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Trump is the darkness within America’s past
National Post ^
| Feb. 16, 2016
| Charles Lewis
Posted on 02/16/2016 12:38:09 PM PST by rickmichaels
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To: rickmichaels
Why would you post Leftist Propaganda?
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posted on
02/16/2016 12:40:30 PM PST
by
heights
To: heights
Sorry, I was unaware that leftist propaganda wasn’t to be discussed on this site. Thank you for instructing me otherwise.
To: heights
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posted on
02/16/2016 12:42:21 PM PST
by
BlueNgold
(May I suggest a very nice 1788 Article V with your supper...)
To: rickmichaels
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posted on
02/16/2016 12:42:22 PM PST
by
IC Ken
To: rickmichaels
Mr. Trump represents the darkest side of America. What a dumbarse ... what's your motto idiot? Make America Suck More?
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posted on
02/16/2016 12:42:38 PM PST
by
dartuser
To: rickmichaels
Trump is the light. This country has been in the darkness for the past 100 years. We had things just about right in the early 1900s. Then, the progressives came along.
To: rickmichaels
- In 1999, Trump said he had joined the Reform Party because Republicans are âjust too crazyâ right.
- In 2000, he said: âI hate the concept of guns.â
- In 2004: âI identify more as a Democrat.â
- In 2007: Told Wolf Blitzer on CNNâs âThe Situation Roomâ that Hillary Clinton was the most qualified to make a nuclear deal with Iran.
- In 2008: Said he was âimpressedâ with Rep. Nancy Pelosi, and supported the idea of impeaching then President George W. Bush.
- âIâm going to take care of everybody,â Trump said in September 2015 on CBSâ 60 minutes. When asked how he would pay for it, he responded that âthe governmentâs going to take care of it.â
- He thinks affirmative action is okay
- He would fund Planned Parenthood except for abortion. (This is current federal policy, though Trump doesn't seem to know it.)
- He supports a progressive income tax. He does not favor a flat tax.
- He doesn't want to cut Social Security or Medicare.
- He's in favor of a ban on assault weapons.
- He invited Bill and Hillary Clinton to his wedding.
- He doesn't "fully" believe in supply-side economics.
- He hates the Iran deal, but he wouldn't abrogate it after taking office.
Abortion
Then: On "Meet The Press" in 1999, Trump said he was "very pro-choice." "I hate the concept of abortion," he said. "I hate it. I hate everything it stands for. ... but I just believe in choice."Now: In an interview with Bloomberg Politics in January, Trump said, "I'm pro-life and I have been pro-life." He said he believed there should be exceptions in cases of rape, incest or the life of the mother.
Guns
Then: In Trump's 200 book "The America We Deserve," he wrote that he "generally" opposed gun control but supported an assault weapons ban and a longer waiting period to purchase a firearm.Now: At the 2015 NRA-ILA Leadership Forum, Trump said if he became president, "the 2nd Amendment will be totally protected." He told the Web site Ammoland he does "not support expanding background checks" and said current background checks "don't work."
Healthcare
Then:Â In an interview with Larry King in 1999, Trump said he was "very liberal when it comes to health care" and that he believes in "universal healthcare." Now:Â During his announcement, he called Obamacare "a disaster called the big lie" and said the deductibles were so high they were "virtually useless."
Hillary Clinton
Then: Either Trump or his son donated to Clinton in 2002, 2005, 2006 and 2007, he invited her to his 2005 wedding in Florida, where she sat front row, and he's donated at least $100,000 to the Clinton Foundation. He also said in an appearance on the Howard Stern show in the mid-2000s that she was a fantastic senator.Now: On NBC on Wednesday, he called Clinton "the worst secretary of state in the history of our nation" and said she would be "a terrible president."
Party affiliation
Then: Trump changed his party from Republican to Independent Party in 1999, and switched again to Democrat in 2001.Now: Has been a registered Republican since 2009.
There are also some flips which haven't necessarily been from left to right.
Jeb Bush
Then:Â In Trump's 2000 book "The America We Deserve," he called Bush "a good man," "bright, tough and principled," and "exactly the kind of political leader this country needs now and will very much need in the future."Now:Â On Fox News's "On The Record" this week, he called Bush "pathetic" for his support of Common Core, said his immigration views were "baby stuff."
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posted on
02/16/2016 12:47:51 PM PST
by
lormand
(Inside every liberal is a dung slinging monkey)
To: rickmichaels
All the high minded rhetoric and noble posturing is meaningless to a voter who just found out his company is shipping his job to Mexico, or a mother sending her kids to a gang infested public school or a business person facing losing their life’s work due to an expanded Federal regulatory burden.
Deeds not words.
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posted on
02/16/2016 12:48:27 PM PST
by
MNJohnnie
( Tyranny, like Hell, is not easily conquered)
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posted on
02/16/2016 12:50:41 PM PST
by
BlackFemaleArmyColonel
("God only is my Rock and my Salvation; He is my Defence." (Psa 62:2))
To: MNJohnnie
To: rickmichaels
This article represent the complete disassociation of a bubble world “intellectual” with the history of Fascism, the US Political system and the current state of politics in the USA.
It is ignorance, wrapped in idiocy surrounded by stupidity. It is the worst of of emotion based pseudo intellectual bubble world drivel.
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posted on
02/16/2016 12:51:47 PM PST
by
MNJohnnie
( Tyranny, like Hell, is not easily conquered)
To: rickmichaels
When this sort of thing happens in Europe there is always talk of a right-wing resurgence and memories of Nazism and fascism.Goodwin's Law. Drink.
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posted on
02/16/2016 12:52:52 PM PST
by
dirtboy
To: rickmichaels
DJT is a profanity spewing purveyor of zany conspiracy theories not unlike Jesse Ventura, Rosie O’Donnell, and Michael Moore.
His followers are unquestioning sycophants, a legion of mental defectives who willingly imbibe his bullying, threats, insults and demagoguery. IT IS TRULY A PATHETIC SPECTACLE.
To: GodAndCountryFirst
"This country has been in the darkness for the past 100 years. We had things just about right in the early 1900s. Then, the progressives came along."I've been saying that for a while now. WW1 was the death-knell of the Republic, IMHO.
To: rickmichaels
Liberalism is the stupidity of America’s present.
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posted on
02/16/2016 12:55:17 PM PST
by
TTFlyer
To: BlueNgold
Know your enemies...
Yes, it’s absolutely necessary.
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posted on
02/16/2016 12:56:42 PM PST
by
laplata
( Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
To: rickmichaels
Nazism?
Is this being written from Berkeley CA?
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posted on
02/16/2016 12:58:55 PM PST
by
dragnet2
(Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
To: Trapped Behind Enemy Lines
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posted on
02/16/2016 1:02:15 PM PST
by
dragnet2
(Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
To: rickmichaels
.. Trump is the darkness within Americas past ..
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posted on
02/16/2016 1:05:14 PM PST
by
Byron_the_Aussie
(Michelle Obama, The Early Years: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBYGxBlFOSU)
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