Taro T Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 Perhaps he meant single most despised Presidential candidate in history. I don't think there's much debate on that one. Well, there'd be debate on it, but considering the person that comes in at #2 is now sitting in the WH, it'd be tough taking the title from her. And if it's strictly "despised" rather than disliked or distrusted, W might win that one. A whole lot of lefties absolutely hated him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KD in CA Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 Well, there'd be debate on it, but considering the person that comes in at #2 is now sitting in the WH, it'd be tough taking the title from her. And if it's strictly "despised" rather than disliked or distrusted, W might win that one. A whole lot of lefties absolutely hated him. It seems like the Bush hatred dissipated pretty quickly after he left office, but I agree there is some permanent anger over the 2000 election. On Hillary, people have been hating her for 25 years and it just reached its crescendo. As for Trump, ten years ago half the people now wearing kitty hats were happily watching The Apprentice. And six months ago they still considered him a joke. But he has inspired a post-election response like no one I can think of since Lincoln. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 It seems like the Bush hatred dissipated pretty quickly after he left office, but I agree there is some permanent anger over the 2000 election. On Hillary, people have been hating her for 25 years and it just reached its crescendo. As for Trump, ten years ago half the people now wearing kitty hats were happily watching The Apprentice. And six months ago they still considered him a joke. But he has inspired a post-election response like no one I can think of since Lincoln. Of course, to hear them say it, this is nothing compared to the racism Obama faced at his inauguration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meathead Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 i loved sterns black jeopardy with robin quivers. several times i had to pull over from my hoboken to morristown commute to not laugh myself into a bridge abutment that was his maximum funny, just before he became a popular brand. robins straight lines were deadly hilarious. perfect comedic team Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taro T Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 It seems like the Bush hatred dissipated pretty quickly after he left office, but I agree there is some permanent anger over the 2000 election. On Hillary, people have been hating her for 25 years and it just reached its crescendo. As for Trump, ten years ago half the people now wearing kitty hats were happily watching The Apprentice. And six months ago they still considered him a joke. But he has inspired a post-election response like no one I can think of since Lincoln. True. I know grown up, adult people that literally claimed to have laid on their couch for a day after the election too stunned to move. Also, pretty certain that we were supposed to be in a nuclear war started by the Cheeto-dust golem by now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin Franklin Posted January 24, 2017 Author Share Posted January 24, 2017 He [Trump] said 3 to 5 million people could have voted illegally, based on the studies that hes seen, - Spicer Not maybe a lie but a fairy tale backed by Alex Jones. Safely falls in Trump's alternate facts. What a nightmare. It's Tuesday. Only Tuesday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prickly Pete Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 (edited) He [Trump] said 3 to 5 million people could have voted illegally, based on the studies that hes seen, - Spicer Not maybe a lie but a fairy tale backed by Alex Jones. Safely falls in Trump's alternate facts. What a nightmare. It's Tuesday. Only Tuesday. It's only a "nightmare", because the losers have been drawing out the process of losing. For instance, this thread. (I love this quote..."I'll root for his success but the lies he uses to protect his thin skin are BS." Point out a thread, where you "root" for anything he has proposed.) Edited January 24, 2017 by HoF Watkins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 He [Trump] said 3 to 5 million people could have voted illegally, based on the studies that hes seen, - Spicer Not maybe a lie but a fairy tale backed by Alex Jones. Safely falls in Trump's alternate facts. What a nightmare. It's Tuesday. Only Tuesday. I wouldn't even call it a fairy tale as much as an unproven assertion. And unprovable. Let's not forget that most states with high numbers of illegal immigrants do not track illegal immigrants, and the maintenance of accurate voter rolls nation-wide is truly execrable. The only justification for that number is that illegal aliens vote at the same rate as registered voters, which strikes me as pretty unlikely...but again, unproven. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meathead Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 Of course, to hear them say it, this is nothing compared to the racism Obama faced at his inauguration. that was the race grievance industry just getting revved up. it crescendoed with the ridiculous premise that was BLM and the deplorables comment. and it definitely the biggest single factor that cost her the election True. I know grown up, adult people that literally claimed to have laid on their couch for a day after the election too stunned to move. from the minute he was a candidate and the chorus of calls that he was some kind of virulent racist were being echoed non-stop i started shouting from the interwebs rooftops that was more likely to get him elected as not nobody listened now we got the stooge put an orange wig on curly and thats now the president Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IDBillzFan Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 (edited) What a nightmare. It's Tuesday. Only Tuesday. I guess the larger question is why are you, or anyone, surprised by this? Did you somehow think a guy who acted like this right up to geting tapped the most powerful leader of the free world was then going to suddenly STOP acting like this? I need to get a bumper sticker that says "I was mocking Trump before mocking Trump was cool." Edited January 24, 2017 by LABillzFan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 I guess the larger question is why are you, or anyone, surprised by this? Did you somehow think a guy who acted like this right up to geting tapped the most powerful leader of the free world was then going to suddenly STOP acting like this? I need to get a bumper sticker that says "I was mocking Trump before mocking Trump was cool." Was it just you, me, and GG who saw this coming a mile away? The real reason Trump was elected was that America collectively has a 30-second attention span. How do you forget that Trump was a WWE personality??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TakeYouToTasker Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 Was it just you, me, and GG who saw this coming a mile away? No. I was also firmly in this camp from the moment he announced his candidacy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GG Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 Was it just you, me, and GG who saw this coming a mile away? The real reason Trump was elected was that America collectively has a 30-second attention span. How do you forget that Trump was a WWE personality??? Must have been the other political circle jerk on this site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meathead Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 well i have to admit i didnt see it coming. not till it was waay too late even as i was warning about it i was saying to myself we cant possible do this ... can we? naaaaaah but it makes sense now. not good sense mind you. typical human horseshit sense really. but sense Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin Franklin Posted January 24, 2017 Author Share Posted January 24, 2017 "I wasn't there, but if the President of the United States is claiming that 3.5 million people voted illegally, that shakes confidence in our democracy he needs to disclose why he believes that," Graham told CNN Wait that sounds reasonable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Miner Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 (edited) I guess the larger question is why are you, or anyone, surprised by this? Did you somehow think a guy who acted like this right up to geting tapped the most powerful leader of the free world was then going to suddenly STOP acting like this? I need to get a bumper sticker that says "I was mocking Trump before mocking Trump was cool." I will say, he seemed to have learned a lot from the Obama camp. Instead of spotlighting any of the executive orders he's signing, the news is busy talking about alternate facts about inauguration numbers, illegals voting, women marches, why Melania was frowning, Russian influences, will Hillary re-enter politics, and Ashley Judd. He could light the Constitution on fire tomorrow and piss out the flames and launch nukes on China with his tiny fingers, and we'd never know because we'd be preoccupied with learning if Madonna was going to get arrested for her speech. Edited January 25, 2017 by Joe Miner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IDBillzFan Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 I will say, he seemed to have learned a lot from the Obama camp. It's almost like he was a Democrat for the past 40 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 well i have to admit i didnt see it coming. not till it was waay too late even as i was warning about it i was saying to myself we cant possible do this ... can we? naaaaaah but it makes sense now. not good sense mind you. typical human horseshit sense really. but sense Same here... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin Franklin Posted January 25, 2017 Author Share Posted January 25, 2017 Was it just you, me, and GG who saw this coming a mile away? Yes, just you three. The rest of us didn't think a reality star would continue to be just that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GG Posted January 25, 2017 Share Posted January 25, 2017 Yes, just you three. The rest of us didn't think a reality star would continue to be just that. Get in the way back machine to summer of 2015 and read what people were saying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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