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malaise

(290,050 posts)
Tue Jan 16, 2024, 10:46 AM Jan 2024

As pissed as we all are remember

Last edited Tue Jan 16, 2024, 12:27 PM - Edit history (2)

Only 14% of Iowa ReTHUGS supported this literal smelly shitshow.
Cheer up - he is going down.
That is all.

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As pissed as we all are remember (Original Post) malaise Jan 2024 OP
Iowa is just one of 50 states. ProudMNDemocrat Jan 2024 #1
Meanwhile Slobby has showed up in New York malaise Jan 2024 #3
He shows up in court to intimidate the witnesses, the jury louis-t Jan 2024 #18
His culminating legal challenges won't improve his mood either JoseBalow Jan 2024 #31
The artist got the hair all wrong. When have you ever seen Shitler's ears? OMGWTF Jan 2024 #43
Right, but at least the artist has TFG behind bars! dmr Jan 2024 #45
Context is a good thing. Also: bad weather favors TFG, his small basket of deplorables will march no matter what. marble falls Jan 2024 #2
It seems a majority of Dems are waiting for Repubs to do the right thing FHRRK Jan 2024 #4
This orangecrush Jan 2024 #28
Yeps hibbing Jan 2024 #37
Looks like Kornaki is afraid to say that the turnout malaise Jan 2024 #5
Who needs Kornacki. What matters is we know, and it's getting out across the nets. ancianita Jan 2024 #36
This is absolutely true. spanone Jan 2024 #6
The whole production is and was a pathetic tableaux Blue Owl Jan 2024 #7
Absolutely Joe can win Iowa in November! Kid Berwyn Jan 2024 #8
I'm not pissed. It was a foregone conclusion he was going to win Iowa. shrike3 Jan 2024 #9
Same...I think what has ppl pissed off is the crowing going on on cable...TURN IT OFF! It's worthless PortTack Jan 2024 #10
I didn't watch last night malaise Jan 2024 #11
You know bdamomma Jan 2024 #38
Cable news is entertainment. shrike3 Jan 2024 #12
Kudos to you. They are never getting these eyeballs back until they stop with worthless opinion and report PortTack Jan 2024 #21
Agreed. GhostHunter22 Jan 2024 #34
Interesting guest on MSNBC this morning who attended Iowa caucuses since the 70's. He said he doesn't recognize the Evolve Dammit Jan 2024 #13
Reasonable people stay home when the weather is that severe Ponietz Jan 2024 #42
And almost half of those voted for someone else relayerbob Jan 2024 #14
Thanks, I Needed That. Sane1 Jan 2024 #15
Exactly. And only 14% of Iowa Republicans at that. MineralMan Jan 2024 #16
I corrected that malaise Jan 2024 #17
Most of them could fit into a high school gym Captain Zero Jan 2024 #27
Thank for your post. ChazII Jan 2024 #50
From your keyboard, 3Hotdogs Jan 2024 #19
I'm not pissed or surprised by the Iowa results. I am KPN Jan 2024 #20
Aint pissed, you couldve seen this result from outerspace MistakenLamb Jan 2024 #22
And, most of Haley supporters said in a poll that they Sogo Jan 2024 #23
that's hopeful to bdamomma Jan 2024 #39
Hopefully you are correct, but I wouldn't bet on it. republianmushroom Jan 2024 #24
I'm no more pissed now than I was a week ago. Or a month ago. Or a year ago. progressoid Jan 2024 #25
Given the overwhelmingly white male nature of the proceedings Warpy Jan 2024 #26
What??? H2O Man Jan 2024 #29
You are always malaise Jan 2024 #30
The "worst" thing H2O Man Jan 2024 #32
H2O Man bdamomma Jan 2024 #40
Thanks! H2O Man Jan 2024 #41
I'll buy your cautions optimism, but... SpankMe Jan 2024 #33
It's a cult and they are unreachable. My mother is in a Talibangelical-Rethuglican cult. We don't talk. OMGWTF Jan 2024 #44
Dang. Sorry to hear that. SpankMe Jan 2024 #49
I hope so malaise, He has to. debm55 Jan 2024 #35
It was a landslide, I tell ya! Permanut Jan 2024 #46
The biglier they are? czarjak Jan 2024 #47
I wonder if... WestMichRad Jan 2024 #48

ProudMNDemocrat

(20,311 posts)
1. Iowa is just one of 50 states.
Tue Jan 16, 2024, 10:48 AM
Jan 2024

Depending how things go in the coming months as Democrats get more of the message out, the expressions on on Dipshit's face will turn even more sour.

malaise

(290,050 posts)
3. Meanwhile Slobby has showed up in New York
Tue Jan 16, 2024, 10:56 AM
Jan 2024

Judge Kaplan is going to eff him up

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-damages-trial-begins-e-jean-carroll-defamation-case-former-presi-rcna133677

Jury selection is expected to take a few hours in the morning and will then be followed by opening statements in a damages trial that could result in Trump's being hit with a judgment in the tens of millions of dollars.

