Thomas Friedman on Donald Trump's threats

[PJMcK]

A great column detailing how dangerous this man is:

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/10/opinion/trumps-ambiguous-wink-wink-to-second-amendment-people.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=opinion-c-col-left-region®ion=opinion-c-col-left-region&WT.nav=opinion-c-col-left-region

People are playing with fire here, and there is no bigger flamethrower than Donald Trump. Forget politics; he is a disgusting human being. His children should be ashamed of him. I only pray that he is not simply defeated, but that he loses all 50 states so that the message goes out across the land — unambiguously, loud and clear: The likes of you should never come this way again.

[Stonepounder]

1. From Freidman's mouth to God's ear! n/t

[Me.]

2. "The likes of you should never come this way again"

Sounds like a curse

[MichiganVote]

3. No, he is the least when Americans should demand the best. We have always demanded the best.

[lonestarnot]

4. I would like reports of anyone doing business with him after he loses all 50 states. P & BIG Loss

statements!

[PJMcK]

5. The Trump brand is finished

After the ass-kicking that Donald Trump receives in November, his brand is finished. He'll be a punch line.

[lonestarnot]

7. Threatening my freedom that motherfucker!

[Bernardo de La Paz]

31. Business at his hotels / towers is already down, about 25% most places and more in others. . . nt

[grubbs]

6. Sadly he is preaching to his fans

I can't even remember the number of times I have heard people in my little town refer to Obama as a nigger and say that he and Hillary need to be killed. Of course all the spics and ragheads need to be killed or deported too. And to cap it off one even says that FDR should have never fought the nazis because Japan attacked us, not Germany. Not even kidding a little bit here. A lot a our country men hate America if it allows people who are not white males to have a meaningful voice. We may soon have to have a do over on the civil war. These people are ignorant and driven to violence. Do not under estimate their capacity for acting out. I strongly suggest you take measures to protect yourselves no matter what the election brings. Good luck to you all. I hope I am wearing a tin foil hat but it feels like an end of an age here.

[Dustlawyer]

20. Words have consequences!

Remember Bill O'Reilly and "Tiller the baby killer"? He was shot dead in church by an unhinged anti-abortionist who believed he should kill the doctor. O'Reilly kept urging it on with his repeated segments on the doctor and his catch phrase "Tiller the baby killer."

[True Dough]

8. Every day I think I cannot despise Trump more

and yet the "loathe" bar has been raised yet again!!!

[PJMcK]

9. I saw your trick there!

Donald Trump is loathsome.

[True Dough]

11. As loathsome as they come!

[madinmaryland]

10. The "Moustache of Understanding" strikes again...

He played up the * misadministration for years until it was not politically correct,

[Gabi Hayes]

17. good one! seen any of Matt Taibbi's pieces on TF?

pretty funny stuff, and spot on.

[spanone]

12. FUCKING A

[63splitwindow]

13. +1000 to the quoted paragraph. The Con's defeat must be historically overwhelming!

[hibbing]

14. Friedman Unit

A period of time equal to six-months, named in honor of New York Times columnist Tom Friedman for his repeated pronouncements that conditions in Iraq will improve "in six months."


Per Urban Dictionary

Peace

[Skittles]

15. so he pimps for repukes

makes it even more outstanding he is calling out that piece of shit Trump

[blitzen]

16. this is good stuff n/t

[KelleyKramer]

18. So, it took him 2 Friedmans to figure that out

Trump has been running for a year

[Hekate]

19. Great piece. The assassination of Yitzak Rabin is very much a case in point: Words can kill.

[malthaussen]

21. Who says Mr Trump wants the job?

If this whole campaign has been performance art for the sake of puffing Mr Trump's ego, then winning or losing the election (if he ever even stands for it, which is still problematical) is irrelevant. Only if he paid real-life consequences would there be any takeaway from even the most crushing of defeats, and thus we could theoretically see an endless procession of Trumps running for national office and making a mockery of our country.

Those who think Mr Trump will suffer if he finally "loses," IMO, don't realize that, in his mind it is impossible to "lose." If he stands for election and doesn't win, it will be because it was unfairly taken from him, and not due to his own demerits, which are non-existent in the first place.

-- Mal

[PJMcK]

26. What about the Trump brand?

Your point that Donald Trump never loses, is an excellent observation, malthaussen. The failures are never his fault, they are always other incompetent peoples' fault. He never bears any responsibility.

I believe something else has happened. For more than the last ten years, Mr. Trump hasn't been able to raise the capital to actually build and own the buildings that bear his name. He's merely licensed the Trump brand for those structures which were built with other peoples' money. Likewise with the products that he promoted including the steaks, vodka, bottled water and board games.

But after all the things that he's said and done over the course of his campaign, he's ruined that brand. There will be very, very few organizations that will want to associate with him when the campaign is over. Keep in mind that corporations seek to avoid controversies because they tend to diminish their sales. Donald Trump's imprimatur will not grow sales after this is finished.

I hope that he stays in the race until November 8th when he is utterly crushed taking with him as many Republicans as possible. In late November, the Trump University trial will begin and it would be wonderful if he loses that, too. Then it's essentially "lights out" for Mr. Trump. He has been such a toxic force in our election system that he must be eradicated. His defeat and demise should be total annihilation for him and a warning to anyone who seeks to follow his fetid path.

[malthaussen]

30. Well, that's a good point...

... after this debacle, Mr Trump's name will only be useful for selling firearms to "second amendment guys." But I don't think it's really possible to deter narcissistic megalomaniacs. Indeed, it could even be encouraging to them: if this jerk can get so far while being clearly loony-tunes, then maybe dialing back the crazy a little could get one even farther.

-- Mal

[Justice]

22. What did Friedman say when Trump said Obama wasn't born in Hawaii?

The media entertained Trump with the birther movement - they are partially responsible for the monster that has been created.

[CobaltBlue]

23. Didn’t Thomas Friedman talk up making sure the Democratic Party doesn’t become progressive?

That “center left” cover he used in his description?

(Let’s not give Thomas Friedman much respect!)

[KG]

24. piss on Friedman anyway.

[lame54]

25. Samantha Bee said it first...

Bee explained that the backlash Britain is seeing globally from the racist campaign that won is exactly why it isn’t enough that Trump simply lose. “It has to be a fucking landslide.”

http://www.rawstory.com/2016/06/samantha-bee-brexit-shows-why-donald-trump-must-lose-in-a-fcking-landslide/

[PJMcK]

27. Samantha Bee nailed it yet again

Thanks for the link, lame54. Her rants are wonderfully educational, funny as hell and more informative than anything on network news.

[UTUSN]

28. Even FRIEDMAN gets "it" (something. Anything. Finally.) n/t

[PJMcK]

29. Right? (n/t)

[Joisey Boy]

32. "He is a disgusting humsn being"

If he is human at all, and not merely the helpless host of an orange alien predator posing as hair!

[Downtown Hound]

33. You sure you dont' want to give him maybe fifty or sixty 6 month periods to

see if he ends up working out Tom?


http://gregmitchellwriter.blogspot.com/2013/03/a-history-of-friedman-unit.html

[George II]

34. His children aren't ashamed of him, they were raised by him and probably are just like him.

[Alkene]

35. It takes one to know one. n/t