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pwb

(11,280 posts)
Tue Jan 12, 2021, 03:16 PM Jan 2021

Is it new that half the voters, voted for a loser President?

Gym Jordan thinks half the people voting for the loser means they need to be heard. Most elections are close. It is nothing new Gym. You gotta do better people died in this latest staged event. There ain't no forgetin.

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Is it new that half the voters, voted for a loser President? (Original Post) pwb Jan 2021 OP
being republican means thinking that not getting everything you want is unfair and unjust. unblock Jan 2021 #1
Professional victims lame54 Jan 2021 #3
More like a quarter lame54 Jan 2021 #2
yeah I should have said voters. pwb Jan 2021 #4
What the Hell is This Business About "Not Being Listened to"? The Roux Comes First Jan 2021 #5
We have winner take all elections JonLP24 Jan 2021 #6
Gym Jordan doesn't see it that way. pwb Jan 2021 #8
Did they listen to us when Trump "won" the EC but lost popular votes? Claustrum Jan 2021 #7
Wasn't half. It was 46.9% of those who voted. There are about 250 million citizens sinkingfeeling Jan 2021 #9

The Roux Comes First

(1,300 posts)
5. What the Hell is This Business About "Not Being Listened to"?
Tue Jan 12, 2021, 03:25 PM
Jan 2021

I guess it's of a piece with the claims about the abuse and disrespect the "president" is supposed to have suffered at the hands of the same media we are pretty disgusted with for having given him gazillions of dollars in free publicity and bully pulpit time, slavishly reporting every vain twitch and utterance, no matter how lacking in actual meaningful content, up until some brief flickers of journalistic balance last year.

When your primary schtick is self-pity, victimhood, and whining, at least my personal willingness to hang on your every word, especially when cloaked in claims of conspiracies and obvious unwillingness to reciprocate, instead shouting about "fake news," gets exhausted increasingly quickly.

JonLP24

(29,322 posts)
6. We have winner take all elections
Tue Jan 12, 2021, 03:27 PM
Jan 2021

We can listen but since we won we have the right to enact our own agenda.

pwb

(11,280 posts)
8. Gym Jordan doesn't see it that way.
Tue Jan 12, 2021, 03:29 PM
Jan 2021

They got a new split thing going here. Crazy. Yep we took it all.

Claustrum

(4,845 posts)
7. Did they listen to us when Trump "won" the EC but lost popular votes?
Tue Jan 12, 2021, 03:27 PM
Jan 2021

The answer is a big "NO". When they win, we have to listen to them because they have "mandate". When they lose, we still have to listen to them because "reasons".....

sinkingfeeling

(51,466 posts)
9. Wasn't half. It was 46.9% of those who voted. There are about 250 million citizens
Tue Jan 12, 2021, 06:11 PM
Jan 2021

over 18, so the number voting for MF45 was less than 30%.

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