Probably the most insightful article on 2016 election I've read all year...

[David Morris]

Not "Return of the Repressed." it's the Blossoming of the Turd-Flower.

David Morris

On Mon, Mar 7, 2016 at 4:28 AM, Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:

> real fine and different article. I see his triumph ( so far) as another
> victory for " the return of the repressed",  that mover of history.
> Oversimple but hey.
>
> I also cannot help seeing Trump in two ways out of the author I am
> obsessed with: 1) BIGFOOT--esp if played by an orange-haired Brolin with a
> decadent face--running for the Presidency and/or
>
> The giant adenoid rampaging thru America.
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On Mar 6, 2016, at 10:58 PM, gary webb <gwebb8686 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> took over**
>
>
> On Sun, Mar 6, 2016 at 10:57 PM, gary webb <gwebb8686 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> We are talking primaries here... The Republicans have been showing up in
>> record numbers... when it comes to a general election, after 2012 when
>> Republican Tea Party people  over state legislatures and gerrymandered the
>> districts, and imposed strict voter identification laws... I don't have any
>> faith... the system is herding the sheep to slaughter
>>
>> On Sun, Mar 6, 2016 at 10:31 PM, Ian Livingston <igrlivingston at gmail.com>
>> wrote:"
>>
>>> It's the ones who aren't showing that could hand the country over to
>>> utter ineptitude.
>>>
>>> On Sun, Mar 6, 2016 at 7:29 PM, gary webb <gwebb8686 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> They have been showing up to vote, and that's why we have Trump...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, Mar 6, 2016 at 10:24 PM, Ian Livingston <
>>>> igrlivingston at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> The people need to show to vote, and they need to vote to matter,
>>>>> politically--in the leap year and in the mid-terms.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sun, Mar 6, 2016 at 6:34 PM, Keith Davis <kbob42 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I agree, and hope!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Www.innergroovemusic.com <http://www.innergroovemusic.com>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Mar 6, 2016, at 9:20 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Republican Implosion! Pop the corn and watch it happen. Call me
>>>>>> naive, but America ain't that stupid.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> David Morris
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Sunday, March 6, 2016, Ray Easton <raymond.lee.easton at gmail.com>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On March 6, 2016 7:22:50 PM Jan Devenish <jndvnsh at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> > i have faith in the american people.
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "Nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the
>>>>>>> American people."
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Nonetheless, I do not believe Trump can win.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Ray
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> > On 6 March 2016 at 20:05, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> >> Just got off the phone with my 80ish mother who said she'd vote
>>>>>>> Trump vs.
>>>>>>> >> Hillary because Hillary is just like Obama, who's nearly
>>>>>>> destroyed our
>>>>>>> >> country. She said I needed to get more informed. I told her to
>>>>>>> stop
>>>>>>> >> watching Fox News. She's old, white, educated, but... untouchable.
>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>> >> David Morris
>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>> >> On Sunday, March 6, 2016, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>> >>> It's manifestation, not intervention. Big difference.
>>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>>> >>> David Morris
>>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>>> >>> On Sunday, March 6, 2016, Robert Mahnke <rpmahnke at gmail.com>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>>> >>>> I'd be more in favor of divine intervention if my side could
>>>>>>> get some
>>>>>>> >>>> too.
>>>>>>> >>>>
>>>>>>> >>>> On Sun, Mar 6, 2016 at 1:14 PM, David Morris <
>>>>>>> fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>> >>>>
>>>>>>> >>>>> Yes. Trump is the most potent manifestation of the GOP's mass
>>>>>>> >>>>> psychosis, which started when they greedily ate the monkey
>>>>>>> brains offered
>>>>>>> >>>>> by Ronald Reagan back in the day. (Hat tip to Charlse Pierce)
>>>>>>> >>>>>
>>>>>>> >>>>> David Morris
>>>>>>> >>>>>
>>>>>>> >>>>> On Sunday, March 6, 2016, gary webb <gwebb8686 at gmail.com>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>> >>>>>
>>>>>>> >>>>>> http://thebaffler.com/blog/donald-trump-trickster-god
>>>>>>> >>>>>>
>>>>>>> >>>>>>
>>>>>>> >>>>>>
>>>>>>> >>>>
>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
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