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Marengo

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70. The world, as you call it, has a good deal else to be embarrassed about.

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Embarrassing To Be An American. We Are Looking Like Fools To The World. [View all] TheMastersNemesis Sep 2016 OP

That stance didn't start with Trump. It started with GWB. DetlefK Sep 2016 #1

true. However We Look even Worse Now. TheMastersNemesis Sep 2016 #2

Nixon was a hateful, racist bigot. A nation built on slavery and genocide, what do you expect? Coyotl Sep 2016 #5

It's going backwards that looks bad muriel_volestrangler Sep 2016 #10

tRump boasts of it......wears it as a badge of honor...... a kennedy Sep 2016 #14

Exactly. People are supporting him BECAUSE he is a crass, loud-mouthed, racist, Dark n Stormy Knight Sep 2016 #73

reagan was a racist, misogynist, and a homophobe unblock Sep 2016 #41

Not nearly as openly.... n/t whathehell Sep 2016 #78

This message was self-deleted by its author BSdetect Sep 2016 #49

Here's what Der Spiegel had to say about it... smirkymonkey Sep 2016 #55

I agree Dorian Gray Sep 2016 #65

Yep awoke_in_2003 Sep 2016 #63

Our media should hold the lions share of the blame! Dustlawyer Sep 2016 #3

Well said. ^ world wide wally Sep 2016 #21

There's Someone Else Who Shared That Narrative ProfessorGAC Sep 2016 #43

So true. Duppers Sep 2016 #67

The shoe does fit but you do not have to wear it. gordianot Sep 2016 #4

Indeed colsohlibgal Sep 2016 #6

Too late Scarsdale Sep 2016 #23

I've begun packing up and disposing my belongings in preparation to sinkingfeeling Sep 2016 #7

What will you do if Hillary wins in a landslide? Wednesdays Sep 2016 #9

What does that supposed to mean? ^ world wide wally Sep 2016 #22

I assume to try to retrieve the disposed belongings. SunSeeker Sep 2016 #35

Me too...hopefully, my house will sell, if needed, between Nov and Jan HipChick Sep 2016 #17

The November 8 election is a referendum on the state of the American people. Trust Buster Sep 2016 #8

Yes, it is, but it will not end there Cosmocat Sep 2016 #51

Be embarrassed if you want. NaturalHigh Sep 2016 #11

The Republican party is a vast criminal enterprise vlyons Sep 2016 #12

Reaganomics matelize Sep 2016 #13

Welcome to DU LittleGirl Sep 2016 #25

America is a nation of dunces. nt LWolf Sep 2016 #15

Descendants of European Royalty bucolic_frolic Sep 2016 #16

Please. Canada had Harold Ford. The U.K. had David Cameron. Israel has Netanyahu. randome Sep 2016 #18

Harold Ford? Newcanuck Sep 2016 #26

methinks... the devil Sep 2016 #34

Rob Ford. (Where the hell did I did 'Harold' from?) randome Sep 2016 #40

Harold Ford was a former congressman from Tennessee. LuvNewcastle Sep 2016 #52

don't forget corporate media barbtries Sep 2016 #19

We do indeed look like fools. BIG ones, this time, too DFW Sep 2016 #20

DFW, I like your posts LittleGirl Sep 2016 #27

Basel is not a bad place to be DFW Sep 2016 #36

Well, I remember your username LittleGirl Sep 2016 #59

Welcome lebkuchen Sep 2016 #39

Well, please don't get upset with me here.... DFW Sep 2016 #54

Apfelsaft schorle lebkuchen Sep 2016 #57

Das beste kommt aus der Schweiz DFW Sep 2016 #71

Trump is easily the scariest candidtae of my life Fast Walker 52 Sep 2016 #42

I concur lebkuchen Sep 2016 #58

The headline of the OP is exactly right. world wide wally Sep 2016 #24

You said it. nruthie Sep 2016 #28

This is what happens in a ,,,, Cryptoad Sep 2016 #29

Try being in the UK right now, from that point of view... LeftishBrit Sep 2016 #30

We Americans tend to be a bit myopic. Trump is a symptom of a global far right surge right now imho. stevenleser Sep 2016 #33

I feel we're at the Bush stage at the moment muriel_volestrangler Sep 2016 #53

Fortunately/Unfortunately the world has its share of Trumps. Putin, LePen, Diane James... stevenleser Sep 2016 #31

As was pointed out on one of the morning shows... Stellar Sep 2016 #32

His slogan has already been translated into what it really means: Dark n Stormy Knight Sep 2016 #74

Brexit--we are not the only fools in the world! Evergreen Emerald Sep 2016 #37

Or bad company. LeftishBrit Sep 2016 #38

Brexit was brilliant. Boudica the Lyoness Sep 2016 #69

We Are Looking Like Fools To The World. AlbertCat Sep 2016 #44

Many people here cannot face their own shadows. ananda Sep 2016 #45

GWB, a near-miss with VP Palin, Rmoney . . . Trump. TonyPDX Sep 2016 #46

This message was self-deleted by its author OnDoutside Sep 2016 #47

from an enlighted people Elmergantry Sep 2016 #48

Hope You Are Right. Interesting Observation. TheMastersNemesis Sep 2016 #50

He was elected twice by wide margins, no less. But some want to ignore that fact. nt MadDAsHell Sep 2016 #62

I'm a proud American...because Hillary is going to win. ileus Sep 2016 #56

der drumpfenfuhrer would never have gotten past the first round of the primaries in a sane world, niyad Sep 2016 #60

You've looked at the rest of the world, right? Half of the countries have bankrupted themselves... MadDAsHell Sep 2016 #61

Maybe Dorian Gray Sep 2016 #64

In my experience the world tends to 'get it' Sen. Walter Sobchak Sep 2016 #66

Well, Michelle Obama didn't embarrass us just now... Wounded Bear Sep 2016 #68

The world, as you call it, has a good deal else to be embarrassed about. Marengo Sep 2016 #70

SEXIST NATION Skittles Sep 2016 #72

As if that hasn't been true since the far-right nuts took over the Repuke party. raven mad Sep 2016 #75

From tonight's "Mock the Week" - BBC show of jokes about the week's news. muriel_volestrangler Sep 2016 #76

I'm so glad I don't have any international travel planned. I'm just as flummoxed as they are. catbyte Sep 2016 #77

If you want a lift, go watch the presser with the Congressional Black Caucus today.... Hekate Sep 2016 #79