2016 Postmortem

calimary

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44. Welcome to DU, Lizzeee!

Sun Oct 30, 2016, 09:25 PM

Oct 2016

I'd say it's about 98% of the time. Okay, maybe 95% of the time.

Every so often I like to pull this link out and set it on the table: It's a graph comparing lots of candidates present and past (Trump, and Sarah Palin, for example) and one sitting President (Obama) in a truth versus pants-on-fire comparison. You won't be surprised to see where Trump ranks. Some might be surprised to see where they rank Hillary Clinton, but most of us already know that.

http://www.attn.com/stories/10483/chart-compares-presidential-candidates-honesty

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US editor of Israel's Haaretz: Thanks to Trump, We Can Better Understand How Hitler Was Possible [View all] highplainsdem Oct 2016 OP

k&r. . . . . . n/t annabanana Oct 2016 #1

Here's one supporter's view of trump.. don't know how many else are like this.. Cha Oct 2016 #2

Osama bin Laden was always truthful too. baldguy Oct 2016 #5

Unlike Trump, who is a pathological liar Martin Eden Oct 2016 #8

Trump's lies fit perfectly in the FOX "News" alternate universe these people live in. Spitfire of ATJ Oct 2016 #14

She may think he's "truthful", Ilsa Oct 2016 #16

He killed my mother, he killed my father, but I'll vote for him - Liberia's Charles Taylor Feeling the Bern Oct 2016 #21

If his lips are moving he is lying at least 78% of the time. Lizzeee Oct 2016 #26

Welcome to DU, Lizzeee! calimary Oct 2016 #44

What they really mean.. LiberalLovinLug Oct 2016 #37

It's not about Trump IronLionZion Oct 2016 #38

but they have been left behind by republican refusal to raise the minimum wage, demigoddess Oct 2016 #39

Try explaining that to a Trumper IronLionZion Oct 2016 #40

we have been through this many times. Trump Supporters are not any worse off than the rest of the JI7 Oct 2016 #51

The typical trump supporter makes $72k a year bhikkhu Oct 2016 #52

Half of them make less IronLionZion Oct 2016 #54

AMEN!! I didn't know that one person in Germany owned 50% of the "new" media at that uponit7771 Oct 2016 #3

It's not so much Trump as it's his followers, supporters. no_hypocrisy Oct 2016 #4

The Republican ruling class doesn't want Trump to win. Ligyron Oct 2016 #7

you are mistaken if you believe the gop congress certainot Oct 2016 #12

Donald Trump is an Ass-Clown Chasstev365 Oct 2016 #6

Hitler was considered an Ass-Clown too by the educated at the beginning. Kablooie Oct 2016 #50

"the hypnotic influence that Hitler had on Germans" Hypnotic is a very accurate descriptor. Coyotl Oct 2016 #9

Great piece. warrprayer Oct 2016 #10

did hitler have 1200 talk radio stations blowing in his sails? certainot Oct 2016 #11

Fairness Doctrine would have put a stopper on most of the lies. The Wielding Truth Oct 2016 #34

Speak it! Maynar Oct 2016 #48

i agree certainot Oct 2016 #55

Germany had problems that Hitler exploited, America has problems tRump is exploiting groundloop Oct 2016 #13

The 2nd snip that you posted sounds a lot like GWB MiniMe Oct 2016 #17

This is a very eye-opening article NoGoodNamesLeft Oct 2016 #18

Thanks Republicans! MarinCoUSA Oct 2016 #19

K & R lonestarnot Oct 2016 #20

KnR Hekate Oct 2016 #22

Check out this video trailer...Third Reich:Evil Deception DippyDem Oct 2016 #23

Thanks for this Hitler film video! Madam45for2923 Oct 2016 #24

The Trump noise machine polynomial Oct 2016 #25

Trump could be worse than Hitler. We could give Trump nukes. Doodley Oct 2016 #27

Trump can't fire the nukes all by himself. He'd need additional nutters to do the actual deed(s). ColemanMaskell Oct 2016 #30

No worries, the religious reich who see Drumpf as sent from God, would be more than happy workinclasszero Oct 2016 #32

If he is the second coming then they will soon be with their maker, but I'm not ready so he can't The Wielding Truth Oct 2016 #49

You're right that religious fanatics seem to be the worst of the worst ColemanMaskell Oct 2016 #57

Look up "nuclear football." All it takes are codes from the POTUS and the SoD, and... Buckeye_Democrat Oct 2016 #36

but the Secretary of Defense is a human person . . . (or approximation thereof) . . . ColemanMaskell Oct 2016 #56

Thanks for posting this. I have an ongoing discussion about this topic with a Jewish friend. ColemanMaskell Oct 2016 #28

k&r highplainsdem saidsimplesimon Oct 2016 #29

K & R mountain grammy Oct 2016 #31

The reason I dislike this post so very, very much is that it is PatrickforO Oct 2016 #33

Catchy title and I am all for equating Trump with armageddon in our lifetime McCamy Taylor Oct 2016 #35

K & R SunSeeker Oct 2016 #41

One of Trump's ex wives said he kept a book of Hitler's speeches alfredo Oct 2016 #42

K&R smirkymonkey Oct 2016 #43

i was thinking this but was wondering if it might be insensitive to what happened under Hitler JI7 Oct 2016 #45

Thank you for posting--critical as many people as possible understand this. BlancheSplanchnik Oct 2016 #46

K&R. I've been making similar points, but nowhere near as clearly as Shalev. Dark n Stormy Knight Oct 2016 #47

Pox News propaganda The Wizard Oct 2016 #53