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Cosmocat

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62. If you are 54 you were around for Bill Clinton
Fri Oct 13, 2017, 03:17 PM
Oct 2017

a white man ...

They hated Clinton with a passion, spent 6 investigating him every which way possible until the stumbled on the blue dress, then managed get impeachment to the senate over his lying about a blowjob.

Now, it was worse with BHO, and some of that had to do with his being black, some of it had to do with so much more immediacy with the internet and social media.

Hillary is a white women, and they are equally unhinged about her as BHO.

Being black or being a woman ass fuel to the fire, but the fire is the D behind their names.

Nope; they still don't get it. THIS is behind Trump's furious need to obliterate Obama's legacy: WinkyDink Oct 2017 #1
You are exactly right. TRUMP is a petulant, immature bully. Because Obama "insulted" him, he will Still In Wisconsin Oct 2017 #20
Yep. n/t BlancheSplanchnik Oct 2017 #30
exactly and that was yuiyoshida Oct 2017 #36
Trump was after Obama's birth certificate BEFORE that WHCD. thesquanderer Oct 2017 #45
He hates to be mocked in public... yuiyoshida Oct 2017 #46
Maybe and maybe not... thesquanderer Oct 2017 #48
He wants to kill you, by the way. Me too, yet nothing happens. NObody does shit. Eliot Rosewater Oct 2017 #52
THIS KentuckyWoman Oct 2017 #73
It is that, but it is more. ginnyinWI Oct 2017 #76
Richard Branson nailed it with his analysis of The Dotard spiderpig Oct 2017 #43
The piece of shit admits it in some book written about him. Eliot Rosewater Oct 2017 #53
This is, as you say, his sole motivation trc Oct 2017 #49
that would not be it it either. certainot Oct 2017 #82
Well it's backfire like a motherf***er because Pres O is 100x Iliyah Oct 2017 #2
Trump doesn't care! He's Russian by proxy! WinkyDink Oct 2017 #5
Plus he's demented, out of touch with reality, a talking stupid hollow head. n/t RKP5637 Oct 2017 #7
At this point it seems clear Russia put him in power to destroy America Johonny Oct 2017 #8
YEP! WinkyDink Oct 2017 #9
No, it is anti-Obama BBG Oct 2017 #16
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Agree iluvtennis Oct 2017 #26
He can rollback and undo what he wants... HipChick Oct 2017 #6
Such attacks, while dangerous and damaging, still cement President Obama's legacy. Beartracks Oct 2017 #86
CNN allowed Tom Dick Harry and his racistbrother Groper Don the Con to spread that bullshit on their malaise Oct 2017 #3
+++ heaven05 Oct 2017 #12
+++++++++++++++++ pangaia Oct 2017 #15
+++ Ditto iluvtennis Oct 2017 #27
++++++ Heartstrings Oct 2017 #31
ODS. nt BumRushDaShow Oct 2017 #4
IMO, it is ENTIRELY about race. Trump and much of his base hate that we had a black president. Doodley Oct 2017 #10
Yep. joshdawg Oct 2017 #19
they really hate the idea that if we elected one black president who was successful demigoddess Oct 2017 #41
They hate that anyone black became President, successful or not! ginnyinWI Oct 2017 #78
ain't it the truth! joshdawg Oct 2017 #81
He definitely hates that fact but also hates that people are discovering ATL Ebony Oct 2017 #50
What it basically comes down to. InAbLuEsTaTe Oct 2017 #77
One of the main reasons we're in the mess we're in today... Girard442 Oct 2017 #11
You are entirely correct. nt Sophiegirl Oct 2017 #33
Spot on. Plus, observers say he's still very enraged by Alabama's Republicans Hortensis Oct 2017 #13
History will notate this as left over residual hatred of african americans by whites. lancelyons Oct 2017 #14
But will our votes count? Lonestarblue Oct 2017 #17
But will our votes count? LenaBaby61 Oct 2017 #39
A very small wave. Caliman73 Oct 2017 #28
The final margin was even smaller, fewer than 78,000 votes. Demit Oct 2017 #64
If you are 54 you were around for Bill Clinton Cosmocat Oct 2017 #62
The fact that Obama has been scandal free really infuriates them n/t TexasBushwhacker Oct 2017 #66
What they hate about Democrats is ginnyinWI Oct 2017 #79
If it was called Hitlercare, Trump would have left it as is. n/t SpankMe Oct 2017 #18
+1000 smirkymonkey Oct 2017 #21
Yes, but Trump's motive is much simpler... brooklynite Oct 2017 #22
and the racist that tRump is bdamomma Oct 2017 #24
You can tell that's true by... KY_EnviroGuy Oct 2017 #34
Odd isn't it negoldie Oct 2017 #58
I think it's typical of many who are born into wealth. KY_EnviroGuy Oct 2017 #68
it's really called the Affordable Care Act. bdamomma Oct 2017 #23
Are they not afraid the orangutan will pull their cable license for talking badly of him? nolabels Oct 2017 #25
There's no such thing as a cable license. The Velveteen Ocelot Oct 2017 #54
Back in the seventies it was a big selling point for them nolabels Oct 2017 #85
This is the REPUBLICAN PARTY AGENDA. Even if trump drops dead today, Republicans will still proceed. Sunlei Oct 2017 #29
Infantile. milestogo Oct 2017 #32
Wow you figured that out already did you Chris? underpants Oct 2017 #35
You win! Boomerproud Oct 2017 #37
I call bullshit on this sentence: ProfessorPlum Oct 2017 #38
YES! Just like every time they claim he has "policies"- it is bullshit. bettyellen Oct 2017 #65
If O hadn't done a masterful job of humiliating Dear Leader at the press dinner, Vinca Oct 2017 #40
not quite that simple. ginnyinWI Oct 2017 #80
I've said all along that Trumps "accomplishments" are his systematic undoing Arkansas Granny Oct 2017 #42
Affordable Care Act Maggiemayhem Oct 2017 #44
The real reason Matthew28 Oct 2017 #47
It actually was NOT named after him. LisaM Oct 2017 #51
Wonderful, reassuring speech -- tRump's gonna have a helluva fight trying to ATL Ebony Oct 2017 #55
And since Obama was a decent, honest Human being, Trump will be the most offensive, world wide wally Oct 2017 #56
Every president had an agenda of their own... Takket Oct 2017 #57
Trumps agenda Matthew28 Oct 2017 #59
I have to say humbled_opinion Oct 2017 #60
Kick red dog 1 Oct 2017 #61
Did they use the words because RACISM? Or did they avoid it again? bettyellen Oct 2017 #63
I said it before but it was a bad mistake to go along with the "Obamacare" nametag LiberalLovinLug Oct 2017 #67
I am just of afraid of the fascist Christian Taliban , and other sociopaths that put this mentally geretogo Oct 2017 #69
Trump is a small and petty man Gothmog Oct 2017 #70
i think he wants to hurt poor people more than he wants to hurt obama; at the same time he can give TheFrenchRazor Oct 2017 #71
Poor people, IMO, are not even on his radar; they are as ants on the sidewalk. WinkyDink Oct 2017 #83
Another possibility is that the GOP (Christians) are racists and wanted to eradiate Crash2Parties Oct 2017 #72
It's a perfect storm of racism. WinkyDink Oct 2017 #84
I agree with CNN's take with one exception. SergeStorms Oct 2017 #74
trump has made his money with the whole branding thing. Licensing his name on all kinds of things. calimary Oct 2017 #75
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