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Tommy_Carcetti

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18. Just about any politician will be right on some issues. Even the most repugnant ones.

Reply to ghostsinthemachine (Reply #4)

Wed Feb 10, 2016, 03:04 PM

Feb 2016

It's the whole broken clock rule.

You'll never find anyone who you'll agree with 100% of the time or disagree with 100% of the time. That's just human nature.

That's completely apart from what Trump is about. The problem isn't that he's wrong on all the issues. It's that he's mostly devoid of substance on most of the issues, that where he should be talking about the issues, he's instead substituting his personality and ego instead.

And when politics becomes so personality and ego driven, it becomes a very dangerous thing.

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I think people are discounting a major reason for Trump's popularity. And it's very simple. [View all] Tommy_Carcetti Feb 2016 OP

Americans love slogans. They always have. yeoman6987 Feb 2016 #1

Dude you have to condense your thoughts... Anti-Establishment Feb 2016 #2

Trump is playing them Rebkeh Feb 2016 #7

Why, thank you. nt Tommy_Carcetti Feb 2016 #12

Trump knows that those "who can be fooled all the time" Hortensis Feb 2016 #27

K&R! beac Feb 2016 #3

actually, unlike the other Republican candidates, ghostsinthemachine Feb 2016 #4

He has said a few things GummyBearz Feb 2016 #16

Just about any politician will be right on some issues. Even the most repugnant ones. Tommy_Carcetti Feb 2016 #18

In other words, too many people are too stupid. nt valerief Feb 2016 #5

That's the true problem. tabasco Feb 2016 #8

"Most voters don't have opinions on policies, they have feelings about issues" phantom power Feb 2016 #6

But more than half the eligible voters don't vote leftstreet Feb 2016 #14

I think you're absolutely right about the mechanism he uses. COLGATE4 Feb 2016 #9

The irony of it is that those same people..... Tommy_Carcetti Feb 2016 #23

Exactly. Hortensis Feb 2016 #28

Because he has been given hours and hours of free TV coverage, the average uninformed patricia92243 Feb 2016 #10

From my conversations - the issues are - trade policy - jobs - and fear SoLeftIAmRight Feb 2016 #11

From a conversation with my girlfriend: Populist_Prole Feb 2016 #13

That's why politics are great The2ndWheel Feb 2016 #15

But this is an extraordinary case. Tommy_Carcetti Feb 2016 #17

Well said. k&r DesertRat Feb 2016 #19

he has also proposed massive tax cuts hfojvt Feb 2016 #20

Sure, all politicians engage in sloganing. Tommy_Carcetti Feb 2016 #22

I have not been watching much TV hfojvt Feb 2016 #29

You're seriously comparing Trump's rhetoric to Obama's? Tommy_Carcetti Feb 2016 #30

listen to Obama's speech hfojvt Feb 2016 #31

It was remisencent of most primary speeches. Tommy_Carcetti Feb 2016 #32

I probably have not watched any TV in the last 7 months hfojvt Feb 2016 #33

Trump is a symptom, not the disease LittleBlue Feb 2016 #21

Right marions ghost Feb 2016 #25

There are over 300 million people in this country. Simple probability ... 11 Bravo Feb 2016 #24

As Much As RobinA Feb 2016 #26

Not necessarily scamming in terms of money... Tommy_Carcetti Feb 2016 #35

I don't know if anyone if discounting that reason. Zing Zing Zingbah Feb 2016 #34

Love it or hate it, Facebook does serve a certain purpose. Tommy_Carcetti Feb 2016 #36

True, Facebook is probably the best tool Zing Zing Zingbah Feb 2016 #37

or perhaps there are 40% of republicans who are hateful, misogynistic racists....? spanone Feb 2016 #38