Fri Jul 31, 2020, 06:33 AM
Progressive Jones (6,011 posts)
I've liked a few, and I've disliked a few, but I've never actually hated a US President until now.
I can now say with all honesty, but not with ease, that I hate Donald J. Trump.
He's an enemy of the United States, along with his administration, and his voter base. They can all eat shit, and suffer the consequences.
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Progressive Jones | Jul 2020 | OP |
samnsara | Jul 2020 | #1 | |
beachbumbob | Jul 2020 | #2 | |
kacekwl | Jul 2020 | #9 | |
beachbumbob | Jul 2020 | #14 | |
katmondoo | Jul 2020 | #13 | |
Jamastiene | Jul 2020 | #5 | |
Jamastiene | Jul 2020 | #3 | |
JI7 | Jul 2020 | #4 | |
edhopper | Jul 2020 | #6 | |
SoonerPride | Jul 2020 | #7 | |
Martin Eden | Jul 2020 | #8 | |
hlthe2b | Jul 2020 | #10 | |
Demsrule86 | Jul 2020 | #11 | |
mokawanis | Jul 2020 | #12 | |
PJMcK | Jul 2020 | #15 | |
dawg day | Jul 2020 | #16 | |
MoonRiver | Jul 2020 | #17 | |
crickets | Jul 2020 | #18 | |
smirkymonkey | Jul 2020 | #19 |
Response to Progressive Jones (Original post)
Fri Jul 31, 2020, 06:46 AM
samnsara (16,826 posts)
1. i remember my outrage at Bush.....
..silly me to think that was as bad as it could get...
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Response to samnsara (Reply #1)
Fri Jul 31, 2020, 06:50 AM
beachbumbob (9,263 posts)
2. I would welcome GWB if it was choice between him or trump
I do hate Cheney as much as trump
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Response to beachbumbob (Reply #2)
Fri Jul 31, 2020, 07:46 AM
kacekwl (6,627 posts)
9. If Cheney were in better health
I have no doubt he would be the top official in the trump administration.
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Response to kacekwl (Reply #9)
Fri Jul 31, 2020, 08:37 AM
beachbumbob (9,263 posts)
14. he would be better than Stephen Miller
Response to beachbumbob (Reply #2)
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Response to samnsara (Reply #1)
Fri Jul 31, 2020, 07:02 AM
Jamastiene (38,174 posts)
5. Might want to buckle in. What I predict will happen is
that the Republicans will find something even worse next time around. They keep finding worse and worse.
We literally had a hog farmer with a cigarello and assault rifle, dressed as Boss Hogg, running in NC AFTER the Republicans got caught stealing Absentee ballots and not counting them. The NC Courts decided to slap them on the wrist, then turn around and let the Republicans have a second election with all new candidates to reward them. The GOP was REWARDED for stealing ballots and the courts let them change horses mid-race. One of the people they ran was that fucked up guy. It was disgusting. Still is. It was in my district. That hits home when it is your district in your state. They can find worse, oddly enough, and have, and have run them, and probably can find worse than that. I have a feeling they will continue to lower the bar and do JUST THAT too. I would not put it past them to get someone wearing a sheet or someone with full Nazi insignia to run next, yes, at the national level. We got Trump, didn't we? Never put anything past the Republicans when it comes to participation in hate groups and how low they will lower the bar to find someone worse than the last horrid one they found. |
Response to Progressive Jones (Original post)
Fri Jul 31, 2020, 06:55 AM
Jamastiene (38,174 posts)
3. I started out saying, well I hated Bush and the other Bush too, and Reagan.
What is sad is that in my lifetime, we have had 3 Democrats and 6 Republicans as president. I don't remember much of my early life, but I have hated all Republican presidents since I was old enough to understand politics existed. So, at least since Reagan, I have hated them all.
I do have a very special level of hatred for Trump though, because the fucker just pulled up a seat in our government for the fucking KKK, then turned around and declared anti-fascists, "terrorists." As many people, including little girls, (I HIGHLY recommend the movie, 4 Little Girls for anyone who wants to know the history there and doesn't already), that the KKK has lynched, bombed, and maimed, Trump decides being against fascism makes a person a "terrorist," while calling the KKK and the Nazis, "very fine people." We should ALL DESPISE him for that alone. Then there is ALL of the other horrid crap he has done. |
Response to Progressive Jones (Original post)
Fri Jul 31, 2020, 07:02 AM
JI7 (87,644 posts)
4. I hated W Bush and CHeney also . But this isn't just about US politics but Trump selling out
the country for his own profit . It's just a whole other level .
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Response to Progressive Jones (Original post)
Fri Jul 31, 2020, 07:38 AM
edhopper (30,509 posts)
6. Not me
I hated Nixon, loathed Reagan, Bush and Cheney revolted me and Trump leaves me with utter contempt and disgust.