Carroll is seeking at least $10 million for the damage Trump caused to her reputation and most likely several times that amount in punitive damages for continuing to publicly call her account of his sexual abuse a "con job" on TV and social media and at his rallies.

Trump has said he plans to testify in his own defense. "I’m going to explain I don’t know who the hell she is," he told reporters Thursday.

louis-t

(24,486 posts)
18. He shows up in court to intimidate the witnesses, the jury
Tue Jan 16, 2024, 12:29 PM
Jan 2024

the judge, the plaintiff, the press, then wants to make a campaign speech. Disgusting piece of garbage.

marble falls

(68,890 posts)
2. Context is a good thing. Also: bad weather favors TFG, his small basket of deplorables will march no matter what.
Tue Jan 16, 2024, 10:53 AM
Jan 2024

FHRRK

(1,211 posts)
4. It seems a majority of Dems are waiting for Repubs to do the right thing
Tue Jan 16, 2024, 10:57 AM
Jan 2024

Please understand, they won’t! It is who they are at their core.

I get it, very hard to comprehend, but it is reality.

ancianita

(42,264 posts)
36. Who needs Kornacki. What matters is we know, and it's getting out across the nets.
Tue Jan 16, 2024, 04:57 PM
Jan 2024

Media will pick up on the sliver of christian nationalist base's low numbers, and he'll drop in future primaries.

He'll be convicted before July. Then Rethugs will have to reinvent themselves and relearn how to work at getting elected. Lord knows they'll never be interested in governing for the country.

Blue Owl

(57,600 posts)
7. The whole production is and was a pathetic tableaux
Tue Jan 16, 2024, 11:19 AM
Jan 2024

I didn't watch any of it, but the way they fawned over the tRumperor in commercial segments was nauseating. All it did was puff Captain Pantload up, as if he needs any more of that....

 

shrike3

(5,370 posts)
9. I'm not pissed. It was a foregone conclusion he was going to win Iowa.
Tue Jan 16, 2024, 11:34 AM
Jan 2024

I'm just surprised he didn't win by a larger margin. Seriously.

PortTack

(35,765 posts)
10. Same...I think what has ppl pissed off is the crowing going on on cable...TURN IT OFF! It's worthless
Tue Jan 16, 2024, 11:45 AM
Jan 2024

bdamomma

(69,067 posts)
38. You know
Tue Jan 16, 2024, 06:28 PM
Jan 2024

I'm thinking to keep the TV off until November, but the media is going to be crowing about this for awhile. Really sucks what is happening in the USA. The world is watching.

 

shrike3

(5,370 posts)
12. Cable news is entertainment.
Tue Jan 16, 2024, 11:48 AM
Jan 2024

I keep telling my husband to turn it off; he's finally listening to me.

You do your due diligence early in the day, you'll get most of the major news stories, one or two of which will be beaten like a dead horse throughout the day on any given cable channel. I rarely if ever learn anything new from cable news, which is why I rarely watch it.

PortTack

(35,765 posts)
21. Kudos to you. They are never getting these eyeballs back until they stop with worthless opinion and report
Tue Jan 16, 2024, 12:40 PM
Jan 2024

JUST THE NEWS'

 

GhostHunter22

(95 posts)
34. Agreed.
Tue Jan 16, 2024, 02:57 PM
Jan 2024

I pretty much only listen to Podcasts from people I trust and admire these days.

Our Liberal Media® is unwatchable.

Evolve Dammit

(21,272 posts)
13. Interesting guest on MSNBC this morning who attended Iowa caucuses since the 70's. He said he doesn't recognize the
Tue Jan 16, 2024, 11:50 AM
Jan 2024

caucus goers anymore compared with the almost "embarrassingly nice" ones of former elections. MAGA is a rabid cult that has infected norms and basic decency.

Ponietz

(4,089 posts)
42. Reasonable people stay home when the weather is that severe
Tue Jan 16, 2024, 10:43 PM
Jan 2024

Only family in jeopardy or a foaming mouth would get me out in a crowd of strangers for HOURS during flu season in -0 temperature.

Sane1

(181 posts)
15. Thanks, I Needed That.
Tue Jan 16, 2024, 12:22 PM
Jan 2024

Even Ann Coulter says Trump voters are morons.
Think I'll send a donation to Joe this morning.

MineralMan

(149,933 posts)
16. Exactly. And only 14% of Iowa Republicans at that.
Tue Jan 16, 2024, 12:25 PM
Jan 2024

We need to maintain perspective on all of this.

