2016 Postmortem

BYJ439

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Sat Sep 3, 2016, 01:51 AM

Sep 2016

The parallels with Hitler are truly eerie. It's like history is repeating all over again, and the cycle of violence and destruction rages on.

Scary times we are living in. Hopefully sanity will be restored in America when HRC wins.

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This is horrific. A nightmare. Please, God, deliver us from this Demon [View all] lunamagica Aug 2016 OP

I agree. sarae Aug 2016 #1

+100. My husband is an historian and 100% German American. He's studied this and says its exactly Peregrine Took Aug 2016 #11

I hate to say it, but I'm old enough to remember those days. Exactly the same and RKP5637 Sep 2016 #42

That's so terrifying... sarae Sep 2016 #56

" " " " n/t MBS Sep 2016 #110

I've recently been studying the history of Nazi Germany redStateBlueHeart Aug 2016 #40

Well, Trump is losing. He's been losing from the beginning. Hortensis Sep 2016 #72

Me too mothra1orbit Sep 2016 #77

Yes, the repetition and the "believe me"s are all meant to inflame adigal Sep 2016 #107

I just can't believe this is the USA ... America ... home of the free, land of the brave Greywing Aug 2016 #2

With Trump, it's going off the deep end with all of the damn hatred he invokes and inspires. n/t RKP5637 Sep 2016 #44

I had to turn the frigging volume down. bullwinkle428 Aug 2016 #3

Trump is the Anti Christ trueblue2007 Aug 2016 #4

after his bizarre trip to Mexico, I thought it would be entertaining shireen Aug 2016 #5

To think that 40% of the USA supports his ideas UCmeNdc Sep 2016 #64

40% do NOT. In a way it's more insidious than that. Hortensis Sep 2016 #73

I absolutely agree. They have a pretty superficial understanding of power, strength, and authority. AgadorSparticus Sep 2016 #75

Yes. We all become more conservative to various degrees Hortensis Sep 2016 #79

I have some GOP relatives & they hate Trump - hate him. But guess what? CrispyQ Sep 2016 #88

I have! So much is in technicalese--his is fabulously readable. Hortensis Sep 2016 #89

That what I can't take Sanity Claws Sep 2016 #67

We are thinking along the same lines. He is the devil himself - no doubt in my mind. Peregrine Took Aug 2016 #6

horrifying! napkinz Aug 2016 #7

Maybe we just have to go down this road cilla4progress Aug 2016 #8

FUCK THAT NOISE. You have a responsibility to the vulnerable, your fellow human beings Maru Kitteh Aug 2016 #22

+1000 sheshe2 Sep 2016 #82

This message was self-deleted by its author kestrel91316 Sep 2016 #101

What in the world are you talking about? DawgHouse Aug 2016 #31

I'm talking karma, cilla4progress Sep 2016 #47

Karma is not what you think it is, the abyss is to look at and not aide or abet... bettyellen Sep 2016 #52

smh cilla4progress Sep 2016 #61

You think "Karma" calls for the vulnerable to suffer for the hurt pride of some spoiled Maru Kitteh Sep 2016 #62

It's hard to have a conversation with an interesting difference of opinion here. cilla4progress Sep 2016 #63

You have obfuscated your position so artfully you leave little room. Maru Kitteh Sep 2016 #66

Try the other website RonniePudding Sep 2016 #78

You weren't called “sick”... LowerManhattanite Sep 2016 #99

Even here, people fall in love with their anger adigal Sep 2016 #108

Thanks for your perspective cilla4progress Sep 2016 #109

You are not misunderstood- you think it's okay for POC to get hurt because you didn't get what YOU bettyellen Sep 2016 #76

Special participation-trophy snowflakes are special. They've been told how special they are Maru Kitteh Sep 2016 #90

I know otherwise intelligent people mired in emotion rather than knowledge... bettyellen Sep 2016 #92

What. The. Fuck. ???? Lil Missy Aug 2016 #32

FUCK, NO. lastlib Sep 2016 #41

There will be NO post Rump healing MFM008 Sep 2016 #49

Complete and utter claptrap. Skidmore Sep 2016 #68

I think I understand what you are getting at SujiwanKenobee Sep 2016 #91

sorry. according to batshit bachmann, der drumpfenfuhrer was chosen by god. niyad Aug 2016 #9

Wow Johnny2X2X Aug 2016 #10

This is one of the worse displays of hatred I've ever seen. Please let this be over so I can Upthevibe Aug 2016 #12

I can't believe it PatSeg Aug 2016 #13

I think you're right, I think he is worse than he was before he left, which leads Maru Kitteh Aug 2016 #30

With Trump, PatSeg Sep 2016 #46

Every bit of his campaign's media strategy is a calculated exercise in double thinking propaganda. Mc Mike Sep 2016 #80

Oh yes PatSeg Sep 2016 #86

The corporate media is schizo. I think its owners want tRump fascism, because that's good for Mc Mike Sep 2016 #100

"Schizo" media PatSeg Sep 2016 #102

I saw Joy Reid question a Wa Po reporter on AP's Clinton Foundation 'scandal' coverage. Mc Mike Sep 2016 #103

I can't recall any public figure PatSeg Sep 2016 #104

He's constantly desperately grifting and money grubbing for obscenely small sums of money, Mc Mike Sep 2016 #112

