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NanceGreggs

(27,835 posts)
Tue Aug 9, 2022, 08:20 AM Aug 2022

I'll give Republicans credit for one thing ... [View all]

... they know how stupid the average Republican voter is.

"The January 6th insurrection was a normal tourist day."

"The 2020 election was stolen, despite a complete lack of evidence thereof."

"The FBI raid on Mara-Lago was about nothing more than a 'document dispute'."

The PTB in the GOP know that these kinds of soundbytes will be swallowed whole by their constituents, washed down with a hefty swig of Kool-Aid, and driven home with a few carefully-crafted statements about "the deep state", "political persecution", and "Hunter Biden's laptop".

When it comes to the GOP, you can't fault them for not knowing exactly how pathetically easy it is to manipulate their "base" - the low-IQers, the hopelessly gullible, the proudly ill-informed, and the dumbest people on the planet.

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Nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American people Johnny2X2X Aug 2022 #1
Ummmmmmmmmmmm ....... Lovie777 Aug 2022 #2
You.... Willto Aug 2022 #7
No one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of ANY people whathehell Aug 2022 #18
Now admitting they're Nazis and terrorists? IngridsLittleAngel Aug 2022 #3
Dumber than a box samplegirl Aug 2022 #4
There's a reason Republicans hate and continue wanting to defund public education. CousinIT Aug 2022 #5
You left out Soros. Surely, he is in the middle of this! Frustratedlady Aug 2022 #6
Spot on, as always. niyad Aug 2022 #8
What is PTB? Marthe48 Aug 2022 #9
Powers that Be. n/t NanceGreggs Aug 2022 #10
oh, duh Marthe48 Aug 2022 #12
Powers that be. ❤ littlemissmartypants Aug 2022 #11
thank you Marthe48 Aug 2022 #13
YW. ❤ littlemissmartypants Aug 2022 #14
Powers That Be. 2naSalit Aug 2022 #15
"Proudly ill-informed" Grumpy Old Guy Aug 2022 #16
Just more buzzwords for the ignorati. Marcuse Aug 2022 #17
Which is it: are they stupid, or gullible, or brainwashed? FakeNoose Aug 2022 #19
Precisely why republicans are bad for the republic and democracy Ohioboy Aug 2022 #20
Sadly I just moved to a rural state. Oldtimeralso Aug 2022 #21
He's a carnival huckster who Torchlight Aug 2022 #22
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