Fogdog
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It is amazing how the very same group of people that Trump exploited time and again are so enamored with the guy.What I can't believe is that the base of Trump's support comes from the very same demographic that he fucked repeatedly with his bankruptcies. He is a true 1%er, the one making decisions to ship every job he could overseas, who thinks stiffing small companies and individuals is "just smart business", and shows absolutely no remorse in any of it.
Never mind how many times he has suggested breaking the Constitution, forget he wants to ignore our treaties - including the Geneva Convention - that are in place to build alliances, protect our soldiers and our freedom, never mind the erratic behavior that lashes out at anyone who disagrees with him, never mind that he is so woefully ignorant of the world that he doesn't even know that Russia invaded Ukraine, never mind that most of his "facts" are simply made up shit and that his OWN BIOGRAPHER stated that Trump is a pathalogical liar (yet Hillary is the liar?). The list outright lies from fact checkers show him to be winning overwhelmingly in the pants-on-fire race. He has already said several times that as far as he is concerned nukes are on the table as an option. I was a Republican most of my life, but this hatred-spewing, fear-mongering demagogue is so far from the party of Lincoln I think the statue at his memorial is weeping.
While I don't love Hillary, and actually find her personality quite off-putting, I do respect her. Every purported "lie" that I am aware of were cases where she was mistaken, repeating information that was told to her. Politicians have spent 10s of millions of dollars trying to discredit her, and yet over and over nothing was found. The email scandal was bad judgement, she did what her predecessors did without thinking it through. She's far from perfect, but far better than her most vocal critics give her credit for, has the tools to the effectively run the government (an incredibly complex task she has been preparing for most of her life) and most importantly will not start WWIII.
Just MHO.
Same goes with Hillary. she's done her bit through her husband to fuck over the black community. That crime bill, passed in '94, has been the base upon which our prisons have been filled with black and Hispanic men. Neither Bill or later on, Senator Hillary have done anything to staunch bias present in the justice system. And yet, Hillary received almost 80% of the black vote this year. It completely mystifies me why Bernie didn't get a higher share of the non-white vote other than he showed up to the party too late. But I recognize that Sanders didn't reach out or wasn't comfortable with the non-white voter.
It's my guess that we see some things that we really, really don't like on the other side of the political divide and it helps us forget the our own rat's transgressions. Illegal Immigrant! and Islamic Extremist! among others seem to be rallying cries for Republicans, while Racist! and Fascist! among others seem to be rallying cries for Democrats. Both sides hate the financial system but have extremely different solutions from tax cuts and cutting regulations to tax hikes and more regulation. Both sides are hawkish.
Looking on the face of the election there seems to be a glaring difference between candidates. I think Trump represents the most change and Democrats really don't like what they see. Trump supporters, on the other hand do like what they see.
This is one strange election. One for the historians to mull over for some time.