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kentuck

(112,864 posts)
Thu Nov 28, 2024, 10:45 PM Thursday

He is not my president.

He has not earned the respect of that title.

It doesn't really matter to me how many votes he received. It did not change him to a decent or honest person.

He is a disgrace to our nation. He lied to and deceived his followers and the people of this country.

He should not be in the White House.

He should be in jail.

I will never call him Mr President.

You can call him whatever you wish.

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He is not my president. (Original Post) kentuck Thursday OP
I'm right there with you . choie Thursday #1
So am I debm55 Thursday #2
The Orange DipSh*t NotHardly Friday #83
Like it or not ThePartyThatListens Thursday #3
He may be your president. kentuck Thursday #4
NOT Jack Valentino Friday #44
No fn way bluestarone Friday #67
He won't represent half the country larwdem Friday #79
He is not my president either. He is not my leader or Commander in Chief. Magoo48 Friday #84
NOT until Jan 20, 2025, and, even then, he will still be TRAITOR**-in-chief. niyad Friday #87
PRESIDENT Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr., IS the President. niyad Friday #88
He is nothing MFM008 Friday #114
My Grandfather who has passed said the same thing about President Obama. Didn't change the kelly1mm Thursday #5
Barack Obama did not incite an insurrection. kentuck Thursday #6
All true. All irrelevant as to if President Trump will be your President starting Jan 20th (assuming you are kelly1mm Thursday #8
He will not be my president. kentuck Thursday #9
You saying it won't make it true. But, if it makes you feel better please proceed..... nt kelly1mm Thursday #10
And you saying it is irrelevant.... kentuck Thursday #12
I'm a Canadian and to me he was asshole or orange shitgibbon, arthritisR_US Thursday #19
Well this is really going nowhere but assuming for sake of argument he is not your President. Who then is? nt kelly1mm Friday #25
I wouldn't be opposed to Thomas Crooks, if that were the opposing choice. Jack Valentino Friday #45
Thanks for defending your stand so well Marthe48 Friday #64
As Americans we have a duty to resist this fascist dictator that is being thrust upon us through manipulation, hadEnuf Thursday #15
Excellent point!👍🏼 arthritisR_US Thursday #21
You're actually right radical noodle Friday #38
Why are you even questioning if the poster is a US citizen? arthritisR_US Friday #28
If the poster is not a US citizen then the statement 'President Trump is not my President' would be correct. kelly1mm Friday #29
So you're fully behind the shitgibbon? arthritisR_US Friday #30
I am fully behind the fact that President Trump (assuming he does not pass away before 1/20/25) will be the next kelly1mm Friday #32
You dont get it MFM008 Friday #115
He also wasn't convicted choie Thursday #13
Hello, he was! arthritisR_US Friday #31
Barack Obama was convicted on 34 counts? choie Friday #122
He was convicted by a jury biophile Friday #58
That maybe overturned as well. The Grand Illuminist Friday #86
I was referring to Obama choie Friday #123
I'm sorry - my bad biophile Saturday #130
Obama never actively wanted to punish people who didn't vote for him, though. alarimer Friday #95
Fellow Marylander as well. He will be the President of the US on Jan 20th (assuming he does not die first). kelly1mm Friday #100
I think your giving the sick fuck too much credit. He wont be anybodys president, its not who he is, Blues Heron Friday #104
In the US we have one President at a time. Who will be occupying that office on January 21, 2025? (assuming kelly1mm Friday #105
Putin? Blues Heron Friday #107
Funny, but incorrect. Shoot, President Biden is making sure there is a smooth transition and, from what kelly1mm Friday #108
He is NOT currently the President, so, please, quit calling him that. Joseph niyad Friday #118
I am calling President Trump President Trump NOT because he is going to be President, but because he was kelly1mm Friday #119
You either missed or ignored the "protocol" defense comment. Again, niyad Friday #125
I will never I_UndergroundPanther Friday #128
Obama acted within the Constitution and didn't seek to become a dictator Crunchy Frog Friday #102
Both sides are not equal in the morality of their motivation to deny the factual truth of the situation. In that I kelly1mm Friday #106
See post 87. niyad Friday #117
No. Not doing your work for you. nt kelly1mm Friday #121
MY work? Seriously? What WORK is it, exactly, that I need to do? This really has niyad Friday #127
I was going to go along with it all, because, I have my own way of rebelling. Baitball Blogger Thursday #7
Hitler rose to power "legitimately" but used armed gangs and boundless hate and lies to "game" the system. usonian Thursday #11
He embarrasses, disgusts, and insults me as both an American and a human being Blue Owl Thursday #14
