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NewJeffCT

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67. I know several very well off types like that as well
Fri Sep 16, 2016, 09:45 AM
Sep 2016

They didn't like Bush in 2004, but ended up voting for him in the end because Fox News, RW Talk Radio and much of the rest of the media had so successfully demonized John Kerry that they were afraid NOT to vote for Bush. I suspect that it will be the same with Hillary Clinton - the RW has so ginned up fear of her for decades that *some* Republicans will vote for Trump just out of fear for another President Clinton.

Republicans also specialize in getting the single issue voters - guns, abortion, gay marriage, etc: The day after the 2004 election, I had an appointment with a podiatrist. On the surface, you would think he would be a reliable Democrat - fairly young, Jewish and living in a blue state. However, he voted Bush because he hated trial lawyers and John Edwards was a trial lawyer. He even admitted that Iraq was a mistake at that appointment and that he disagreed with almost all of Bush's politics.

Similarly - I also had a friend that probably agreed with Democrats on every social issue, but always voted Republicans because he was also really into his guns and Democrats are the party of taking away his guns. (He recently passed away in his mid 40s due to health issues that may have been stopped with earlier access to good health insurance...so, he was voting against his own interests because of that one issues on guns.)



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Jabba the Hut. raging moderate Sep 2016 #1
Jabba Jr. was at least kind of cute. Tommy_Carcetti Sep 2016 #3
Jabba and Trump have the same self tanner..... LakeArenal Sep 2016 #47
I was thinking more like "Pizza The Hut". Crowman1979 Sep 2016 #60
Trump bothers me, but not as much as how many people who support him. no_hypocrisy Sep 2016 #2
To me, it's a chicken vs. egg dillemma. Tommy_Carcetti Sep 2016 #6
+1000 heaven05 Sep 2016 #39
Perfect!. NT WiffenPoof Sep 2016 #56
They are not all 'desperate' bloom Sep 2016 #61
I know several very well off types like that as well NewJeffCT Sep 2016 #67
I know exactly how you feel! calimary Sep 2016 #63
The only reason I ever talk to Trump supporters online is to mock them. BlueStater Sep 2016 #65
You have summed it up perfectly. nruthie Sep 2016 #4
*They* are horrible. dawg Sep 2016 #5
Watch this video and perhaps pass the link on BSdetect Sep 2016 #7
Great rundown. Tommy_Carcetti Sep 2016 #10
Agree completely, and one other thing....... Jade Fox Sep 2016 #8
The USFL back in the 1980s. Tommy_Carcetti Sep 2016 #11
There are probably a thousand stories (literally)..... Jade Fox Sep 2016 #68
King of Chaos is right... sarae Sep 2016 #12
King of Chaos - completely agree Justice Sep 2016 #13
that is part of his mercuryblues Sep 2016 #16
"While everyone is cleaning up his mess, he has moved on, creating another mess".... Jade Fox Sep 2016 #17
It reminds me mercuryblues Sep 2016 #66
Well said. sarae Sep 2016 #9
It's just like a waking nightmare. nt Tommy_Carcetti Sep 2016 #15
He's the Indominus Rex of GOP candidates Rocknrule Sep 2016 #14
Pretty much. nt Tommy_Carcetti Sep 2016 #18
I agree. Cracklin Charlie Sep 2016 #19
I am like that, too. leftyladyfrommo Sep 2016 #20
Damn skippy! nt MrScorpio Sep 2016 #21
How horrible is he? Saviolo Sep 2016 #22
Yep. I refer to him as political pornography--no redeeming social value whatsoever. catbyte Sep 2016 #23
OMG are you in my head? rivegauche Sep 2016 #24
Like I said, it's a waking nightmare. nt Tommy_Carcetti Sep 2016 #26
+1 narnian60 Sep 2016 #57
Some might say "deplorable." nolabear Sep 2016 #25
and yet the FUCKING GOP still supports him and he could win Fast Walker 52 Sep 2016 #27
There are a lot of horrible people in the world; what's truly horrible The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2016 #28
It's the curve RandySF Sep 2016 #29
Millions of people will vote for him oberliner Sep 2016 #30
K&R, Great post! smirkymonkey Sep 2016 #31
I used to cringe when people said " If so and so gets elected, I am moving abroad" GusBob Sep 2016 #32
He is such an attention whore, BillyBobBrilliant Sep 2016 #33
k and r..nt Stuart G Sep 2016 #34
extreme? ,maybe tapermaker Sep 2016 #35
And he's doing just what he did in the primaries, moving up the charts quickly and boldly. Kablooie Sep 2016 #36
Sadly I have to agree with you. Great post. demgrrrll Sep 2016 #51
Its kind of funny that I had the exact same thought last night: world wide wally Sep 2016 #37
Exactly. Tommy_Carcetti Sep 2016 #44
He would be the asshole you can't stand being around under any circumstances world wide wally Sep 2016 #48
He'd be the guy you'd dread having to sit next to on a long airplane flight. nt Tommy_Carcetti Sep 2016 #49
Suicide would be a better option if you got stuck in an elevator with him world wide wally Sep 2016 #50
If I could cut the cable I would. nt JanMichael Sep 2016 #62
He would be your worst landlord. . annabanana Sep 2016 #59
I agree 100% heaven05 Sep 2016 #38
He's the worst. Nobody is more horrible than he is! Initech Sep 2016 #40
He is a textbook example of Narcissistic Personality Disorder. trotsky Sep 2016 #41
I would add Malignant to your Nacrissistic Personality Disorder lunatica Sep 2016 #45
He's a three decker sauerkraut and toadstool sandwich Wednesdays Sep 2016 #42
Very well said. Megahurtz Sep 2016 #43
My husband is a psychiatrist/psychoanalyst of 40 some years in practice. mnhtnbb Sep 2016 #46
The media are trying their damndest to make this asshole a king... VOX Sep 2016 #52
At the very least, they've managed to make him into a viable candidate. Tommy_Carcetti Sep 2016 #53
300 pound Beetlejuice tavernier Sep 2016 #54
Horribility - I think you just invented a new word for Republican politics! raven mad Sep 2016 #55
"He only aspires to be smarter than the people he's knows he's conning"...brilliant line. nt chowder66 Sep 2016 #58
He Is Vulgarity Personified Leith Sep 2016 #64
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