DJT statement on Colin Powell

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MindofCarlos said:

Dan Scott said:

Typical Trump to open his mouth and make an unnecessary statement that doesn't help him.


What's even more lost on Trump is we will all have are final day. The offensive and derogatory remarks he makes about those who have just passed will be the same to him or any member of his family. Don't know why any reasonable person would welcome that type of energy or even leave their family to bear the pain when that time comes.
uhhhh......were you alive from 2016 to 2020?

He, or his family, don't have to wait until he is dead - the open and welcoming and tolerant left made sure to say everything possible about him while he was alive, and still do to this day.
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We all can admit Trump is an ******* difference is he doesn't hide it and he is a Republican and the democrats and media can't handle one of us being the ******* for once.
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Pookers said:

pagerman @ work said:

Pookers said:

Deputy Travis Junior said:

pagerman @ work said:

He didn't have to pretend anything. He simply could have said nothing. Why is that so hard for him (and his cult of personality) to understand?


Exactly. The only people who like this statement are people who were, to a man, already going to vote for him (assuming a 2024 run). It harms him with every single other potential voter.
So concerned moderates going to vote for the party that has by every metric made life worse for them because orange man bad?
Or they just don't vote. And in the face of the kind of shenanigans seen in the last election that means he loses.
I'm betting food shortages, inflation, power outages, and illegals being dumped into every large city will be a stronger motivator to vote than mean tweetz.


In the hierarchy of needs, no mean tweets, sits firmly atop the pyramid. It's hard to take seriously people stupid enough to invert Maslow.

When their gas costs $8/gallon and their soy burgers cost $20/pound, they'll still be happy with the 2020 election because Trump is a dick, and that's all that matters.
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Ag87H2O said:

wessimo said:

DJT has never been afraid to kick a man when he's dead. Class act.
He's never been afraid to kick a man when he's alive either. It's who he is and I'll take the brutal honest truth over lies and political speak any day.


This ain't about the truth. This is about getting on Trump's bad side and his petty vendettas. His immaturity and pettiness are some of the bigger reasons we are stuck with Biden presidency, a Dem Senate, and a whole bunch of bad policies. And it's also part of why he shouldn't be a candidate in 2024. The man lacks self-discipline.
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Dan Scott said:

Typical Trump to open his mouth and make an unnecessary statement that doesn't help him.

To people that like him or people that don't like him.......

Which is it?
Lex Talionis.......Ordo Seclorum
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DTP02 said:

Ag87H2O said:

wessimo said:

DJT has never been afraid to kick a man when he's dead. Class act.
He's never been afraid to kick a man when he's alive either. It's who he is and I'll take the brutal honest truth over lies and political speak any day.


This ain't about the truth. This is about getting on Trump's bad side and his petty vendettas. His immaturity and pettiness are some of the bigger reasons we are stuck with Biden presidency, a Dem Senate, and a whole bunch of bad policies. And it's also part of why he shouldn't be a candidate in 2024. The man lacks self-discipline.

Get over it
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DTP02 said:

Ag87H2O said:

wessimo said:

DJT has never been afraid to kick a man when he's dead. Class act.
He's never been afraid to kick a man when he's alive either. It's who he is and I'll take the brutal honest truth over lies and political speak any day.


This ain't about the truth. This is about getting on Trump's bad side and his petty vendettas. His immaturity and pettiness are some of the bigger reasons we are stuck with Biden presidency, a Dem Senate, and a whole bunch of bad policies. And it's also part of why he shouldn't be a candidate in 2024. The man lacks self-discipline.

Absolutely...this is why Trump not being allowed on Facebook or Twitter is the absolute best thing for him. It's why his approval rating is now higher than Bidens. His immaturity turns off so many people that they miss how great a President he was.

This is just an unforced error by Trump and why I hope he will step aside for someone like DeSantis, who with Trumps support would be a force in the next elections.
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DTP02 said:

Ag87H2O said:

wessimo said:

DJT has never been afraid to kick a man when he's dead. Class act.
He's never been afraid to kick a man when he's alive either. It's who he is and I'll take the brutal honest truth over lies and political speak any day.


