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Rhiannon12866

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10. I sure agree about that, too.

Reply to WePurrsevere (Reply #8)

Thu Apr 13, 2017, 05:34 AM

Apr 2017

I actually felt physically sick when Bush* inexplicably got a second term in 2004. But Trump made me sick during the campaign and what he's doing now is so surreal that it has to be a bad dream.

Kudos to your Dad! And Trump's not even a Republican, he only does what he thinks will benefit him, could care less what Republicans think or want. My Dad was a lifelong Republican, but he was also a liberal, if anyone can imagine that now. And he wasn't partisan, liked the "good guys" of any persuasion. He never gave me any grief about who I voted for. I always wished I could ask him what he thought of Bush*, since I couldn't imagine him supporting much. But Trump has to offend anyone who's paying attention - or even conscious...

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Energy Star ratings are cheap, effective and popular. Why does Trump want to kill them? [View all] Rhiannon12866 Apr 2017 OP

He doesn't want to kill it. He just doesn't give enough fucks to keep this around. DetlefK Apr 2017 #1

He doesn't understand it. Ilsa Apr 2017 #2

That's an excellent point. Rhiannon12866 Apr 2017 #3

W.T.H! This just plain 'penny smart, dollar foolish'. WePurrsevere Apr 2017 #4

I know. Rhiannon12866 Apr 2017 #5

I was/am the same way... WePurrsevere Apr 2017 #8

I sure agree about that, too. Rhiannon12866 Apr 2017 #10

You're right, Trump isn't a Republican, he's his own... WePurrsevere Apr 2017 #21

Republicans are a death cult, hell bent on destroying the planet and killing everything that lives anarch Apr 2017 #6

I think you're right, more's the pity Rhiannon12866 Apr 2017 #7

Yep - just mean spirited hatred Cosmocat Apr 2017 #12

"Will destroyng this piss off liberals and Democrats? Then let's destroy it!" hatrack Apr 2017 #18

Any consumer protection device is antithetical to his quest to screw others... Cooley Hurd Apr 2017 #9

So he's doing everything he can to make the rest of us sick, too... Rhiannon12866 Apr 2017 #11

They attack the effective regulations first, because they want to discredit regulation itself /nt MrModerate Apr 2017 #13

because he's just a fucking giant asshole who hates progress Fast Walker 52 Apr 2017 #14

Because it's on the "Freedom" Caucus list of regulations to eliminate. mtngirl47 Apr 2017 #15

Trump has alienated so many groups and individuals, there has to be a backlash in 2018 Rhiannon12866 Apr 2017 #17

I'm in Whittier---just outside the Cherokee Reservation mtngirl47 Apr 2017 #19

It certainly is beautiful country! Rhiannon12866 Apr 2017 #20

Yeah. 'Free market' zealots and pro-consumption energy interests. Mc Mike Apr 2017 #16