Except for a NY Times article. Trump's victory in the GOP primary opens up a new global debate on Fascism!
"The comparison was inflammatory, to say the least. Former Gov. William F. Weld of Massachusetts equated Donald J. Trump’s immigration plan with Kristallnacht, the night of horror in 1938 when rampaging Nazis smashed Jewish homes and businesses in Germany and killed scores of Jews."
"But if it was a provocative analogy, it was not a lonely one. Mr. Trump’s campaign has engendered impassioned debate about the nature of his appeal and warnings from critics on the left and the right about the potential rise of fascism in the United States. More strident opponents have likened Mr. Trump to Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini."
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/29/world/europe/rise-of-donald-trump-tracks-growing-debate-over-global-fascism.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=first-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0
Pleased to meet you. My name is Mike Sax and I an a more strident opponent. My nickname for Mr. Trump is Hitler 2.0. Which shouldn't be an insult for The Donald. He is an acute admirer of Hitler's speeches.
In isolation, maybe you could dismiss that story. But when you mix it with so much else he talks about, it fits a clear pattern. One is that the men he admires are always dictators. Putin, Kim Jong-un, the Chinese government's Tinanmen Square Massacre.
If you're an undocumented immigrant thinking of taking an advantage of Obama's dreamer plan you can't afford to dismiss it.
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/05/immigration-trump-deportations-dreamers-223658
Actually give Bill Weld some props.
Some early polls suggest that he and Gary Johnson on a ticket may be able to garner 10 percent of the vote-which will come at Donald Trump's expense.
Walter Shapiro
"The comparison was inflammatory, to say the least. Former Gov. William F. Weld of Massachusetts equated Donald J. Trump’s immigration plan with Kristallnacht, the night of horror in 1938 when rampaging Nazis smashed Jewish homes and businesses in Germany and killed scores of Jews."
"But if it was a provocative analogy, it was not a lonely one. Mr. Trump’s campaign has engendered impassioned debate about the nature of his appeal and warnings from critics on the left and the right about the potential rise of fascism in the United States. More strident opponents have likened Mr. Trump to Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini."
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/29/world/europe/rise-of-donald-trump-tracks-growing-debate-over-global-fascism.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=first-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0
Pleased to meet you. My name is Mike Sax and I an a more strident opponent. My nickname for Mr. Trump is Hitler 2.0. Which shouldn't be an insult for The Donald. He is an acute admirer of Hitler's speeches.
In isolation, maybe you could dismiss that story. But when you mix it with so much else he talks about, it fits a clear pattern. One is that the men he admires are always dictators. Putin, Kim Jong-un, the Chinese government's Tinanmen Square Massacre.
If you're an undocumented immigrant thinking of taking an advantage of Obama's dreamer plan you can't afford to dismiss it.
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/05/immigration-trump-deportations-dreamers-223658
Actually give Bill Weld some props.
Some early polls suggest that he and Gary Johnson on a ticket may be able to garner 10 percent of the vote-which will come at Donald Trump's expense.
Walter Shapiro
"It isn't good sign for GOP when NYTimes puts the name of their nominee in a headline that ends with "Global Fascism"
https://twitter.com/MrWalterShapiro/status/736732605643657216
Jennifer Rubin in her advice for Hillary on how to win over 'sane Republicans' urges some compassion for the GOPers-after all, at least we Democrats will soon be done with Bernie Sanders. Trump is the GOP nominee.
Agreed. I give her kudos for her principled stand against Trump.
And, yes, maybe it's time for a little sympathy for Mitt Romney who is not uniting behind Hitler 2.0 just because he's a Republican.
His motivation: “I wanted my grandkids to see that I simply couldn’t ignore what Mr. Trump was saying and doing, which revealed a character and temperament unfit for the leader of the free world.”
"Today, the GOP anti-Trump chorus is dwindling, leaving Mr. Romney among the few making the case publicly."
