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The Reason I’m Anti-Anti-Trump
CRB ^ | December 28, 2015 | William Voegeli

Posted on 12/28/2015 11:23:28 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

It’s hard to disagree with most of the bad things that have been said about Donald Trump, and impossible to add a truly fresh accusation to the list. In just six months as a presidential candidate Trump has been called “witless, gross, and unworthy,” “ignorant and bombastic,” a “buffoon” and an “a--hole,” a “clownish demagogue,” and “proto-fascist” whose “ideas range from the absurd … to the monstrous,” and whose policy pronouncements are no better than “barstool eruptions.”

And those are just his fellow Republicans’ opinions. Gleeful Democrats have made clear that Trump’s lead in public opinion polls throughout 2015 vindicates their allegations about the ignorance, stupidity, and bigotry of the GOP base and conservative movement. Trump’s rise “may be shocking,” writes Adele M. Stan of the American Prospect, “but it’s merely a result of the natural evolution of the modern American right that drove the election of Ronald Reagan 35 years ago.” Damon Linker of the Week magazine agrees. Trump’s supporters are the “culturally alienated, conservative white male voters” who have “been manipulated … into a perpetual state of aggrieved indignation” by right-wing talk-radio, which constantly assures its listeners that “their ill-informed, illiberal, anti-government, anti-Washington, anti-immigrant, anti-Muslim views are irrefutably, indisputably, incontrovertibly correct.”(continued)

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; Politics/Elections; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: cruzowned; immigration; isis; libstory; nopacman; obama; tds; trump; trumpnotowned; why2nddisantitrump; yawn
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1 posted on 12/28/2015 11:23:28 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

All I can think of to say is: ’“No”’€â€™â€™â€œNo”â€�� ’“No”’€â€™â€™â€œNo”â€�� ’“No”’€â€™â€™â€œNo”â€��


2 posted on 12/28/2015 11:29:02 PM PST by Gator113 (Cruz or Trump ’“No”’€â€â„)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Is This JERK for real? Trump is the onlyu one serious enough to talk about illegals, Muzzies, how we can bring jobs back.

I have seen too many of his posts, pure bilge.


3 posted on 12/28/2015 11:31:21 PM PST by Zenjitsuman (A)
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To: Gator113

If you have a reasonable solution I’m all ears.


4 posted on 12/28/2015 11:32:03 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (TED CRUZ. You can help: https://donate.tedcruz.org/c/FBTX0095/)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I have no complaint against you. I have no idea what causes this crap, so I have no idea as to how to fix it. I can no longer tolerate reading posts with all that junk in it and from time to time I vent my frustrations.


5 posted on 12/28/2015 11:36:14 PM PST by Gator113 (Cruz or Trump ’“No”’€â€â„)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I recognize his name - author of

The Pity Party: A Mean-Spirited Diatribe Against Liberal Compassion

Don’t give a rip why he’s not for Donald Trump.

I’ll pass on his diatribe.


6 posted on 12/28/2015 11:36:41 PM PST by onyx
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To: Gator113

Air - La Femme D'Argent

7 posted on 12/28/2015 11:36:41 PM PST by Liberty Valance (Keep a Simple Manner for a Happy Life :o)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Gosh would this publication be connected to the Claremont college that liberal bastion of aholes in Claremont,CA.? Nice neighborhoods there, all filled with left wing fruitcakes and some nice restaurants.

I did work there more than once and we had to be very careful not to upset people at the college with our horrible Conservative opinions.

8 posted on 12/28/2015 11:39:08 PM PST by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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To: onyx

anti-anti-Trump means in defense of Trump.


9 posted on 12/28/2015 11:39:45 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (TED CRUZ. You can help: https://donate.tedcruz.org/c/FBTX0095/)
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To: Mastador1

Used to be one of the best-rated colleges on Earth.


10 posted on 12/28/2015 11:41:01 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (TED CRUZ. You can help: https://donate.tedcruz.org/c/FBTX0095/)
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To: Mastador1

Used to be one of the best-rated colleges on Earth.


11 posted on 12/28/2015 11:41:01 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (TED CRUZ. You can help: https://donate.tedcruz.org/c/FBTX0095/)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Same as it always was: BUILD THE F’N WALL.


12 posted on 12/28/2015 11:41:12 PM PST by NTHockey (Rules of engagement #1: Take no prisoners. And to the NSA trolls, FU)
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To: Gator113
 ’“No”’€â€™Ã
¢â‚¬â„¢Ã¢â‚¬Å“No”�� ’“No”Ã

13 posted on 12/28/2015 11:43:46 PM PST by Jeff Chandler (I shot Schroedinger's cat with Chekhov's gun.)
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14 posted on 12/28/2015 11:44:16 PM PST by Bobalu (Even if I could take off, I could never get past the tractor beam!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

May still be, If I recall there are several different colleges that make it up, including Harvey Mudd and I know the tuition was quite expense even when I worked there some fifteen plus years ago. The wife and I still occasionally go out there to the shops and restaurants in Claremont.


15 posted on 12/28/2015 11:45:29 PM PST by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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To: Gator113; 2ndDivisionVet

The issue is with the copy and paste. Special characters such as the apostrophe don’t transpose correctly. Easiest fix is when pasting the text, go back through and delete and manually type any special characters.


16 posted on 12/28/2015 11:47:52 PM PST by PJBankard (It is better to be thought an idiot than to open ones mouth and remove all doubt.)
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To: Mastador1

I grew up in Chino.


17 posted on 12/28/2015 11:48:05 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (TED CRUZ. You can help: https://donate.tedcruz.org/c/FBTX0095/)
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To: Gator113

And what about €€¥₢ᴪᴭᴭᴎ ? ;)


18 posted on 12/28/2015 11:50:10 PM PST by Frank_2001
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To: 2ndDivisionVet; Gator113
If you have a reasonable solution I'm all ears.

It depends on what you consider reasonable.

You just have to replace you quotation marks, abbreviation marks and the like after pasting the text in to the posting box on FR.

19 posted on 12/28/2015 11:54:23 PM PST by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
I grew up in Chino.

A cousin of mine was in Chino.

20 posted on 12/28/2015 11:55:12 PM PST by Jeff Chandler (I shot Schroedinger's cat with Chekhov's gun.)
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