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The More Lies Trump Tells The Higher His Approval - Man This Country Is Screwed Up (Original Post) PaulX2 Oct 2018 OP
There's a new term for the latest poll numbers... YessirAtsaFact Oct 2018 #1
Of course...This is why I said the fucking moron BigmanPigman Oct 2018 #2
His base loves his lies. ginnyinWI Oct 2018 #3
That is exactly what motivates many of them. For the rest of them it's hate and fear. Arkansas Granny Oct 2018 #4
The undercurrent of what he says to them is to incite fear. ginnyinWI Oct 2018 #6
Average people in my area, people I work with and like on a personal level Docreed2003 Oct 2018 #5
Another thing, apparently, is just "fun" at getting the rest... LAS14 Oct 2018 #7

BigmanPigman

(55,528 posts)
2. Of course...This is why I said the fucking moron
Mon Oct 22, 2018, 02:45 PM
Oct 2018

would win for over a year. The average American is apathetic about politics unless it directly effects them. Their dear leader knows this and exploits it by targeting hat they hate and fear.

ginnyinWI

(17,276 posts)
3. His base loves his lies.
Mon Oct 22, 2018, 02:59 PM
Oct 2018

They are so entertaining, and that's what it's all about! The wilder, the better! Stick it to the media!! Make the Libtards' heads spin! lol

ginnyinWI

(17,276 posts)
6. The undercurrent of what he says to them is to incite fear.
Mon Oct 22, 2018, 03:10 PM
Oct 2018

He knows that fear is a big motivator to come out and vote. Kind of hard to do when GOP controls all branches of government. So it's the OTHER--the people from south of the border, Muslims, Democrats, or anything else he can think of to throw out there.

You can be sure that if Dems take back control of anything, he is going to scream that it was a fraudulent election. And after that, he's going to scape coat Dems for anything and everything he screws up after that.

Docreed2003

(18,714 posts)
5. Average people in my area, people I work with and like on a personal level
Mon Oct 22, 2018, 03:09 PM
Oct 2018

Actually are buying into the "criminal immigrant hoard" crap that he's spewing! These are otherwise intelligent people. It's fucking scary just how much his overt racist rants are actually being effective on otherwise normal people.

Ugh, perhaps I need to move back north to a blue state!

LAS14

(15,537 posts)
7. Another thing, apparently, is just "fun" at getting the rest...
Mon Oct 22, 2018, 03:13 PM
Oct 2018

... of the country upset. The focus isn't on tRump's content. It's on our upsetness. I'm not quite sure what one does about that. There's a moral imperative to get upset at his behavior. One thing is to pour our energies into GOTV more than in anything else.

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