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2016 Postmortem

kairos12

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34. Please, please tell me this was The Onion.

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Fri Dec 30, 2016, 10:50 AM

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9/11 was Obamas fault?....... [View all] pbmus Dec 2016 OP

Geezuz Christ onecaliberal Dec 2016 #1

Ignorance is strong with this one. redstatebluegirl Dec 2016 #2

Perfectly sums up the trump / conservative voter. lastone Dec 2016 #3

I'm speechless discntnt_irny_srcsm Dec 2016 #4

Stupid is as stupid votes. Rex Dec 2016 #5

And then the guy says: "I'd like to get to the bottom of that!" tenorly Dec 2016 #6

They were "damn" Deplorables. The new crop is "dumb" deplorables. oasis Dec 2016 #44

Certainly. Barack Obama was a State Senator in Illinois at that time. guillaumeb Dec 2016 #7

These are the voters we are supposed to win over BainsBane Dec 2016 #8

These are the voters we are supposed to win over? LenaBaby61 Dec 2016 #9

Who wants "to remake the party in the image of the GOP"? Martin Eden Dec 2016 #10

The entire argument that we need to be understanding of white supremacists and neo-nazis BainsBane Dec 2016 #11

'ultra-reactionary ideology being championed as "progressive."' Martin Eden Dec 2016 #12

No, I will not provide links BainsBane Dec 2016 #17

Such posts should be hidden, and repeat offenders tombstoned Martin Eden Dec 2016 #19

Well done on everyone's part...thank you for not name calling..!! pbmus Dec 2016 #24

IKR lunasun Dec 2016 #14

No chance with these idiots. Go watch the Anderson Cooper piece on the Miners Thrill Dec 2016 #16

They can't even use the excuse this one is senile, or has Alzheimer's . Obama is always on vacation? lunasun Dec 2016 #13

There are right wingnuts that still blame President Bill Clinton for Ruby Ridge SFnomad Dec 2016 #15

Backpfeifengesicht baldguy Dec 2016 #18

More Louisiana Republicans blame Obama than blame Bush for response to Katrina. Garrett78 Dec 2016 #20

This sort of mind control is....impressive. HOW do they get people to not think whatsoever? AgadorSparticus Dec 2016 #21

That's satire, right? Cha Dec 2016 #22

If only... Garrett78 Dec 2016 #23

Oh god help the supidity. :( The Mofos are completely brainwashed. Cha Dec 2016 #25

and many on here think we can "talk these people around" Grey Lemercier Dec 2016 #33

Very few of the Trump supporters can be reached by the Democratic Party... Garrett78 Dec 2016 #36

Are they drinking polluted water or something?! Buckeye_Democrat Dec 2016 #26

Omg, the ignorance... pbmus Dec 2016 #27

Someone like that needs to be challenged. PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 2016 #28

So many people including our own representatives, pbmus Dec 2016 #31

Of course, a decade or so ago people were managing to blame 9/11 on Bill Clinton, PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 2016 #32

Your explanation is why when despots take power historians are among the first targeted for silence. kairos12 Dec 2016 #35

And why they try to burn or destroy books. PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 2016 #39

Probably heard it Fox news True_Blue Dec 2016 #29

I won't post the link here, but I just found a website that blamed Obama for 9/11. Buckeye_Democrat Dec 2016 #30

Congress Now Blaming Obama For Its Embarrassing Override Of His Veto Grey Lemercier Dec 2016 #37

Please, please tell me this was The Onion. kairos12 Dec 2016 #34

nope, here is the video Grey Lemercier Dec 2016 #38

And the sooner we accept that tens of millions exist within an alternate reality the better. Garrett78 Dec 2016 #41

I don't know how many are unreachable... Yurovsky Dec 2016 #42

The average Trump voter. Vinca Dec 2016 #40

There are many many uninformed voters in the USA andym Dec 2016 #43