I now believe the republicans will keep control of congress for this reason.

[shockey80]

The American people are fucking idiots. All Trump has to do the next couple of months is tell the American people he has created the best economy in history. He has created the best trade deals in the history of the world and tell the American people if you vote democrat they will wreck it all.

The American people will believe him.

[ghostsinthemachine]

1. In any given situation, there are far more

dumb people than smart people....Ken Kesey.....

[mobeau69]

7. They're in two different movies.

[Homoudont]

56. IQ USA

Sadly half the people in the USA have a IQ that's considered below average.

[OilemFirchen]

57. A tiny lesson in statistics:

Just because the median of IQ is 100, that does not mean the mean (average) is the same.

It could be worse.

[Turbineguy]

2. And what's more....

2018 is the highest number year in history. Well, white people's history anyway. That's another thing Trump can take credit for.

[klook]

51. Lol - and the digits add up to 11.

[maxsolomon]

3. That, or Gerrymandered districts and minority voter suppression.

Either way.

[Sunny Daze]

14. Or election tampering...

[2naSalit]

40. +1

[ck4829]

4. I wouldn't say idiots, but I see where you are coming from

There's the individual man and the collective man... the individual man can be intelligent and patient, the collective man has a shockingly low attention span, craves confirmation of pre-existing notions, thinks in binaries, wants to be entertained, etc.

Democrats want the facts on their side, we want expert opinions, we need things to be triple verified, we need photographic and video evidence. We give the people handouts, pamphlets, and manuscripts and we tell them "If you look at the header under subsection 432 of your third handout, you will see..."

Republicans say "CLINTON BODY COUNT!", "THE MUSLIMS ARE COMING! NO, THE MEXICANS! FORGET IT, BLACKS ARE AT IT AGAIN!", "BOO! LIBERAL!", and of course "LOOK AT THE EMAILS! DON'T YOU SEE?! DON'T YOU SEE "PIZZA!" AND PIZZA MEANS SEX GATE CONSPIRACY LED BY THE JEW GEORGE SOROS!"

That's why Republicans win.

[0rganism]

15. like the bench scene from MIB

"a person is smart. people are dumb panicky dangerous animals and you know it."

[ck4829]

28. And we see it in racism, in homophobia, transphobia, Islamophobia, in QAnon, alt-right rallies, etc.

Mob mentality, collective psychosis, emotional contagions, memory conformity, etc.

[2naSalit]

42. aka... Groupthink.

[still_one]

5. I will reserve judgement

[brush]

6. Might be true for another president but you're forgetting that trump is a criminal...

and much more is still to come out from not just Mueller's investigation but also from the Southern District of New York's investigation.

Hell, two of his closest confidants just voluntarily came forward to ask for immunity to protect themselves from going to jail for the crimes they committed with trump.

Much more will come out.

I'm not buying your OP.

[Kablooie]

8. Let's hope the fucking idiots are so content and confident they will stay home.

And the anxiety for the future of the nation drives hoards of reasonable people to the polls.

[lagomorph777]

31. +1

[msdogi]

9. there are more smart people

than idiots. Just have to turn out and vote D

[lagomorph777]

32. 60% smart; 35% idiots, according to the polls.

The other 5% are clueless.

[NoMoreRepugs]

10. I too think it's going to be extremely difficult to wrest

control of congress from the Reich..... if you haven't spent an extended amount of time in the rural areas of the fly over states you can't comprehend the mindset of goobers. Sorry, but I have zero respect for a whole bunch of them.

🍌🍌🍌

[John Fante]

11. Democrats have a double digit lead in most polls?

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Uh oh. Time to start some "Republicans will win anyway" threads. Let's get a some negativity up in here!

[DemocratSinceBirth]

21. PLUS ONE

[leftynyc]

25. +1000

And now I'm just going to trash this thread.

[D_Master81]

12. if this was 2020 i'd agree

but midterms have alot to do with voter enthusiasm. I dont know about you but I'd crawl across broken shards of glass to vote against these GOP thugs in Washington this year.

[lagomorph777]

34. You, me, and tens of millions of our patriotic friends will have bloody hands and knees.

The criminal regime vastly underestimates our rage.

[shockey80]

13. I am usually more positive, when I saw everyone falling for Trumps fake trade deal show I lost it.

When are the American people going to wake up.

