How can this be happening...

[Godless Raven]

How is it possible that the POTUS is simultaneously...


threatening to engage in a nuclear war in the Korean peninsula

amp'd up the casualty rates in the ME conflicts at the highest rate recorded

threatening to engage China in a trade war

starting state fucking news with the only defense being late night comedians ridiculing it

losing a cyber war to Russia

attacking the normal media as fake and the enemy

attacking immigrants, both legal and none

attacking transgendered people

threatening to bankrupt the healthcare system and somehow not take any responsibility for its failure (like all his other bankruptcies)

openly profiting from the presidency

refusing to staff the fucking government



and the Republicans still take it in all holes from him just so they can enjoy taking medicare away from the poor and middle class, take away women's rights, remove all the protections of the last 50 years that keep workers safe and hopefully take away the rights of gay people...and with such vile hatred in their policies they are still somehow one of your two choices

And yet the US election was neck and neck and he still has an over 35% approval rating

How can anyone explain Jared Kushner and how he is still doing what he is doing..how the fuck he was ever allowed to be doing what he's doing...how the attempt to get a russian back channel through russian spy technology happened and he's still in charge of doing everything for the country

How can this be happening?

And the Democrats? They are a bunch of crooked cunts and weak pathetic cucks Completely useless all but a handful

How can this be happening?

How fucked up can the country be that a guy who brags about assaulting women and that he could shoot someone in the middle of a crowded street and get away with it still get elected?

It's one thing if America is like the Joker and 35% of your country just wants to watch the country burn...but this effects the rest of the world.

You cunts can't be trusted to hold elections. Apparently your blend of capitalism and democracy has arrived at this...the basic equivalent of Kim Jung Un in the West...only apparently slightly more corrupt

There should be a world council that monitors all US election activity and frankly you need to start locking up your crazy people in mental health facilities instead of telling them to "go be you" and giving them fucking reality shows.

I weep for where the world is headed.

 

[Rhea]

Guilty on all counts. I am appalled.

 

[none]

well US bombers might be airborne while the North Korean missiles are inbound to Gaum waters...

 

[laughing dog]

To answer the question in the OP - it's the fault of Canada.

 

[Tom Sawyer]

To answer the question in the OP - it's the fault of Canada.

Dude, we went through a lot of trouble to frame the Russians for our fixing of the US election. Next time we let you in on our secret plan, pay a bit more attention to the secret part.

 

[Will Wiley]

It's happening because the Dumocrats had Hillary as their candidate,,,,d'oh

 

[Harry Bosch]

It's happening because the Dumocrats had Hillary as their candidate,,,,d'oh

Yea, thank Allah that HRC wasn't elected! I'm sure that she would have conquered half the world by now. The world is far safer with Trump!! Yahoo.....

 

[Cheerful Charlie]

Shape shifting reptilian aliens. The only explanation.

 

[ideologyhunter]

Dear Leader ended the week by declaring that he hasn't ruled out a military solution for...Venezuela.

 

[Opoponax]

How it's happened has been well documented, and it's pretty simple. The 24/7 conservative assault via radio and TV combined with laziness on the other side brought us to this.

But this bullshit about Hillary being the reason Trump got elected is just that: bullshit. From the time Bill took office, the right went after Hillary like she was evil incarnate. For 20+ years, the conservative goon squad attacked, attacked, and attacked some more, regardless of who was in office. They were fucking relentless.

At the same time, conservatives became dimmer, more fearful, less rational. The "Patriots" were taught to hate the U.S. Government.

What could the Democrats have done? Really, there's nothing. Very basically, the only speech that can be punished for being fraudulent and/or misleading is commercial speech (e.g. advertisements for the health benefits of Twinkies). That standard doesn't apply to speech that goes out over the airways as opinion.

And what would Hillary's recourse have been? To countersue for malicious persecution and defamation? Good luck with that.

The goons have exploited weaknesses in the system to advance their agenda and the system has no answer. Relying on integrity is a fucking joke.

The only answer is to show up at the polls in greater numbers. Even a gerrymandered district can be overcome by enough people, although it's really tough.