I will NEVER accept that vile, traitorous piece of utter SHIT as my president Skittles Thursday #16
If the Founders of this country aren't spinning in their graves, RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Thursday #17
"Not my president"????? He's not even a FELLOW CITIZEN. AZ8theist Thursday #18
As far as I'm concerned Trump will always be . . . peggysue2 Friday #71
He's a walking POS!! That's as far as I'm willing to go. InAbLuEsTaTe Friday #112
He is a criminal and an insurrectionist, who is barred by the 14th Amendment under any... xocetaceans Thursday #20
The 14th Amendment, Section 3, prohibited him from holding public office. He should not have been allowed to run. Rhiannon12866 Thursday #22
It says WAY MORE about the Constitution, and our enforcement of it's provisions. AZ8theist Friday #97
I will only ever refer to him as the SlobFather or VonSchitzInPants. NoMoreRepugs Thursday #23
I call him... GiqueCee Friday #75
I call him BlueMTexpat Friday #24
Same cilla4progress Friday #26
Please, he's a child rapist and convicted felon. onecaliberal Friday #27
Post removed Post removed Friday #33
Aloha! Lulu KC Friday #35
Thats a ForgedCrank Friday #36
Legitimate American presidents don't use "forces" from Russia to get elected. Six117 Friday #34
No president has ever blown microphone before RainCaster Friday #37
Agree Meowmee Friday #39
I see Trump as a show I no longer want to watch ribrepin Friday #40
He is who he is BeyondGeography Friday #41
So true Beringia Friday #46
He is a vile human being and an embarrassment to America on the world stage. GoodRaisin Friday #42
President Biden is your president jimfields33 Friday #43
Thank You EnergizedLib Friday #61
I agree. But I won't even say it until January 20th. jimfields33 Friday #62
I feel the same way. I'll always call him the con artist Emile Friday #47
Right on! raccoon Friday #48
Hair Twitler is what I called him the first time Martin Eden Friday #49
The "supreme" court that kept him on the ballot in Colorado, and then gave him "immunity"... returnee Friday #50
I don't know "how" he cheated but I know that he did... kentuck Friday #53
Completely agree. returnee Friday #59
I share your anger but you're wrong PJMcK Friday #51
We will be a country without a president. kentuck Friday #54
Sorry, kentuck but that doesn't make sense PJMcK Friday #55
No, the majority did not vote for him. kentuck Friday #56
Okay PJMcK Friday #57
Below 50 percent is a plurality not a majority Blues Heron Friday #109
You're right but so what? PJMcK Friday #110
Semantics matters when it comes to things like claiming a mandate etc. Blues Heron Friday #111
He's not mine either claudette Friday #52
I never used the pr word for him during his first theft and won't use it for the 2nd one either. lark Friday #60
Mine either. Jilly_in_VA Friday #63
The simple test for some is that we live in a democracy and whomever gets the most votes wins... kentuck Friday #65
trump's second term is going to be a disaster LetMyPeopleVote Friday #66
His first term was a "disaster".... kentuck Friday #68
trump is and always will a convicted felon and a rapist. republianmushroom Friday #69
Not my president LetMyPeopleVote Friday #70
Call a con man president, not in my lifetime. Emile Friday #72
34 times convicted felon. boonecreek Friday #73
He is convicted felon Donald Trump. Always will be. CapnSteve Friday #74
Good! Elessar Zappa Friday #76
Heck, you could also add "insurrectionist" to that laundry list. Karasu Friday #116
For this thread LetMyPeopleVote Friday #77
Better case for that now than in 2016 Ndp5 Friday #78
Unfortunately after January 20th he will be "the" President La Coliniere Friday #80
And every time I see him on TV I will change the channel or fast forward. kimbutgar Friday #81
He is a treasonist Scumbag ready to put the last nails in our Constitution. Bluethroughu Friday #82
Right there with you. Not mine either. LoisB Friday #85
He's the same enigmania Friday #89
Notice how we're back to having policy via social media? Ohioboy Friday #90
Amazon has some bumper stickers and decals AverageOldGuy Friday #91
Via EBay, Otterdaemmerung Friday #103
Not normalizing Dem4life1970 Friday #92
Same. No allegiance with anti-democratic, dictator wanna -bees and sociopaths. Never. Evolve Dammit Friday #93
Mine either. alarimer Friday #94
If I am ever unfortunate enough KentuckyWoman Friday #96
Is this "My President" thing uniquely American? mwooldri Friday #98
Of course not. Felons and insurrectionists shouldn't even be ALLOWED to run for office. Karasu Friday #99
Never was, never will be IzzaNuDay Friday #101
N-E-V-E-R ! ! ! ! ! Clouds Passing Friday #113
I always thought that YoshidaYui Friday #120
Yesterday, at our Friendsgiving, slightlv Friday #124
That orange pustule full of shit I_UndergroundPanther Friday #126
I am not saying he did not win kacekwl Friday #129

