2016 Postmortem

NastyRiffraff

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31. The first wrong thing he said:

Sat Dec 24, 2016, 12:18 PM

Dec 2016

"I am not stupid." Everything--everything he said and did leading up to his vote was obviously, horribly, almost criminally stupid: he voted the way his "church faith-leaders" directed him; he watched Fox News exclusively. Did he never hear of the Internet? Or, lacking access to that, newspapers, other channels? It's nobody's fault but his that he was "uninformed and unaware" and (get this!) "deceived."

He sleepwalked through the election. What he can do now, since he asks, is to join those of us who plan to resist at every opportunity. Get involved. Write to his Congresspeople. Join the Democratic party and volunteer for it.

Above all, stop being stupid!

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Voter says he was uninformed when he cast his vote for Trump [View all] iluvtennis Dec 2016 OP

sounds a bit like mocking trump voters while at the same time JI7 Dec 2016 #1

It takes courage to admit when you admit you didn't know and don't know underthematrix Dec 2016 #2

this sounds more like a frustrated Dem than an actual Trump voter. Takket Dec 2016 #3

My first reaction as well.. Who knows... pangaia Dec 2016 #9

Yep. Doesn't ring true. COLGATE4 Dec 2016 #30

Didn't ring true to me either. Someone who was that clueless about moonscape Dec 2016 #42

Yup, it's bs. pintobean Dec 2016 #44

YES Grey Lemercier Dec 2016 #66

Agree 100% SharonClark Dec 2016 #45

I agree. Chemisse Dec 2016 #57

Tough shit pal. oasis Dec 2016 #4

ZERO SYMPATHY! Chasstev365 Dec 2016 #5

Truth. nt iluvtennis Dec 2016 #6

Yeah you are MFM008 Dec 2016 #7

There is your problem, a union man voting Republican! Dustlawyer Dec 2016 #8

Yep, brainwashed..but still I don't excuse him cuz there are other outlets than Fox to inform urself iluvtennis Dec 2016 #12

They brainwash them to not follow the "lame street" media, or liberal media. Dustlawyer Dec 2016 #23

most of those other outlets are also completely worthless. nt JCanete Dec 2016 #25

Sorry, but ... LyndaG Dec 2016 #10

Typical, methinks ailsagirl Dec 2016 #15

We are well past the stage ... NanceGreggs Dec 2016 #11

Well said. ITA. nt iluvtennis Dec 2016 #13

Reasons and excuses are two diff things.being stupid and/or not paying dionysus Dec 2016 #47

Tough ailsagirl Dec 2016 #14

Our MSM is criminally zentrum Dec 2016 #16

And whose fault is it exactly that he is uninformed? PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 2016 #17

I agree that he cared about no one until HE REALIZED HE WOULD LOSE his healthcare. nt iluvtennis Dec 2016 #20

Bingo. PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 2016 #22

Agree and very repug like selfishness lunasun Dec 2016 #27

Great points USALiberal Dec 2016 #39

I work with teachers who vote Repub, say we don't need the Union adigal Dec 2016 #43

Ahh, what an idiot. PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 2016 #46

The President of our school's teachers union is a Repug Freddie Dec 2016 #58

That is interesting. drray23 Dec 2016 #61

You should be ashamed. Wishing people death because of the way they voted is dionysus Dec 2016 #48

Here's the thing. PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 2016 #50

We need to be better than the scumbags. dionysus Dec 2016 #51

Being better than them didn't win us the election, did it? PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 2016 #54

I'd rather have them wake up and vote for us next time, than dionysus Dec 2016 #55

Considering the extent to which they've PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 2016 #62

Why do I smell the reek of troll with a hint of Rick Astley coming from this guy? cstanleytech Dec 2016 #18

I'm with you bro... Wounded Bear Dec 2016 #24

But... he would never give us up or let us down... dionysus Dec 2016 #49

Yup, if someone wants to troll Republicans and try and turn some... they need to be a bit more KittyWampus Dec 2016 #64

Someone who actually describes himself as a blue-collar working man. kcr Dec 2016 #19

I believe in redemption reflection Dec 2016 #21

DFT was constantly covered FOX media . You never opened you eyes or ears ? WTF lunasun Dec 2016 #26

If he put himself in the rightwing echo chamber of Limbaugh and FOX News... Buckeye_Democrat Dec 2016 #28

Voted the way his church directed him. Wonder if he'll confront his pastor about his realization? JudyM Dec 2016 #29

Many churches flat-out told their people to vote for Trump Freddie Dec 2016 #59

The cult of self-righteousness. Kind of fits with the white supremacy movement, even if it's based JudyM Dec 2016 #60

The first wrong thing he said: NastyRiffraff Dec 2016 #31

You called it like it is Nasty. nt iluvtennis Dec 2016 #34

Didn't the overt racism, misogyny, and fascism bother him just the tiniest bit Tanuki Dec 2016 #32

The racism, misogyny and facism didn't bother his church TexasBushwhacker Dec 2016 #40

Yes he is stupid Emilybemily Dec 2016 #33

Yep nt iluvtennis Dec 2016 #35

All Trump voters were poorly informed Gothmog Dec 2016 #36

And that's exactly what he wanted so he could just feed them BS from rallies and twitter nt iluvtennis Dec 2016 #37

Trump himself is poorly informed. Charles Bukowski Dec 2016 #53

What led him to his epiphany? andym Dec 2016 #38

He is trying to make a rhetorical point oberliner Dec 2016 #41

Voter says he was uninformed when he cast his vote for Trump. LenaBaby61 Dec 2016 #52

Partly UNinformed, sir. But also MISinformed. Beartracks Dec 2016 #56

This wasn't well done, but THIS IS WHAT YOU POST ON COMMENT SECTIONS. KittyWampus Dec 2016 #63

Other examples of voters who have second thoughts...many can be found on twitter iluvtennis Dec 2016 #65