White House: Trump's Statement "Disqualifies" Him

[Thermodolia]

I honestly hope this is beginning of the end for the Republican establishment. They have been cultivating and exploiting this lunacy for decades, but now, the lunatics are in control of the asylum.

And the Democrats are any better? No one is fit to run this country. It's a cancer on this Earth. Land of the ignorant, home of the deranged. Corruption and greed? They might as well be a Federal trademark.

What about the libertarians?

[Thermodolia]

Hopefully Trump will start a second civil war and assume his rightful place as emperor of the Americas

He needs to press it though, because it's a weak, non-inheritable one.

Nope, all he needs is martial law and Fox News will say it's for the greater good.

[The Texan Union]

And the Democrats are any better? No one is fit to run this country. It's a cancer on this Earth. Land of the ignorant, home of the deranged. Corruption and greed? They might as well be a Federal trademark.

What about the libertarians?

Please refer to the rest of my statement.

[The Texan Union]

He needs to press it though, because it's a weak, non-inheritable one.

Nope, all he needs is martial law and Fox News will say it's for the greater good.

Oh wait. That's true.

[Staythefout]

White house discredited itself seven years ago...

[Xarchia (Ancient)]

There's no law against running on a fascist platform, and frankly the White House statement just amounts to a badge of pride and endorsement for The Donald and his supporters. To them, it's a sign that they're pissing off the right people.

The more the media and political establishment rail against Trump, the better he does in the polls. It's amazing that they still don't understand the dynamics of the situation. If they really wanted to sink his campaign, they would stop covering him and his outrageous statements.

[The Orson Empire]

Nope, all he needs is martial law and Fox News will say it's for the greater good.

Oh wait. That's true.

Trump could suspend the constitution and declare himself dictator for life and I bet Fox News would say it is necessary for "national security".

[Threlizdun]

The Republican establishment is terrified of Trump. He's disrupting their political process, bringing up bipartisan subjects, and forcing them into corners where they have to justify their position to their base while avoiding being too ridiculous for the rest of society.

I honestly hope this is beginning of the end for the Republican establishment. They have been cultivating and exploiting this lunacy for decades, but now, the lunatics are in control of the asylum.

It will take far more than this to end the establishment, though this could be very useful for pressuring them into opening up the political process so as to be able to distance themselves from problematic individuals.

And the Democrats are any better? No one is fit to run this country. It's a cancer on this Earth. Land of the ignorant, home of the deranged. Corruption and greed? They might as well be a Federal trademark.

What about the libertarians?

Most of them are either voting for Sanders as tolerable candidate, voting for some Green or Socialist candidate, or not voting.

[Xarchia (Ancient)]

What about the libertarians?

Most of them are either voting for Sanders as tolerable candidate, voting for some Green or Socialist candidate, or not voting.

Libertarians? Voting for Sanders?

[Liriena]

White house discredited itself seven years ago...

Well, isn't that cute?

[The Wolven League]

Most of them are either voting for Sanders as tolerable candidate, voting for some Green or Socialist candidate, or not voting.

Libertarians? Voting for Sanders?

There's economic libertarians, then there's social libertarians.

[The Orson Empire]

I honestly hope this is beginning of the end for the Republican establishment. They have been cultivating and exploiting this lunacy for decades, but now, the lunatics are in control of the asylum.

It will take far more than this to end the establishment, though this could be very useful for pressuring them into opening up the political process so as to be able to distance themselves from problematic individuals.

What about the libertarians?

Most of them are either voting for Sanders as tolerable candidate, voting for some Green or Socialist candidate, or not voting.

I agree, though I am not sure reform would work at this point. The entire system needs to be scrapped and completely rebuilt from the ground up.

[Xarchia (Ancient)]

Libertarians? Voting for Sanders?

There's economic libertarians, then there's social libertarians.

Sure, but in American political discourse "libertarian" refers to a combined economic and social libertarianism. A self described "Democratic Socialist" is not likely to appeal to that demographic.

[Thermodolia]

There's no law against running on a fascist platform, and frankly the White House statement just amounts to a badge of pride and endorsement for The Donald and his supporters. To them, it's a sign that they're pissing off the right people.

The more the media and political establishment rail against Trump, the better he does in the polls. It's amazing that they still don't understand the dynamics of the situation. If they really wanted to sink his campaign, they would stop covering him and his outrageous statements.

Exactly, the more we give Trump news time the more his support grows

[Thermodolia]

There's economic libertarians, then there's social libertarians.

