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The only way to lance the

ocean-kat — Thu, 10 Mar 2016 18:44:38 +0000

The only way to lance the boil is for the base to get their candidate nominated, likely Trump, rather than the less extreme compromise candidate. And then for that candidate to be soundly defeated in the general. A close race won't do it. That will only empower them with thoughts of almost there, next time. If Trump is defeated by a large margin they will slink back to the racist and conspiracy theory backwaters of the internet to mutter to themselves and their crazy friends.

Peracles, you're right.

Oxy Mora — Thu, 10 Mar 2016 16:08:45 +0000

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Peracles, you're right. Recycle. Oh, shit, that's the business I'm in and which sometimes drives me to drink..

I think there are two ways to diffuse the sorry state of the Trump supporters in the Republican party. First, they are boils which need to be lanced in order to return to normalcy. Second, it's a civil war in that other party and until they solve it,they most likely won't elect a President and the country will stalemate with respect to infrastructure, climate change and education.

I hear you PP, and

Bruce Levine — Thu, 10 Mar 2016 12:41:45 +0000

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I hear you PP, and recognizing "our own puny limitations" is of course a major part of coming to terms with ourselves beyond the political realm. The thing with Trump is that he scares me in a demagogue kind of way (hope this isn't retreading subject matter that's been exhausted), even as I see people who I know who are drawn to him. So, I guess the thing is, we're watching Trump exploit anger and frustration with a warped populist message and a brilliant media strategy, and with just awful racist under and overtones at its core. It's hard to sit back and watch that happen, no? I mean, if he says he's going to deport all these people, I guess one could assume that in fact he could not and will not do that if he's elected, but it's hard to ignore I think.

Anyway, pleasure to read.