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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsOK. Silly question. MF45 needs to win OH to be re-elected.
How does, "Don't buy Goodyear tires" fit in?
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OK. Silly question. MF45 needs to win OH to be re-elected. (Original Post)
denem
Aug 2020
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stillcool
(32,626 posts)1. works like covid...
if you don't count, it doesn't count!
ellie
(6,929 posts)2. It doesn't.
Trump is no political genius. He is a malignant narcissist, and it is through this lens that all of his decisions are made. No forethought on his actions? Of course not! It is all about right now and how he is being affected. Wait for the walkback, probably from his underlings.
doc03
(35,363 posts)3. If we boycott Goodyear a lot of employees will lose their jobs at
Goodyear I don't think that is a winning strategy for Trump. He is a dumb ass.
we can do it
(12,190 posts)4. We wouldn't, drumpsters might.
abqtommy
(14,118 posts)5. FACT: tRUMP can't be "re-elected". He wasn't elected in 2016 and we can make damned well
sure he isn't elected in 2020.
grantcart
(53,061 posts)6. It keeps Ohioans and others from hearing about the more devastating news
On the Senate Intel report.
It's a silly 48 hour story designed to distract from impeachable hard news.
In two weeks he will visit a Goodyear factory and say, "I never said boycott Goodyear, I said 'buy more' Goodyear".
At a very basic sub human level it is quite genius.
crickets
(25,982 posts)7. ✔ It didn't distract everyone, but it reached those it needed to. Dangit. nt