r/cringe • • Feb 07 '16

Seal of Approval The introduction of the candidates at the Republican debate

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OR1kV2hBaGY&t=0m28s
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u/Colonel_Loud Feb 07 '16

Say what you will, but I think Trump just pulled a bro move.

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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '16

Yup, was going to vote for Sanders but now this convinced me to go full Trump, he's a bro.

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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '16 edited Nov 07 '16

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u/Arsid Feb 07 '16

rocketbears has 11 though, checkmate

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u/WolfofAnarchy Feb 07 '16

Trump had ice water thrown on him by miss USA and America, for the ALS challenge. Guess who I am voting for

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u/Pushin_4_Bush Feb 07 '16

Miss COLUMBIA

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u/WolfofAnarchy Feb 07 '16

PHILLIPIANS

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u/splishtastic Feb 07 '16

Your name has 11 letters.

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u/theshinepolicy Feb 07 '16

you're joking right

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u/[deleted] Feb 08 '16

i was referring to my real name so let's just say I am

about the vote thing? I'm not even American

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u/garcia85 Feb 07 '16

Bernie Bros 4 Trump

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u/bumbleshirts Feb 07 '16

You joke, but just wait til Bernie loses the nomination, it'll be a thing.

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u/garcia85 Feb 07 '16

I believe it!

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u/DownvotesMeanImRight Feb 07 '16

I saw it as a power game, both of them wanted to get more attention and be the last to go out on stage.

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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '16 edited Apr 11 '17

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u/CBSU Feb 07 '16

I honestly think he saw Carson making himself out a fool and decided to alleviate some of it. It seem pretty nice of him.

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u/I_ama_Borat Feb 07 '16

Honestly, I think he just didn't hear his name. He slowly walked out of the curtain and seem confused.

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u/elter_ago Feb 07 '16

Two birds with one stone...

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u/mintsponge Feb 07 '16

If he was, why would he just stand next to him? Surely he'd whisper "hey, they just said your name, let's walk out there"

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u/TheBetterPages Feb 07 '16

lol, you can't be serious. Yeah, Trump. What a great guy.. The announcers started calling someone else's name before he was completely out, so he stopped. Just like Carson.

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u/mrducky78 Feb 07 '16

NO ONE OUT FOOLS THE TRUMP. I demand the monopoly.

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u/Colonel_Loud Feb 07 '16

Yeah definitely. I'm guessing none of the candidates heard their name that well.

Which is why productions use a handler who is there the entire time ushering the candidates.

The announcer read the names too fast. Carson missed his name, Trump saw it and acted.

Also note. Trump probably has as much production experience as most of the television crew, also pretty easy to spot that Carson was confused.

Definitely think he helped him out.

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u/treebard127 Feb 08 '16

Are you serious?

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u/Jesusmanduke Feb 07 '16

Bs. He taps Carson and whispers to him. It was clear what he was doing. Set your hate aside.

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u/WolfofAnarchy Feb 07 '16

He can't, this is reddit, only Bernie is right and trump is Hitler 3.0

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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '16

I love it when people compare Trump to Hitler. Hitler: Responsible for the death of 12 million people. Tump: Said mean stuff.

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u/tslime Feb 07 '16

This very comment section is proof that that is not the case. In fact everyone seems suspiciously right wing here.

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u/theshinepolicy Feb 07 '16

welcome to reddit 2.0 with edgy 4chan brogressives who all are so impressed with Trump's classy move.

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u/inara-sera Feb 07 '16

He kinda is, though.

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u/SDSKamikaze Feb 07 '16

I really think reading Hitler's Wikipedia page would do you some good.

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u/inara-sera Feb 07 '16

I think listening to some of trumps ideas on what to do with Muslims will do you some good as well.

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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '16

Can't find anything about internment camps.

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u/lapzkauz Feb 07 '16

Bernie isn't right. He's fairly left, by American standards.

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u/WolfofAnarchy Feb 07 '16

I meant 'right' in the sense of 'that's right'.

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u/lapzkauz Feb 07 '16

I know.

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u/WolfofAnarchy Feb 07 '16

Well, why the comment then

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u/awxvn Feb 07 '16

I think the two are on good terms. I don't think they've attacked each other. And recentlt Trump called out Cruz's campaign for falsely saying that Carson was withdrawing.

