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OldBaldy1701E

(10,876 posts)
Thu Nov 14, 2024, 11:47 AM Nov 2024

If this is true, it is hysterically funny to me. [View all]

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/how-to-change-my-vote-searches-spike-in-states-won-by-donald-trump/ar-AA1u0yBR

Buyers remorse, eh?

My brother in Floridistan tells me he has been engaging with one of his neighbors and the guy voted for the orange gibbon. He railed about this and that. Well sir, on the Friday evening after Election Day, my brother went out to find the neighbor walking around his yard with a very depressed look on his face. He inquired and was told that, earlier in the day, his staff was called into a meeting where the were told that they were not getting their Holiday bonuses this year because the company had to stock up on as much whatever imported things they use on account of the tariff threat. He did not know this would happen. He did not know that his company would do such a thing.

Except that he did. My brother had explained all of this to him on the Sunday before Election Day when they were chatting over the fence while their dogs went to go potty. My brother told him all of this. The guy basically said that my brother was lying about how tariffs work and how that idiot was going to wreck things for most of the country thanks to tariffs that would destroy some industries entirely.

He believes my brother now... the stupid get...
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The first sip of MAGA tears in what will be a deluge... (n/t) Moostache Nov 2024 #1
I use MAGA tears to sweeten my coffee... (n/t) rasputin1952 Nov 2024 #2
Too sweet for my palate, I cut them with saccharine to get the bitter aftertaste and balance it out. (n/t) Moostache Nov 2024 #4
LOL! OldBaldy1701E Nov 2024 #8
They will really be waking up DENVERPOPS Nov 2024 #15
Oh, yeah! EndlessWire Nov 2024 #32
Weeks before the election DENVERPOPS Nov 2024 #34
I'm wishing for lots of hardships on people. And this is not typical for me. Walleye Nov 2024 #3
I wish I could say I was not in the same frame of mind... Moostache Nov 2024 #5
I myself don't know if I am wishing hardships on those people... OldBaldy1701E Nov 2024 #6
Funny, I don't really feel owned yet Walleye Nov 2024 #10
DELETED Moostache Nov 2024 #7
I know, right? (n/t) OldBaldy1701E Nov 2024 #9
Mind the leopards! tanyev Nov 2024 #11
Talking to neighbor today and said I was worried about the tariffs TommieMommy Nov 2024 #12
And it hasn't been a decade since Trump's last tariff fiasco. travelingthrulife Nov 2024 #45
I've seen multiple versions of this story Diraven Nov 2024 #13
I thought the same thing. LisaM Nov 2024 #14
Message auto-removed Name removed Nov 2024 #17
I notice that none of them name the employer. Mariana Nov 2024 #30
I'm not saying that you are wrong, but EndlessWire Nov 2024 #33
But none of these are first-hand or even second-hand stories. Mariana Nov 2024 #35
I used to work shipyards as a contractor. Don't be surprised what small manufacturing will do to avoid giving bonuses... haele Nov 2024 #42
I read a similar story about a shop in PA. Demobrat Nov 2024 #16
Cancellef xmas bonuses slightlv Nov 2024 #21
Oh I have no doubt the companies would do it. Demobrat Nov 2024 #22
You dont believe DiverDave Nov 2024 #24
Of course they do. It's not the fucking over I doubt. Demobrat Nov 2024 #25
OldBaldy1701E...... Upthevibe Nov 2024 #18
That is interesting. OldBaldy1701E Nov 2024 #37
That's how I took it. Demobrat Nov 2024 #41
And there will be more coming. republianmushroom Nov 2024 #19
I heard the "won't get their holiday bonuses" in a slightly different setting already Hamlette Nov 2024 #20
It's a FOAF story...a friend of a friend... PCIntern Nov 2024 #23
No, this came from my own brother who had the talk with his neighbor. OldBaldy1701E Nov 2024 #38
" China will pay the tariff " is the new " Mexico will pay for the wall " liberalla Nov 2024 #26
They are always convinced.... Happy Hoosier Nov 2024 #27
I revel in their pain, their regret, and their last dying gasps; it ain't gonna be "Rosebud." NBachers Nov 2024 #28
CAUTION: EXACT SAME STORY from a different location (PA) last week Raven123 Nov 2024 #29
Name the employer, please. Mariana Nov 2024 #31
I will ask my brother if he knows that information. (n/t) OldBaldy1701E Nov 2024 #39
My doctor was saying that they will all deny they voted for him. That's what his Patients told him after George W. kerry-is-my-prez Nov 2024 #36
I believe that! (n/t) OldBaldy1701E Nov 2024 #40
SO typical. Drumpfsters have very hard heads. nt allegorical oracle Nov 2024 #43
I've seen that posted on FB by different people, Same story different locations Autumn Nov 2024 #44
Same Sweet Freedom Nov 2024 #46
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