Maybe '92 or '96?

Are you stoned or pissed off, or both, when you create these postings?

I'm a big dumb shitlib baby

Bush in 1988 was accused of racism when he ran the "revolving door" ads against Dukakis, which referenced Willie Horton (who had raped a woman and cut off her fiance's balls, while he was free under Dukakis's "weekend pass" program).

One of Bush's staffers stated that "by the time we're finished, they're going to wonder whether Willie Horton is Dukakis' running mate." But I believe the actual ads did not show Horton or a black person, so viewers didn't necessarily know the race.

The crisis consists precisely in the fact that the old is dying and the new cannot be born; in this interregnum a great variety of morbid symptoms appear.

There's been plenty written about his housing discrimination policies, the covert and overt racism of his birtherism, his obvious and subtle flirtations with white supremacists, and his installation of a leading "alt right" figure as campaign CEO. If Trump isn't a racist as those who describe him as a pragmatic businessman claim, we must remember that he still behaves as if he were a racist. In other words, the above defense makes a distinction between Trump as an earnest racist and Trump as a Machiavellian political operator without identifying a tangible difference between those two descriptions.

His neofascism is slightly more complicated, but we can certainly recognize the emergence of such a discourse in his disdain for a free press and his willingness to lower the standard for libel judgments, his veneration of autocratic rulers such as Putin (and, apparently, Mussolini himself), his incitement of violence at his political rallies, his understanding of "political correctness" as a cause of national decline, his scapegoating of/attacks on Muslim and Mexican immigrants, and his development of a campaign platform designed to amplify cultural polarization and consolidate white people of varying social classes and ethnic lineages into a single voting bloc.

No, the ad showed a picture of Horton: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Io9KMSSEZ0Y

Are you stoned or pissed off, or both, when you create these postings?

I guess I was remembering this one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTdUQ9SYhUw

The crisis consists precisely in the fact that the old is dying and the new cannot be born; in this interregnum a great variety of morbid symptoms appear.

Bush in 1988 was accused of racism when he ran the "revolving door" ads against Dukakis, which referenced convicted murderer Willie Horton (who had later raped a woman and cut off her fiance's balls, while he was free under Dukakis's "weekend pass" program).

One of Bush's staffers stated that "by the time we're finished, they're going to wonder whether Willie Horton is Dukakis' running mate." But I believe the actual ads did not show Horton or a black person, so viewers didn't necessarily know the race.

TM's first paragraph sums it up perfectly. We could never know what a person really thinks, but whether he's racist or he's simply acting racist for political purposes, the effect is the same. There's really no reason to try to determine if his thoughts are genuine. Racist may not be the perfect word, but it's close enough.

Basically, anyone besides Ivanka and himself.

I knew that. It wasn't my question. I am trying to figure out bigger generic things. Also, why I asked TM that last question. I am interested in voting blocs and how these will be going forward as demographics change in the future.

This is going to reach a head pretty soon.

I think similarly.

Are you stoned or pissed off, or both, when you create these postings?

In other words, on several issues the intent of someone can come across as racist even if it's not. As another example, someone could state that there wouldn't be as many police shootings if suspects complied with officers' commands. One person might view that as common-sense advice, whereas others might be offended and take it as racist support for police.

In terms of the black vote it's pretty simple to ascertain why we've voted the way that we have. Blacks voted Republican post slavery. From 1865 -1932 the black vote was solidly Republican. The shift occurred with FDR but blacks were not solidly Democratic until LBJ. We have voted Democratic ever since.

Republicans post 68 haven't sought the black vote. They have mostly played identity politics and the history bears that out. They have attempted to rollback legislation which is beneficial to blacks. It would be idiotic for blacks to vote Republican. Republicans also have aligned themselves with white supremacists groups and bigots. Hell GW even spoke at Bob Jones university during his run for the Presidency and Reagan kicked his candidacy off in Philadelphia, Mississippi.

For longtime guy.

The victims are the American People and the Republic itself.

Would it be considered racist if Trump were to state that he believes most of this country's problems could be fixed by reducing births to unwed mothers? On the surface it would be a race-neutral statement, as most data would indicate worse outcomes for single-parent children of any race). But because the highest percentage is from black mothers, it could probably be perceived as racist.

In other words, on several issues the intent of someone can come across as racist even if it's not. As another example, someone could state that there wouldn't be as many police shootings if suspects complied with officers' commands. One person might view that as common-sense advice, whereas others might be offended and take it as racist support for police.

I'm a big dumb shitlib baby

Right, and that is true of some of his statements, but others are more blatantly racist. Calling Mexican immigrants murderers and rapists, for example.

Are you stoned or pissed off, or both, when you create these postings?

Agreed...some of them have no defense (he later toned that down by saying "they're not sending their best." )

I'm a big dumb shitlib baby

I guess he admitted Obama was born in America today after his campaign basically forced him to.

I guess he admitted Obama was born in America today after his campaign basically forced him to.

The victims are the American People and the Republic itself.

That really wasn't my question but thanks for the interesting information.

This is going to reach a head pretty soon.

When it comes to Hillary, he should log in as...short term memory

This is going to reach a head pretty soon.

You should probably change yours to Nollo Contendre

The victims are the American People and the Republic itself.

This thought is not to defend Trump but truly to get an answer. For as long as I can remember presidential elections have been pretty similar in the ways the two parties go at each other. So when was the last election you recall when the Republican candidate and the party in general were not made out to be racist? I am guessing HW Bush but not sure and I don't really remember the Reagan elections.

This registered sex offender I regularly converse with on the internet just said something really stupid

HW - Willie Horton

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It was Atwater.

It was Atwater.

Our hotel smelled like dead hooker vagina (before you ask I had gotten a detailed description from beardown)

The victims are the American People and the Republic itself.

was he a 3rd party candidate?

You should probably change yours to Nollo Contendre