Trump's Biggest Fan In The Media : Trump's Duke and KKK Comments "Disqualifying"

[Mark III]

Joe Scarborough Changes Tune On Trump, Says Refusal To Disavow David Duke "Is Disqualifying" (http://feeds.mediamatters.org/~r/mediamatters/latest/~3/52Pb_Df7ELc/208877)

From the February 29 edition of MSNBC's Morning Joe:

JOE SCARBOROUGH: That's disqualifying right there. It's breathtaking. That is disqualifying right there. To say you don't know about the Ku Klux Klan? You don't know about David Duke? And the most stunning thing, Willie Geist, is this isn't buying him a single vote. I mean, is he really so stupid that he thinks southerners aren't offended by the Ku Klux Klan and David Duke? Is he really so ignorant of southern voters that he thinks this is the way to their heart? To go neutral? To play Switzerland when you're talking about the Klan? And to say he doesn't know enough information about the Klan to condemn them? Exactly what does Donald Trump expect to learn in the next 24 hours about the Klan? I just don't get it.

[Mark III]

Joe Scarborough has been kissing Trump's behind for many months. Now he says Trump is not qualified to be President.


I had one of the regulars here tell me yesterday that the Trump refusal to disavow Duke and the KKK was not a big deal.

Really? It is all over the news today.

[MisterVeritis]

Joe Scarborough has been kissing Trump's behind for many months. Now he says Trump is not qualified to be President.


I had one of the regulars here tell me yesterday that the Trump refusal to disavow Duke and the KKK was not a big deal.

Really? It is all over the news today.
It is also a lie. Big deal.

[Mark III]

It is also a lie. Big deal.

What is a lie ?

[MisterVeritis]

What is a lie ?
It is a lie that Trump did not disavow Duke's endorsement.

No biggie. The left, with its media, lies. It will make no difference.

Let's see what happens tomorrow.

[Mark III]

It is a lie that Trump did not disavow Duke's endorsement.

No biggie. The left, with its media, lies. It will make no difference.

Let's see what happens tomorrow.


When Trump was asked by CNN's Jake Tapper if he would disavow the endorsement of David Duke and the Ku Klux Klan Trump basically said ' I will look into it'.

Trump claimed to not be too aware of David Duke, saying " I have never met him".

Yes, apparently later in the day he tweeted "disavowal", but all that means is that Trump wants it both ways.

He was asked point blank to denounce racists and the words got stuck in his throat.

[MisterVeritis]

When Trump was asked by CNN's Jake Tapper if he would disavow the endorsement of David Duke and the Ku Klux Klan Trump basically said ' I will look into it'.

Trump claimed to not be too aware of David Duke, saying " I have never met him".

Yes, apparently later in the day he tweeted "disavowal", but all that means is that Trump wants it both ways.

He was asked point blank to denounce racists and the words got stuck in his throat.
I understand the lie. Really, I do.

[PolWatch]

Disavow or not...does anyone wonder how a candidate can be ignorant of who Duke is? Do you think being that uninformed is a plus?

[MisterVeritis]

Disavow or not...does anyone wonder how a candidate can be ignorant of who Duke is? Do you think being that uninformed is a plus?
Some people spent their life building things. How has knowing who Duke is helped you?

[Mark III]

Some people spent their life building things. How has knowing who Duke is helped you?


Your comments on politics become more backwards as the days progress.

[Mark III]

Disavow or not...does anyone wonder how a candidate can be ignorant of who Duke is? Do you think being that uninformed is a plus?

Trump was not ignorant of who Duke is. He was lying.

[MisterVeritis]

Your comments on politics become more backwards as the days progress.
You are looking far to the Left. It is the wrong direction. Face to the right and it will no longer seem backward.

[Tahuyaman]

Trump was not ignorant of who Duke is. He was lying.


I certainly would be able to believe he doesn't know who David Duke is. I'm not surprised by anything Trump might not know.

[Tahuyaman]

The attacks on Trump and the defense of those attacks proves that people can be irrational on both sides of an argument.