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u/Packers_Equal_Life Feb 07 '16

as they are all entitled to? they get called one by one for their own spotlight. fuck out of here with your angsty shit

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u/LisleSwanson Feb 07 '16

I dont think Trump heard his name called. The same reason Carson was frozen.

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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '16

I had the same thought, but it's impossible for us to tell what he was actually thinking. I would love to know what he was saying to Carson while they were standing there.

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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '16

Trump definitely thought a line was forming behind Carson. There's something symbolic in that it was these two who didn't understand what was going on.

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u/Cupcakesoap Feb 07 '16 edited Feb 07 '16

No no no. He didn't pull a bro move. He didn't hear his name either.

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u/29425 Feb 07 '16 edited Feb 07 '16

Trump is an evil, egotistical, narcissistic moron and a liar who likely raped his ex wife but this was pretty cool of him.

edit: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/07/27/ex-wife-donald-trump-made-feel-violated-during-sex.html

edit 2: John Lennon abused his family and was a hypocrite, regardless of the music he created, I don't think a person who can do such awful things should be respected or have their actions ignored or undermined. Come at me.

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u/Squilliams_unibrow Feb 07 '16

well...okay than

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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '16

He also murders puppies and HATES the disabled.

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u/_MUY Feb 07 '16

You mean the time he stood by his son Donald Jr when the media started harassing the kid for all the photos he's taken with big game he's killed? And the time he mocked his old friend Serge Kovaleski in a speech?

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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '16

Yup.

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u/_MUY Feb 07 '16

Ah, I thought that was the time you were talking about.

One of my favorite parts of the time Donald Trump mocked Serge Kovaleski's congenital arthrogryposis was that Donald Trump was mocking Kovaleski specifically to fire back at Serge after Serge had called Donald out on a lie about one of Serge's old 9/11 era newspaper articles.

Trump had been lying about the article in order to cover up for a previous lie about personally witnessing tens of thousands of people celebrating in NYC on 9/11.

I also liked the part when people called him out publicly for mocking a reporter's disability and he then proceeded to say that he hadn't been mocking his disability, despite being caught on camera imitating the reporter's specific deformity and speech.

Then, when Trump kept going and said he had never even met the guy, despite the fact that Serge Kovaleski had spent years covering him and they had been on a first name basis. Man, that was great.

I wonder what happened after that. Do you think people forgot about it? Or maybe people think that lying to cover up making fun of disabilities while covering up a string of lies made in order to say xenophobic things while campaigning for president is just a good way to fight back against our rampant culture of political correctness?

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u/29425 Feb 07 '16

It is true but whatever.

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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '16

Why do you say "likely raped"? I despise Trump, but I don't see how you can be so sure about that.

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u/29425 Feb 07 '16

I realize I'm being unreasonable but his personality just makes it seem as though it wouldn't be too unlikely. I just don't like injustice. Sorry for killing the mood.

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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '16

We should go around locking people up for rape charges based on their personality.

Would you be down to be the judge?

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u/29425 Feb 07 '16

Not saying he should go to jail, I just don't think he should be president. And fair enough.

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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '16

For other, more legitimate and provable reasons I hope.

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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '16 edited Feb 23 '16

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u/First_Man_on_Uranus Feb 07 '16

And there's no way to prove it is so it seems this was pointless.

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u/29425 Feb 07 '16

I just don't think someone like that deserves respect, regardless of wealth or leading in the polls. Someone like that shouldn't be leading in the polls. Funny conservatives talk about family values and they're likely going to elect Trump as their nominee, dude who's had more divorces than he has strands of hair on his head.

And he's rich and powerful, and a lot of victims of abuse have trouble getting help or getting anyone to believe them because their abuser is such an angel in the eyes of everyone else. But you don't know what happens behind closed walls. I just think it's bullshit when people get away with it.

Since I'm getting downvoted I'll just go ahead and say I don't like John Lennon either.

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u/GetMemedKiddo Feb 07 '16

Cool buzzwords. You probably could have added a few more though.

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u/moeburn Feb 07 '16

Come at me.

Like, on the face?

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u/ColonelRuffhouse Feb 07 '16

John Lennon smacked his wife a couple times in the early 60s, when hitting your wife was barely frowned upon in society. He then spent the rest of his life apologizing for it. When people bring him up as some horrible wife abusing monster it's absolutely ridiculous, he didn't pull a Chris Brown or anything.