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Cosmocat

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8. You are spot on and this is nuance people need to understand

Reply to beachbum bob (Reply #1)

Wed May 24, 2017, 08:17 AM

May 2017

Only 1/3 of the country had the simple god darned sense to vote for the competent, reasonable, sane (and extraordinarily qualified) candidate.

1/3 of the country is lost, flat out.

BUT, the nuance is that 1/3 of the country was willing to accept 45 (and right wing bullshit generally).

That is the soft spot.

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Every day I wake up and wonder why the voters of the US subjected us to such an asshole [View all] mdbl May 2017 OP

you can thank those who voted 3rd party or not vote at all, the US voter majority made the right beachbum bob May 2017 #1

(You can also thank the 62 million who actually voted for Trump.) n/t Orsino May 2017 #5

62 million facts. SammyWinstonJack May 2017 #7

You are spot on and this is nuance people need to understand Cosmocat May 2017 #8

They didn't. I'm convinced at least four states were flipped for Trump. 50 Shades Of Blue May 2017 #2

flipping would mean nothing if millions had not voted for the asshole, or third party. uncle ray May 2017 #3

right Cosmocat May 2017 #9

Democratic politicians Scarsdale May 2017 #19

They have been going at it so long and relentlessly Cosmocat May 2017 #23

I think this, too, then I put on the Washington Journal call-in show for a few minutes. Vinca May 2017 #4

YEP Cosmocat May 2017 #10

Meanwhile NewJeffCT May 2017 #18

make america white JI7 May 2017 #6

THIS BumRushDaShow May 2017 #11

Yep, back to the good old days where the little lady bowed down to her husbands wishes Stellar May 2017 #17

I agree hibbing May 2017 #16

We are suffering the consequences as a nation of indulging right wing fuck wittery for decades Cosmocat May 2017 #12

Anger, greed, delusion make people stupid vlyons May 2017 #13

Too many men and women athena May 2017 #14

It's Not Just the Voters dlk May 2017 #15

Hillary won the election. Republicons stole 80,000 votes in 3 states to steal the Electoral College. Bernardo de La Paz May 2017 #20

40,000. Switched votes count twice. Subtract one here, add one there. L. Coyote May 2017 #25

I believe it was "branding" B Stieg May 2017 #21

Exactamundo. Excellent post. oasis May 2017 #28

"the voters"? You mean "some of the voters plus the hacked machines and the Russians"? WinkyDink May 2017 #22

The vote suppressors and vote counters, not the voters. Yuuuuge difference. L. Coyote May 2017 #24

you say that but everytime I turn around some idiot is admitting he/she voted for trump mdbl May 2017 #26

Your blame is misplaced. Election was a total farce. triron May 2017 #27