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rurallib

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19. Only when it directly costs them money or comfort

Sun Jul 9, 2017, 10:35 AM

Jul 2017

when their healthcare costs are astronomical and their kids can no longer watch Big Bird.
When the cost of food soars because they cheap farm laborers have left for fear of deportation.
When their stores are empty because people have little 'discretionary' money.
eta - when their portfolios plummet like a rocket coming back to earth.

When blaming democrats for everything is no longer possible.
Then we may see some awakening. By then we will be in deep shit.

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It doesn't matter if he's corrupt or incompetent... [View all] MrScorpio Jul 2017 OP

He's unfit for any public office. Period. dalton99a Jul 2017 #1

" " " " " " MBS Jul 2017 #55

For his base, THOSE are ASSETS! lastlib Jul 2017 #58

He is not Obama, therefore he's a winner..n/t monmouth4 Jul 2017 #2

I love to remind those morons that Obama won two elections with overwhelming majorities MrScorpio Jul 2017 #3

Facts are just a nuisance to them. I like apoplectic, it suits them.. monmouth4 Jul 2017 #4

Not "meddling"--cyberWARFARE! lastlib Jul 2017 #17

YES! hurple Jul 2017 #36

It IS war. Zoonart Jul 2017 #52

SPOT ON! lastlib Jul 2017 #59

He is white and rich so they do not care about his TNNurse Jul 2017 #20

I agree with what you said madokie Jul 2017 #24

Dangerous and willful ignorance. mountain grammy Jul 2017 #31

I still think W was worse NobodyHere Jul 2017 #5

It's only been 6 months! PJMcK Jul 2017 #7

9/11 hadn't happened yet at this point in W's term. Thor_MN Jul 2017 #23

I've been referring to him as PresiDUNCE Drumpf..... lastlib Jul 2017 #37

Bush/Cheney did worse things Martin Eden Jul 2017 #28

He's given voice to extreme stupidity. GeorgeGist Jul 2017 #6

Yes and Hitler was successful doing the same thing FakeNoose Jul 2017 #35

He's their daddy and they have stopped thinking rationally. ginnyinWI Jul 2017 #8

He would be impeached before the end of the day if... Orrex Jul 2017 #9

He'll have to hug a brown skinned person, then they'll drop him like a bad habbit YCHDT Jul 2017 #10

Does this count? oberliner Jul 2017 #12

Nah, that's niceties ... hug a non-white with meaningful embrace like Obama would give.. YCHDT Jul 2017 #13

As long as they give him RW SC justices, they are happy oberliner Jul 2017 #11

Pretty much it in a nutshell madokie Jul 2017 #25

That is our biggest threat, too. We will live w these Alice11111 Jul 2017 #47

Sadly, I think Kennedy is going to retire soon oberliner Jul 2017 #48

CAN'T he just make it another year &1/2? We need a petition.He's not perfect, but a hell of a lot Alice11111 Jul 2017 #49

You're right, it doesn't matter. ornotna Jul 2017 #14

It will take only this: He'll have to be revealed as actually BROWN. From, like, Africa. n/t TygrBright Jul 2017 #15

"he's better than Hillary" Dem2 Jul 2017 #16

YEP Cosmocat Jul 2017 #21

They tried other lines of support Dem2 Jul 2017 #41

Yeah,I've heard it too. It helps them to relieve cognitive dissonance. Lies about the Clintons unite Alice11111 Jul 2017 #50

Some things people just have to learn through experience Dem2 Jul 2017 #56

And it turns out that his loyal supporters PatSeg Jul 2017 #18

Only when it directly costs them money or comfort rurallib Jul 2017 #19

His followers have been conditioned for years... Gumboot Jul 2017 #22

Indeed. Duppers Jul 2017 #39

MrScorpio ailsagirl Jul 2017 #26

White Evangelical leaders and the republicans in congress speaking out against him. njhoneybadger Jul 2017 #27

Simple. Their hate trumps everything. broadcaster90210 Jul 2017 #29

It really is that simple, unfortunately.n/t MBS Jul 2017 #54

Republican voters tend to think of elections Mr. Evil Jul 2017 #30

As long as they perceive that he's blowing lunatica Jul 2017 #32

They won't hate him. They will rationalize it's Obama's Alice11111 Jul 2017 #46

Not all of them. lunatica Jul 2017 #57

K & R mountain grammy Jul 2017 #33

Wilful ignorance. lark Jul 2017 #34

Racism, Misogyny, willful ignorance, hate radio, poor education in American civics& history irisblue Jul 2017 #38

+100 Duppers Jul 2017 #40

Explanation of the fear & willful ignorance-driven bubble conservatives live in CousinIT Jul 2017 #42

I am now understanding how someone like Hitler rose to power Skittles Jul 2017 #43

What would he have to do? Bettie Jul 2017 #44

I thing we have devolved into a subspecies. Our brains Alice11111 Jul 2017 #45

Willful and long-repressed hatred would top the list, right next to insidious stupidity. Guilded Lilly Jul 2017 #51

It took smoking gun of taped confession to get Repubs to Panich52 Jul 2017 #53