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Drahthaardogs

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110. You did not offend

Mon Jan 9, 2017, 08:17 PM

Jan 2017

It is am emotional time. I will let you in on a secret....

As a history buff remember that most modern European countries had a fascist phase. It fails, as fascism must. Then they truly vote in a progressive agenda.

This may just be the natural evolution of politics in a modern country.

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Poor hardworking miners, their troubles are great [View all] cyclonefence Jan 2017 OP

Wakin' up to morning in America... the nightmare that is the Nazi-Elect has only just begun! (Just want to scream and cry.) InAbLuEsTaTe Jan 2017 #1

Mourning in Amerikkka. n/t Horse with no Name Jan 2017 #21

Yep, pretty much sums it up. InAbLuEsTaTe Jan 2017 #84

No crying or whining allowed. They were fully warned. AgadorSparticus Jan 2017 #2

I agree. nt femmocrat Jan 2017 #4

So you guys are not interested in trying cyclonefence Jan 2017 #11

Nope. They voted for a lying, racist, misogynist pig. They get what they paid for. Coventina Jan 2017 #13

I'm afraid a lot of people cyclonefence Jan 2017 #16

I am not *shunning* anyone. THEY are the ones doing the shunning. Coventina Jan 2017 #17

I feel as you do cyclonefence Jan 2017 #20

No, I don't want misogynists, ignoramuses, and gun-humpers in the Democratic party either. Coventina Jan 2017 #24

Hyperbole or real fear? SlimJimmy Jan 2017 #32

Well, they shouldn't be able to do so. But if you've ever read those mouth-breathers on line, they Coventina Jan 2017 #33

Well, they can talk about it on line all they want, but reaity is that it can't and won't happen. SlimJimmy Jan 2017 #61

I hope you are right. But I really believe their frustrations will boil over into street violence. Coventina Jan 2017 #63

Well, I won't dismiss your concerns, but since I'm armed nearly everywhere I go, I might have SlimJimmy Jan 2017 #64

Gotcha. A gun is a magic wand that erases all potential for harm. Coventina Jan 2017 #65

I'm a retired law enforcement officer. I've been carryng a weapon for more than 40 years. SlimJimmy Jan 2017 #68

I don't mind you carrying it. What I mind is the attitude that as a 16 year old, biking home from Coventina Jan 2017 #69

I get it. I really do. I didn't carry a weapon when I was 16 years old either. SlimJimmy Jan 2017 #70

Again: My point is, not everyone is suited to be a warrior. And that's what you have to be to Coventina Jan 2017 #72

I never said you had a character defect, or even implied it. SlimJimmy Jan 2017 #73

Being "legal" actually means being white. AgadorSparticus Jan 2017 #80

Wow, that's a scary thought. Not that they will actually deport citizens, but that SlimJimmy Jan 2017 #92

You think she is the only one to think like this? How do you think trump got to where he is? AgadorSparticus Jan 2017 #95

Don't waste your time on that one. Because I pointed out that guns are not the answer, Coventina Jan 2017 #96

Thanks for the heads up, coventina. AgadorSparticus Jan 2017 #98

Calm down and listen carefully. He will not deport citizens. SlimJimmy Jan 2017 #101

I think you left out "liar and cheat." Dark n Stormy Knight Jan 2017 #89

I am genuinely stunned cyclonefence Jan 2017 #103

The RW are consummate masters of propaganda and we have not Dark n Stormy Knight Jan 2017 #107

Yeah, but how? cyclonefence Jan 2017 #108

I don't have those answers. What I'm suggesting is that the anti-RW forces must Dark n Stormy Knight Jan 2017 #111

oh they will be convinced when they are suffering Horse with no Name Jan 2017 #23

They should know that Dems care about them, because of our platform and policies.. Kahuna7 Jan 2017 #58

Absolutely cyclonefence Jan 2017 #75

Racism is not the only roadblock. potone Jan 2017 #81

I believe misogyny is a problem, too, cyclonefence Jan 2017 #85

It would be easier to flip red districts in blue States blue JustAnotherGen Jan 2017 #99

Not possible....they knew better and voted away their health care benefits anyway. SammyWinstonJack Jan 2017 #26

I'm not sure they did know better cyclonefence Jan 2017 #74

So she just wanted the insurance for other people to go away, montana_hazeleyes Jan 2017 #90

That is simply willful ignorance. Like the idiots who hold signs that say "Keep gov't out of Coventina Jan 2017 #97

Well, you're going to have a "pure" party cyclonefence Jan 2017 #100

They were offered a better way and refused it. They were offered the information and refused to Coventina Jan 2017 #104

we will try to win them over DonCoquixote Jan 2017 #27

I like the cut of your jib cyclonefence Jan 2017 #76

We don't need them - we need 50k swings in MI, WI, PA hatrack Jan 2017 #29

75K Hillary votes went uncounted in MI putitinD Jan 2017 #88

While I'm loathed to be in the same party as these people right now, Ilsa Jan 2017 #36

