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01-18-2017, 02:24 AM | #271 | |
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01-18-2017, 02:48 AM | #272 | |
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The problem I have with Trump supporters, based on my 3 immediate coworkers who are all die-hard supporters, is that they will defend him to the death on every point. Whereas they pounce on the Dems for every single slight, perceived or not. Pussy grabbing: Well, ya know, he said that 10 years ago. At some point you need to move on. Defending himself on Twitter from everyday people that every President has had to put up with: Well, ya know, you and the rest of the libs are just mad that he's willing to stand up for himself, because you're not used to that. Building the wall: Well, ya know, we gotta keep those freeloaders out. Of course there's ways to make Mexico pay for it. (Is there ways to make Mexico pay for it that don't make them a hostile threat to the immediate south?) Shutting down the press room in the White House: Well, ya know, he's just trying to fight the biased media that twists every word that comes out of his mouth (never mind the whole transparency argument) My point is, when Obama is at fault, I don't sit here and act like everything he does is in my best interest, because it's not. I disagreed with him on the TPP bill, I semi-disagree with him on commuting Chelsea Manning's sentence, and I disagree with the extra powers he just gave to the intelligence agencies the week before he leaves office. But I ain't lying when I say my coworkers, and most of my friends on social media, have yet to disagree with a single policy, a single action, or a single anything he's done so far. All I get is "he won, you lost, get over it. We had to put up with Obama for 8 years, now it's our turn." It's like a war, and they are just mindless soldiers following company orders. Every single thing that comes out of the Dems is bad, and they need to be stopped. It's this hive-mind bs that is the real issue. Speaking of real issues, about the only problem I have with Trump's stated plan so far is that he seems to have doubled down on deregulating everything environment related. It's pathetic that 90% of scientists are in agreement, and countries around the world are also in agreement, and yet there are still people that believe they should fight it to the death. They will be the death of us all. 4 years from now if Trump has made the EPA useless and deregulated everything in the name of corporate profit, he will essentially be flooring the gas on the car that is speeding to the destruction of our planet. Do baby boomers not give a shit about the planet because they'll be dead in 50 years, before climate change ever gets serious? I don't get it. If you think those billions of cars/trucks/trains/planes/ships/factories dating back to the industrial revolution aren't harming the environment, go stick your mouth on a tailpipe and tell me if you can safely breathe the air coming out of it. Keep in mind that's the filtered air too, it's most likely going through 2 catalytic converters to be cleaned up before it comes out the back.
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01-18-2017, 05:47 PM | #273 | |
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Nothing has been as toxic as the Republican party the past 8 years. This shit was at an all time high. Just listen to this shit. History Won’t Forget How Barack Obama Was Treated | The Huffington Post The problem is the media get their income from ratings and toxic news programming gets lots of ratings. That's why shitbags like Beck, Rush, Olbermann and others get off on fueling the fire. It's money in their pockets.
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01-18-2017, 06:51 PM | #274 |
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You can add Huffingpost, MSNBC (Rachel Maddow for example), and other liberal outputs to that list.
Sorry, The toxic media and political spin was just as bad this whole century, the only reason it seems worse is because it's one big effed up cesspool that is growing out of control. |
01-18-2017, 07:11 PM | #275 | |
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Backlash against the media and direction of country. They can rationalize it anyway they want...russia, Isis, terrorists, hacking our government, a culture of blame everyone for your problems except yourself, the biggest fucking national debt/budget hole of all time.......these problems flourish under the Obama administration, these aren't new issues, just the media looked the other way and wouldn't report on it. Welp, American people took notice
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01-19-2017, 12:34 AM | #276 |
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Well a minority of the American people did. Thank God for the bible belt bumbleheads who still made sure that the new messiah was cast down from heaven to save us all from the horrible terrorist email killer libs and their psycho fake news pussy bullshit obama crap! Yee haw!!!
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01-19-2017, 08:11 AM | #277 |
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I will say again. No candidate - not Trump, not Clinton - won a simple majority.of the popular vote. Trump did win a super majority of counties and a majority of congressional districts. Clinton won 2 whacko states with large populations and all the urban cities like Chicago Baltimore and DC where citizens are comfortable electing criminals (Barry and Sheila for example).
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01-19-2017, 08:42 AM | #278 |
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two map views from Business Insider that show the skew of the election:
by county results: and the by county results proportionalizing the counties by population. Take it for what it's worth, around the country people not living in hyper condense areas of population are far more likely to vote against the democrats while high population areas are far more likely to vote for them. Personally, I don't think it's an education thing as some like to say, as much as life conditions. The more sparsely populated an area, the more likely people tend to look to themselves first for answers and don't want outside interference, the more densely populated the more likely you are to look at an outside force (the politicals) to maintain a balance among clashes of people. Last edited by CRedskinsRule; 01-19-2017 at 08:43 AM. Reason: added source link |
01-19-2017, 08:56 AM | #279 |
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Clearly rigged. Sad!
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01-19-2017, 09:24 AM | #280 | |
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01-19-2017, 11:47 AM | #281 | ||
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Clinton got 3 million more votes than Trump did so exactly what message was sent by the American people? It tells me is they don't want Trump. Quote:
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01-19-2017, 11:56 AM | #282 | |
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Representation should only matter in the people, not land mass. Who gives a shit if 6/8 of the country's land mass is "red", when the number of people in those areas don't even remotely touch the number of people in the denser populated areas. Should Wyoming (582k) have more say because it has more land mass or should New York (10million) large population. It's about the populace, and it always has been. SO showing charts with all red means little to nothing in the grand scheme of things.
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01-19-2017, 12:05 PM | #283 | |
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Education in inner cities is not significantly better than rural areas. the rest of your first paragraph is a simply ridiculous attack. 100 people in an inner city block have a far different concern than 100 people living in a rural mile. Both concerns deserve weight and consideration, the US tries to balance both through multiple checks and balances. It has served us well through the years, not letting one group dominate the others, by preserving representation through various paths. That is important if the US is to remain a united country. |
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01-19-2017, 12:16 PM | #284 | |
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The major difference is the media rarely took a negative position against President Obama . National media never was critical, asked tough questions and was actually complicit with the administration. In the face of all these problems...that now people are mad about ( I wonder why? hmmm oh they loss) its been night and day with the media with Bush vs Obama and it not close son. The American people may not have been behind the President, but the We never knew it, because the media never acknowledge or gave a voice to the silent majority. Zilch...That's why Trump is President, Congress and the Senate is Republican and the Republican own the Governorships. Why was everybody surprised? But its funny, you don't acknowledge the national debt, Russia kicking Obama's Pussy around the world on multiple fronts, Genocide in Syria and Iraq, Major cybersecurity concerns against this country.....what about immigration policy failure, student debt reform, business tax reform, etc....
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