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Moebym

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4. He can't leave our psyche soon enough.

Reply to Silent Type (Reply #2)

Thu Nov 21, 2024, 09:39 PM

Nov 2024

I'm hoping this election was just an anomaly driven by people's misplaced anger over inflation. But...

Some of the data from exit polling and post-election analysis seem to indicate that there are trends that are not favorable to the Democrats. People no longer trust our institutions, this is for certain. Young people don't care as much about loyalty to party. We're losing support from minorities, despite how openly racist the GOP has become.

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Trump is a cultural icon. How do we fight this? [View all] Moebym Nov 2024 OP

He's been a cultural phenom mr715 Nov 2024 #1

+1. Was just thinking he is a once in a century phenomenon. He will be gone at some point, and maybe Silent Type Nov 2024 #2

He can't leave our psyche soon enough. Moebym Nov 2024 #4

Hopefully the mid-term primaries will give us chance to address some of those issues. Silent Type Nov 2024 #13

hagiography is not useful in defining Trump's deeply flawed life. bucolic_frolic Nov 2024 #3

In case there was a misunderstanding Moebym Nov 2024 #9

My whole life in NYC mr715 Nov 2024 #14

Cultural heroin Mz Pip Nov 2024 #5

Agreed on that Moebym Nov 2024 #6

What an astute observation. cilla4progress Nov 2024 #7

My thoughts Bread and Circuses Nov 2024 #8

Wait for the KFC diet to do its natural thing Dem4life1234 Nov 2024 #10

Nicely crafted! I was just going to say we could just wait for him to die Redleg Nov 2024 #15

So is Mr. Hanky the Christmas Poo. chowder66 Nov 2024 #11

His presidency will be a disaster for everyone except the very wealthy. Intractable Nov 2024 #12