This ain't about the truth. This is about getting on Trump's bad side and his petty vendettas. His immaturity and pettiness are some of the bigger reasons we are stuck with Biden presidency, a Dem Senate, and a whole bunch of bad policies. And it's also part of why he shouldn't be a candidate in 2024. The man lacks self-discipline.
Hard to believe even after where the Democrats have taken this country over the last 9 months that people would still worry about personality over policy. Most self defeating thing I've ever seen.
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AgLiving06 said:

DTP02 said:

Ag87H2O said:

wessimo said:

DJT has never been afraid to kick a man when he's dead. Class act.
He's never been afraid to kick a man when he's alive either. It's who he is and I'll take the brutal honest truth over lies and political speak any day.


This ain't about the truth. This is about getting on Trump's bad side and his petty vendettas. His immaturity and pettiness are some of the bigger reasons we are stuck with Biden presidency, a Dem Senate, and a whole bunch of bad policies. And it's also part of why he shouldn't be a candidate in 2024. The man lacks self-discipline.

Absolutely...this is why Trump not being allowed on Facebook or Twitter is the absolute best thing for him. It's why his approval rating is now higher than Bidens. His immaturity turns off so many people that they miss how great a President he was.

This is just an unforced error by Trump and why I hope he will step aside for someone like DeSantis, who with Trumps support would be a force in the next elections.

Nobody gives a **** about Trump's comment. 90% of the country doesn't even know who Colin Powell was.
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Right now independents disapprove of Biden's job performance by about a 2-1 margin.

In a general election today, a generic Republican defeats Biden by double digits.

Trump beats Biden by an amount within the margin of error.

Trump's lead is too small to be making unsolicited stupid remarks (even if they're true). This is how you lose independents' votes and the election.

This is why DeSantis is a much superior candidate. He gets all of those independent votes of those who disapprove Biden's job performance. Trump won't because of self-inflicted wounds like these dumb **** remarks about Powell.
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Ag87H2O said:

DTP02 said:

Ag87H2O said:

wessimo said:

DJT has never been afraid to kick a man when he's dead. Class act.
He's never been afraid to kick a man when he's alive either. It's who he is and I'll take the brutal honest truth over lies and political speak any day.


This ain't about the truth. This is about getting on Trump's bad side and his petty vendettas. His immaturity and pettiness are some of the bigger reasons we are stuck with Biden presidency, a Dem Senate, and a whole bunch of bad policies. And it's also part of why he shouldn't be a candidate in 2024. The man lacks self-discipline.
Hard to believe even after where the Democrats have taken this country over the last 9 months that people would still worry about personality over policy. Most self defeating thing I've ever seen.


Every single one of you who tries this tired approach lives in Fantasyland. That Trump being a petty, immature butthole turns off a whole bunch of voters is an inarguable fact. If he would just have exercised some self-discipline he could have won the election, despite everything arrayed against him. But it was more important to Trump to get his jabs in that it was for him to win the election. Let that sink in next time you think to praise the man: he'd rather get his insults in to gratify his own needs than keep the White House and Senate out of the left's hands.

And he also carried out his petty grudges in the way he governed, as evidenced by the continuous stream of "top people" he appointed who ended up being "the absolute worst".

I voted for the petty, immature, butthole, twice, but that some of y'all can't see that he is his own worst enemy is dumbfounding. Let's find a POTUS candidate who isn't his own worst enemy, because there's already enough enemies aligned against Rs.
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Withdrawn, I found his list of decorations
Pookers
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DTP02 said:

Ag87H2O said:

DTP02 said:

Ag87H2O said:

wessimo said:

DJT has never been afraid to kick a man when he's dead. Class act.
He's never been afraid to kick a man when he's alive either. It's who he is and I'll take the brutal honest truth over lies and political speak any day.