KPN

(16,949 posts)
20. I'm not pissed or surprised by the Iowa results. I am
Tue Jan 16, 2024, 12:38 PM
Jan 2024

pissed however that his fat ass , margarine yellow rats nest, coppertone facade and stubs for fingers still exist on this planet. He needs to evaporate … along with the irredeemable evan-MAGAt-gelicals! He needs to be brutally squashed on November 5th (if not by some good fortune before) to forever put this global nightmare in the rear view mirror. Every single one of us needs to vote! No excuses.

Sogo

(6,683 posts)
23. And, most of Haley supporters said in a poll that they
Tue Jan 16, 2024, 12:47 PM
Jan 2024

would vote for Biden over tfg.

tfg is Loser Man walking....

Warpy

(114,021 posts)
26. Given the overwhelmingly white male nature of the proceedings
Tue Jan 16, 2024, 01:12 PM
Jan 2024

I think you just might be correct, even in Iowa.

H2O Man

(78,065 posts)
29. What???
Tue Jan 16, 2024, 01:32 PM
Jan 2024

If anyone is pissed about Iowa, they need to talk to me. Or at least listen to me. Because this is a Good Thing. President Biden will beat the defendant by a greater margin that he would beat any of the republicans. In 2020, I said Biden would win by seven million votes. This year, he will beat him by twelve million.

H2O Man

(78,065 posts)
32. The "worst" thing
Tue Jan 16, 2024, 01:55 PM
Jan 2024

is that Pee-Wee Herman's younger brother Ramaswamy has dropped out. This comes as a shock to those who honor the egg salad sandwich and Big Top Adventures.

Had Haley placed second, and scored in New Hampshire, DeSantis would have dropped out. This would have provided Haley with a less humiliating loss in her home state. In a sense, the more votes she gets, the better ...... because those voting for her include female republicans and those tired of the defendant. They are far, far less likely to vote for the defendant in November. Being a convicted felon will not inspire them to vote for him.

Were the November election between President Biden and anyone but the defendant, independent voters might vote third party, or not at all. With the defendant on the ballot, they are much more likely to vote for Joe. Biden.

bdamomma

(69,067 posts)
40. H2O Man
Tue Jan 16, 2024, 06:34 PM
Jan 2024

you are the bright light at the end of a tunnel. Geez, I hope your prediction comes true.

H2O Man

(78,065 posts)
41. Thanks!
Tue Jan 16, 2024, 08:09 PM
Jan 2024

It will. Here's two reasons why: first, the pressure from facing Jack Smith & Co will create increasingly unbalanced outbursts from the defendant, and second, those of us at the grass roots level are going to be active at a level we haven't been since 2008. Combined, we will crush him.

SpankMe

(3,610 posts)
33. I'll buy your cautions optimism, but...
Tue Jan 16, 2024, 02:54 PM
Jan 2024

That 14% is getting a lot of leverage.

At the primary level with one or two competitors (i.e., Haley and DeSantis) real Trump-humpers will be in the low 20 %'s and even lower as a percentage of total eligible voters. That seems like small numbers.

But, as the saying goes - Democrats fall in love (with their candidates) & Republicans fall in line. Trump can take first place in contested primaries with numbers in the teens (as a percent of total eligible voters). But all Republicans and a significant number of right-leaning independents will vote for this pig in the General.

So, we shouldn't take low primary votes for Trump as a sign that he's weakening. Cynical, clueless morons will still vote for the Orange Creep in the general, even as he wins primaries by thin margins.

OMGWTF

(4,924 posts)
44. It's a cult and they are unreachable. My mother is in a Talibangelical-Rethuglican cult. We don't talk.
Tue Jan 16, 2024, 11:04 PM
Jan 2024

SpankMe

(3,610 posts)
49. Dang. Sorry to hear that.
Wed Jan 17, 2024, 02:08 PM
Jan 2024

It makes me sad to hear of family members - especially parent/child - becoming alienated due to the cult of Trump.

I've been somewhat lucky. All members of my immediate and extended family who have voted Republican or are otherwise center-right, have not only abandoned Trump completely, but they're all talking like mainstream Democrats these days. I even have one cousin from Texas who used to ask me why I would ever vote for Obama, as if it was some way-out thing to do.

But, in 2016 he sent money to and voted for Hillary. He knew what Trump was before it really even hit ME about the full gravity of Trump. He saw Trump as so bad that he never described is vote for Hillary as a vote against Trump. It wasn't a protest thing. He articulated that it was a vote for Hillary. And this is a Texas pro-gun conservative. He wasn't reluctant or embarrassed to talk about Hillary, either. It was somewhat strange, but satisfying.

WestMichRad

(2,703 posts)
48. I wonder if...
Wed Jan 17, 2024, 09:51 AM
Jan 2024

… turnout was so low, not so much because of the weather, but because so many voters of that party are disgusted with ALL of their candidates, so they decided to just skip the caucuses. The weather gave them a convenient excuse to stay home.

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