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Dr. Jack

(675 posts)
Wed Sep 23, 2020, 08:49 PM Sep 2020

Don't panic. Vote

We live in scary, uncertain times. I don't deny that. But the United States can and will survive Donald Trump. We have survived an onslaught by the largest empire in world history, twice, a civil war, the greatest economic downturn modern world history, defeated the fascist powers in WW2, and beat the Soviet Union in a nuclear arms race. We can certainly survive a functionally illiterate, geriatric gameshow host who can barely walk and who paints his face orange. Trump is nothing. He is politically impotent, isolated and loathed, and has few powerful allies. He has no plan, no brilliant strategy to win the election or to say in power. He's a cornered animal, lashing out and screaming, hoping to scare enough of us into giving him what he wants. He can refuse to accept the election results. He can threaten to cancel the election. He can sue every single person who didn't vote for him. He can threaten protesters and say he won't leave the white house. It doesn't matter. He's just an old man, alone and afraid. He will be leaving the White House one way or another in January. How that happens is up to him.

So don't panic. Don't believe his bluster and lies. Don't let him intimidate you. Just vote and have faith in the United States.

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Don't panic. Vote (Original Post) Dr. Jack Sep 2020 OP
"He's just an old man, alone and afraid." leftieNanner Sep 2020 #1
"He's just an old (mentally deficient) man" handmade34 Sep 2020 #2
Fear is ok because it means we care Dr. Jack Sep 2020 #6
This is wise and rational advice. Mike 03 Sep 2020 #3
Unlike some people I'm glad the media is asking him these questions Dr. Jack Sep 2020 #4
This message was self-deleted by its author Dr. Jack Sep 2020 #5

leftieNanner

(15,080 posts)
1. "He's just an old man, alone and afraid."
Wed Sep 23, 2020, 08:52 PM
Sep 2020

K and R X infinity.

He is pathetic and he will go down. It will be ugly, but that's the only thing he knows how to do - ugly.

Every night when I go to bed, I remind myself that Biden-Harris will win this election, we will take back the Senate, and keep our position in the House.

Even with all of this stupid evil lined up against us, we will prevail.

Dr. Jack

(675 posts)
6. Fear is ok because it means we care
Wed Sep 23, 2020, 09:21 PM
Sep 2020

If America wasn't worth preserving, we wouldn't be nervous about threats to our great country. Fear is healthy. Panic, despair, hopelessness, those are what Trump wants. Be fearful of the threat of fascism, always, as it will never truly disappear. But have faith and be hopeful. As long as we want the US to survive and thrive it will. The second we give up on it that is when people like Trump will win.

Mike 03

(16,616 posts)
3. This is wise and rational advice.
Wed Sep 23, 2020, 09:05 PM
Sep 2020

It's the news that is freaking some of us out.

We are all going to vote. The news is just interference.

Kicking

Dr. Jack

(675 posts)
4. Unlike some people I'm glad the media is asking him these questions
Wed Sep 23, 2020, 09:09 PM
Sep 2020

Let the entire country see just how out of touch he is with Americas values and give away his game before he is able to spring it on us. The more we know the better prepared we will be. The media is doing their jobs here and asking the right questions. It might not be pretty to look at but everyone need to see the truth about who Donald Trump is.

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