The resemblance *is* striking, isn't it?
Posted on 11/21/2015 9:32:36 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
#TeamJeb won't let The Donald walk this one back
Jeb Bush is not joining his fellow Republican, Donald Trump, in arms in the age-old tradition of conservative combat against biased media reporting, and instead, Jeb and his campaign team are piling on The Donald’s latest absurd suggestion that there should be a database to track and monitor Muslims in the U.S.
A bit of a mini-media controversy erupted Thursday afternoon when headlines blasted news of Trump suggesting the mandatory registration of Muslim Americans: “Trump won’t rule out database, special ID for Muslims in US.â€
But, Mother Jones’ Kevin Drum quickly pointed out the flaw in the rush to report the latest Trump absurdity during a week of ugly xenophobic one-upmanship:
It would be one thing if Trump floated the idea himself of warrantless searches and special IDs. It’s quite another if a reporter brings them up and Trump tap dances a little bit. Needless to say, in a better world Trump would have explicitly denounced all these ideas. Obviously we don’t live in that world. Still, the only thing Trump actually said here is that we’re going to have to look at a lot of things very closely. The rest was just a reporter fishing for a headline....
(Excerpt) Read more at salon.com ...
Come to think of it, he *is* rather impotent, isn't he?
Poopyhead
The resemblance *is* striking, isn't it?
Poopyhead
Jeb! isn't too bright...
Yes it is striking, but it’s also striking for Trump too.
The black and white picture of Mussolini is almost Trump’s double.
Il Duce - El Trumpo
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