I'm afraid that serious, serious pain is in order for Trump lovers. Not something like a mere rise in gas prices, but mass misery brought to them by their choices; something that finds Rush Limbaugh hanging naked by his feet while crowds spit on and throw rotten fruit at his corpse. The only problem with that is it'll mean the rest of us will have suffered greatly too.

 

[Harry Bosch]

How it's happened has been well documented, and it's pretty simple. The 24/7 conservative assault via radio and TV combined with laziness on the other side brought us to this.

But this bullshit about Hillary being the reason Trump got elected is just that: bullshit. From the time Bill took office, the right went after Hillary like she was evil incarnate. For 20+ years, the conservative goon squad attacked, attacked, and attacked some more, regardless of who was in office. They were fucking relentless.

At the same time, conservatives became dimmer, more fearful, less rational. The "Patriots" were taught to hate the U.S. Government.

What could the Democrats have done? Really, there's nothing. Very basically, the only speech that can be punished for being fraudulent and/or misleading is commercial speech (e.g. advertisements for the health benefits of Twinkies). That standard doesn't apply to speech that goes out over the airways as opinion.

And what would Hillary's recourse have been? To countersue for malicious persecution and defamation? Good luck with that.

The goons have exploited weaknesses in the system to advance their agenda and the system has no answer. Relying on integrity is a fucking joke.

The only answer is to show up at the polls in greater numbers. Even a gerrymandered district can be overcome by enough people, although it's really tough.

I'm afraid that serious, serious pain is in order for Trump lovers. Not something like a mere rise in gas prices, but mass misery brought to them by their choices; something that finds Rush Limbaugh hanging naked by his feet while crowds spit on and throw rotten fruit at his corpse. The only problem with that is it'll mean the rest of us will have suffered greatly too.

Totally agree with your post. Yes, we need to get out there and vote. No more bitching about an election that you didn't participate in. The millennials have to put down their game boys and vote. They are the ones who will suffer under republicans due to eroding environment, eroding personal rights, health care, and more volatile foreign policy. We probably need at least 5% more in popular votes than republicans to win, so our turnout must improve.

 

[J842P]

But this bullshit about Hillary being the reason Trump got elected is just that: bullshit. From the time Bill took office, the right went after Hillary like she was evil incarnate. For 20+ years, the conservative goon squad attacked, attacked, and attacked some more, regardless of who was in office. They were fucking relentless.

People on this very board, and all over the media, argued that this is why Hillary should have been the nominee.

 

[Elixir]

What could the Democrats have done? Really, there's nothing.

Once the Dem "leaders" (DW Schulz et al) failed to heed the evident passion behind Bernie and decided pre-primary to push Clinton forward by whatever means, no matter how dishonest, they were doomed. We can't let some geezer with millions of passionate followers upstage someone, no matter how worn out, who for decades had been the rethuglicans' favorite punching bag - when it was her turn!?
The Dem party beat itself using the same corrupt practices that Trump then used to beat them.

 

[Jimmy Higgins]

I've read the RNC is raising good money right now. Must be all that cash they aren't spending on guns now.


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[whichphilosophy]

How is it possible that the POTUS is simultaneously...


threatening to engage in a nuclear war in the Korean peninsula

amp'd up the casualty rates in the ME conflicts at the highest rate recorded

threatening to engage China in a trade war

starting state fucking news with the only defense being late night comedians ridiculing it

losing a cyber war to Russia

attacking the normal media as fake and the enemy

attacking immigrants, both legal and none

attacking transgendered people

threatening to bankrupt the healthcare system and somehow not take any responsibility for its failure (like all his other bankruptcies)

openly profiting from the presidency

refusing to staff the fucking government



and the Republicans still take it in all holes from him just so they can enjoy taking medicare away from the poor and middle class, take away women's rights, remove all the protections of the last 50 years that keep workers safe and hopefully take away the rights of gay people...and with such vile hatred in their policies they are still somehow one of your two choices

And yet the US election was neck and neck and he still has an over 35% approval rating

How can anyone explain Jared Kushner and how he is still doing what he is doing..how the fuck he was ever allowed to be doing what he's doing...how the attempt to get a russian back channel through russian spy technology happened and he's still in charge of doing everything for the country

How can this be happening?