kentuck

(112,864 posts)
4. He may be your president.
Thu Nov 28, 2024, 10:50 PM
Thursday

He is not mine. Nothing he did was fair or square to get to where he is today.

Magoo48

(5,410 posts)
84. He is not my president either. He is not my leader or Commander in Chief.
Fri Nov 29, 2024, 01:57 PM
Friday

Everything he tries to do, I will resist if there is any way possible. I live in the Republic of California; this is where my allegiance will be until our nation is again governed by a competent leader. At 76, I may not experience another national leader..

MFM008

(20,007 posts)
114. He is nothing
Fri Nov 29, 2024, 08:18 PM
Friday

But a moral degenerate, a rapist and a convicted felon and I pray for the day he dies.
Being elected anything does not raise your moral standard it does not clean you of the filth of a lifetime

kelly1mm

(5,268 posts)
5. My Grandfather who has passed said the same thing about President Obama. Didn't change the
Thu Nov 28, 2024, 10:56 PM
Thursday

fact that President Obama was his President as a citizen of the United States ......

kentuck

(112,864 posts)
6. Barack Obama did not incite an insurrection.
Thu Nov 28, 2024, 10:59 PM
Thursday

Or try to overthrow the government.

Or was told by the Colorado Supreme Court that he was disqualified by the 14th Amendment.

Or tried to steal the election thru election fraud.

Or act like a traitorous asshole.

kelly1mm

(5,268 posts)
8. All true. All irrelevant as to if President Trump will be your President starting Jan 20th (assuming you are
Thu Nov 28, 2024, 11:23 PM
Thursday

a US citizen and he does not pass away before then.....)

Same as President Obama was my grandfathers president the last 6 years of his life.

kentuck

(112,864 posts)
12. And you saying it is irrelevant....
Thu Nov 28, 2024, 11:29 PM
Thursday

...does not make it so, either. By the rules of the election, he may be called the President. He does not have a shred of legitimacy, for me personally.

No. He is not my president.

arthritisR_US

(7,459 posts)
19. I'm a Canadian and to me he was asshole or orange shitgibbon,
Thu Nov 28, 2024, 11:41 PM
Thursday

since he came down that putrid gold staircase he’s been that. There is no other name/title I will give him than what I always have.

kelly1mm

(5,268 posts)
25. Well this is really going nowhere but assuming for sake of argument he is not your President. Who then is? nt
Fri Nov 29, 2024, 12:13 AM
Friday

Marthe48

(19,109 posts)
64. Thanks for defending your stand so well
Fri Nov 29, 2024, 10:31 AM
Friday

I just listened to an audiobook where part of the story was set in WWII France and described some of the courageous Resistance fighters. What they did to preserve "Liberte egalite, fraternity." In spite of the fact that that nazis overran French defences, for many French citizens, hitler was not their leader.

Same with me with the rwnj that have been installed, the rwnj who are dismantling the Constitution of the U.S., the traitors gleefully selling my country to the highest bidder. Whatever rwnj want, they aren't getting. Anybody who voted for any rwnj is complicit in the overthrow of our country. Why legitimize their crimes? I won't.

hadEnuf

(2,744 posts)
15. As Americans we have a duty to resist this fascist dictator that is being thrust upon us through manipulation,
Thu Nov 28, 2024, 11:38 PM
Thursday

brainwashing, felonious criminal acts and outright thuggery.

