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liberalmuse

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23. Some Americans are horrific human beings.

Reply to EleanorR (Original post)

Thu Sep 3, 2020, 06:45 PM

Sep 2020

They chose to listen to right wing media for years because they were told it was okay to be an asshole. Rush Limbaugh, Gingrich and the like have been mocking compassion, mercy, decency and kindness for decades.

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I totally agree- How is trump even a contender in this election? [View all] EleanorR Sep 2020 OP

we don't know that he is qazplm135 Sep 2020 #1

No Democratic President would have survived what SharonClark Sep 2020 #2

And the COVID nightmare is on *top* of all the other madness and criminality. BKDem Sep 2020 #3

If he had one ounce of shame he would have withdrawn malaise Sep 2020 #4

190,000 now and 1000 a day means 220,000 by Oct. and 250,000 by election day. brush Sep 2020 #7

I'd say he should "pull a Johnson", but people might take it the wrong way. CaptYossarian Sep 2020 #8

LBJ had shame and empathy malaise Sep 2020 #10

His mishandling of the pandemic and inaction on climate change might put his trial CaptYossarian Sep 2020 #12

Should malaise Sep 2020 #18

Wondering the same thing Deuxcents Sep 2020 #5

The ignorant, poorly educated, low quality citizens just don't care, that's how. nt Progressive Jones Sep 2020 #6

The disastrous Hoover, at [near] bottom of the Great Depression, got 39'6% of the vote in 1932. empedocles Sep 2020 #9

50 years of radical conservatives working to overthrow the New Deal... JHB Sep 2020 #11

THIS malaise Sep 2020 #13

+1 betsuni Sep 2020 #32

Partly because too many think they want a cristofascism (but are too stupid to triron Sep 2020 #14

Democracy isn't for lots of people...and govt. teaching obviously stinks. Karadeniz Sep 2020 #15

too many Trump Davidians mnmoderatedem Sep 2020 #16

This guy instructed his supporters to vote TWICE. He knows ecstatic Sep 2020 #17

Because he's what Wall Street wants sandensea Sep 2020 #19

Right wing media props him up daily. jalan48 Sep 2020 #20

Or marched to the Hague.........NC DENVERPOPS Sep 2020 #21

If Fox News Was a Political Ad, How Much Would It Cost? TomCADem Sep 2020 #22

Some Americans are horrific human beings. liberalmuse Sep 2020 #23

The power of propaganda jorgevlorgan Sep 2020 #24

Welcome to new America. warmfeet Sep 2020 #25

The only reason why he's a contender in the upcoming election, is because of FRAUD FRAUD Illumination Sep 2020 #26

Trump is still a contender, because richdj25 Sep 2020 #27

Religion Missn-Hitch Sep 2020 #28

Especially true for me too GodlessX Sep 2020 #36

No fear, GodlessX. That's a no-no. Missn-Hitch Sep 2020 #37

How the hell was he a contender... 3catwoman3 Sep 2020 #29

It's tribal Auggie Sep 2020 #30

Numbers 26-27 & 28 posts kacekwl Sep 2020 #31

He's an idiot racist fuckhead worshipped by a cult of idiot racist fuckheads Orrex Sep 2020 #33

It's very simple, really. TRIBALISM and the authoritarian personality. TrollBuster9090 Sep 2020 #34

Incumbency nt Raine Sep 2020 #35