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Cognitive Dissonance and the Followers of Donald Trump
Townhall.com ^ | February 15, 2016 | Michael Brown

Posted on 02/15/2016 10:09:20 AM PST by Kaslin

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To: JBW1949

Not until later


141 posted on 02/15/2016 12:57:54 PM PST by Kaslin (He needed the ignorant to reelect him. He got them and now we have to pay the consequences)
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To: BobL

That’s not what you said. You said that the ordinary person believes that Bush lied. We KNOW that Trump himself was worried about WMDs (based on his own words). So why is he using what he has to at least suspect is incorrect in order to “connect” with the voters? Isn’t that lying?


142 posted on 02/15/2016 1:00:43 PM PST by Charles H. (The_r0nin) (Hwaet! Lar bith maest hord, sothlice!)
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To: 5thGenTexan

We all lose if Hillary wins.

Trump is the only effective counter to the Clinton Corrupt Machine.

I’ll take a thousand Trumps to one Hillary. I want her gone more than anything in this whole election situation.

It’s time my GOP friends realize that. Cruz will be attacked mercilessly, including being sued regarding citizenship. If you think the Democrats won’t do that you need to put away your drugs or whatever that’s clouding your thoughts.

Rubio and Bush can’t stay on track for more than a minute of two. They are silly, shallow politicians.


143 posted on 02/15/2016 1:03:25 PM PST by detch (")
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To: caww

All I can say is that it looks like you’re willing to have Hillary for the next 8 years.

I’m not.


144 posted on 02/15/2016 1:05:30 PM PST by detch (")
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To: Kaslin

So you are saying he grew a mustache?


145 posted on 02/15/2016 1:25:09 PM PST by patq
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To: Kaslin

Kaslin, you play the Rusty Trombone?


146 posted on 02/15/2016 1:27:09 PM PST by patq
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To: caww

“Did I say what you stated...of course not.”

Are you okay? What in the world are you talking about? I quoted a passage from one of your posts, but aside from that I attributed nothing to you.

“...you’re doing exactly as Trump does and as paranoid.....creating your own story”

Again, you seem to be just inventing things out of thin air.

“instead of facing the issues better minds do see regarding Trump.”

Better minds, eh? Well, as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle noted, mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself. You should really stay off that topic.

“If you want to believe Trumps promises about the border you go right ahead and live in his dreamworld.....it’s not going to happen as you think and hope.”

The odds that any of the others will do anything is zero. It would be less than zero, if that were mathematically possible. With Trump, there might be some chance.

Let me dumb down the explanation a little. Well, a lot.

Suppose you were captured by Satanic garbage—you know, like Hitlery, Reid, or Jeb Bush—and they told you that they were going to inject you with one of ten syringes. When you ask what’s in them, they tell you that nine of them contain enough cyanide to kill ten horses. They’re not sure what’s in the tenth, except that it might not be poison, or might not be enough to kill you. There’s just no way to tell. If you live through the shot, though, they’ll let you go.

Is there any way on God’s green Earth that you pick one of the nine syringes that contain enough cyanide to kill ten horses?

The problem here is that your “better mind” has not discerned that all the other syringes contain enough cyanide to kill ten horses. That is very odd, considering the performance of the Stupid Party since Reagan.

Every candidate they have presented—every stinking one of them—has stabbed us in the back at the first opportunity. You cannot be elected to public office in America unless there is something in your background they can use to control you. Maybe you humped a ten-year-old boy to death, or maybe, like Ted Kennedy, you murdered a few women.

“That ‘door’ he speaks of is exactly what has already been determined long before he announced.....all to facilitate the “human capital” crossing back and forth for the industrial parks all along the border.”

But who is he planning to backstab? Us, or them? It is as certain as death and taxes that the Two Cubans and the rest plan to stab us in the back. There is some non-zero chance that Trump will do better. Even Powerball odds are better than no chance at all.

“Trump knows this but is presenting it as “The man” who’s going to fix it all.”

Oh, noes! A candidate for election is saying that he is the best choice? Unheard of! Appalling! Despicable!

“Further you can be certain eh will not be deporting any more than possibly some of the gangs and criminal elements.”

Buncombe. There are no grounds for saying any such thing. We don’t know that he will, but neither do we know he will not. The Two Cubans, it is reasonable to say, will deport a few dozen of the worst criminals at best. Just a sop to election promises.

Now that Trump is actually being exposed to the thinking and advice of people who are not brain-dead libtard scum, the odds are good that his thinking on this subject will self-correct.

“...Trumps “friends” make too much money at their crap game to let that fly”

Who says they can stop him? They wouldn’t be able to stop you, would they?

“and they have more power over Trup then he has them....”

Who are “they” and what power do they have that billions of dollars can’t counter? Once he’s prez, Trump can emplace nearly limitless security.