No, he is not my president. He shouldn't be yours either.

radical noodle

(8,677 posts)
38. You're actually right
Fri Nov 29, 2024, 02:13 AM
Friday

He won't be your president, because he has no desire to be your president. He only wants to hurt you and people like you. That isn't a president, it's an oppressor.

kelly1mm

(5,268 posts)
29. If the poster is not a US citizen then the statement 'President Trump is not my President' would be correct.
Fri Nov 29, 2024, 12:33 AM
Friday

If the poster IS a US citizen, then the statement 'President Trump is not my President' would be incorrect.

I was not questioning their citizenship status, just trying to figure out any possible out they may have in making such a clearly erroneous statement.

kelly1mm

(5,268 posts)
32. I am fully behind the fact that President Trump (assuming he does not pass away before 1/20/25) will be the next
Fri Nov 29, 2024, 12:40 AM
Friday

President of the United States. As such, he will be my President as I am a US citizen.

If by 'fully behind' you mean did I vote for him? Hell no!

MFM008

(20,007 posts)
115. You dont get it
Fri Nov 29, 2024, 08:24 PM
Friday

The criminal, the felon, the rapist and moral degenerate doesn't exist and Noone this divisive can survive long. Mark my words he will not live to 2028.

biophile

(375 posts)
58. He was convicted by a jury
Fri Nov 29, 2024, 08:24 AM
Friday

Just not sentenced to any punishment (yet) and probably never will. Still convicted though

alarimer

(16,596 posts)
95. Obama never actively wanted to punish people who didn't vote for him, though.
Fri Nov 29, 2024, 04:40 PM
Friday

Trump does. He wants to purge the federal government of all non-Republicans.

If a disaster strikes a blue state, he will not help it.

That is why as a citizen of Maryland, I can say he is not my president. Because, if some disaster happens to my state, we are on our own.

kelly1mm

(5,268 posts)
100. Fellow Marylander as well. He will be the President of the US on Jan 20th (assuming he does not die first).
Fri Nov 29, 2024, 05:57 PM
Friday

When that happens, no matter how much I despise him and no matter how much I fear he will damage the country he will be my President because I am a US citizen. It is purely a definitional issue.

Blues Heron

(6,162 posts)
104. I think your giving the sick fuck too much credit. He wont be anybodys president, its not who he is,
Fri Nov 29, 2024, 06:26 PM
Friday

He is more of a nazi dictator kind of guy. Definitely not presidential material at all.

kelly1mm

(5,268 posts)
105. In the US we have one President at a time. Who will be occupying that office on January 21, 2025? (assuming
Fri Nov 29, 2024, 06:32 PM
Friday

President Trump does not die between now and then).

kelly1mm

(5,268 posts)
108. Funny, but incorrect. Shoot, President Biden is making sure there is a smooth transition and, from what
Fri Nov 29, 2024, 06:37 PM
Friday

hear, is going to attend the inauguration of (let me check my notes here .... yep) President Trump.

niyad

(120,241 posts)
118. He is NOT currently the President, so, please, quit calling him that. Joseph
Fri Nov 29, 2024, 08:49 PM
Friday

Robinette Biden, Jr. IS the President. And please do not even start on the "courtesy/protocol" . The F'n, murdering, orange, RAPIST, TRAITOR** deserves no such consideration. Your posted insistence on his legitimacy is a bit puzzling, while people are expressing their horror about the shitshow to come.

kelly1mm

(5,268 posts)
119. I am calling President Trump President Trump NOT because he is going to be President, but because he was
Fri Nov 29, 2024, 09:26 PM
Friday

already President. Just like I refer to President Obama as President Obama. President Bush as President Bush, and President Clinton as President Clinton. All former Presidents are normally referred to as their formal title, no?

niyad

(120,241 posts)
125. You either missed or ignored the "protocol" defense comment. Again,
Fri Nov 29, 2024, 09:47 PM
Friday

your posted insistence here on deference and protocol for this F'n, murdering, orange, RAPIST, TRAITOR** is extremely puzzling, and now amusing. Do, please, keep trying.

I_UndergroundPanther

(12,936 posts)
128. I will never
Fri Nov 29, 2024, 09:56 PM
Friday

Respect him
Listen to him
Tolerate him
And most importantly I will never obey or trust him.

He is a criminal a psychopath a narcissist and a total loser.
Unworthy of the office, truly a life unworthy of life to use a quote of the orange monsters favorite monster, hitler.

Crunchy Frog

(26,996 posts)
102. Obama acted within the Constitution and didn't seek to become a dictator
Fri Nov 29, 2024, 06:14 PM
Friday

However much your grandfather may have believed otherwise.

