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etherealtruth

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15. Actually yes .... the incompetence (very) is as I expected

Reply to yardwork (Original post)

Tue Jan 31, 2017, 07:24 PM

Jan 2017

...but I did not expect him to plunge forward so quickly with an agenda solely based on hate .... I do know he had a campaign solely based in hate (racism and bigotry of all stripes) so I don't know why I expected a slow slide into hate.

Hate is all he has

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Is the Trump administration worse than you expected? [View all] yardwork Jan 2017 OP

God, yes. shrike Jan 2017 #1

I hate to say it... tallahasseedem Jan 2017 #2

K&R for visibility. n/t rzemanfl Jan 2017 #3

I expected it to be terrible The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2017 #4

Thanks for the replies! yardwork Jan 2017 #5

It has exceeded my expected horror level herding cats Jan 2017 #6

Shock and awe. yardwork Jan 2017 #8

That's exactly what they're doing. herding cats Jan 2017 #13

Every day is worse than the one before. femmocrat Jan 2017 #7

I expected it to be bad and it is. After this Trashbag didn't "pivot" during the convention I knew TrekLuver Jan 2017 #9

That's where I am, plus I think something really big and bad is coming up. yardwork Jan 2017 #12

FUCK TRUMP HE WILL NOT BREAK US. TrekLuver Jan 2017 #10

YES! Humor is one of our weapons. yardwork Jan 2017 #14

Much worse treestar Jan 2017 #11

Actually yes .... the incompetence (very) is as I expected etherealtruth Jan 2017 #15

Yes, because I'm even having nightmares about him regularly eleny Jan 2017 #16

I'm sorry about that. yardwork Jan 2017 #17

Thx! I'm not usually nightmare prone eleny Jan 2017 #23

That sounds like a great strategy. yardwork Jan 2017 #39

No.. that's why I was in extreme shock on election night. Cha Jan 2017 #18

Me too. Knew all this would happen.... yardwork Jan 2017 #40

I expected it to exceed my expectations in terms of badness. Warren DeMontague Jan 2017 #19

I think you want the water slide response. yardwork Jan 2017 #34

I said from the beggining that I view Donald taking power as a double extinction level event. briv1016 Jan 2017 #20

No. Sissyk Jan 2017 #21

I agree that his words and actions told us everything we needed to know. yardwork Jan 2017 #35

Nope. ismnotwasm Jan 2017 #22

I wouldn't be surprised if... qwlauren35 Jan 2017 #24

Wow. That must be difficult. You sound like a patient person. yardwork Jan 2017 #36

It's hard to explain. qwlauren35 Jan 2017 #42

It is as bad as I expected. sheshe2 Jan 2017 #25

Well, I expect worldwide nuclear war by the end of February, so no i guess Eliot Rosewater Jan 2017 #26

Trump is as bad as I was expecting. lpbk2713 Jan 2017 #27

I figured that this was going to happen AnnieBW Jan 2017 #28

MUCH WORSE AlexSFCA Jan 2017 #29

Nope. Miles Archer Jan 2017 #30

I was expecting horrific torius Jan 2017 #31

It is worse FASTER than I expected obamanut2012 Jan 2017 #32

I would agree here mvd Jan 2017 #41

That's where I'm at....nt Wounded Bear Feb 2017 #47

Impossible, there are no depths to sink to with Trump...it is just one mighty leap Rex Jan 2017 #33

Well, I wouldn't condemn the whole program until all of the facts are in. yardwork Jan 2017 #38

Facts or alt facts? Rex Jan 2017 #44

I expected it to be really bad. mvd Jan 2017 #37

Nope, he's Jamaal510 Jan 2017 #43

This is pretty much what I expected. neeksgeek Feb 2017 #45

I expected it to be awful and so far it has not disappointed. mnhtnbb Feb 2017 #46

It's not worse than I expected, just quicker. I expect it to get worse. NotThisTime Feb 2017 #48