This ain't about the truth. This is about getting on Trump's bad side and his petty vendettas. His immaturity and pettiness are some of the bigger reasons we are stuck with Biden presidency, a Dem Senate, and a whole bunch of bad policies. And it's also part of why he shouldn't be a candidate in 2024. The man lacks self-discipline.
Hard to believe even after where the Democrats have taken this country over the last 9 months that people would still worry about personality over policy. Most self defeating thing I've ever seen.


Every single one of you who tries this tired approach lives in Fantasyland. That Trump being a petty, immature butthole turns off a whole bunch of voters is an inarguable fact. If he would just have exercised some self-discipline he could have won the election, despite everything arrayed against him. But it was more important to Trump to get his jabs in that it was for him to win the election.

And he also carried out his petty grudges in the way he governed, as evidenced by the continuous stream of "top people" he appointed who ended up being "the absolute worst".

I voted for the petty, immature, butthole, twice, but that some of y'all can't see that he is his own worst enemy is dumbfounding. Let's find a POTUS candidate who isn't his own worst enemy, because there's already enough enemies aligned against Rs.
Yes, lets go right back into the arms of the establishment so they can continue doing absolutely nothing to right the ship. Republicans are trash. Find a non establishment candidate who is viable and I might consider voting for them over Trump. Until then, people who get asshurt about mean tweetz deserve ALL the pain they are going to get.
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Pookers said:

DTP02 said:

Ag87H2O said:

DTP02 said:

Ag87H2O said:

wessimo said:

DJT has never been afraid to kick a man when he's dead. Class act.
He's never been afraid to kick a man when he's alive either. It's who he is and I'll take the brutal honest truth over lies and political speak any day.


This ain't about the truth. This is about getting on Trump's bad side and his petty vendettas. His immaturity and pettiness are some of the bigger reasons we are stuck with Biden presidency, a Dem Senate, and a whole bunch of bad policies. And it's also part of why he shouldn't be a candidate in 2024. The man lacks self-discipline.
Hard to believe even after where the Democrats have taken this country over the last 9 months that people would still worry about personality over policy. Most self defeating thing I've ever seen.


Every single one of you who tries this tired approach lives in Fantasyland. That Trump being a petty, immature butthole turns off a whole bunch of voters is an inarguable fact. If he would just have exercised some self-discipline he could have won the election, despite everything arrayed against him. But it was more important to Trump to get his jabs in that it was for him to win the election.

And he also carried out his petty grudges in the way he governed, as evidenced by the continuous stream of "top people" he appointed who ended up being "the absolute worst".

I voted for the petty, immature, butthole, twice, but that some of y'all can't see that he is his own worst enemy is dumbfounding. Let's find a POTUS candidate who isn't his own worst enemy, because there's already enough enemies aligned against Rs.
Yes, lets go right back into the arms of the establishment so they can continue doing absolutely nothing to right the ship. Republicans are trash. Find a non establishment candidate who is viable and I might consider voting for them over Trump. Until then, people who get asshurt about mean tweetz deserve ALL the pain they are going to get.


That'll show them!

Meanwhile, the rest of us are stuck with the left in charge of our country. But at least we have the "But no mean tweets!" line to make everything better, right?
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THIS is why he LOST and we are stuck with this mfer now… (and cheating)

So, yes, this is a stupid thing to post.
FJB
Pookers
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aggiepaintrain said:

THIS is why he LOST and we are stuck with this mfer now… (and cheating)

So, yes, this is a stupid thing to post.

And cheating being the primary reason.
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DTP02 said:

Ag87H2O said:

DTP02 said:

Ag87H2O said:

wessimo said:

DJT has never been afraid to kick a man when he's dead. Class act.
He's never been afraid to kick a man when he's alive either. It's who he is and I'll take the brutal honest truth over lies and political speak any day.


This ain't about the truth. This is about getting on Trump's bad side and his petty vendettas. His immaturity and pettiness are some of the bigger reasons we are stuck with Biden presidency, a Dem Senate, and a whole bunch of bad policies. And it's also part of why he shouldn't be a candidate in 2024. The man lacks self-discipline.
Hard to believe even after where the Democrats have taken this country over the last 9 months that people would still worry about personality over policy. Most self defeating thing I've ever seen.


