2016 Postmortem

99th_Monkey

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7. Hitler is Trump's bedtime reading: "speeches that bewitched audiences"

Thu Dec 10, 2015, 05:45 PM

Dec 2015

According to a 1990 Vanity Fair interview, Ivana Trump once told her lawyer Michael Kennedy that her husband, real-estate mogul Donald Trump, now a leading Republican presidential candidate, kept a book of Hitler's speeches near his bed.

"Last April, perhaps in a surge of Czech nationalism, Ivana Trump told her lawyer Michael Kennedy that from time to time her husband reads a book of Hitler's collected speeches, My New Order, which he keeps in a cabinet by his bed ... Hitler's speeches, from his earliest days up through the Phony War of 1939, reveal his extraordinary ability as a master propagandist," Marie Brenner wrote.

Hitler was one of history's most prolific orators, building a genocidal Nazi regime with speeches that bewitched audiences.

http://www.businessinsider.com/donald-trumps-ex-wife-once-said-he-kept-a-book-of-hitlers-speeches-by-his-bed-2015-8

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Is anyone else as frightened as I am? [View all] DissidentVoice Dec 2015 OP

His poll numbers really are a plateau aren't they? maybe 30-35 nationally. He does riversedge Dec 2015 #1

Also, that's just among GOP primary voters Cali_Democrat Dec 2015 #4

True, but a lot of xenophobes may vote for the first time for him -- hard to predict... Freelancer Dec 2015 #77

Ancestry usually doesn't do it, except if it's very close DissidentVoice Dec 2015 #83

If you've got the cash, you might be able to buy citizenship in Belize Freelancer Dec 2015 #91

If Hillary gets the nomination, it's hello President Trump... Ino Dec 2015 #2

If Hillary gets the nomination it's hello President Clinton... brooklynite Dec 2015 #10

If Hillary gets the nomination it's hello fascism zappaman Dec 2015 #16

She does oppose free speech by opposing encryption (which is also free speech) JonLeibowitz Dec 2015 #31

Nope. Fawke Em Dec 2015 #19

She will hand Trump his xenophobic and racist ass and I would bet my life on it. DemocratSinceBirth Dec 2015 #33

Please provide a how that happens rpannier Dec 2015 #44

I could see him easily winning... DissidentVoice Dec 2015 #56

I don't see him winning 3 of the 4 states the person above noted rpannier Dec 2015 #60

I still hold to what I said about Indiana DissidentVoice Dec 2015 #82

If it's HRC rpannier Dec 2015 #42

I like the sound of Madam President riversedge Dec 2015 #81

That's ... NurseJackie Dec 2015 #11

Say good bye to any SCOTUS nominations bahrbearian Dec 2015 #14

She will hand Trump his xenophobic and racist ass and I would bet my life on it. DemocratSinceBirth Dec 2015 #32

Sure, let me borrow your crystal ball. Beacool Dec 2015 #65

Oh, I think you prefer these balls... Ino Dec 2015 #74

I get where you're coming from.. MeNMyVolt Dec 2015 #3

No nation is going to take a person in unless he or she has an essential skill or lots of $$$$ DemocratSinceBirth Dec 2015 #5

No. He's polling at -56% with latino's. JaneyVee Dec 2015 #6

Just -56% rpannier Dec 2015 #46

That was from 2 months ago. Probably much lower now. JaneyVee Dec 2015 #48

Probably rpannier Dec 2015 #50

Hitler is Trump's bedtime reading: "speeches that bewitched audiences" 99th_Monkey Dec 2015 #7

Ironic. DissidentVoice Dec 2015 #9

And changed his name. Manifestor_of_Light Dec 2015 #61

Your wife sounds like a smart cookie. OilemFirchen Dec 2015 #8

"...that odious TV abomination "Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous," complete with Robin Leach's..." Wilms Dec 2015 #12

