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Something for Trump fans to keep in perspective...
Trumpers can laugh all they want now, but...
Was Leo in denial?
Excellent movie
AMAZING job in Bookworm
Basically if Dr House was NOT an ***hole. :-P
Oakes was pretty great, movie was just okay.
A decent follow-up to the original
Is there at least 1 flying cow? :-P
Underrated.
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Don't get the reference but... I honestly don't think he's ever taken a "good" picture, sooo... :-P
Even in the 80s he was not the Romeo he thought he was. He just had money, and money got him women. Big shocker. :-P
Pretty much.... And the working class is gonna overreact to every little price change and either blame it on the other side, or... Still find a way to blame the other side even if it's their own party's fault.
It's like people turn their brains off and submit to the "hive mind" of their party. I don't trust either one of them. Now, I can honestly say I distrust the Republicans more, simply because they have stood against many things I support (LGBTQ+ rights, marriage, reasonable social assistance)...
I only ever consider myself a Democrat because that's how far I consider my ideology from that of Conservatism. It's night and day. Both parties are seriously flawed, but I'd much rather be flawed in allowing things I don't necessarily agree with to exist, than stand behind an ideology that should NOT exist.
Hyper-individualism is killing our society. Not everyone should have the right to step on anyone and everyone on their way to the top. If you're so focused on being in the 1%, maybe you (read:rich people) should remember upon whose backs those wealthy elite laid their labor to make it happen.
I feel like the rich today are so convinced that "they've given enough" (regardless of how many tax laws they broke to keep what they did) over the years that they simply shouldn't have to anymore. And the way I see it is, if you stop paying into the society from which you benefit, then you should no longer be benefiting from that society. Civilized society only exists because of that give and take between the Haves and Have Nots. And if the Haves are tired of paying into that civilized society, They don't deserve the benefits our society provides.
Trump's legacy will be the same as it was had he not been president: A grifter who puts himself above all other concerns in the world. He's a rich man; his policies effect him much more profoundly positively than his supporters. We all have a lot more to lose and not as much to gain from "Reaganomics" than he does.
Trump's a capitalist. He's always going to want to better his own station in life at others' expense. And tbh, the same could be said about Dem leaders. They can be pretty well shielded from the worst perils of a capitalist system. That's ultimately why we never have lasting progress in the US; because capitalist, individualist policy looks good on paper, until you realize that the "trickle-down" never truly trickles down. The people who need to do the trickling, just... don't. They have a million ways to keep their "hard earned" money out of the hands of the 99%... We have none in comparison. So the trickle down doesn't start at the top; it skips the top completely and siphons money from the middle class in both directions.
Funny how you expect the libs to go away and take their loss, but it was okay for your party to try and overthrow the govt 4 years ago... *rolls eyes*
Well, I admit it severely dislike Trump.... And in all honesty, I haven't even seen the Republican party produce a GOOD candidate since... 2012 when Romney ran? Since then, it's been Trump and a bunch of nobodies, basically.
I also think a lot of people just vote the same way no matter what. They don't help either. I don't think we're voting for a candidate so much as we're voting for who sold the best lies. Because at the end of the day, most presidents dont get anywhere near what they promised to do. And that doesn't help either.
I just think America needs to do better than the candidates we've had over the last... 20 years or so. God i'm old. :-P
Well there you have it. Our election system is hampered by people who refuse to vote. At the end of the day, though, it still doesn't change the fact that a majority of the country did NOT support him. Or Harris for that matter. Who knows how the election would have gone had everyone voted.
The point is that our elected officials are "the will of SOME people" rather than "the will of THE people." Don't you think it's pretty sad that, like 100% of the people bitch and moan about how much they dislike the country, but 30%, give or take, won't do anything about it? They have no right to complain about the choices voters make... But they still live under the choices everyone else makes just the same. So it's not like it doesn't effect them. It's just sad.
You clearly weren't reading very carefully... I'm saying that, given the fact that a full 1/3 of eligible voters chose NOT to vote means Trump got the will of essentially 1/3 of eligible voters78. mil/244mil if your math skills aren't the greatest. ;-)
There's roughly 244 million eligible voters. Trump got 78 million votes. So Trump won by getting 1 in 3 voters to vote for him. Think about that for a while... It'll come to you. ;-)
And yes, I know, those people who abstained or otherwise couldn't be bothered... It's their own fault for surrendering their voice. But my conclusion is still the same; Trump did NOT get anywhere NEAR what could be considered resounding support from the American people. Just those of us who got off the couch and voted.
I know YOU didn't say that... HE said that. Soooo are you willing to eat your words when he fails to live up to his hype for the 2nd time? I highly doubt it.
So given that Trump is going to deport millions of undocumented immigrants "on day one" :-P... Are you gonna call him a liar too when it doesnt happen? How about when he doesn't end the Ukraine war "in 24 hours"?
No, of course you aren't. You're going to make excuses for him like a good little brainwashed follower. And pretend it's more justified than Democrats defending their own in the same way.
Sheeple... baaaahhh....baaaaaaaaaahhhhhh :-P
Sooo another instance of "it's okay when my party does it, but not when "the other" does it?" Got it. ;-)
It's really a shame how a large portion of Americans have no shame for their disgusting behavior.
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