General Election Thread: Two Weeks Out
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Deacfreak07
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jhmd, did you vote for Trump? You were called names by liberal elites.
ImTheCaptain
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Interesting words from the party that hates gays and women
WakeandBake
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Probably the most imcompetent person in the White House in my lifetime (46 years).
Forget politics or issues, just pure incompetence. It's been over 15 years since this guy has had his hands on the levers of power in private business beyond hosting a reality TV show, which is make-believe and not real work. And even then, he failed miserably and had to have his beneficiaries bail him out.
I get not liking Hillary, but will never understand putting someone with little to no competence, a demonstrated ignorance of the issues below the surface, no political capital with either party/few allies in Congress - the big chair. Republicans talk of running the country like a business, but you would never put your business in the hands of Jeff Probst or anyone without the basic foundations of experience and knowledge of the business. A salesman, maybe, but the leader?
Trump probably won't launch nuclear weapons or dismantle treaties, but he is going to fail miserably as a leader. He will confound his staff and they will most certainly be in a constant state of upheaval like his campaign team. He will confound America with bizarre retaliations against perceived slights, which will come at a record pace as his incompetent administration bungles issue after issue. Iv';e worked for a company that was run by a guy like this, and it is not a good thing. Screaming and fists pounding on the desk, teams of employees fired in one fell swoop. People fearing the owner, not respecting him. It's a shitshow, and I think the rural Wisconsinites and Floridians who elected Trump think that is real life or is the "shakeup" Washington needs, and it is a fiction.
My only hope is that this is the eye-opener the electorate needs to start back toward sober, sane perspective on governing and compromise and coalition building. Seeing an incompetent running the executive branch may make them appreciate substance over style.
That's the best I can do with this bag of shit.
Forget politics or issues, just pure incompetence. It's been over 15 years since this guy has had his hands on the levers of power in private business beyond hosting a reality TV show, which is make-believe and not real work. And even then, he failed miserably and had to have his beneficiaries bail him out.
I get not liking Hillary, but will never understand putting someone with little to no competence, a demonstrated ignorance of the issues below the surface, no political capital with either party/few allies in Congress - the big chair. Republicans talk of running the country like a business, but you would never put your business in the hands of Jeff Probst or anyone without the basic foundations of experience and knowledge of the business. A salesman, maybe, but the leader?
Trump probably won't launch nuclear weapons or dismantle treaties, but he is going to fail miserably as a leader. He will confound his staff and they will most certainly be in a constant state of upheaval like his campaign team. He will confound America with bizarre retaliations against perceived slights, which will come at a record pace as his incompetent administration bungles issue after issue. Iv';e worked for a company that was run by a guy like this, and it is not a good thing. Screaming and fists pounding on the desk, teams of employees fired in one fell swoop. People fearing the owner, not respecting him. It's a shitshow, and I think the rural Wisconsinites and Floridians who elected Trump think that is real life or is the "shakeup" Washington needs, and it is a fiction.
My only hope is that this is the eye-opener the electorate needs to start back toward sober, sane perspective on governing and compromise and coalition building. Seeing an incompetent running the executive branch may make them appreciate substance over style.
That's the best I can do with this bag of shit.
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Shooshmoo
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Where does vast majority come from? The vast majority of liberals do not say the vast majority of Republicans are those things, nor do they think the vast majority of Republicans are those things -- but the amount of people who are those things is much larger than you, apparently, believe. And the fact that Republicans who are not those things just voted to be on the same side as their racist, sexist, homophobic, etc, brethren, and just helped elect a President who is at least racist and sexist, is not a good look. We will see where social policies go in the next 4 years to find out if these good hearted, innocent Republicans are supporting racist, sexist and homophobic policies.
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I don't know why it's so complicated. If you want to build a coalition / expand the tent / whatever, you have to do it by making people who disagree with you on something feel welcome. Blanket generalizations don't do that. And of course Trump and the Republicans do it too
You aren't listening to what's being said. Of all days to retreat to the safe space...
Shooshmoo
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Apparently, these innocent people, who are not racist, sexist, homophobes, needed a safe space from the name-calling, and that safe space was voting for Trump.
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I don't have facts and figures. All I know is my Facebook feed is filled with people moaning about how bigoted the country is. Meanwhile, I grew up in the a tiny southern town and the n- and f- word are just not words I heard.
If you like losing elections, please persist in this line of thinking. Today's a learning opportunity for you, Shoo. The choice is yours.
ImTheCaptain
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right, the obvious answer is to find a better version of Bernie and go right for the commie-lib-millennial froth
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So Dems need to be more PC? Good to know.
Cubans. Not crazy.
I don't know why people are tripping out that Trump beat Romney and McCain's numbers with minorities. Flip it around. Did people really think Hillary would do better than Obama with minorities?
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Some liberal Silicon Valley Bernie bro is waiting in the wings.
The "It's not me, it's you" is a problem for Dems, and not one they're in a hurry to get rid of. What's the word? Ah yes...Sad!
Dude, I get it. Losing sucks and looking in the mirror is fucking hard sometimes. What I'm telling you is true. There are well educated, good people, some who I know even post on these boards, who voted for Donald Trump yesterday, not because they supported him and his rhetoric entirely, but because they agreed with certain parts and got tired of being generalized is some toothless bigot. Many of these people, I'd wager, were the last minute undecided voters that all seemed to vote Trump.
Or just do the smart thing and go with Joe Biden, who actually might have been the most qualified Dem to run for anything, ever(TM).
BillBrasky
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They would need 2/3 of Congress and 2/3 of the states. Not happening.
Shooshmoo
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This is Lurker's line of thinking, not mine. I'm going to watch you burn it all down, and rise from the ashes.