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calimary

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9. Hey, that's a question we ask ourselves every day.

Reply to arthritisR_US (Reply #1)

Thu Jan 9, 2025, 09:39 PM

Jan 2025

WHY? What for? What ON EARTH is the appeal of trump? Especially compared to President Carter - whose opening line was “I will never lie to you”.

Somebody has to explain it to me, cuz I just DO NOT get it. I don’t trust him as far as I could throw Mar-a-Lago. No way in hell I could EVER be talked into voting for him. He’s as far opposite President Carter as it’s possible to imagine.

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4:30 am and there is still a line of people paying their respect [View all] bottomofthehill Jan 2025 OP

Please tell me then how your country voted for him? arthritisR_US Jan 2025 #1

Because that's US politics. Not enough people vote etc. LeftInTX Jan 2025 #3

Hey, that's a question we ask ourselves every day. calimary Jan 2025 #9

That speaks volumes about President Carter. William769 Jan 2025 #2

Carter and Biden True Blue American Jan 2025 #4

I feel like making a slight correction to that last sentence. OldBaldy1701E Jan 2025 #5

Can not argue with another Old Lady True Blue American Jan 2025 #7

How poignant. Mike 03 Jan 2025 #6

Flag and half staff here in Panama City, Panama. Tom Dyer Jan 2025 #8