posted by QuakerOats

 

Trump won because of the millions of people in the Midwest who were fed up with being economically raped for 2 ½ decades while the DC establishment did nothing about it. PERIOD; END OF STORY.  Get the hell over it, and get the hell used to it, because he is going to get reelected.

I don't disagree with the cause of Trump's win.  I do find your 2-1/2 decades to be disingenuous.  Curiously that dates to the beginning of Clinton's term.  The decline of midwest manufacturing started long before that.  And it actually accelerated in the 1970's and 1980's.  It happened under a lot of watches including Ronald Reagan.  

posted by Spock

The left is going full retard about this parade tomorrow.  Jesus they are sad.

Well, it's a parade for Magatards.  Literally - I don't think Dems were given tickets or allowed to invite anyone!

Although, it would be kind of cool to see some tanks in a parade....aside from how unsettling an image that might be, tanks are awesome!

posted by gut

Well, it's a parade for Magatards.  Literally - I don't think Dems were given tickets or allowed to invite anyone!

Anyone can attend.  From what I understand the tickets are for the VIP section.  If true it would be a dick move to not offer some the to Dems.  That said given the narrative the Dems are humping for this event I doubt any of them would want to be seen in the VIP section.

It is not a parade. The DOD did a good job at stopping the tanks from rolling down the road, which would fuck up the road. Instead, they will be on the back of trailers as props for the President. It is just speech and flyovers that is happening. The fireworks are after, but either before or after the major fireworks. 

But, yeah, the fact the tanks are here and the fact it is only for RNC and donors is what is ticking people off. Also, the fact the President may use the military as a prop is a fear. He may make it about himself, which we all know is possible. 

posted by gut

Although, it would be kind of cool to see some tanks in a parade....aside from how unsettling an image that might be, tanks are awesome!

I think the tanks are parked.  No goose stepping troops turning their heads quickly to the side as they pass the dear leader.  Fly overs of our air power are quite common in our country.  Its really quite cool to see and sometimes I get goosebumps.  I personally am not unsettled by a parked tank.

posted by ptown_trojans_1

the fact the President may use the military as a prop is a fear. 

 

If so it will not be the first time this has happened.

posted by QuakerOats

 

Trump won because of the millions of people in the Midwest who were fed up with being economically raped for 2 ½ decades while the DC establishment did nothing about it. PERIOD; END OF STORY.  Get the hell over it, and get the hell used to it, because he is going to get reelected.

Lol he lost the popular vote but gerrymandering and bad polling booths in poor neighborhoods helped get him e

posted by geeblock

Lol he lost the popular vote but gerrymandering and bad polling booths in poor neighborhoods helped get him e

popular vote doesnt mean anything.  thats what is great about our system.  the founding fathers were really smart.

posted by geeblock

Lol he lost the popular vote but gerrymandering and bad polling booths in poor neighborhoods helped get him e

Hitting the bottle a little early today? Quite the conspiracy theory on bad polling booths ya got there. Oh and gerrymandering a state wide election?

Do people realize this isn't the first time a president has showcased the military?  Anyway, I think it's a giant waste of money and I am about 95% convinced Trump is just doing it to troll.  It seems to be working. 

posted by geeblock

Lol he lost the popular vote but gerrymandering and bad polling booths in poor neighborhoods helped get him e

lol, it's 2019 and you're still really struggling hard to figure out why Trump won.  

posted by like_that

lol, it's 2019 and you're still really struggling hard to figure out why Trump won.  

Because the other side put up someone legitimately more despicable?

posted by queencitybuckeye

Because the other side put up someone legitimately more despicable?

I am looking forward to gblock's theories if Trump wins again. 

posted by geeblock

Lol he lost the popular vote but gerrymandering and bad polling booths in poor neighborhoods helped get him e

I don't think you understand how gerrymandering works....

posted by like_that

I am looking forward to gblock's theories if Trump wins again. 

It will be an interesting election if the economy holds up (and I don't know exact odds, but chance of a recession looks <50%).  I think people have gotten used to Trump being Trump and it would actually be easier for people to hold their nose and vote for him in 2020.

But I think Trump will need something substantive on immigration or foreign policy, which the Dems are not going to let him have.  And it's hard to point the finger at Dems if McConnell can't get some sort of policy sent over from the Senate.

Of course, Dems could still concede that ground to Trump if they go full retard (i.e. open borders, only criticism and no solutions for Iran/NK, etc).

posted by geeblock

Lol he lost the popular vote but gerrymandering and bad polling booths in poor neighborhoods helped get him e

posted by queencitybuckeye

Because the other side put up someone legitimately more despicable?

More or less. I have no doubt that Crazy Uncle Bernie would have beat him.  The DNC just decided that the only person whose character was more questionable than Trump's should have the bid. To quote Jeff Daniels in Newsroom, "If liberals are so smart, how come they lose so g*ddamn always?"

posted by geeblock

Lol he lost the popular vote but gerrymandering and bad polling booths in poor neighborhoods helped get him e

Geeblock, you should delete this post as it REALLY makes it look like you don’t understand how the POTUS election works or how gerrymandering works. 

Gerrymandering does ZERO in a POTUS election as the Electoral Votes are by state, not Congressional district. 

Gerrymandering ONLY affects the House of Representatives on the national level. 

Good lord that wasn’t an informed post at all. 

*looks at what is going on in thread*

*nopes on outta here*

posted by jmog

Geeblock, you should delete this post as it REALLY makes it look like you don’t understand how the POTUS election works or how gerrymandering works. 

 

Gerrymandering does ZERO in a POTUS election as the Electoral Votes are by state, not Congressional district. 

 

Gerrymandering ONLY affects the House of Representatives on the national level. 

 

Good lord that wasn’t an informed post at all. 

He’s clearly a ra-tard and still wonders why Trump won.... “they hate the blacks tho!” Being his only argument 

posted by iclfan2

He’s clearly a ra-tard and still wonders why Trump won.... “they hate the blacks tho!” Being his only argument 

Not understanding the limits of gerrymandering doesn't warrant that.  Just makes his statements reflective of overtly partisan sources.  Frankly not much different than a few others on here. .

posted by O-Trap

Not understanding the limits of gerrymandering doesn't warrant that.  Just makes his statements reflective of overtly partisan sources.  Frankly not much different than a few others on here. .

It demonstrates that he doesn’t have a basic understanding of how the POTUS election works or how gerrymandering works. 

Many people in poor districts had to wait hours to vote due to broken machines even tho many showed pictures of new machines in storage. Lots of people left without voting which did have an affect on the election. As many have said Hillary was probably the biggest reason. I lumped tactics like this into the term gerrymandering loosely. Sorry for triggering you all with that confusion. Btw this dumbass really said the army took over the airports in the revolutionary war. What an idiot 

posted by geeblock

Many people in poor districts had to wait hours to vote due to broken machines even tho many showed pictures of new machines in storage.

Who runs these poor districts?

posted by majorspark

Who runs these poor districts?

I vote in a poor district. I can tell you in my case it's not rich white men. If there was a single Republican amongst the group of people working the polling location then I'm a Communist.