Both sides are not equal in this comparison.

kelly1mm

(5,268 posts)
106. Both sides are not equal in the morality of their motivation to deny the factual truth of the situation. In that I
Fri Nov 29, 2024, 06:34 PM
Friday

agree wholeheartedly! But they are both still factually wrong.

niyad

(120,241 posts)
127. MY work? Seriously? What WORK is it, exactly, that I need to do? This really has
Fri Nov 29, 2024, 09:53 PM
Friday

become most amusing.

Baitball Blogger

(48,155 posts)
7. I was going to go along with it all, because, I have my own way of rebelling.
Thu Nov 28, 2024, 11:13 PM
Thursday

But, everything you say is true. And when you put it that way, I'm ashamed he's the president. And I'm ashamed of this country for voting for him.

usonian

(14,046 posts)
11. Hitler rose to power "legitimately" but used armed gangs and boundless hate and lies to "game" the system.
Thu Nov 28, 2024, 11:28 PM
Thursday

Last edited Fri Nov 29, 2024, 12:48 AM - Edit history (1)

Would you have “gone along?”

The threat is pure nazi-ism, in every word and deed.
Straight out of the fascist playbook, and the next step (after the immigrants, see below) is the takeover of the armed forces, by picking on one, and then another and then more and more until noone is left to uphold the constitution.

Speaking of immigrants. Niemoller:

First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a socialist.

Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a trade unionist.

Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Jew.

Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.


FASCISM MUST BE STOPPED NOW, BEFORE THOUSANDS, PERHAPS MILLIONS ARE VICTIMS.

One glimmer of hope is that the “four horsemen” now banded together:
Trump, Musk, Putin and Bannon
Have such insane egos and perversion that they will fight each other for power, money, sex, murder.

Don’t count on it.

They skillfully divide and conquer.

And the answer is _____________________

17. If the Founders of this country aren't spinning in their graves,
Thu Nov 28, 2024, 11:39 PM
Thursday

they should be dug up and given a well needed spin.

AZ8theist

(6,519 posts)
18. "Not my president"????? He's not even a FELLOW CITIZEN.
Thu Nov 28, 2024, 11:40 PM
Thursday

He's a convicted felon, a treasonous Russian stooge who HATES AMERICA and LOVES Putin.

He's barely HUMAN to me.......

xocetaceans

(3,955 posts)
20. He is a criminal and an insurrectionist, who is barred by the 14th Amendment under any...
Thu Nov 28, 2024, 11:42 PM
Thursday

...non-corrupt interpretation of the US Constitution, which naturally does not include the interpretation given by Roberts's version of SCOTUS.

AMENDMENT XIV

...

Section 3.
No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice-President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability.

...

https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/14th-amendment

Rhiannon12866

(222,781 posts)
22. The 14th Amendment, Section 3, prohibited him from holding public office. He should not have been allowed to run.
Thu Nov 28, 2024, 11:47 PM
Thursday

Tells us all we need to know about what the former Republican party has become.

AZ8theist

(6,519 posts)
97. It says WAY MORE about the Constitution, and our enforcement of it's provisions.
Fri Nov 29, 2024, 05:12 PM
Friday

The Hatch Act? The Logan Act??

Why, we can't charge anyone violating THOSE laws since it's never been done before!!! Those laws are OLD!!!!

There's no justice left in America. Just the way the Nazis want it.

GiqueCee

(1,366 posts)
75. I call him...
Fri Nov 29, 2024, 12:59 PM
Friday

... the Gangrenous Boil on the Ass of Humanity, among other things. Brain-dead Shit-gibbon also has a nice ring to it.

Response to kentuck (Original post)

Six117

(237 posts)
34. Legitimate American presidents don't use "forces" from Russia to get elected.
Fri Nov 29, 2024, 12:58 AM
Friday

That thing has never been nor ever will be a real American president.

RainCaster

(11,573 posts)
37. No president has ever blown microphone before
Fri Nov 29, 2024, 01:51 AM
Friday

IMO, he was demonstrating his negotiating skills he will use with Putin. Again.

Meowmee

(5,686 posts)
39. Agree
Fri Nov 29, 2024, 02:22 AM
Friday

Some call him the antichrist, maybe they are right.

