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Gumboot

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22. His followers have been conditioned for years...

Sun Jul 9, 2017, 11:08 AM

Jul 2017

... to accept everything uttered by loud-mouthed authoritarians.

Fox 'News' has destroyed so much of our nation's critical thinking capacity.

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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