"Mr. Trump, in an interview on Wednesday, said of Mr. Romney: “Once a choker, always a choker. I’ve got a store worth more than he is.” He said Mr. Romney’s attack “has nothing to do with his country. It has to do with me. I’m the one who forced him out” of running in 2016."
"Former House Speaker Gingrich, referring to Mr. Romney in a Journal interview this week said: “Having a guy like that go berserk in public makes you wonder what his problems are.”
“He feels like the last lion,” one Romney confidant said.
"Mr. Romney said he is acting on his own behalf and acknowledged many Republicans think his Trump attacks could help the likely Democratic nominee, Hillary Clinton. Still, he said, “others, including myself, believe our first priority should be to stand by our principles and if those are in conflict with the nominee, the principles come first.”
http://www.wsj.com/articles/behind-mitt-romneys-increasingly-lonely-challenge-to-donald-trump-1464354734
https://twitter.com/MrWalterShapiro/status/736732605643657216
Jennifer Rubin in her advice for Hillary on how to win over 'sane Republicans' urges some compassion for the GOPers-after all, at least we Democrats will soon be done with Bernie Sanders. Trump is the GOP nominee.
Agreed. I give her kudos for her principled stand against Trump.
And, yes, maybe it's time for a little sympathy for Mitt Romney who is not uniting behind Hitler 2.0 just because he's a Republican.
His motivation: “I wanted my grandkids to see that I simply couldn’t ignore what Mr. Trump was saying and doing, which revealed a character and temperament unfit for the leader of the free world.”
"Today, the GOP anti-Trump chorus is dwindling, leaving Mr. Romney among the few making the case publicly."
"Mr. Trump, in an interview on Wednesday, said of Mr. Romney: “Once a choker, always a choker. I’ve got a store worth more than he is.” He said Mr. Romney’s attack “has nothing to do with his country. It has to do with me. I’m the one who forced him out” of running in 2016."
"Former House Speaker Gingrich, referring to Mr. Romney in a Journal interview this week said: “Having a guy like that go berserk in public makes you wonder what his problems are.”
“He feels like the last lion,” one Romney confidant said.
"Mr. Romney said he is acting on his own behalf and acknowledged many Republicans think his Trump attacks could help the likely Democratic nominee, Hillary Clinton. Still, he said, “others, including myself, believe our first priority should be to stand by our principles and if those are in conflict with the nominee, the principles come first.”
http://www.wsj.com/articles/behind-mitt-romneys-increasingly-lonely-challenge-to-donald-trump-1464354734
Romney says he won't vote for either Trump or Hillary-which is fine; basically a vote for Hillary for someone who has always voted Republican.
Maybe he gets to vote for Bill Weld-that would be ironic considering the two are from the same GOP Massachusetts lineage.
There comes to a point when it's not credible to say that Trump is a con artist and totally unqualified to be President and he is appealing to all these terrible things like nationalism and racism, but you know, Hillary Clinton will continue with Obamacare.
Give Romney some credit and sympathy here-though the Bushes are also staying away.
It's one thing to have a disagreement within the bounds of democratic parameters-like over healthcare. Donald Trump is a threat to those very parameters.
The time to say so is now.
P.S. Another conservative for Hillary, Tom Nichols:
"Trump is an existential menace to our system of government. So if #NeverTrump means accepting Hillary's win, so be it."
There comes to a point when it's not credible to say that Trump is a con artist and totally unqualified to be President and he is appealing to all these terrible things like nationalism and racism, but you know, Hillary Clinton will continue with Obamacare.
Give Romney some credit and sympathy here-though the Bushes are also staying away.
It's one thing to have a disagreement within the bounds of democratic parameters-like over healthcare. Donald Trump is a threat to those very parameters.
The time to say so is now.
P.S. Another conservative for Hillary, Tom Nichols:
"Trump is an existential menace to our system of government. So if #NeverTrump means accepting Hillary's win, so be it."
https://twitter.com/RadioFreeTom/status/736404872212418560
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