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dawg day

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2. You're a nice guy

Reply to orangecrush (Original post)

Sun Jun 17, 2018, 09:19 PM

Jun 2018

I would have been tempted to say=
"So is Trump a fake! Don't get fooled again!"

That Kurt Andersen book Fantasyland suggests that a large swath of Americans are exceptionally prone to hucksterism and don't learn from their experience.

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I think I get some Trump voters now... [View all] orangecrush Jun 2018 OP

This is why dump might be re-elected in 2020 dhol82 Jun 2018 #1

He won't be. orangecrush Jun 2018 #4

Thought someone just posted that Republicans have Laura PourMeADrink Jun 2018 #14

Perhaps orangecrush Jun 2018 #15

If everyone on our realize the urgency of defeating him. Blue_true Jun 2018 #29

I'm with you all the way. dhol82 Jun 2018 #30

You're a nice guy dawg day Jun 2018 #2

This was real. orangecrush Jun 2018 #3

I can relate. Comatose Sphagetti Jun 2018 #5

Half of it orangecrush Jun 2018 #6

Me too. ooky Jun 2018 #26

Something whispers in the back of my mind: If it's too good to be true... it is. n/t Eyeball_Kid Jun 2018 #7

Always. orangecrush Jun 2018 #9

pie in the sky believers yonder Jun 2018 #8

I think orangecrush Jun 2018 #10

This email hoax is more than 20 years old. FuzzyRabbit Jun 2018 #11

I wonder orangecrush Jun 2018 #16

God help us. smirkymonkey Jun 2018 #12

SMH in disbelief. nt Ferrets are Cool Jun 2018 #13

Saw a similar one a while back... Wounded Bear Jun 2018 #17

So the main difference between a tRump voter and a normal person ProudLib72 Jun 2018 #18

agree whoieheartedly. orangecrush Jun 2018 #21

it's sad orangecrush Jun 2018 #22

A casual observation about people wanting to believe something they most likely know is not true... kmla Jun 2018 #19

Thanks! orangecrush Jun 2018 #20

On the off chance you might kickstart his brain someday gratuitous Jun 2018 #23

PERFECT!!! orangecrush Jun 2018 #24

Oddly enough, it works out to be good advice for just about anyone gratuitous Jun 2018 #25

Just mental math would tell you it would amount to trillions of dollars in a few days. rickford66 Jun 2018 #27

Trump loses in 2020 but not due to kids at border,,, quartz007 Jun 2018 #28

DOW dropping like a rock too. Duppers Jun 2018 #33

Dow never has gone straight up...ever quartz007 Jun 2018 #34

The correction has been coming Duppers Jun 2018 #35

Tariff effect will be slow motion quartz007 Jun 2018 #36

"Dow futures fall more than 220 points after Trump ramps up tariff threats against China" Duppers Jun 2018 #37

You missed a golden opportunity nini Jun 2018 #31

But it doesn't happen to us as much as to them. Duppers Jun 2018 #32