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Hortensis

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30. The press has been incredibly irresponsible. They
Sat Jul 23, 2016, 04:29 PM
Jul 2016

know what he is and cooperated entirely in creating the Trump phenomenon. The wheel seems to be turning now, though, with the Republican convention, and it they'll be helping grind Trump up, while at the same time also promoting their horse race excitement based on false equivalency.

But don't forget, most conservatives do not like Trump. It's just that so far they dislike Democrats so much more that they've felt forced to support him. That's going to change for some of them. A young conservative answer when I asked if she'd watched the convention and Trump's speech, "If he's elected we're going to die." This was quite a change from before.

Btw, did you hear about today's unprecedented Washington Post condemnation of Trump? It includes a 5-minute video distillation of his 75-minute acceptance speech.

The Post's View: Donald Trump is a unique threat to American democracy

DONALD J. TRUMP, until now a Republican problem, this week became a challenge the nation must confront and overcome. The real estate tycoon is uniquely unqualified to serve as president, in experience and temperament. He is mounting a campaign of snarl and sneer, not substance. To the extent he has views, they are wrong in their diagnosis of America’s problems and dangerous in their proposed solutions. Mr. Trump’s politics of denigration and division could strain the bonds that have held a diverse nation together. His contempt for constitutional norms might reveal the nation’s two-century-old experiment in checks and balances to be more fragile than we knew.

Any one of these characteristics would be disqualifying; together, they make Mr. Trump a peril. We recognize that this is not the usual moment to make such a statement. In an ordinary election year, we would acknowledge the Republican nominee, move on to the Democratic convention and spend the following months, like other voters, evaluating the candidates’ performance in debates, on the stump and in position papers. This year we will follow the campaign as always, offering honest views on all the candidates. But we cannot salute the Republican nominee or pretend that we might endorse him this fall. A Trump presidency would be dangerous for the nation and the world. ...

The party’s failure of judgment leaves the nation’s future where it belongs, in the hands of voters.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/donald-trump-is-a-unique-threat-to-american-democracy/2016/07/22/a6d823cc-4f4f-11e6-aa14-e0c1087f7583_story.html

He enjoys being a family man. In_The_Wind Jul 2016 #1
Yes so much he has 3 families! Freddie Jul 2016 #18
that we know of BlueStateLib Jul 2016 #34
No shit. auntpurl Jul 2016 #2
That we know about eom rjsquirrel Jul 2016 #3
Trump loves women so much he married three of them. left-of-center2012 Jul 2016 #4
But, he recently found Jesus, doncha know. That makes everything OK. Arkansas Granny Jul 2016 #5
So his youngest child is 10, Trump was still making babies at 60. PearliePoo2 Jul 2016 #6
He was getting it in. Don't hate. timlot Jul 2016 #7
Now my dreams will be eternally haunted. JaneyVee Jul 2016 #8
I'm guessing there are more kids out there eShirl Jul 2016 #9
not to mention being a serial adulterer, like newtie. niyad Jul 2016 #10
Yep, more of an issue -for some - than the number of wives/kids. JudyM Jul 2016 #11
The Mormons don't like him. auntpurl Jul 2016 #16
Ha, interesting angle on the point. JudyM Jul 2016 #29
A female president married 3 times? Lol. Hortensis Jul 2016 #12
Trump has gone after Bill for his indescretions. Beaverhausen Jul 2016 #13
Yeah, he called Hillary an enabler. nt Ilsa Jul 2016 #14
True, guys. But you know his heart isn't in it. Hortensis Jul 2016 #15
Why this insistence that Trump doesn't mean what he says? yardwork Jul 2016 #20
Trump is without ideology. Psychologists say he Hortensis Jul 2016 #21
We're on the same page. I see him exactly the same way. yardwork Jul 2016 #22
Oh, gotcha and sorry. :) Many Americans seem to be Hortensis Jul 2016 #23
I misunderstood your earlier post. yardwork Jul 2016 #24
Leading to his incomprehensible behavior and tactics. Hortensis Jul 2016 #25
They believe him because he is the Republican ticket. Doodley Jul 2016 #28
The press has been incredibly irresponsible. They Hortensis Jul 2016 #30
As a nail bitter, my fingers will be hurting from now to election day. I hope the majority of Doodley Jul 2016 #33
I agree with everything you said. yardwork Jul 2016 #31
Trump is hypocritical all day long. yardwork Jul 2016 #19
"She can raise the kids" HockeyMom Jul 2016 #17
That we know of. Doodley Jul 2016 #26
Not one of those kids speaking mainstreetonce Jul 2016 #27
And he gives himself all the credit for raising them DesertRat Jul 2016 #32
My mother had a relationship with someone (divorced) who had kids from three women (2 married) brooklynite Jul 2016 #35
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