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OftenBen  ·  3224 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Moment of Truth: Why We Must Stop Trump

Anti-establishment candidates are in right now.

But trump is almost unstoppable. Pigs in shit, so to speak.





user-inactivated  ·  3224 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Because what could be more anti-establishment than running for President of the United States?

OftenBen  ·  3223 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Poe's law here, I can't tell if you're being satirical or genuine.

By one argument, he's a shill for trying to 'run the world' in the approved, nominal 'establishment' way.

By another argument, he's a (I know we all hate this word) maverick who has become popular with extremists and republicans who are dissatisfied with their party and its leadership. Therefore, anti-establishment.

user-inactivated  ·  3223 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Because the President can't do most of the things these people are promising/threatening without at least their party backing them, they're either fooling themselves or cynically manipulating burned out votes trying to recreate Obama's trick of winning through the votes of people who don't vote. My money is on the latter for the most part; Trump is pretty open about it.