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Caliman73

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35. Probably not. It's built into the system.

Wed Dec 21, 2016, 07:11 PM

Dec 2016

Republicans run against government. Since Reagan said, "The nine most terrifying words in the English language are, 'I'm from the government, I'm here to help'." That has been their motto. Eisenhower, Nixon, hell even Reagan would be horrified to see the level at which the right wing hatred of government has gotten to.

Democrats are mostly about government partnering with private industry and social organizations to form a coalition to provide the most service to the most people. People are the engine and government helps to work the brakes and gas. Republicans rail against government, actively work to mess it up, cry that it is messed up, loot the Commons, then when Democrats get back into office to fix all the mess caused by Republicans, the cycle starts again.

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Does anyone else wonder what Trump voters were voting FOR? [View all] nbsmom Dec 2016 OP

Please, Big Orange Daddy, make the non-white peoples goes away! Aristus Dec 2016 #1

Bingo! eom BlueMTexpat Dec 2016 #2

Yep. Lil Missy Dec 2016 #18

Absolutely matt819 Dec 2016 #34

Some were voting to stick a thumb in the eye of the system. MineralMan Dec 2016 #3

Some thought they were saying "Fuck the system!" The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2016 #4

The billionaires have successfully tricked people into voting against their best interests. Initech Dec 2016 #15

Indeed Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Dec 2016 #27

Ooh I like that one! Initech Dec 2016 #32

they voted FOR MFM008 Dec 2016 #5

Some men just want to watch the world burn. Hugin Dec 2016 #6

"You either die a hero, or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain." Initech Dec 2016 #11

The people at the Sanders town hall pretty much solely answered "jobs"... TCJ70 Dec 2016 #7

I think your last one is probably the most important Warpy Dec 2016 #8

Exactly! Buckeye_Democrat Dec 2016 #23

They voted for mindless slogans! Make America great again! Initech Dec 2016 #9

This is probably the most accurate reason. Hugin Dec 2016 #12

George Carlin said it best: Initech Dec 2016 #14

So when, exactly, did America stop being great? KamaAina Dec 2016 #46

He never did answer that one, did he? Initech Dec 2016 #47

It's a mystery to me gratuitous Dec 2016 #10

Probably not. It's built into the system. Caliman73 Dec 2016 #35

Whatever they thought they were voting for, I'll bet they aren't going to get it. Arkansas Granny Dec 2016 #13

Like they say "we won you lost" that's as deep as it gets with them Ohioblue22 Dec 2016 #16

They voted to have the government destroyed lunatica Dec 2016 #17

They are for themselves. Against anything that benefits others. Ignorant Narcissists. NRaleighLiberal Dec 2016 #19

A loud-mouthed fake tough guy who was going to protect them from "those people". 11 Bravo Dec 2016 #20

Whatever taps into their ANGER. Whether it's gay marriage in 2004 or immigrants in 2016, it's... Buckeye_Democrat Dec 2016 #21

And with it being the time of year it is... awoke_in_2003 Dec 2016 #24

Yep! Yet another conservative media created controversy! Buckeye_Democrat Dec 2016 #31

I haven't been on Facebook awoke_in_2003 Dec 2016 #36

It's incredible. Buckeye_Democrat Dec 2016 #37

Unions got tossed overboard long ago. nt awoke_in_2003 Dec 2016 #38

Sigh. Buckeye_Democrat Dec 2016 #39

One day, the battles our grandparents fought awoke_in_2003 Dec 2016 #40

Changing topics, but it also wouldn't surprise me if... Buckeye_Democrat Dec 2016 #41

You may be onto something meow2u3 Dec 2016 #45

every once in a while he passed off some heritage foundation bullshit. mopinko Dec 2016 #22

confirmation of their stupidity and ignorance Skittles Dec 2016 #25

I read an article that suggested that economic insecurity is linked to social guillaumeb Dec 2016 #26

The Sniffles voter was born from the Wallace Campaign of 1968 elmac Dec 2016 #28

I heard him one day say he was going to bring jobs back bigly doc03 Dec 2016 #29

Hate. Bettie Dec 2016 #30

Two different Trump voters I asked said the exact same thing: "He'll shake things up" world wide wally Dec 2016 #33

Voters concerned about Immigration and Terrorism voted for Trump. Link: emulatorloo Dec 2016 #42

everything else plus guns sarah FAILIN Dec 2016 #43

They are dreamers wishing for a world that is stacked in their favor. They want the racist utopia. Baitball Blogger Dec 2016 #44