Every single one of you who tries this tired approach lives in Fantasyland. That Trump being a petty, immature butthole turns off a whole bunch of voters is an inarguable fact. If he would just have exercised some self-discipline he could have won the election, despite everything arrayed against him. But it was more important to Trump to get his jabs in that it was for him to win the election. Let that sink in next time you think to praise the man: he'd rather get his insults in to gratify his own needs than keep the White House and Senate out of the left's hands.

And he also carried out his petty grudges in the way he governed, as evidenced by the continuous stream of "top people" he appointed who ended up being "the absolute worst".

I voted for the petty, immature, butthole, twice, but that some of y'all can't see that he is his own worst enemy is dumbfounding. Let's find a POTUS candidate who isn't his own worst enemy, because there's already enough enemies aligned against Rs.
I'm not praising the man - I just pointed out he is who he is.

But I would gladly take that - even with the blunt, sometimes unneccessary, crude statements - any day over what we have now. The policies he supports are far more important to me than his abrasive personality. If Trump is the eventual nominee in 2024 I will gladly vote for him.

I also like DeSantis a lot for this very reason but it remains to be seen whether or not he will make the cut or even enter the race. There is still a long way to go.
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Never speak ill of the dead.

**** like this is why DJT lost in 2020.
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Ag87H2O said:

DTP02 said:

Ag87H2O said:

DTP02 said:

Ag87H2O said:

wessimo said:

DJT has never been afraid to kick a man when he's dead. Class act.
He's never been afraid to kick a man when he's alive either. It's who he is and I'll take the brutal honest truth over lies and political speak any day.


This ain't about the truth. This is about getting on Trump's bad side and his petty vendettas. His immaturity and pettiness are some of the bigger reasons we are stuck with Biden presidency, a Dem Senate, and a whole bunch of bad policies. And it's also part of why he shouldn't be a candidate in 2024. The man lacks self-discipline.
Hard to believe even after where the Democrats have taken this country over the last 9 months that people would still worry about personality over policy. Most self defeating thing I've ever seen.


Every single one of you who tries this tired approach lives in Fantasyland. That Trump being a petty, immature butthole turns off a whole bunch of voters is an inarguable fact. If he would just have exercised some self-discipline he could have won the election, despite everything arrayed against him. But it was more important to Trump to get his jabs in that it was for him to win the election. Let that sink in next time you think to praise the man: he'd rather get his insults in to gratify his own needs than keep the White House and Senate out of the left's hands.

And he also carried out his petty grudges in the way he governed, as evidenced by the continuous stream of "top people" he appointed who ended up being "the absolute worst".

I voted for the petty, immature, butthole, twice, but that some of y'all can't see that he is his own worst enemy is dumbfounding. Let's find a POTUS candidate who isn't his own worst enemy, because there's already enough enemies aligned against Rs.
I'm not praising the man - I just pointed out he is who he is.

But I would gladly take that - even with the blunt, sometimes unneccessary, crude statements - any day over what we have now. The policies he supports are far more important to me than his abrasive personality. If Trump is the eventual nominee in 2024 I will gladly vote for him.

I also like DeSantis a lot for this very reason but it remains to be seen whether or not he will make the cut or even enter the race. There is still a long way to go.
The media will fire up the propaganda machines on DeSantis and the same people complaining about mean tweetz on these forums will buy in to it as well.
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fc2112 said:

Never speak ill of the dead.

**** like this is why DJT lost in 2020.


Trump got 74 million votes. The most ever by an R candidate for president. That's more than the record set by Obama when he ran the first time.

That's not why he lost.
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CanyonAg77 said:

We've always known Trump was an @$$hole.

Everyone in Washington is, he's just the first since Harry Truman who doesn't hide it.

Because people can't stand the truth, we now have President Potato, and his 25th Amendment backups, the Cackling Hen and the Drunk and corrupt speaker.
But sometimes you don't have to be an *******.
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Only a lib would think it's okay to not be an ass.

True patriots know that if you have the opportunity to get attention by dancing on the grave of somebody who served the military the entire professional life, you have to do it.
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Four Seasons Landscaping said:

Only a lib would think it's okay to not be an ass.

