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Buckeyeblue

(5,491 posts)
34. Correct. It's the I got mine mentality.
Sun Aug 30, 2020, 08:10 PM
Aug 2020

Most people are not able to look at the big picture. They see only their own situation. They offer up anecdotal incidents as reason for their "world" view.

IPSOS facto, I'm feeling better! Buckeye_Democrat Aug 2020 #1
Same here! ananda Aug 2020 #46
Biden's approval is only 46-40?? WTF is wrong with people? triron Aug 2020 #2
An Hypothesis ProfessorGAC Aug 2020 #5
I think what is meant here KS Toronado Aug 2020 #9
Biden is +6% and rising; Turd is -28% and falling. lagomorph777 Aug 2020 #47
Net positive ...approval minus disapproval 43% Le Roi de Pot Aug 2020 #13
Damn good question. Yet 30%-40% seem hellbent on keeping Trump in office. jaxexpat Aug 2020 #17
Trump voters say they're more 'comfortable' with him, that he's much less 'swampy' than those Dems, Nexus2 Aug 2020 #23
Trotting out his bratty kids didnt help methinks GusBob Aug 2020 #3
And screaming gf of a son. n/t moonscape Aug 2020 #11
I think Kimberly Gargoyle did a huge amount of damage. lagomorph777 Aug 2020 #48
Good Grief, what did Gavin Newsim ever see in her? calimary Aug 2020 #51
Yikes! LudwigPastorius Aug 2020 #55
My take on this is that he stayed mostly 'on script': Volaris Aug 2020 #19
And it will drop to 25% when the entire eastern seaboard melts into the ocean lindysalsagal Aug 2020 #4
He is getting down to 2008 W territory Buckeyeblue Aug 2020 #6
Yeah he is. W got down to 23 I think underpants Aug 2020 #7
Agreed. It needs to be a simple flat rate Buckeyeblue Aug 2020 #26
W was seen as being pro Muslim and pro immigration so he lost support among JI7 Aug 2020 #30
And the economy tanked and he did basically nothing Buckeyeblue Aug 2020 #32
Yes, the economy was the biggest thing back then JI7 Aug 2020 #33
Correct. It's the I got mine mentality. Buckeyeblue Aug 2020 #34
This is why I think things like sports being canceled could hurt Trump more than deaths JI7 Aug 2020 #36
Republicans also started turning against the war Polybius Aug 2020 #40
And he wasn't up for reelection... Harder to say you are unhappy... zaj Aug 2020 #43
Not even close Polybius Aug 2020 #39
Correct Awsi Dooger Aug 2020 #41
Doing the same thing over and over... paleotn Aug 2020 #8
and now a word from Vaas (WARNING: NSFW) HuskyOffset Aug 2020 #45
Hope All the Evil trumps Are BACKFIRING Over Cha Aug 2020 #10
Approval on the conventions: Gothmog Aug 2020 #12
This must be what twittiler is so mad about today! Thekaspervote Aug 2020 #14
That wasn't a political convention. I was a cheap infomercial. lpbk2713 Aug 2020 #15
Yes but usually on the infomercials, there's interesting B.S. with people that have consumed Illumination Aug 2020 #21
More like the Creature Feature at 2AM. lagomorph777 Aug 2020 #49
Waa-waa! ffr Aug 2020 #16
I wonder if it was the super spreader event that caused the dip? ecstatic Aug 2020 #18
Which super spreader event? nt LAS14 Aug 2020 #29
Turd's speech on the White House lawn lagomorph777 Aug 2020 #50
I'm waiting for reports to start cropping up in two weeks. nt LAS14 Aug 2020 #52
Yup! Hopefully lots of high-profile Reptilicans will drop. lagomorph777 Aug 2020 #54
I hope this is true. Kablooie Aug 2020 #20
Maybe they should have yelled louder Dukkha Aug 2020 #22
Damage polls are certainly encouraging. We still need to have all the votes COUNTED. Ford_Prefect Aug 2020 #24
I'd hate to be the staffer that has to tell him about this... unitedwethrive Aug 2020 #25
He's in bizarro land citing polls no one has hardly heard of underpants Aug 2020 #35
THIS - Trump is the rare candidate whose numbers tend to go down the more he is in the media. LiberalFighter Aug 2020 #27
This makes me so happy! nt LAS14 Aug 2020 #28
Leaning on the podium while boring everyone to death womanofthehills Aug 2020 #31
K&R Blue Owl Aug 2020 #37
Post your comments on Fox New Stories at their website. foxtruth Aug 2020 #38
You are doing great work, foxtruth... Pluvious Aug 2020 #53
Good Sherman A1 Aug 2020 #42
Do not dismiss the polls Trump is citing Johnny2X2X Aug 2020 #44
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