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LuckyLib

(6,819 posts)
Mon Aug 15, 2016, 04:41 PM Aug 2016

I ask myself daily "Who in their right mind would vote for Trump?"

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The usual Trumpets come to mind, but educated professional folks who should know better? Wow!

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/14/fashion/marriage-politics-donald-trump-hillary-clinton.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Ffashion&action=click&contentCollection=fashion®ion=rank&module=package&version=highlights&contentPlacement=1&pgtype=sectionfront&_r=0

One guy is a hematologist and professor at Harvard Medical School! Would make think twice about having him for my doctor.

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I ask myself daily "Who in their right mind would vote for Trump?" (Original Post) LuckyLib Aug 2016 OP
It would be those who are not in their right minds. Thinkingabout Aug 2016 #1
Trump is loved by the racists and bigots Angry Dragon Aug 2016 #2
I've known a lot of people at Harvard and MIT Warpy Aug 2016 #3
well it's easy if you basically just look at the (r) and the (d). unblock Aug 2016 #4

Warpy

(111,264 posts)
3. I've known a lot of people at Harvard and MIT
Mon Aug 15, 2016, 04:51 PM
Aug 2016

who were absolutely brilliant in their fields but total dolts once they stepped an inch outside them. This guy is probably one of them.

Ben Carson would also be an example of this.

unblock

(52,236 posts)
4. well it's easy if you basically just look at the (r) and the (d).
Mon Aug 15, 2016, 05:06 PM
Aug 2016

the polarized media, foxnews in particular, have trained us to practically ignore the candidate and form our opinions around the party. so if the guy is a right-winger, the logic stops there.

and if you're a single-issue voter, say, taxes, then similarly, there's not much to think about.

and to be fair, many of us would be voting for hillary no matter which clown they put up to run against her.

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