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Donald Trump is a raving maniac. (Original Post) Jacson6 May 13 OP
Recommended. H2O Man May 13 #1
Rofl. BootinUp May 13 #4
Roe was reversed since then so pwb May 13 #2
You're more confident than I Dave says May 13 #11
Way more confident than me as well. berksdem May 14 #37
Yes. What is most amazing is that so many people will vote for him. Irish_Dem May 13 #3
He is a 'have'... they don't do 'jobs'. OldBaldy1701E May 13 #15
The GOP is a crime syndicate, not a political party. Irish_Dem May 13 #31
Hear Hear! OldBaldy1701E May 14 #38
Thank you. Irish_Dem May 14 #39
LOL, funny you say that as I am diabetic and cannot drink any more either. OldBaldy1701E May 14 #41
We can have a DU drink. Irish_Dem May 14 #42
Indeed. OldBaldy1701E May 15 #43
To your good health as well. Irish_Dem May 15 #44
Anything to stick it to people like you and me... Harker May 13 #19
They must destroy anything good and decent. Irish_Dem May 13 #32
The mask is off. Harker May 13 #34
I am an idealist/cynic and even I did not see a dark dystopia coming. Irish_Dem May 13 #35
He really could murder someone on 5th Avenue COL Mustard May 13 #20
He is stark raving mad malaise May 13 #5
Check this short video out from yesterday... bif May 13 #6
I really believe his worshipers don't care what he has to say. louis-t May 13 #17
I... myohmy2 May 13 #7
I can't believe he's even close in the polls, it's insane budkin May 13 #8
Close? SomedayKindaLove May 13 #16
Polls lindalou65 May 13 #36
That is the biggest shock. The American people who love Trump. Irish_Dem May 14 #40
They have done a great job Tree Lady May 13 #9
On Sunday MSNBC showed clips of his rally BigmanPigman May 13 #10
They're raving maniacs too. paleotn May 13 #12
EXACTLY B.See May 13 #30
Don't mean to nitpick but he only got 74 million votes, let's not give him credit for Bev54 May 13 #13
He is such an awful evil despicable person and anyone who supports him falls into the same category kimbutgar May 13 #14
He's lost the women's vote, he's lost the Independants louis-t May 13 #18
They are scared of Trump LiberalFighter May 13 #22
It wasn't 74 million LiberalFighter May 13 #21
You know this is like the Alien movie in 1979 Jacson6 May 13 #28
They're there for the Stigginit. maxsolomon May 13 #23
What was your first clue...? dlk May 13 #24
I personally know a great many people here in western PA who voted for him Orrex May 13 #25
"The whole is laughing now at New York's weaponized legal system, watching this unfold," Trump thundered. Traurigkeit May 13 #26
Heard something a bit encouraging last night EverHopeful May 13 #27
Reality check on Isle 1! Aussie105 May 13 #29
74 million Aviation Pro May 13 #33

H2O Man

(73,801 posts)
1. Recommended.
Mon May 13, 2024, 05:27 PM
May 13

I admire your ability to focus on his most positive attributes. I can't say anything that kind about him.

pwb

(11,383 posts)
2. Roe was reversed since then so
Mon May 13, 2024, 05:32 PM
May 13

there's that eh? Trump has no chance after taking away Women's Freedoms. IMO.

berksdem

(607 posts)
37. Way more confident than me as well.
Tue May 14, 2024, 09:46 AM
May 14

The polls are close. It will all depend on how many votes we can get out for blue. GOTV!!!!!!!!!

Irish_Dem

(49,016 posts)
3. Yes. What is most amazing is that so many people will vote for him.
Mon May 13, 2024, 05:33 PM
May 13

I cannot think of any job such an impaired person could do.
Much less President of the US.

OldBaldy1701E

(5,254 posts)
15. He is a 'have'... they don't do 'jobs'.
Mon May 13, 2024, 06:39 PM
May 13

They just play with our entire society like it is a doll house. A 'job' is something they will never have.

(GODS, I wish more and more of our uber-wealthy would suffer a 'Shitt's Creek' style event. The reality of life would destroy most of them.)

Irish_Dem

(49,016 posts)
31. The GOP is a crime syndicate, not a political party.
Mon May 13, 2024, 07:57 PM
May 13

They drive their limos up to the US Treasury and grab as much as they can.

