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Stargleamer

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7. He still supports their main 2 policy tenets. . .

Reply to Akamai (Original post)

Sun Sep 18, 2016, 01:13 PM

Sep 2016

1) Tax cuts for the super wealthy
2) spending cuts that adversely affect the poor

these 2 tenets are the essence of conservatism. Belligerence (getting involved in foreign incursions) are just to distract us from the harm of these 2 tenets. Also the tacit racism expressed in his campaign resonates as well.

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Why do conservatives fall for Trump? It's because of errors in our thinking and [View all] Akamai Sep 2016 OP

Very interesting info underpants Sep 2016 #1

Underpants -- very good to mark for later reading. very powerful factors at work. Akamai Sep 2016 #11

Akamai - I'll return the favor. Great read from Politico -Trumpology underpants Sep 2016 #15

It's something in their brain. onecaliberal Sep 2016 #2

Seems to be, to some degree. makes sense for it to be survival enhancing, at least in Akamai Sep 2016 #12

It certainly cannot be permitted. onecaliberal Sep 2016 #16

Trump is just another justgamma Sep 2016 #3

Why do kids rally around bullies? Chico Man Sep 2016 #4

Yup! Also over time they learn to be less empathetic to people in need, I think. Akamai Sep 2016 #13

There's a reason why demagoguery works so well with Republicans Major Nikon Sep 2016 #5

this helps explain why polling is potentially problematic. unblock Sep 2016 #6

Yup! And it can be very subtly applied. For example, if one shows pictures of graveyards, Akamai Sep 2016 #14

He still supports their main 2 policy tenets. . . Stargleamer Sep 2016 #7

Conservatives ultimately like Trump Runningdawg Sep 2016 #8

This is one of several contributing factors: Bewilderment being one of them lindysalsagal Sep 2016 #9

+1 nt flying rabbit Sep 2016 #17

Because the encoded meaning of his slogan is "make america white again." FigTree Sep 2016 #10