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In reply to the discussion: This does not end well... and that's not fucking funny [View all]Jake Stern
(3,145 posts)47. "There were actually people on this board that were hoping Trump would win the nomination
because he would be so easy to beat."
I truly felt that there was no way Trump would win and under normal circumstances he wouldn't have. Honestly, I was more concerned about a "moderate" Republican like Jeb Bush or John Kasich getting the nomination.
Republicans who could cozy up to the center.
Was sure that Hillary had it in the bag and the only thing left for her to do was start interviewing cabinet choices.
I was wrong.
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Not funny is all the extreme conservative judges put in place by WH/senate they don't go away in2020
lunasun
Aug 2019
#4
I've said it before in a different thread and I'll say it here as well
The Liberal Lion
Aug 2019
#12
He wants us stressed and at each others's throats. Laughing is one way to demean him.
ehrnst
Aug 2019
#21
Democrats have been cleaning up Republican messes since 1933. They need to go the way of the Whigs.
OMGWTF
Aug 2019
#24
Then we should insist that either Hillary Clinton, Kamela Harris, or Barrack Obama be named AG.
Volaris
Aug 2019
#42
I don't think it is impossible for a new administration to hold him accountable.
Enoki33
Aug 2019
#45
"There were actually people on this board that were hoping Trump would win the nomination
Jake Stern
Aug 2019
#47
After reading your post and then the quote, it is quite ironic that he would say such a thing...
rwsanders
Aug 2019
#59
I'm numb to the power transition handwringing after 8 years of it from 2000-2008.
MadDAsHell
Aug 2019
#44
No one I know is laughing. The few Deplorables I'm around are gloating. They're dumbass, though.
SammyWinstonJack
Aug 2019
#48
not sure what they will do when the power grid goes down around 6 eastern on election day
Eliot Rosewater
Aug 2019
#51
Precisely. And since he does NOTHING as president, he can easily privatize his rants, tweets, etc.
VOX
Aug 2019
#64