Donald Trump running for President.

[mockbee]

http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2016/03 ... ump-speech

Watch Mitt Romney Attempt to Tear Down "Phony" Donald Trump

Former Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney slammed Donald Trump on Thursday as "a phony" and "a fraud," and urged fellow Republicans to disavow the real estate magnate's bid for the White House.

"His promises are as worthless as a degree from Trump University," Romney said at the University of Utah. "He's playing the American public for suckers. He gets a free ride to the White House and all we get is a lousy hat."

Romney went on to make the case against Trump's increasingly likely nomination, arguing that it would hurt the Republican Party and ultimately mean a loss to Hillary Clinton in the general election. Romney's speech represents a larger effort by Republican leaders to put an end to Trump's momentum.

The blistering remarks, which took aim at Trump's economic promises, foreign policy plans, and character, come just two days after Trump's overwhelming Super Tuesday victories in the Republican primaries.

"Dishonesty is Donald Trump's hallmark," Romney told the crowd.

Romney is pathetic, most of his lashing comments, excluding for the most part decorum, could just as easily be said of himself and the others running. The people making Trump the republican nominee would watch that display with glee, they are achieving the exact result they were looking for, the destruction of establishment republicans.

That's all well and good to destroy the republican party, but how does one explain the virtual tie with HRC and Trump in national polling. Trump is certainly not an unknown entity to the general populace. How could half the population even entertain such a thought for a second?

I think that beyond the republican party, our democracy is at stake here.

[Pandemonium]

I think that beyond the republican party, our democracy is at stake here.

Actually, I think what we're seeing is the voters actually wresting back democracy from the (at least Republican) establishment political machine. The problem is, the (lowest IQ) voters are rebelling for the sake of rebelling and rallying around the biggest blowhard assclown imaginable. The true test will be if Republicans circumvent the nomination process at the convention and pick someone else as their candidate, invalidating the voter's choice.

[mockbee]

I think that beyond the republican party, our democracy is at stake here.

Actually, I think what we're seeing is the voters actually wresting back democracy from the (at least Republican) establishment political machine. The problem is, the (lowest IQ) voters are rebelling for the sake of rebelling and rallying around the biggest blowhard assclown imaginable. The true test will be if Republicans circumvent the nomination process at the convention and pick someone else as their candidate, invalidating the voter's choice.

My take now is that the Republicans putting forth a traditional candidate now would be bad. We are obviously not now talking about an easy split of the traditional conservative base and the other 50% going for Hillary. With three candidates you would have two establishment splitting the sane vote and the other half --- the people roused from their stupor to vote in record turnout for a demagogue.

Democracy! Who-hoooo!

Do people really think this is a contained problem amongst the Republicans???

It would be better for the Republican establishment to sit this one out and regroup, and if they had to -- hold their nose and vote for Clinton.

Yes......our democracy is at stake.




There are really stupid people out there pulling the lever for Trump....but there are also a lot of people who rightfully feel royally shammed by both parties. Next step is liberal/conservative elite attacking the electorate for nominating Trump.

I see major class warfare in our future.......... and not the good kind.

[Artemis]

[Pandemonium]

Ehh, we survived Nixon.

[Hype]

So it looks like the Republican Party is about to have a full on meltdown. If Trumps wins in November, we should just call him President Chernobyl.

I think the thing that's really scary about Trump is that given the things he has said out loud, it could be worse than Chernobyl. That event didn't involve agents of the government systematically ghettoizing and murdering citizens.

[Angry Canine]

Ehh, we survived Nixon.

And a lot of people survive their first heart attack. But the second one gets 'em.

[blackula]

Best thing about Romney is he said the exact opposite in 2012 when Trump supported him against Obama. Every point he bashed Trump on in 2016 he praised in 2012. That behavior is why Trump is winning!