[NewJeffCT]

26. fake trade deal?

what is that about?

[DemocratSinceBirth]

35. This

Link to tweet

[NewJeffCT]

37. wow

and Frum has been pretty anti-Trump if I'm not mistaken. Why is he buying this BS?

[DemocratSinceBirth]

38. Read it slowly and read the responses. He is being sarcastic.

Congratulations to the Trump administration on reaching a preliminary agreement in principle to begin negotiations with half of America's NAFTA counterparties with a view to revising one section of the trade agreement!

[redstateblues]

43. Pretty funny actually

[DemocratSinceBirth]

47. I'm surprised he hasn't had a keg party on the White House lawn to celebrate it.

[scarytomcat]

55. wow one section

one section and what does Canada say they are a part of this?

[lagomorph777]

44. I think Americans are already wising up. Even Trumpies have been opposing his trade wars.

Even Trumpies have figured out the tax cut scam.

Have a little faith - only 35% are stupid enough to believe some of what Turd says. Nobody believes all of it.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

16. Not unless Mueller and the SDNY have anything to say about it.......

The 2nd Manafort trial is set to start soon.

Michael Avenatti is pushing ahead of getting Trump under oath in a Deposition.

Other revelations will be coming out.

[Doreen]

17. I do not think they are complete idiots just very hateful people.

Hate rules their life and they are idiots for letting hate rule them.

[NewJeffCT]

24. Polls show that even Republicans think that Trump is dishonest

they just don't care.

[Doreen]

39. Hate makes them not care about lies as long as they suit their hate.

[NewJeffCT]

48. reminds me of this cartoon

[Doreen]

49. That is so funny. Scary however because it is true.

[tman]

18. If democrats vote in record numbers, we win.

I agree with you about the stupidity of surprisingly large amounts of the US population.

[struggle4progress]

19. We'll know on 7 November. But before then, we can only work hard

[lark]

20. Yes, there are way too many idiots in this country, but they are not the majority.

Hopefully Mueller will put out more indictments and start getting people close to the president or even the president himself. Hopefully more information will come out proving orange assfaces' crimes against this country and even more people pull off from his fringes and we win. The only way he wins is if Russia totally hacks the shit out of voter roles or even worse, vote results.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

22. What a depressing and demoralizing thread.

[NewJeffCT]

23. There is not nearly enough Democratic pushback on the economy

Exploding debt and deficits
Gas prices up significantly
wages down after inflation after a few years of small increases under Obama,
job creation is down compared to the last several years of Obama,
income inequality is skyrocketing
trade war means prices will keep increasing

[YessirAtsaFact]

27. Trashing another negative, defeatist thread

I don’t need to read stuff like this.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

29. PLUS ONE

[awesomerwb1]

30. Lame thread.

No no for defeatism right now.

Register with an organization to phone bank, GOTV, write postcards, donate $.

[unblock]

33. at this point, it's hard to imagine republicans keeping control of the house without russian help.

which can't be ruled out, though i don't know if they're inclined to do that. i think they're far more interested in the presidential elections, and they may view helping republicans win the house as a gift that donnie hasn't earned. the risks might not be worth it.

[ecstatic]

36. If they do, it's because they cheated, as usual.

And now with the help of Russia.

[CrispyQ]

41. While I believe ignorance & pride of ignorance is a huge problem in our country,

I think that apathy is a bigger one.

[Loki Liesmith]

45. So I guess you're pretty sharp then?

[stonecutter357]

46. Cool Story, Bro !

[GoneOffShore]

59. Funny how these post show up just before midterms.

[ThoughtCriminal]

50. GOP keeps losing special elections

Even in areas that were deep red in 2016. Not all of them, but it is looking good so far.

[Peacetrain]

52. No.. there is no Republican Party.. could the Trumpians keep control

Well if our side stays home, it is possible

[BannonsLiver]

53. Nah.

[scheming daemons]

54. Correction: 40% of the American people are fucking idiots

The majority are not... and the Dems will take the House.

[kentuck]

58. If Democrats do not have a response to his "best economy" and "best trade deals"...

then you may be right? Americans have to be spoon-fed the truth. Does that make them "idiots"? Yeah, it probably does....