"I just wish that I had not voted"

[kpete]

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/0f1305c8742547df9bcf978b2c15997c/trump-voter-lost-her-home-new-treasury-secretary

[leftofcool]

1. Screw her!

[lillypaddle]

55. That was my first thought

assholes. boo fucking hoo.

[zz-la]

66. Yep and she'll do it again next time and the next time

They never learn and sadly this time we will all pay the price. She and so many others that voted for Trump and republicans in general, do so because they want to believe something that is factually impossible. She wanted to believe in Trump, because he said he was going to shake up the establishment, but she didn't listen to one damn thing that actually came out of his mouth, or his history of shading business dealings, and just in general his racism and hostility towards immigrants and pretty much everyone else that is not a straight, white conservative male.

The truly sad part is that she will fall for this shit again. Nothing changes.

[raccoon]

2. To quote Billy Joel, "Don't come bitchin' to me."

She asked for it, she got it.

[Arkansas Granny]

4. Perfect quote for the situation.

[malthaussen]

49. Damn straight.

Try a little forethought, imbecile, hindsight is always 20/20.

-- Mal

[TXCritter]

3. Schaaaaadenfreude!!!!

[50 Shades Of Blue]

5. Cuing up the tiniest violins orchestra...

[JHan]

6. Didn't she hear Trump boast about taking advantage of the housing crisis?

For fuck's sake.

[hatrack]

7. Is we learning yet?

Dumbass.

[lunasun]

8. If her income is low enough, and situation right, she may be paying more taxes soon too!

[Hugin]

12. Yep, very soon it's going to be very very expensive to be in the middle class. (or less)

Once everything is privatized... You can't even afford the toll road out of town.

[Javaman]

42. and at 59, if ryan and snuffles plan goes through, she won't have medicare either.

never ever under estimate the awesome and destructive power of stupidity.

[HAB911]

9. DUH...........n/t

[Bettie]

10. I have zero sympathy for people who voted for that creature

None. When they lose their jobs...gee, that's what you voted for.

When they lose their social security and medicare...well, you asked for that, why complain when you get what you voted for?

Sound cruel, but what they have done to our children's future is worse.

[Trekologer]

18. It isn't a matter of sympathy, just pointing out this is what they voted for

What do you mean you don't want pre existing conditions to come back? This is what you voted for.

What do you mean you don't want Medicare privatized? This is what you voted for.

What do you mean you don't want Wall Street barrons running government? This is what you voted for.

What do you mean you don't want social security cut? This is what you voted for.

[Bettie]

32. Yeah, but they are going to be shocked

because they thought they were only voting for minorities getting out of "their" country.

And when they realize what the agenda they voted for is, they will believe they deserve sympathy for all they will lose.

[Trekologer]

44. And that is why it is the entry vector to build a coalition

It isn't sympathy. It isnt "we told you so" either.

[Bettie]

46. That last part will be hard for me

because of all the hostility I feel toward them right now.

[Trekologer]

59. I would like nothing more than to tell Trump voters to lie in their bed

But one has to remember that most Trump voters were regular GOP voters who were voting for the Republican nominee no matter what. We can target and win with the voters who thought he was different than your garden variety GOPer and more importantly with those who thought both candidates were the same so they sat out.

We do this with a two pronged attack: point out what voting for Trump (and any other Republican) gets you while at the same time offering a different way.

[Hugin]

11. Another who thought they were smarter than all the rest...

Get in line, baby.

[ProfessorGAC]

13. What An Idiot!

Dumbass. She really thought that getting her places foreclosed was because of the "moneyed elites" and thought it would be fixed by a billionaire?
Idiot!

[SammyWinstonJack]

60. Outside of his family, the only people tRump knows are Wall Street types.

But he was going to drain the swamp.

He is the swamp.

I don't feel any sympathy for tRump voters, AT ALL.

