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Aristus

(66,075 posts)
Tue Nov 17, 2020, 05:50 PM Nov 2020

Dear Trump supporters: I have a confession to make.

I didn't really have a problem with Trump.

I just voted for Joe Biden to "shake things up".

If that sounds stupid to you, imagine how stupid you sounded to us back in 2016 when you told us that's why you voted for Trump.

Feeling pretty shaken now?...

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Dear Trump supporters: I have a confession to make. (Original Post) Aristus Nov 2020 OP
I literally had two co-workers tell me back in 2016 that was why they were voting for Trump Ohioboy Nov 2020 #1
I heard that from lots of people. Mr.Bill Nov 2020 #15
'shake things up' is code for imprison, bankrupt, hurt, maim, and kill PoC Celerity Nov 2020 #17
I call it the "Chaos theory" Pachamama Nov 2020 #26
Oh, and Joe was the kind of guy I would like to have a beer with. Laelth Nov 2020 #2
Trump supposedly doesn't drink Zing Zing Zingbah Nov 2020 #5
That's the lame excuse Republicans used for voting for Bush in 2000. Laelth Nov 2020 #6
Yeah, I'm aware Zing Zing Zingbah Nov 2020 #8
Joe don't drink either. aidbo Nov 2020 #11
With tRump it's more like "is he the kinda guy robbob Nov 2020 #16
Kamala is the kind of woman I would like to have a beer with... Pachamama Nov 2020 #27
+1 n/t Laelth Nov 2020 #29
10 million more people voted for Trump in 2020 than in 2016. Calista241 Nov 2020 #3
Or is this the rigged election they all scream about? Did they rig it --but not fierywoman Nov 2020 #22
Yeah, except I expect Biden to normalize things Zing Zing Zingbah Nov 2020 #4
Yeah, me too. I was just using that to illustrate why we're right, the Trumpsters are wrong, Aristus Nov 2020 #13
I just voted for him to own the cons and drink RW tears. Crunchy Frog Nov 2020 #7
Message auto-removed Name removed Nov 2020 #9
Not for long wryter2000 Nov 2020 #10
shaken to an attempted coup llashram Nov 2020 #12
I wanted to send the proverbial bull into the proverbial china shop Shermann Nov 2020 #14
Too nuanced. Cut back on the big words like "imagine". Missn-Hitch Nov 2020 #18
Cute. PatrickforO Nov 2020 #19
It did, and hopefully he destroyed the GOP, that is what I was hoping he would accomplish LiberalArkie Nov 2020 #20
Whole lotta shaking go'in on. warmfeet Nov 2020 #21
We need to pay attention to this. I believe the republican party want to be the demigoddess Nov 2020 #23
Thanks! I'll be using that mdbl Nov 2020 #24
I voted for Joe just to piss off safeinOhio Nov 2020 #25
"I shot our country in '16 just to watch you cry!" struggle4progress Nov 2020 #28

Ohioboy

(3,222 posts)
1. I literally had two co-workers tell me back in 2016 that was why they were voting for Trump
Tue Nov 17, 2020, 05:57 PM
Nov 2020

They wanted him to shake things up.

Mr.Bill

(24,103 posts)
15. I heard that from lots of people.
Tue Nov 17, 2020, 07:24 PM
Nov 2020

I asked them if they had a medical problem what would they think if their doctor put them in a room with a WWF wrestler and had him "shake them up".

Pachamama

(16,873 posts)
26. I call it the "Chaos theory"
Wed Nov 18, 2020, 02:01 AM
Nov 2020

And my common response has been to those same people (especially lifelong Republicans) "How is that shaking things up" working out for you and consistent with your Conservative values?

Zing Zing Zingbah

(6,496 posts)
5. Trump supposedly doesn't drink
Tue Nov 17, 2020, 06:18 PM
Nov 2020

plus he has an unbearable personality. Yeah, Biden would be way better for having drinks with.

Laelth

(32,017 posts)
6. That's the lame excuse Republicans used for voting for Bush in 2000.
Tue Nov 17, 2020, 06:20 PM
Nov 2020

It’s almost worse than the “I just wanted to shake things up” excuse of 2016.

-Laelth

robbob

(3,514 posts)
16. With tRump it's more like "is he the kinda guy
Tue Nov 17, 2020, 07:30 PM
Nov 2020

you want to sit around a table snorting lines of adderal with”.*


*the correct answer is “no”...

Zing Zing Zingbah

(6,496 posts)
4. Yeah, except I expect Biden to normalize things
Tue Nov 17, 2020, 06:15 PM
Nov 2020

and not shake things up. That's why I voted for him. If I was into making the US hell on Earth, then I would have voted for Trump.

Aristus

(66,075 posts)
13. Yeah, me too. I was just using that to illustrate why we're right, the Trumpsters are wrong,
Tue Nov 17, 2020, 06:44 PM
Nov 2020

and why one should never use one's vote to "shake things up".

By God, 'shake things up' has got to be one of the most bone-stupid things any one ever said in the history of stupid things...

Response to Aristus (Original post)

llashram

(6,265 posts)
12. shaken to an attempted coup
Tue Nov 17, 2020, 06:40 PM
Nov 2020

and yeah I had one couple in our sphere who said that exact thing. Roasted crow is theirs for the taking...

Shermann

(7,355 posts)
14. I wanted to send the proverbial bull into the proverbial china shop
Tue Nov 17, 2020, 07:01 PM
Nov 2020

...and drain the proverbial swamp of the proverbial muck and proverbial swamp creatures.

Because proverbs are the bread and butter of the enlightened American voter.



warmfeet

(3,321 posts)
21. Whole lotta shaking go'in on.
Tue Nov 17, 2020, 08:13 PM
Nov 2020

Lets see how this all shakes out.

My preference would be repugs and tRump, gone forever. The GOP, but a distant memory.

My preference is A.O.C. at the helm, when she is 35, or thereabouts.

I am tired of living in a shithole country.

I am tired of being told that I can't have anything that the majority in this country support.

I am tired of the lies, regardless of the origin.

Status Quo is not good enough. I want better, and it better come soon. Damn Soon!

demigoddess

(6,640 posts)
23. We need to pay attention to this. I believe the republican party want to be the
Tue Nov 17, 2020, 08:31 PM
Nov 2020

party of a one party government. No real opposition and no balance. You know, something like in China and Russia and other dictatorships.

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