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calimary

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32. I wish I had that much faith in the voters.

Wed Sep 27, 2017, 03:37 PM

Sep 2017

I'm unable to get away from feeling utter contempt for them. Too many of them are gullible and so famed naive as to be actually a few light years down beneath contempt.

I honestly expect too many of them to get rolled again in 2018 and 2020. I've never hoped to be proven wrong on ANYTHING as much as this.

Michelle Obama is right. But too many Americans are just beyond help, it seems.

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Michelle Obama Drops Some Blunt Truth On Women Who Voted Against Hillary Clinton [View all] mcar Sep 2017 OP

I'm worried about gerrymandering and voter suppression JonLP24 Sep 2017 #1

Those are huge issues mcar Sep 2017 #2

Those two things + money in politics ie: Citizens United are the Republican Ratf*ck Trifecta CousinIT Sep 2017 #5

Add in the Russian cyber-attack, and you have a grand slam..... lastlib Sep 2017 #10

Yep Bettie Sep 2017 #24

Election integrity is #1. Golden Raisin Sep 2017 #41

You are Spot On!! lastlib Sep 2017 #43

This, this, a thousand times this! crosinski Sep 2017 #57

off to greatest with you niyad Sep 2017 #3

In Clinton's memoir BainsBane Sep 2017 #4

She shouldn't give it mcar Sep 2017 #6

Agree 100%! BigmanPigman Sep 2017 #11

Absolutely NastyRiffraff Sep 2017 #48

I will never understand it. smirkymonkey Sep 2017 #58

me either. barbtries Sep 2017 #19

That totally sounds like something that happens. Act_of_Reparation Sep 2017 #20

Haters gonna hate. MrsCoffee Sep 2017 #28

Whatever bumpersticker philosophy gives you solace. Act_of_Reparation Sep 2017 #31

Shun the non-believers. MrsCoffee Sep 2017 #33

That certainly does seem to be what's going on here. Act_of_Reparation Sep 2017 #34

said with absolutely no sense of irony BainsBane Sep 2017 #44

.... I noticed... lol JHan Sep 2017 #65

Not everyone is thrilled with Donald Trump BainsBane Sep 2017 #46

Are you accusing Hillary Clinton of lying? yardwork Sep 2017 #70

And those young women still miss the point. CakeGrrl Sep 2017 #40

exactly BainsBane Sep 2017 #42

Even worse, many voters were so determined to stick it to black people, and/or liberals, tblue37 Sep 2017 #55

that's what i believe a lot of the white vote for Trump was. it was about sticking it to minorities JI7 Sep 2017 #64

I bet she feels like slapping some of them IronLionZion Sep 2017 #71

Great Michelle tweet. But how about this author, Jason Easley, who Hortensis Sep 2017 #7

And yet we have to find a way to deal with the fact . . FairWinds Sep 2017 #8

That's because a lot of white women are Republican. LisaM Sep 2017 #12

Women, in my experience, at least Bettie Sep 2017 #25

Then it should be made clear to the churches . . . HughBeaumont Sep 2017 #30

I can not think of one that has lost that Bettie Sep 2017 #39

K&R Scurrilous Sep 2017 #9

Most don't care. A solid 45% of women vote for paternalistic conservatives, culture, religion, etc. TheBlackAdder Sep 2017 #13

did you gain any insight barbtries Sep 2017 #18

Of course. Religion, culture, tradition and heritage. TheBlackAdder Sep 2017 #27

Agreed. For fundamentalist women, religion trumps all and causes them to do and think Nay Sep 2017 #36

no, sadly, they are not. barbtries Sep 2017 #45

I know an "underemployed" attorney who did. redstatebluegirl Sep 2017 #14

sounds like the young turks to me barbtries Sep 2017 #17

I agree 100%! BlueMTexpat Sep 2017 #49

i did the same barbtries Sep 2017 #54

She's right. And brave to speak out. But many women are passive and buy into the patriarchal society Honeycombe8 Sep 2017 #15

Every time I get into a car I'm asked - no, almost expected to drive. Ligyron Sep 2017 #21

I think so, too. I fully expect to drive their own cars. I drive mine, you drive yours. Honeycombe8 Sep 2017 #23

It's a consideration but it varies by state. Ligyron Sep 2017 #29

Many women can not abide men who struggle when someone else drives. They have a difficult time LuckyLib Sep 2017 #47

Perhaps, but not in my case. Ligyron Sep 2017 #52

i like your optimism barbtries Sep 2017 #16

Interesting that the majority of white women voted for Trump....... roomtomove Sep 2017 #22

Michele Obama marieo1 Sep 2017 #26

I wish I had that much faith in the voters. calimary Sep 2017 #32

They did not "equate" them! unblock Sep 2017 #35

We were almost driven off the road on the LIE in NY HockeyMom Sep 2017 #37

Shes right ismnotwasm Sep 2017 #38

It was white women and they voted for white privilege JI7 Sep 2017 #50

This white woman didn't mcar Sep 2017 #51

In the history books, lots of people are not going to come out looking good at all! Madam45for2923 Sep 2017 #53

The GOP went too far with this one. Initech Sep 2017 #56

Don't bet on it. kacekwl Sep 2017 #59

How any woman could vote for Trump is totally beyond me Rhiannon12866 Sep 2017 #60

No thinking woman would. BarbD Sep 2017 #62

I suppose if they only vote party and watch no TV news at all - ever Rhiannon12866 Sep 2017 #63

I spent my evening with a woman who voted for Trump Sen. Walter Sobchak Sep 2017 #67

IF, and it is a big IF, we HAVE elections in '18 and '20. PatrickforO Sep 2017 #61

The women I know who voted for Trump are suburban republican reactionaries Sen. Walter Sobchak Sep 2017 #66

Same here. And they're not poor. Far from it. yardwork Sep 2017 #69

Well put. Starry Messenger Sep 2017 #72

Something tells me that millions of Americans wont make the same mistake again in 2018 and 2020. mdbl Sep 2017 #68

Too Bad StarzGuy Sep 2017 #73