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2016 Postmortem

The Wielding Truth

(11,423 posts) Wed Dec 14, 2016, 12:52 AM Dec 2016

If the Devil had run for President would he have done it any differently then Trump? [View all]

Think of everything he ran on and the lies and despicable things he stands for:

Greed
Deceit
Vanity
Preying on the fearful and the prideful
Humiliating anyone who calls him out or sees him for who he is
Degrading women, minorities and disabled
Promising the lost their needs and fondest wishes
Ignoring the work and declaring his magical abilities to make the best deals
The list goes on and on...

It is amazing that I can see no differences for neither have any redeeming social value.

Both have their own agenda. I guess you could say that the devil is unconventional, too.

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If the Devil had run for President would he have done it any differently then Trump? [View all] The Wielding Truth Dec 2016 OP

Well one difference is Satan is red and Trashpot is orange. That's about it. TrekLuver Dec 2016 #1

Who knows if that's his real color? Odd isn't it. That he is so in tune with his actions. The Wielding Truth Dec 2016 #5

hey you're onto something! triron Dec 2016 #2

Doubtful. InAbLuEsTaTe Dec 2016 #3

"The Devil" is an invention. marybourg Dec 2016 #4

Yet we are familiar with the deeds of a devil character. I could have compared him to Stalin or The Wielding Truth Dec 2016 #6

dont how what you call it okieinpain Dec 2016 #21

No Jean-Jacques Roussea Dec 2016 #7

They are agnostic and therefore able to craft effective and progressive legislature. The Wielding Truth Dec 2016 #8

He ran MFM008 Dec 2016 #9

Seems like he's made a deal and now he can put it in play. So wrong. So selfish. The Wielding Truth Dec 2016 #10

Devil or anti-Christ? Hmmm... JHB Dec 2016 #11

Yep.There's a truly deceitful thing going on with the 1%. The Wielding Truth Dec 2016 #14

The Devil would have done it competently. Orsino Dec 2016 #12

LOLLLLLLLLLL so true TrekLuver Dec 2016 #16

Satan would have been more subtle. Ken Burch Dec 2016 #13

I don't think that satan would have been such a pompous asshole Glassunion Dec 2016 #15

I wouldn't think anything would be past him if it gave the greedy more and got him their soul. The Wielding Truth Dec 2016 #17

The Devil is smooth. He won't steal your soul, or bully you for it. Glassunion Dec 2016 #18

If you believed in the devil, he would be smooth? Yet it seems the character can be tricked. The Wielding Truth Dec 2016 #19

The devil is not all knowing and has high hubris so he can be tricked by someone willing to sacrafic uponit7771 Dec 2016 #20

Just have Johnny cut heads against him in a fiddle playing contest. Glassunion Dec 2016 #22