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#1451 Re: The Garden » US Politics Thread » 525 weeks ago

AtariLegend wrote:

pollux I find it hard to believe someone as much of a nut job as you, that you couldn't be bothered even googling the history of the person who posted the video.

What's your thoughts on Trump's wife saying Billy Bush egged Trump on to make those comments? Do you think think the Liberal media are forcing Trump to say the things he does at debates/rallies via mind control?

Yes, he likes to heavily edit videos...to say the least.

#1453 Re: The Garden » US Politics Thread » 525 weeks ago

Pamela Anderson poisoned him with a Vegan burrito!

#1454 Re: The Garden » US Politics Thread » 525 weeks ago

misterID wrote:

I also think he's just repeating what the Breitbart peeps are telling him.

It's  the Breitbart narrative 1000 mph into a brick wall.

#1455 Re: The Garden » US Politics Thread » 525 weeks ago

Swastika And Jeers Greet Reporters On Donald Trump Trail
“The vitriol toward the media here is as bad as I’ve ever seen it,” says one.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/don … ?section=&

Frenzied Donald Trump Supporters Are Turning On The Media — And It’s Getting ScaryThe GOP candidate claims news organizations are at “war” to elect Hillary Clinton.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/don … ?section=&

#1456 Re: The Garden » US Politics Thread » 525 weeks ago

monkeychow wrote:

I don't think anyone disputes that more and more of the general public are getting disenfranchised with the 'status quo' or 'the establishment'.

What I dispute is whether the leader of the eventual and inevitable change will turn out to be a billionaire who has enjoyed and benefited from the existing system for his entire life.


Exactly. I agree on both counts. Nobody here would dispute that, and Trump is the status quo. He has been nearly all my life.

#1457 Re: The Garden » US Politics Thread » 525 weeks ago

Former nuclear launch officers sign letter: Trump ‘should not have his finger on the button’

Ten former nuclear launch control officers who once held the keys needed to fire on the president’s order have signed an open letter saying they think Donald Trump should not be entrusted with the nation’s nuclear codes.

The letter, issued Thursday, says the decision to use nuclear weapons requires “composure, judgment, restraint and diplomatic skill” — all qualities that the former Air Force officers who signed it said Trump lacks.

“On the contrary, he has shown himself time and again to be easily baited and quick to lash out, dismissive of expert consultation and ill-informed of even basic military and international affairs — including, most especially, nuclear weapons,” the letter says. “Donald Trump should not be the nation’s commander-in-chief. He should not be entrusted with the nuclear launch codes. He should not have his finger on the button.”

The letter is the latest in an extraordinary series of missives signed this year by diplomats and national security experts warning of the dangers they think a Trump presidency would pose. Last month, in a break from the trend, 88 retired military leaders endorsed the Republican presidential nominee. But most of the letters have reflected the views of those who consider Trump unfit to be commander in chief.

The former missileers who signed Thursday’s letter served at the nation’s four underground launch centers in the Great Plains from as long ago as the 1960s to, most recently, 2013. They do not endorse Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, or even mention her name, in the letter.

“No one who signed the letter wanted to disclose a position who they would vote for,” said Bruce Blair, who organized the letter and said he is a Democrat who will vote for Clinton but has no idea which candidate the others support. “The letter is focused entirely on Trump.”

Blair said the signatories are part of a circle of friends and acquaintances who were “flabbergasted and flummoxed” by the prospect of Trump winning the election. He said they decided several weeks ago to release an open letter, when polls showed Trump and Clinton much closer than more recent numbers do.


“It sort of snuck up on us,” he said. “They were at a virtual tie in the polls. You kind of woke up one day and realized it’s very possible that this person, this pathological liar, who lacks self-control, who knows very little about anything and is angry and aggressive, who might lash out with nuclear weapons if he’s elected, could win. That sort of dawned on everyone. We felt we needed to weigh in.”

The nation’s nuclear-armed missiles are kept at Air Force bases in Cheyenne, Wyo., Minot, N.D., and Great Falls, Mont. A fourth base’s nuclear facility, in Grand Forks, N.D., has been decommissioned.

If a president orders a missile launch, Blair said, five crews are equipped with keys used to fire a total of 50 missiles. Although the keys are interconnected, the missiles can be launched if just two crews carry out the order.

“Only the president can order a nuclear launch,” the letter states. “That order cannot be vetoed and once the missiles have been launched, they cannot be called back. The consequences of miscalculation, impulsive decision-making or poor judgment on the part of the president could be catastrophic.”

Blair said the officers are trained to put aside any personal doubts and trust in the system and the leadership.

“The presumption is, the commander in chief is acting in the national interest, and his decision should be grounded in knowledge and good advice,” he said. “Everyone would have to assume that, even though they had doubts — very strong doubts, if Trump were president.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/na … story.html

#1458 Re: The Garden » US Politics Thread » 525 weeks ago

polluxlm wrote:

Trump - Unshackled

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLcP0inAS5w

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Better than Pornhub for you guys huh?

I don't see the appeal frankly. The notion alone that he would claim the media was conspiring against him and the election itself was rigged, is an affront to our democracy. (Funny he never said this once during the GOP primary either) It's a dangerous precedent to say the least and could lead to violence post election.

He's tapping the hardcore base here, the 28-30%. The Brietbarts, the Infowar subscribers...this is red meat for them. But he's alienating everybody else in the process.

#1459 Re: The Garden » US Politics Thread » 525 weeks ago

polluxlm wrote:

Do you have a link to the speech?

Just go read the youtube comment section, it's the same thing, just not all weaved together.

#1460 Re: The Garden » US Politics Thread » 526 weeks ago

Bill Cosby is going to endorse this guy any minute...

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