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16. "The most time she has ever spent researching Trump"???

Wed Jan 18, 2017, 12:12 AM

Jan 2017

Oh, god help us! The books, the interviews, the rally speeches, the magazine and newspaper articles, the lawsuits...........the man is an open book and her research led her to vote for him? Maybe her idea of research is different than mine.

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My trump voting sister said to me, as I was educating her about her vote [View all] boston bean Jan 2017 OP

She may be feeling guilt.. JHan Jan 2017 #1

I have two relatives who are Trump voters who I saw last night. They were both really, really Squinch Jan 2017 #8

Yeah, and that is unusual. Surely if the guy you voted for won, you'd be happy. JHan Jan 2017 #9

I thought trump voters were always cranky and defensive , good to know they don't always have lunasun Jan 2017 #32

I have done that too. Alice11111 Jan 2017 #81

Well I'm pissed about that too, but THEY were snarky over stupid things. They just don't seem happy Squinch Jan 2017 #84

Sore winners. Imagine if they had lost?! Alice11111 Jan 2017 #89

It reminds me of when Nixon won in a massive landslide in 1972. He got 60% of the vote, more than 4lbs Jan 2017 #67

Just for the record mobeau69 Jan 2017 #75

Nixon left office in 1974. Remember, Ford was President from 1974 to 1976, and then Carter won. 4lbs Jan 2017 #80

They say they hate DT, but voted4 him bec Hillary was worse Alice11111 Jan 2017 #79

A friend wrote in Johnson's name rather than vote for Hillary Frances Jan 2017 #103

Friend of mine did the same, as wife and her fam are Repub Alice11111 Jan 2017 #104

Her research on Trump was Facebook itsrobert Jan 2017 #2

probably yeah, or all rightwing sites Fast Walker 52 Jan 2017 #10

Her research on Trump was Facebook itsrobert Jan 2017 #2

Bingo! nt ecstatic Jan 2017 #12

AYFKM? hatrack Jan 2017 #4

All that 'research' and she 'forgot'? keithbvadu2 Jan 2017 #92

HMOG! sheshe2 Jan 2017 #5

It's not "conservative" hate. It is "CRAZED RIGHT WINGER" hate. Say that. RBInMaine Jan 2017 #6

Are they not one and the same these days? Crash2Parties Jan 2017 #30

They are. They've been the same since sometime during bush BlancheSplanchnik Jan 2017 #70

Your wrong on the timeline as the hate goes back decades they just hid it better then cstanleytech Jan 2017 #91

I believe that! BlancheSplanchnik Jan 2017 #105

Tea Party, dgibby Jan 2017 #106

Just trivial things to forget in all her extensive "researching" of her choice. herding cats Jan 2017 #7

My new business: world wide wally Jan 2017 #11

Or blue ones that say, "you broke it, you own it"... Crash2Parties Jan 2017 #31

I would buy several of those for my Trump supporting family members. flying_wahini Jan 2017 #96

- Bigredhunk Jan 2017 #13

it's the Scientology lesson again. They make you not trust those who dump on their cult. SleeplessinSoCal Jan 2017 #14

I agree 100% kimbutgar Jan 2017 #27

and sadly how painstaking it is to deprogram them. SleeplessinSoCal Jan 2017 #37

That's pretty apt. progressoid Jan 2017 #39

K&R nt ProudProgressiveNow Jan 2017 #15

"The most time she has ever spent researching Trump"??? PatSeg Jan 2017 #16

+1 narnian60 Jan 2017 #42

all you have to do is follow his Tweets mreilly Jan 2017 #51

Exactly PatSeg Jan 2017 #64

Do an OP with this heading. You are right on target! LuckyLib Jan 2017 #100

The law also included a ban on yearly and annual limits, pnwmom Jan 2017 #17

She can't be educated...she needs to be SCHOOLED. I promise you LaydeeBug Jan 2017 #18

40, 30, 20, 10 BluesRunTheGame Jan 2017 #19

Bingo. SleeplessinSoCal Jan 2017 #21

Dunno. While sometimes RWers replaced it with sports radio to silence it, dionysus Jan 2017 #50

I think that's right. It's kind of the same with sports radio. LisaM Jan 2017 #77

I was one of the few libs who loves political radio. But college educated white liberal males dionysus Jan 2017 #78

I can't rule out that hacking one of the larger Democratic sites was part of it..... LisaM Jan 2017 #86

