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Progressive Jones

(6,011 posts)
Fri Jul 31, 2020, 07:33 AM Jul 2020

I've liked a few, and I've disliked a few, but I've never actually hated a US President until now.

I can now say with all honesty, but not with ease, that I hate Donald J. Trump.

He's an enemy of the United States, along with his administration, and his voter base.

They can all eat shit, and suffer the consequences.

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I've liked a few, and I've disliked a few, but I've never actually hated a US President until now. (Original Post) Progressive Jones Jul 2020 OP
i remember my outrage at Bush..... samnsara Jul 2020 #1
I would welcome GWB if it was choice between him or trump beachbumbob Jul 2020 #2
If Cheney were in better health kacekwl Jul 2020 #9
he would be better than Stephen Miller beachbumbob Jul 2020 #14
This message was self-deleted by its author katmondoo Jul 2020 #13
Might want to buckle in. What I predict will happen is Jamastiene Jul 2020 #5
I started out saying, well I hated Bush and the other Bush too, and Reagan. Jamastiene Jul 2020 #3
I hated W Bush and CHeney also . But this isn't just about US politics but Trump selling out JI7 Jul 2020 #4
Not me edhopper Jul 2020 #6
I hated Reagan. I hated W. Bush too SoonerPride Jul 2020 #7
I hate GW Bush with a burning passion Martin Eden Jul 2020 #8
Depends on how you define it. Was GW Bush* or Cheney the "real" President...? hlthe2b Jul 2020 #10
I have never hated anyone as much as I hate Trump. Demsrule86 Jul 2020 #11
Before Trump my strongest hatred was for Scott Walker mokawanis Jul 2020 #12
You're a better person than I PJMcK Jul 2020 #15
I find myself thinking... was Nixon really so bad? dawg day Jul 2020 #16
I never thought I could hate anyone as much as Jr. bush. Chump has proven me wrong. MoonRiver Jul 2020 #17
In my memory from Nixon to now, every Repub president has been worse than the last. crickets Jul 2020 #18
I have never hated anyone in my life as much as I hate Donald Trump. smirkymonkey Jul 2020 #19

kacekwl

(6,993 posts)
9. If Cheney were in better health
Fri Jul 31, 2020, 08:46 AM
Jul 2020

I have no doubt he would be the top official in the trump administration.

Response to beachbumbob (Reply #2)

Jamastiene

(38,187 posts)
5. Might want to buckle in. What I predict will happen is
Fri Jul 31, 2020, 08:02 AM
Jul 2020

that the Republicans will find something even worse next time around. They keep finding worse and worse.

We literally had a hog farmer with a cigarello and assault rifle, dressed as Boss Hogg, running in NC AFTER the Republicans got caught stealing Absentee ballots and not counting them. The NC Courts decided to slap them on the wrist, then turn around and let the Republicans have a second election with all new candidates to reward them. The GOP was REWARDED for stealing ballots and the courts let them change horses mid-race. One of the people they ran was that fucked up guy. It was disgusting. Still is. It was in my district. That hits home when it is your district in your state.

They can find worse, oddly enough, and have, and have run them, and probably can find worse than that. I have a feeling they will continue to lower the bar and do JUST THAT too. I would not put it past them to get someone wearing a sheet or someone with full Nazi insignia to run next, yes, at the national level. We got Trump, didn't we? Never put anything past the Republicans when it comes to participation in hate groups and how low they will lower the bar to find someone worse than the last horrid one they found.

Jamastiene

(38,187 posts)
3. I started out saying, well I hated Bush and the other Bush too, and Reagan.
Fri Jul 31, 2020, 07:55 AM
Jul 2020

What is sad is that in my lifetime, we have had 3 Democrats and 6 Republicans as president. I don't remember much of my early life, but I have hated all Republican presidents since I was old enough to understand politics existed. So, at least since Reagan, I have hated them all.

I do have a very special level of hatred for Trump though, because the fucker just pulled up a seat in our government for the fucking KKK, then turned around and declared anti-fascists, "terrorists." As many people, including little girls, (I HIGHLY recommend the movie, 4 Little Girls for anyone who wants to know the history there and doesn't already), that the KKK has lynched, bombed, and maimed, Trump decides being against fascism makes a person a "terrorist," while calling the KKK and the Nazis, "very fine people." We should ALL DESPISE him for that alone.

Then there is ALL of the other horrid crap he has done.

