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spanone

(135,830 posts)
1. I turned the channel after haley barbour told us how far left the left has gone...
Fri Sep 14, 2018, 08:35 AM
Sep 2018

fuck these fucking fucks

Pachamama

(16,887 posts)
4. Same here....
Fri Sep 14, 2018, 08:38 AM
Sep 2018

It was too much for me to stomach and continue watching....

Some of the earlier discussions with the Professor of Journalism were interesting, but after Haley Barbour started spewing, I turned to CNN.....

SWBTATTReg

(22,114 posts)
5. Figures that he is some state senator...they seem to feel like that they can bash a whole ...
Fri Sep 14, 2018, 08:40 AM
Sep 2018

segment of the American population. Same thing w/ rump's indifference to Puerto Rico. Where in the hell have these people been their whole lives?

Such racism, such bigotry shall cause candidates to be outlawed/banned from running for office, for this great nation of ours does not need garbage representatives such as this. Period. All man are created equal. Amazing how these words get overlooked.

NewJeffCT

(56,828 posts)
7. What worries me
Fri Sep 14, 2018, 08:52 AM
Sep 2018

is if they find somebody like Trump that inspires fanatical loyalty, but is also reasonably smart and competent. Pence is reasonably smart and competent, but he's the anti-trump in terms of charisma.

gordianot

(15,237 posts)
8. Trump really is not charismatic he appeals to the hateful in people.
Fri Sep 14, 2018, 09:06 AM
Sep 2018

When they say about Trump, “He sounds like me” they mean it. With some work Pence could come close but his inner demons are much more subtle and seem to be consumed in toadyism.

Nixon could come close to being rational but the paranoia and alcoholism got him. In his last years Nixon was even able to suck in Bill Clinton.

NewJeffCT

(56,828 posts)
9. it's not that he sounds like them
Fri Sep 14, 2018, 09:10 AM
Sep 2018

Trump has the ability to hold the attention of the media - granted, it's almost always for negative reasons, but he sucks the air out of the room and nobody else can get their message out.

(Which is why I keep saying that if Trump is still in office and running for re-election, we Democrats need somebody running that is charismatic enough to take away some of the attention from Trump... )

gordianot

(15,237 posts)
10. It will take someone flashy and stable.
Fri Sep 14, 2018, 09:22 AM
Sep 2018

Not a common commodity these days. As for me I want a stable Democrat but that may not be what it takes.

NewJeffCT

(56,828 posts)
11. I'd prefer a very stable genius
Fri Sep 14, 2018, 09:36 AM
Sep 2018

but, Hillary was stable, as were John Kerry, Al Gore, Mike Dukakis, Walter Mondale and Jimmy Carter.


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