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Damn straight. And that goes double for any 3rd party purity voter. Fuck 'em. nt msanthrope Feb 2017 #1
For Me, Ms. Those People Are Worse Too ProfessorGAC Feb 2017 #6
Exactly this PJMcK Feb 2017 #20
When I came of age to vote, you still had to be twenty-one. maddiemom Feb 2017 #106
For Me, The Change Happened When i Was 20. ProfessorGAC Feb 2017 #130
Agreed. yardwork Feb 2017 #114
My stance is that... MarianJack Feb 2017 #58
I agree. I long ago realized that anyone here lambasting Hillary Clinton in favor of Aristus Feb 2017 #83
nothin' but rice pudding between their ears mdbl Feb 2017 #127
+1, if you want sweetness, you've got to give it ck4829 Feb 2017 #2
I got all the sweetness in the world Are_grits_groceries Feb 2017 #4
I don't get the, "your turn to suffer now, liberal " crap. How SammyWinstonJack Feb 2017 #24
I'm even laughing my ass off at the "Liberal" part. HughBeaumont Feb 2017 #32
These idiots just think it's them vs liberals mreilly Feb 2017 #64
Rush et al tells them they suffered and that liberaalllls caused it. BlancheSplanchnik Feb 2017 #63
Well, according to my RW brothers Bettie Feb 2017 #103
K&R nt avebury Feb 2017 #3
There is no way to communicate with many of them underpants Feb 2017 #5
Bless your heart for even trying with them. Sadly, the "news" they hear is leaving out FailureToCommunicate Feb 2017 #7
Well bless your heart Roy Rolling Feb 2017 #8
Blind rage at such voters doesn't help your health or improve the Democratic Party's outcomes. nt Bernardo de La Paz Feb 2017 #9
But what is the solution? GetRidOfThem Feb 2017 #54
The solution is economic It is the same reason that they voted for Trump. cheyanne Feb 2017 #82
The Problem. Blue_true Feb 2017 #108
The solution is not economic mdbl Feb 2017 #129
Did you even read the OP's post? The "rage" is QUITE CLEAR-EYED. But thanks for the condescension. WinkyDink Feb 2017 #80
Yes, I read the OP's post. Your post title is quite insincere. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Feb 2017 #92
It certainly put the tea party in power mdbl Feb 2017 #128
I'm especially annoyed at the ones whining about no jobs. Last week I saw a news item about Vinca Feb 2017 #10
They are their own worst enemy. logosoco Feb 2017 #11
YES! get the red out Feb 2017 #33
But WE suffer for it. FiveGoodMen Feb 2017 #122
👍🏻 Yep voteearlyvoteoften Feb 2017 #12
Okay, I'll tell you... brooklynite Feb 2017 #13
nonsense Cosmocat Feb 2017 #17
Thank you for proving my point... brooklynite Feb 2017 #22
What? Cosmocat Feb 2017 #36
Yep Mars and Minerva Feb 2017 #27
Er . . . . it doesn't get any more "Establishment" than Trump. HughBeaumont Feb 2017 #31
Fake news! Fake news! MrPurple Feb 2017 #123
"A small handful of them" rather than "some of them" would be more accurate. LanternWaste Feb 2017 #42
Good article in the NYT showing how you're wrong kcr Feb 2017 #93
You're 100% right...but you are also wasting your breath NoGoodNamesLeft Feb 2017 #99
You are wrong. Blue_true Feb 2017 #111
No, you are wrong because you assume all Trump voters are "Archie Bunker types" NoGoodNamesLeft Feb 2017 #121
Where is the evidence that a significant fraction of Trump voters were Obama voters? Humanist_Activist Feb 2017 #107
I respect you, so don't take this wrong. Blue_true Feb 2017 #110
Here is the thing - until THE ENTIRE COUNTRY reaches this point Cosmocat Feb 2017 #14
I totally agree. Freedomofspeech Feb 2017 #15
They voted to dump my health insurance. Starry Messenger Feb 2017 #16
Maybe we need to put anti-psychotic medication in the water of the states that voted for Trump. Nitram Feb 2017 #18
An antidepressants in the water of those that didn't. MindPilot Feb 2017 #79
Most telling... kentuck Feb 2017 #19
And they are not all out of work or down and out . Plenty of wealthy repukes love him like crazy lunasun Feb 2017 #78
I agree that Chump voters are a lost cause and that we should try to light a fire under the 46% of Trust Buster Feb 2017 #21
I have a sister-in-law who is squarely in category #1. Laurian Feb 2017 #38
I have a brother and sister in law that moved to Florida and became Southern Baptists. Trust Buster Feb 2017 #40
This sums it up nicely. BumRushDaShow Feb 2017 #45
Most Trump voters I know are your category one -- religious zealots who think God chose Trump. hunter Feb 2017 #72
Also, higher income voters who are salivating for tax cuts shrike Feb 2017 #95
I'm with you. I've written those people off as a danger to the country. Paladin Feb 2017 #23
I often wondered during WWII how people could be convinced to do such evil, to be RKP5637 Feb 2017 #43
