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Dennis Donovan

(31,059 posts)
Sat Oct 26, 2024, 10:25 AM Oct 2024

A few days ago I was feeling down.

roger ledbetter
A few days ago I was feeling down.

How can:
DJT & KH be tied?
Ppl feel OK about forcing their religion on others?
Ppl fail 2 see DJT is a criminal & corrupt?

My wife took my hand & said we're walking 2 the ballot box. After 47-yrs, still my best friend. #DemsUnited #DemVoice1

10:10 AM · Oct 26, 2024






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A few days ago I was feeling down. (Original Post) Dennis Donovan Oct 2024 OP
Great!!! wolfie001 Oct 2024 #1
Trump and MAGA are conducting psychological warfare RussBLib Oct 2024 #2
Doom and gloom,fear and hatred..that's always been their platform,. BattleRow Oct 2024 #4
Yes. Some people respond to fear by becoming aggressive. . . Collimator Oct 2024 #8
I believe that bdamomma Oct 2024 #18
Congrats! SheltieLover Oct 2024 #3
I was happy to vote for Gloria Johnson, too. 70sEraVet Oct 2024 #9
And blackburn refused to debate Gloria SheltieLover Oct 2024 #20
Voting made me and the wife feel better too... JT45242 Oct 2024 #5
I'm not convinced it's tied. paleotn Oct 2024 #6
Mr. Trump tells us rallies equal popularity Tweedy Oct 2024 #12
That measure, though imperfect, does have some validity.... paleotn Oct 2024 #21
I agree with you. Tweedy Oct 2024 #22
Recommended. H2O Man Oct 2024 #7
While I generally agree with you Tweedy Oct 2024 #13
Yesterday H2O Man Oct 2024 #14
😆 Tweedy Oct 2024 #15
I think it H2O Man Oct 2024 #16
Thank you for all that you are doing! Tweedy Oct 2024 #17
How funny, my wife and I got back 20 mins ago from walking to our precinct to drop off NoMoreRepugs Oct 2024 #10
What a great picture. 3catwoman3 Oct 2024 #11
Your wife bdamomma Oct 2024 #19

wolfie001

(7,802 posts)
1. Great!!!
Sat Oct 26, 2024, 10:33 AM
Oct 2024

Congrats! It seems like we're being inundated with a tsunami of republican propaganda polls. I'm sure dark money is funding them and foreign money as well. Stay the course and VOTE!!!

RussBLib

(10,672 posts)
2. Trump and MAGA are conducting psychological warfare
Sat Oct 26, 2024, 10:39 AM
Oct 2024

....trying to scare and fearmonger. It's a disgusting tactic but it's about all they have. I'm sick of it

https://russblib.blogspot.com/?m=1

BattleRow

(2,544 posts)
4. Doom and gloom,fear and hatred..that's always been their platform,.
Sat Oct 26, 2024, 12:43 PM
Oct 2024

It will collapse soon under its own unbearable weight of hate.

Collimator

(2,131 posts)
8. Yes. Some people respond to fear by becoming aggressive. . .
Sat Oct 26, 2024, 01:04 PM
Oct 2024

I.e., "Flight or Flight" and they want to harness that aggression to their ends. But some people respond with the more recently labeled "freeze" option, and they want to utilize that mind set to discourage effective opposition.

Note: There are some psychologists who denote four fear responses: "Fight, Flight, Freeze, Fawn".

Trump is stupid enough to think that the fawning response is actual love.

bdamomma

(69,582 posts)
18. I believe that
Sat Oct 26, 2024, 03:54 PM
Oct 2024

too, psychological warfare, that is fascist tactic. And the maga cult many are under its spell. Sickening.

SheltieLover

(81,186 posts)
3. Congrats!
Sat Oct 26, 2024, 10:43 AM
Oct 2024

We did early voting yesterday and it felt SO good to get our ballots in for K & Gloria Johnson (running against ruskie-loving scum blackburn).

70sEraVet

(5,529 posts)
9. I was happy to vote for Gloria Johnson, too.
Sat Oct 26, 2024, 01:04 PM
Oct 2024

I didn't think she would stand a chance against Marsha Blackburn in red Tennessee. But Gloria has been traveling all over the state, and Blackburn has been getting nervous enough to spend money on ads.

SheltieLover

(81,186 posts)
20. And blackburn refused to debate Gloria
Sat Oct 26, 2024, 04:46 PM
Oct 2024

I sure hope Gloris will kick blackburn to the curb.

