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Guess which presidential candidate from this young century he reminds me of.  Just guess.  I'll give you a hint:  they are both a product of the same media machine.

 

Since no one guessed:

 

Al Sharpton.

 

When he was in the running in 2004, I was waiting for someone to speak up and state that Sharpton was unworthy to be on stage with his fellow Democrats.  Amazingly, no one did.  And they lost the election.

 

The Republicans are smart not to take the Trump nonsense, and the candidates putting as much distance between themselves and Trump are setting themselves up for the long-term battle for the presidency.  The Democrats are hoping Trump stays relevant as long as possible, bloodying his fellow candidates, and further endorsing the image of the party, deserved or not, as a bunch of mean, crappy, rich, selfish old white men, their wives and kids, and people who worship the almighty dollar.

 

He seems to have no concept of how international negotiations actually work, harbors a bizarre concept of how immigration works, and seems to think that personal wealth is an automatic marker for success in public office.  And these are just what we've found out about his ideas.

 

Just wait until his personal life goes under scrutiny.

 

Someone big and strong needs to jump on the Trump grenade before it explodes and takes the party down.  And believe me, it won't be a Democrat to do it.

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