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But before I get into all that let me just clear something up. What have I been saying about these folks? Well, I am right.
Trumps remarks about whether McCain, the Arizona senator and 2008 Republican presidential nominee, should be described as a war hero rubbed some in the group the wrong way.
I thought that was disrespectful, said Jean, a banker. Regardless of whether he [McCain] was technically a war hero or not, it was disrespectful.
As for Trumps characterization of undocumented immigrants as rapists, however, many in the room said it didnt bother them.
Trumps racism is no obstacle for these people, which they freely admit. What theyre less willing to say is that his racism is his primary appeal.
And if you think the McCain thing bothered them, well, it bothered some of them a little bit, but others not so much.
I havent heard a lot of positions, Andy said. But one thing is when he takes a position, and Ill use the John McCain thing, he didnt turn around two days later and say Oh no, thats not what Im supposed to say. He stayed with what he believed in, and thats, to me, what Im looking for.
This is a guy who went around the country for a year telling people that the president was a fraud who was born in Kenya and faked his birth-certificate. And thats what this guy Andy is looking for.
Now, take a look at this (emphasis mine):
Donald Trump is strong, Nick, a home inspector, said. He carries a sentiment and frustrations that I think a lot of Americans are going through and feeling right now. Hes the one thats able to articulate that, and bring those frustrations to light. I believe him when he talks.
He says it like it is, said Jessica, a data analyst, during the focus group in the first-in-the-nation primary state, conducted by Purple Strategies at St. Anselm College in Manchester. He speaks the truth.
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When asked what a Trump presidency would be like, this woman revealed that shes never been to Atlantic City:
Classy, said Cheryl, a real estate agent.
http://www.boomantribune.com/story/2015/7/30/105826/010
daleanime
(17,796 posts)That one got me too.
It may encapsulate the huge DIVIDE in the American Electorate.
Salviati
(6,009 posts)In that it has come to literally mean it's own antonym...
phantom power
(25,966 posts)has no hope of understanding why Trump is leading the GOP pack, or anything else about modern politics.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)"Classy is the new literally". I think you have coined a new term!
It's like "Pesto is the quiche of the 80's".
Skidmore
(37,364 posts)Apparently his father only left him bootstraps in their eyes. This bunch wants a daddy bully for president.
ProfessorGAC
(65,334 posts)He did pull himself up by his bootstraps. They were just REALLY good, REALLY powerful, and REALLY expensive bootstraps. 8 figures worth the bootstraps.
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,226 posts)Where they show those strippers doing some infomercial about some fake "classy" product (perfume, champagne, etc.) and they keep butchering all the words and lines.
malthaussen
(17,230 posts)As a magazine I read many years ago would put it.
-- Mal
pscot
(21,024 posts)olddots
(10,237 posts)materialism is even a stranger concept .