It’s hard to believe that psychopath and his band of crazies and moles will be installed again to destroy the country. It is DEEPLY disturbing to see this happening.

ribrepin

(1,806 posts)
40. I see Trump as a show I no longer want to watch
Fri Nov 29, 2024, 02:41 AM
Friday

I watched the Trump's Apprentice every week the first year. I watched less and less every season until I wasn't watching anything. It had become boring and stupid.

I am not watching national news right now because his image could be on there. I am actively avoiding any image of his fat ass. I'm glad he has assholes to stroke his & Elon's ego. I'm just not interested.

BeyondGeography

(40,024 posts)
41. He is who he is
Fri Nov 29, 2024, 02:52 AM
Friday

And Americans gave him a popular vote win anyway. At this point, nearly ten years after the guy started running for President for the first time, after all the lies, overt racism and misogyny, utter ineptitude and outright treason, that bothers me a lot more than anything else.

GoodRaisin

(9,595 posts)
42. He is a vile human being and an embarrassment to America on the world stage.
Fri Nov 29, 2024, 02:56 AM
Friday

That’s all I will accept about him.

jimfields33

(19,129 posts)
62. I agree. But I won't even say it until January 20th.
Fri Nov 29, 2024, 09:17 AM
Friday

I think it’s disrespectful to president Biden to say it now. I definitely do not for a second believe you were disrespecting our incredible president. I promise you that!

returnee

(302 posts)
50. The "supreme" court that kept him on the ballot in Colorado, and then gave him "immunity"...
Fri Nov 29, 2024, 07:36 AM
Friday

…is as illegitimate as he is. Not my president, not my Supreme Court.

kentuck

(112,864 posts)
53. I don't know "how" he cheated but I know that he did...
Fri Nov 29, 2024, 07:47 AM
Friday

It is in his DNA to cheat. It is not possible for him to not cheat.

We just don't know how he did it at this point.

We will eventually learn.

So, we are supposed to accept his legitimacy and move on?

No, we cannot surrender that easily.

returnee

(302 posts)
59. Completely agree.
Fri Nov 29, 2024, 08:25 AM
Friday

I think it was through malicious software loaded into individual machines, programmed to miscount some votes.

PJMcK

(22,941 posts)
51. I share your anger but you're wrong
Fri Nov 29, 2024, 07:46 AM
Friday

The classic expression says it clearly:

The United States has only one president at a time.

On January 20th, Trump will be sworn in as the 47th POTUS.

Like you, I hate that man viscerally. He is a sub-human creature without respect for anyone or anything. He is a disgusting man who represents the worst of humanity at every level.

I'm an American citizen. Unfortunately, Trump will be president because he won a free and fair election. So, setting aside your emotions, answer this for me: Who will be my president next year?

Thanks, in advance, kentuck. Your posts are always insightful.

kentuck

(112,864 posts)
54. We will be a country without a president.
Fri Nov 29, 2024, 07:50 AM
Friday

We may have a criminal. We may have an oligarch, We may have a puppet of Putin. We may have a dictator.

But we will not have a president of the people.

PJMcK

(22,941 posts)
55. Sorry, kentuck but that doesn't make sense
Fri Nov 29, 2024, 08:01 AM
Friday

The majority of Americans, as you call them "the People" voted for Trump. Ergo, he is the president of the People.

I hate this perhaps more than you do. We're seriously considering moving out of the country. Our motivation is oddly not because Trump will be President. It's because we question the value of living in a country where half the people support man who:

Was impeached twice
Was convicted of dozens of Felonies
Was publicly unfaithful to all three of his wives
Was convicted of fraud
Was convicted of defamation
Went bankrupt at least six times
Was charged with illegal possession of top secret documents
Was charged with citing an insurrection against the United States
Was charged with election interference
As President, told over 30,000 lies in his first term
Is disgusting in every personal behavior

We wonder if we can live among people who support such a revolting person but worry about the price of eggs.

Sadly, as an American, I know the criminal Trump will be President. I'm sure you can see the personal conflicts in accepting this reality.

kentuck

(112,864 posts)
56. No, the majority did not vote for him.
Fri Nov 29, 2024, 08:11 AM
Friday

He received a plurality of the votes that were cast for the presidency.

King George did not continue to rule America because he did not have the legitimacy of the people.

I do not accept how he was able to manipulate the Justice system and the Supreme Court and not face accountability as would everyone else.

No, he is still not my president.

