Discussion: Trump's Ballyhooed Immigration Speech Was Nothing New, Folks

It was pathetic. Nothing new. Hate filled towards those he deems unworthy. He is a bully. Subdued in Mexico but when he steps back in the USA he becomes bombastic. He is a coward. I had to turn it off.

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Soā€¦Iā€™m assuming the last person he spoke to was Pat Buchanan?

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It was unhinged and crazy so, yeah, it was nothing new. Hopefully it had the effect of scaring the shit out of at least a few people who hadnā€™t yet noticed how truly crazy Trump is, but I doubt it.

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This looked more like a reenactment of a Nazi film reel.

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The horrors of this election continue unabated.

This is a good time to reflect on the challenge posed by Jorge Ramos, a senior Univision correspondent.

It is simple and straight to the point:

ā€œIt doesnā€™t matter who you areā€”a journalist, a politician or a voterā€”weā€™ll all be judged by how we responded to Donald Trump.ā€

Please pass this challenge on to those you know.

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His call for an ideological certification should scare the shit out of everyone

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So are we going to stop letting ā€œmodelsā€ come here for work? Are there not enough attractive Americans to fill those jobs?

Donald?

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A lot of journalists will be judged very poorly by historians (as will Republican ā€˜leadershipā€™), that much I know.

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strikingly similar

Completely agree with Ms. Foxā€¦But, take a look at that 2nd photo of Trump and PeƱa Nieto:
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The known commodity of a Mexican President, trapped in an unnecessary protocol, and the small plotting thumb of his dominant hand and smug face of a manipulating maniac masquerading seriousness over a total endorphin highā€¦Plus, is that a part or a surgery scar?

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Meanwhile I see on the Washington Post that Hillary Clinton gave a major policy speech about a mental health strategy that might have a good chance of becoming law.

Way to go, media fucks! You were all so seriously played today that even by the already low standards of your profession, you manage to sink even lower.

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His speech is meant to scare people all right. Scare the rubes into thinking that crime is everywhere all the time. Complete nonsense to most people but exactly for who the Trump-Breitbart-Ailes axis of evil want as a constituency: Frightened morons who watch Fox News and think Alex Jones is a serious person.

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Blames sanctuary cities and illegal immigrants for gun violence murders that account for about .005 of all gun murders.

And Ms. Steinleā€™s murder was no less tragic because the gun was stolen. However, it was the NRA that boycotted Smith and Wesson in the 1990ā€™s into near bankruptcy for daring to buck LaPierre by developing Smart technology that could have blocked the thief from using the stolen gun to shoot her. So if Trump wants to blame someone for her murder and the hundreds of children each year who kill siblings and playmates, he should look to the GOP congressional majority who act the puppets to the gun industryā€™s LaPierre.

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And just think, this steaming bag of toxic horseshit is brought to you by the same suspects: the GOP. After all these years, the biggest distraction to actually running the country. None of this deportation crap would ever happen, elected or not. Everyone is distracted from whatā€™s really going on by this gigantic carney routine. Keep your hand on your wallet at all times folks. This is when the pickpockets come through.

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Bipolar much?

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The only thing missing from the latest Trumpathon was a burning cross.

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Well, Iā€™m guessing the ā€œPresidentialā€ Trump that even Chuck Todd praised after Trumpā€™s performance in Mexico, went out the window in less than 6 hours.

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I love the ā€œair handā€.

Michael Smerconish who, like me, has lived in the Philly suburbs for a long time, was on CNN saying that Trumpā€™s speech didnā€™t move the needle to attract the key suburban educated voters. Watching the speech I couldnā€™t be sure how it might play, since the tone was loud and aggressive and negative (despite his repeated references to things or people being ā€˜greatā€™), much like his typical stump speech pitched as a major policy address. So I suspect thatā€™s why Smerc reached his conclusion.

My reaction is that Trump is planning to spend as much to deal with immigration as we do on national defense. It sounded like a war speech. He focused on death and destruction and the spread of crime. For most people my suburban neighbors, the kind of immigrants (illegal or not) Trump is talking about mostly kill weeds and spread mulch. Also, the kind of immigrant Trump likes work side by side with them in corporate and technical jobs.

Clinton and the Dems need to recapture the news cycle with some positive messaging, just like they did with their convention. Itā€™s wide open again for a positive message.

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Surgery scar? Noā€¦itā€™s the zipper seam. Underneath is the true lizard King from Zeta Omicron 5.

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