[Mac-7]

Joe Scarborough Changes Tune On Trump, Says Refusal To Disavow David Duke "Is Disqualifying" (http://feeds.mediamatters.org/~r/mediamatters/latest/~3/52Pb_Df7ELc/208877)



From the February 29 edition of MSNBC's Morning Joe:
JOE SCARBOROUGH: That's disqualifying right there. It's breathtaking. That is disqualifying right there. To say you don't know about the Ku Klux Klan? You don't know about David Duke? And the most stunning thing, Willie Geist, is this isn't buying him a single vote. I mean, is he really so stupid that he thinks southerners aren't offended by the Ku Klux Klan and David Duke? Is he really so ignorant of southern voters that he thinks this is the way to their heart? To go neutral? To play Switzerland when you're talking about the Klan? And to say he doesn't know enough information about the Klan to condemn them? Exactly what does Donald Trump expect to learn in the next 24 hours about the Klan? I just don't get it.




This is just the usual game of Whack-A-Mole that the ultra liberal MSNBC plays every presidential cycle.

they luved them some John McCain when bush was president but hated mccain's guts when he ran for president.

if trump drops out tomorrow they will turn the hounds on the next republican leader who might threaten hillary

[Mac-7]

I certainly would be able to believe he doesn't know who David Duke is. I'm not surprised by anything Trump might not know.

Duke is no longer a household name.

I think trump could argue that he has no association with duke and does not know him personally.

[Safety]

Some people spent their life building things. How has knowing who Duke is helped you?

You mean except in 2000 when he knew who David Duke was? So, is it senility or lying?

[domer76]

It is a lie that Trump did not disavow Duke's endorsement.

No biggie. The left, with its media, lies. It will make no difference.

Let's see what happens tomorrow.

I heard Trump's disavowal today. The best description of it is "clumsy". He blamed the initial mistake on a bad earpiece. What a dode!

[Common Sense]

Some people will defend anything this embarrassment to your nation says.

Pitiful.

[Tahuyaman]

Some people will defend anything this embarrassment to your nation says.

Pitiful.

Trump isn't the embarrassment. The fact that people are actually supporting the idea of him being the next president is what's embarrassing.

[Peter1469]

Obama's support from the White racists wasn't disqualifying. I cal bull shit.

[Tahuyaman]

It's getting to the point where there's no one who looks to be worthy of becoming the next POTUS.

[The Xl]

Never seen the media go after someone like this. Means he's at odds with the fuckheads that control the country. I think people see this, doubt the hit works.

Scarborough being on Trumps nuts just to jump off is obviously a low level ruse by the string pullers. Most intelligent people won't fall for it.

[MisterVeritis]

You mean except in 2000 when he knew who David Duke was? So, is it senility or lying?
How has knowing Duke helped you?

[Tahuyaman]

All this election season is proving is that America has been dumbed down to the point of no return. Past generations would dismiss all of today's top contenders of both major parties. People are so stupid now that anyone can become a credible candidate if they can get their face on TV on a nightly basis.

The cult of celebrity is the only thing the dumbed down majority respects today.

[Cigar]

Never seen the media go after someone like this. Means he's at odds with the $#@!heads that control the country. I think people see this, doubt the hit works.

Scarborough being on Trumps nuts just to jump off is obviously a low level ruse by the string pullers. Most intelligent people won't fall for it.


I guess you conveniently forgot all the Obama Birth Certificate stuff :laugh:

[Safety]

How has knowing Duke helped you?

It's helped me see who fits in his mold as to how his vision of America looks.

[Mister D]

Never seen the media go after someone like this. Means he's at odds with the $#@!heads that control the country. I think people see this, doubt the hit works.

Scarborough being on Trumps nuts just to jump off is obviously a low level ruse by the string pullers. Most intelligent people won't fall for it.

Isn't that obvious? The only aspect that surprises me though is how how lame most of this criticism is.

[MisterVeritis]

It's helped me see who fits in his mold as to how his vision of America looks.
In other words, not at all.

[Mac-7]

Trump isn't the embarrassment. The fact that people are actually supporting the idea of him being the next president is what's embarrassing.

It looks like a majority of the voters do not want any of the establishment candidates being offered.

If the liberals disqualify trump they will just turn their fire on the next republican in line

[Tahuyaman]

It looks like a majority of the voters do not want any of the establishment candidates being offered.



