There is an evil rising and taking hold in the electorate..

[Peacetrain]

These are changing times.. on both sides of the aisle.."To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven" Ecclesiastes 3 .. also a wonderful song written by Pete Seeger.. made famous by the Byrds..

We are most definitely in a changing season politically..

But on the right.. there is a darkness taking hold.. a fear.. that could consume the country..

I thought the Donald was just a person dedicated to his own celebrity when he first came on the scene.. now with the nodding heads of the press.. I have reassessed this man..

Donald Trump is willing to say and do anything to get elected.. and for some reason..he is not held accountable ..

He talks about protecting everyone.. people are fearful..and when they are fearful they run into directions you would never even begin to assume.

We have seen this play before in this country.. but never have we seen it take such a deep hold in recent times

Hitler targeted the Jews as the source of all the German problems and issues.. people want easy answers, a scapegoat to pin point all their problems on.. and minorities, racial and religious are the target of the Donald.. and the powers that be in the press are giving him a pass just as they gave the Bush administration a pass on the Iraq war..

Interesting times

EDIT..I re-posted this from GDP.. realized I was in wrong forum..

[Agnosticsherbet]

1. Freedom is dangerous...

You can live with the danger, or submit to the illusion of safety.

[Peacetrain]

2. so true..

[Avalux]

3. It's not going to consume the country. There's another uprising going on too.

It's not just hope - it's realizing that we actually do have power and can make things better for all of us. Thank you Bernie!

[Peacetrain]

7. I turned into a cable morning talk show the last few days..

and they are so stumping for Trump.. unwilling to even acknowledge the things he has said.. I have this gosh awful feeling of revisiting the past so to speak. we were here in 2002.. keep your eyes on the prize.. I am not picking between Sanders and Clinton.. I just want them both to be strong.. and the supporters to be strong..

[cilla4progress]

4. The point I've been trying to make here!

An epic battle between the id and the superego!

[Peacetrain]

11. At least our candidates have issues to discuss.. Trump is selling wholesale fear

and tuning into the worst of the human spirit..and it is taking hold..

[Control-Z]

5. It scares me that many Sanders supporters

say they will switch to Trump before voting for Hilary. What does this mean?

[SoLeftIAmRight]

6. ???

Got Facts???

[Control-Z]

9. Yes. But I no longer have a star

so you'll have to search on your own.

MSNBC must have repeated it 50 times over the last 3 days, as well.

I just don't understand it.

[SoLeftIAmRight]

15. MSNBC in in overdrive looking for the silverlinning for $hillary

Hillary supporters are asking Biden and Bloomberg to get ready if Sanders does well

That is a fact!

[Control-Z]

16. Link? n/t

[SoLeftIAmRight]

17. On my TV #356

I do not know yours - if you need help - let me know

historic landslide!

[jeff47]

20. So the real answer is "no" then. (nt)

[SalviaBlue]

8. Really? I have never heard one person say that, let alone many.

[Control-Z]

10. See reply #9. n/t

[pampango]

12. Well said. "a scapegoat to pin point all their problems on.. and minorities, racial and religious

are the target". It is what the right has done historically and it is what they are doing now. Trump is not the only one. He is very similar to RW populists in Europe and elsewhere.

[Peacetrain]

13. You are right.. and it is chilling..

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

14. ...

[DCBob]

18. I listened to Trump last night for a while until I couldn't take it anymore.

Its frightening there are so many people who think he should be our next President. Its mind boggling.

[Peacetrain]

21. The crazy thing is I do not understand what they see in him...

There is no there.. there.. so to speak.. It is mind boggling..

[hfojvt]

19. that sounds like your own "fear"

"Donald Trump is willing to say and do anything to get elected"

that is a story line that the media loves to throw at candidates. That was one of their scripts about Al Gore.

Playing the Hitler card, That is another common script that I guess will be with us for 1,000 years even if the Reich is not. Every President, every candidate for office will probably be compared to Hitler by their detractors. Silly. For one thing Germany was in much tougher shape when Hitler arose than America is now. For another anti-semitism was much stronger in that culture than any sort of islamophobia or racism is in this one. For another, Jews were a much smaller group in Germany than "minorities" are in this one.

[Peacetrain]

22. Not playing the Hitler card..

seriously.. the Donald wants to keep every Muslim in the world from entering our country.. He sees all Hispanic immigrants as rapists.. And yes there is a comparison to the techniques that Hitler used to gain power.. playing on fears.. blaming the other.. not only Hitler.. Pol Pot.. you see in in North Korea.. we have had other hitler lites (using the same technique of fear mongering he did) try to gain power in this country..but they folded up like a cheap tent.. this one is just growing like a fungus..