I live in coal country... a la izquierda Jan 2017 #40

Agreed.... physioex Jan 2017 #42

There's no converting these folks. LenaBaby61 Jan 2017 #52

There are like 5 Mexicans in the damn state. a la izquierda Jan 2017 #54

My Aunt Rose in Minden cyclonefence Jan 2017 #77

Sure atreides1 Jan 2017 #46

The sarcasm is strong in this one cyclonefence Jan 2017 #78

I don't think it is likely. femmocrat Jan 2017 #48

How is that to be done? treestar Jan 2017 #51

How can we win these people over? They believe Pres O shut down the mines, TheDebbieDee Jan 2017 #71

This message was self-deleted by its author AgadorSparticus Jan 2017 #82

None. You can't teach everyone. And some people have to learn the hard way. AgadorSparticus Jan 2017 #83

I have to agree. They were told and told and told, and they are not only dragging down themselves RKP5637 Jan 2017 #37

They knew what they were getting Bettie Jan 2017 #3

They voted out of desperation. Drahthaardogs Jan 2017 #15

What Hillary offered was worse than nothing. cyclonefence Jan 2017 #18

people need to educate themselves outside of the rw bubble Horse with no Name Jan 2017 #25

Thank you! femmocrat Jan 2017 #49

Apparently you didn't read the response above you. SlimJimmy Jan 2017 #93

And no matter what happens, they will blame Obama, Clinton and the "libruls" Bettie Jan 2017 #28

Thank you. "They chose hate." That is it, pure and simple. Coventina Jan 2017 #30

I am so tired of hearing Bettie Jan 2017 #34

They just don't get it that THEY are the LOSERS he was talking about the entire time. F, I'm so RKP5637 Jan 2017 #38

I doubt that. These are mostly union people who Drahthaardogs Jan 2017 #43

I have a secret they might not know.... physioex Jan 2017 #44

I agree, but we have to do something Drahthaardogs Jan 2017 #47

He was lying - Trump wasn't selling anything but smoke . . . hatrack Jan 2017 #60

There are plenty of people in this country who don't montana_hazeleyes Jan 2017 #91

First of all Drahthaardogs Jan 2017 #94

I'm sorry I spouted off from your post. It's not towards you. montana_hazeleyes Jan 2017 #109

You did not offend Drahthaardogs Jan 2017 #110

What has become of us cyclonefence Jan 2017 #106

Trump lied to more than the miners, he is full of lies. The demand for coal is going down. Thinkingabout Jan 2017 #5

Exactly...Please see my post above. EOM physioex Jan 2017 #45

I doubt Trump cares about retraining the coal miners for other occupations Thinkingabout Jan 2017 #55

That was part of the small print they didn't notice under the "white supremacy" headlines of Trump's Squinch Jan 2017 #6

The milk of human kindness OrwellwasRight Jan 2017 #7

+1 truebluegreen Jan 2017 #8

I don't understand what you mean about my thread of hate cyclonefence Jan 2017 #10

Taking my cue from your use of the word "pathetic" OrwellwasRight Jan 2017 #12

Thanks cyclonefence Jan 2017 #19

Its all too easy to dupe people in election run ups BSdetect Jan 2017 #9

No tears from me. If you vote against your own best interest you live with it and shut up. Vinca Jan 2017 #14

My last give a damn left when they voted against what they needed Horse with no Name Jan 2017 #22

They voted against themselves and we're all going to suffer for it. Hard to feel sorry. onecaliberal Jan 2017 #31

And wait til their Union is crushed under heel JDC Jan 2017 #35

And their kids get sent off to likely one of Trump's stupid wars to come along. n/t RKP5637 Jan 2017 #39

mine too....... JDC Jan 2017 #114

I am actually interested in making sure these folks have a fair shake DonCoquixote Jan 2017 #41

Hillary offered them a fair shake, and they bit her hand off. Coventina Jan 2017 #50

True that DonCoquixote Jan 2017 #59

The millions who stayed home and didn't vote either way. Coventina Jan 2017 #62

Talk about not getting it! Warpy Jan 2017 #53

This. Buckeye_Democrat Jan 2017 #87

God forgive them for their vote. leanforward Jan 2017 #56

No effing way. Not now, not ever. Coventina Jan 2017 #66

No. Squinch Jan 2017 #102

Prediction for the ACA: Jake Stern Jan 2017 #57

They refused to educate themselves about anything at all. oasis Jan 2017 #67

Fuck the miners fescuerescue Jan 2017 #79

poor my ass larwdem Jan 2017 #86

Elections have consequences.... Historic NY Jan 2017 #105

When hardworking people are poor that is a problem that the Democrats Jetboy Jan 2017 #112

Jetboy, I want to bear your children cyclonefence Jan 2017 #113