And the Democrats? They are a bunch of crooked cunts and weak pathetic cucks Completely useless all but a handful

How can this be happening?

How fucked up can the country be that a guy who brags about assaulting women and that he could shoot someone in the middle of a crowded street and get away with it still get elected?

It's one thing if America is like the Joker and 35% of your country just wants to watch the country burn...but this effects the rest of the world.

You cunts can't be trusted to hold elections. Apparently your blend of capitalism and democracy has arrived at this...the basic equivalent of Kim Jung Un in the West...only apparently slightly more corrupt

There should be a world council that monitors all US election activity and frankly you need to start locking up your crazy people in mental health facilities instead of telling them to "go be you" and giving them fucking reality shows.

I weep for where the world is headed.

His threat to respond very harshly to North Korea doesn't suggest he is going for a unilateral war on North Korea. This could bring China into a war. North Korea also knows that if it does stage any attack, then China won't support it; by remaining neutral.

At the moment Kim is provoking the Japan, South Korea and the US. Unfortunately this issue was allowed to continue for several years, until now where North Korea may have evolved its arsenal beyond fire cracker status.

The problem with defining people as mentally ill is this will differ slightly or somewhat in different countries. So there could be a vote to find out if someone is mentally ill and another for an election. In effect we will have an unelected body judging who should be voted for.

Perhaps by that logic, in the last election the 2 main parties fielded lunatics.

 

[Will Wiley]

But this bullshit about Hillary being the reason Trump got elected is just that: bullshit. .

You had a Democrat candidate who was as Wall Street as they come. So out of touch with ordinary Americans who have suffered long enough.

But yeah...nothing to do with that.

 

[whichphilosophy]

What could the Democrats have done? Really, there's nothing.

Once the Dem "leaders" (DW Schulz et al) failed to heed the evident passion behind Bernie and decided pre-primary to push Clinton forward by whatever means, no matter how dishonest, they were doomed. We can't let some geezer with millions of passionate followers upstage someone, no matter how worn out, who for decades had been the rethuglicans' favorite punching bag - when it was her turn!?
The Dem party beat itself using the same corrupt practices that Trump then used to beat them.

Could the Russians have also influenced the election by ensuring Hilary was the Democrat candidate Since Clinton got more votes then Trump was voted in because he was the most unpopular of the two.

 

[Keith&Co.]

But this bullshit about Hillary being the reason Trump got elected is just that: bullshit. .

You had a Democrat candidate who was as Wall Street as they come. So out of touch with ordinary Americans who have suffered long enough.

But yeah...nothing to do with that.

Um, yeah. Exactly that.
The main reason people voted against Hillary had nothing to do with her Wall Street ties. They screamed 'Bengazi' and 'lock her up' and mouthed all the other lies that the Right has been leveling at her for 20 years. That and the fact the media has reported their lies and accusations at face value. (It wasn't until well after the election that the media started even passively criticizing Trump's various accusations by adding 'offered without evidence' to the report).
Trump claimed she was out to steal everyone's guns and that her health was slightly better than Vlad Dracul's, both of which played a bigger role in the election than Hillary's actual sins and failures.

So, yeah.
Nothing to do with that (minus eye rolling).

 

[Patooka]

You had a Democrat candidate who was as Wall Street as they come. So out of touch with ordinary Americans who have suffered long enough.

But yeah...nothing to do with that.

So Donald Trump, a guy who sits on a golden throne in a building with is name stamped on the side of it, in more in touch with ordinary Americans than Hillary Clinton. I'm not entirely certain you understand the core concept of reality.

 

[Keith&Co.]

in more in touch with ordinary Americans

Not to mention, a guy who habitually stiffs people who work for him. Ordinary Americans who can't afford the lawyers required to make Trump pay what he owes...

A rational approach to this election would have ended with Trump being hauled into court as all the dirt came out.
Oh, wait...