So, the answer is to cut off your nose to spite your face.

[Mac-7]

So, the answer is to cut off your nose to spite your face.

I wonder if you would ever vote for any republican.

There are a lot of people posting here who say they arent democrats but express their hate mostly for republicans.

and when I read comments by people who see no difference between repubs and democats I know there is little hope of ever reaching them.

[Safety]

I wonder if you would ever vote for any republican.

There are a lot of people posting here who say they arent democrats but express their hate mostly for republicans.

and when I read comments by people who see no difference between repubs and democats I know there is little hope of ever reaching them.

The irony in that post is the fact that Tahuyaman is probably more conservative than you are.

[Mac-7]

The irony in that post is the fact that Tahuyaman is probably more conservative than you are.

Not if he is indifferent to the idea of hillary as the next president.

he probably didnt care if obama got reelected either

[Tahuyaman]

I wonder if you would ever vote for any republican.

There are a lot of people posting here who say they arent democrats but express their hate mostly for republicans.

and when I read comments by people who see no difference between repubs and democats I know there is little hope of ever reaching them.


You are incredible. You claim to be this die hard conservative, but are supporting a liberal Democrat, Trump, for POTUS. Then you complain that the people who refuse to compromise conservative principles and vote for this liberal Democrat are the problem.

There is very little difference between Democrats and Republicans when people like you force the choice of Trump or Hillary Clinton upon us.

[Mac-7]

You are incredible. You claim to be this die hard conservative, but are supporting a liberal Democrat, Trump, for POTUS. Then you complain that the people who refuse to compromise conservative principles and vote for this liberal Democrat are the problem.

There is very little difference between Democrats and Republicans when people like you force the choice of Trump or Hillary Clinton upon us.

I prefer ted cruz who I voted for.

but if I dont get my way I wont take my football and go home.

[Tahuyaman]

I'm a conservative, not a Republican.

The Republican party has been trying its best to rid the party of true principled conservatives and they are succeeding.

They started to lose me during the Bush 41 administration. George HW Bush was a wishy-washy type conservative. He was consumed with compromising conservative principles in a futile attempt to get along with liberals.

I initially had hopes that GW Bush was the guy who was going to bring the conservatives back, but he fooled me. His support for the growth of government was staggering. Somehow the partisan hacks figured out a way to make themselves believe he was a true conservative.

Now a self admitted liberal Democrat is the front runner for the Republican nomination and his supporters claim people like me are the problem.

Incredible.

[Mac-7]

I'm a conservative, not a Republican.

.

then stop telling republicans what to do.

we meaning republicans are trying to pick the best candidate available but all you want to do is bitch at us for not being ideologically pure enough.

at the end of the day no matter who gets the nomination you will be on the sidelines complaining.

[Cigar]

then stop telling republicans what to do.

we meaning republicans are trying to pick the best candidate available but all you want to do is $#@! at us for not being ideologically pure enough.

at the end of the day no matter who gets the nomination you will be on the sidelines complaining.

Wow ... Touche :grin:

[Tahuyaman]

then stop telling republicans what to do.

we meaning republicans are trying to pick the best candidate available but all you want to do is $#@! at us for not being ideologically pure enough.

at the end of the day no matter who gets the nomination you will be on the sidelines complaining.


No, I'm criticizing you for supporting a liberal Democrat in the name of partisanship.

you don't want a limited government conservative in office, you just want a Republican no matter what he stands for.

[Tahuyaman]

then stop telling republicans what to do.

we meaning republicans are trying to pick the best candidate available but all you want to do is $#@! at us for not being ideologically pure enough.

at the end of the day no matter who gets the nomination you will be on the sidelines complaining.


Wow ... Touche :grin:

You have Cigar on your side. That should tell you something.

[Cigar]

You have @Cigar (http://thepoliticalforums.com/member.php?u=294) on your side. That should tell you something.

Not so fast smarty britches

[Tahuyaman]

I'm now starting to wonder if Trump entered the race as a Republican as a plant by the Democrats.

[Tahuyaman]

Not so fast smarty britches


You and Mac are bonding before my very eyes.

[Matty]

I'm now starting to wonder if Trump entered the race as a Republican as a plant by the Democrats.


