‘I Alone Can Fix It’

[Always Randy]

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Source: The Atlantic

Has any American political leader claimed so directly to embody the nation, to speak for it, to be its sole hope for redemption?

In 1968, Richard Nixon spoke of a nation torn apart by crime at home, and by wars abroad. But, he promised, better days were ahead. “Without God's help and your help, we will surely fail; but with God's help and your help, we shall surely succeed.”

Read more: http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/07/trump-rnc-speech-alone-fix-it/492557/

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No mention of God in his acceptance speech, but heck, if you think you're God you don't need to.

[benld74]

1. Said the Grifter

[backscatter712]

2. Trump's acceptance speech was better in the original German... n/t

[forest444]

5. As awful as he is, it's not the Trumpster that scares me.

It's his brownshirts.

When they lose this election - and they will - I fear for what some of them could try.

[MBS]

6. my fear as well. n/t

[forest444]

3. The very image of a demagogue.

Take a number, Donald; demagogues have come, and they've definitely gone.

[bucolic_frolic]

4. Trump thinks he's Don the Plumber

what a lunatic whackjob that man is

[red dog 1]

7. Compared to Trump, Nixon was a genius!

In fact, compared to Trump, just about anyone looks like a genius.

[paparush]

12. I said this to my wife..

I feel like every cycle, the Republicans can't possibly boil their message down to any lower common denominator, and every cycle I'm wrong.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

8. The clown with the amateur campaign & the dumpster fire convention thinks he's a genius. . . . nt

[Surya Gayatri]

9. This isn't really LBN material, Always Randy. It's analysis and commentary, not pure news.

The "I alone can fix it" quote is from last week, and The Atlantic is commenting on it after the fact.

Why not re-post in GD or GD-2016?

[TexasProgresive]

10. All I can say is, "Il Douche!"

[paparush]

11. Trump's Messianic Promises

are truly frightening and harken back to Hitler's style of convincing the populace that everything and everyone as an enemy and a threat that only HE can vanquish.

[etherealtruth]

13. I am sorry LOCKING (please refer to the SoP below)

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