Posted on 02/28/2016 9:38:35 AM PST by TBBT
Trending on Twitter right now is the retweet by Donald Trump. I'm using an image because I can't imagine this won't be memory-holed at some point:
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Chuck Todd asked Trump about it on Meet the Press:
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TRANSCRIPT
TODD: You know right now on Twitter, there is a trending retweet of yours. You tweeted someone from "ilduce2016″ (okay, I wet myself, are you happy?), it was a Mussolini quote, but you didn't know it was Mussolini when you retweeted it, it said, "It is better to live one day as a lion than one hundred years as a sheep."* That's a famous Mussolini quote, you retweeted it, do you like the quote? Did you know it was Mussolini?
TRUMP: It's okay to know it's Mussolini. Yeah, look Mussolini was Mussolini. Its a very good quote, it's a very interesting quote, and I know it... I saw it... I saw what... I know who said it. But what difference does it make whether it's Mussolini or somebody else? It's certainly a very interesting quote.
TODD: Well...
TRUMP: That's probably why...
TODD: Mussolini...
TRUMP: I, between Facebook and Twitter...
TODD: ...was a fascist.
TRUMP: ...have fourteen million people who...
TODD: ...do you want to be associated...
TRUMP: ...want to be able to vote. It's a very interesting quote and people can talk about it. per Tuesday. It could be a big night for you.
(Excerpt) Read more at redstate.com ...
It is a Roman Proverb and not exclusively owned by Mussolini. (Abe Lincoln’s House Divided quote is not owned by Abe even though everyone thinks he’s the first one to use it. It came from Jesus’ words in Matt 12:25)
“I see very little difference between Mussolini and Donald Trump”
Then you show your ignorance of history. Obama is the fascist, you know, or don’t you? Obama, when he juts that large chin of his out, looks a whole lot like Mussolini’s jaw when posing. Both fit the definition of fascist. Trump does not.
Yup, we have it now and it will be perfected if DT wins the election. Se la vi!
Full court desperate press on Trump now. He’s a racist, fascist, mobster, tax fraud. Yet everyone making these claims have buddied up to him and begged for his money for years.
This Thad Cochran strategy worked in Mississippi but it won’t work here. The People see right through it and Trump will win big on Tuesday.
Agree.
“Doveryai, no proveryai.” (Trust, but verify) – President Ronald Reagan
The quote, “trust, but verify,” is actually an old Russian proverb that President Ronald Reagan used during arms control negotiations with Russian President Mikhail Gorbachev in the 1980s.
Really amazing to see so many, here, supporting the MSM/GOPe/Cheap Labor Express memes against Trump.
Telling.
You do realize for any who heard Trump talk about changing 'libel' laws was not about him being criticized. He was specific regarding a newspaper printing an outright lie. What would you do if a newspaper printed an outright lie about you? What happened to 'a time for truth'?
What is the quote? Is the quote/saying true or false?
Lions eat sheep.
Only because they are under a curse and won’t after Jesus rules with a rod of iron. No fascism, true justice, and I think we are all going to be vegetarians! LOL Maranatha!
“And the wolf will dwell with the lamb,
And the leopard will lie down with the young goat,
And the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; And a little boy will lead them.”
Isaiah 11:6
It is getting so childish now isn’t it?
Oh, so it is Cruz’s fault? That is rich.
Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!
The Daily Caller headline and story is even worse.
If you look at today’s web site, you will see stuff that looks like one of Soros’ gang.
I never realized the Daily Caller was such a rag, as bad as Red State.
#20 in case you missed it he hasn’t wrapped up the R nomination and he is already going after the first Amendment.
Once he is sworn in he will remember his endorsements of limiting/restricting the Second Amendment. (His vocalized endorsement of Clinton’s AWB)
His stance on the IPhone hack tells me he will trash what is left of the 4th and 5th Amendment too.
The future is looking Yuge! /s
Then you, my friend should study history.
A quote is a quote is a quote.
The sentiment behind the essence of the quote, the imagery, the meaning of any quote is what is important.
Liberals have quoted Mao, Stalin, Castro, Alinsky and others and expect no backlash from those quotes. No matter who made the quote.
If the media is panty twisted over it, then screw them. Use the quote.
Isn’t “keep your friends close and your enemies closer” a Russkie quote? Or, the enemy of my enemy is my friend?
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