The Republican Presidential Primary Debate

[RedRosa]

There are many things I could say about the debacle in Milwaukee. Mostly, we have a a group of cretins aspiring to exactly I do not know what.

Donald Trump began the evening 42 points in front of the pack. And after the debate he will still be 42 in front because except for a couple of underpowered swings from Christie and even Pence, it was All Hail Donald The Dear Leader Night. The insupportable coward named Mike Pence re-assured us he would in fact be voting for the man who vowed to have him hung.

At least Vivek got crushed. And Lovable Tim Scott was revealed to be the religious extremist he is in reality. Not that it matters because until further notice Donald J Trump is poised to be the presidential candidate of the GOP even with 91 felony counts and maybe a felony conviction or two before the knuckle draggers stumble to the polls.

I was gonna write something more but Steve Schmidt took the words out of my mouth and made them even better. Give him a listen. Surreal is an understatement!

[MarieGreen]

Really interesting to see from outside.

Not on the scale of Trump but Boris Johnson is our equivalent and I have no doubt he's going to come back some day. The damage he did to the UK though is huge. But the damage was both economic as well as social.

I've never liked BoJo in the same way I've never liked Trump. Both leaders peddle simple answers to complex problems and that is dangerous. What I don't understand is why people don't see through the rhetoric and bluster but loads don't. What's more worrying in the US particularly is the popularity of Trump and how that has hobnailed the GOP from switching direction. But then the Tory party in the UK had plumbed new depths even without him.

Sorry to be a cliché but when I was at school I used to wonder how the Nazis gained power in a democratic country like Germany. I don't wonder anymore. The way recent right wing leaders have behaved in the 21st century, I can see exactly how it happened.

[RedRosa]

...Sorry to be a cliché but when I was at school I used to wonder how the Nazis gained power in a democratic country like Germany. I don't wonder anymore. The way recent right wing leaders have behaved in the 21st century, I can see exactly how it happened.

Same here.

I have that back in 2016 when Trump was elected I dismissed him as a buffoon but over the years of his presidency I came to see him as fascist adjacent with his base consisting of the worst elements of US society.