Donald Trump Heaps Insults on Lindsey Graham, Jeb Bush, Hillary Clinton, Other Foes

[brooklynite]

Source: Time

A triumphant and unrepentant Donald Trump launched a barrage of personal attacks and name-calling on his campaign rivals Tuesday.

He called South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham an “idiot,” dismissed former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush as “weak on immigration,” and mocked Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s glasses and Hillary Clinton’s hand wave.

“What a stiff, what a stiff, Lindsey Graham. By the way he has registered zero in the polls,” Trump said, at an appearance in Bluffton, S.C. “A total lightweight. In the private sector, he couldn’t get a job.”

Earlier in the day, Graham called Trump a “jackass.” In response, Trump called Graham an “idiot” and held up a card that included Graham’s personal phone number, then asked his supporters to call Graham. “I don’t know, give it a shot,” he said.

Read more: http://time.com/3966085/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-jeb-bush-lindsey-graham/

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Boy who let this idiot run for President?

Oh, right.....

[lark]

1. Repugs so deserve the Donald!

My fondest wish is that he run as a 3rd party candidate. He'll be handing the presidency to the Dems.

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

8. If he gets the R nomination he'll also be handing the POTUS over on a silver platter.

One Edit: Gold platter, obviously.

[JustAnotherGen]

2. His people - the people that support him

They feed this - as does those he inflicts his culture of cruelty on when they respond.

The best way to handle him, what he hates the most?

Being ignored.

[arcane1]

6. Indeed. Just like any troll, they don't mind receiving hate, because at least they're being seen

He especially doesn't deserve Latest Breaking News status for every brain-fart utterance.

[Mike Daniels]

3. American exceptionalism on full display here (sarcasm)

In any other civilized country a joke and a crank like Trump would be running on the ticket for some low-rent paranoid crack-pot fringe group.

Here in the USA he's at the top of the GOP heap. Although after this little outburst I'd bet the bank that Priebus has to be considering calling out the guys with the butterfly nets or pounding a case of scotch hoping this just some nightmare.

I'd like to think Trump's ranking is the result of a mass group of people just taking the p*ss out of the pollsters but too many polls have the same results for it to be a large-scale prank.

[erronis]

19. No sarcasm - you nailed it: paranoid crack-pot fringe group

That describes every one of the current herd.

It has to make one wonder, and perhaps want to do a PhD dissertation on, "Is the influx of huge sums of money making people crazy?"

In my limited experience, the people that are closer to the ground know more about the world than those that flit about above the clouds.

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

4. Congratulations, GOP! You built that!

The current Trump debacle is the natural outgrowth of 25 years of wingnut media shoving extremism into our discourse.

And with Trump, specifically, conservatives like Graham had a chance to stand up to him during birther-pa-looza, but said nothing.

Instead, Romney and the RNC latched onto him and gave him a sloppy kiss, while FOX gave him a weekly commentary gig and kept him in the debate.

Now they get to enjoy the Frankenstein's monster they created.

[Dawson Leery]

5. The result of Nixon's southern strategy.

The Rethuglicans have earned this jackal. May he take them down to a landslide defeat next year.

[Jack Rabbit]

7. The Rump may be choltling about his poll numbers today

Next week, when the survey takers who went out to the field Saturday bring their numbers back, the story will be very different.

The Turmp 2016 campaign is going to be to presidential campaigns what the Frat Boy's illegitimate presidency was to presidencies: the.worst.ever. Trump grabbed a lot of attention from the crazies in the GOP base and that got his poll numbers up, but he also grabbed some attention from his business partners who canceled his television programs, depriving Mr. Trump of a lucrative source of revenue. Maybe he can make up for some of it by manufacturing a line of Donald Trump piñatas, which seem to be in demand these days.

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

10. I vote the for "The Donald" - a new "gold" butt plug.

[BlueStater]

9. I have mixed feelings about his role in the race.

On one hand, his presence is only hurting the GOP so I sort of want him to stay. On the other hand, I want him to leave because the guy is fucking ANNOYING, his act is already growing tiresome for me, and he's just a revolting person in general.

So conflicted.

[MMTampa]

24. I agree...

He makes me sick but I want him in the race...he can only continue to do damage. Makes me worry about my state of mind.

[cosmicone]

11. At this point, he has all the crazies locked up ...

Nothing to lose by cutting others down and everything to gain.

On our side, it will only help Hillary if Trump keeps calling her names.

He is also hogging media space, thus preventing his rivals' message get any audience. This is making his rethug rivals try to be more outrageous than Trump which is going to turn off independents and helps our side.

[patricia92243]

12. Giving out someone's personal phone number is really quite unbelievable. Can you imagine him

working with other heads of states - brrrr.

[dem in texas]

13. So Much Fun to Watch Trunp

Wonder how long he will last? His ego is so huge, I can't see him dropping out even his he tanks in the pols.

[Plucketeer]

14. Well - the guy is a raucous ass-hat, BUT......

I have to concede - he HAS described Lindsey correctly. Has he not???

[Scalded Nun]

15. Looking at this from a conspiracy slant...

Trump has pushed everything almost off the table in terms of lunacy.

Once he is out of the picture even a nasty piece of work like Walker would look like a moderate.

[brooklynite]

17. Disagree

if Trump crashes and burns, he releases a flood of crazies to be picked up by the others, and the candidates will have to pander to prevent another campaign from grabbing them.

[Roland99]

16. Trump is what I call a "thickneck". You know the types. You've worked w/them. They've been your boss

The type that's constantly reeling off bad off-color joke after joke.

The type that stands in a hallway talking on a phone (or even to someone else) and sees you coming but will NOT move out of the way.

The kind that brags about buying some new car and how it goes this fast and has this awesome feature and...

The kind that would go hunting for elephants.

The kind that would go hunting for turkeys using a call and get the turkey 3 feet away from them and then blast it with a shotgun and then praise themselves for such an awesome shot.

The kind that would make a used-car salesman cringe.

The kind that would kiss his biceps while in the gym working out.

[spooky3]

18. I don't want to defend Trump, but

if it's true that he was responding to personal insults (and apparently also McCain made a personal (as opposed to a policy or strategy) comment about him prior to Trump's insults of McCain), then to me that's a little different from an unprovoked attack.

It all depends on how professional McCain and Trump's political rivals were in their initial comments.

However, it is childish and unprofessional for Trump to take the bait. If insulted, he should be smart enough and professional enough to come up with a response that does not sink so low. Pres. Obama, for example, does a great job of this.

[chknltl]

20. Scott Walker noticeably absent...hmmmm.

Thom Hartmann has a theory that Trump is only in it in order to help Koch Brothers get Scott Walker the nomination.

[kairos12]

21. Chump is an arsonist to rethug chances in 2016.

[Xipe Totec]

22. The Donald is now the puñeta of the Republican Party. nt

[Cleita]

23. Oh, he's just being himself and the press is giving him 24/7

coverage instead of airing the serious candidates and that would all the Democrats and none of the Republicans.

[roamer65]

25. This is all I need to say.