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world wide wally

(21,718 posts)
Sat Dec 3, 2016, 02:46 PM Dec 2016

So, let me get this straight.

HHillary is vilified because she had a private email server which could possibly have been hacked (but wasn't) for classified documents, but Patraus did share classified documents and he gets a cabinet position.
Hillary is vilified for giving speeches to the tune of $200,000 to Goldman Sachs but an actual Goldman Sachs executive gets a cabinet position.
Hillary is accused of skimming from the Clinton Foundation, but she didn't according to independent charity monitors, but Trump loses his foundation rights for proven skimming.

Then Trump wins the election because Hillary can't be trusted.

And some of you say we can't refer to Trump voters as "stupid"?

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So, let me get this straight. (Original Post) world wide wally Dec 2016 OP
I agree with everything you wrote but this DemocratSinceBirth Dec 2016 #1
What would you call it? world wide wally Dec 2016 #2
Ignorant, stupid, moronic... DemocratSinceBirth Dec 2016 #4
You just nailed it my friend. Wellstone ruled Dec 2016 #10
Don't need a movie. They can't stand it lunasun Dec 2016 #20
Nailed it! Raster Dec 2016 #46
Evil. nt Lyric Dec 2016 #33
I'm convinced Trump was headed to defeat in primaries until he went after Mexicans Hoyt Dec 2016 #3
Yup. ismnotwasm Dec 2016 #5
The South End of a Northbound Yak... gregcrawford Dec 2016 #45
Medicare enid602 Dec 2016 #29
I agree with you DemocratSinceBirth. montana_hazeleyes Dec 2016 #31
This is so true. Denis 11 Dec 2016 #44
I'll call them stupid all I want. Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Dec 2016 #6
they are UNBELIEVABLY STUPID Skittles Dec 2016 #7
When I was told as a child "Anyone can be President", Thor_MN Dec 2016 #14
Hillary is villified because she existed at the time of Benghazi, but Petraeus, who had Squinch Dec 2016 #8
How much press did Trump's actions get? I mean, day after day headlines? jalan48 Dec 2016 #9
But kacekwl Dec 2016 #16
Well, they're not all stupid. TwilightZone Dec 2016 #11
which makes them STUPID Skittles Dec 2016 #18
To vote for someone whom David Duke heartily endorses is insanity ailsagirl Dec 2016 #22
you can not vote for Cryptoad Dec 2016 #19
Sure, but many of them weren't voting for a party. TwilightZone Dec 2016 #25
same goes for a candidate Cryptoad Dec 2016 #27
I'm not big on blanket statements. TwilightZone Dec 2016 #28
They were stupid too mdbl Dec 2016 #48
i think you've got it just about right. we are fucked. spanone Dec 2016 #12
Trump didn't win. The bigoted, lying, hypocrite was put there. Even with all their antics he still judesedit Dec 2016 #13
frankly, I don't think he won. tomp Dec 2016 #37
I am not sure what to think anymore. Akacia Dec 2016 #15
I just can't even. yardwork Dec 2016 #17
Trump spoke to white working class people betterer. boston bean Dec 2016 #21
He spoke lies to them workinclasszero Dec 2016 #30
Russia told the media to focus on email and brush over Trump, so they did as they were directed. nt LaydeeBug Dec 2016 #23
you got it!! niyad Dec 2016 #24
IOKIYAR putitinD Dec 2016 #26
K&R betsuni Dec 2016 #32
Trump wants a wall to keep out people and ban certain people JI7 Dec 2016 #34
It's simply astounding to me, since so much criticism of Hillary centered around vague Warren DeMontague Dec 2016 #35
K & f'ing R! mcar Dec 2016 #36
Stupid is as Stupid does lunatica Dec 2016 #38
Trump sold them a bill of goods n2doc Dec 2016 #39
A tRump vote was a hate crime SHRED Dec 2016 #40
IOKIYAR Spitfire of ATJ Dec 2016 #41
Crooked Trump Daxter Dec 2016 #42
+1000 world wide wally Dec 2016 #43
Oh they're stupid alright mdbl Dec 2016 #47
You are correct - this America 2016 Cosmocat Dec 2016 #49
Ok, Trump supporters may not be the sharpest knives in the drawer, but ... JustABozoOnThisBus Dec 2016 #50
Yeah. You have it absolutely right. The Rampant Stupid... Guilded Lilly Dec 2016 #51
Not sure you could have said that any better. Well done!! AgadorSparticus Dec 2016 #52
At the risk of being redundant The Wizard Dec 2016 #53
K & R SunSeeker Dec 2016 #54
Still waiting to see if he actually won. I am a believer that he did not win anything. lonestarnot Dec 2016 #55

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,704 posts)
1. I agree with everything you wrote but this
Sat Dec 3, 2016, 02:49 PM
Dec 2016

I agree with everything you wrote but this:


And some of you say we can't refer to Trump voters as "stupid"?