True patriots know that if you have the opportunity to get attention by dancing on the grave of somebody who served the military the entire professional life, you have to do it.
How many of our troops died for Bushy boy's pointless war?
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CanyonAg77 said:

We've always known Trump was an @$$hole.

Everyone in Washington is, he's just the first since Harry Truman who doesn't hide it.

Because people can't stand the truth, we now have President Potato, and his 25th Amendment backups, the Cackling Hen and the Drunk and corrupt speaker.
Imagine if he had just been a decent human being. He'd still be President. It's absurd but likeability is a big factor and he just makes it so damn hard for many people to like him.

Again, just be a decent human being and release boilerplate condolences, or better yet don't say anything at all. Trump hasn't learned how to do that latter and we all know that is a major skill that all people should learn.
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CCP Joe Veggie said:

fc2112 said:

Never speak ill of the dead.

**** like this is why DJT lost in 2020.


Trump got 74 million votes. The most ever by an R candidate for president. That's more than the record set by Obama when he ran the first time.

That's not why he lost.


He wouldn't have lost if he'd gotten 75 million votes. You don't think a million independents, soccer moms, old folks, and beta dudes were sufficiently turned off by Trump's worst behavior to not vote for him? Or that 500,000 of them decided to vote for Biden instead of Trump?

The goal should have been to win the election, not to be the POTUS who answers every perceived slight with a juvenile insult.
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And yet another cringe worthy moment from Donald.

His deteriorating rhetoric continues to sabotage any chance for the Grand Old Party to enlarge it's tent of voters and regain power.
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wessimo said:

DJT has never been afraid to kick a man when he's dead. Class act.
Yeah we really upgraded with the guy that abandoned Americans in Afghanistan and led to the deaths of our marines. Class act.
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Guys like CP weren't held accountable for getting us into Iraq during their life, so I am fine with them getting a few days of accountability after their death.
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agz win said:

And yet another cringe worthy moment from Donald.

His deteriorating rhetoric continues to sabotage any chance for the Grand Old Party to enlarge it's tent of voters and regain power.


He received the highest share of the vote for every single non-white demographic group of any GOP candidate over the last 60 years.

The only demographic group he received a lower share of the vote in 2020 compared to 2016 was white men.
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LegalDrugPusher said:

We all can admit Trump is an ******* difference is he doesn't hide it
This.

It's amusing to watch people who support politicians that have said and done some nasty and classless things behind closed doors getting the vapors over Trump insulting someone.
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SA68AG said:

Right now independents disapprove of Biden's job performance by about a 2-1 margin.

In a general election today, a generic Republican defeats Biden by double digits.

Trump beats Biden by an amount within the margin of error.

Trump's lead is too small to be making unsolicited stupid remarks (even if they're true). This is how you lose independents' votes and the election.

This is why DeSantis is a much superior candidate. He gets all of those independent votes of those who disapprove Biden's job performance. Trump won't because of self-inflicted wounds like these dumb **** remarks about Powell.

I would happily vote for DeSantis. But "generic Republican" is how we ended up with losers like McCain and Romney that cared more about criticizing their own party than standing up for sane policies. And since we're on the subject, Colin Powell chose the same path.
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DTP02 said:

CCP Joe Veggie said:

fc2112 said:

Never speak ill of the dead.

**** like this is why DJT lost in 2020.


Trump got 74 million votes. The most ever by an R candidate for president. That's more than the record set by Obama when he ran the first time.

That's not why he lost.


He wouldn't have lost if he'd gotten 75 million votes. You don't think a million independents, soccer moms, old folks, and beta dudes were sufficiently turned off by Trump's worst behavior to not vote for him? Or that 500,000 of them decided to vote for Biden instead of Trump?

The goal should have been to win the election, not to be the POTUS who answers every perceived slight with a juvenile insult.


No, I absolutely do not believe it.

He never started a war. He never needlessly sacrificed a single drop of blood of an American soldier, unlike the kind, nicely mannered George W Bush, Barack Obama and Joe Biden. They would send your kid straight into the barrel of a gun and smile while doing it, if it served their purpose. But they wont insult you, so all is good.

