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EarlG

(21,972 posts) Sat Apr 18, 2020, 05:43 PM Apr 2020

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Apparently the GOP has decided that the proper response to the pandemic is to send their base out into the streets to cough on each other.

Have they decided that they just don't need 1-2% of their voters this November?

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Help me out here... [View all] EarlG Apr 2020 OP

I suspect that they haven't really thought it through. CaliforniaPeggy Apr 2020 #1

They look at the numbers differently. qwlauren35 Apr 2020 #19

Ignorance is bliss, except-- lastlib Apr 2020 #50

+1 pandr32 Apr 2020 #91

Hahahahahaha (cough cough cough) I'm thinking we should encourage it. Ninga Apr 2020 #2

To invoke an overused phrase, "You can't fix stupid". Arkansas Granny Apr 2020 #3

😆 underpants Apr 2020 #7

Love that shirt. Arkansas Granny Apr 2020 #8

Want! In_The_Wind Apr 2020 #9

I don't want to shut down an EarlG thread because of spamming underpants Apr 2020 #10

Great! Thanks In_The_Wind Apr 2020 #18

Perfect answer.. you can't quarantine the Stupid. Cha Apr 2020 #15

PLEASE TELL ME vapor2 Apr 2020 #25

See post #10 underpants Apr 2020 #37

Research dai13sy Apr 2020 #85

Want that! SammyWinstonJack Apr 2020 #56

cough..cough mozan Apr 2020 #63

If we tried to quarantine it with brick walls, barred wondows, and locked doors, soldierant Apr 2020 #86

Plus it's contagious Danascot Apr 2020 #27

So it appears. Arkansas Granny Apr 2020 #44

Probably gives Trump a thrill to think his supporters Solly Mack Apr 2020 #4

My thoughts exactly. You know he is seriously getting off on this. Native Apr 2020 #29

I think he's that sick-minded. Solly Mack Apr 2020 #41

Classic sadist. BigmanPigman Apr 2020 #66

Yep. Classic narcissist with sadism. And he's the president, FFS. We're so fucked. Nay Apr 2020 #92

Charles Manson wnylib Apr 2020 #68

When one of his supporters kills someone during Solly Mack Apr 2020 #71

I've been thinking about that, too. wnylib Apr 2020 #74

No 'probably' about it. Grokenstein Apr 2020 #73

Cheering their own oppression and possible death. Solly Mack Apr 2020 #76

Saw a brief clip interview of Jim Jones' son treestar Apr 2020 #81

I believe it. Solly Mack Apr 2020 #82

Here is the article sellitman Apr 2020 #95

It's the Teabagger distraction all over again underpants Apr 2020 #5

That should say "Right wingers", not white people, but it's great. lostnfound Apr 2020 #13

OK, this needs its own thread. nt eppur_se_muova Apr 2020 #23

It's here as well underpants Apr 2020 #38

Saw that afterwards. nt eppur_se_muova Apr 2020 #40

"You just don't get it." Grokenstein Apr 2020 #75

+100000 Celerity Apr 2020 #88

When you've got Putin, plus decades of disenfranchisement... intrepidity Apr 2020 #6

I've been thinking the exact same thing and curious how that played out in WI. Bleacher Creature Apr 2020 #11

Sure, which way did you come in? Wounded Bear Apr 2020 #12

'Don't kill your horse,' as some friends say. This exact thought appalachiablue Apr 2020 #14

they think it is gonna fall out on their side. mopinko Apr 2020 #16

The thing is, they could take 1-2% of everybody else with them. n/t totodeinhere Apr 2020 #17

Please lt them proceed malaise Apr 2020 #20

They hadn't thought that far ahead. kentuck Apr 2020 #21

This message was self-deleted by its author Sherman A1 Apr 2020 #22

IGNORANCE IS BLISS FOR THE REPUBLICANS vapor2 Apr 2020 #24

For sure Rebl2 Apr 2020 #30

Will be Rebl2 Apr 2020 #26

I'd like to see someone get their names wnylib Apr 2020 #70

More like at least 10% Soph0571 Apr 2020 #28

Never interrupt your opponents while they're making a mistake... n/t TygrBright Apr 2020 #31

+1 ancianita Apr 2020 #36

Drumpf and Co. are encouraging rebellion. They want to destroy government and Putin is smiling. Evolve Dammit Apr 2020 #32

Most of these Maga-t protesters are young and foolish FakeNoose Apr 2020 #33

Angry, yes...desperate, Not a chance in hell. Ferrets are Cool Apr 2020 #35

Men are dying at higher rates of COVID than women, FYI. Liberty Belle Apr 2020 #67

That would be irrelevant to my point FakeNoose Apr 2020 #77

It's all about the message. Fuck the messenger. Repugs are GREAT at Ferrets are Cool Apr 2020 #34

the country doesn't need 100% of them...ever. NRaleighLiberal Apr 2020 #39

Earl G .. I do not want anyone to die.. Peacetrain Apr 2020 #42

they have been organized to do this KT2000 Apr 2020 #43

No, they just want to have the elderly and young children get infected nakocal Apr 2020 #45

Seniors vote overwhelmingly for crooked Donnie Sugarcoated Apr 2020 #96

I'm sure they believe that God will protect them. GoCubsGo Apr 2020 #46

Well the more that are sick yuiyoshida Apr 2020 #47

yes. and fact is they don't need that percentage to win. Premeditated murder. Pillow talk Apr 2020 #48

Shhhh!!! Roy Rolling Apr 2020 #49

Are you honestly expecting logic or constructive behavior Warpy Apr 2020 #51

Let them give it to each other & their ilk... I kinda don't have a problem w/ this... NotHardly Apr 2020 #52

Apparently some Conservatives decided that they wanted to compete... Sloumeau Apr 2020 #53

We could help by air-dropping Do-Not-Resuscitate forms on them for them to sign. UTUSN Apr 2020 #54

maybe Putin has assured Trump he is covered Skittles Apr 2020 #55

I read that makes and those with obesity are higher risk for CV19 kimbutgar Apr 2020 #57

Brainiacs they are not. warmfeet Apr 2020 #58

Is it really all their base? What if some people are just answering ads to get paid? Auggie Apr 2020 #59

Zero Sum Game DemoTex Apr 2020 #60

I noticed that today too. Trueblue Texan Apr 2020 #61

It's doubtful that any of the cretins in those protests vote. MineralMan Apr 2020 #62

The stupid ones are always expendable. lpbk2713 Apr 2020 #64

Come on, EarlG. This whole pandemic thing is a hoax, don't you know. Or if it is a flu, niyad Apr 2020 #65

I've also been wondering: why now? JudyM Apr 2020 #69

Not much of a gamble for Trump, just as it wnylib Apr 2020 #72

They are caught in the haze of magical thinking abakan Apr 2020 #78

It's a death cult. Chump said he could shoot someone on 5th Avenue Hassler Apr 2020 #79

26.5% of eligible voters, voted for DT. 58Sunliner Apr 2020 #80

They are hoping that those pinheads get us sick and kill us. nt Blue_true Apr 2020 #83

K&R Blue Owl Apr 2020 #84

What happens when they go home nwliberalkiwi Apr 2020 #87

They should all be forced to carry "Do not resuscitate" cards. It would be great if they FailureToCommunicate Apr 2020 #89

Yes. James48 Apr 2020 #90

They should be required to sign and carry this at all times..... Heartstrings Apr 2020 #93

They still think it won't affect them IronLionZion Apr 2020 #94