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In reply to the discussion: I hope the debate was a reality check for those DUers who always underestimate Trump. [View all]
Hitler's chief of Propaganda, told the world: We would tell a lie over and over and over, and the people began to think of it as being the truth.
And Hitler capitalized on that!
Wasn't Trump a reader and student of all of Hitler's writings, and had his writings on the bed night stand by his bed???????? (YES)
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I hope the debate was a reality check for those DUers who always underestimate Trump. [View all]
onenote
Jun 2024
OP
Unfortunately, you make some good points. Especially the comparison to BT Barnum.
c-rational
Jun 2024
#1
Yes he does. And no one here should be surprised. Yet there were many here who thought he'd never show.
onenote
Jun 2024
#9
Thank you! Yes...we need to continue to work hard, donate and GOTV! Tsf is a known lair and a con with a
PortTack
Jun 2024
#59
They've also been killing their people with COVID. And there is the Nikki Haley affect.
onecaliberal
Jun 2024
#64
You are so right. Trump is the Jim Jones of politicians: He is evil wrapped in charisma and bullshit. I am terrified
LaMouffette
Jun 2024
#6
Agree. He didn't seem prepared to effectively counter Trump's endless stream of BS, which was going to be the most
LymphocyteLover
Jun 2024
#140
If they fact checked every lie that TFG told (which was in every response he gave) the debate would have been twice as long
Rhiannon12866
Jun 2024
#158
Agree completely! Yes..we still need to work hard, donate and GOTV! But, to panic over a debate with a known
PortTack
Jun 2024
#63
These aren't debates as in scoring points and being judged. These are shows or infomercials.
LeftInTX
Jun 2024
#84
I'm 80, and I assure you that being old does not play well when any sort of popularity evaluation is relevant.
Trust_Reality
Jun 2024
#96
I will say tho: Trump isn't the only one on at that stage that people have devastatingly underestimated
ColinC
Jun 2024
#33
If you mean how DARK BRANDON has in the end woven his magic thru experience and good advice, and come out
PortTack
Jun 2024
#69
I mean the guy who they thought wouldn't finish his first term in the senate because he was too young
ColinC
Jun 2024
#95
I was just thinking that this should blunt a bit of the unwarranted overconfidence and complacency.
TwilightZone
Jun 2024
#32
not many people have been basing that confidence on a debate, so this is a canard
bigtree
Jun 2024
#48
I kept wanting Biden to respond to the allegations about immigrants and social security & medicare -
Ms. Toad
Jun 2024
#56
How many viewers who do not pay attention to truthful news will recognize or reject Trump's lies?
Trust_Reality
Jun 2024
#103
DU is operating on the assumption that optics is everything and substance is nothing
ColinC
Jun 2024
#125
Because when Trump lost to Hillary and Biden, he often times looked like a raging maniac
Polybius
Jun 2024
#131
It appears so far, at least, that Trump looking like a pathological liar would've taken hold of headlines if not for l
ColinC
Jun 2024
#145
I'm lost with people who insist the string of bullshit they saw from Trump tonight was some kind of victory
bigtree
Jun 2024
#43
Let's see if I got that right: Democrats supported him all the way through both primaries and supported hi to ...
marble falls
Jun 2024
#51
You are a confused sort. You join up just to cut the President over a so-called debate. Show me I'm wrong ...
marble falls
Jun 2024
#89
Absolutely! His job is to go on stage, talk shit, and look good while doing it.
In It to Win It
Jun 2024
#62
I don't think we underestimate dipshit much, we underestimate those voters who would even give him a second thought
Cheezoholic
Jun 2024
#66
I've seen many, many DU posts: Trump is gonna flee the country. Trump isn't gonna show up.
LeftInTX
Jun 2024
#156
I will. He ain't going nowhere lol. And the problem isn't so much HIM, he's a flare up of the disease that has festered
Cheezoholic
Jun 2024
#157
I just donated to Joe. Fuck the orange turd! He lies, he cheats, he doesn't give a damn about anyone but himself.
C Moon
Jun 2024
#76
He's a liar, rapist, a narcissist and "has the morals of an alleycat." Swing voters saw thru his "performance"
emulatorloo
Jun 2024
#78
Yeah swing voters in focus groups said the same thing. Hated the lying and refusal to answer questions.
emulatorloo
Jun 2024
#85
I never underestimate big money, red state voter suppression, fascist judges/ courts, foreign influence
ImNotGod
Jun 2024
#82
I can't blame this on CNN. Think we'll feel better after reflection, but CNN let them fight over
Silent Type
Jun 2024
#104
A highly skilled con man, who is widely known or proven to be a con man, should not get air time.
Trust_Reality
Jun 2024
#114
I just hope for anyone watching they stuck around longer than 15 minutes. So many have very short...
OneGrassRoot
Jun 2024
#129
I thought Trump's slurring words and verbal conflations were a setup all along
bucolic_frolic
Jun 2024
#139