[JHB]

62. Not just "a billionaire." A billionaire(?) blatant con man.

Trump looks out for Number Trump. Period.

Once he has what he wants from you, you can take a hike. "Sue me! We'll see who lasts longer." He's done that consistently for decades. Gave him your vote and didn't get what you voted for? Sue him, and see who lasts longer.

Chump.

[DURHAM D]

14. Hey Teena, you are really really stupid.

[mountain grammy]

15. Boo fucking hoo, trumper.

[n2doc]

16. She's not quite stupid enough for the new Leader

She actually realized that she was duped. Enjoy your next 4 years, lady. Thanks for nothing.

[mcar]

17. No sympathy, no empathy

[Tanuki]

19. I just wish the rest of us didn't have to live with the consequences of Teena's stupidity and

bad judgment.

[malchickiwick]

20. A little ditty comes to mind...

[TwilightZone]

21. At least she figured it out already.

In an odd way, that gives me a small amount of hope. I will never understand why people like this would vote for Trump in the first place, but in all likelihood, we're stuck with him, and the more of his supporters who figure out that they've been shafted, the better our chances of turning it around.

I guess it's a little ironic that she's talking about government making false promises right after she voted for one of the biggest liars in political history.

[Tanuki]

35. It seems that she only cares now because this happened to affect her personally.

As long as she thought it was just everyone else, she was fine with it. If Mnuchin's name hadn't come into play, she would still be on board.

[TwilightZone]

39. Agreed.

It's similar to anti-gay politicians who suddenly have an epiphany and become more tolerant when one of their kids comes out.

Once it becomes personal, then it's an issue. Prior to that, it's just "other" people who are being affected, so who cares?

That is, of course, one of the basic differences between liberals and conservatives. Liberals generally understand how life affects other people before they're personally affected. Conservatives generally don't care unless or until they're personally affected. Sometimes, not even then - Strom Thurmond comes to mind.

[Dorian Gray]

69. Yeah

But that's why most people care about anything. Because it affects them personally.

[RedWedge]

22. Well, now she's waking up. Where will she turn, and who will bring her along?

Everyone wakes up at some point; some just earlier than others.

[kacekwl]

25. She wasn't just sleeping

must have been in a freaking coma not to see what this prick was about. Sorry no sympathy from me.

[RedWedge]

27. Okay, your name's off the list.

[Liberal In Texas]

23. Buyer's Remorse has already started.

I predict in a few months you will be hard pressed to find many who will admit they voted for this psychopath.

[GeorgeGist]

24. What part of con artist did Teena not understand?

[leftynyc]

26. No sympathy

Zero, zilch, nada - she was warned.

[lonestarnot]

28. Fuck you ignorant person!

[surrealAmerican]

29. The Democrats could have had her vote, maybe for the rest of her life ...

... if we had bailed out the homeowners instead of the banks.

Did she make the worst choice possible, given the current situation? - YES.

Did this have to happen? -
Our elected officials made a very bad decision, and we may never get the chance to fix it.

[SammyWinstonJack]

61. Main Street not Wall Street. Too bad that didn't happen.

[jmg257]

30. Only the latest in a series of her mistakes apparently.

"In 1998, she bought a triplex for $248,000 in Hawthorne, California, not too far from Los Angeles International Airport.

She rented out two of the units and lived in the third. Colebrook refinanced her mortgage in order to renovate the property and help buy additional homes to generate rental income.

By the time the financial crisis struck in 2008, she had an interest-only mortgage on the triplex known as a "pick-a-payment" loan. Her monthly payments ran as high as $2,000 and only covered the interest on the debt. Then she got ensnarled in the economic downturn.

"All my tenants lost their jobs in the crash," Colebrook said. "They couldn't pay. It was a knock-on effect."

[Historic NY]

36. Poor choices....

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

58. Interest-only loans always struck me as

completely insane.

Back when I was buying the place I'm currently in, a financial advisor suggested an interest-only loan to me so I could buy something bigger. I told him there was no way I'd do that.