PJMcK

(22,941 posts)
57. Okay
Fri Nov 29, 2024, 08:15 AM
Friday

Your semantics are yours to believe in.

A majority of voters elected Trump. Is that a clearer definition of winning the election? He didn't just win the Electoral College, you know.

We'll just have to disagree on your semantics.

Still, I always read your posts on DU. I know you'll keep 'em coming.

PJMcK

(22,941 posts)
110. You're right but so what?
Fri Nov 29, 2024, 07:16 PM
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Trump got more votes than VP Harris. He won, we lost.

The semantics may matter in the abstract but in the real world, we'll be dealing with another Trump presidency.

Blues Heron

(6,162 posts)
111. Semantics matters when it comes to things like claiming a mandate etc.
Fri Nov 29, 2024, 07:21 PM
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Its not just abstract, its part of the information battle.

lark

(24,203 posts)
60. I never used the pr word for him during his first theft and won't use it for the 2nd one either.
Fri Nov 29, 2024, 08:51 AM
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He IS NOT my president, he is a theif, criminal and traitor installed by fascists out of pure idiocy and really mostly hate.

kentuck

(112,864 posts)
65. The simple test for some is that we live in a democracy and whomever gets the most votes wins...
Fri Nov 29, 2024, 10:38 AM
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And you must call him your president.

Or what happens?

You will be put under Chinese torture or worse?

Any leader, including the president, rules by the legitimacy of the people.

He does not have a shred of legitimacy.

Remember, it is not who votes, it is who counts the votes. Where have we heard that before?

Should we continue to have faith in our voting system?

boonecreek

(45 posts)
73. 34 times convicted felon.
Fri Nov 29, 2024, 12:46 PM
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Adjudicated rapist and lord knows what he's gotten away with over the years. Should have been cooling his heels at Riker's years ago.

CapnSteve

(258 posts)
74. He is convicted felon Donald Trump. Always will be.
Fri Nov 29, 2024, 12:47 PM
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I anchor a weekly radio news program (The People's News - KPFT 90.1 FM Houston and on podcast) and I only refer to him as convicted felon Donald Trump. Not president-elect, not former president, just convicted felon. Sometimes I add "adjudicated rapist" or "twice impeached" to the title, but always lead with "convicted felon."

It is the truth. DO you think they will come for me? I find myself not caring.

Elessar Zappa

(15,988 posts)
76. Good!
Fri Nov 29, 2024, 01:04 PM
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Glad you’re getting that out on radio. There needs to be competition for the right wing dominated talk radio.

Ndp5

(82 posts)
78. Better case for that now than in 2016
Fri Nov 29, 2024, 01:21 PM
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Trump now wants acceptance from half the country who rejected him, but he has not earned it.

He proved he was unworthy of the office on Jan. 6 and proved it again on the campaign trail, including with that grotesque MSG rally. And Russia blatantly intervened on his behalf with targeted bomb threats that may not have swung the election but showed who their candidate was. Nothing Trump says now will change that.

I fear people are complacent because we survived the presidency of a different Trump in a different time. 2024 Trump is more dangerous and less constrained. He should be met with opposition.

La Coliniere

(939 posts)
80. Unfortunately after January 20th he will be "the" President
Fri Nov 29, 2024, 01:30 PM
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but he will not be “my” President. The word “my” is a possessor adjective that I would never in a million years use to describe my relationship to the 34 count, adjudicated rapist, twice impeached, con artist and lying criminal. That said, and as painful as it is, he will be “the” President on January 20th and it will be perhaps the darkest day in our democratic republic since the first shots were fired at Ft. Sumter. To hell with the disgusting and immoral voters who brought this upon us, and the media, willfully ignorant influencers, Republican sycophants, MAGA billionaires and corporate shills who enabled this horrific moment in time to occur. I, for one, don’t blame Biden or Harris, and I’m trying hard not to fall into despair and hope that we can form some kind of resistance, any which way we can. When the cruel policies start affecting the felon’s base, I just hope they realize the fatal mistake they made because of whatever reason they voted for this (inflation, racism and misogyny) and own up to the fact that they were lied to and how gullible and foolish they were.

kimbutgar

(23,365 posts)
81. And every time I see him on TV I will change the channel or fast forward.
Fri Nov 29, 2024, 01:31 PM
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I still like to watch the ABC world news and I will mute or fast forward when I can.

