my dad

he's at a Trump rally

It depends. Did he go voluntarily or was he forced to be your community's sacrifice to the rising God-King?

What a fucking idiot.

What kind of person would go outside?

update: Father says Trump showed up at a "meeting" he's at?

my bullshit sniffer is hard at work

update: Father says Trump showed up at a "meeting" he's at?

my bullshit sniffer is hard at work

Twist: The meeting was a Bernie Sanders rally.

Twist: The meeting was a Bernie Sanders rally.

doubtful, considering my dad is so republican, he'd rather support someone who said he could shoot someone and get away with it than vote for a dem.

I like the idea he is making excuses though. Has Trump become some sort of forbidden fruit? A naughty secret in all the local conservative meeting houses?

I like the idea he is making excuses though. Has Trump become some sort of forbidden fruit? A naughty secret in all the local conservative meeting houses?

Yes, because, believe it or not, he's controversial even for conservatives.

I knew he was, but the conservatives of my family have completely disowned him. That is completely sensible.

It is people who secretly support him but try to hide it that stick out as weird. If you believe in something, fucking stand up for it. If you fill guilty about it, perhaps you should take a little time to reflect why you feel that way.

he'd rather support someone who said he could shoot someone and get away with it than vote for a dem.

But what if said man who shot a man and got away with it was a Democrat-but-also-probably-not.

Well, there are definitely a number of hardcore party loyalists out there in the world today. If Jesus descended from heaven on a cloud and announced he was running for President on a Democratic ticket, with a resurrected Ronald Reagan as his VP and William F. Buckley Jr as his press secretary, there would no doubt be a number of Republicans who vote against him because they ain't going to vote for no damn Demoncrat.

You can just imagine the career right-wing pundits rolling out the "Eye of a needle" talking points, or pointing out how Reagan funneled money to Islamic Terrorists in Afghanistan.

You can just imagine the career right-wing pundits rolling out the "Eye of a needle" talking points, or pointing out how Reagan funneled money to Islamic Terrorists in Afghanistan.

"You remember Iran-Contra? Yeah, that happened. And it was all Reagan's fault!"

I adore Trump.

Politics is just about the only serious interest that I have, and it is probably the most skewed subject out there in so far as how important it is compared to how much people care about it and especially inform themselves about it. Donald Trump makes people interested in politics, and for that, irrespective of his political views or mine, he has my thanks.

I adore Trump.

Politics is just about the only serious interest that I have, and it is probably the most skewed subject out there in so far as how important it is compared to how much people care about it and especially inform themselves about it. Donald Trump makes people interested in politics, and for that, irrespective of his political views or mine, he has my thanks.

The people who are into Trump seem to be people who have been interested in politics for a long time. He seems to be feeding off of the number of dissatisfied Republicans, particularly of the reactionary type. His bread and butter has been, as far as I can tell, baby boomer right-wingers who distanced themselves from Neoconservatives after Bush, and are looking for some charismatic neo-Reagan to restore the concept of conservatism and steal it away from all relatively moderate, uninspiring candidates that keep getting thrown to them. Trump isn't much of a conservative, and definitely not a neo-Reagan, but he can talk a good game and that counts for something when compared to the Romney's and Cruz's of this world.

Or are you talking about the knee-jerk reaction that is really common now among everyone else? How he has caused a lot of otherwise politically lethargic people to cringe in horror and pay attention? I doubt that will translate to any long-term political awareness. It's just the spectacle for the year.

I adore Trump.

(etc.)

I feel sorry for you.

I don't want Trump to win so much as I enjoy having a front row seat to the implosion of this fucktarded two-party system.

I really wish Rand Paul were a viable candidate, but Trump's still better than Shillary or Le Bern XD

but Trump's still better than Shillary or Le Bern XD

I feel sorry for you.

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I feel sorry for you.

Why? Because OMG HES SO RACIST/MISOGYNIST?