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"Walter Banks" <walter@bytecraft.com> wrote in message 
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> On 17/03/2016 9:17 AM, jmfbahciv wrote:
>> Stephen Sprunk wrote:
>>> On 16-Mar-16 22:40, JimP. wrote:
>>>> Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>>> <hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com> wrote:
>>>>>> I simply don't understand them.  Voting is easy.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The pundits tell us all sorts of reasons, but that's their
>>>>>> own ideas, which are b/s, not the non-voters' reasons, which
>>>>>> generally seem to be nothing but apathy and laziness.
>>>>>
>>>>> A lot of people don't bother to vote because they don't think
>>>>> it will make a difference.  If my choice is between Hillary and
>>>>> Trump I may skip this one, although I'm also thinking about a
>>>>> write-in. OTOH that _is_ the appeal of Trump to his supporters.
>>>>> They feel he isn't just another "me too" candidate.
>>>>
>>>> Trump is a rabble rouser, on the type/style of Lenin and
>>>> Goebbles. Why he hasn't been called on it I find odd.
>>>
>>> There has been lots of media coverage of Trump rallies where he
>>> has supporters swear oaths to him (rather than the country) while
>>> giving Nazi salutes, where he incites his supporters to assault any
>>> ethnic or religious minorities that show up, etc.  Except on Faux
>>> News, of course; they love him.
>>>
>>>> I watched part of some babble last Sunday morning with Chris
>>>> Wallace and Karl Rove talking. They did their best to blame
>>>> Bernie ...
>>>
>>> Did you really expect better from Faux News, i.e. the GOP's
>>> propaganda machine?
>>
>> All the news people love Trump since he gives them lots of headlines
>> and they don't have to work so much.  If the debates had had
>> substance, Trump wouldn't be ahead.
>>
>
> I was reading David Brooks (NYT) editorial earlier today about all the bad 
> things Trump is or would be. The thing that jumped out at me if Trump is 
> the candidate that voters trust what does that say about the rest of the 
> politicians.
>
> The answer may be no farther than 7 years of GOB congressional
> obstruction. Listen to the voice of Cruz "I led the fight against..... "
> What did he lead the fight for??
>
> A career senate leader stating at the beginning of Obama's first term
> that it is his prime job to make sure that Obama a 4 year president.
>
> Jobs have been going away, years and years of promises ignored, wages
> have remained static, violence is up and business leaders/employees
> salary ratio is an ever larger number.
>
> What has anybody got to lose voting for a Trump who just might not be
> more of the same next time?

They can get someone who doesn’t have a fucking clue about
the basics and may fuck things up very comprehensively indeed
with stuff like the immigrants coming via Mexico etc and with
moslems already in the country.

> I am currently in Arizona next Tuesday is primary day. We will get the
> popcorn out to watch the show.
 

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