Trump may start a new political party

[marshal]

[quote="Bucky Cornstarch" post_id=4091 time=1611166596 user_id=144]
No such thing as the Democrat Party in the US but Rush appreciates that you listen.
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there, I fixed it for you, lazy typing on my part.  Are you talking Limbaugh?  Because I've never listened to anything he's said.

[TylerBeer]

Can't even goto the inauguration, what a #%$@# baby

[mkd]

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[VmaxJack]

It would be grand to have Jim Carry announce Trumps efforts as the LOSER Party.

[neurosis]

Can't even goto the inauguration, what a #%$@# baby

I don't really blame him.  There aren't very many people left on the Hill that like that guy.

[marshal]

Can't even goto the inauguration, what a #%$@# baby

I don't really blame him.  There aren't very many people left on the Hill that like that guy.

and to be fair, that was his entire campaign goal when he first ran.  He didn't want to be part of the "swamp", or accepted as a politician, that's why he got elected.

[neurosis]

For someone who claimed to want to "drain the swamp" he sure had a lot of lobbyists working for his administration.  

[pmartin]

For someone who claimed to want to "drain the swamp" he sure had a lot of lobbyists working for his administration.  

 

[Matthew Hajicek]

The good things Trump accomplished:

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[Del.]

Mother Fucker drags shit out too long for me.

[TylerBeer]

"Drain the Swamp" yet he last minute pardoned nothing but swamp creatures and financial criminals.  Everything else he did for his own personal gain, or Steven Miller's attempted race war.

He'll go down in history as the most pathetic president eva.

[Matthew Hajicek]

Mother Fucker drags shit out too long for me.

Attention span of a goldfish!

[Bucky Cornstarch]

[quote="Matthew Hajicek" post_id=4242 time=1611250625 user_id=57]
The good things Trump accomplished:

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Saw that last night. Basically took him six and a half minutes to say that Trump is a fascist and that his voters have been duped for the past four years.


Well duh.

[beej]

[quote="Bucky Cornstarch" post_id=4282 time=1611264901 user_id=144]
[quote="Matthew Hajicek" post_id=4242 time=1611250625 user_id=57]
The good things Trump accomplished:

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Saw that last night. Basically took him six and a half minutes to say that Trump is a fascist and that his voters have been duped for the past four years.


Well duh.
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just one question, are the people who destroyed the Oregon Democratic headquarters, last night, fascists or antifascists?

[Matthew Hajicek]

just one question, are the people who destroyed the Oregon Democratic headquarters, last night, fascists or antifascists?

Here's a cheat sheet so you can check for yourself:

The 14 Characteristics of Fascism
by Lawrence Britt
Spring 2003
Free Inquiry magazine

Political scientist Dr. Lawrence Britt recently wrote an article about fascism ("Fascism Anyone?," Free Inquiry, Spring 2003, page 20). Studying the fascist regimes of Hitler (Germany), Mussolini (Italy), Franco (Spain), Suharto (Indonesia), and Pinochet (Chile), Dr. Britt found they all had 14 elements in common. He calls these the identifying characteristics of fascism. The excerpt is in accordance with the magazine's policy.

The 14 characteristics are:

Powerful and Continuing Nationalism
Fascist regimes tend to make constant use of patriotic mottos, slogans, symbols, songs, and other paraphernalia. Flags are seen everywhere, as are flag symbols on clothing and in public displays.

Disdain for the Recognition of Human Rights
Because of fear of enemies and the need for security, the people in fascist regimes are persuaded that human rights can be ignored in certain cases because of "need." The people tend to look the other way or even approve of torture, summary executions, assassinations, long incarcerations of prisoners, etc.

Identification of Enemies/Scapegoats as a Unifying Cause
The people are rallied into a unifying patriotic frenzy over the need to eliminate a perceived common threat or foe: racial , ethnic or religious minorities; liberals; communists; socialists, terrorists, etc.

Supremacy of the Military
Even when there are widespread domestic problems, the military is given a disproportionate amount of government funding, and the domestic agenda is neglected. Soldiers and military service are glamorized.

Rampant Sexism
The governments of fascist nations tend to be almost exclusively male-dominated. Under fascist regimes, traditional gender roles are made more rigid. Opposition to abortion is high, as is homophobia and anti-gay legislation and national policy.

Controlled Mass Media
Sometimes to media is directly controlled by the government, but in other cases, the media is indirectly controlled by government regulation, or sympathetic media spokespeople and executives. Censorship, especially in war time, is very common.

Obsession with National Security
Fear is used as a motivational tool by the government over the masses.

Religion and Government are Intertwined
Governments in fascist nations tend to use the most common religion in the nation as a tool to manipulate public opinion. Religious rhetoric and terminology is common from government leaders, even when the major tenets of the religion are diametrically opposed to the government's policies or actions.

Corporate Power is Protected
The industrial and business aristocracy of a fascist nation often are the ones who put the government leaders into power, creating a mutually beneficial business/government relationship and power elite.

Labor Power is Suppressed
Because the organizing power of labor is the only real threat to a fascist government, labor unions are either eliminated entirely, or are severely suppressed .

Disdain for Intellectuals and the Arts
Fascist nations tend to promote and tolerate open hostility to higher education, and academia. It is not uncommon for professors and other academics to be censored or even arrested. Free expression in the arts is openly attacked, and governments often refuse to fund the arts.

Obsession with Crime and Punishment
Under fascist regimes, the police are given almost limitless power to enforce laws. The people are often willing to overlook police abuses and even forego civil liberties in the name of patriotism. There is often a national police force with virtually unlimited power in fascist nations.

Rampant Cronyism and Corruption
Fascist regimes almost always are governed by groups of friends and associates who appoint each other to government positions and use governmental power and authority to protect their friends from accountability. It is not uncommon in fascist regimes for national resources and even treasures to be appropriated or even outright stolen by government leaders.

Fraudulent Elections
Sometimes elections in fascist nations are a complete sham. Other times elections are manipulated by smear campaigns against or even assassination of opposition candidates, use of legislation to control voting numbers or political district boundaries, and manipulation of the media. Fascist nations also typically use their judiciaries to manipulate or control elections.

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