The only way trump can do his immigration "reforms" is with concentration camps. Paladin Feb 2017 #66
Code word likely equals his detention centers that he wants significantly increased. n/t RKP5637 Feb 2017 #77
Rude Pundit nailed it- Snarkoleptic Feb 2017 #25
CO-SIGNED Blue_Tires Feb 2017 #26
Willful ignorance. mountain grammy Feb 2017 #28
Exactly!!! n/t RKP5637 Feb 2017 #44
I don't try and reason with people who have abandoned it. HughBeaumont Feb 2017 #29
Every traitor that voted for the orange madman can fuck themselfs. libtodeath Feb 2017 #30
I'm with you are this one. anniebelle Feb 2017 #34
He reminds me of some of the dictators in other countries in our youth! And it is damn RKP5637 Feb 2017 #47
Agreed cmf Feb 2017 #35
F- the Trump voter, it's the voters who didn't vote. sarcasmo Feb 2017 #37
It's a difficult issue IntraPolitico Feb 2017 #39
You can't reach these voters. muntrv Feb 2017 #41
I agree with you and have been saying the same for a long time Orrex Feb 2017 #46
Well said. narnian60 Feb 2017 #71
Support for Trump and voting republican is like being hooked on a bad drug! n/t RKP5637 Feb 2017 #48
just bring up limbaugh, associate them with limbaugh certainot Feb 2017 #49
It's impossible to understand the alternate universe Progressive dog Feb 2017 #50
Agree, there is nothing to "understand". They voted for a racist endorsed by the KKK. Coventina Feb 2017 #51
This link is to help on your journey of understanding the Trumpanzees. Brogrizzly Feb 2017 #52
and the snow flake reference too. and this attack on california AllaN01Bear Feb 2017 #53
In my circles TNLib Feb 2017 #55
K&R mcar Feb 2017 #56
Amen. In fact the one I know have all they need treestar Feb 2017 #57
Many reasons SujiwanKenobee Feb 2017 #59
If you want to market your message to the fraction of them that are turnable... KittyWampus Feb 2017 #60
It Sounds as If the People You're Describing On the Road Feb 2017 #61
One does not negotiate with fascists. Ray Bruns Feb 2017 #62
couldn't agree more florida08 Feb 2017 #65
Amen Proud Liberal Dem Feb 2017 #67
Introspection ? Sorry but please , most are like trump - it's always someone else or an outside lunasun Feb 2017 #88
well said still_one Feb 2017 #68
It's funny.. ananda Feb 2017 #69
The only way I see to sway them back is to Dustlawyer Feb 2017 #70
I think a lot of them haven't really tried to accept education as a means to a better life IMO lunasun Feb 2017 #73
They want everyone they don't like, all those Mc Mike Feb 2017 #74
Probably because you don't understand them nolabels Feb 2017 #75
Did you read the post at all? "I have lived with and am related to many of these people..." WinkyDink Feb 2017 #81
Yes I read the OP and my point was about the understanding nolabels Feb 2017 #115
Did you see the NYT op ed today? It's saying the same thing, and I think you are both right. Squinch Feb 2017 #76
Exactly lunasun Feb 2017 #90
Well put. I especially liked your last sentence: Dark n Stormy Knight Feb 2017 #105
I totally agree. Our platform is awesome. Our messaging sucks. Squinch Feb 2017 #112
Spot on! llmart Feb 2017 #109
I'd say that you DO understand them. Perfectly. stopbush Feb 2017 #84
when they bdamomma Feb 2017 #85
DURec leftstreet Feb 2017 #86
K&R ismnotwasm Feb 2017 #87
The travel ban was a step way too far. Initech Feb 2017 #89
Getting back to the original point that Grits was making... Stonepounder Feb 2017 #91
it's a religion and you'll never convert them head on. The best you can do is be a good example Hamlette Feb 2017 #94
i will never condone hatred, bigotry, misogyny or any of their other 'traits' spanone Feb 2017 #96
Agreed. I'm over being told to be patient and understanding of people who make no such effort butdiduvote Feb 2017 #97
Same thing that drove the Tea BaronChocula Feb 2017 #98
let's face it. it all came to them LOSING their WHITE PRIVILEGES. BRAINWASHED by pansypoo53219 Feb 2017 #100
+1, thank you. okieinpain Feb 2017 #101
My response: guillaumeb Feb 2017 #102
Our side includes all! DownriverDem Feb 2017 #104
Same here orangecrush Feb 2017 #113
You need to understand Trump voters . . . Richard D Feb 2017 #116
Are Trump voters our POLITICAL ENEMIES? Martin Eden Feb 2017 #117
Yes! Exactly. MineralMan Feb 2017 #118
SS and Medicare zentrum Feb 2017 #119
This guy might disagree with you rpannier Feb 2017 #120
Remember that old, tired meme with Madea holding a gun? joet67 Feb 2017 #124
trumpizem teslar Feb 2017 #125
I got in a FB argument with a couple of trumplodytes... the_sly_pig Feb 2017 #126
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