Time to fire another intern.
That is an extremely cogent and well thought out article, thanks for publishing the link.
spoiler: Trump is saying out loud in an election year what Republicans say with dog-whistles in non-election years to āenergise the baseā. Heās broken the invisible pact to dial down the crazy every so often. And it works for him because he is not dependent on the party machine.
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āI donāt know anything about that. I mean, what is white supremacy, anyway? White supreme? What is that, some kind of burrito at Taco Bell?ā
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Itās not a gotcha question.
Democratic socialists have explicitly rejected Leninist political associations for more than 43 years.
Itās an issue if the person questioned doesnāt reject the association.
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Isnāt the entire tea-party/birther movement essentially age-related paranoid dementia?
Yes, one made of ivory, I presume
āThis is just me spitballing here but i think what he was trying to do
during the interview was to (obviously) deflect the question while
publicly keeping the supportā¦ā
But he says heās not a politician!!
Isnāt that exactly what a politician would do?
So itās okay to do it to their candidate, but not to yours?
Trump certainly committed an unforced self-beclowning with his answer, but that doesnāt make it a fair question. The question exists to pin a candidate to someone detestable. Itās only asked to raise an invidious comparison in the minds of the listeners. Thatās what makes it a gotcha question.
If you think Trumpās a racist (and I certainly do), pin him down on that - his own words, his own actions - not on who happens to like him. But when the media pats themselves on the back for behaviour like this, it only confirms what Trump says about them in the minds of his supporters.
Theyāre the ones you have to convince, not the choir.
Political associations should be questioned for all candidates.
Journalists should definitely ask candidates for elected office whether they accept their new endorsement from Hitler ā¦ or Stalin.
The simple, right answer is, I disavow that endorsement from Hitler and/or Stalin.
Beclowning is a hilarious word. I love it.
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He was quite willing to disavow them 16 years ago, before he was so eager to court the white supremacist voteā¦
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The disavow tweet is rather noncommittal. Weak. It would have been something if it had read, āI donāt want the support of David Duke, the KKK or ANY white supremacist group.ā
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Just give it one more Friedman Unit.
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Even then it wouldnāt be credible, because Fred Trump, Donaldās dad, was in the Klan.
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Of course it was weakā¦ because he knows some portion of his base comes from these groupsā¦ it might not be a larger percentage, but itās some, and he doesnāt want to alienate them.
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Makes sense. I think itās also the narcissist in him that thrives from adulation, no matter whoās doing it. It reminds me of the apparent short circuit between āIām gonna build that wall and make Mexico pay for it!ā and āThe Hispanics love me!ā
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And Gramps made the family fortune selling liquor and running brothels
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German. No surprise there I guess.
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The meme magic canāt improve memory.
I think what @hello_friends said would be more fairly phrased as, āitās okay to do to our candidate, so why not theirs?ā
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Judge Judy is full of shit - memory is flawed and filled with fabrications. Lies are consistent, because they are not real.
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