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I know Trump voters, the majority of whom don't like Trump at all. Their reasoning: "Why delay the inevitable? How else to wake up the country but to elect a d
by weirdstuff 9y ago
I know Trump voters, the majority of whom don't like Trump at all.
Their reasoning: "Why delay the inevitable? How else to wake up the country but to elect a disaster? As things get worse we're ready as we'll ever be."
(FYI: I'm in Michigan where enough of us held back our Clinton vote to send a message that we need a progressive non-corporatist. Margin of victory for Trump was smaller than empty presidential sections. It's over in Michigan for the DNC.)
- fjsolwmv 9y agoI'm sure that electing a regressive corporatist was a wonderful improvement.
- goliatone 9y agoI guess is harder to pretend that things are ok? Many people wanted change. I doubt the reality of how that changes is materializing is keeping up with what those who voted for Trump wanted
- jknoepfler 9y agoI hope they realize that their elected legislative representatives matter a lot more for this... The president is chief diplomat, chief military and legal executive, a veto holder. They also do a lot of appointing. Not much else, in reality. So we elected a bloviating racist to be our chief diplomat, because we don't like corporatist legislators? Ok...
- krapp 9y ago>So we elected a bloviating racist to be our chief diplomat, because we don't like corporatist legislators? Ok... Yes. I believe the phrase used to describe Trump was something along the lines of "a brick through the window of the establishment."