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jberryhill

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10. But you find yourself saying things like;
Sat Aug 8, 2015, 03:51 PM
Aug 2015

"The crazier it gets, you can't think it's mere personality disorder."

Are you saying he'd be less crazy if he was really crazy?

Part of me thinks he has got to be an act. Jamastiene Aug 2015 #1
But how could he fake it for so long and so well? jberryhill Aug 2015 #3
I thought it was theatrical art, but not now. I think he's in it for the long haul. TheBlackAdder Aug 2015 #15
He's a businessman and he has a business plan to secure the WH. He's a smart cookie, the buffoonery RKP5637 Aug 2015 #22
I hope he secures the GOP nomination, to get smoked in the General. TheBlackAdder Aug 2015 #28
It's definitely added a different twist to it all. I can't see him winning the general. n/t RKP5637 Aug 2015 #29
He almost certainly has a personality disorder called narcissism. Nowadays, a psychiatrist would probably say pnwmom Aug 2015 #19
It would be horrible to see him as president in tense negotiations with say, for example, Putin. n/t RKP5637 Aug 2015 #23
The clash of two narcissists would be titanic. What a scary thought. n/t pnwmom Aug 2015 #30
More rocktivity Aug 2015 #31
What allows some of these narcissists to hide in plain sight pnwmom Aug 2015 #32
Options 1 and 2 aren't mutually exclusive. (n/t) LAGC Aug 2015 #2
Depends on interpretation jberryhill Aug 2015 #5
He's a troll, a plant, and a Frankenstein monster all wrapped up in one. LAGC Aug 2015 #8
This message was self-deleted by its author guillaumeb Aug 2015 #4
Yeah, I'm beginning to be torn between those two theories frazzled Aug 2015 #6
But you find yourself saying things like; jberryhill Aug 2015 #10
Don't make my head hurt frazzled Aug 2015 #14
I think Trump is there to make the other crazies look reasonable. CrispyQ Aug 2015 #7
No he is saying exactly what the GOP bases wants to hear. Rex Aug 2015 #9
Exactly what is going on! He's the idea republican candidate, he has all the hallmarks of RKP5637 Aug 2015 #26
I think he's for real. He does exaggerate his opinions to get attention, though. reformist2 Aug 2015 #11
Yep! Exactly! n/t RKP5637 Aug 2015 #27
So is he. rug Aug 2015 #12
He's not more an act than Huckabee (whose clearly running for a FoxNews hosting gig and not running Attorney in Texas Aug 2015 #13
The Trump phenomenon is interesting Hydra Aug 2015 #16
Of course, bvf Aug 2015 #17
I don't know it matters Matrosov Aug 2015 #18
Andy Kaufman lives!! C_U_L8R Aug 2015 #20
Its Goldwater 2.0, or Goldcombover 1.0 ericson00 Aug 2015 #21
I think he's making Jeb and Walker look madville Aug 2015 #24
I have asked some people who encoutnered Trump in real life Sen. Walter Sobchak Aug 2015 #25
I think its mostly an act? ram2008 Aug 2015 #33
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