The 'small sums of money' PatSeg Sep 2016 #113

I think you're right, they're infantile sore losers. Mc Mike Sep 2016 #114

"I win, you lose. Loser." PatSeg Sep 2016 #115

They've got a masochistic streak for sure, and want a 'master' to Mc Mike Sep 2016 #116

Then they can they brag PatSeg Sep 2016 #117

His campaign could sell shirts with that slogan on, to make an extra quick dirty buck. Mc Mike Sep 2016 #118

That's very possible PatSeg Sep 2016 #119

His new bio entitled "Trump: 2017-25 The Leavenworth Years" is bound to be a best seller. Mc Mike Sep 2016 #120

Oh my god PatSeg Sep 2016 #121

I think Tom Tomorrow did that joke about li'l bush, originally. Mc Mike Sep 2016 #122

Yeah I'm feeling it too... jimlup Aug 2016 #14

With all respect the "worrying" has to END. Trump's INSANE and will be CRUSHED. Go make it happen. RBInMaine Aug 2016 #16

Unfortunately, I can't say much right now. We can only hope the American people don't have ADHD redStateBlueHeart Aug 2016 #24

I'm not worried about Trump cagefreesoylentgreen Aug 2016 #39

That scares me too. I almost feel like we are in a no-win situation here smirkymonkey Sep 2016 #97

+1 One GIGANTIC lie after another and the crowd ate it up. American politics/Professional wrestling. 63splitwindow Aug 2016 #15

The Future already exist,,,,, Cryptoad Aug 2016 #17

I appreciate you comments but some of us cannot sit back and enjoy until it is official that this StevieM Aug 2016 #36

We lived through the racist murderer Woodrow Wilson, maybe we can live through another. n/t jtuck004 Aug 2016 #18

No no no, don't say that. He has to lose. We have to make it happen lunamagica Aug 2016 #19

I just took a klonipin. Now it's time for Dick Van Dyke reruns. N/T Upthevibe Aug 2016 #20

If there is any justice in the world, he will lose. And lose "bigly" redStateBlueHeart Aug 2016 #27

FUCK, NO. lastlib Sep 2016 #43

Well, maybe your caps will beat their caps, rofl. n/t jtuck004 Sep 2016 #58

HOW can you make that comparison ???????????????? MFM008 Sep 2016 #50

I'll bet the progressives he killed off or destroyed could make it very easily, those with the IWW jtuck004 Sep 2016 #57

Maybe YOU can. Il_Coniglietto Sep 2016 #87

Lol. You get one shot and waste it as if you have the time. n/t jtuck004 Sep 2016 #95

His "extreme vetting" of immigrants plan is very disturbing. ecstatic Aug 2016 #21

I am an immigrant. I’m from England and 100% white. Boudica the Lyoness Sep 2016 #60

My parents came here in the 50s from England and Wales. cwydro Sep 2016 #69

Umm, I'm referring to Trump's plan for America, not the ecstatic Sep 2016 #70

Please could you provide a link to Trump’s policy statements for Boudica the Lyoness Sep 2016 #84

Are you serious? You seem to have missed the point completely. ecstatic Sep 2016 #98

Very scary indeed nt ram2008 Aug 2016 #23

I don't care what the polls say hibbing Aug 2016 #25

I rarely post here, but this is a terrifying speech. ekelly Aug 2016 #26

His convention speech was by far the most chilling IMO redStateBlueHeart Aug 2016 #29

Trump is not the essence of the problem nikto Aug 2016 #28

All the more reason for a united front behind the nominee to deliver a humiliating, clear rebuke Maru Kitteh Aug 2016 #33

Possibly someone worse i.e. Trump was too liberal etc. or in mid term mayhem Person 2713 Aug 2016 #35

He's brought the boil to a head. anamandujano Aug 2016 #37

DO not count on it. lastlib Sep 2016 #45

May I change my commentary to lance? anamandujano Sep 2016 #94

Yep, hes not the cause Cosmocat Sep 2016 #71

I was so ashamed and embarrassed locks Aug 2016 #34

I'm probably not the first to say this, but Nac Mac Feegle Aug 2016 #38

it can't happen here bora13 Sep 2016 #48

Amen! I cannot watch this beast for even 30 seconds. liberalmuse Sep 2016 #51

The republican party is going down AliceSsquare Sep 2016 #53

And people actually choose him over Hillary because of a couple of mismarked emails? REALLY?! unitedwethrive Sep 2016 #54

Right? redStateBlueHeart Sep 2016 #59

It is the Press. They harp on Hillary's email but forget about Trump University Fraud. UCmeNdc Sep 2016 #65

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he's speaking again, this morning napkinz Sep 2016 #74

My husband keeps mumbling "that's what Hitler said." "Law and Order." calimary Sep 2016 #81

The same God that brought us him? TheBlackAdder Sep 2016 #83

I just watched part of the speech & then I read some of the comments. CrispyQ Sep 2016 #85

Hey!! El Shaman Sep 2016 #93

White Idi Amin Dalziel3979 Sep 2016 #96

There's a lucid dream test -- put your hand to your mouth and try to breathe... tandem5 Sep 2016 #105

Even more frightening than Trump are his brown shirts cheering adigal Sep 2016 #106

+1 BYJ439 Sep 2016 #111