Sounds like what I assumed in another post: some people think that if someone ideologically opposed to them takes power, and makes the country bad enough, the public will see how right they were, shove politics leftward (in this case) permanently, force the parties leftward, and sweep candidates who believe like they do into power.
I think that kind of assumption is, at best, naive.
It may have happened with Dubya to Obama, but shouldn’t be counted on.
I honestly thought that would happen when Reagan was elected. I underestimated the gullibility of the electorate.
It did happen eventually. People forget, Clinton rhetorically ran against “Reagan-Bush” in 1992, the way Reagan ran against “Carter-Mondale” in '84.
IOW, “The worse, the better.” - Lenin
But Clinton ran as a “New Democrat”, not like those big government types from the 1970s. There are some that believe that the country has never even returned to the pro-government view that existed in the 70s, when you had a Republican President who created the EPA and openly discussed universal health care (Nixon, if you are curious), and that we may be close now… 36 years later.
Hillary supporter? Aren’t you going for Trump?
And as for all the butt hurt Sanders supporters who got their ass kicked this weekend, just wait for another can of whoop ass on Super Tuesday. And if you sit out in the general then help yourself to a Nazi America.
I’m voting for Trump in the primary, to make it easier for Hillary to win the general election. And you’re still not helping with this “can of whoop ass” talk.
But again, that’s what some WANT; they think that’s what it will take to cause the groundswell of populist progressive political (and actual) uprisings that will sweep all the corporate Democrats and Republicans out of Washington and replace them with a democratic socialist government.
Hey if they want a Nazi America then have at it.
The National Socialist German Workers’ Party was very efficient back in 1933. There was just that little problem of jews and slavs messing up the aryan race.
You can’t be honest here? Hillary crushed Bernie and his children by almost 50 points. That is a shalacking. Whoop ass for Trump supporters, he likes WWE analogies.
The issue is not whether “you can be honest here”, but whether it’s helpful to needlessly alienate Bernie supporters. But others have accused me of doing exactly that, so it’s all relative.
See, that’s the thing: that’s what they think the corporate Democrats and the corporate Republicans, bought and paid for by the same people, will lead to regardless, so why not let it come even sooner so we can recover faster?
Besides, if it happens, they’re blameless; it’s the fault of the parties for not running candidates and advancing policies that’ll actually help people. They wanted the votes, they should’ve done all that to begin with. It’s not the voters’ responsibility to just take whatever shit sandwich the parties give them and smile.
I don’t think it’s true that Trump is Nazi-like, or even helpful to say. For one thing, swing voters may suspect that Hitler’s economy, pre-war, was good, which is was.
The most similar-to-Trump European leader isn’t Hitler, but another master of trust-me-economics, Mr. 45 Percent Youth Unemployment, Silvio Berlusconi:
Unlike the Donald, Adolph was a rich man who rose from nothing. No Dad to give him a nine figure trust fund that then underperformed the S&P. Hitler never went bankrupt. Not once, and not the Donald’s four times.
It’s true that Trump is, as Hitler was, a bigot. I think that swing voters already know this and probably will choose on the basis of who they think is better at economics.
By the way, Warren for VP will send the right message.
P.S. on my last post: In additional to having generally good street-cred on making economics work for the middle class, Elizabeth Warren is an expert in bankruptcy law. Should come in handy come September and October.
As for two women on the ticket, I think this is the kind of bold move that will work. Ticket-balancing looks bad in a year when you have to say you aren’t a conventional politician.
I thought Rupert Murdoch was our Silvio Berlusconi.
But yeah, I see what you mean.
Oh well far be it to hurt the feelings of white boy privilege! All the misogyny towards HRC is far game though.
Well let’s see Adolf didn’t have money, but he had anger and like Trump he used that anger to rail against the government. Not everything that is corrupt can point to crony capitalism.
Who did it? Hitler or Trump?
Used racism to rise to power - (shh! I don’t know David Duke, so I’ll play stupid when I get the racist vote)
Proposed mass deportations -
Vowed to make (insert country) great again
Has a Emperor complex.
If you said Both Hitler and Trump you get a cookie.
Not to mention “frequently resorts to violence to deal with political opponents”…search “Trump rally” with “removed” and you’ll see that The Donald is not short on fascist tendencies.
Elizabeth Warren the one who was a Republican until she was 47 years old?