Imagine being so stupid...

[634-5789]

[LoisB]

1. Beyond my imagination.

[Glorfindel]

2. Can't do it...

I'm not that imaginative.

[Warpy]

3. Imagine being SO STUPID

that you do without so you can send part of your Social Security to him because, while he brags about being a billionaire, he needs your grocery money more than you do.

[Haggard Celine]

6. He's nothing but a tarted-up televangelist.

[Farmer-Rick]

8. Yes, good description.

Televangelist make good money off poor people who think god will heal them.

Trump is very much like them.

[odins folly]

15. Yup

He allowed them to be the bully and not be scorned by their actions. He allowed them to be racist, misogynistic, homophonic and every other failed human trait.

He is the poor person’s version of a rich person.
He is the weak man’s version of a strong man.
He is the ignorant person’s version of an intelligent person.
He is the ugly soul’s vision of a pure soul.

Because the televangelists perverted the ideals of their savior for generations, they believe he was sent by the creator to restore their version of what American was supposed to be.

[ALBliberal]

21. Dang that's good

[alterfurz]

38. a boy's idea of a man / a man's idea of a boy

A father instructs. He raises a child to be good, to be honest, to tell the truth, to be humble, to be fair, not to be petty, to respect women, to accept fair criticism, to protect the weak and not to injure the injured, such as the bereaved parents of a son who died heroically in Iraq and a reporter with a physical disability. Trump teaches otherwise. He shows a boy that the manly virtues are for suckers, that the narcissism of youth should be cherished and that angry impulses have to be honored. Lots of men have failed as presidents, as Trump surely will, but few fail so dismally as role models. He’s a boy’s idea of a man. He’s a man’s idea of a boy. — Richard Cohen

[SoCalDavidS]

11. But Then They Complain About Having No Money Because Democrats Want To Raise Taxes On The Wealthy nt

[Mr.Bill]

4. It's easy for them. They just add something like

"But my 401K did great when he was president."

"But at least he isn't coming to take my guns."

"But the Democrats want to keep murdering babies."

[certainot]

39. yes, and there are 1500 radio stations reminding them every day. at the core is the royal certitude,

the quality all authoritarian leaders must have, because for authoritarians certainty is more important than truth. it eases the anxiety and fear of uncertainty, complexity, 'other'/diversity, disorder, unconformity, etc that drives authoritarianism. in times of conflict the suspicion and lack of empathy was a survival plus in rough times and over millions of years human ancestors went from about 50-50 right and left handed to 90-10. democratic forms of organization helped limit and control the problem but in recent times rw radio and social media allowed the cons and russians to short circuit it with disinfo. that authoritarianism is exacerbated by wrong handed masturbation, which causes sex on the wrong brain, which was amped up with the social distancing needed to deal with the pandemic. now we need a major sex ed lesson before global warming destroys the planet.

[Joinfortmill]

5. No shit

[Volaris]

7. It's the guy they admire, because he so perfectly embodies their own childish id.

They ARE HIM, down at their core, and the 'civilized' in them is a learned front so they don't get fired, divorced, and kicked out of their HOA.

[UGADawg]

9. Notice his hand raised in "White Power" sign **

*

[Evolve Dammit]

12. By Dog, I think you're right.

[homegirl]

48. Early on

I thought this was his "tell" when he was lying. Can someone explain the origins of the significance of the gesture?

[paleotn]

10. They see a reflection of themselves.

To them, Donnie makes it OK to be a dumb, racist ass hat.

[Evolve Dammit]

13. Agreed.

[lees1975]

14. Can't disagree with any of that.

Have you ever taken a close look at the stupid people who allow themselves to get on camera behind him at his shrinking rallies? Poor people, they have to stay there the whole time, they can't leave as he drones on and on and on, like most of the others do.

[OMGWTF]

17. It's always the same black guy wearing the "Blacks for Trump" shirt behind him.

Must be his part-time job.

[Boomerproud]

19. Their choice. No sympathy from me.

[OMGWTF]

16. Stupid, yes. Devoid of character, ditto!

[housecat]

18. All good comments. Now how to we get rid of him?!

[Hermit-The-Prog]

23. Lay down a trail of gold coins from Mara-Lago to the 3 mile limit in the Atlantic Ocean.

[RobinA]

44. Good One!

Maybe lead him to the Bermuda Triangle. POOF! He’s gone.