No I am not afraid upaloopa Dec 2015 #13

Only if "us all" are the 1 percent. eom Fawke Em Dec 2015 #20

Sure what ever you say upaloopa Dec 2015 #23

Trump speaks to the most insane part of the GOP base, and to no one else. JoePhilly Dec 2015 #15

yes and no. restorefreedom Dec 2015 #17

I support Sanders, but.. Kentonio Dec 2015 #18

This seems like the wrong place for this. nt artislife Dec 2015 #21

Actually, I struggled with where to put this DissidentVoice Dec 2015 #45

Yes it has nothing to do with the Democratic primary. nt artislife Dec 2015 #59

Trump will beat Bernie. JaneyVee Dec 2015 #22

I feel that Bernie has a certain immunity to media attacks. retrowire Dec 2015 #25

Yeah, since it hardly covers him! Eleanors38 Dec 2015 #30

The polls say different Lazy Daisy Dec 2015 #28

Evidence or is this just your opinion rpannier Dec 2015 #62

Yes. I'm scared too. retrowire Dec 2015 #24

I, too awoke_in_2003 Dec 2015 #36

wanna know what really sucks? retrowire Dec 2015 #73

I'm rooting for Trump ErikJ Dec 2015 #26

Could you please tell me WHY? DissidentVoice Dec 2015 #47

Because he will split the vote or destroy the GOP ErikJ Dec 2015 #66

No. For several reasons.... MADem Dec 2015 #27

Trump is dangerous but less dangerous than any other GOP prez candy. valerief Dec 2015 #29

I am not frightened. PowerToThePeople Dec 2015 #34

I'm scared because this stupid shit Ichingcarpenter Dec 2015 #35

Sorry you don't like my "stupid shit." DissidentVoice Dec 2015 #49

You are right Ichingcarpenter Dec 2015 #55

Point taken nt DissidentVoice Dec 2015 #57

lower brain stem manipulation... fear or flee basic stimulation Ichingcarpenter Dec 2015 #58

Nope. We have survived bad presidents. Life goes on. 840high Dec 2015 #37

It's not the bad presidents mmm413 Dec 2015 #43

Not so much Cruz's... DissidentVoice Dec 2015 #51

YOU have survived bad presidents. MeNMyVolt Dec 2015 #71

Trump is a soon to be deflated gasbag. The late kairos12 Dec 2015 #38

I disagree Art_from_Ark Dec 2015 #70

My worry is real DVRacer Dec 2015 #39

How about the possibility that the FBI investigates okasha Dec 2015 #76

A majority but not a "great majority". n/t cheapdate Dec 2015 #80

Trump is just saying out loud in public what Republicans have been dog whistling for decades Fumesucker Dec 2015 #90

Unless someone else comes along Cruz will be the nominee. Bonhomme Richard Dec 2015 #40

What scares me even more mmm413 Dec 2015 #41

Not me. They are dangerous assholes, but they are few and mostly harmless loudmouths. arcane1 Dec 2015 #52

Trump has no chance to win the GE dlwickham Dec 2015 #53

Fear is useless. Jester Messiah Dec 2015 #54

This life is nothing short of a deepening network of ethereal balance. valerief Dec 2015 #64

k. [nt] Jester Messiah Dec 2015 #72

No. LWolf Dec 2015 #63

Nope. 99Forever Dec 2015 #67

No. I'm not frightened by Donald Trump. Tierra_y_Libertad Dec 2015 #68

Sanders is polled to beat him in a landslide. Betty Karlson Dec 2015 #69

Relax. Trump has never consistently held on to more than 30% of the GOP vote. Persondem Dec 2015 #75

It's like being in Alexandria, in the year 391, watching a mob burn the library -- nt Freelancer Dec 2015 #78

Not me. n/t cheapdate Dec 2015 #79

Watch out for Ted Ctuz, who is sliming his way to the nomination. See WaPo links Hekate Dec 2015 #84

Only half of the people in this country vote. Of that half, half are Democrats and half are Repubs. FSogol Dec 2015 #85

remember we had 8 years of Ronny olddots Dec 2015 #86

No. Not at all. NurseJackie Dec 2015 #87

Relax gitchel Dec 2015 #88

Trump will fall off. Turn CO Blue Dec 2015 #89