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Mortos

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Fri Oct 16, 2020, 02:24 PM Oct 2020

A Trump supporting co-worker said this after last night's Town Halls: [View all]

"Biden is like a butterscotch candy your grandpa gives you," I replied, "Well butterscotch candy is not my favorite candy. If I had my choice, I would choose a Reese's Peanut Butter Cup or a Snickers, but when we have been force-fed fetid bullshit for the last 3 1/2 years, that butterscotch sounds amazing"!

Biden was not my first, second, or third choice, but goddammit, he is my choice now, at this moment, in this election, I am 100% ridin' with Biden. My wife and I voted absentee for him already, I have donated to his campaign more than any other campaign in my lifetime. I have a sign up in my yard and a bumper sticker on my car (in Oklahoma). I am volunteering as a poll worker. I have sent money to other Democratic candidates and I will happily eat hard candy for the rest of my life if it means we can end this Trumpian nightmare.

So, if the candidates are candy, Trump is those weird orange, circus peanuts coated with bitterness, bigotry, and Covid-19 and Biden is good old fashioned hard-candy butterscotch, like the ones given to us with empathy and support by a kindly grandparent to lift us up when we are feeling down. America needs butterscotch now, more than ever.

#ButterscotchBiden



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Well now I know why I like butterscotch candy so much lunatica Oct 2020 #1
I Frickin' LOVE grandpa butterscotch candy! AleksS Oct 2020 #2
+1 on the gross orange circus peanuts. Just like Trump. lagomorph777 Oct 2020 #3
Love butterscotch. Big Blue Marble Oct 2020 #4
My late mother used to always carry a few pieces of butterscotch in her handbag. FM123 Oct 2020 #5
+1000! My late mom, too. Stopped eating them for a few years now but this Kind of Blue Oct 2020 #9
Moms! FM123 Oct 2020 #11
All verklempt now and wish I had more to add but Kind of Blue Oct 2020 #12
I know, me too. FM123 Oct 2020 #15
I have a Depression Glass True Blue American Oct 2020 #27
And here's to Grandmas! FM123 Oct 2020 #29
It really does! True Blue American Oct 2020 #34
My Dad always had Werther's pamela Oct 2020 #68
Oh yes, those too.... FM123 Oct 2020 #72
Oh yeah PatSeg Oct 2020 #6
Yeah, the calm confident hand of a seasoned pro looks effortless gratuitous Oct 2020 #7
Experience with Heart! True Blue American Oct 2020 #36
No fair genxlib Oct 2020 #8
Me too!!! moreland01 Oct 2020 #20
I like them both! Dream Girl Oct 2020 #37
Me too. Haven't had them in years, I always think of them as a secret vice. They are surreal if Dream Girl Oct 2020 #35
Hear! Hear! Kind of Blue Oct 2020 #10
I'll take butterscotch... world wide wally Oct 2020 #13
My dad loved butterscotch lifesavers. Javaman Oct 2020 #14
Butterscotch for me Old Okie Oct 2020 #16
Welcome to DU, Old Okie! calimary Oct 2020 #18
I have been here for a long, long time Mortos Oct 2020 #52
Well, Mortos, we've missed you! Glad you're back, 'n' posting! calimary Oct 2020 #61
I happen to love butterscotch candy. calimary Oct 2020 #17
I love butterscotch! NellieStarbuck Oct 2020 #19
I'll take'em!!!! moreland01 Oct 2020 #22
Trump is that nasty fruitcake that gets forced on you every holiday season flibbitygiblets Oct 2020 #21
Circus peanuts that have been... 2naSalit Oct 2020 #23
The Butterscotch White Russian lostnfound Oct 2020 #24
That looks delicious Mortos Oct 2020 #33
Or a celebration drink on November 3rd! LiberalLovinLug Oct 2020 #41
There ya go!!! BlancheSplanchnik Oct 2020 #46
I compare Trump to a cowpie in the field with chocolate icing.... KY_EnviroGuy Oct 2020 #25
It appears some are dumb enough Mortos Oct 2020 #32
My grandpa always had circus peanuts at his house. Politicub Oct 2020 #26
My Grandpa always had some in his glove compartment Mortos Oct 2020 #30
My mom also carried juicy fruit in her purs. She even faintly smelled of them. Dream Girl Oct 2020 #40
Something normal vs a flaming pile of shit IronLionZion Oct 2020 #28
This is all very sweet... PJMcK Oct 2020 #31
I hope I didn't offend Mortos Oct 2020 #38
Gosh, no! PJMcK Oct 2020 #48
Hand Salute Sir! I don't know if you are ex-military but a hand salute is a show of respect. Thanks. usaf-vet Oct 2020 #39
I am a veteran Mortos Oct 2020 #44
You too! usaf-vet Oct 2020 #50
Just yesterday, while grocery shopping, I wondered who actually buys those Vinca Oct 2020 #42
I love butterscotch. I don't even get the Trumper's point. Crunchy Frog Oct 2020 #43
He's not good at political debate Mortos Oct 2020 #45
I am so fucking tired of people who say Biden wasn't their first, etc., etc., choice matt819 Oct 2020 #47
Settle down Francis Mortos Oct 2020 #51
Rump is a giant piece of shit with 1 million razor blades hidden inside Celerity Oct 2020 #49
.....I Agree.... titanicdave Oct 2020 #53
Very poor comparison...Of course you don't know,..Orange peanuts are sweater than the butterscotch Stuart G Oct 2020 #54
I didn't know about the Circus Peanut Association Mortos Oct 2020 #55
Thank You....that sentence makes the Association feel much better.... Stuart G Oct 2020 #56
!!!!! calimary Oct 2020 #62
Yes they are called circus peanuts..i only see them sold at pharmacy Demovictory9 Oct 2020 #71
Biden is like fine wine or a smooth whisky. Dump is MadDog 2020... cayugafalls Oct 2020 #57
Or bathtub Gin A HERETIC I AM Oct 2020 #58
Exactly! cayugafalls Oct 2020 #59
Werthers Originals volstork Oct 2020 #60
That was my exact thought! AwakeAtLast Oct 2020 #64
Hmmm, I'm thinking Biden is more like a running river of clear refreshing water BlancheSplanchnik Oct 2020 #63
That's a greate quote!! n/t Chemisse Oct 2020 #65
Great comparison! And you mentioned yard signs? El Mimbreno Oct 2020 #66
Trump IS the whole damn circus. yonder Oct 2020 #67
circus peanuts!! Grasswire2 Oct 2020 #69
I love circus peanuts..in amall doses Demovictory9 Oct 2020 #70
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