Are the US democrats going to rebuke the democrats now that David Duke has endorsed the democrats?
61-69, M
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Nah, and my guess is they'll be a little quicker and less evasive about denouncing his support.
Honestly, though, knowing Duke, I wouldn't be terribly surprised if someone paid him, though. He's still trying to be relevant, but Trump stole all his best lines and really his politics, making him seem pretty tame compared to the younger folks. He's not the man he once was.
Honestly, though, knowing Duke, I wouldn't be terribly surprised if someone paid him, though. He's still trying to be relevant, but Trump stole all his best lines and really his politics, making him seem pretty tame compared to the younger folks. He's not the man he once was.
@hippyjoe1955 Indeed you might. Anti-Semitism is a really thorny issue for both sides publicly, and I'll bet, behind the scenes, its even bigger.
My thought is mostly though, that Duke is more of a pawn for the Bannon/Miller culture wars on the right, and a boogey man for the left these days. Even if they do secretly agree with him, the left doesn't want his public endorsement, and neither does most of the Trump camp. I think its more about demographics, evangelicals and white/brown style racism as opposed to anti-semitism.
My gut instinct is that Trump probably likes Anti-Semitic methods and tropes as tools more than he actually buys into the ideology, which if he did, would make things hard with Javanka and people like Netanyahu and Adelson.
My thought is mostly though, that Duke is more of a pawn for the Bannon/Miller culture wars on the right, and a boogey man for the left these days. Even if they do secretly agree with him, the left doesn't want his public endorsement, and neither does most of the Trump camp. I think its more about demographics, evangelicals and white/brown style racism as opposed to anti-semitism.
My gut instinct is that Trump probably likes Anti-Semitic methods and tropes as tools more than he actually buys into the ideology, which if he did, would make things hard with Javanka and people like Netanyahu and Adelson.
hippyjoe1955 · 61-69, M
@MistyCee No Actually he has been a democrat all his life. The democrats simply project.
tddyd9 · 61-69, M
@hippyjoe1955 the old dixiecats use to be the racists, and Lincoln was a Republican, the wheels go round and round
hippyjoe1955 · 61-69, M
@tddyd9 Yes an duke was a member of the kkk which was the terrorist wing of the southern democrats.
QuixoticSoul · 41-45, M
@hippyjoe1955 Not In his lifetime.
@hippyjoe1955 nope. According to the link below, he ran on the Democratic ticket in Baton Rouge and was a registered democrat from 75 though 88, which actually makes sense if you think about the times and the demographics.
I ran into him in the early 70s because his mother lived next door to a friend and again in about 89 when I moved back and actually played raquetball him with a couple of times when he snuck into the state legislature as a Republican.
My impression of him, aside from the fact that his mother looked terrified when he came home to visit and that he had some very pretty but screwed up daughters, was that he was a more of an oportunist and a con man than a real ideolog, but admittedly, I didnt know him all that well.
I certainly didn't engage with him on issues, nor did I ever volunteer my last name. I participated as an assistant at a local synagogue during a debate, and welcomed him, but I think they picked me for him instead of the (crooked) democrat because I had blonde hair.
Https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Duke
I ran into him in the early 70s because his mother lived next door to a friend and again in about 89 when I moved back and actually played raquetball him with a couple of times when he snuck into the state legislature as a Republican.
My impression of him, aside from the fact that his mother looked terrified when he came home to visit and that he had some very pretty but screwed up daughters, was that he was a more of an oportunist and a con man than a real ideolog, but admittedly, I didnt know him all that well.
I certainly didn't engage with him on issues, nor did I ever volunteer my last name. I participated as an assistant at a local synagogue during a debate, and welcomed him, but I think they picked me for him instead of the (crooked) democrat because I had blonde hair.
Https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Duke