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Another TFG Rally-we get to laugh at his supporters yet again (Original Post) LetMyPeopleVote Oct 2023 OP
They are not funny any more. It's just disheartening to know Ocelot II Oct 2023 #1
We luckily out number these idiot and need to out vote them LetMyPeopleVote Oct 2023 #5
Sadly true, orthoclad Oct 2023 #25
Crying woman yankee87 Oct 2023 #2
Some of them won't be able to vote in 2024. Because they will be dead. LiberalFighter Oct 2023 #3
Nate Silver-Fine, I'll run a regression analysis. But it won't make you happy. LetMyPeopleVote Oct 2023 #7
I wasn't even using Covid as a factor. LiberalFighter Oct 2023 #10
Rushbo said, "Draw the tent tighter, stand strong on our conservative principles." czarjak Oct 2023 #13
It puzzled me at first orthoclad Oct 2023 #26
I had a customer that went to Trump Rally in Iowa. leftyladyfrommo Oct 2023 #4
I would have asked her how she would feel living under a dictator which is Dump's goal SouthernDem4ever Oct 2023 #23
Ignorant or willful? orthoclad Oct 2023 #27
Either way there is no difference. SouthernDem4ever Oct 2023 #29
I wondered about that myself. I don't go over there leftyladyfrommo Oct 2023 #40
Obviously they don't have enough 'fun' in their life... DemocraticPatriot Oct 2023 #36
I think that's what happens. I guess there is food, too. nt leftyladyfrommo Oct 2023 #41
People like this are why there are laughably simple instructions and/or warnings Aristus Oct 2023 #6
"... laughably simple instructions and/or warnings..." Talitha Oct 2023 #8
Lucky for them that 'breathing' is an involuntary physical response to DemocraticPatriot Oct 2023 #37
Those 4 young guys couldn't even answer a question. IcyPeas Oct 2023 #9
Anosognosia strikes deep. Mblaze Oct 2023 #11
I'm happy to see someone else who knows this word applies here. ❤️ littlemissmartypants Oct 2023 #20
I had to look it up. I expected it to be a condition where your head is stuck up your butt. Wonder Why Oct 2023 #39
As a California, let me say thank you to those last two for leaving. LoisB Oct 2023 #12
Were they all wearing Velcro shoes?? NoMoreRepugs Oct 2023 #14
I picked up a free local paper Marthe48 Oct 2023 #15
Are they the hot republican women I been hearing about? Emile Oct 2023 #16
You mean like the one in the "boner garage" Tshirt? SouthernDem4ever Oct 2023 #31
Hahahahahahahahahahahaha oldsoftie Oct 2023 #33
!!! LuckyCharms Oct 2023 #35
LOL they don't know the governor of their own state. Emile Oct 2023 #17
As dumb as trump mountain grammy Oct 2023 #18
MAGAT Morons on parade! SouthernDem4ever Oct 2023 #19
i think a couple of those barbtries Oct 2023 #21
At this event, TFG slurred his words and said that Barack Obama is still POTUS LetMyPeopleVote Oct 2023 #22
How long, indeed. 🙄 ShazzieB Oct 2023 #24
He is "The Chosen One" afterall. JFC; Jesus would be rolling over from the crypt. Evolve Dammit Oct 2023 #28
Ok, now I'm reaching for the really big bottle of Gin. kairos12 Oct 2023 #30
They meet all the criteria for a cult. dalton99a Oct 2023 #32
Nice to see someone mention 'cult'. Aussie105 Oct 2023 #34
Trump loves the uneducated! JoseBalow Oct 2023 #38

Ocelot II

(130,538 posts)
1. They are not funny any more. It's just disheartening to know
Sun Oct 1, 2023, 05:30 PM
Oct 2023

that such damn fools walk among us.

orthoclad

(4,728 posts)
25. Sadly true,
Sun Oct 1, 2023, 07:40 PM
Oct 2023

it's all about power.

We MIGHT be able to convince a few that billionaire real estate developers are their enemies, not people of color. That "Rich Men" song dances a little close to class struggle.

LetMyPeopleVote

(179,869 posts)
7. Nate Silver-Fine, I'll run a regression analysis. But it won't make you happy.
Sun Oct 1, 2023, 05:51 PM
Oct 2023


https://www.natesilver.net/p/fine-ill-run-a-regression-analysis

But OK, fine, let’s do this properly. Let’s run a regression analysis, which is a technique to decompose the effect of different variables. First, as a baseline, let’s run a simple, one-variable regression to back up my claim that state partisanship predicts COVID death rates.


