Posted on 12/11/2015 1:58:25 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
Art imitates Life, but sometimes(to paraphrase Oscar Wilde), Life outdoes the weirdest Art....
In a key scene in the movie, the Joker's voice comes over the loudspeaker on two ferry boats that have lost power and are wallowing in the water. Both are loaded with explosives. He tells the people trapped aboard the two powder kegs that they are part of a "social experiment"-there being a detonator on each boat that will blow up the other boat. If one does not destroy the other by midnight, he will destroy both boats. And so a countdown begins, with scenes of chaos, soul-searching, and moral argument on each of the crowded boats.
More than just mocking political correctness(something he does brilliantly), Donald Trump seems to take mischievous delight in forcing people to make agonizing(and, in any normal situation, wholly unnecessary)decisions. How else is one to explain his most recent proposal in calling for a "total and complete shutdown" of further travel into the U.S. by any one of the world's 1.6 billion Muslims?
This is one way of calling out the Obama administration-and the president himself-on a long and shameful history of thinking(and trying to get others to think)that the best way to deal with the threat to U.S. security posed by the growing appeal of Islamic fundamentalism is to pretend that it doesn't exist.
...Daniel Henninger captured his effect upon the current political scene...saying:
>>>The New York City prankster travels from state to state opening the nation's political fire hydrants, and no one seems able to stop the result: years of pent-up political and cultural contempt pouring into the streets.<<<
....... [biggest problem] awful choice if [Trump] and Hillary were to square off in the general election-truly a choice between a fire-hydrant-busting(or worse)Joker and the least trustworthy and possibly the most corrupt politician in Gotham City........
(Excerpt) Read more at spectator.org ...
” For starters, the so-called “establishment” is more conservative than any time in GOP history.”
You guys TOTALLY DISCREDIT yourselves when you make these claims - the country is $20T in DEBT. The Republicans have not come close to shutting down Obamacare, even though they could choke it off financially in 5 MINUTES if they wanted to. They can’t even stop funding to Planned Parenthood.
They DEFINITELY do not govern conservative, not even close. They do try to talk it at election time (hence your claim), but that stops working after a while, given their governing track record.
As to Trump, NO ONE here claims he’s a conservative, but he is addressing immigration and border security as more than “just another issue” and it is MUCH MORE as it WILL BE DECIDED in the next presidency - either we legalize the bunch that are here (and with that ensure a Democrat majority for generations), or we SEND THEM HOME. Nothing else matters if we lose on that issue.
IN BEFORE THE POLKA DO - oh, wait. This is the other one. Nevermind.
What result do you want? What is your purpose?
To avoid Obama II.
“To avoid Obama II.”
Then UNIFY behind Trump...because he’s not going away. It’s quite clear he will run Third Party if the GOPe does away with him after he LEGITIMATELY wins what he needs to secure the nomination.
You want Obama II, you may well get it, if you guys make this a 3-party election.
Who’s “you guys” Kemosahbee?
And your choice is...?
When I needed Hillary she was there to stupidly give me money. Love it.
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