If people can't see true compassion, then they are blind. Go vote for Biden.
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Gigem314 said:

SA68AG said:

Right now independents disapprove of Biden's job performance by about a 2-1 margin.

In a general election today, a generic Republican defeats Biden by double digits.

Trump beats Biden by an amount within the margin of error.

Trump's lead is too small to be making unsolicited stupid remarks (even if they're true). This is how you lose independents' votes and the election.

This is why DeSantis is a much superior candidate. He gets all of those independent votes of those who disapprove Biden's job performance. Trump won't because of self-inflicted wounds like these dumb **** remarks about Powell.

I would happily vote for DeSantis. But "generic Republican" is how we ended up with losers like McCain and Romney that cared more about criticizing their own party than standing up for sane policies. And since we're on the subject, Colin Powell chose the same path.
I'm not advocating any generic Republican. That's simply how the question was phrased in the poll. The point
is any Republican other than Trump would easily defeat Biden but Trump would barely win. Trump is in no position to turn-off any potential supporters.
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Pookers said:

DTP02 said:

Ag87H2O said:

DTP02 said:

Ag87H2O said:

wessimo said:

DJT has never been afraid to kick a man when he's dead. Class act.
He's never been afraid to kick a man when he's alive either. It's who he is and I'll take the brutal honest truth over lies and political speak any day.


This ain't about the truth. This is about getting on Trump's bad side and his petty vendettas. His immaturity and pettiness are some of the bigger reasons we are stuck with Biden presidency, a Dem Senate, and a whole bunch of bad policies. And it's also part of why he shouldn't be a candidate in 2024. The man lacks self-discipline.
Hard to believe even after where the Democrats have taken this country over the last 9 months that people would still worry about personality over policy. Most self defeating thing I've ever seen.


Every single one of you who tries this tired approach lives in Fantasyland. That Trump being a petty, immature butthole turns off a whole bunch of voters is an inarguable fact. If he would just have exercised some self-discipline he could have won the election, despite everything arrayed against him. But it was more important to Trump to get his jabs in that it was for him to win the election.

And he also carried out his petty grudges in the way he governed, as evidenced by the continuous stream of "top people" he appointed who ended up being "the absolute worst".

I voted for the petty, immature, butthole, twice, but that some of y'all can't see that he is his own worst enemy is dumbfounding. Let's find a POTUS candidate who isn't his own worst enemy, because there's already enough enemies aligned against Rs.
Yes, lets go right back into the arms of the establishment so they can continue doing absolutely nothing to right the ship. Republicans are trash. Find a non establishment candidate who is viable and I might consider voting for them over Trump. Until then, people who get asshurt about mean tweetz deserve ALL the pain they are going to get.

And that is the false dichotomy the fanboys use to justify Trump's stupidity: it's either Trump or Bob Dole/John McCain, and it just ain't so. If you think Desantis isn't viable I don't know what to tell you. I like presidential candidates that don't lose.
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Pookers said:

Deputy Travis Junior said:

pagerman @ work said:

He didn't have to pretend anything. He simply could have said nothing. Why is that so hard for him (and his cult of personality) to understand?


Exactly. The only people who like this statement are people who were, to a man, already going to vote for him (assuming a 2024 run). It harms him with every single other potential voter.
So concerned moderates going to vote for the party that has by every metric made life worse for them because orange man bad?


Yes. Psychologists have done this 2 person experiment countless times: give person A $100 bucks and tell him to decide how to split it between himself and person B. However, person B gets to approve/deny the transaction, and if he denies it, neither person gets anything. Again and again this experiment has shown that if person A gives B less than 30 bucks or so, person B will reject the "unfair" settlement and receive nothing instead of accepting free money.

The point is that if you antagonize people in a way that negatively resonates with them on a deep emotional level, they will knowingly harm themselves for a chance to take you down a notch. In politics, where cause and effect is a lot muddier and more difficult to even establish, they will do so without hesitation.
 
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