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DeepModem Mom

(38,402 posts)
Mon Nov 9, 2015, 08:50 PM Nov 2015

Reality Check: Hillary Is the Only Thing That Stands Between Trump-Carson and the Nuclear Button (Hillary Group)

A U.S. presidential election isn’t some political entertainment show - it is a selection process that shapes our collective future.

The presidential primaries are a vetting process designed to weed out candidates who lack the vision, character, judgment, experience, knowledge or temperament to assume the monumental responsibilities of the presidency.

On the Democratic side, Hillary Clinton has demonstrated an abundance of each of those presidential attributes. In glaring contrast, two men sit atop the 2016 Republican primary field who, despite their accomplishments, lack the vision, character, judgment, experience, knowledge or temperament to become President of the United States....

The boundary most people draw between thought and speech, between emotion and action, does not appear to exist for Trump. He says what he wants to say, insults whom he wants to insult, and never, ever considers apology or retreat.

That those insults include degrading and sexist comments about women should alone disqualify Trump from the presidency. But there’s much more. Ruth Marcus talks about Trump’s “boastful ignorance” and questionable temperament:

The primary ingredient — and the fundamental attribute that disqualifies Trump from the presidency — is temperament. This is a catchall that includes the capacity to lead and inspire; qualities of integrity and discipline; aspects of personality that range from steadiness to charm.

Trump’s temperament issues are … distinctively Trumpian: his incessant need for self-aggrandizement, his reflexive intolerance for being disrespected. These form a dangerous brew in a potential president, equal parts narcissism and its mirror image, insecurity.

Donald Trump shouldn’t be president, but it’s not because he doesn’t know the difference between Hezbollah and Hamas, or Quds and Kurds. It’s because he isn’t embarrassed by this ignorance, or at least pretends not to be....

In the public consciousness, Ben Carson used to be the grape jelly to Donald Trump’s chock-full-of-nutty peanut butter. He was the seemingly mild-mannered straight man to Trump’s loud-mouthed crassness. Yet he’s gone so far off the rails these days as to appear borderline unhinged, certainly out of touch with reality. Ben Carson is, in the words of another genius Andy Borowitz report, single-handedly shattering the stereotype that brain surgeons are smart....

Chronic prevarication is the least of our concerns about Carson. Like Trump, Carson’s sense of self is so inflated that he clearly doesn’t belong anywhere near the presidency....

Simply put, Donald Trump and Ben Carson are unfit to be president. With each passing day, it becomes clearer that Hillary Clinton is America’s best (and only) choice to keep the God Complex away from the nuclear button.

http://www.hillarymen.com/latest/hillary-stands-between-trump-carson-and-nuclear-button via #HillaryMen

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Reality Check: Hillary Is the Only Thing That Stands Between Trump-Carson and the Nuclear Button (Hillary Group) (Original Post) DeepModem Mom Nov 2015 OP
Nice article and I agree 100%. Kath1 Nov 2015 #1
Yes, they're unfit to be anything but what they are.. dangerous clowns. Thats all the gop is Cha Nov 2015 #2
Trump is a loose cannon feel_the_drop Nov 2015 #3

Kath1

(4,309 posts)
1. Nice article and I agree 100%.
Mon Nov 9, 2015, 09:59 PM
Nov 2015

Hillary is experienced and qualified and is far more grounded in common sense and reason than Trump or Carson.

I don't want either of them anywhere near the Presidency.

Cha

(297,314 posts)
2. Yes, they're unfit to be anything but what they are.. dangerous clowns. Thats all the gop is
Mon Nov 9, 2015, 11:03 PM
Nov 2015

capable of putting up.. thanks to the massive brainwashing system in the US. And, too many people willing to embrace the hate.

Thank you, DM M!

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