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Donald Trump: The candidate of the apocalypse
The Washington Compost ^ | July 22, 2016 | Editorial Board

Posted on 07/22/2016 5:53:53 AM PDT by McGruff

THESE ARE anxious times in America. Despite a steadily, if slowly, growing economy and the absence of a major war, people remain troubled by a sense of national underperformance and myriad social ills, most recently the surge in racially tinged fatal shootings committed by law enforcement officers and against them. A new Gallup poll reports that only 17 percent of Americans feel satisfied with the way things are going, the lowest percentage since October 2013 — and down 12 points in just the past month.

For many, of course, a cause of concern is Donald Trump, who accepted the Republican presidential nomination Thursday evening. Belligerent and erratic, Mr. Trump nevertheless has a serious chance to win in November. In his acceptance speech, he sought to enhance his political prospects the only way he knows how: by inflaming public angst, so as to exploit it.

Mr. Trump took real challenges and recast them in terms that were not only exaggerated but also apocalyptic...

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; Political Humor/Cartoons; Politics/Elections
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I post this as humor. I think the real Zombie Apocalypse is next week.
1 posted on 07/22/2016 5:53:53 AM PDT by McGruff
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To: McGruff

When it comes to spreading lies, The Washington Post could give the old Soviet Union’s Newspaper (Pravda) a run for its money.


2 posted on 07/22/2016 5:56:00 AM PDT by ohioman
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To: McGruff

Big Media......jumping that shark with every nasty editorial and phony, alarming and nonsense ‘apocalypse’ warning.


3 posted on 07/22/2016 5:56:08 AM PDT by originalbuckeye ("In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act." - George Orwell)
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To: McGruff
racially tinged fatal shootings committed by law enforcement..

I stopped reading right there.

4 posted on 07/22/2016 5:56:48 AM PDT by Thommas (The snout of the camel is in the tent..)
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To: McGruff

Delusional...


5 posted on 07/22/2016 5:57:44 AM PDT by broken_arrow1 (I regret that I have but one life to give for my country - Nathan Hale "Patriot")
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To: McGruff

Bet no one over there even watched the speech and had pre-written review ready and able no matter what he said:-)


6 posted on 07/22/2016 5:57:49 AM PDT by Harpotoo
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To: McGruff

This article of print media apocalypse.


7 posted on 07/22/2016 5:58:19 AM PDT by monkeyshine
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To: McGruff

So, when the Democrats talked about the worst economy since the great depression over and over, that was not being exploitative.


8 posted on 07/22/2016 5:58:30 AM PDT by Repealthe17thAmendment
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To: McGruff

The Donald seems to have pissed off all the right people.

Good for him.


9 posted on 07/22/2016 5:59:30 AM PDT by Jack Hammer
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To: McGruff

Hysteria rules on the left this morning. The poor little HATE AMERICA FIRST snowflakes at the NY Times and WaPo aren’t getting their way.


10 posted on 07/22/2016 5:59:31 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Let's Make Our Founding Documents Great Again!)
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To: originalbuckeye

lol

it is an “apocalypse” ... for liberals!

It’s the END of the liberal world!


11 posted on 07/22/2016 6:00:40 AM PDT by TexasFreeper2009 (You can't spell Hillary without using the letters L, I, A, R)
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To: McGruff
Mr. Trump took real challenges and recast them in terms that were not only exaggerated but also apocalyptic...

The Compost and all the other MSM stooges have an eight year investment in this administration and they are not going to throw it away or acknowledge their complicity in the disaster they supported.

The meme and key words for today will be DARK, ANGRY, APOCALYPTIC, FASCIST, & FEAR and LOATHING, among others.

And of course next week will be all unicorns and skittles in Filthydelphia.

12 posted on 07/22/2016 6:01:26 AM PDT by capydick (“Within the covers of the Bible are the answers for all the problems men face.”)
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To: McGruff

I love the smell of flop sweat in the morning. It smells like ... victory!


13 posted on 07/22/2016 6:02:48 AM PDT by kennedy (No relation to those other Kennedys.)
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"Despite a steadily, if slowly, growing economy"

Only for those working inside the beltway.

14 posted on 07/22/2016 6:03:30 AM PDT by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
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To: McGruff

I warned you yesterday that if Trump used the prompters that his speech would be leaked before he gave it, and sure enough, it was leaked. This is how MSM works, they have their spies everywhere.


15 posted on 07/22/2016 6:03:56 AM PDT by batterycommander (Surrounded? Stay clammed and call for artillery.)
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To: Thommas

I stopped at: “Despite a steadily, if slowly, growing economy and the absence of a major war” he he..


16 posted on 07/22/2016 6:04:41 AM PDT by hawg-farmer - FR..October 1998 (MECCA and Medina, the SNAKE HEAD..)
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To: McGruff

Did the author use the word “DARK” in his article ?

The DNC won’t pay you if you don’t use the word DARK.


17 posted on 07/22/2016 6:07:54 AM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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To: Springman
In case you missed it, the Washington Post's


18 posted on 07/22/2016 6:08:06 AM PDT by McGruff (How about investigating the donations to the Clinton Foundation)
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To: McGruff

Trump was good to revoke Waposts credentials. At least they are being honest in asserting their perspective which is they think that America is just fine and believe that the next President should just manage the decline waiting for some future apocalypse. Trump instead is offering to turn this country around and go full steam ahead to better days with an America strong again that commands respect because it has leaders that respect it and its people.


19 posted on 07/22/2016 6:08:20 AM PDT by Maelstorm (Free is just another word for someone else has to pay.)
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To: McGruff; WildHighlander57; Conservative Gato; Psalm 144; onyx; Jane Long; PA Engineer; ...
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20 posted on 07/22/2016 6:09:05 AM PDT by mkjessup (Hillary Rotten Criminal is a f--king murdering sociopath. You want that in the Oval Office?)
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