Americans are just collateral damage in their quest for power and wealth.

Like Putin, they were burn it all down to get what they want.

Yes I wish they would lose it all. If there is such a thing as karma, it will be very very bad for them at some point.

I only wish I could witness their just punishment. For destroying the world's greatest democracy in the history of the world. Damn them to hell for eternity.



OldBaldy1701E

(5,254 posts)
41. LOL, funny you say that as I am diabetic and cannot drink any more either.
Tue May 14, 2024, 06:22 PM
May 14

Except on very, very special occasions and even then I have to be 'in the mood'.

Harker

(14,167 posts)
19. Anything to stick it to people like you and me...
Mon May 13, 2024, 06:59 PM
May 13

and everyone else who isn't a vacuous, selfish, depraved, ignorant meathead.

Irish_Dem

(49,016 posts)
32. They must destroy anything good and decent.
Mon May 13, 2024, 07:59 PM
May 13

Anyone who has a moral core and a vision of a better world.

I never thought I would see ruthless dangerous sociopaths take over the world.

I am very glad my father is not alive to see this.

Harker

(14,167 posts)
34. The mask is off.
Mon May 13, 2024, 08:27 PM
May 13

It's been a free fall.

The disparity between how I felt when Barack Obama was about to hand the baton to Hillary Clinton and the utter ugliness of today is stunning.

Irish_Dem

(49,016 posts)
35. I am an idealist/cynic and even I did not see a dark dystopia coming.
Mon May 13, 2024, 08:34 PM
May 13

The GOP is a nasty bunch for sure, but I did not think they would sell out the country
and go for a Russian style autocracy.

Turn the country over to ruthless sociopaths who would take us back a century in terms
of progress. And grab all US financial assets.

We have been very naive I suppose, to think it could never happen here.
We know it happened elsewhere, but never saw it coming.

Yes Harker it is truly stunning.

A dark dystopian world may be our future.

COL Mustard

(6,057 posts)
20. He really could murder someone on 5th Avenue
Mon May 13, 2024, 07:02 PM
May 13

And get away with it.

I wonder if he's who punched Steve Buscemi the other day?

louis-t

(23,323 posts)
17. I really believe his worshipers don't care what he has to say.
Mon May 13, 2024, 06:56 PM
May 13

They just want to go to work the next day and brag that they were there.

myohmy2

(3,273 posts)
7. I...
Mon May 13, 2024, 06:04 PM
May 13

...can't believe there are still people who haven't figured out what king magat's all about...

...they must really want to believe in lies, deception and fairytales...

...it's a mystery how they conclude he's presidential material...

...

lindalou65

(255 posts)
36. Polls
Mon May 13, 2024, 08:44 PM
May 13

I just watched the 5:30 National news on Channel 7 here in Albuquerque and polls in several swing states are showing Trump ahead by as much as 12 points! (At the most). WTF?

Irish_Dem

(49,016 posts)
40. That is the biggest shock. The American people who love Trump.
Tue May 14, 2024, 01:12 PM
May 14

I understand Trump is a vicious sociopath.

But Trump's followers think this is a good leader.

Tree Lady

(11,572 posts)
9. They have done a great job
Mon May 13, 2024, 06:14 PM
May 13

confusing people last 10 years with social media. Make up so many stories, then say, see you can't believe anything on the internet!

Even my daughter 45 says everything is all political on both sides. They both make up stories and she thinks the stuff about Trump is all bs.

Watch the news and unless you see certain people on MSNBC the rest is treating it like both sides do things.

So what we are left with is younger people raising families, not paying close attention, seeing high cost of everything and not remembering Trump started most of it because we are all shell shocked after years of covid.

BigmanPigman

(51,744 posts)
10. On Sunday MSNBC showed clips of his rally
Mon May 13, 2024, 06:15 PM
May 13

and one of the panel guests just shook his head and said tRump is certifiably insane. Everyone can see it. I doubt he will make it through any future trials before losing his mind completely.

Hannibal Lecter ..."a wonderful man"? WTF!

paleotn

(18,064 posts)
12. They're raving maniacs too.
Mon May 13, 2024, 06:27 PM
May 13

What he says is irrelevant no matter how insane or incomprehensible. The fact that he makes it OK for them to be bigoted jackasses in public is the only thing that's relevant and the driving factor behind his appeal. The little snowflakes are scared shitless of a changing country and he makes them feel it's OK to mindlessly lash out in bizarre and stupid ways just like he does.

