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DemocratSinceBirth

(99,708 posts)
Sun Jan 8, 2017, 07:38 PM Jan 2017

NEW YORK TIMES- Deplorables say it is a good thing Russian hacking helped Trump win !!!




‘What’s the Big Deal?’ Ask Trump Voters on Russia Hacking Report


COVINGTON, La. — “Sour grapes,” explained Bob Marino, 79, weighing in on the recent spycraft bombshell from the corner table of a local McDonald’s.

“Sour grapes,” agreed Roger Noel, 65, sitting next to him.

“Bunch of crybabies,” Reed Guidry, 64, offered from across the table.

The subject of conversation was the report released by United States intelligence chiefs on Friday informing President-elect Donald J. Trump of their unanimous conclusion that President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia ordered an extensive, but covert, cyberoperation to help Mr. Trump win the election. The Russians had hacked and leaked emails, unleashed “trolls” on social media and used their “state-run propaganda machine” to spread stories harmful to Hillary Clinton.

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In Louisiana, David Gubert, 56, chain-smoked Eagle 20 cigarettes in the cab of his pickup, with stacks of firewood for sale behind him in the bed. Like the Willises, he ruminated on what it would mean if the Russians had gotten involved, and possibly even swung the election.

But Mr. Gubert came to a different conclusion.

“If that’s what it took,” he said, “I’m glad they did it.”


http://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/07/us/russia-hacking-election-trump-voters.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=first-column-region&_r=0
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NEW YORK TIMES- Deplorables say it is a good thing Russian hacking helped Trump win !!! (Original Post) DemocratSinceBirth Jan 2017 OP
and we are supposed to reach out to these deplorables? Horse with no Name Jan 2017 #1
Would that not make us (traitors) too? DemocratSinceBirth Jan 2017 #2
these people would kill you given the chance Horse with no Name Jan 2017 #4
That goes both ways. roamer65 Jan 2017 #7
Yeah, we're supposed to feel sorry for them, that they are losing their jobs and healthcare. Coventina Jan 2017 #3
No fucking way that is happening. Initech Jan 2017 #21
I Think We're RobinA Jan 2017 #27
This is why it's TREASON LaydeeBug Jan 2017 #5
this!! EXACTLY!!!!!!! Grey Lemercier Jan 2017 #12
Do pro-Brexit Brits like Putin the way Deplorables like Russia? DemocratSinceBirth Jan 2017 #14
You should cross post this in the Postmorem forum as well. n/t Coventina Jan 2017 #6
I guess they'll be moving to russia, and getting their health care .... LenaBaby61 Jan 2017 #8
I would love to be there sharp_stick Jan 2017 #9
they will NEVER admit, not once, not ever Grey Lemercier Jan 2017 #13
Calling any voter a 'deplorable' or any other 'name' is never a good idea... Talk Is Cheap Jan 2017 #10
What do you call people who applaud the fact a hostile power manipulated our election?/nt DemocratSinceBirth Jan 2017 #11
I would call them republicans... Talk Is Cheap Jan 2017 #24
Republican is the name of a political party. Lincoln, Grant, TDR, and Eisenhower were Republicans. DemocratSinceBirth Jan 2017 #29
But, it's the republicans of today that are the problem.... Talk Is Cheap Jan 2017 #33
Democrats are for all the people that aren't.. DemocratSinceBirth Jan 2017 #40
ok CatWoman Jan 2017 #19
That ignores their treason DemocratSinceBirth Jan 2017 #20
+1 n/t jaysunb Jan 2017 #34
Before 2016 election: "Better DEAD than RED". oasis Jan 2017 #37
Fuck.That.Noise. "Deplorable" is too good for them. Coventina Jan 2017 #36
I prefer to call them "traitors". Initech Jan 2017 #38
Remember when they loved America and the Ruskies were the enemy? NightWatcher Jan 2017 #15
It was an imaginary hammer to hit us over the head with because liberals abhor all illiberal regimes DemocratSinceBirth Jan 2017 #17
aren't these the same people bdamomma Jan 2017 #23
If Nothing Else RobinA Jan 2017 #30
GOPukers never had any moral code, did people think they did? Rex Jan 2017 #16
Right...cause if Clinton had won with outside support, that would be just dandy. Volaris Jan 2017 #18
Yeah the double standard the GOP uses against is maddening. Initech Jan 2017 #25
If She Had Just Won erpowers Jan 2017 #32
So they're OK with treason. So much as the other side doesn't win. Fucking great. Initech Jan 2017 #22
They hate Democrats more than they love their country. neverforget Jan 2017 #26
Fuck these toothless MFM008 Jan 2017 #28
They don't just cheat to stay on top. They are willing to commit treason Baitball Blogger Jan 2017 #31
The traitors speak. They probably couldn't find Russia on a map, let alone know WTF they're talking RKP5637 Jan 2017 #35
"Bunch of crybabies" Hey Reed Guidry! yuiyoshida Jan 2017 #39

Coventina

(27,064 posts)
3. Yeah, we're supposed to feel sorry for them, that they are losing their jobs and healthcare.
Sun Jan 8, 2017, 07:44 PM
Jan 2017

And their middle-class way of life.

I say, if they can afford those kinds of paint jobs on their vehicles, they are doing pretty well.

Edited to add: Pretty fancy, expensive truck, even without the paint job.

F' em.

Initech

(100,041 posts)
21. No fucking way that is happening.
Sun Jan 8, 2017, 08:28 PM
Jan 2017

I'm done playing nice. I put up with 16 years of their bullshit since Bush, but I won't put up with a day of Trump. I'm done. They can fuck off.

