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In reply to the discussion: Everything makes sense when you remember what Lawrence O'Donnell said a couple of nights ago [View all]
Bayard
(29,310 posts)52. Just shows how long he's had other people taking care of him,
And covering up his misdeeds.
As for idiots voting for him, I'm reminded of the first local election I voted in when I first moved back to Kentucky. A tall, hefty woman in a flowered dress walked in, and loudly proclaimed she was there, "TO VOTE FOR DONALD TRUMP!" The poor workers had to explain to her that this was not a presidential election. His voters are hard-headed know-it-alls that don't want to listen to facts. They make their own reality.
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Everything makes sense when you remember what Lawrence O'Donnell said a couple of nights ago [View all]
senseandsensibility
Aug 2025
OP
He so wants to be right on tariffs. He's not. Some magats are even talking about his tariff revenue will eliminate the..
brush
Aug 2025
#1
The other thing is when Obama made a joke about T💩p at the Correspondents' Dinner.
OMGWTF
Aug 2025
#53
Just checked and our local library has it available, both print and digital version.
Attilatheblond
Aug 2025
#42
What will never make sense to me is so many people being impressed enough by Trump to vote for him.
highplainsdem
Aug 2025
#7
I think much of our perspective is based on our need to belong, to feel unity with other Humans.
BurnDoubt
Aug 2025
#39
Many times I think these maga's would vote for a frog just b/c it isn't a Democrat. Their hate runs deep.
mitch96
Aug 2025
#16
This is why I'm keeping a close eye on his polling as it goes down, down, down.
slightlv
Aug 2025
#82
He had a 15-year free advertising/propaganda campaign in "reality" tv. That's huge. He presented a persona...
Hekate
Aug 2025
#37
Thanks for the link ! I had no idea it had been put on the Web anywhere. nt
eppur_se_muova
Aug 2025
#79
Not just you. And he also says he knows more than the scientists, economists, etc.
highplainsdem
Aug 2025
#18
My guess is that he appealed to a lot of people for some basic reasons: misogynists, Fascists, and the
CTyankee
Aug 2025
#13
That was all a very long set-up by the GOP, from before Reagan. Religion is useful..
Hekate
Aug 2025
#40
LBJ was an insightful man, and would have been remembered as great if not for MacNamara& Vietnam
Hekate
Aug 2025
#75
Some kids cry for candy, others for a Nobel Peace Prize, it's all the same thing.
Uncle Joe
Aug 2025
#31
It's on his Bucket List. That's his whole life: Best and Most (Even if I say so myself!).
BurnDoubt
Aug 2025
#48
Eric Erikson, in his book "Childhood and Society" describes the Eight Ages of Man in a chapter
dedl67
Aug 2025
#32
OK, sure. I do not consider the writings of Erikson's to be science as it is generally understood
dedl67
Aug 2025
#63
Oh, I think physchology is interesing, and hopefully changes w new understanding..
electric_blue68
Aug 2025
#66
The last time I saw him was around 2007, he is probably in his late 20's and I have no idea
cksmithy
Aug 2025
#67
My children at four or five could have conversations and back up their opinions.
mucholderthandirt
Aug 2025
#105