Open Thread - Wed. March 23, 2016 - Fascism- Could It Happen Here? (Updated)
Submitted by gulfgal98 on Wed, 03/23/2016 - 6:30amWhen fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying the cross.
- attributed to Sinclair Lewis
When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying the cross.
- attributed to Sinclair Lewis
"Last I checked, we don’t have a rubber shortage in America. Look, when I was in college, we had a machine in the bathroom, you put 50 cents in and voila.
This November's election in the U.S. has the potential to be... interesting.
With 100 pc precincts reported, both Hillary and Der Drumpf win by 0,1 - 0,2 % vote (less than 2 000 out of 660 000 or 925 000, resp).
Just amazing!
but I am having too many "sads" recently, therefore I feel I should not feel bad or hesitate to point you to this essay.
Blowing the Biggest Political Story of the Last 50 Years - Posted on Mar 12, 2016 - By Neal Gabler / Moyers & Company
Credit: @DTrumpHair https://twitter.com/DTrumpHair
Liberals don't realize it yet, but they are poorly equipped to defeat Donald Trump in the general election. Their normal tool of attack - pointing out the moral/ideological flaws of their opponent and shaming him/her - won't work with The Donald because The Donald has no shame.
What's more, Trump's supporters and potential supporters simply don't care that he says racist and misogynist things. It's simply not important to them.
When you look at a crowd of Donald Trump supporters, several things stand out.
They are white.
They are often older.
They are angry.
We have been pretty much movie free except for airline movies since we began our current Africa trip back in early August, so tonight we took advantage of the free wifi here at the guesthouse and watched someone's copy of "The Green Zone" posted up on YouTube. I won't provide the link to the youtube posting we watched but here's some info from the wikipedia entry in case you, like me, are unfamiliar with the flick.
First of all, consider the polls.
Bloomberg Poll.