Pariah3j wrote:Anyone taken a look at our current political climate and some of the different political violence, etc that seems to be coming out of this election and think it looks eerily similar to Germany circa 1929. Trump reminds me of early Hitler. Everyone seems to dismiss it outright because they think of Hitler later in his career, but early on he was an outspoken and refreshing outsider who 'wanted to make Germany great again'.
I don't really think we'll go down the path of 1930's Germany, but I do agree that there are some unsettling similarities.
cb1000rider wrote:The dwindling pool of candidates, regardless of your political affiliation, certainly looks really bad to me... We've got:
1) A self-appointed Socialist.
2) A Washington elite who has either openly lied to the American people or is completely incompetent, take your pick, maybe both.
3) We've got a conservative Christian who has historically donated .86% of his income to charity and a member of the political elite.
4) And we've a billionaire who has driven his own companies to bankruptcy more times that you and I would in 5 lifetimes who has almost zero real plans to accomplish the things that he's promising.
I don't ever remember such a bad set of choices.
This sums up the current situation pretty well . . .
I know Trump consistently slams McCain and Romney, but personally I believe we'd have been better off with them than Obama or any of the current choices.