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2016 Postmortem

CakeGrrl

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14. Exactly. Trump's support came more from what

Reply to The Velveteen Ocelot (Reply #13)

Sun Dec 25, 2016, 01:23 PM

Dec 2016

he would TAKE AWAY or DENY others than what he would do for his gullible voters:

Take away Hillary's freedom - "Lock her up!"
Take away Obamacare
Take away "socialist" programs - not that his voters have a clue what that truly means
Build the wall - deny immigrants
Muslim registry - take away religious freedom for a group that his voters generally characterize and dismiss as 'terrorists'.

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Russia analyst: I was just in Moscow and people are laughing as Putin plays that fool Donald Trump [View all] UCmeNdc Dec 2016 OP

Well, yeah. That's been blindingly obvious to everybody but Trump. The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2016 #1

And the voters. DK504 Dec 2016 #4

They didn't care because he promised The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2016 #13

Exactly. Trump's support came more from what CakeGrrl Dec 2016 #14

Its embassaring. Blue Shoes Dec 2016 #2

kick for visibility triron Dec 2016 #3

Are they dancing in the streets like they did on 9/11? DK504 Dec 2016 #5

Russia and Assange played the Bernie or Bust Charles Bukowski Dec 2016 #6

Damn bro, you're obessessed with this tiny asd group of voters that is 100 times larger dionysus Dec 2016 #9

You may be right, but I can't help but be extremely pissed Charles Bukowski Dec 2016 #10

I am too bit you don't want to live in the past too long... dionysus Dec 2016 #11

That group of voters dominated this site and targeted posters such as myself for months KittyWampus Dec 2016 #15

Your link didn't work so I'm offering this one: Ilsa Dec 2016 #7

"he who knows not and knows not that he knows not IS a fool" oasis Dec 2016 #8

K&R nt ProudProgressiveNow Dec 2016 #12