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calimary

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56. I'm sorry, I couldn't help laughing!

Reply to Kid Berwyn (Reply #1)

Wed Aug 31, 2022, 04:45 PM

Aug 2022

And I can just visualize the croonmanship!

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'He will forgive the crook...but he will not forgive the people who made him feel dumb' [View all] kpete Jun 2022 OP

Feeeeeeeelings. Kid Berwyn Jun 2022 #1

Trying to forget my... nt Tickle Jun 2022 #3

As a Trump supporter once said wryter2000 Jun 2022 #23

Ever notice how they like to say that? COL Mustard Jun 2022 #45

Yup wryter2000 Jun 2022 #52

I'm sorry, I couldn't help laughing! calimary Aug 2022 #56

He knows his fellow conservatives. Not that we all aren't somewhat like that, but! Hortensis Jun 2022 #2

This message was self-deleted by its author paleotn Jun 2022 #8

That's why the GQP tells its followers that the Libs/Dems/Elites/Cityfolk look down on them SharonClark Jun 2022 #4

But they are dumb hadEnuf Jun 2022 #16

The Bulwark: Where conservatives recycle what liberals have been saying for 15-30 years... JHB Jun 2022 #5

Good one! Nt spooky3 Jun 2022 #11

:) True, but it's a return to what most had always been saying before Hortensis Jun 2022 #17

40+ years! IT WAS ALL A LIE czarjak Jun 2022 #33

That's such a capitalist thing to think Farmer-Rick Jun 2022 #6

It's common human behavior.... paleotn Jun 2022 #12

It's common human behavior to blame the victim? Farmer-Rick Jun 2022 #18

Absolutely. And not just with regard to being conned. soldierant Jun 2022 #42

Hmm, do you have some links on this? Farmer-Rick Jun 2022 #47

I didn't, but they're easy to find - soldierant Jun 2022 #53

Hehe ...I see what you did there. Farmer-Rick Jun 2022 #54

-YVW. Glad it gave you a chiuckle. soldierant Jun 2022 #55

Me: Oh well. Ferrets are Cool Jun 2022 #7

So true. Ugh. paleotn Jun 2022 #9

And to get back at the people who made them feel dumb, they'll continue to support the crooks. TheBlackAdder Jun 2022 #30

So true !!! Karadeniz Jun 2022 #10

Yep, sadly he is spot on PatSeg Jun 2022 #13

Shooting the messenger. colorado_ufo Jun 2022 #20

They are in shock and feel betrayed PatSeg Jun 2022 #27

True, my maga daughter doesn't try to defend the proven crimes but is now in mobeau69 Jun 2022 #21

People like her cannot be reached wryter2000 Jun 2022 #24

In many instances, it actually makes it worse PatSeg Jun 2022 #25

The fact that there's 3 little grandchildren involved makes it especially difficult. mobeau69 Jun 2022 #31

I can't either PatSeg Jun 2022 #32

That is why it is easier to fool someone than to convince them they have been fooled... Wounded Bear Jun 2022 #14

A good PR company could figure out how to pound it into MAGA heads Scrivener7 Jun 2022 #15

He didn't make him feel dumb! patphil Jun 2022 #19

They're not just dumb, they're breathtakingly stupid. onecaliberal Jun 2022 #22

trump's attack on Pence & Pence's rejection of the "Con" AnotherMother4Peace Jun 2022 #26

It's human nature ... Novara Jun 2022 #28

We didn't MAKE them feel anything. SergeStorms Jun 2022 #29

Thank you. Was trying to say it and saw your post. Got it in one. Wild blueberry Jun 2022 #40

Republicans have been forced to come to terms with their dumbness many times. sop Jun 2022 #34

Firsthand experience with this... BWdem4life Jun 2022 #35

Me, too. A guy has work had fallen head over heels for some hot internet lover Peregrine Took Jun 2022 #38

TDFG ----- cloudboy07 Jun 2022 #36

Absolutely true. People do not want to believe they have fallen head over heels for a con. And then Martin68 Jun 2022 #37

Christian Nationalists enid602 Jun 2022 #39

sadly correct Skittles Jun 2022 #41

Is this sort of like, "don't shoot the messenger"? BigmanPigman Jun 2022 #43

yes but its a suggest pathological reason why humans might want to shoot the messenger vs... uponit7771 Jun 2022 #49

Trump is the crook here, right? 🤪 NCLefty Jun 2022 #44

This is the dilemma we are facing randr Jun 2022 #46

ummmmmmmm, something to ponder. uponit7771 Jun 2022 #48

K&R ck4829 Jun 2022 #50

Where the fellow in Frum's example failed was in not forgiving him/herself. KY_EnviroGuy Jun 2022 #51