Van Jones- The problem with the Trump people is they have no class and manners like their candidate

[DemocratSinceBirth]

Said to some Trump flack who kept interrupting him on CNN:

[Tal Vez]

1. I really cannot imagine anyone wanting Donald Trump to be president.

How does somebody so screw up his/her life that having Trump as president looks like an improvement?

[TrappedInUtah]

2. They just wanna watch the world burn

Either that, or they're convinced Hillary would ban their guns. To be fair, she has constantly mentioned wanting more gun control.

[world wide wally]

3. Could it possibly be the 25/8 coverage of him on cable news?

I think Hillary or Bernie would completely wipe him out in a debate on hisl level if they just learn two simple words: "Yo' mama"

[lark]

7. Repugs would vote for the devil himself rather than vote for HRC.

I was talking to one of our agency's sales reps. from GA yesterday and we got on this topic. He said he hated Trump, didn't trust him at all, but would still probably vote for him because he hated HRC worse, considered her a bigger liar. We debated quite a while about "who's the worst", but he's a repug through and through and so ended up saying he'd either not vote for anyone for president
(yay) or would probably just end up holding his nose and voting for Trump.

That's why it's so important that Dems vote for the Dem candidate, which without a miracle, will be HRC. Is she a corporatist and too warlike, yes and yes. Will she turn the country to straight on fascism, NO.

I'll vote for her as the anti-Hitler (Drumpf) alternative and pray for the best. Or, a miracle could happen and I get to vote for Sanders, joyfully.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

8. It boils down to the wall and islamophobia.

They will forgive him everything if he builds the wall and sits on muslims.

They will even forgive him being obscene in front of their christianized children.

The Trumpet Trumpbots have these characteristics:

* Authoritarian submission
* Fear
* Self-righteousness
* Hostility
* Lack of critical thinking
* "Our biggest problem" thinking
* Compartmentalized thinking
* Double standards
* Feeling empowered in groups
* Dogmatism
* Ethnocentrism
* Prejudice

Fear, binary thinking, and compartmentalized thinking loom huge in their world.

[EL34x4]

14. There are just as many who would say the same thing

About Hillary Clinton. This election will feature two most polarizing candidates imaginable facing off against each other.

[Tal Vez]

15. That is inevitable.

In 2012, we had two candidates (Obama and Romney) who were both very temperate and still the GOP turned it into a very polarizing election. Right wingers have not liked the direction that this country has been taking.

[EL34x4]

16. The conservative base wasn't particularly enthusiastic

About Romney. And after four years of Obama, they weren't particularly threatened by a second term.

Hillary Clinton, on the other hand, is loathed with a white hot hatred by the right that they never had for President Obama.

[Tal Vez]

17. I wish that I could agree with you.

The conservatives have been miserable with Obama. As far as they were concerned, in 2012 Obama had had 4 years of warning about his race and no matter how many times they warned him, he seemingly refused to become more white during those 4 years.

In fact, I remember conservatives saying in 2012 that it was the most important election in their lifetimes (I know, they always say that) and that if they didn't beat him in 2012, there would be no way to thereafter save the country from irreversible ruin. And, yes, you're right, they will be saying the same things again this year. They hate Clinton, they hate Obama and they will hate Sanders should he be seen as a threat.

[Surya Gayatri]

4. Heard that live...a thing of beauty!

[asiliveandbreathe]

5. Love the quip -

Grandpa, what did you do to stop Donald Trump from bringing fascism to America? " " I trashed Hillary Clinton."

Sums up my fears....

[DinahMoeHum]

6. Got a link to this? Thanks.

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As for "class and manners", well, methinks Van Jones is giving Trumpty Dumpty too much credit.

[Hulk]

11. Methinks as well...

Drumpf has NO class. All the negative traits of the stereotyped "used car salesman". He will say anything for ratings and votes, not so unlike most other politicians, except there are NO bounds that he won't cross to do so. He is boorish, pompous and totally narcicistic. It's all about "me" and money. A most shallow sack of human feces with a comb over. Exactly what appeals to the reality life goons in our midst.

I'm ashamed of my country. More ashamed than I have ever been in my 68 years of being an American. This is personally painful. I no longer wonder what America would have done with a Hitler or Mussolini on the rise. We are seeing it with our own eyes, and with absolutely no excuse for lack of knowledge. Shame on the USA.

[lunatica]

12. I think he meant they were like Trump, not

that trump had class, unlike them.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

18. THIS- his intent was clear.

There was smoke coming from the Trump flack's head, not literally, of course.

[alfredo]

9. Attitude flows down from the leader.

[disndat]

10. Van Jones is a big Bernie Sanders supporter

He is a great Civil Rights leader and at one time targeted by the FBI until rescued by Obama and given an important position in WH. Now he is a regular on CNN.

[lunatica]

13. He also started a solar energy business hiring the disadvantaged in Richmond, CA

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It's in the Bay Area just a few miles north of Berkeley.

Being forced to leave his position with President Obama turned out to be a good thing for the US.