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JHan

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52. Exactly.... I kept wondering this throughout 2016.The bigger gag is this...

Tue Oct 16, 2018, 04:00 PM

Oct 2018

Most Presidents have run on being an outsider and "shaking up D.C". It's actually tough to name presidents who didn't run on being an outsider. It's the oldest trick in the book.

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Regretful Trump voters tell CNN why they've turned on 'the dictator in White House': [View all] brooklynite Oct 2018 OP

We don't need to choose anything. It is they who decide what they are going to do. wasupaloopa Oct 2018 #1

exactly JI7 Oct 2018 #4

bingo BigGermanGuy Oct 2018 #10

Have they not noticed that he is doing everything that he promised? olegramps Oct 2018 #21

Nah.. trumpshite isn't doing "everything he's promised.. " Cha Oct 2018 #55

cleaning up the swamp is dependent on whose is making up the definition. olegramps Oct 2018 #58

exactly gopiscrap Oct 2018 #22

And we get to decide how we are going to treat them. progressoid Oct 2018 #24

Thank you EffieBlack Oct 2018 #31

+1 Proud Liberal Dem Oct 2018 #38

Thank you for saying that. geardaddy Oct 2018 #32

Thank you for saying it. The obvious, of course. Hortensis Oct 2018 #46

There's a big difference in voters here. bearsfootball516 Oct 2018 #2

Why not separate the wheat from the chaff? Cirque du So-What Oct 2018 #3

Better late than never Achilleaze Oct 2018 #5

They become "independents" like after the bush embarresment Fullduplexxx Oct 2018 #6

I knew these people were out there YessirAtsaFact Oct 2018 #7

The "racist, sexist, bible-thumping xenophobes" will never vote for a Democrat. Nitram Oct 2018 #8

No, I reject clemency for any and all Trump dupes... Moostache Oct 2018 #9

Why do you limit yourself to merely two options? LanternWaste Oct 2018 #11

Who would ostracize them as racist, sexist, bible-thumping xenophobes? betsuni Oct 2018 #12

Rationality instead of political bigotry? Pursuing principles Hortensis Oct 2018 #48

Too late MSM maxrandb Oct 2018 #13

Who will be jailed? Journalists? Marengo Oct 2018 #27

Sorry, but describing some of this bunch of stenographers maxrandb Oct 2018 #40

Sure, but who is to be jailed and for what? Marengo Oct 2018 #41

Jail? Seriously? EffieBlack Oct 2018 #42

"who was attracted to President Donald Trump's outsider status in the 2016" Perseus Oct 2018 #14

Exactly.... I kept wondering this throughout 2016.The bigger gag is this... JHan Oct 2018 #52

This message was self-deleted by its author uponit7771 Oct 2018 #15

It shouldn't make a difference. liberalmuse Oct 2018 #16

Regretful Trump voter begs for forgiveness on CNN: 'I am sorry I voted for him -- I've enabled this UCmeNdc Oct 2018 #17

They knew he was awful and voted for him anyway simply to PWN libs... tenderfoot Oct 2018 #18

Maybe not just libs Nasruddin Oct 2018 #36

2 choices? leftynyc Oct 2018 #19

When you know better, you do better. Maya Angelou . nt ginnyinWI Oct 2018 #20

Maya Angelou! pazzyanne Oct 2018 #23

Stop it with the binary thinking- that is so republican! 3rd option - just let them be/vote as Kashkakat v.2.0 Oct 2018 #25

We don't need them to vote Democratic. Aristus Oct 2018 #26

Like I've been saying: We ought to welcome the few Smart Ones who come crawling back. Paladin Oct 2018 #28

I'm not in a forgiving mood The Liberal Lion Oct 2018 #29

Those are not people who were active Democrats radical noodle Oct 2018 #30

For Those Who Can't Access Rawstory Leith Oct 2018 #33

too friggen little too late samnsara Oct 2018 #34

Educate and never let them forget the bad choices they've made ffr Oct 2018 #35

Outsider status trumped corruption, bragging about sexual assault, overt racism, etc. Garrett78 Oct 2018 #37

atodaso anarch Oct 2018 #39

Once a trumpanzee, always a trumpanzee wellst0nev0ter Oct 2018 #43

Take them to the polls! lunatica Oct 2018 #44

Binary Thinking ProfessorGAC Oct 2018 #45

"Forgiveness" isn't high on my to-do list these days. VOX Oct 2018 #47

Voted for drumpf because he was an outsider Takket Oct 2018 #49

Sexism erpowers Oct 2018 #50

There is a whole lot of ignorance among them. Hopefully they vote Dem in November. LonePirate Oct 2018 #51

saving democracy requires a temporary alliance marylandblue Oct 2018 #53

Finally Some Regrets! All we heard was Cha Oct 2018 #54

At least the guy called trump the Dictator in the WH Cha Oct 2018 #56

If this translates to dumb bubbas in the south staying home in 3 weeks, then, damn. I like it. lindysalsagal Oct 2018 #57

You need to broaden your horizons. MrsCoffee Oct 2018 #59

They are adults and know how to use the voting machine. dalton99a Oct 2018 #60