Posted on 01/28/2016 6:00:20 AM PST by reaganaut1
Is Donald Trump the sharia of American politics? I'm having trouble finding much daylight between Islamic law's repressive blasphemy standards and the mogul's thin-skinned sense of privilege.
None of us wants to be insulted or smeared. But sharia forbids not only ridicule or slander against Islam; it bans any examination that casts Islam in an unflattering light. Worse, truth is not a defense: Even if one's questions are based on undeniable past actions or verbatim quotes from scripture, tough questioning is considered blasphemous. Retribution, moreover, is often completely out of proportion to the scale of the perceived "offense."
How is Trump different?
They say politics ain't beanbag: People in and around it eventually get slammed by opponents and other critics. But to Trump, the mildest criticisms are "vicious" attacks.
Let's take the exchange last summer with Megyn Kelly that prompted Trump to whine that he was unfairly treated and to heap abuse on Ms. Kelly in the aftermath. (Before I go on, note that I support Mr. Trump's rival Ted Cruz, and that I am on friendly terms with Megyn Kelly, on whose program I periodically appear.) Given the limited time, the slew of candidates to engage, and the grave problems faced by the country, could Kelly have made a better choice than to grill Trump on his derogatory remarks about women? As they say in the debate biz, that's debatable. But the questions she asked were hardly irrelevant..
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At this point, The Donald could change his name to Donito Trumpolini, and his fans would stand and cheer louder.
I do...
It’s wit like this that makes FR the George S. Kaufman of the flyover set.
“But to Trump, the mildest criticisms are “vicious” attacks.”
Oddly, that’s exactly who Obama is. The difference is that nobody in HIS own party nor the media nor 99.9% of repugs attack him.
THURS DEBATE????
FAIR & BALANCED DEBATE???
NOT
Google is teaming up with the Fox News Channel for the final Republican debate in Iowa on Thursday, January 28, 2016, and integrating new component into the debate to help people get informed before they head to the polls. Nabela Noor, Mark Watson, and Dulce Candy
will join the moderators in the debate to ask the candidates a question
Questioners:
Mark Watson- Jewish comic
Dulce Candy-Latino make-up artist
Nabela Noor-Muslim advocate who describes Donald Trump as a bigot and who visually portrayed him as being in agreement with national socialist Adolf Hitler.
www.breitbart.com/2016-presidential-race/2016/01/26/2868743/
http://dcwhispers.com/d-c-whispers-confirmed-fox-news-attempted-trump-kill-shot-exposed/
If this guy is elected President, brother am I gonna have a lot of “I told you so’s”
Unfortunately the country will suffer because of it.
More appropriatly, trump is the obama of republicans.
Trump does have the ability to turn people into raving, childish, name-calling lunatics here. He’s proven it over and over again, both here and in the media.
When Trump got upset at Megyn’s questioning I was truly puzzled, until I began to read his quotes about women.
Quote from the article:
“Mix in his signature instability: He would never stop treating Kelly nicely, until — turning on a dime — he did . . . just like Carly Fiorina was unattractive until she was “beautiful†. . . and Jeb Bush was a great guy until he was a loser . . . and Ted Cruz was a friend until he was a “nasty†guy that no one would have for a friend . . . and ISIS was Putin’s problem until we needed to obliterate them . . . and he was going to roll over all the “stupid†people on Capitol Hill who’ve screwed everything up until he was going to make deals with his old friends Pelosi, Reid, and Schumer . . . and he was going to round up and kick out 12 million illegal aliens but then bring most of them right back into the country. How can Trump fans think, based on what he’s saying at the moment, that they know what a President Trump would do a year from now? The truth is: No one knows whether what he just said is what he’ll be saying five minutes from now. And that is because Trump is a calculating showman. What he says in the moment is based on expedience, not rooted ideas. That’s why, if you stick around long enough, he will get around to saying everything: advocating abortion on demand and, eventually, the sanctity of life; professing admiration for Bill de Blasio and, eventually, Clarence Thomas; gushing praise for Megyn Kelly and, eventually, savaging Megyn Kelly.”
Mussolini was also a brash and obnoxious but wildly popular nationalist and populist during his rise to power.
More and more, I see Trump as his spiritual reincarnation.
And America is in such dire straits, I’d vote for Benito Trumpolini over Sanders or Clinton.
... If Trump became president, he would use his power to settle scores with anyone who criticized him. I don’t want this tyrant and lout to be president!
Amen. He is a petty little bully. That is what his supporters love about him.
At the rate this is going trumpees will have bashed/trashed everyone except lefties.
Spam. The Weapon of Choice for True Believers in THE ONE!
A campaign completely based on a changed position on immigration and snark. Boy was PT Barnum right.
To the healing: 100% correct
So glad you are psychic and KNOW what some one else will do
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