The Deplorables love Trump because he hates the right people according to them.

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,704 posts)
4. Ignorant, stupid, moronic...
Sat Dec 3, 2016, 02:57 PM
Dec 2016

Ignorant, stupid, moronic or other unpleasant adjectives don't explain Trump voters because they knew exactly what they were doing.

I posted this before:

Ever see Mississippi Burning.

Remember the scene where Gene Hackman's character tells Willem Dafoe's character that his poor dad killed his black neighbor's mule because he couldn't stand to see a black man doing better than him. There was a lot of that with the Trump voters.
 

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)
10. You just nailed it my friend.
Sat Dec 3, 2016, 03:24 PM
Dec 2016

Growing up in a Bigoted area,heard similar statements. Include Native Americans in that statement.

 

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
3. I'm convinced Trump was headed to defeat in primaries until he went after Mexicans
Sat Dec 3, 2016, 02:54 PM
Dec 2016

calling them all kinds of vile crud, then went after Blacks, Muslims and every other minority that ignorant white wingers hate.

gregcrawford

(2,382 posts)
45. The South End of a Northbound Yak...
Sun Dec 4, 2016, 10:03 AM
Dec 2016

... gave the game away when he said that he LOVED the poorly educated, or words to that effect. The crowd of room-temperature IQs cheered deliriously, being too dirt stupid to realize that they had just been insulted by the malicious liar they so fervently supported.

The bar for measuring the mean intelligence level of the electorate is now lower than snake shit in a tire track. We're all doomed.

enid602

(8,524 posts)
29. Medicare
Sat Dec 3, 2016, 07:05 PM
Dec 2016

And don't forget that tRump ran on a populist program that promised a lot to working class whites, but this past Wednes went on TV to make his first policy pronouncement, namely that Medicare will be phased out starting this Spring. Not that he was going to submit a plan to Congress, mind you, but that Congress would begin with the phase out this Spring.

montana_hazeleyes

(3,424 posts)
31. I agree with you DemocratSinceBirth.
Sat Dec 3, 2016, 08:12 PM
Dec 2016

The trump voters damn well know his racism and other hates. They voted for racism and hate!

I've been saying it and saying it and will. not. stop. No excuses. Everyone saw and heard what he is and spews out.

Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,063 posts)
6. I'll call them stupid all I want.
Sat Dec 3, 2016, 03:09 PM
Dec 2016

If the poor little snowflakes can dish it out they better be prepared to take it.

Skittles

(152,963 posts)
7. they are UNBELIEVABLY STUPID
Sat Dec 3, 2016, 03:14 PM
Dec 2016

they fell for a liar, a con man, a carnival barker, a PERVERT......not just fell for his garbage but thought he was WORTHY OF THE PRESIDENCY OF THE UNITED STATES

STUPID, STUPID, STUPID

 

Thor_MN

(11,843 posts)
14. When I was told as a child "Anyone can be President",
Sat Dec 3, 2016, 04:25 PM
Dec 2016

I didn't think they were being fucking literal...

Squinch

(50,773 posts)
8. Hillary is villified because she existed at the time of Benghazi, but Petraeus, who had
Sat Dec 3, 2016, 03:18 PM
Dec 2016

actual security responsibility in the area, gets a pass.

Yep. All this is true.

jalan48

(13,797 posts)
9. How much press did Trump's actions get? I mean, day after day headlines?
Sat Dec 3, 2016, 03:21 PM
Dec 2016

Trump voters aren't necessarily stupid-they have been brainwashed.

kacekwl

(6,993 posts)
16. But
Sat Dec 3, 2016, 04:43 PM
Dec 2016

Yes but the headlines continued , just locker room talk , what he ment to say was... , have to give him a break because he's new and an outsider and so on. Never held accountable.

ailsagirl

(22,837 posts)
22. To vote for someone whom David Duke heartily endorses is insanity
Sat Dec 3, 2016, 05:24 PM
Dec 2016

If the name DD wasn't enough to repel voters, there's really no point in even calling them on it

Cryptoad

(8,254 posts)
19. you can not vote for
Sat Dec 3, 2016, 05:07 PM
Dec 2016

a Political Party that supports Bigots and Hate Mongers and not be a Bigot and a Hate Monger yourself.

TwilightZone

(25,342 posts)
25. Sure, but many of them weren't voting for a party.
Sat Dec 3, 2016, 06:10 PM
Dec 2016

They were voting for Trump. The party was secondary.

Besides, straight ticket isn't an excuse for voting for a pathological-lying sociopath, either.

