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CTyankee

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58. My neighbor of 15 years is who I was thinking of.
Fri Jun 27, 2025, 07:59 AM
Jun 2025

I am not absolutely sure he voted for Trump but he might have. But this is a guy who has been taking our trash bins down to the curb every Sunday night for pick up on Monday for several years now. And he always asks us "How can I help?" if we need it, given our advanced ages. They have done food shopping for us when we needed some help with it. And not just him, but his wife and kids also.

What is his problem? I dunno. I don't want to ask. But he prizes himself on being an "independent" thinker in this city of relentless liberalism, New Haven. I think he also has a dim view of Yale and Yalies, but we are not Yalies, altho we have loved going to the Yale Bowl for their football games (esp. when The Game is played here cuz I loathe Harvard for personal reasons).

If he voted for Trump I'd like to have a discussion with him. But as you can understand, I don't bring up the subject.

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Candace is finally growing up! Omnipresent Jun 2025 #1
She's going the other way, tbh. Oneironaut Jun 2025 #49
we all know some good people who were taken in by the repubs, swindled, defrauded politically. Now they have to live CTyankee Jun 2025 #2
If they voted for trump, I revoked their "good people" status---relatives included. Paladin Jun 2025 #11
Yep. some people have to learn the hard way and I'll bet there are those experiencing this right now. Not enough, tho. CTyankee Jun 2025 #20
I'm going to have to respectfully disagree with you. llmart Jun 2025 #22
Yeah, I know. Unfortunately, being very stupid doesn't bar you from voting. CTyankee Jun 2025 #25
I get it. llmart Jun 2025 #30
What gives me "perspective"? CTyankee Jun 2025 #50
I'm reminded of this phrase ... aggiesal Jun 2025 #47
fuck any trump voters gopiscrap Jun 2025 #39
I'm sorry. I have to disagree, too. Aristus Jun 2025 #40
My neighbor of 15 years is who I was thinking of. CTyankee Jun 2025 #58
I don't. tavernier Jun 2025 #55
Candace is a grifter. She is no longer useful to MAGA tulipsandroses Jun 2025 #3
Some reports have her podcast views at close to 5 million womanofthehills Jun 2025 #59
It all boils down to her being a grifter. I doubt she cares anything about the people of GAZA other than tulipsandroses Jun 2025 #60
Owens was told repeatedly what a no good shit Trump was and will still be but she went for the money Botany Jun 2025 #4
Lurkers! Hugin Jun 2025 #5
Influencer... lonely bird Jun 2025 #13
No kidding. Hugin Jun 2025 #14
Welp, looks like One Of His Best Friends Who Is Black just got her meal ticket canceled . . . . hatrack Jun 2025 #6
she's still a thing? or is she trying to remain relevant after vanishing into the wood work? nt Javaman Jun 2025 #7
Her 15 minutes of fame got another, extra second. marble falls Jun 2025 #8
Exactly WiVoter Jun 2025 #23
Idiota! dlilafae Jun 2025 #9
He is exactly who she voted for. AllyCat Jun 2025 #10
Exactly what I was about to post. progressoid Jun 2025 #31
I bet a whole bunch of us were just about to post something similar. calimary Jun 2025 #33
Fafo grifter! Crowman2009 Jun 2025 #12
Hey! Give her a break griloco Jun 2025 #15
Poor stupid and gullible Candace mgardener Jun 2025 #16
FAFO. Once maybe, but not multiple times. Joinfortmill Jun 2025 #17
This miiiight fly if there weren't already a 4 year track record of chaos, malice and incompetence. tanyev Jun 2025 #18
She can't make money off of him anymore JustAnotherGen Jun 2025 #19
Nahh, she doesn't want to be one of us. It's another grift. She's been trying to rebrand after she got the boot tulipsandroses Jun 2025 #26
I always think JustAnotherGen Jun 2025 #27
YEP. She went from that and supporting BLM to" racism doesn't exist". All skin folk ain't kinfolk! tulipsandroses Jun 2025 #36
Trying To Be "Newsworthy" WiVoter Jun 2025 #21
I say this with all sincerity and the utmost respect... ECL213 Jun 2025 #24
Many +++'s riversedge Jun 2025 #51
Give me a break . . . LovelyStuff Jun 2025 #28
The last one sums it up. Old Crank Jun 2025 #29
Yes, this IS the candiate you voted for. You and millions of others were just too stupid to see it. Ferrets are Cool Jun 2025 #32
Yeah, I'm with Fly on this one. Pacifist Patriot Jun 2025 #34
To paraphrase an old song - Second verse worst than the first...nt Wounded Bear Jun 2025 #35
Well... ChazInAz Jun 2025 #37
Ermm... he's exactly the candidate you voted for. ananda Jun 2025 #38
She's totally fake. Just a grifter. yardwork Jun 2025 #41
My only question is why would anyone take advice malaise Jun 2025 #42
We can laugh and snark, but we will take votes from anyone. frogstar0 Jun 2025 #43
Candace Owen's is genuinely dumb BradBo Jun 2025 #44
Disappointment? I get it. Embarrassment? Ya think? DFW Jun 2025 #45
I think she's a grifter whose target audience is drying up ecstatic Jun 2025 #46
The reason she hates Trump is because she's a raging anti-Semite. Lol Oneironaut Jun 2025 #48
Agreed. The full context is missing here. She's not disappointed in trumpism. tulipsandroses Jun 2025 #52
It's too bad that being stupid is seen by many as "cool" these days Blue Owl Jun 2025 #53
He is exactly what she voted for. He told her so every time he opened his mouth. mucholderthandirt Jun 2025 #54
Meanwhile, leopards are causing national shortages of Pepto Bismol and Alka-Seltzer. nt Buns_of_Fire Jun 2025 #56
Tabitha Speaks Politics nailed her 2 months ago GoneOffShore Jun 2025 #57
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