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View Poll Results: Which Trump supporters do you feel the least amount of sympathy for |
Those who rely on Obamacare | 47 | 48.96% | |
Those living near the border who may loose their homes due to the wall | 15 | 15.63% | |
Those concerned about internet privacy | 11 | 11.46% | |
Those with friends/relatives who were affected by immigration policies | 23 | 23.96% | |
Other | 38 | 39.58% | |
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 96. You may not vote on this poll |
6th April 2018, 08:24 AM | #161 |
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Thread bump.... got a new group of Trump supporters who are now complaining about how they have been negatively affected by Trump:
Farmers (many of whom were Trump supporters) who are complaining about depressed agricultural prices due to Trump's trade war: From: https://www.desmoinesregister.com/st...ers/475963002/ In Sioux County, where swine barns interrupt the vast landscape of corn-stubbled fields, exports of meat, grain and machinery fuel the local economy. And there's a palpable sense of unease that new Chinese tariffs pushed by President Donald Trump — who received more than 80 percent of the vote here in 2016 — could threaten residents' livelihood. ... Brad Te Grootenhuis sells about 25,000 hogs a year and could lose hundreds of thousands of dollars if the tariffs spark a backlash from China. Don't worry... I'm sure that if he ends up going bankrupt due to Trump's trade war, he can continue to rely on Obamacare to keep him healthy. Oh, wait... Well, maybe he can get a job as a coal miner. |
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I'm totally grooving on the hate-fest here. It's really cathartic. I mean, it definitely provides a balm in the way of moral vengeance for that loss that we suffered in the last election...
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9th April 2018, 06:12 PM | #176 |
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Their country? What the hell does that mean? It never was just 'their country'. It also belongs to African-Americans, Native Americans, Gays, Lesbians, Atheists, Jewish people, people who live in the cities and the suburbs, the middle class, the poor, union members.
Their country back.?.. You mean the good old days when a black man was equal to 3/5ths of a white person? Or when women couldn't vote? Or when homosexuality was an abomination? Out of curiosity who's country is it? Does it belong to the coal companies? The banks? The for profit prison companies? The insurance companies? The banks? The polluters? Or just anyone funneling money to Trump? |
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9th April 2018, 06:30 PM | #180 |
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You suggested that 'they' wanted their country back? Who is they? Was it African-Americans? Was it city dwellers? I don't think so. Who 'lost' their country? Because I sure as hell don't think I lost my country. I never ever felt it was mine. And I sure as hell don't think Trump is giving it back to the people. So who is they?
Trump said he was going to drain the swamp. And after Obama said he wasn't going to work with the for profit prisons, Trump handed it back to them. And they set up shop at Trump Doral. Hmmm coincidence? Who does the country belong to Logger? |
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As president Trump can:
- Issue executive orders. As an example of how this is a problem, He has issued orders which ban muslim travelers (an action based on bigotry rather than clear evidence of safety concerns) - Execute new military actions for a limited time frame, and change troop deployments (which gives Trump the ability to start a war, if he choses a "temporary" military deployment that becomes impossible to easily pull out from) - He may be able to withdraw from certain treaties, such as NAFTA (the law is unclear about whether he can do this without congressional approval, but some experts say its possible) - He controls the nomination of people to judicial positions, and to the cabinet. Thanks largely to him, we now have a hard-right Supreme court judge who may help outlaw abortion. He almost had lower-level judges appointed who were completely unqualified. You also have an EPA director who wants to gut the EPA, a head of the Department of Energy who didn't know what the party did, and the head of Housing who knew nothing about, well, housing. - He can veto legislation, leading to a potential stalemate with congress. Alternatively, he can fail to use his veto when needed. Hence, the U.S. will now have billions of dollars added to its debt and taxes on many in the lower and middle class will rise within a decade - As a "figurehead" he has shown pettiness, incompetence and bigotry. (Imagine being one of the Navajo code-talkers, at an event to get honored for serving in WW2, only to have Trump start to politicize the event). Words from the president DO have an effect, on the way the country is viewed, on the way people relate to one another and the government. All of this matters. A lot. |
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He's brought politics into a lot of events where it did not belong... easter egg hunt, code-talker ceremony, the CIA speech, the boy scout speech.
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10th April 2018, 03:06 PM | #198 |
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None of them. No sympathy at all if they are still supporters.
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10th April 2018, 03:26 PM | #199 |
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I see logger's love fest with Trump is still going strong. Some people actually enjoy being screwed over. I'm not one of them.
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10th April 2018, 03:30 PM | #200 |
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I hate this question. I'm not a big fan of Schadenfreude. I think it is the worst part of us as human beings. It's petty. I don't want to see any human being in misery. No matter how deserving they are of it. People remember when you do this and seek opportunities to turn the table. I just want them to realize their mistakes.
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