Cryptoad

(8,254 posts)
27. same goes for a candidate
Sat Dec 3, 2016, 06:32 PM
Dec 2016

if u vote for candidate that supports bigots and Hate Mongers,,,,, u are a bigot and a Hate Monger.

TwilightZone

(25,342 posts)
28. I'm not big on blanket statements.
Sat Dec 3, 2016, 06:53 PM
Dec 2016

I think there are probably some people who voted for Trump for reasons that don't necessarily involve bigotry or hate. No doubt it was a primary factor for many, if not most, but I think we might be overlooking some useful information if we just assume that bigotry and hatred were the only drivers. I don't think it's quite that simple. Life and people rarely are.

None of the reasons are adequate, however. There's no excuse for voting for Trump. Regardless of the reasons, the result's the same.

mdbl

(4,972 posts)
48. They were stupid too
Sun Dec 4, 2016, 10:41 AM
Dec 2016

I let them know that's what they gave us, bigotry and hate in the white house just in case they were unaware.

judesedit

(4,437 posts)
13. Trump didn't win. The bigoted, lying, hypocrite was put there. Even with all their antics he still
Sat Dec 3, 2016, 04:17 PM
Dec 2016

didn't win the popular vote

Akacia

(582 posts)
15. I am not sure what to think anymore.
Sat Dec 3, 2016, 04:35 PM
Dec 2016

Several of my relatives proudly declared that they voted for this idiot. I tried to reason with my sister but ended up feeling as if I was talking to a brick wall. I had never known her to be soooo brainwashed/ stupid. I thank God that I moved to a blue state or I would probably lose my mind. When things get real bad as we all know they will with this administration I might get a small bit of satisfaction in telling her I told you so unfortunately it is not enough as the whole country minus the 1% will be hurting. I have refused to talk to my family since the election and I am not in a hurry to talk to them at this time.
Thank God DU is here or I might go completely bonkers!

 

workinclasszero

(28,270 posts)
30. He spoke lies to them
Sat Dec 3, 2016, 07:12 PM
Dec 2016

And like idiots, they bought it.

Maybe when their kids are dyin in Iran, it will give the deplorables comfort as they beg for food in front of a hospital for rich people?

Warren DeMontague

(80,708 posts)
35. It's simply astounding to me, since so much criticism of Hillary centered around vague
Sat Dec 3, 2016, 09:07 PM
Dec 2016

Allegations of "conflict of interest".

Now trump gets in and it's like "conflict of interest? So what"

n2doc

(47,953 posts)
39. Trump sold them a bill of goods
Sat Dec 3, 2016, 09:53 PM
Dec 2016

Clinton told voters the truth about what was possible. Trump told them fantasies where everything could be made great again- cheap healthcare, lots of good paying jobs, the rest of the world cowering in the face of our might. Enough fell for the con job to win him enough states to get the EC win.
And the media now seems to be a willing partner in the con, witness the Carrier con job, where 700 jobs are 'saved' but 1300 lost, at the cost of $1000/job in taxpayer money, and with no certainty of this being permanent. But you would think Don the Con had walked on water and made Carrier's CEO agree to his every term, just by force of nature.

Daxter

(103 posts)
42. Crooked Trump
Sun Dec 4, 2016, 05:18 AM
Dec 2016

The name "crooked Hillary" never made sense to me. Donald Trump has been involved in thousands of lawsuits and he even had links to organized crime. If you do not believe me, here is the link to an entire Wikipedia article dedicated to Donald Trumps' legal affairs.

Link:

[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_affairs_of_Donald_Trump|

JustABozoOnThisBus

(23,282 posts)
50. Ok, Trump supporters may not be the sharpest knives in the drawer, but ...
Sun Dec 4, 2016, 12:35 PM
Dec 2016

... but they voted.

They got off their butts, went to the polling places, and voted.

I don't think Democratic supporters were as excited as they were in 2008, 2012.

Guilded Lilly

(5,591 posts)
51. Yeah. You have it absolutely right. The Rampant Stupid...
Sun Dec 4, 2016, 01:01 PM
Dec 2016

will succeed in making life a living hell for those in this country who have open minds and open hearts.
And those who pulled the lever, etc for The Cretin who aren't self-defeating idiots have proven themselves to have a part of their soul as permanently stained. Their knowing support of the vileness is worse than rampant stupidity.

A part of me will never respect them. Never. And I must, for the time being, deal with that on a personal level as well as a national outrage level.

While the rest of us will struggle and deal with the calamity that faces our country because of this hideous election, The Rampant Stupid and the Knowing Vile can just ... in a term they can embrace with ease...fuck off.

The Wizard

(12,482 posts)
53. At the risk of being redundant
Sun Dec 4, 2016, 01:36 PM
Dec 2016

ignorant bigots are his base. Not all Trump supporters are bigots, but all bigots are Trump supporters.

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