 

Grey Lemercier

(1,429 posts)
12. this!! EXACTLY!!!!!!!
Sun Jan 8, 2017, 08:12 PM
Jan 2017

I am so glad we do not have these motherfuckers here in London.

We have own own form of deplorables, but nothing like these rotters.

LenaBaby61

(6,973 posts)
8. I guess they'll be moving to russia, and getting their health care ....
Sun Jan 8, 2017, 07:59 PM
Jan 2017

From over there, because their president tRump's gonna cut their dumb behinds off at the KNEES in THIS country from receiving health care...NO HEALTH CARE FOR YOU, AND YOU AND YOU dumb, racist rubes!

I wonder if those racist dummies KNOW that tRump's kgb-lover boy has free health care for his peeps over there --->, and that their useful idiot president doesn't want them to have health care here right here in the USSRUSA?

 

Grey Lemercier

(1,429 posts)
13. they will NEVER admit, not once, not ever
Sun Jan 8, 2017, 08:17 PM
Jan 2017

and like Horse with no Name said, they would KILL you if they could.

 

Talk Is Cheap

(389 posts)
10. Calling any voter a 'deplorable' or any other 'name' is never a good idea...
Sun Jan 8, 2017, 08:06 PM
Jan 2017

Even if they are 'deplorables' it causes people who may be on the fence to vote against you or your party.

We stoop to their level with name calling.... Just saying...

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,708 posts)
29. Republican is the name of a political party. Lincoln, Grant, TDR, and Eisenhower were Republicans.
Sun Jan 8, 2017, 08:42 PM
Jan 2017

None of those gentlemen would have welcomed and countenanced foreign manipulation of our elections. Deplorable is an adjective that needs to be applied to those who do.

 

Talk Is Cheap

(389 posts)
33. But, it's the republicans of today that are the problem....
Sun Jan 8, 2017, 09:42 PM
Jan 2017

Let me also say that republicans/the_right are the most disgusting group of Americans ever to set foot in America. They are death-dealers, anti-American, anti-civilization and racists.

I guess I am against the use of 'deplorables' because it was a slur (but appropriate) used against republicans in the election. My opinion is that anyone who may have been on the fence - to hear them being called deplorable, works against the idea that Democracts are for (all) the people, and they voted against Dems because of it.

I think the use of the word 'deplorable(s)' must be stopped here at DU because of the use in the elections.

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,708 posts)
40. Democrats are for all the people that aren't..
Mon Jan 9, 2017, 09:13 AM
Jan 2017

"...Democracts are for (all) the people..." that aren't racist, sexist, nativist, anti-semitic, misogynistic et cetera.

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,708 posts)
20. That ignores their treason
Sun Jan 8, 2017, 08:27 PM
Jan 2017

Treasonous, racist, xenophobic, misogynistic, hompohobic, anti-semitic, nativist...

oasis

(49,334 posts)
37. Before 2016 election: "Better DEAD than RED".
Sun Jan 8, 2017, 10:00 PM
Jan 2017

After 2016 election :"RED's alright when it keeps America WHITE"

NightWatcher

(39,343 posts)
15. Remember when they loved America and the Ruskies were the enemy?
Sun Jan 8, 2017, 08:20 PM
Jan 2017

It apparently was only for the action movies.

They love having KGB agents install our leader.

bdamomma

(63,801 posts)
23. aren't these the same people
Sun Jan 8, 2017, 08:33 PM
Jan 2017

who didn't like "commies"

you notice the ages of these guys 65 they don't know any better.

RobinA

(9,886 posts)
30. If Nothing Else
Sun Jan 8, 2017, 08:42 PM
Jan 2017

this whole Russia thing exposes what incredible hypocrites the right is. Not that we didn't know that, this is beyond where I imagined they'd go.

 

Rex

(65,616 posts)
16. GOPukers never had any moral code, did people think they did?
Sun Jan 8, 2017, 08:21 PM
Jan 2017

Yeah all that talk about being scared of the USSR was just bullshit. All Pukers care about is themselves and their myopic world.

Volaris

(10,267 posts)
18. Right...cause if Clinton had won with outside support, that would be just dandy.
Sun Jan 8, 2017, 08:24 PM
Jan 2017

No, they would be screaming for an NRA approved FIRING SQUAD, and they damned well know it. Fuck them.

Initech

(100,041 posts)
25. Yeah the double standard the GOP uses against is maddening.
Sun Jan 8, 2017, 08:37 PM
Jan 2017

It's perfectly OK if a GOP senator or governor has an affair with his 4th mistress. But a Democratic senator or does the exact same thing, he'd be removed from office and we'd never hear the end of it. But it's OK because the GOP senator/governor has God on his side and they'll repent and all will be forgiven.

erpowers

(9,350 posts)
32. If She Had Just Won
Sun Jan 8, 2017, 09:10 PM
Jan 2017

Remember, when they thought she was going to win, without the help of outside forces, they were threatening to start a new civil war. If she had won, they would have said the election was rigged and as a result she should not be allowed to be President. Trump supporters were threatening to go get pitch forks and lanterns. They were threatening to march on Washington, D.C.

If Hillary Clinton had just won the election they would have demanded an NRA approved firing squad and they would have volunteered to be a part of the firing squad. If it had come out that she had won with the help of an outside country that was either at one time an enemy of this country or was currently an enemy of this country it is possible they would be threatening to burn Washington, D.C. to the ground. We might be seeing riots in cities if she had won and it had come out that she had won the election with the help of an outside country.

Baitball Blogger

(46,684 posts)
31. They don't just cheat to stay on top. They are willing to commit treason
Sun Jan 8, 2017, 09:02 PM
Jan 2017

And that's why our side should not compromise with them.

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