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America did this to itself

Discussion in 'Too Hot for Swamp Gas' started by dangolegators, Nov 7, 2024.

  1. dangolegators

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    No excuses, America did this, knowing exactly who it was voting for. This paragraph by George Conway sums it up as succinctly as I've seen.

    We knew, and have known, for years. Every American knew or should have known. The man elected president last night is a depraved and brazen pathological liar, a shameless con man, a sociopathic criminal, a man who has no moral or social conscience, empathy, or remorse. He has no respect for the Constitution and laws he will swear to uphold, and on top of all that, he exhibits emotional and cognitive deficiencies that seem to be intensifying, and that will only make his turpitude worse. He represents everything we should aspire not to be, and everything we should teach our children not to emulate. The only hope is that he’s utterly incompetent, and even that is a double-edged sword, because his incompetence often can do as much as harm as his malevolence. His government will be filled with corrupt grifters, spiteful maniacs, and morally bankrupt sycophants, who will follow in his example and carry his directives out, because that’s who they are and want to be.

    America Did This to Itself
     
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  2. AgingGator

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    George Conway is certainly unbiased. I don’t even need to read his writings any more to know what he will say.

    It is very much akin to Gator Jo’s posts; you don’t even have to read them anymore and you will still know what he said.
     
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  3. dangolegators

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    I do the same for you. I see it's you, I skip the post.
     
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  4. CHFG8R

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    Look in the mirror much?

    Didn't think so.
     
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  5. ridgetop

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    The Democratic Party did this to America. They pushed Biden out, Handpicked Harris who didn’t do great when she ran the first time and was picked for VP due to being a woman of color( Bidens words not mine)… and was an abject failure as a VP. Democrats had a terrible platform, awful
    Messaging and chose a loser for a VO running mate. They should have chosen Josh Shapiro and built around him.
    The whining and crying from the left is hypocritical. Had they done their work( democratic leadership) this could have been avoided. Instead they took the easy path. Put a woman of color up there and insult black men hoping they will be guilted into voting for her. They mate identity politics. They leaned in abortion laws when every poll in America had the economy and the boarder as the two main issues people cared about
    This is on the lazy incompetent democratic leadership.
     
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  6. sierragator

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    Yep, this IS who we are. There was a clear fork in the road and it is very clear what direction the country has chosen.
     
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  7. CHFG8R

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    Nah, it's actually social media. Our attention spans - even those who are aware of it - are shrinking by the day. People don't care about politics and they don't pay attention. The people on this board represent, tops, 10% of the population and a large part of them only get information from a single stream.

    If MAGA thinks this is some mandate, they'd better think again. Or, at the very least, produce major reductions in inflation, increases in wages, etc. or these same people will turn on their asses so quick their heads will spin.

    This is where we're at. The TicTok era of politics.

    Yea.
     
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  8. dangolegators

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    No, this is solely on the people who voted for Trump. Had the Repubs had any integrity or decency, Trump would not have been the Republican nominee.
     
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  9. CHFG8R

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    For now. If he doesn't deliver the economic goods, they're turn on MAGA as fast as they turned on the Ds.
     
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  10. AgingGator

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    Not being invited to sit at your table is a compliment
     
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  11. gaterzfan

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    LOL ..... George Conway???!!!!

     
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  12. AgingGator

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    As we all should.
     
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  13. dangolegators

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    Yeah, I'm not sure that mass social media and democracy can coexist. I don't see any other choice but to try to have them coexist because a democracy that controls speech isn't really a democracy, or won't be for long. But people are just too stupid to handle social media and a stupid ignorant populace leads to someone like Trump being president.
     
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  14. Gatorrick22

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    It was all about the economy and inflation... People voted for cheaper groceries. It's as simple as that.

    But the crazy social issues are a nice casualty of this election.

    Sorry Bluke, but I have to ignore you now...
     
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  15. gator_jo

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    What a weird post. You pretty much know what convicted felon Trump is going to say also.

    Can we assume that since he's "biased" you don;t listen to a single lying word he says?
     
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  16. Orange_and_Bluke

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    Dangolegators is back!!!!!
    It wouldn’t be a celebration without our most antagonistic, cantankerous liberal progressive!!!!
    Hell yeah!! The BS spewed by the hard left was spit out and rinsed down the drain!!
    [​IMG]
     
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  17. BLING

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    Prediction: something terrible will happen during the next POTUS term and MAGA will deflect it as “the next Democrat hoax”. You will too.

    An AI could write the script using past data.
     
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    Lucky for him the economy is on a great path, feds getting ready to cut rates again, and oil falling as Saudis launch a price war against opec overpumpers.

    People will believe it is djt. Economy takes years to turn so most he can do is mess up last two years sans some black swan
     
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  19. dangolegators

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    Maybe some will. But a lot of them will see that Trump has inflation at 2.3% and unemployment at 4.1% and say that this is the most amazing economy in the history of the world. We saw this when Trump's economy was no better than Obama's. Economy went from horrible to awesome over night.
     
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  20. G8trGr8t

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    To the OP, America had a lot of info being pumped by Russia and amplified by Elon. They succumbed to it but the mistrust and conspiracy are not of strictly American origin. Putin said he would undermine US faith in elections, judges, and media after Hillary as SOS said his election was rigged or he wouldn't have won and damned if he didn't do it all these years later
     
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