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Funtatlaguy

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14. I really love your last sentence.

Reply to The Wizard (Reply #13)

Sat Mar 19, 2016, 08:20 AM

Mar 2016

So true and so sad.

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What Trump gets and what the media won't say. [View all] Funtatlaguy Mar 2016 OP

I've been saying this for years. bulloney Mar 2016 #1

That's why I listen to talk radio underpants Mar 2016 #4

I listen to Chris Krok on the way home every night... awoke_in_2003 Mar 2016 #36

The other repugs are just as bad as Trump mdbl Mar 2016 #6

But it's not just the Republicans! The Democratic Establishment believes and has manipulated facts Dustlawyer Mar 2016 #20

At least Clinton isn't quite as Nazified as Trump! ananda Mar 2016 #27

Thanks for this - eom dreamnightwind Mar 2016 #32

History, science, facts - none of that matters. If you are angry vote for me. pampango Mar 2016 #2

What's the Matter with Kansas? Chasstev365 Mar 2016 #3

Great book underpants Mar 2016 #5

I think that was an excellent analysis. I just have one wrinkle to add. Trust Buster Mar 2016 #7

Yes, great point. A very big part of his appeal n/t progree Mar 2016 #18

The Republicans have never stopped doing it since Nixon eShirl Mar 2016 #23

Great post. Didn't Jay Leno prove this years ago with "Jay Walking?" Vinca Mar 2016 #8

"Fox fertilized the ground that the Trump fungus is growing in and they know it." Surya Gayatri Mar 2016 #9

It's a combination for calling ignorance "common sense" and cognitive dissonance. no_hypocrisy Mar 2016 #10

Trump conned the media & they couldn't have been suckered faster Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2016 #11

One Ignorant Disconnect that Particularly Bothers Me is Chasstev365 Mar 2016 #12

The deliberate dumbing down started with Vice President Spiro Agnew The Wizard Mar 2016 #13

I really love your last sentence. Funtatlaguy Mar 2016 #14

It's always about the money. (NT) The Wizard Mar 2016 #15

Yep, George Carlin had it right skepticscott Mar 2016 #21

The OP most especially applies to GOP and GOP base. Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2016 #16

True story; encounter at the American Legion Hall. Atman Mar 2016 #17

I think we have Sarah Palin to thank for that lunatica Mar 2016 #25

The GOP needs to keep the population stupid 47of74 Mar 2016 #19

I've seen increasing publications discouraging people from going to college IronLionZion Mar 2016 #22

The M$M is the main culprit for the dumbing down of our country. Rex Mar 2016 #24

Agree it is the media malletgirl02 Mar 2016 #28

And the privatization of public education and the textbook rewritin'. Dont call me Shirley Mar 2016 #39

It is not Trump, it is Trump voters which are of concern to me. Kip Humphrey Mar 2016 #26

Agreed... awoke_in_2003 Mar 2016 #37

Reality TV Trenzalore Mar 2016 #29

Trump supporters aren't dumb... hay rick Mar 2016 #30

Trump is the explicit version of what has been implicit here from the beginning. bemildred Mar 2016 #31

Agree 100%...and by the way, this is a terrific piece of blank verse poetry... First Speaker Mar 2016 #33

Tell them sendero Mar 2016 #34

One other fact they will not mention... awoke_in_2003 Mar 2016 #35

I'm not sure that Trump gets much of anything. Orsino Mar 2016 #38