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PoindexterOglethorpe

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3. The truly scary thing is that Trump may well be re-elected.

Reply to The Velveteen Ocelot (Original post)

Thu Jun 14, 2018, 05:14 PM

Jun 2018

Supposedly his approval ratings are rising, and if the Democrats do some stupid shoot-themselves-in-the-foot in 2020 (and I wouldn't put it past them) and if Republicans effectively disenfranchise enough voters (which could happen), we'll be looking at 8 years of this horror.

I keep on thinking about Nazi Germany, and remember that it took a catastrophic world war and the near complete destruction of that country for them to return to democracy. I wonder what we'll have to go through.

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Folks, this is what a personality cult looks like: [View all] The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2018 OP

I doubt that many Trump supporters have EVER purchased a copy of the NYT....much less read it. dameatball Jun 2018 #1

That doesn't matter. The New York Times is fake and failing because Trump says so. The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2018 #2

The truly scary thing is that Trump may well be re-elected. PoindexterOglethorpe Jun 2018 #3

"...we conservatives gain new voters" They are NOT "conservatives" - they are just assholes. scarletwoman Jun 2018 #4

And I don't buy for a second Sugarcoated Jun 2018 #5

The thing is, factual information does absolutely nothing to break the trumpsters out of their cult. scarletwoman Jun 2018 #6

I agree Sugarcoated Jun 2018 #8

That's why these people need to be ridiculed JI7 Jun 2018 #7

Yes, ridiculed - and also fought tooth and nail. scarletwoman Jun 2018 #9