So now I'm "stuck" (irony glyph here) in a 900 sq foot two bedroom two bath townhouse that, while smaller than I'd prefer, is perfectly adequate. Not too mention that at this point, seven years into a 30 year mortgage, I have decent equity.

What makes Colebrook's story especially unfortunate is that she started out doing the right thing, buying an income property. Had she stayed with just that one, she might well have been able to ride through the downturn. I don't even want to say she got greedy, because she was doing something that is often advised: buy income property.

But she still ought to have known better than to believe Donald.

[Orsino]

31. Mission accomplished.

This poor woman's lack of faith in government's ability and inclination to protect us all has only been firmed up, and despite her protestations, she's still a sitting duck for the next empty-headed fake reformer who comes along.

New rule: If you decry the influence of uncaring moneyed elites, don't confer executive powers on an uncaring moneyed elite.

[enid602]

33. grad

She can consider herself a recent grad oof tRump U.

[cilla4progress]

34. Idiots

[Javaman]

37. buyers remorse at voting for a well known con-artist. nt

[DavidDvorkin]

38. Sorry, I'm all out of liberal tears

[blue sky at night]

40. you and A L L the

rest of us, stupid, stupid person!

[Iggo]

41. Why'd you sting me?

It's my nature.

[Hong Kong Cavalier]

43. +1

I've bee thinking of that parable ever since the election.

[anarch]

45. "just wish that I had not voted"...me too buddy, me too n/t

[Gothmog]

47. This lady voted against her economic interests and gets to see the consequences

[Paladin]

48. Tough shit, lady. It's a little late for your regrets. (nt)

[progressoid]

50. Idiot would be an understatement for this woman.

[Liberalagogo]

51. For wittle Teena:

[muntrv]

52. You reap what you sow.

To bad more Drumpf supporters won't feel this way when they get screwed.

[Bleacher Creature]

53. He was the campaign FINANCE CHAIRMAN!!!!

It's not like Trump pulled him out of nowhere. Anyone who paid attention knew that Mnuchin would have a prominent gig in any Trump Administration.

[Initech]

54. Donald Trump and his fans are the biggest hypocrites in the world.

They will gladly cheer when Donald Trump talks about "draining the swamp", then ignore it when he goes and nominates the same batch of assholes who tanked DC in the first place. They ignore that 180K jobs were created in November, but will gladly cheer and defend him when he saves 800 jobs from going to Mexico. Oh and that's another thing - he sent 1300 jobs to Mexico - that country he wanted to build a wall around, and they don't give a shit!

[guillaumeb]

56. Lincoln said that you can fool some of the people all of the time.

Welcome to the "Fooled all of the time" club Ms. Colebrook. A lifetime membership for you.

[Stonepounder]

57. And the really, really depressing thing is that in two years

she will vote GOP again when her US Representative is up for reelection.

When will they ever learn?
When will they ever learn?

[aquamarina]

63. NO sympathy for this idiot. None whatsoever.

I hope she chokes on it.

[Skittles]

64. I have ZERO RESPECT for anyone fooled by DONALD FUCKING TRUMP

ANYONE with ANY CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS could see he was a FRAUD

[BlueStater]

65. Yep.

Anyone with the slightest bit of common sense could have listened to this asshole talk for five minutes and realized that he wasn't qualified to run a fucking lemonade stand.

Enjoy your shit sandwich, Teena, along with the millions of other people that got screwed thanks to your idiocy.

[Skittles]

70. I am STEAMING angry

for the life of me, I don't care what your economic woes are or how much you hate Hillary Clinton - to vote for DONALD FUCKING TRUMP for PRESIDENT - WTF IS WRONG WITH YOU

[JI7]

67. she would have just been fine if he had just gone after the blacks and browns

[Stellar]

68. There's a sucker born every minute!

Yes, I'm laughing at her.