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Trump 2016: Yes. We. Can.

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout: Debate & Discussion' started by Honey Bear, Aug 5, 2015.

  1. A_3PO

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    I laughed myself to tears.

    Also wanted to move to the next page.
     
  2. Thefabman

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    What's this a picture of? I can't tell by the thumbnail you posted.
     
  3. B-Bob

    B-Bob "94-year-old self-described dreamer"
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    thank you, peleincubus -- now I can better understand RocketsLegend point about to ill.

    Also, To Ill a Mockingbird is one of my favorite books. Like RocketsLegend, it has southern roots.
     
  4. RocketsLegend

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    I get so pissed when I see **** like that. It would be so great to stick it to the media once Trump wins. Couple weeks ago I vote for the first time in my life and can't wait to do it again in November.
     
  5. Invisible Fan

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    Will Trump shut down the media once he wins? Or will he decree a media gloryhole for him to stick in his questionably sized member?

    I'm just trying to understand how the media will get "stuck to" by Glorious Leader Trump, and how joe blows like you and me win from it.

    Explain Rocketslegend
     
  6. Thefabman

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    I agree. That 1st amendment's getting a little too uppity!
     
  7. Buck Turgidson

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    This explains so much.
     
  8. Hustle Town

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    Among those aged 18 through 34, just 19% have positive feelings about Mr. Trump. He's one of them.
     
  9. okierock

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    I define free as something you didn't pay for. Obviously government services aren't restricted based on who paid but if you didn't pay at all then these services are by definition free to you.

    I know it's fantastical and hard to understand....

    Until I started paying taxes, government services were all free to me.
     
  10. ima_drummer2k

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    It will be the Night of the Long Knives all over again. (Google it, RocketsLegend)

    Except this time it will be called Night of the Short D***s.
     
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  11. ipaman

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    no one can defend the biased and controlled media not even trump haters.
     
  12. mtbrays

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    That's the spirit! Rather than voting for a candidate that could actually, you know, govern, you'd rather elect a shape-shifting demagogue to stick it to a few television channels.
     
  13. geeimsobored

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    Well the GOP has spent 8 years whining about how the media is out to get them and all of a sudden they're stunned that they are incapable of using media to influence GOP voters to vote for their preferred candidate(s).

    You reap what you sow sometimes.
     
  14. JuanValdez

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    Trump doesn't have much to complain about with the media. His whole candidacy was built on it. He doesn't have much ground game, he relies on mass communications to get his message out -- and doesn't have to pay for it because the news will broadcast it whenever he says something outrageous. This Hitler salute business probably isn't hurting him either, just more free publicity.
     
  15. ipaman

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    just because it benefits him doesn't mean it still isn't biased and controlled. he's just manipulating them and they don't even realize it.
     
  16. Nook

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    Clinton...... there is a Right Wing Conspiracy

    Sanders.... his followers b**** and moan that the media doesn't properly cover his candidacy and that there is some corporate monster controlling the media.

    Cruz.... was part of the group complaining that the media is liberal and gave Obama a pass for 8 years.

    Trump.... his supporters believe he has been taken out of context and purposely viewed as a racist.

    A whole lot of complaining and not much taking accountability.
     
  17. Nook

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    So please tell me, who is it biased towards, because every single candidate and ideology is complaining that the media is biased against their particular interest.

    "They" being hundreds of thousands of separate and distinct people and organizations? So YOU are aware that the media is being manipulated by Donald Trump, but all of these thousands of people have not figured it out?
     
  18. JuanValdez

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    If anyone is controlling the media, it's Trump. He made them his little b****. If there were any genuine illuminati dictating what Americans get to see, they'd have to be Trump fans; otherwise, they'd have never let him get all the exposure he's gotten.
     
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    Except for the disavow the KKK thing.
     
  20. Deckard

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    No kidding. Ipaman might want to consider broadening his news outlets. It is perfectly obvious that Mr. Trump is very adept at using the media to his advantage, as good as anyone I can remember, including Jack Kennedy. Not that Mr. Trump is remotely as good a candidate, but just comparing their use of the media during their respective campaigns.
     

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