I think so. It's called a spoiler. I cannot think of too many reasons a serious person running for POTUS would behave like that! What really mystify so me is that about 1/3 of republicans are swallowing it.

[Safety]

I'm now starting to wonder if Trump entered the race as a Republican as a plant by the Democrats.

I said that back at the beginning.

[Private Pickle]

You and Mac are bonding before my very eyes.

What is truly ironic is that the only difference between them is that they call themselves different political terms...

[MisterVeritis]

I think so. It's called a spoiler. I cannot think of too many reasons a serious person running for POTUS would behave like that! What really mystify so me is that about 1/3 of republicans are swallowing it.
Well:

...it is with a new CNN national poll out today that shows Donald Trump with a stunning 49 percent support nationally. Bear in mind that this is a poll focused on Republicans only — 306 registered Republican voters and 121 voters who lean Republican.
Via Breitbart (http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/02/29/donald-trump-crushing-it-earns-49-percent-in-cnn-national-poll-rubio-16-cruz-15/):
That’s 33 points above Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) who is in second place with 16 percent. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) is in a close third with 15 percent.


Ben Carson only has 10 percent while John Kasich has six percent.
Trump was at 24 percent in September before his national polling numbers began to rise substantially.


The polling results show that as more Republicans get out of the race, more Republicans are leaning toward Trump for president.

http://www.allenbwest.com/2016/02/new-national-poll-shows-huge-support-for-trump-but-one-giant-problem/

[The Xl]

I guess you conveniently forgot all the Obama Birth Certificate stuff :laugh:

That's a fair point, but while the conservative media attacked him pretty heavily, the liberal media went above the call of duty to defend him.

[Cigar]

That's a fair point, but while the conservative media attacked him pretty heavily, the liberal media went above the call of duty to defend him.

I can't weigh who was worse to who.

[Mac-7]

You have @Cigar (http://thepoliticalforums.com/member.php?u=294) on your side. That should tell you something.

You are not going to vote for any republican so its silly to argue you about selecting a republican candidate.

[Tahuyaman]

You are not going to vote for any republican so its silly to argue you about selecting a republican candidate.

I'm looking for a conservative regardless of party affiliation

[Tahuyaman]

I said that back at the beginning.


I'm serious. Given Trump's past statements and his relationship with the Clinton's I believe it's not a stretch to believe he is a plant. The Clintons have always had a great ability to exploit the attitudes of the time. They know that the anti Washington sentiment is prevailing attitude today.

Persuading a personality like Trump to exploit that mind-set and create a divide among them is a brilliant political move.

[Safety]

I'm serious. Given Trump's past statements and his relationship with the Clinton's I believe it's not a stretch to believe he is a plant. The Clintons have always had a great ability to exploit the attitudes of the time. They know that the anti Washington sentiment is prevailing attitude today.

Persuading a personality like Trump to exploit that mind-set and create a divide among them is a brilliant political move.

I'm as serious as a heart attack also. In my opinion, he's trying to see how outrageous he can be and still rise in the polls. It's a win-win for him regardless.

[Tahuyaman]

I'm as serious as a heart attack also. In my opinion, he's trying to see how outrageous he can be and still rise in the polls. It's a win-win for him regardless.


Obviously he believes all publicity is good publicity.

[Private Pickle]

I'm looking for a conservative regardless of party affiliation

Rand Paul already dropped.

[Mac-7]

I'm looking for a conservative regardless of party affiliation

Do you expect to find a real conservative at the top of the socialist democrat party?

Dont bet the rent money on that happening.

[Tahuyaman]

Do you expect to find a real conservative at the top of the socialist democrat party?

Dont bet the rent money on that happening.

Comments like that are why a lot of people just dismiss you. You have the personal integrity of the average partisan hack..... on either side.

[Mac-7]

Comments like that are why a lot of people just dismiss you. You have the personal integrity of the average partisan hack..... on either side.

Are you kidding?

you can't seriously expect the democrats to ever nominate a conservative.

Can you?

[Tahuyaman]

Are you kidding?

you can't seriously expect the democrats to ever nominate a conservative.

Can you?

I don't believe you are joking. you really don't get it.

[Mac-7]

I don't believe you are joking. you really don't get it.

