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No, he *is* GVHD for the GOP. Jebus, AlpineK, lay off the weed!

Another thread about Trump? WTF??

Agreed on Tale of Two Titties... uggh. Maudlin as fuck. There's a section in Oliver Twist like that too and it's annoying me... I want to get back to the swearin', drinkin', whorin' mainline story that sucked me into the plot I really enjoyed Great Expectations. Those are the only three I've read so far.

No, because of his negative portrayel of a Jew and referring to him as such. Clearly Dickens was an anti-semite just as Trump is a xenophobe

I don't agree with the comparison.... btw, speaking of xenophobia, bigotry an all that, you do know that socially-conscious, not-exactly-right-leaning Dickens has gotten more than his share of criticism for the character of Fagin

It's about as uplifting as 1984. Required reading (thematically at least) from time to time. Never forget and all that I still have Shirer's magnum opus on my tick list...

Night, Elie Wiesel (finished last week) Oliver Twist, Dickens Don Quixote, Cervantes

No Fly? Fuck that. Do the velcro fly! [video:youtube]

That was very generous of you!

yeah, but you keep taking right-of-center stances on positions so Ivan, naturally, must contradict you

i agree w/ the first statement but not the second. The past century of presidential elections indicates whoever the republicans pick has a much greater than 50/50 shot of winning. romney would have been a shoe-in if he'd run in 2016 against clinton (and i woulda loved to have seen the dog crate on top of the white house ) More in line with what I said earlier: link

Who knows. Kind of a risky gambit, don't you think? Best way to lose is for the R's to pick a "safe bet" - like Romney was. Trump may go independent though - I can't see him getting the nomination at the convention. Then the D's win for sure. Please make sure it's not Bernie!

A good businessman sells what his customer wants to buy. Madness and insanity is more in line with Bernie IMO

Ummm, that was not the point. The point is Graham is a politician vying for his territory to mark. Everything a politician says is to increase his position at the expense of an adversary. The GOP is not happy about Trump - he's too much of a loose cannon and wild card and he does not give a fuck - as he has said repeatedly. Graham unloaded on Trump? BFD. Graham called him a bunch of names? Again, BFD. In one of the MANY rounds of Trump saying something non-PC and getting roasted in the public circus that is media and politics (I believe it was the bleeding comment), he actually said he EXPECTS his opponents to do and say exactly what they did, and in this case, Graham is doing and saying. This guy is no idiot - everything he says is calculated and his reaction to criticism is likewise premeditated.

Who's ass is he puckering up to kiss?

“At the end of the day, Barack Obama has turned out to be a completely incompetent commander-in-chief. He doesn't listen to sound military advice. Leaving Iraq too soon led to the rise of ISIL, and John Kerry, his secretary of state, is a completely delusional man,” -- Sen. Lindsey Graham

This is disturbing as hell. Nice find, Oly!

True to form you produce worthless blather.

I'm not sure I buy that argument, because we are talking about people not things (guns) but at least it's a reasonable counterpoint. Is anyone else saying this? About two orders of magnitude better than "Trump is Hitler".

Because they aren't in the US (or France) bombing us

my recollection was 50-something. Maybe this event served as model for the Red Wedding? I didn't check the chronology - the visa ban was a year later?? This is where it gets interesting. I think Trump is a smart fucker spinning the wheel to get elected. What he says now (during the primaries) and what he will say and what he will do ... I suspect these are very different things. We both know that he could never actually do what he is saying now, and I am sure he knows it too. You can't ban Muslims from coming into the country. How would you even screen for that - just ask the applicant if they are Muslim and trust terrorists to tell the truth? How would that policy/law hold up in the courts? How would he even make it happen with so much resistance from congress, the press... You've alluded to ISIS motives before and I have to reply this time. Back in the W/post 9/11 days a lot of (mostly right-wing) folks were saying "they hate us because of our freedoms and way of life" and other (mostly left-wing) folks were calling bullshit on that. We don't know why they do what they want or what their "battle plan" is. Honestly, I'd be surprised if it is much more than "kill as many infidels as you can, cause chaos". If we stop accepting immigrants or refuges they can take advantage of that in some way. If we keep taking them they can take advantage of that (infiltrate, seed cells). I don't think they care or plan for either way. They'll adjust as needed

I characterize it differently. Iran was in a revolution (just like Syria). What did they do? Stormed our embassy and took hostages. They were not a threat to the US (yet). There were no Iranian terrorist attacks on US or European targets (unlike today). As a precautionary measure we stopped accepted immigrants from Iran, would not extend visas - until we knew we were safe from attacks. There is nothing wrong with doing exactly the same thing here. As for Trump's rhetoric, well he's not as nuanced and smooth as W. Yes, can you believe that? What Trump should be saying is we are not accepting any immigrants or visas from countries [enumeration goes here]. Fill in that blank starting with Syria, Saudi Arabia (how many 9/11 terrorists were from there and this new attack in SoCal had ties to Saudi Arabia). Probably you throw in Pakistan and a few more countries. No need to specify religious persuasion just point of origin.

No, no loopholes in our immigration screening. Nothing to see here Move along!

1980 fuckwit. Guess reading comprehension is not your strong suit. Too much Russian sperm you've imbibed. So, it's great to hear you are a fascist - not that we ever doubted it Commies and fascists are two sides of the same coin. Congrats Assholekisser!