Since I stopped watching MSNBC I’m not as stressed. I also watch The morning shows on FSTV and Stephanie, Thom and Randy are great! And I listen to Sirius XM Progress channel with great people also! I deleted cnn and msnbc on my car radio. Daytime msnbc was rah rah orange Hitler 2.0 and evening was 50/50 !

enigmania

(219 posts)
89. He's the same
Fri Nov 29, 2024, 03:04 PM
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scumbag he was 50 years ago (when I became aware of him) and he hasn't matured or aged well.

Ohioboy

(3,477 posts)
90. Notice how we're back to having policy via social media?
Fri Nov 29, 2024, 03:11 PM
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It was nice to not have that during Biden, but now it's back again.

AverageOldGuy

(2,093 posts)
91. Amazon has some bumper stickers and decals
Fri Nov 29, 2024, 03:26 PM
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you may like.

There’s a nice oval sticker that reads FDT (f@@@ Donald Trump)

Bumper stickers:
He’s not my President
F@@@ Trump

Several others.

Dem4life1970

(459 posts)
92. Not normalizing
Fri Nov 29, 2024, 03:58 PM
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An abnormal, twice impeached, 34 times convicted felon, adjudicated rapist, suspected pedophile, and insurrectionist. I don't care if he won all 50 states. Might *never* makes right. It never has and it never will.

alarimer

(16,596 posts)
94. Mine either.
Fri Nov 29, 2024, 04:37 PM
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I know this take is criticized, but Trump actively wants to harm people who didn't vote for him. I think that's what we can say he is not our president. Because he has said he isn't.

No other president has ever done that. Not even Nixon as far as I know.

KentuckyWoman

(6,891 posts)
96. If I am ever unfortunate enough
Fri Nov 29, 2024, 04:48 PM
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to be unable to avoid meeting any of them in person, I am unafraid to call them out in front of cameras. They are a vengeful bunch. If I were young I might make a different choice. But old? They can't make life miserable for me very long.

mwooldri

(10,407 posts)
98. Is this "My President" thing uniquely American?
Fri Nov 29, 2024, 05:16 PM
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I've never had an emotional attachment in the positive to any UK prime minister. Negative, yes. Definitely towards Thatcher. But positive... Not really. I don't think Canadians have a positive attachment to Justin Trudeau like "He's my PM". And in the Anglophone world I think that's the case. Prime Ministers are always "the" Prime minister. Never "My PM".

The monarchy.... Similar unless you're a (small R) republican. Elizabeth was never "my Queen", always "the Queen" to me. I liked her, but I never "owned" her. Charles... He's the king. A misunderstood guy, relatively nice guy actually. Preferred his mother over him but he's not bad. But again not "my king". To die hard republicans no monarch is ever "my monarch".... To them it doesn't exist.

So in a sense no-ones is ever "my president". Not even Joe. And I like Joe. The upcoming guy? Nasty man. Real nasty.

Karasu

(160 posts)
99. Of course not. Felons and insurrectionists shouldn't even be ALLOWED to run for office.
Fri Nov 29, 2024, 05:19 PM
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In a sane country they wouldn't be.

No one but the seditionist party should be legitimizing this.

slightlv

(4,374 posts)
124. Yesterday, at our Friendsgiving,
Fri Nov 29, 2024, 09:45 PM
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we all agreed he should be dead... as in executed. We all agreed he was a traitor to the country via both the Insurrection and stealing/giving away/selling top secret documents. He should never have been allowed to even THINK about running for president, that led into "he should have been executed sometime within a year of the insurrection." And I think you know who's name was brought up after that... why did Garland wait so long? Did he have a deal worked out with the republican side? He is a republican, after all... just saying what was brought up in after dinner conversation yesterday... I don't know if it helped anyone's digestion, but we did feel better emotionally, and closer to each other, afterwards.

I_UndergroundPanther

(12,936 posts)
126. That orange pustule full of shit
Fri Nov 29, 2024, 09:48 PM
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Will never be my president. I hate all Nazis and fascists including that orange stain..
His appointees will be nothing but scum to me, his followers but trash and all of them are beneath me. And so I put them under my feet. I will not obey, ever.

kacekwl

(7,540 posts)
129. I am not saying he did not win
Fri Nov 29, 2024, 10:11 PM
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unbelievable as that is but he will never be my president. If not for SS protection I would have no problem kicking him in the balls and pissing on him while he lay on the ground. Figuratively of course

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