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CBHagman

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44. The impression I get is that many are thinking of jobs...

Sat Jan 28, 2017, 12:33 PM

Jan 2017

...and believe that the Trump administration will be the time when manufacturing, mining, and other industries will see a surge in growth, with decent wages.

And then there are those who are social conservatives, in some cases one-issue voters, and went with the GOP because of the antiabortion and other stances.

In some of the above cases, I can well believe people held their noses to vote for Trump. I'm not justifying any of this, but I do think it's worth considering the desperation of the hope that manufacturing and mining are coming back. They won't have heard that the Democrats have for years had a proposal (Make It in America) to boost manufacturing, and they'll have instead bought the notion that Trump really is this skillful negotiator or at least strongman enough to make entire corporations and industries quake.

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Stop thinking like a Democrat for a moment. Think like a Trump supporter. [View all] Mr. Ected Jan 2017 OP

If losing their Social Security and Medicare doesn't bother them, then you are right, nothing will still_one Jan 2017 #1

They haven't lost those things yet. Mariana Jan 2017 #47

Trump promised to preserve those marylandblue Jan 2017 #53

That's a big IF. Mariana Jan 2017 #56

Can't do it. fmdaddio Jan 2017 #2

"Think like a Trump supporter" Dave Starsky Jan 2017 #5

Too foreign to me... can't be done. InAbLuEsTaTe Jan 2017 #31

Can't either El Mimbreno Jan 2017 #9

Among other things, they want to see someone stick to the "elites" marylandblue Jan 2017 #3

We can't give them any policies because republicans are in power. In case you didn't notice. LisaL Jan 2017 #6

But their concerns are fictitious. tazkcmo Jan 2017 #38

First of all, you'd have a hard time explaining to them what a "policy" is. Dave Starsky Jan 2017 #40

We can suggest ideas that will help them marylandblue Jan 2017 #55

They also really believe Putin is a good guy helping the cause dalton99a Jan 2017 #4

Shame and ridicule work with them...I wish it weren't so LaydeeBug Jan 2017 #7

Deplorable Johnny2X2X Jan 2017 #8

Our objections are simply categorized as "partisan behavior" Mr. Ected Jan 2017 #10

Worse winetourdriver01 Jan 2017 #13

Yup Johnny2X2X Jan 2017 #15

The only way to turn an Afrikaner nationalist wellst0nev0ter Jan 2017 #11

kind of what I was thinking... anarch Jan 2017 #28

Nope not even for a nano second onecaliberal Jan 2017 #12

"In the kingdom of the blind, the one-eyed man is king." Jim__ Jan 2017 #14

I cant. easttexaslefty Jan 2017 #16

The only way is for trump to be completely humiliated LuvLoogie Jan 2017 #17

Ain't gonna happen - short of maybe a vast war that trump clearly starts jmg257 Jan 2017 #18

How can I think like a Trump supporter when they DON'T. Barack_America Jan 2017 #19

They won't care unless he affects THEM or their loved ones. Buckeye_Democrat Jan 2017 #20

What if we had another Katrina-like event in the south, pnwmom Jan 2017 #21

No. Bush and the GOP philosophy of defunding government were not blamed for guillaumeb Jan 2017 #27

no, indeed, somehow Obama is blamed... anarch Jan 2017 #30

President Obama is also blamed for the Iraq war, guillaumeb Jan 2017 #32

What if the people who were trapped and dying on TV were mostly white? n/t pnwmom Jan 2017 #37

That would be different. guillaumeb Jan 2017 #39

I'm not sure if that would matter either. Buckeye_Democrat Jan 2017 #41

They would conclude those dying Runningdawg Jan 2017 #50

this is the warped fucked up image we need to overcome. good luck Takket Jan 2017 #22

My brother is one of them. manicraven Jan 2017 #23

Ugh, that's too bad. My niece used to be married to a man like that. Buckeye_Democrat Jan 2017 #24

Glad your niece is out of the situation. I could never be married to someone like my brother. manicraven Jan 2017 #42

It's really odd to me too. Some people really think that they earned everything... Buckeye_Democrat Jan 2017 #43

Oh Boy! You put up the MFKER I love to hate! coco22 Jan 2017 #57

Santelli? Yes, he enraged me too! Buckeye_Democrat Jan 2017 #59

He talked his big shit while leading his TEABAGGERS with lies.. coco22 Jan 2017 #60

And probably the main difference that has boosted his career? Being a white man who was willing to bettyellen Jan 2017 #65

Democrats need to offer them something better. C_U_L8R Jan 2017 #25

all else being equal, if both sides had the same compelling economic promise anarch Jan 2017 #33

Absolutely. And we've gotta offer something better. C_U_L8R Jan 2017 #35

the idea that he is a loser? treestar Jan 2017 #26

It will probably require tanking the economy... which will probably happen under him. n/t Buckeye_Democrat Jan 2017 #29

lol tazkcmo Jan 2017 #34

I live in the most liberal part of CA marlakay Jan 2017 #36

The impression I get is that many are thinking of jobs... CBHagman Jan 2017 #44

Why? rusty fender Jan 2017 #45

Thanks a lot! I sat for a moment and thought like a Trashpot follower and now I have a splitting TrekLuver Jan 2017 #46

Exactly, a lot of moderates went for Trump marylandblue Jan 2017 #52

Look, you can't save your clueless neighbors. Blue_true Jan 2017 #48

Forget it, I tried to think like a Trump supporter Blue_true Jan 2017 #49

Short of a video showing him Phoenix61 Jan 2017 #51

We can beat him next time without Trump supportered because they are just as evil as he is. Demsrule86 Jan 2017 #54

46% of us voted for Hillary. dawg Jan 2017 #58

I have only met 3 people since Election Day that admitted they voted for Hillary Mr. Ected Jan 2017 #63

I'm in rural Georgia. dawg Jan 2017 #64

How do they look at Trump and not see a mentally unstable clown? ecstatic Jan 2017 #61

He promised them jobs. If those azmom Jan 2017 #62

A Health Care System Collapse. Motown_Johnny Jan 2017 #66

Sadly I think it's going to be when the nukes are launched nt maryellen99 Jan 2017 #69

Are any of them hunters or fishermen? Burn them to their cores and have fun doing it. ffr Jan 2017 #67

The only way that I'm able to understand tRump supporters is by assessing them using psychological VespertineIconoclast Jan 2017 #68

They'll never be convinced. Sadly they are a lost cause. underpants Jan 2017 #70

Honestly, they'll bail on him whenever he starts looking weak. dawg Jan 2017 #71