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Response to Progressive Jones (Original post)
Fri Jul 31, 2020, 07:40 AM
SoonerPride (12,286 posts)
7. I hated Reagan. I hated W. Bush too
Reagan killed off many of my friends who died of AIDS
Bush senior I didn’t hate. W Bush was a war criminal and incompetent fuck and I hated him. I didn’t think anyone could be worse Then trump came along. He’s worse exponentially |
Response to Progressive Jones (Original post)
Fri Jul 31, 2020, 07:42 AM
Martin Eden (11,853 posts)
8. I hate GW Bush with a burning passion
He used the national tragedy of 9/11 and the political capital he got from it to launch a disastrous war of choice based on a campaign of lies.
He manipulated the grief, anger, fear, and patriotism of the American people to pursue a preexisting neocon agenda which has left the region in chaos, killed upwards of a million human beings, drained our treasury, needlessly sacrificed the lives of 5,000 Americans in uniform, and left tens of thousands more wounded for life mentally and physically. It was the most egregious betrayal of trust by an American president in our nation's history. GW Bush is a war criminal. He belongs in prison, but contunues to live a life of wealth and privilege. Every time he is given a platform as an elder statesman or his administration is wistfully remembered as a time of normalcy, it makes me want to ![]() |
Response to Progressive Jones (Original post)
Fri Jul 31, 2020, 08:12 AM
hlthe2b (95,623 posts)
10. Depends on how you define it. Was GW Bush* or Cheney the "real" President...?
My disdain for Bush* is far surpassed by my continued burning angry assessments of Cheney and the latter comes awfully damned close to "hatred."
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Response to Progressive Jones (Original post)
Fri Jul 31, 2020, 08:20 AM
Demsrule86 (65,378 posts)
11. I have never hated anyone as much as I hate Trump.
Response to Progressive Jones (Original post)
Fri Jul 31, 2020, 08:27 AM
mokawanis (4,236 posts)
12. Before Trump my strongest hatred was for Scott Walker
and a few others, like GWB and Cheney. Now I realize I hate Trump more than all of them.
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Response to Progressive Jones (Original post)
Fri Jul 31, 2020, 09:13 AM
PJMcK (19,634 posts)
15. You're a better person than I
When I was born, Eisenhower was president. Since then, he was the only Republican worthy of the position.
Nixon was a criminal and a danger. I hated him passionately and couldn't wait to cast my first presidential vote for Jimmy Carter. The day Nixon resigned was a very happy one for me. Reagan was a disgusting person who hid all of his evilness and stupidity behind an amiable facade that was a mere millimeter thick. He ignored the emergence of HIV/AIDS and countless Americans died, (sound familiar?). Once he was gone, we discovered that he had Alzheimer's. Was anyone really surprised? Regarding G.H.W. Bush, I have only two words: Lee Atwater. Together, they further divided our country by race and economic class. W. was just a moron but he was surrounded by truly terrible people beginning with Cheney. They were very methodical in their machinations to continue the flow of money to the upper .1% and then, after 8 years and on their way out, they drove the economy into the ditch. Oh, anyone remember 9/11? Now we have Trump. I hate him the most but I realize that my capacity to hate has increased since the 1970s. With each successive Republican, I'm more disgusted by that party and the people who support such awful politicians. |
Response to Progressive Jones (Original post)
Fri Jul 31, 2020, 09:31 AM
dawg day (7,947 posts)
16. I find myself thinking... was Nixon really so bad?
Well, yes, he was, but in comparison? At least he occasionally cared to do something tight like create the EPA.
Trump does nothing that will ever turn out good forvthe country. Dickie, you're still a dick, but you're not a mushroom dick. |
Response to Progressive Jones (Original post)
Fri Jul 31, 2020, 09:36 AM
MoonRiver (36,925 posts)
17. I never thought I could hate anyone as much as Jr. bush. Chump has proven me wrong.
Response to Progressive Jones (Original post)
Fri Jul 31, 2020, 09:53 AM
crickets (24,111 posts)
18. In my memory from Nixon to now, every Repub president has been worse than the last.
I used to think Gerald Ford was fairly inoffensive, but given the price we've paid as a nation since the pardon... sigh. The only Repub president close to living memory that I have any real respect for is Eisenhower. From Reagan onward, all of them have evoked an increasing visceral negative response.
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Response to Progressive Jones (Original post)
Fri Jul 31, 2020, 10:11 AM
smirkymonkey (63,221 posts)
19. I have never hated anyone in my life as much as I hate Donald Trump.
Mitch McConnell is a close 2nd. The rest of the republicans all tie for 3rd.
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