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Old 01-23-2017, 10:33 AM
 
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Isn't our elected officials job putting their constituents interests first?

Who does François Hollande put first?

Who does Sauli Niinistö put first?

Who does Angela Merkel.........never mind, bad example....you get my question.
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Old 01-23-2017, 10:37 AM
 
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Be careful playing with a strawman... they are flammable, and one can get burned.
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Old 01-23-2017, 10:38 AM
 
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Selling America out to corporate interests is not "America first."
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Old 01-23-2017, 10:38 AM
 
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^^^^^ First you have to post your straw man argument before you declare you posted one.
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Old 01-23-2017, 10:39 AM
 
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OP, you have to understand, they live in their own little world. What they strive for is to put America last. Every move Obama took worked towards that end.

Obama has created a confused society where they think a man with a penis is a woman and criminals here illegally are law abiding immigrants. They think Islam is a religion of peace and our borders should come down and people be allowed to come and go at will.

You can try to tell the dems, this person is not an immigrant, they are a illegal alien. Or you try to tell them that is a man, he has a penis, he is not a woman. You point out the atrocities of Islam, how they throw acid in women's faces, cut their noses and ears off, behead people they don't agree with, stone girls to death that they say dishonor the family or behead a woman for going out of the house alone and on and on.

The dems will tell you no, your wrong. That is not a criminal, that is a legal immigrant. The borders should be open, we don't want any borders. We live in a free world and people should be able to go to and fro as they wish. The dems will say Islam is a peace loving religion, you are Islamophobic and full of hate. And that is not a man with the penis, it is a woman.

How can you have a discussion or reason with such people? So of course they are offended when anyone wishes to put America's interests first.
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Old 01-23-2017, 10:46 AM
 
Location: Haiku
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"America First" is a code word for a trade war and economic isolationism.

The economy of all countries has increasingly gone global over the last 20, 30 years. It is a trend that is not likely to reverse whatever America does. America has been very successful in that. If we pull the US out of the global economy by trade wars we will leave a vacuum which someone else (China probably) will step into. Bingo - we have permanently lost our dominant position and made America uncompetitive. Yes, we might gain a few jobs in the short term but in the long term it will weaken America.
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Old 01-23-2017, 10:51 AM
 
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"America First" is a code word for a trade war and economic isolationism.

The economy of all countries has increasingly gone global over the last 20, 30 years. It is a trend that is not likely to reverse whatever America does. America has been very successful in that. If we pull the US out of the global economy by trade wars we will leave a vacuum which someone else (China probably) will step into. Bingo - we have permanently lost our dominant position and made America uncompetitive. Yes, we might gain a few jobs in the short term but in the long term it will weaken America.
We aren't dominant anymore. China already is. Where do you think 99% of our goods come from? Not here, China.
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Old 01-23-2017, 10:55 AM
 
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I do not believe for one second that Trump, a product of corporate and wall street greed - a man who has admitted that he's been a part of bribing and pushing the government to serve big business agendas - will be a president for "the people".
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Old 01-23-2017, 10:57 AM
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Old 01-23-2017, 10:58 AM
 
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Isn't our elected officials job putting their constituents interests first?

Who does François Hollande put first?

Who does Sauli Niinistö put first?

Who does Angela Merkel.........never mind, bad example....you get my question.
They sure didn't attack Hillary for the slogan "Stronger Together" which was plucked directly from Facist Italy during Mussolini's regime.
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