My Trump Story - Things I Think About

[WuWei]

@Guilds

@SpadeMarlowe

Half of the country can SEE that.

Half of the country does not see that. Maybe 30% And most of those folks need glasses.

You feel Brandon is going to get 70% of the popular vote?

[WuWei]

@tnt

taken out of context

Good one.

[WuWei]

@Guilds

That was a private statement that became public.

Even better.

[WuWei]

Whitelash.

[Nemesis]

@thinkingman

@DisturbedGuy

Trump has never lost a rigged election. People just don’t like him.

we’re just supposed to ignore all those serial packed energized rallies

thats the sort of thing that losing candidates have. just look at history huh?

If you think about the number of people that attend a rally compared to the number of people who vote it really is meaningless to try and correlate that with the votes cast on election day.

Trumps base is definitely energized and when he is in town he pulls them in buts its the people who sre going to vote for him regardless.

Personally I think Trump will squeak in a win. And regardless of who wins I just hope the other side concedes and lets us all forget about elections for a bit.

[WuWei]

They voted for him too.

You think 74 million attended rallies? That would surprise me.

[TheRedComet]

The point is that prior democratic candidates, even guys like Bill Clinton or Dukakis, realized that you have to speak to those kind of people in a respectful kind of way. Because they vote in arguably the highest turn out. Because they are driven by fear more than anything else. You don’t want to make them even more fearful.

Obama was the first politician I ever saw actually basically say “your point of view doesn’t matter any more.” And it galvanized them. And what did Trump promise to them? Everything they ever wanted. Like a populist always does.

[TheRedComet]

Those people vote. You don’t have to pander to them. But you do have to respect them and accept them as legitimate. Prior generations of Democrats understood that. Why do you think Bill Clinton was nominated? He had the folksy down south feel that the party thought wouldn’t get them those kind of votes, but it might calm them down and make them stay home.

Obama wasn’t like that. He honestly freaked those people out. For multiple reasons. Some of it was racial I’m sure. But not all of it.

[Rodeo]

@WuWei

@Guilds

That was a private statement that became public.

Even better.

So basically what ole’ Barack really thinks of us country bumpkins

[thinkingman]

@WuWei

Whitelash.

. thank you.

[GrandWazoo]

@SixFoot

More popular than Obama ever was.

Based on what? Certainly not job approval numbers.

[thinkingman]

@Nemesis

If you think about the number of people that attend a rally compared to the number of people who vote it really is meaningless to try and correlate that with the votes cast on election day.

when did high energy and excitement and momentum for a candidate on the trail become “meaningless?”

when did adding 10’s of millions to vote counts become “meaningless?”

all you guys are doing is trying to downplay the rally energy and turnouts because they are dismally pathetic for your mumbling puppet candidate

we see this. just fyi

[Guilds]

@TheRedComet

The point is that prior democratic candidates, even guys like Bill Clinton or Dukakis, realized that you have to speak to those kind of people in a respectful kind of way. Because they vote in arguably the highest turn out. Because they are driven by fear more than anything else. You don’t want to make them even more fearful.

Obama was the first politician I ever saw actually basically say “your point of view doesn’t matter any more.” And it galvanized them. And what did Trump promise to them? Everything they ever wanted. Like a populist always does.

Clinton may have pandered to those folks…but his polices screwed them. He bought into the the neoliberal BS. I think Obama’s comment did not have the impact you think it did. He got elected twice.

The policies the neoliberals pushed…including Obama, is what hurt them more than those words.
Their jobs were outsourced due to corporate greed, enabled by policy. And pubs did a good job on blaming the “elite” the Democrats did pander to…for the cause of their situation…even though pubs were just as guilty implementing those policies.

Ironically, the spending bills Biden got passed, has created jobs to many of those folks…and pubs are taking credit, even though they voted against the bills!

[Guilds]

@Rodeo

So basically what ole’ Barack really thinks of us country bumpkins

Not all country bumpkins, just some country bumpkins. And a bunch of others, that are neither.

[WuWei]

Only two “neoliberal”. Therapy?

[conan]

@JayJay

I’m a blast at parties…especially for my sense of humor.

Yeah…

[Chris]

@SpadeMarlowe

@JayJay

@thinkingman

@DisturbedGuy

Trump has never lost a rigged election. People just don’t like him.

we’re just supposed to ignore all those serial packed energized rallies

thats the sort of thing that losing candidates have. just look at history huh?

William McKinley campaigned from his front porch while William Jennings Bryan spoke all over the nation in front of large frenzied crowds.

McKinley beat the snot out of Bryan.

I’m sure that election was rigged.

Trump also had bigger rallies than Hillary and lost the popular vote there as well and barely won the electoral vote.

You guys and your preoccupation with size…you know what they say…

The minute you throw the Popular vote into the mix you’ve lost the argument.
Popular vote has nothing to do with reality of election in a Representative Republic.
It just means that one or two parts of the country sweyed into something USA is not supposed to be and never was.
Those people don’t care about the Republic or other people ONLY about THEM SELF and THEIR power and how to grab it.
If you’re one of those I truly feel sorry that you’re so lost.
What is more honorable than cariing about your fellow citizens and sharing the RIGHTS with them.

How does crowd rally size during a pandemic matters, but the popular voters doesn’t matter at all???

[Chris]

@Guilds

@TheRedComet

The point is that prior democratic candidates, even guys like Bill Clinton or Dukakis, realized that you have to speak to those kind of people in a respectful kind of way. Because they vote in arguably the highest turn out. Because they are driven by fear more than anything else. You don’t want to make them even more fearful.

Obama was the first politician I ever saw actually basically say “your point of view doesn’t matter any more.” And it galvanized them. And what did Trump promise to them? Everything they ever wanted. Like a populist always does.

Clinton may have pandered to those folks…but his polices screwed them. He bought into the the neoliberal BS. I think Obama’s comment did not have the impact you think it did. He got elected twice.

The policies the neoliberals pushed…including Obama, is what hurt them more than those words.
Their jobs were outsourced due to corporate greed, enabled by policy. And pubs did a good job on blaming the “elite” the Democrats did pander to…for the cause of their situation…even though pubs were just as guilty implementing those policies.

Ironically, the spending bills Biden got passed, has created jobs to many of those folks…and pubs are taking credit, even though they voted against the bills!

Clinton was a liberal during the first two years of his presidency. He signed a big tax increase into law back in 1993.

[WuWei]

@conan

@JayJay

I’m a blast at parties…especially for my sense of humor.

Yeah…

I think that was sarcasm.

[WuWei]

Because EC.