I dont get you.

the democrat nominee - probably hillary - is anti conservative in every way.

Trump for instance may not be a true conservative but compared to her he is practically a founding father

[Tahuyaman]

I dont get you.

the democrat nominee - probably hillary - is anti conservative in every way.

Trump for instance may not be a true conservative but compared to her he is practically a founding father


No, you just don't get it period. A liberal is a liberal whether the name is Trump or Clinton. You're just too deep into the partisan trough to see it.

[Mac-7]

No, you just don't get it period. A liberal is a liberal whether the name is Trump or Clinton. You're just too deep into the partisan trough to see it.

Its not the name but the person.

but as I keep telling you but you choose to ignore, if trump is not conservative enough for you then you should be pushing cruz.

[Tahuyaman]

Its not the name but the person.

but as I keep telling you but you choose to ignore, if trump is not conservative enough for you then you should be pushing cruz.

I would if Cruz had even an ounce of leadership ability.

[Mac-7]

I would if Cruz had even an ounce of leadership ability.

Like I said you will not vote for any republican so who cares if you like trump or cruz?

[Tahuyaman]

Like I said you will not vote for any republican so who cares if you like trump or cruz?

I'd gladly vote for a Republican if they nominated a conservative who could lead people to enact a conservative agenda. Cruz can't.

you're a waste of my time.

[Private Pickle]

You're a waste of my time.

Political hacks are a waste of everyone's time.

[Tahuyaman]

Political hacks are a waste of everyone's time.


Yes, they are.

[Mac-7]

I'd gladly vote for a Republican if they nominated a conservative who could lead people to enact a conservative agenda. Cruz can't.

you're a waste of my time.

No, you are wasting our time.

Republicans are selecting a nominee from the top three candidates remaining and you keep butting in to tell us you aint gonna vote for any of them.

So ok, that makes you a non factor the rest of the way.

[Tahuyaman]

No, you are wasting our time.


Who's "our"? You and who else?

[Tahuyaman]

No, you are wasting our time.

Republicans are selecting a nominee from the top three candidates remaining and you keep butting in to tell us you aint gonna vote for any of them.

So ok, that makes you a non factor the rest of the way.

I have said there's one of those top three I could vote for, but if he keeps letting Trump drag him down into the mud I could change my mind on him too.

At some point, one of the top three needs to separate himself as the adult in the crowd. I'm sure that won't be Trump, so that leaves only two.

[Mac-7]

I have said there's one of those top three I could vote for, but if he keeps letting Trump drag him down into the mud I could change my mind on him too.

At some point, one of the top three needs to separate himself as the adult in the crowd. I'm sure that won't be Trump, so that leaves only two.

Rubio is not my first choice.

but he's not as bad as hillary so if he gets the nomination he gets my vote.

unlike you, with me its not my way or the highway

[Matty]

Rubio is not my first choice.

but he's not as bad as hillary so if he gets the nomination he gets my vote.

unlike you, with me its not my way or the highway


Mac? Are you for single payer?

[Tahuyaman]

Mac? Are you for single payer?


He's not, but his preferred candidate is.

[Professor Peabody]

Joe Scarborough has been kissing Trump's behind for many months. Now he says Trump is not qualified to be President. I had one of the regulars here tell me yesterday that the Trump refusal to disavow Duke and the KKK was not a big deal. Really? It is all over the news today. You realize David Duke Supported Occupy Wall st don't you? The same Occupy Wall St supported by Obama, Pelosi and other Democrats.

[Mac-7]

Mac? Are you for single payer?

No.

are you getting ready to tell me that trump has endorsed single payer in the past?

I elected I think that issue could go either way.

But Trump is a good learner.

[Mister D]

You realize David Duke Supported Occupy Wall st don't you? The same Occupy Wall St supported by Obama, Pelosi and other Democrats.

And this is precisely the point. People like David Duke will support movements that run against the grain of mainstream politics and will do so genuinely unlike the Obamas and Pelosis.

[del]

You realize David Duke Supported Occupy Wall st don't you? The same Occupy Wall St supported by Obama, Pelosi and other Democrats.

does that give you a chubby?

[Professor Peabody]

does that give you a chubby?

No, but why are you interested in my private parts Del?