[Pandemonium]

So much for free speech:



Afterwords, the dolt who punched the black guy talks about the incident:

[Hype]

So much for free speech:



Afterwords, the dolt who punched the black guy talks about the incident:

Free speech just says the government can't make a law against you speeching. It can make laws against you being places where you want to speech, or not make laws stopping other people from stopping you from speeching.

Also, why is the hillbilly speaking in the first-person plural? Does he think that if he says 'we' it won't hold up in court as a death threat?

[Angry Canine]

Free speech just says the government can't make a law against you speeching. It can make laws against you being places where you want to speech, or not make laws stopping other people from stopping you from speeching.

Also, why is the hillbilly speaking in the first-person plural? Does he think that if he says 'we' it won't hold up in court as a death threat?

That's completely true. But it demonstrates what Drumph, and his moron brigade think of free speech. Opposition is to be immediately silenced, and harshly. And then there's Drumph's stated plan to change libel laws so that the press can't write bad things about him.

At this point even if he is not able to bully his way into the White House, a lot of damage has been done to this country already.

It makes it actually comforting to know I won't be around much longer.

[kv]

Grain of salt...that douche has voted for a President prob 15 times by now...

[Pandemonium]

Looks like things are spiraling out of control in Chicago tonight between hundreds of Trump protestors and supporters.

[SR]

and hokatown, Mizzou

[Angry Canine]

There's been one cancelled here in Cincy. I believe it was scheduled for over the weekend, but it was cancelled sometime between morning and 4PM local news today.

[Angry Canine]

He did show up in Cincy today. It was held at a much smaller venue on the outskirts of town, rather than the large venue in the heart of downtown it had originally been planned for. Apparently only two protesters made it inside, so there wasn't any real trouble.

[Artemis]

Looks like Scott Pelley called it: "Goodbye, Rubio Tuesday..."

[mockbee]

America died a little today.





Not that any other candidates would make it any better, but apparently we are going to try the fascist thing.

I really don't think this is contained to republicans...

[nausearockpig]

You guys should just vote Obama back in, and failing that make him Emperor of the USA

[Angry Canine]

You guys should just vote Obama back in

Not an option.

[SR]

Trump is just a clandestine socialist mole who ran to expose the republican party for what it is, while completely destroying the rights' status quo. He should be commended and admired.

[Hype]

Can't you just... vote for Obama's wife? Michelle 2016? That's... how America works... right?

Roosevelt... Bush... Clinton... etc?

I think one of the more interesting things about how this has all turned out is that it was probably fairly predictable when the Tea Party stuff started happening that this election would be a really weird one. The idea that you would make the government better by basically gutting it sounds nice and optimistic, until you realize that the next time there's an election, there's no stability... not that the status quo was so great... but it's much harder to change for the better by starting from scratch than it is to build slowly over time.

The term limits that mean Obama is done also have another upside, which is that at worst you're stuck with Trump or... Clinton(?) for 8 years, and probably more likely 4.

One reason why Trump is so worrying is that Germany was a democracy when Hitler came to power and he just found ways to rewrite things to make himself dictator. Even if it is unlikely to happen in the US, it's still not impossible, and that should be a little frightening.

[mockbee]

Apparently the Tea Party doesn't want small government, they want humungous government with big tariffs, mass deportations and impulsive foreign policy....

[Matz]

One reason why Trump is so worrying is that Germany was a democracy when Hitler came to power and he just found ways to rewrite things to make himself dictator. Even if it is unlikely to happen in the US, it's still not impossible, and that should be a little frightening.

except he'll never make it to the white house cause Hillary will crush him in the general, as far as I understand things. Hillary is your new president with a 99% certainty I think

[mockbee]

One reason why Trump is so worrying is that Germany was a democracy when Hitler came to power and he just found ways to rewrite things to make himself dictator. Even if it is unlikely to happen in the US, it's still not impossible, and that should be a little frightening.

except he'll never make it to the white house cause Hillary will crush him in the general, as far as I understand things. Hillary is your new president with a 99% certainty I think

A maybe 99% certainty?!

I think you were more certain about the certainty of Jeb.....?