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Posted on 12/9/16 at 1:15 pm to AUbused
Well Trump himself was one of these types, so maybe he knows them well enough to get the job done. We'll see.
Posted on 12/9/16 at 2:07 pm to Pettifogger
I'm in the same boat. I never minded the status quo and didn't want to drain the swamp. But when we point out that a lot of these appointments are swamp dwellers or swamp curators themselves, we're somehow melting? It's pretty bizarre.
Posted on 12/9/16 at 2:22 pm to Pettifogger
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i can't handle all this swamp draining
Seriously... Why has Joe the plumbers name not been mentioned yet? I mean we elected Trump to put in people that would not be able to do anything, not just get rid of the career politicians that have been running the show and replace them with successful people. This is bullshite!
Posted on 12/9/16 at 2:45 pm to Pettifogger
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Trump fans can't distinguish between people making fun of them and people ridiculing Trump, which only adds to the entertainment value.
Because they make an emotional investment in a symbol, then transfer it to a person. Therefore ab attack on Trump is an attack on their identity.
Identity politics
Posted on 12/9/16 at 2:58 pm to Tdawg24
Guess you guys aren't even getting a new swamp, much less draining one
Posted on 12/9/16 at 3:22 pm to TN Bhoy
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Soros and Goldman Sachs
You know as well as I do that Soros and Golden Sacks are just distractions. The Illuminati and the Knights Templar are really running things.
Posted on 12/9/16 at 3:25 pm to boosiebadazz
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So the guy making an absolute killing off globalism for the last 30 years is now going to be in charge of killing off globalism.
What is globalism??
Can you define it and give some examples for context?
Posted on 12/9/16 at 3:26 pm to Ebbandflow
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Because they make an emotional investment in a symbol, then transfer it to a person
You're projecting again.
Posted on 12/9/16 at 3:28 pm to Ebbandflow
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Because they make an emotional investment in a symbol, then transfer it to a person
This is not limited to one side of the political spectrum. Stop being a partisan hack.
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Identity politics
Again, people on both sides are guilty of it, especially your brethren on the left.
Posted on 12/9/16 at 3:43 pm to boosiebadazz
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I'm in the same boat. I never minded the status quo and didn't want to drain the swamp. But when we point out that a lot of these appointments are swamp dwellers or swamp curators themselves, we're somehow melting?
Yep. I even voted for him. And, frankly, expected he'd do plenty of stuff to piss his hardcore supporters off while making people like me happy. I just like threads like this to watch them uncomfortably pivot from "GS is the core of a corrupt system!!!" to "say what you will, he's bringing together the most capable folks..."
I'm sure he'll also do some completely ridiculous shite eventually, but I don't find any of the picks that problematic thus far, save perhaps Flynn and Bannon. Some are a little perplexing, but not worrisome.
Posted on 12/9/16 at 3:52 pm to Pettifogger
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Uhhhhh, this is the type of pick that I would have applauded 2 months ago and y'all would have claimed as treason.
So it's absolutely fine by me
I know you are ridin down Trumpkings Pettifogger, but it is funny how Trumpkins ride the vicissitudes of Trump's flip floppin so well.
This post was edited on 12/9/16 at 3:53 pm
Posted on 12/9/16 at 3:58 pm to Dale51
No, Dale. I won't. All you fricking do is ask redundant questions. Figure it out for yourself.
Posted on 12/9/16 at 3:59 pm to Ebbandflow
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Because they make an emotional investment in a symbol, then transfer it to a person. Therefore ab attack on Trump is an attack on their identity.
Identity politics
Agree with all of this. They take it as a subtle insult if you're not as far down the rabbit hole as they are.
That's why it's so weird that in my daily life I'm viewed as a conservative, even a Trump supporter, but on here unless you're into devoted hero worship, you're a lefty.
Posted on 12/9/16 at 5:29 pm to Pettifogger
You confuse this message board with reality. And maybe confuse some other things as well, I'm not entirely sure.
Don't confuse flip flopping with doing what was needed to be done to win an election. He stole a play out of the Democratic playbook. And not surprisingly, about 10% of Trump voters didn't understand this. What is amazing is that Never Trumpers and liberals, who are smarter I guess, fell for this at about a 90% rate.
I'm not sure which side is more deluded, principled conservatives or progressives, but it's closer than a lot of people would like to admit.
Most of us just want a tax cut and national security. Entitlement reform would be nice, but we live in reality and don't really expect that from anyone holding elective office. Too many votes involved there.
Don't confuse flip flopping with doing what was needed to be done to win an election. He stole a play out of the Democratic playbook. And not surprisingly, about 10% of Trump voters didn't understand this. What is amazing is that Never Trumpers and liberals, who are smarter I guess, fell for this at about a 90% rate.
I'm not sure which side is more deluded, principled conservatives or progressives, but it's closer than a lot of people would like to admit.
Most of us just want a tax cut and national security. Entitlement reform would be nice, but we live in reality and don't really expect that from anyone holding elective office. Too many votes involved there.
Posted on 12/9/16 at 5:32 pm to Pettifogger
Well how about this to make some feel better..."keep your friends close and your enemies closer."
Who knows. The future will tell.
Who knows. The future will tell.
Posted on 12/9/16 at 11:02 pm to Iowa Golfer
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You confuse this message board with reality.
hey, I found the flaw in your premise
Posted on 12/10/16 at 6:46 am to Pettifogger
I'm not very smart, could you explain what my flawed premise is please?
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