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Trump does not have the support of a silent majority, it is the exact opposite: it is a very vocal minority that props up his candidacy. That's why he draws huge crowds at his rallies but Hillary is miles ahead of him in the polls. This isn't surprising either: all statistics seem to support the idea that the US is rapidly becoming more progressive and more socially liberal. Both as far as party affiliation is concerned, as well as support for individual policies there are strong indications that the majority of the country is just as leftist as Canada or even Europe: Abortion, same-sex marriage, legalization of marijuana, rapid rise of irreligion, increased regulatory oversight, ... to name just a few issues where left-wing policies seem to have opened up an unrecoverable lead over their right-wing counterparts.

Trump's candidacy is a symptom of this, it represents the last convulsions of a way of thinking (sexist, isolationist, racist, ...), belief system, way of life, whatever... that is very clearly on its way out. As every new generation is exposed to an increasingly pluralistic society, conservatism will naturally fall to the wayside.

This is currently more true for national policy than it is for foreign policy, since there's still a lot of fear in the populace's hearts left over from the cold war era and all the fear mongering that was done to prop up the economy by stoking the war-machines, but one will follow the other eventually.

This is a good article on the subject (although it is too complimentary towards Obama in my opinion, I would say his presidency is a result of that process, not an instigator or accelerant): http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc … ft/419112/

Let's move away from the offensive and outmoded language for a minute, he's a 70 year old man, his view of the world and male/female relationships is bound to be outdated. That's not an excuse, but no one should be surprised by it and it's only marginally interesting.

The below is a very simple, very understandable explanation of the Clinton and Trump tax plans. It should give every middle class US citizen that supports Trump pause. It's also a very good example of how monumentally stupid his policies actually are (you know, when you can actually pin him down on a given policy). Lastly, it greatly demonstrates Monkey's point about how he's just blatantly lying about him being anti-establishment.

SG, you should really watch this, by the way. You're not stupid, and I know you'll get what's being explained here. I'd be really surprised if you would come out in support of his tax plan after watching it:

By the way, those effective tax rate numbers are insanely low. Most if not all of Western-Europe has much higher effective tax rates and the middle class is both bigger and has a markably higher standard of living than you folks states-side. But that's not something Clinton is addressing either, so it doesn't really matter in this discussion. Just thought I'd point it out...

I'm sorry man, not singling you out, but these two posts seem super contradictory to me... Unless you mean neither gave the right answers, but then I'm even more baffled that you'd give Trump the win based on content...

There is nothing in there that makes her a bad person in my book, on the contrary: I actually respect her a little bit more after hearing that audio fragment (so I now respect her a little bit, I guess). See, Hillary doing her job as a defense attorney by defending a child molester doesn't make her a child molester, she isn't boasting about committing a crime, she isn't bragging about anything except being great at her job. Trump on the other hand is bragging about things he himself did/can get away with. He is the child molester in this scenario. This is not just two politicians bragging, this is one politician bragging about her achievements and one bragging about being a misogynist pig.

You can't just throw out that video and say "see, she brags too, so she's equally despicable". The bragging is not the issue here.

I'd recommend everyone actually watch that video, 'cause Pollux's description above is disingenuous and in no way supported by the actual video. Yes, she's telling an anecdote of how she, in her time as a defense lawyer, once was able to drastically reduce someone's sentence based on a technicality. That was her friggin' job, her legal obligation as a defense attorney (and I'd say moral obligation as well). All she's doing in this video talking about how good she was at it, sharing an interesting anecdote that demonstrates how the system sometimes doesn't work, that is all...

Nothing to see here, as usual, but at the very least watch the video and see for yourself...

So yeah, Hillary does her job and does it well, doesn't commit any actual crimes: she supports child molestation. Trump talks about grabbing women in the pussy, in line with all of his other misogynistic exploits: he's just joking. And you have the gall to say the media is skewing the story... that's just insane.