Sure, but in American political discourse "libertarian" refers to a combined economic and social libertarianism. A self described "Democratic Socialist" is not likely to appeal to that demographic.

I'm a libertarian and I'd vote for sanders if he'd get the nomination.

[Xarchia (Ancient)]

There's no law against running on a fascist platform, and frankly the White House statement just amounts to a badge of pride and endorsement for The Donald and his supporters. To them, it's a sign that they're pissing off the right people.

The more the media and political establishment rail against Trump, the better he does in the polls. It's amazing that they still don't understand the dynamics of the situation. If they really wanted to sink his campaign, they would stop covering him and his outrageous statements.

Exactly, the more we give Trump news time the more his support grows

The media and the pundit class are really in denial about the level of dissatisfaction that is sweeping the electorate; the fact that a growing number of Americans resent them and hate everything they represent is just incomprehensible to them.

[The Orson Empire]

There's no law against running on a fascist platform, and frankly the White House statement just amounts to a badge of pride and endorsement for The Donald and his supporters. To them, it's a sign that they're pissing off the right people.

The more the media and political establishment rail against Trump, the better he does in the polls. It's amazing that they still don't understand the dynamics of the situation. If they really wanted to sink his campaign, they would stop covering him and his outrageous statements.

Exactly, the more we give Trump news time the more his support grows

The media doesn't give a shit about that. All they care about is making money, and airing any news about Trump makes them money because Trump is so popular. It's a vicious cycle that needs to be broken.

[-The West Coast-]

You can't be disqualified for shit like that, the White House is blowing smoke.

[The Orson Empire]

Exactly, the more we give Trump news time the more his support grows

The media and the pundit class are really in denial about the level of dissatisfaction that is sweeping the electorate; the fact that a growing number of Americans resent them and hate everything they represent is just incomprehensible to them.

As long as the media continues to make money off of these stories, they don't give a shit what the electorate thinks.

[Xarchia (Ancient)]

Sure, but in American political discourse "libertarian" refers to a combined economic and social libertarianism. A self described "Democratic Socialist" is not likely to appeal to that demographic.

I'm a libertarian and I'd vote for sanders if he'd get the nomination.

If you are a libertarian, I'm not sure how he appeals to you; aside from his policies on drugs and guns, he wants to otherwise increase federal spending and taxes on the rich. That goes against everything most libertarians stand for. His foreign policy is okay; better than the Hawkish Clinton, but nothing like the staunchly anti-war policies of a Ron Paul. Basically Sanders is a Cold War Democrat.

[Thermodolia]

White house discredited itself seven years ago...

Methinks you have been listening to to much Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck

[Politicoandrous Anthronegative Proplex]

You can't be disqualified for shit like that, the White House is blowing smoke.

when has it not? democrats such as the president are all talk for anything not firstly outlined in their shitty policies

[Threlizdun]

Most of them are either voting for Sanders as tolerable candidate, voting for some Green or Socialist candidate, or not voting.

Libertarians? Voting for Sanders?

Sure, if they can stomach voting for one of the major parties, he's the only logical choice. I'll vote for him in the primaries before voting for some third party candidate when he inevitably loses to Clinton.

There's economic libertarians, then there's social libertarians.

Sure, but in American political discourse "libertarian" refers to a combined economic and social libertarianism. A self described "Democratic Socialist" is not likely to appeal to that demographic.

No, American political discourse has incorrectly used the term "libertarian" to describe classical liberals at best and neo-feudalists at worst. Libertarians, as the term originally applies, are radical anti-capitalists and anti-statists, and served primarily as a counterpart to what was viewed as authoritarian tendencies in Marxism by the socialist community. Democratic socialism isn't simply compatible with libertarianism, it's an integral part of it. Of course, I wouldn't actually call a social democrat like Sanders a democratic socialist, but he's decent enough to make some valid protest votes to shake up the Democratic establishment a bit.

[Geilinor]

You can't be disqualified for shit like that, the White House is blowing smoke.

As Josh Earnest said, the president has a responsibility to speak up for the Constitution.

[Thermodolia]

I'm a libertarian and I'd vote for sanders if he'd get the nomination.

If you are a libertarian, I'm not sure how he appeals to you; aside from his policies on drugs and guns, he wants to otherwise increase federal spending and taxes on the rich. That goes against everything most libertarians stand for. His foreign policy is okay; better than the Hawkish Clinton, but nothing like the staunchly anti-war policies of a Ron Paul. Basically Sanders is a Cold War Democrat.

I'm not a hardline libertarian, I'm a moderate libertarian. I'm also not anti-war, I'm pro-limited war.