O.K., *why* do we/media give time/whatever to every NUTCASE thing TRUMP/whoever says daily?!1

[UTUSN]

[OldHippieChick]

1. Agreed. Am so angry w/ MSNBC

for devoting 3/4 of Hardball to this nutjob tonite. Nearly smashed the t.v.

[spanone]

2. .....

[MohRokTah]

3. Because right now, he is the Republican that stands the best chance of becoming the 45th President

of the United States

[Laura PourMeADrink]

8. I agree

[JI7]

4. at this point he is the leading candidate for a major party for president

But yeah. Before that they shouldn't have.

[UTUSN]

5. Yeah-yeah "leading candidate" - "best chance" ------- uh, *WHY* is this *happening*?!1 n/t

[WillyT]

6. Somewhere... In The Mid To Late 1930's...

[joshcryer]

7. Because he's the front runner of the fascist party.

[TheCowsCameHome]

9. He is an absolute gift.

Tie him squarely to the 2015/2016 Republican Party.

Then toss both off the dock.

[NobodyHere]

10. Because it will be talked about

And people will create threads on message boards about whatever Donald Trump says

[arcane1]

11. Because it works n/t

[Nye Bevan]

12. Would it be better if the media covered up the nutcase things he says? (nt)

[UTUSN]

13. You're British/European, correct?!1 Always a different perspective/I like it. n/t

[neverforget]

14. Trump says crazy shit to keep his name in the news

and to fire up his crazy supporters. The media eats it up. He knows how this done.

He'll say something even crazier later in the week.