JI7

(89,172 posts)
4. I hated W Bush and CHeney also . But this isn't just about US politics but Trump selling out
Fri Jul 31, 2020, 08:02 AM
Jul 2020

the country for his own profit . It's just a whole other level .



edhopper

(33,176 posts)
6. Not me
Fri Jul 31, 2020, 08:38 AM
Jul 2020

I hated Nixon, loathed Reagan, Bush and Cheney revolted me and Trump leaves me with utter contempt and disgust.

I liked Ike.

SoonerPride

(12,286 posts)
7. I hated Reagan. I hated W. Bush too
Fri Jul 31, 2020, 08:40 AM
Jul 2020

Reagan killed off many of my friends who died of AIDS

Bush senior I didn’t hate.

W Bush was a war criminal and incompetent fuck and I hated him. I didn’t think anyone could be worse

Then trump came along. He’s worse exponentially

Martin Eden

(12,802 posts)
8. I hate GW Bush with a burning passion
Fri Jul 31, 2020, 08:42 AM
Jul 2020

He used the national tragedy of 9/11 and the political capital he got from it to launch a disastrous war of choice based on a campaign of lies.

He manipulated the grief, anger, fear, and patriotism of the American people to pursue a preexisting neocon agenda which has left the region in chaos, killed upwards of a million human beings, drained our treasury, needlessly sacrificed the lives of 5,000 Americans in uniform, and left tens of thousands more wounded for life mentally and physically.

It was the most egregious betrayal of trust by an American president in our nation's history.

GW Bush is a war criminal. He belongs in prison, but contunues to live a life of wealth and privilege.

Every time he is given a platform as an elder statesman or his administration is wistfully remembered as a time of normalcy, it makes me want to

hlthe2b

(101,705 posts)
10. Depends on how you define it. Was GW Bush* or Cheney the "real" President...?
Fri Jul 31, 2020, 09:12 AM
Jul 2020

My disdain for Bush* is far surpassed by my continued burning angry assessments of Cheney and the latter comes awfully damned close to "hatred."

mokawanis

(4,434 posts)
12. Before Trump my strongest hatred was for Scott Walker
Fri Jul 31, 2020, 09:27 AM
Jul 2020

and a few others, like GWB and Cheney. Now I realize I hate Trump more than all of them.

PJMcK

(21,916 posts)
15. You're a better person than I
Fri Jul 31, 2020, 10:13 AM
Jul 2020

When I was born, Eisenhower was president. Since then, he was the only Republican worthy of the position.

Nixon was a criminal and a danger. I hated him passionately and couldn't wait to cast my first presidential vote for Jimmy Carter. The day Nixon resigned was a very happy one for me.

Reagan was a disgusting person who hid all of his evilness and stupidity behind an amiable facade that was a mere millimeter thick. He ignored the emergence of HIV/AIDS and countless Americans died, (sound familiar?). Once he was gone, we discovered that he had Alzheimer's. Was anyone really surprised?

Regarding G.H.W. Bush, I have only two words: Lee Atwater. Together, they further divided our country by race and economic class.

W. was just a moron but he was surrounded by truly terrible people beginning with Cheney. They were very methodical in their machinations to continue the flow of money to the upper .1% and then, after 8 years and on their way out, they drove the economy into the ditch. Oh, anyone remember 9/11?

Now we have Trump. I hate him the most but I realize that my capacity to hate has increased since the 1970s. With each successive Republican, I'm more disgusted by that party and the people who support such awful politicians.

dawg day

(7,947 posts)
16. I find myself thinking... was Nixon really so bad?
Fri Jul 31, 2020, 10:31 AM
Jul 2020

Well, yes, he was, but in comparison? At least he occasionally cared to do something tight like create the EPA.
Trump does nothing that will ever turn out good forvthe country.
Dickie, you're still a dick, but you're not a mushroom dick.

crickets

(25,896 posts)
18. In my memory from Nixon to now, every Repub president has been worse than the last.
Fri Jul 31, 2020, 10:53 AM
Jul 2020

I used to think Gerald Ford was fairly inoffensive, but given the price we've paid as a nation since the pardon... sigh. The only Repub president close to living memory that I have any real respect for is Eisenhower. From Reagan onward, all of them have evoked an increasing visceral negative response.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
19. I have never hated anyone in my life as much as I hate Donald Trump.
Fri Jul 31, 2020, 11:11 AM
Jul 2020

Mitch McConnell is a close 2nd. The rest of the republicans all tie for 3rd.

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