JT45242

(4,060 posts)
5. Voting made me and the wife feel better too...
Sat Oct 26, 2024, 12:45 PM
Oct 2024

Lots of people.

Son mailed in his ballot from college.

I feel better too

Tweedy

(1,284 posts)
12. Mr. Trump tells us rallies equal popularity
Sat Oct 26, 2024, 01:26 PM
Oct 2024

By that measure, wow
Kamala Harris is simply sweeping the rug of Mr. Trump’s sorry, unpopular, pitiful self.

I do wish someone who cares about Mr. Trump would get him to a sleep clinic. He looks painfully exhausted. I suppose the problem is there is not anyone who actually cares for him. The sad sack who would rule America into the ash heap of history cannot get his zzzz’s. What a cosmic pathetic farce !

paleotn

(22,382 posts)
21. That measure, though imperfect, does have some validity....
Sat Oct 26, 2024, 05:45 PM
Oct 2024

Donny drew massive crowds in 2016 while trailing Clinton in the polls even after she got Comey'd, yet did better than his polling in several key states. His crowed sizes shrank in 2020 and Biden beat him handily. At the time, who knew AZ and GA were even in play? Today, he's relegated to smaller venues.

Pre-flood, he had to settle for Asheville's Thomas Wolfe instead of the much larger Civic Center (Harrah's Cherokee) , but couldn't even fill that in ruby red western NC. I could be wrong, but it feels like this is 2016 in reverse with Harris outperforming the polls. All signs other than the rash of recent polls would indicate that.

Tweedy

(1,284 posts)
22. I agree with you.
Sat Oct 26, 2024, 05:50 PM
Oct 2024

Mr. Trump’s rallies in 2020 actually killed his supporters, too. Never forget Herman Cain and all of the other Tulsa victims of Mr. Trump’s desperate need for acclamation even during a deadly pandemic.

H2O Man

(79,122 posts)
7. Recommended.
Sat Oct 26, 2024, 12:57 PM
Oct 2024

First off, fuck the polls. Second, the only feeling "down" allowed here today is found in this wonderful example of elbow rock.

https://vimeo.com/146526352

Tweedy

(1,284 posts)
13. While I generally agree with you
Sat Oct 26, 2024, 01:29 PM
Oct 2024

The fact that VP Harris’ favorability is on the upswing in those polls, is a thing of pure beauty to me. Meanwhile Mr. Trump’s unfavorability remain his only opportunity for growth.

H2O Man

(79,122 posts)
14. Yesterday
Sat Oct 26, 2024, 01:46 PM
Oct 2024

(or the day before) I answered my phone and took the 5th poll questions that I have had this year. When I combine my answers from each of the five, I'm pretty encouraged. Heck, the results line up perfectly with my thinking over the past few months!

Tweedy

(1,284 posts)
15. 😆
Sat Oct 26, 2024, 03:27 PM
Oct 2024

Nonetheless, Mr. Trump’s favorables go down, while VP Harris’ go up or remain positive.

It is written

My imagination is much more fulsome. In imagination land, our Vice President is about to take this country by all fifty states.

I know there be turd wads among us, poor pitiful creatures. I also know they are a lot fewer in number than some would have us believe.

H2O Man

(79,122 posts)
16. I think it
Sat Oct 26, 2024, 03:45 PM
Oct 2024

will be a clear win for the Harris-Walz ticket. I am hoping that a lot of Democrats down-ticket win, as well.

I've been working with a county Democratic HQ and two town's today.

Tweedy

(1,284 posts)
17. Thank you for all that you are doing!
Sat Oct 26, 2024, 03:50 PM
Oct 2024

I am quite hopeful. VP Harris and Governor Walz are running a nearly flawless campaign and her prosecutorial instincts are just excellent. Meanwhile, Mr Trump occasionally amuses his shrinking crowds, while generally actually abusing them.

🤞

NoMoreRepugs

(12,149 posts)
10. How funny, my wife and I got back 20 mins ago from walking to our precinct to drop off
Sat Oct 26, 2024, 01:12 PM
Oct 2024

our mail in ballots. About 25 in line here in Republican St Johns county. Visited our Democratic Clubs booth outside the building and gave the stink eye to the MAGATS hooting and hollering at theirs. Very satisfying morning.

bdamomma

(69,582 posts)
19. Your wife
Sat Oct 26, 2024, 03:56 PM
Oct 2024

sounds like a wonderful woman. Both of you did your civil duty to make your voices heard through your votes. Great picture.

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