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guillaumeb

(42,641 posts)
Sat Oct 12, 2019, 09:17 PM Oct 2019

They call themselves "values voters'.

And one inference, of course, is that all others voters are not values voters.

And these self-named values voters voted for a serial adulterer currently married to a former porn model.

And these self-named values voters voted for a businessman who has been sued for non-payment of bills over 4,000 times.

And these self-named values voters voted for an open racist who openly attacks non-whites at his rallies.

And these self-named values voters voted for a man who openly solicits campaign help for favors.

And these self-named values voters voted for a man who financially profits from the Presidency every time he can.

And these self-named values voters voted for a man who refuses to release his tax forms, falsely claiming he cannot.

And these self-named values voters voted for a man who has made grossly inappropriate comments about the sexual desirability of his own daughter, and bragged about entering a locker room where young teen models were undressing.


So what values do these voters hold that can excuse voting for a man like Trump?

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They call themselves "values voters'. (Original Post) guillaumeb Oct 2019 OP
Trump cannnot betray them. Turbineguy Oct 2019 #1
He validates their own hate and racism. eom guillaumeb Oct 2019 #3
Indeed ck4829 Oct 2019 #23
Anti-choice. It's all they've got but they think it trumps lying, stealing, adultery & everything el Shrike47 Oct 2019 #2
True for many. guillaumeb Oct 2019 #4
They want forced birth. I_UndergroundPanther Oct 2019 #28
And no access to contraception. guillaumeb Oct 2019 #32
Just imagine BigMin28 Oct 2019 #5
Especially if that female candidate was a Democrat. eom guillaumeb Oct 2019 #9
Nothing new! Paka Oct 2019 #14
Hahaha. Yeah. ck4829 Oct 2019 #22
Foreign campaign Help proud patriot Oct 2019 #6
And openly asking for it. guillaumeb Oct 2019 #10
arm twisting for it scarytomcat Oct 2019 #29
It's all about fiscal values RainCaster Oct 2019 #7
Fiscal values like a balanced budget? guillaumeb Oct 2019 #11
Nope ck4829 Oct 2019 #24
They share "his" values world wide wally Oct 2019 #8
And his values are... guillaumeb Oct 2019 #12
Don't forget the racism world wide wally Oct 2019 #13
Whatever values they had, they sold them out. mwooldri Oct 2019 #15
Indeed ck4829 Oct 2019 #25
These people been full of shit for my entire lifetime. "Moral majority" in the 80's... NCLefty Oct 2019 #16
It is now as it has always been. smirkymonkey Oct 2019 #17
+1 ck4829 Oct 2019 #21
can you imagine what they'd all be saying if Obama used the language malaise Oct 2019 #18
Oh my... ck4829 Oct 2019 #20
Racism is a key GOP strategy. guillaumeb Oct 2019 #30
K&R ck4829 Oct 2019 #19
they know the VALUE of appointing for life, batshit crazy federal judges beachbumbob Oct 2019 #26
They call him an "imperfect vessel chosen by God". Seriously, they do. Funtatlaguy Oct 2019 #27
I understand that. We are all imperfect. guillaumeb Oct 2019 #31
I watched a series on Christian Dominionists Funtatlaguy Oct 2019 #33
Thus their support for the Jews returning to Israel. guillaumeb Oct 2019 #34

Turbineguy

(37,324 posts)
1. Trump cannnot betray them.
Sat Oct 12, 2019, 09:20 PM
Oct 2019

He could only betray them by becoming a decent person and a good president. They are safe from that.

guillaumeb

(42,641 posts)
32. And no access to contraception.
Sun Oct 13, 2019, 04:53 PM
Oct 2019

And they can insist that every fetus is sacred, and look away when babies are put in cages on the border.

BigMin28

(1,176 posts)
5. Just imagine
Sat Oct 12, 2019, 09:26 PM
Oct 2019

what the "value voters" would say about any woman candidate that had been married 3 times and had 5 children with 3 different husbands. We would never hear the end of their vile names, and criticisms for and of her.

Paka

(2,760 posts)
14. Nothing new!
Sat Oct 12, 2019, 11:28 PM
Oct 2019

I'm female in my late 70s and all my life men can do as they chose, but women have to stick to rigidly defined standards, most of which have nothing to do with values.

mwooldri

(10,303 posts)
15. Whatever values they had, they sold them out.
Sun Oct 13, 2019, 12:00 AM
Oct 2019

The moment they boarded the Trump train is the day they signed away their rights to be called "values voters". Though I suspect they signed them away earlier.

NCLefty

(3,678 posts)
16. These people been full of shit for my entire lifetime. "Moral majority" in the 80's...
Sun Oct 13, 2019, 04:18 AM
Oct 2019

They never quit. And Donald Trump has empowered MANY of them, real power given to bigots in exchange for blind loyalty.



I know now that I'll be voting against these people until the day I die.

malaise

(268,968 posts)
18. can you imagine what they'd all be saying if Obama used the language
Sun Oct 13, 2019, 05:25 AM
Oct 2019

he used at that rally or on Twitter. They have abandoned everything they pretended to embrace for racism.

guillaumeb

(42,641 posts)
30. Racism is a key GOP strategy.
Sun Oct 13, 2019, 04:50 PM
Oct 2019

I would never say that every GOP voter is racist, but I would speculate that every racist who votes chooses a GOP candidate.

 

beachbumbob

(9,263 posts)
26. they know the VALUE of appointing for life, batshit crazy federal judges
Sun Oct 13, 2019, 07:26 AM
Oct 2019

that ALONE is reason enough

And why 2016 was NOT a choice between the lesser of 2 evils to begin with

guillaumeb

(42,641 posts)
31. I understand that. We are all imperfect.
Sun Oct 13, 2019, 04:51 PM
Oct 2019

But along with forgiveness, Jesus counselled sinners to go and sin no more.

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