Trump's Political Power

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  1. Just A Man

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    Yesterday proved to be a clean sweep for all candidates endorsed by Trump. Nothing else to say.
     
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    So the libs didn't say anything. Silence is golden.
     
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    you guys have been on our case if we use trump's name in vain. if you want to gloat about dear leader's ownership of your party, don't let us stop you.

    but, do you ever wonder what criteria trump uses to decide which of his rabid followers to endorse? dr oz?
     
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    We The People own the GOP.

    Republicans may flip Hispanic seat next month

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    That's because voters are drawn to balance and repelled by imbalance, and too many Dems seem and sound unbalanced.
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    I can't think of a more brutal condemnation of the Repub base than pointing out the influence the Orange Messiah still holds after he orchestrated the attempted overthrow of the elected government. His other treacherous, indeed traitorous, offenses against the country being too numerous to list.
     
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    Not often noted in the pro and con Mr. Donald Trump palaver is Mr. Trump's possible pleasure in having those who in the past opposed him reverse their field and, in essence, kiss his ring. There are examples of this readily available, including at least one person running in the Ohio primaries.

    Regards, stay safe 'n well 'n remember the Big 5.
     
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    JD Vance being the most egregious.
     
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    Perhaps some libs agree that he still has political power. That is not a good thing or a bad thing. Just a thing. Your statement appears to really be an attempt to pick a fight with people you dislike. Perhaps they didn't want to fight
     
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    I disagree. Trump still having political power is a bad thing. After 1/6, one would have thought that he would have become a pariah. However, he didn't. Speaks a lot to the Fox News propaganda machine.
     
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    Today you gloat because no "lib" responded the other day You were upset when I did respond to your bait. At that time I made a proposal:

    You did not respond. Are you willing to take me up on that proposal?
     
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    Why is the assumption these candidates won due to Trump? Why isn't the assumption they won on their own merit? Is it because Trump told everyone they won because of him and everyone (MAGA crowd) just accepts it as gospel?
     
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    Hi, Lee Atwater.

    Also well worth adding to that particular panoply is Senator Rafael Cruz. His quotes, including “He is proud of being a serial philanderer … he describes his own battles with venereal diseases as his own personal Vietnam,” “This man is a pathological liar, he doesn’t know the difference between truth and lies … in a pattern that is straight out of a psychology textbook, he accuses everyone of lying,” and “Whatever lie he’s telling, at that minute he believes it … the man is utterly immoral.”

    'Nuff said, at least by Senator Cruz.

    Regards, stay safe 'n well.
     
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    I voted Libertarian in 2016. Held my nose & voted Trump in 2020. The most reprehensible, narcissistic, steaming pile of dog**** to contaminate the White House since Slick Willie.

    If I spoke about your wife the same way he’s trashed so many of the women who’ve crossed his path you’d feed me my front teeth. And I’d have it coming. But when Donnie Dirtbag does it, y’all line up to kiss his feet. Because How! Dare! You! try & hold him to the same standards of decency the great unwashed are expected to abide by.

    My fondest wish for 45: a lovely retirement spent cheating on his wives & bragging about it to his sycophants, leaving decent Americans to our own devices.
     
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    Libs won't agree Trump has political power, they claim the toothless voted for the candidates Trump endorsed and they just call Trump names.
    I do dislike liberals and somebody has to fight them. Their policies are bad for our great country, the country I served and volunteered my life to keep the country free.
     
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    R U kidding? Most of us have been talking about how he is still in control of his party while the board's conservatives deny it. When we talk about Trump they claim we are fixated on him without cause.
     
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    I agreed. I don't think I've heard any rational liberal talk about toothless voters, you are seldom discussing policies and what is right and or wrong about them. You discuss people and what is wrong with them. This leads to division is not good for the country. We have an opportunity here to help with that.
    I would like to amend my proposition. I will agree to not assault any individual people, news organizations, call them names and will only discuss issues I have with their positions or things I see as misrepresentations if you and or others will agree to the same.
    Silence means avoiding the proposition not agreeing or disagreeing.
     
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    It's revealing that those filled with hatred for Trump never actually think about why he has so much support in the country. They really don't have a clue as to why so much of the country is fed up with the left's contempt for average working Americans.
     
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    For example, Trump's endorsee, JD Vance, won his GOP primary in Ohio with approx. 32 percent of the vote. Vance's other two opponents in that race each received approx. 23 percent of the vote.

    Should there be a recount since the election was close, since the winner received less than a majority and since there was a 3 person race?
     
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    Oh, we know exactly why he has so much support. It's mostly from those who are glued to Fox News and other RW media, swallowing the pro-Trump and Dems are the devil propaganda every day. How else would they be able to whitewash 1/6 and Trump's other egregious shortcomings, if not with propaganda? Or, how else would otherwise decent people lower themselves to hang a "f Biden" flag in their yard?
     
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    Maybe I'm a bit of a packrat, but I'm glad Trump isn't leaving the public space.

    Let's face it, he's the most powerful political engine in the last 50 years to get out the moderate and Democratic vote.

    The fear he engenders is unparalleled.

    If the MAGA's had turned to someone more moderate since 1/6, you would have had a chance to regain political ascendancy in this country.

    But the cult is too strong.

    So you're going to pay the price... again.
     
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    You've just proven my point.
     
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    I bet I did. In their own mind, Trumpers have many rationalizations for their emotional attachment to their great leader, and their hate for the Dems and people who are the "others". When you look at it from an outside perspective though......
     
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    Oh, you're looking at it objectively from an outside perspective? Have you ever had a real conversation with a Trump supporter, or are you just content to smear them with accusations of ignorance and racism?
     
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    Yes, I did talk to Trump supporters, one of them used to be my neighbor. Always seemed like a nice guy, until he told my wife that covid was a hoax, and even if it wasn't a hoax, that covid was brought to our town by all those foreigners at the university (which I am one of them, I guess he didn't think about that before saying those things). I just stood next to him dumb-founded. Of course, even before that conversation, I already knew that he has Fox News running on his TV 24/7.

    Another Trump supporter I know very well is my 17 year old son. He has a lot of friends who are Trumpers, who infected his mind That's why we don't talk about politics at home much. Thank you Trump.....
     
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    Oh, we know he has political power. That's why - over and over - we bring up the name Trump. When it's convenient for you, however, you tell us he's living rent free in our heads. So I'm hoping this ends that nonsense!
     
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