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Interesting: Ryan declines to support Trump. Does he know something we do not?
"The liberals can understand everything but people who don't understand them."
Lenny Bruce
"The cleverest of all, in my opinion, is the man who calls himself a fool at least once a month."
Dostoevsky
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The Donald is coming to Eugene tomorrow evening and will do his thing at the fairgrounds. I’m planning on attending just to witness the circus first hand.
What ever one’s opinion might be of the orange hued phenomenon, he is definitely a historical and unique figure in American politics. Could be interesting to scope out the crowd. I just hope it proceeds peacefully.
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I wonder what he hopes to gain in Eugene?
You never change things by fighting the existing reality.
To change something, build a new model that makes the old model obsolete.
R. Buckminster Fuller
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Oregon has its share of rednecks. Many of whom are- or were- employed in the wood products industries. I am quite sure Mr. Trump has a sizable contingent of supporters around here. But since he is now the defacto Republican nominee, I too cannot say what he hopes to gain by appearing here for a rally. Oregon also has a huge contingent of liberal and/or environmental types. Damn hippies!  So the convergence twixt the two could prove to be a volatile mix. I’ll let you know how this all unfolds post rally.
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It will be a hold your nose and cast your ballot. I have said that since Day #1. 
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An article explaining why Trump is so popular in rural Oregon. And elsewhere. I feel for these people although I am not sure what the answer would be regarding their dilemma: Rural Oregon and Trump
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...Oregon's politics are dominated by the Democratic Party machine in Portland and Salem — the state hasn't elected a Republican to statewide office since 2002. Oh boo hoo... 
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An interesting article about an idiot, Ken. I don't have much sympathy for these unemployed rural Trump supporters. The failure of the industry he worked in was a long time coming. There was money for motorcycles and whiskey but none for contingencies and no planning for the future. Now they want a president who will give them stuff, pay for education and job training, and somehow make their lives great again so they can go on complaining about the government giving people stuff. And they have chosen the candidate least likely to be able to help them even if there was a snowball's chance in hell of his ever being elected.
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and somehow make their lives great again so they can go on complaining about the government giving people stuff.  Well said Greger.
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Also Trump tells these folks that he will over ride the current logging laws on federal timberlands, allowing the mills to re-open and put them back to work in humming sawmills. He tells the same thing to the coal miners. Trump will over turn the new laws regarding coal emissions etc and put all the unemployed coal miners back to work in the soon to be reopened coal mines.
It’s total BS but Trump promises this to them and they believe him.
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