisted politics has become today:
Patrick Monahan @pattymo
2004:
DEAN: BYAHHHHH
PUBLIC: Whoa this guy's nuts
2016:
TRUMP: Say what you want about Hitler, but the man was organized
PUBLIC: Carry on
11:30 AM - 10 Jan 2016
https://twitter.com/pattymo/status/686223629873459205
Bettie
(16,058 posts)explains the robocall we came home to as well.
Racism, blatant and out there.
Mosby
(16,252 posts)jonno99
(2,620 posts)making that comment.
Anyone else?
Mosby
(16,252 posts)Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)Not Hitler, but the basic sentiment is the same...
jonno99
(2,620 posts)"If you look at North Korea, this guy - I mean, he's like a maniac, ok, and you gotta give him credit," Mr Trump said. "How many young guys - he was like 26 or 25 when his father died - take over these tough generals? You know, it's pretty amazing when you think about it. How does he do that?
He goes in, he takes over and he's the boss. It's incredible. He wiped out the uncle, he wiped out this one, that one - I mean, this guy doesn't play games. and we can't play games with him. Because he really does have missiles and he really does have nukes."
http://www.smh.com.au/world/us-election/youve-got-to-give-him-credit-donald-trump-praises-kim-jongun-20160111-gm37e2.html
brooklynite
(94,302 posts)...they thought he was a bad candidate, and were abandoning his campaign before that. He did a mediocre job in Iowa and a worse job in New Hampshire.
Apparently, having large rally crowds doesn't automatically translate to large numbers of votes.