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Oct 11, 2020Liked by Eric Boehlert

Donald Trump is a man obsessed with revenge. It's as strong a driving force in his life as his greed. However, winning the 2016 election wasn't enough for him because to him revenge means having your "enemy" crawl on their belly in front of you and beg you to let them live. Donald Trump lives in cartoonish version of a mob drama. La Cosa Nostra would never behave the way he does because, in all honesty, getting things done is more important than appeasing your personal needs. The mob would have people around to steer you away from stupid obsessions - like in a real Presidential administration. Instead, Trump rages not only against Clinton or Comey or Obama, but against his own staff. The latter are the mommy and daddy he both needs approval from and despises - constantly screaming at them, "You're not the boss of me." If an advisor says, "Maybe this Clinton thing is a distraction," Trump will double-down like a four year old while looking you right in the eye. A deeply disturbed man.

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The political media have yet to pay a proper price for what they have done to destroy this country and respect for the rest of the media.

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Not that it would happen, but if Democrats do decide to expand the Supreme Court in response to Republican capture of the judiciary, it would make GOP heads explode if among others, they installed Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama on the Supreme Court.

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The right wing has had a lot of time to rile up the base against Hillary but not so much against Joe. Trump is trying anything and everything to see what works.

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A style manual is one thing but the bludgeon of jiggered fairness has no place in the hands of an editor, just as propaganda has no place masquerading as reporting. I'd hate to be the one who has to change out the drop cloth under the wall of what sticks at Fox.

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I'm very worried because 40% still think trump is capable of running the country, oblivious to the fact that he's ruining it, sycophants such as Hugh Hewitt are given a platform to weave fairy tales (and shore up support for Pence) on MSNBC & CNN and the Republicans are working overtime to suppress the vote.

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Disagree about the attacks on Hillary being caused by misogyny. The RW hates her because she’s a Clinton. The attacks on Bill were no less vehement. She just happened to be the candidate and target this time.

Beyond that I associate myself with Paul’s comment. This is Trump seeking revenge for opposing him in the election & actually getting more votes.

Fox is tied to Trump and his moods. They can’t cut loose now. It’s way too late for them to “discover” Trump is insane.

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I had been aware of Isabell for quite some time, but never fully paying attention to him. But “Alabama Pines “ really got my attention for whatever reason, and it seems to me he has only improved with time. “Dreamsicle” is more proof. Good choice.

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This campaign of Trump's is just so pathetic, it's really hard to believe it's happening. However I still am uncomfortable even though Biden leads in all the polls. It's still close in the swing states and my fear is that Trump will scream foul and then the Republican state run legislators will attempt to overthrow the will of the people unless it's a landslide victory. Perhaps I'm just suffering from PDST from 4 years ago but Dems cannot take their foot off the pedal. We must vote like Biden is behind. We cannot get complacent even if Trump starts ranting that aliens are in the government. I know that sounds ridiculous but would anything shock you at this point?

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