AM radio was a big car thing for me, too. The AA station in NY went ESPN, and i think the dionysus Jan 2017 #87

Al Franken made the most of his program SleeplessinSoCal Jan 2017 #88

Omg i forgot about his show! I loved it... dionysus Jan 2017 #90

his books and that show brought me here. n/t SleeplessinSoCal Jan 2017 #93

It was doomed. They didn't own the radio stations. Buckeye_Democrat Jan 2017 #54

Exactly. progressoid Jan 2017 #38

The Powell Memo explains it all. GliderGuider Jan 2017 #41

This message was self-deleted by its author Dark n Stormy Knight Jan 2017 #82

that research... SleeplessinSoCal Jan 2017 #20

But look on the bright side. At least we don't have a president who has her own email server. StevieM Jan 2017 #22

the horror of it all. JHan Jan 2017 #66

George has a great take on our current events Jacob Boehme Jan 2017 #23

yes, what he said....... bowens43 Jan 2017 #68

George was a genius and a prophet. MontanaMama Jan 2017 #76

Never argue with stupid people elmac Jan 2017 #24

Mark Twain and correctly quoted lunasun Jan 2017 #34

At least your sister is level headed enough to realize that she might have screwed up. lancelyons Jan 2017 #25

Sounds like my BIL GP6971 Jan 2017 #26

My Daughter just had to go on Medicare.... blue sky at night Jan 2017 #28

Medicaid? dionysus Jan 2017 #52

My cousin had to go on Medicaid IronLionZion Jan 2017 #62

ahhh...the liberal media hibbing Jan 2017 #29

Well maybe she's on the ACA, not Obamacare. PoindexterOglethorpe Jan 2017 #33

Wait you are saying she didn't vote out of emotion actually gave some thought lunasun Jan 2017 #35

They think Obama Care is free medical for brown ppl, Luz Jan 2017 #40

I knew that... sorry about your sister, boston. Cha Jan 2017 #36

"she spent the most time she has ever spent on researching trump." Rustyeye77 Jan 2017 #43

yeah, barbtries Jan 2017 #46

I would have too, but isn't it obvious. FOX, brietbart, facebook. boston bean Jan 2017 #73

I feel your pain. MarvinGardens Jan 2017 #97

Me and my sister LittleGirl Jan 2017 #61

Forgot!!! logosoco Jan 2017 #44

there's liberal Hillary hate too. barbtries Jan 2017 #45

I'm sure there was a flurry of bumper-sticker scraping after Nixon resigned in disgrace. Aristus Jan 2017 #47

ignorance and hate is what got us Trump (and Comey and Russia helped) CousinIT Jan 2017 #48

I pointed out factual errors to a right-wing co-worker years ago and... Buckeye_Democrat Jan 2017 #49

Why even talk to her if she refuses to educate herself? scscholar Jan 2017 #53

Yup mac56 Jan 2017 #55

Think of it this way, you and I saw a man who never told the truth once, it was obvious Eliot Rosewater Jan 2017 #56

I do know and i agree with you. boston bean Jan 2017 #58

Millions of people voted as a protest against diversity and feminism IronLionZion Jan 2017 #63

"Many rightwingers don't know what they don't know." 3catwoman3 Jan 2017 #57

I had a Latino Trumper tell me Hillary was about to implement socialist Medicare for all IronLionZion Jan 2017 #59

"...she spent the most time she has ever spent on researching trump." Raster Jan 2017 #60

perhaps there might be hope for your sister Angry Dragon Jan 2017 #65

How could it take a lot of time "researching trump"? About 45 seconds should have been enough. George II Jan 2017 #69

George she also said she voted for Trump because she thought Hillary was a war monger boston bean Jan 2017 #74

So much researching....oy vey, what did that entail, I wonder. BlancheSplanchnik Jan 2017 #71

A friend said she wanted to vote for Bernie but ... rickford66 Jan 2017 #72

"She also told me that she felt I was brainwashed by a liberal media." Different Drummer Jan 2017 #83

"The most time she has ever spent"? So... five minutes? JHB Jan 2017 #85

No offense, paleotn Jan 2017 #94

Well... that is pretty much it! LOL And she took great offense! boston bean Jan 2017 #95

So did mine... paleotn Jan 2017 #98

I wrote a fb to friends and family the friday or saturday after the election, reaming them all good. boston bean Jan 2017 #99

She was probably worried about those damn emails liberal N proud Jan 2017 #101

Had a similar experience today Frances Jan 2017 #102