147 posted on 02/15/2016 1:31:00 PM PST by dsc (Any attempt to move a government to the left is a crime against humanity.)
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To: AndyJackson

“The derangement of the Cruzers runs very deep here. If Cruz is only 1/10th as bad as his supporters he is a lunatic.”

I’m wondering how many of them are false-flag posters, just here to create hate and discontent.


148 posted on 02/15/2016 1:38:55 PM PST by dsc (Any attempt to move a government to the left is a crime against humanity.)
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To: detch

Trump’s scorched earth insult laced campaign leaves him with 60% disapproval and 27% second choice numbers right now.

Will be beat Hillary without those whom he has alienated? His 40%+ primary supporters will not do it.


149 posted on 02/15/2016 1:41:54 PM PST by 5thGenTexan
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To: Kaslin

http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/01/donald-trump-2016-authoritarian-213533


150 posted on 02/15/2016 1:45:51 PM PST by LouD
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To: JBW1949; Kaslin
I do believe he had his eyes closed during the "moment of silence" though...

It does look like it in the vid. He also -somewhat had his head downward. To tell you the truth, this is just being too nit-picky (as described in the first comment)

151 posted on 02/15/2016 2:19:21 PM PST by Mr Apple ( TRUMP / CARSON 2016 TRUMP / CARSON 2016 TRUMP / CARSON 2016)
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To: Kaslin

People just make up straw men about Trump and then insult his supporters over their imaginary stuff. “If Trump said everything he has said so far is a lie, his followers wouldn’t care.”

And people listen to this? It’s ridiculous.

I’ve given intelligent reasons why I am supporting Trump and they are completely ignored by people here. It’s frustrating.


152 posted on 02/15/2016 2:45:44 PM PST by Yaelle
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To: Charles H. (The_r0nin)

What has Trump done to “stop King Obama”?


Trump has dared say we need to stop illegal immigration. Trump has dared say we need to stop Muslim immigration at least until we know what is going on.

Most importantly, just by his candidacy, Trump has scared the powers that be and their winged monkey media. The oligarchy is so scared of losing their power over us that they forgot to stand apart from the guys in the opposing jerseys. Dems and Pubs and all the media from both sides come raining down on Trump with hatred. INCLUDING A LOT OF PEOPLE ON FREE REPUBLIC.

This has been my dream for years, that someone would take on the control the media (and whoever is in charge of them) has over our discourse and our body politic in this country.

If Trump dies peacefully in repose with a pillow over his face tomorrow, he has already taken on forces no one else could. Because they all need money, they are all beholden, every last one, and need to dance for their makers. He doesn’t.

Thank you, Donald Trump, for what you’ve already done for us. The media and the cabal running it are the enemies of our country.

I wish the rest of you understood it. Choosing the guy with the most conservative establishment creds is a GAME they let us play to fool us. I didn’t get it until 2015 so I know it is hard to understand.


153 posted on 02/15/2016 2:53:41 PM PST by Yaelle
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To: dragnet2

Yes, and you’ve been duped by an egocentric pied piper.


154 posted on 02/15/2016 2:57:37 PM PST by tbpiper
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To: tbpiper

I’ve been duped? Because I do not support Cruz and the RNC, et al, who are being bankrolled 100% by insider special interest and lobbyist.

You just don’t get it. Or you’re simply part of the big problem.


155 posted on 02/15/2016 3:35:29 PM PST by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: Yaelle

So, He’s talked.

And you believe him.

Got it.


156 posted on 02/15/2016 3:41:46 PM PST by Charles H. (The_r0nin) (Hwaet! Lar bith maest hord, sothlice!)
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To: dragnet2

Would you say the same about Tom Cotton or Louie Gohmert if they were running for president?


157 posted on 02/15/2016 4:21:17 PM PST by tbpiper
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To: tbpiper

See the tagline.


158 posted on 02/15/2016 4:23:09 PM PST by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: 5thGenTexan
Trump’s scorched earth insult laced campaign leaves him with 60% disapproval and 27% second choice numbers right now. Will be beat Hillary without those whom he has alienated? His 40%+ primary supporters will not do it.

I don't know where your 27% comes from, but whatever the number it's going to be way above whoever is number two in S.C.

All I want is for Hillary to be beat. I see Trump doing that most effectively.

159 posted on 02/15/2016 4:37:29 PM PST by detch (")
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To: Kaslin
Cognitive Dissonance and the Followers of Donald Trump

I suspect I learned and understood Cognitive Dissonance before Michael Brown was born.

I'm a Trump supporter.

I am also aware that these are desperate times. I don't grasp that threat lightly.

How many years of arrogance and/or intellectually challenged GOPe ineffectual eunuchs is enough?

If I were a GOPe non freshman, I would resign out of shame.

Politically Outmaneuvered by 70% sub-70 IQ opposition???

Seriously?

160 posted on 02/15/2016 5:45:27 PM PST by publius911 (IMPEACH HIM NOW evil, stupid, insane ignorant or just clueless, doesn't matter!)
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