[Stuart G]

20. Very Sad..beyond belief. Lots of Germans admired Hitler too.

[Wounded Bear]

46. Lots of Americans admired Hitler...

[Cha]

22. NO SHIT!

[ALBliberal]

24. Thank you DU you keep me sane in trying times

[Aussie105]

25. They see something of themselves in him.

Something positive, some promise that might benefit them. But what it is, I don't know.

And I don't want to know.

Someone needs to explain it to me, but I bet no one on DU can do that.
Not in a way that makes sense to me, anyway.
I can't make such a big disconnect from reality.

[paparush]

26. 30+ years of right wing propoganda mixed with...

Russian/Chinese disinformation campaigns and men and women willing to lie and exploit the cracks in our system of government.

[Jarqui]

27. The history of the country is founded on so many truly great people

Why would they settle for someone like this?

I don't understand.

[Hortensis]

35. Me neither. They literally have no great conservative presidents or

other national leaders by today's standards, even their own, to claim, though. They did their best to "own" Abraham Lincoln, but they would have despised the Republicans of his day and they do not share his ideals or respect his achievements. Eisenhower was moderate and progressive, so of course today's extremist Republicans consider him a RINO at best.

No one.

[FoxNewsSucks]

28. I don't understand it at all.

I never dreamed so many people could be so weak-minded, gullible and yes, STUPID.

Worse yet, they're proud of their stupidity.

[musclecar6]

31. Agreed

You run around with a MAGA hat on,no better way to say I AM STUPID.

[doc03]

29. I saw him as nothing but a cheap con man 35 years ago. I can't believe people in this

country could be stupid enough to elect him president.

[betsuni]

41. +1

[pansypoo53219]

30. my phd cousin is deep in the cult. but he loved limbaugh + alex jones.

his dad likes weird shit too + he's a sociology prof. + went to art school.

[wnylib]

49. Wasted tuition money

[pansypoo53219]

54. oops. i am the art major. cousin atmospheric chemistry. we are fucked re- global warming unless we

have another krakatoa. so it BOGGLES my mind. miami humidity. but he grew up in kansas.

[wnylib]

55. I was not referring to the subjects as a waste

of tuition money.

I meant that education was wasted on the RW cousin since he/she has no critical reasoning ability.

[pansypoo53219]

56. well, his chem work good. his science, but his dad listened to art bell. he grew up a ditto head. +

alex jones. lets just say his did not get sunday bible school as a kid. its a running dabate. right wingers believe 2020 stolen because they wish the could steal it. they already cheat.

[mwb970]

32. I talked to a couple of MAGA nuts recently.

One of them told me that trump was "the best president in the last twenty years". What the hell??

[LiberalLovinLug]

33. One of the greatest mysteries of my lifetime

[BlueJac]

34. K&R

[Maine Abu El Banat]

36. My wife and I

Have been driving around rural Maine and have been surprised by the people who have more money in their trump signs than their dwelling. You have to wonder what their kids went without to afford a let's go Brandon sign.
These same people never gave a rats ass about Romney,McCain or Bush. But when the orange shit stain came out as racist, they were hooked.

[Pepsidog]

37. Great description of TFG most of the crowd there.

[Emile]

40. Is he doing the white power thingy with his right hand?

[The Blue Flower]

42. I don't call it stupidity

I call it moral bankruptcy. A pathology that's a vacuum of positive values or standards. Sh*t eaters.

[3auld6phart]

43. You covered all the bases

Totally blows my mind that he has a following of any kind shocking.. mindless followers

[Uncle Joe]

45. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread 634-5789

[Hotler]

47. They don't amire him. He's just a mean hateful person like them that they can use to hurt us.

They choose the orange one because they saw him as their chance to rain hate down on us. They will move their support to someone else just as nasty and mean as him, DeSantis.

[Botany]

50. Christo Fascism... The Christ part is to hide their hatered of black, gay, educated people, and Jews

[RussBLib]

51. Or they are just stone-cold fascists

...and Nazis.

[YoshidaYui]

52. Did he forget?

Did he forget? Trump is an asshole?

[Brainfodder]

53. ..and still left out yet more shitty things.

I am just glad he is way over the hill, in sloth shape, and not promised another day OLD!

His death right now, would be interesting twist.