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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI now believe the republicans will keep control of congress for this reason.
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
(3,569 posts)dumb people than smart people....Ken Kesey.....
mobeau69
(11,145 posts)Homoudont
(36 posts)Sadly half the people in the USA have a IQ that's considered below average.
OilemFirchen
(7,143 posts)Just because the median of IQ is 100, that does not mean the mean (average) is the same.
It could be worse.
Turbineguy
(37,345 posts)2018 is the highest number year in history. Well, white people's history anyway. That's another thing Trump can take credit for.
klook
(12,157 posts)maxsolomon
(33,345 posts)Either way.
Sunny Daze
(209 posts)ck4829
(35,077 posts)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
(23,957 posts)"a person is smart. people are dumb panicky dangerous animals and you know it."
ck4829
(35,077 posts)Mob mentality, collective psychosis, emotional contagions, memory conformity, etc.
2naSalit
(86,650 posts)still_one
(92,226 posts)brush
(53,791 posts)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
(18,634 posts)And the anxiety for the future of the nation drives hoards of reasonable people to the polls.
msdogi
(430 posts)than idiots. Just have to turn out and vote D
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)The other 5% are clueless.
NoMoreRepugs
(9,435 posts)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.
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John Fante
(3,479 posts)Last edited Mon Aug 27, 2018, 01:49 PM - Edit history (2)
Uh oh. Time to start some "Republicans will win anyway" threads. Let's get a some negativity up in here!
DemocratSinceBirth
(99,710 posts)leftynyc
(26,060 posts)And now I'm just going to trash this thread.
D_Master81
(1,822 posts)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
(30,613 posts)The criminal regime vastly underestimates our rage.
shockey80
(4,379 posts)When are the American people going to wake up.
NewJeffCT
(56,828 posts)what is that about?
DemocratSinceBirth
(99,710 posts)NewJeffCT
(56,828 posts)and Frum has been pretty anti-Trump if I'm not mistaken. Why is he buying this BS?
DemocratSinceBirth
(99,710 posts)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
(10,565 posts)DemocratSinceBirth
(99,710 posts)scarytomcat
(1,706 posts)one section and what does Canada say they are a part of this?
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)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
(16,786 posts)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
(11,686 posts)Hate rules their life and they are idiots for letting hate rule them.
NewJeffCT
(56,828 posts)they just don't care.
Doreen
(11,686 posts)NewJeffCT
(56,828 posts)Doreen
(11,686 posts)tman
(983 posts)I agree with you about the stupidity of surprisingly large amounts of the US population.
struggle4progress
(118,295 posts)lark
(23,111 posts)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
(99,710 posts)NewJeffCT
(56,828 posts)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
(2,064 posts)I dont need to read stuff like this.
DemocratSinceBirth
(99,710 posts)awesomerwb1
(4,268 posts)No no for defeatism right now.
Register with an organization to phone bank, GOTV, write postcards, donate $.
unblock
(52,253 posts)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
(32,712 posts)And now with the help of Russia.
CrispyQ
(36,478 posts)I think that apathy is a bigger one.
Loki Liesmith
(4,602 posts)stonecutter357
(12,697 posts)GoneOffShore
(17,340 posts)ThoughtCriminal
(14,047 posts)Even in areas that were deep red in 2016. Not all of them, but it is looking good so far.
Peacetrain
(22,877 posts)Well if our side stays home, it is possible
BannonsLiver
(16,397 posts)scheming daemons
(25,487 posts)The majority are not... and the Dems will take the House.
kentuck
(111,104 posts)then you may be right? Americans have to be spoon-fed the truth. Does that make them "idiots"? Yeah, it probably does....