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Old 12-30-2023, 05:46 PM   #12661
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Losin Don

Almost everyone he endorses, loses and he lost bigly himself.
I’d be happy with one more bigglie loss.
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After due consideration, I think Rapey Don properly conveys the dismissive contempt the man deserves. It also doesn't make a direct and legally actionable accusation while still getting across the idea that he is a loathsome human being.
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Old 01-02-2024, 09:47 PM   #12664
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Uh oh....

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Thought it was the grim reaper but actually isn't and it's some other card called Five of Cups.
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At a town hall event in Waukee, Iowa, Wednesday, 75-year-old supporter Christopher Garcia asked DeSantis pointedly why he hasn't "gone directly" after Trump.

"I mean, you're -- in my viewpoint, you're going pretty soft on him," Garcia, a voter, said. I like how he puts Desantis on the hot seat.

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Old 01-10-2024, 12:06 PM   #12667
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Good to see that even the Conservatives in Canada aren't fully onboard with a guy like Trump.

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That 33% number is terrifyingly high. The fact it's reasonable to extrapolate there are more than 10 million Canadians who would cast a vote for him (and that more of them are likely concentrated in Alberta) makes me fear for the Nation and Province.
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How would 16% of NDP voters vote for Trump?

Like... that just doesn't make sense to me. 3 out of every 20 NDP voters would support Trump? Really?!
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Crazy does not limit itself to the right end of the political spectrum. I think what it really tells you is that 3 out of every 20 people are bat#### crazy. Seems about right from my daily experiences.
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How would 16% of NDP voters vote for Trump?

Like... that just doesn't make sense to me. 3 out of every 20 NDP voters would support Trump? Really?!
If it's anything like the US, you can correlate it to level of post secondary education, age, and religiosity.

If you're old, watching Fox News 24/7, and you "do your own research" on Facebook while meeting up with your church group every Sunday, I can see it.

Especially if you're angry at how your life has gone.
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If it's anything like the US, you can correlate it to level of post secondary education, age, and religiosity.

If you're old, watching Fox News 24/7, and you "do your own research" on Facebook while meeting up with your church group every Sunday, I can see it.

Especially if you're angry at how your life has gone.
But those people are voting NDP?
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Old 01-10-2024, 01:13 PM   #12673
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There's a portion of people who most would view as socialist hippies that are also very much in the freeman on the land, do your own research, anti-vax persuasion. The political spectrum is full of cognitive dissonance in every direction.

Honestly I don't know how anyone continues to be duped (or ever was) into believing this clown is somehow their ally, but some just view it as a chaotic alternative to the "establishment" like Biden (or Clinton). While being pretty true, how Trump solves that problem in their minds is inexplicable to me.
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That 33% number is terrifyingly high. The fact it's reasonable to extrapolate there are more than 10 million Canadians who would cast a vote for him (and that more of them are likely concentrated in Alberta) makes me fear for the Nation and Province.
That 50% number for the Conservatives is equally frightening, especially since they're well on track to form the next government and may be working across from the second Trump administration.

I'd be inclined to cast a vote for the Liberals largely on the strength of just that figure alone..
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How would 16% of NDP voters vote for Trump?

Like... that just doesn't make sense to me. 3 out of every 20 NDP voters would support Trump? Really?!
NDP supporters who work for coal companies, or similar sectors, probably, and can relate to the workers in the States who live in Trump country.

Just a guess.
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Crazy does not limit itself to the right end of the political spectrum. I think what it really tells you is that 3 out of every 20 people are bat#### crazy. Seems about right from my daily experiences.
And 15 out of 20 are dumber than a bag of hair.
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There's a portion of people who most would view as socialist hippies that are also very much in the freeman on the land, do your own research, anti-vax persuasion. The political spectrum is full of cognitive dissonance in every direction.

A lot of people who got sucked into QAnon did so through this route, including Jacob Chansely - known to all as the QAnon Shaman (the guy with the horns from the J6 insurrection).
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But those people are voting NDP?
I think a lot of NDP voters are angry about how their life is going and blame the government.
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Chris Christie has suspended his campaign hours before CNN's Republican Debate tonight.
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Old 01-10-2024, 06:16 PM   #12680
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Boy, things are getting crazy down south. There was a House Committee today for a Hunter Biden Contempt hearing for not obeying a' subpoena for him to attend but Hunter showed up to be in the audience briefly before he left.

https://twitter.com/user/status/1745108125458329662

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