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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Wed Nov 2, 2016, 08:39 AM Nov 2016

Donald Trump Can’t Merely Be Defeated—He and His Deplorables Must Be Crushed

Lesser of two evils? Hogwash. There’s only one evil in this race, and it’s the guy who makes white supremacists delirious. We must crush them.

DEAN OBEIDALLAH

11.02.16 1:00 AM ET

It’s not enough for Donald Trump to just lose this election. He must get crushed. Why? Simple, we need to send a message to Trump—as well as to the rest of our nation—that his sexism, bigotry, and racism have no place in America. And perhaps more importantly this would send a powerful message to Trump’s white supremacist and anti-Semitic fans that we will not sit by as Trump mainstreams their hate.

Those are the stakes. Yet stunningly a Washington Post poll released Tuesday finds that enthusiasm among Hillary Clinton supporters is dropping given FBI director’s James Comey’s irresponsibly timed letter about emails found on Huma Abedin’s computer.

Trump and the hate mongers of his base want you to lose enthusiasm. They hope good people sit home and let hate triumph. We can’t allow that.

Let’s be blunt: Trump has served up the most vile, despicable garbage we have seen from a major party presidential nominee ever. And that’s not just my view but also people who have been active in politics for decades, such as Ralph Nader and Barney Frank, who shared that exact sentiment while guests on my SiriusXM radio show.

There’s no moral equivalence between what Clinton has done—or even allegedly done—regarding emails and Trump’s hate-filled fear mongering. Just on Sunday Trump claimed that Clinton would allow “650 million” immigrants “to pour” into our country. That is an absolute lie as noted by the nonpartisan Politifact. But the idea of keeping America a white majority country is red meat for Trump’s xenophobic base.

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http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/11/02/donald-trump-can-t-merely-be-defeated-he-and-his-deplorables-must-be-crushed.html

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Donald Trump Can’t Merely Be Defeated—He and His Deplorables Must Be Crushed (Original Post) DonViejo Nov 2016 OP
I'd love that, but I'll take any win I can get. NT Adrahil Nov 2016 #1
You cannot hope to crush these deluded idiots. BSdetect Nov 2016 #2
Their hatred is safe in gerrymandered Cong districts. CanadaexPat Nov 2016 #3

BSdetect

(8,998 posts)
2. You cannot hope to crush these deluded idiots.
Wed Nov 2, 2016, 08:47 AM
Nov 2016

Any result will fan their hatred.

Close result? It was rigged.

Crushing defeat? It was rigged.

You can't win with them.

The Bush people and all the other semi normal repugs will have to stand up and defy their party remnants to make us escape from this horror.

I am not hopeful that they will see things that way.



CanadaexPat

(496 posts)
3. Their hatred is safe in gerrymandered Cong districts.
Wed Nov 2, 2016, 09:03 AM
Nov 2016

It's been allowed expression because there is no competition in those districts, no need for a moderate Rep candidate to win over some Dems. Those districts are now an albatross around the neck of the Rep party.

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