He did recognise it as a Mussolini quote. He said so.Originally Posted by Toby
He did recognise it as a Mussolini quote. He said so.
Who cares? It's a good quote.
Fair enough, I hadn't seen that. His response is a rambling mess and suggests he was embarrassed not to have recognised it (and therefore embarrassed to admit it), but I'd agree anybody else would have distanced themselves from it once that was pointed out.
Yes, and it's refreshing that he doesn't care.
At least not as much as he cares about the effect on his ego of not knowing something.
Shit survey time:
http://www.isidewith.com/
I agree with The Donald on environmental issues. Presumably that means we both agree that the land should be covered in golf courses.
Sanders, Clinton and Bloomberg were my top three by a distance, so at least I can confirm I am not a fascist.
I got Sanders, as would anyone on here or indeed in the whole of Europe.
So did I. Sanders was 84%, Clinton 77% and Bloomberg 76%. Then Ted Cruz somewhere down in the low sixties.
Gary Johnson (94%)
Ted Cruz (74%)
Bernie 'Bernie' Sanders (70%)
That took too long.
Way too long. Trump 80%, Cruz 71%, Rubio 71%.
Make Donald Drumpf again! It was a great segment.
Honestly, it's kind of entertaining watching the GOP neocons squirming over The Donalds success. NY Times had a piece a few days ago about the internal happenings in the party:
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/28/us...er=rss&emc=rss
"Inside the Republican Party’s Desperate Mission to Stop Donald Trump".
The twist at the end is amazing.
Ffs.
My misus was watching it during breakfast and I thought it was pretty unfunny, except for the lol I got when he said 'I'm great with words' or some shit like that.
I got 97% Sanders btw. Also 95% Clinton and Rand was nowhere to be seen so I'm going to call it shit.
John 'Dennis Nilsen' Oliver is a bit crap isn't he really? He's like a worse David Mitchell.
First time I watch him and I don't think I'll be looking for more.
Is he british or just a wanker?
I've no clue on any of them really, but it was a quiz to do. Well obviously I know Trump is a cunt but I presume the others are very right too.Ffs.
Jill Stein & Bernie Sanders 93%. I'm a hippie, apparently.
I got 96% Jill Stein, who I had never heard of until now, and 95% 'Bernie'.
Furthest from Marco Rubio, who I had not realised was such a 'values' bellend.
He's basically Mert with his whole nuclear family shite.
I got Sanders (100%), Jill Stein (98%) and Clinton (97%) which is a bit fucked up.
Trump was 11% and Carson 5%, which makes him an absolute fruitcake I suppose.
While I only agree with Ted Cruz on 24% of things, one of them is science. I feel stupid.
In British terms, even Bernie is only a New Labour sop. Jezza Corbz would out-socialism him by KO in the second round.
Somehow I don't think he'll do a similar segment on Hillary Clinton, though.
The GOP has spent a decade crafting and constructing the very attitude that is pushing Trump forward. It's the result of eight years of fear-mongering, demonization, and panicked obstruction. They have nobody to blame but themselves. He's not some misfortune they've had descend on them from on high. They created him, and now they can't control him.
You can't really compare the two. Trump's like nothing anyone's ever seen.
Hi Spoon, I know you're young so this all seems quite new but chill beloved.
Is that not a fair comment? As far as satire material goes I'm not sure there's ever been a comparable candidate. Certainly not one sweeping up actual votes for their party's nomination.
I'd assume Spoon's point is that it isn't really a fair comparison to suggest they set Clinton alongside and mock her in a similar manner, for "balance" or otherwise. For whatever her faults - I'm sure there are many - she's a serious politician running a fairly traditional campaign.
In the context of an Amercian Pres election, Spoon is right.
We've never seen the population flee to the right during an economic downturn? Ok. The Greeks voted in a party called 'Golden Dawn'...
By the by, this is the actual terrifying bit
It's been noted that around 100-200k Democrats have resigned in several states in the lead up to Super Tuesday.
It's not "fleeing to the right" though, is it? He's not even consistently "right wing", just all over the place. As far as a subject for satire goes it's a near unique situation.
It's not 'terrifying' at all. Trump is not Hitler, and the left's desperation to paint any right wing person they disagree with in such a manner is what really needs addressing.
There are some pretty massive parallels with early-day Hitler and the Nazi movement, you chief.
MASSIVE, you say? You think Trump is on course for mass genocide, do you?
'The Donald' will never do or say anything more sinister than this, so people need to calm down.
Trump = Hitler is seriously, seriously lol.
I just hope the CIA find an entertaining way to take him out, if the polls start looking queasy.
Hope its like the end of The Final Cut.
The CIA taking out Trump would be immense. It would probably start an armed insurgency.
There's probably a reason he said "early" Hitler. It's quite clear that Trump is exploiting fear of the other and blaming them for societal ills.
Trump was just talking about bringing the clean coal industry. Mint.
Yes, and it's said to insinuate that it could lead to later Hitler. Fear of 'the other' is very justified if we're talking backwards Muslims from backwards countries. To dispute that is to ignore what is happening in the world.
No it isn't. It's said to highlight the very clear similarities in how he is recruiting support.
Muslims, Mexicans, black people, the poor, homosexuals, the disabled, women....
Anyone ever read Philip Roth's The Plot Against America? He reminds me of Lindbergh in that.
Preliminary exit polls: At least 6 in 10 GOP voters support banning Muslims who aren't citizens from entering US.https://t.co/FiqY5VhtYv
— ABC News (@ABC)March 1, 2016
Nothing wrong with the 'clean coal' technologies, name aside. Carbon capture and sequestration is definitely one thing I would like to see lefties embrace instead of focusing exclusively on the wind/solar pipe dream.
More figures out today showing Bernie smashing all the Republican candidates out of sight.
Hilary not so much.
Shame that he will get smashed out of sight by Hilary tonight.
RIP in pieces Bern.
Anyone spot a white face behind Hilary? This is squirmingly embarrassing.
Why can't these dimwits see she's a clear phoney?
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