B.See

(1,457 posts)
30. EXACTLY
Mon May 13, 2024, 07:52 PM
May 13

The Op says he can't believe Trump got x number of votes. I can. History has shown us how.

Such is the power of HATE. Never underestimate it.

Bev54

(10,140 posts)
13. Don't mean to nitpick but he only got 74 million votes, let's not give him credit for
Mon May 13, 2024, 06:29 PM
May 13

more than he got.

kimbutgar

(21,350 posts)
14. He is such an awful evil despicable person and anyone who supports him falls into the same category
Mon May 13, 2024, 06:35 PM
May 13

I have no time for his supporters. When I meet one I have limited interactions with them and never smile at them or look in their eyes if I have to talk with them. I have a magaloon brother in law who I barely talk with and keep my distance from him. Luckily he lives in another state so I only have to see him twice a year. And I won’t go to his house if he’s there!

louis-t

(23,323 posts)
18. He's lost the women's vote, he's lost the Independants
Mon May 13, 2024, 06:59 PM
May 13

he's lost a lot of Republican members of Congress vote, he lost 2020 by almost 8 million votes, I doubt he has gained any Dem votes. And he's still a contender?

LiberalFighter

(51,701 posts)
21. It wasn't 74 million
Mon May 13, 2024, 07:04 PM
May 13

He received 74,224,319 votes. About 7 million will not be voting for him in 2024 (65 and older). They are dead or will be. Those voting for Biden in 2020 about four million will be deceased.

There will likely be a number not voting for him because they realize for one reason or another it would be a mistake.

168.31 million registered in 2020
161.42 million registered in 2022
Data not available for 2024

The decrease could be a combination of deceased and inactive voters removed.

From 2022 to 2024 about 3.5 million will have died by election time.

There are about four million turning eighteen each year. Less than half register to vote.

About 51% are likely to vote Democratic.
About 20% are likely to vote Republican.

Jacson6

(388 posts)
28. You know this is like the Alien movie in 1979
Mon May 13, 2024, 07:40 PM
May 13

Robot David8 loved the alien, but the humans were terrified of him. All except one paid with their life.
I am living in a real life horror movie. IMHO.

maxsolomon

(33,516 posts)
23. They're there for the Stigginit.
Mon May 13, 2024, 07:09 PM
May 13

He is a thumb in our eyes, and that's the point. They hate and fear Liberals more than they like MFer.

Orrex

(63,338 posts)
25. I personally know a great many people here in western PA who voted for him
Mon May 13, 2024, 07:21 PM
May 13

Every single one of them will vote for him again, and many of those have sworn to do so even if he's in jail.

They're a KKKult, and they will continue to worship him until the last of them has died.

Traurigkeit

(670 posts)
26. "The whole is laughing now at New York's weaponized legal system, watching this unfold," Trump thundered.
Mon May 13, 2024, 07:37 PM
May 13

The whole ______ what ?

Dropping words now.
It is only a short matter of time.

EverHopeful

(198 posts)
27. Heard something a bit encouraging last night
Mon May 13, 2024, 07:37 PM
May 13

A young nephew living in a very red area said he's at least managed to convince some people to sit this one out.

Most of his friends and acquaintances, and basically anyone who'll listen to him, don't seem willing to vote for Biden but we're hoping that his efforts to at least convince them NOT to vote for the criminal lunatic will help.

I'm so proud of him.

Aussie105

(5,572 posts)
29. Reality check on Isle 1!
Mon May 13, 2024, 07:50 PM
May 13

May I point out:

1. Surveys predicting the future are often horribly inaccurate - for lots of reasons.

2. MSM need to call this a 'close race' to keep interest going.

3. Trump never had any skills as a creative leader. His shortcomings were obvious then, and becoming more obvious every time he speaks.

4. Hannibal Lecter will NOT be Trump's running mate for VP.

5. In a sane world, the GOP would just fold up their tent and pull the plug on their own existence.
(It is not a sane world unfortunately.)

6. History tells us cults always implode - eventually.

7. The final 'survey' comes in November. Then we will know if the US as a whole is sane or certifiably a global nutcase.

8. Don't forget to look after yourself and your loved ones in your daily life.



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