In this specification, covid_deaths_late is the number of COVID deaths per 1M residents (source) since Feb. 1, 2021 (I chose this date in Friday’s post since it approximates when COVID vaccines became widely available to vulnerable groups.) Meanwhile, biden is Joe Biden’s margin of victory or defeat against Donald Trump in 2020 (source). You can see that biden is very strongly and statistically significantly predictive of COVID death rates since 2/1/2021. The larger Biden’s margin of victory, the lower the COVID death rate. Note, again, that this wasn’t true in the early days of COVID; it’s only been true since the vaccines became available.

LiberalFighter

(53,544 posts)
10. I wasn't even using Covid as a factor.
Sun Oct 1, 2023, 06:31 PM
Oct 2023

Just number of deaths annually for the group. About 2 million each year and figuring about 60% that probably voted for him in 2020.

czarjak

(13,639 posts)
13. Rushbo said, "Draw the tent tighter, stand strong on our conservative principles."
Sun Oct 1, 2023, 06:53 PM
Oct 2023

Ha! You ask for it. You got it.

orthoclad

(4,728 posts)
26. It puzzled me at first
Sun Oct 1, 2023, 07:43 PM
Oct 2023

that they were killing their voters with the antivax etc stuff. Then I realized that they are not counting on the vote. They are using vote suppression and subversion. Honest election workers are leaving in droves after campaigns of intimidation, for instance.

leftyladyfrommo

(20,005 posts)
4. I had a customer that went to Trump Rally in Iowa.
Sun Oct 1, 2023, 05:40 PM
Oct 2023

She said they were going because they are fun. Lots of music and vendors. Her 2 big issues were immigration and something else. I can't remember.

SouthernDem4ever

(6,619 posts)
23. I would have asked her how she would feel living under a dictator which is Dump's goal
Sun Oct 1, 2023, 07:29 PM
Oct 2023

Trumpers are so ignorant.

orthoclad

(4,728 posts)
27. Ignorant or willful?
Sun Oct 1, 2023, 07:46 PM
Oct 2023

She might LIKE living under a dictator.

The US has a strong history of this. The Nazis took their Nuremberg Laws from US racial policies and practices, but they weren't even as strict as the US "one drop" rule.

 

DemocraticPatriot

(5,410 posts)
36. Obviously they don't have enough 'fun' in their life...
Sun Oct 1, 2023, 08:31 PM
Oct 2023

because attempting to listen to a drooling Drumph speech is NOT FUN....


maybe they paid more attention to the venders....


Aristus

(72,187 posts)
6. People like this are why there are laughably simple instructions and/or warnings
Sun Oct 1, 2023, 05:44 PM
Oct 2023

on everyday kinds of products.

I swear I don't know how these people go on breathing when they don't seem capable of remembering the necessary sequence of muscle movements.

Talitha

(7,988 posts)
8. "... laughably simple instructions and/or warnings..."
Sun Oct 1, 2023, 05:58 PM
Oct 2023

Yep, there's some real doozies out there! I saw one at the top of a ladder that said: 'Do not attempt to step higher than this point.'

IcyPeas

(25,475 posts)
9. Those 4 young guys couldn't even answer a question.
Sun Oct 1, 2023, 06:12 PM
Oct 2023

The 2 women don't know who Gavin Newsom is

First woman mentions the military... has she ever heard of tuberville?

these are all low information voters.

I've never cried or gotten that emotional about seeing anyone... let alone a politician.

(Okay a confession: I once saw Ringo Star in a supermarket and my knees were shaking.... )

Wonder Why

(7,029 posts)
39. I had to look it up. I expected it to be a condition where your head is stuck up your butt.
Sun Oct 1, 2023, 09:23 PM
Oct 2023

Marthe48

(23,175 posts)
15. I picked up a free local paper
Sun Oct 1, 2023, 07:11 PM
Oct 2023

had a Snuffy Smith comic strip in it. More decency in the comic strip's backwoods characters than in the mob that supports traitor.

barbtries

(31,308 posts)
21. i think a couple of those
Sun Oct 1, 2023, 07:27 PM
Oct 2023

were collecting a paycheck for being there.

the others. omigawd who the fuck are these people

Aussie105

(7,921 posts)
34. Nice to see someone mention 'cult'.
Sun Oct 1, 2023, 08:23 PM
Oct 2023

Saves me from doing it.

America has some history for breeding cults.

Main feature: Suspend all reason and logic on a personal level, and give full control of your thinking over to someone else.
Assume they have your best interests at heart.

But . . . why choose the lowest of Humanity to hitch your cult worship on?

Some shrink need to explain that one.

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