Former star Shania Twain: Trump seems honest, even if he is offensive

[Miles Archer]

https://www.rawstory.com/2018/04/iconic-female-country-singer-just-came-trump-supporter/

But she’s re-emerging now, and announcing herself as a Trump supporter in the process.

Twain is Canadian, but tells a Guardian interviewer that she would have voted for Trump.

She says the president—who lies at rates that shock experts who study politicians and honesty—seemed “honest.”

“I would have voted for him because, even though he was offensive, he seemed honest. Do you want straight or polite? Not that you shouldn’t be able to have both. If I were voting, I just don’t want bullshit. I would have voted for a feeling that it was transparent. And politics has a reputation of not being that, right?”

[onecaliberal]

1. Something is wrong with her

[TheBlackAdder]

53. She never seemed to be a good judge of character. But her Sanpaku Eyes. . . yikes!

.

According to Chinese medical face reading, when the white part of the eye, known as the sclera, is visible beneath the iris, it represents physical imbalance in the body and is claimed to be present in alcoholics, drug addicts and people who over-consume sugar or grain. Conversely, when the upper sclera is visible it is said to be an indication of mental imbalance in people such as psychotics, murderers, and anyone rageful. Stress and fatigue may also be a cause.[2] In either condition, it is believed that these people attract accidents and violence.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanpaku

.

[JI7]

2. Maybe you are just a bigot

[Different Drummer]

3. The crazy eyes are a dead giveaway. n/t

[Blue Owl]

5. We're talkin' runaway bride crazy here...

https://goo.gl/images/kgrkEd

[Angry Dragon]

4. Shaking my head

[True_Blue]

6. Why do Trump followers think he's honest?

I can't think of one single instance where Trump said anything that was even remotely true.

[tblue37]

17. They think saying viciousnasty and vulgar things is being honest, because being nice and polite is--

gasp!--being "politically correct."

[Takket]

34. because they equate saying whatever comes into your head, regardless of who it offends with

"honesty." Despite the fact that those two things have nothing to do with each other.

Basically, they think he's honest because they are stupid.

[3catwoman3]

44. Saying whatever comes into your...

...head is also known as being rude.

[lpbk2713]

7. I think I've heard of her.

Is she Lionel's sister?

[Rorey]

26. Lionel's or Thomas' sister?

[Cha]

8. How gd stupid do you have to be?

[poboy2]

9. She says this NOW?!

If I were voting, I just don’t want bullshit. I would have voted for a feeling that it was transparent.


NOW????
This is a whole other level of either cluelessness/stupidity and/or Deplorableness. You do not want 'bullshit', but would have went for a Conman? She's weighing in a year plus into the administration. It isn't like she is want to stick to what she said.

Unreal.

[Takket]

32. i support a guy who used to call radio shows under a fake name...

so he could talk about how great "Trump" is, and won't release his tax returns, and said mexico would pay for the wall.... because I don't like "bullshit".

Okay Shania...........

[spanone]

10. isn't that special, shania?

[GallopingGhost]

11. It would be so much fun

to play poker with Trump supporters.

[CatMor]

12. Calling a guy who lies every day of the week...

honest is beyond belief. She finds him offensive but I guess that doesn't matter. She is lacking in the brains department.

[Dawson Leery]

13. What a shithole of a genre.

[oasis]

14. Failing stars and half baked celebrities flock together behind GOP. nt

[boston bean]

15. Well you got exactly what you said you didnt want.

A boatload of bullshit.

[Kirk Lover]

16. OK cupcake...he "seemed" honest...and does he still "seem" so now? Fool. nt

[Scurrilous]

18. Oh, Canadian.

[mythology]

19. Perhaps honest means something different in Canadian English?

[Tipperary]

20. What a moron.

[Cha]

21. Does she give a shite about the Environment? Does

she fucking know what her "honest" asshole is doing to it?

gawd the fucking stupid BURNS.

[Soxfan58]

22. Add her to the has been hall of fame

With nuggent, kid rock, and scott BO

[Meowmee]

23. Why publicly announce

Your stupidity and alliance with a fascist crook and one of the bigist liars ever and so on, she is really crazy and stupid and delusional, but so are alot of other people. I guess crazy crooks think alike.

[radius777]

24. Soccer mom mentality,

remember that only 42% of white women voters voted for Hillary, potentially the first woman president who has always stood for women's rights, 53% voted proudly for the Orange P-Grabber, and 5% threw their vote away to third party.

The Guardian - The real 'shy Trump' vote.
“I voted for Trump because America has struggled with simple economics and needs a change,” said Lizzie Whitmire, 35, a Catholic mother of two from Dallas. “I also want someone who is angry about terrorism and radical Islam.”

After the publication of a video that showed Trump boasting about how he could get away with kissing and groping women because he was famous, followed by accusations of sexual assault from 12 different women, the received wisdom was that Trump had lost the female vote.

But white women who voted for Trump downplayed his behavior to different degrees. Some said they believed he fundamentally respected women. Others said they did not, but thought his sexism would not undermine his ability to carry out the change they wanted.

Jones called Trump an “imperfect person, like all of us”. She said: “I do believe he does like women. He cares for his daughters and wife and female employees. He does respect women.”

[ProudLib72]

25. If I squint a little, she looks like Roseanne.

[Chickensoup]

27. Why are we so surprised .

Even satan has worshipers.

[madaboutharry]

28. Shania is a stage name

Her name is Eileen. She doesn't have one ounce of First Nation blood in her. This was an issue of controversy in Canada when she had a career.

[Takket]

29. if she thinks he is so great, why doesn't see leave her government healthcare behind and mone to a

red state? How about farming sorghum in Kansas?

[Rorey]

30. I watched part of the video and now I understand

She is very, very stupid.

Her explanation about Lyme disease is priceless.

[smirkymonkey]

31. Ugh, please go away.

Honest? How stupid can you be?

[Aristus]

33. I used to think that she, as a Canadian, would have been on the progressive end of things.

I guess not.

Country music does some strange shit to your head, I guess.

That, or not having a career anymore...

[poboy2]

37. That may be the reason upon thinking about it. Her target audience/fans think this.

She had/did a marketing breakdown and concluded she could ingratiate herself with her fans while minimal loss of audience.

[SidDithers]

35. More from Shania Twain

I would like to apologise to anybody I have offended in a recent interview with the Guardian relating to the American President. The question caught me off guard. As a Canadian, I regret answering this unexpected question without giving my response more context (1/4)

More
I am passionately against discrimination of any kind and hope it’s clear from the choices I have made, and the people I stand with, that I do not hold any common moral beliefs with the current President (2/4)

More
I was trying to explain, in response to a question about the election, that my limited understanding was that the President talked to a portion of America like an accessible person they could relate to, as he was NOT a politician (3/4)

More
My answer was awkward, but certainly should not be taken as representative of my values nor does it mean I endorse him. I make music to bring people together. My path will always be one of inclusivity, as my history shows. (4/4)

Link to tweet

Sid

[Rorey]

36. How convenient

What a nut.

[poboy2]

38. "I'd have voted for him" is not an endorsement? Dumbass.-FO

nor does it mean I endorse him.

[Onyrleft]

39. That might be surprising

if it came from someone who performed in an adult music genre.

[PaulX2]

40. She's one sick puppy...

Nuff said

[Blue_Adept]

41. Well bless her heart

[CentralMass]

42. tRump wouldn't know honest if it jumped up and bit him in the @$$.

[LisaM]

43. She seems to have back pedalled a bit.

Someone must have filled her in on a few details.



https://amp.usatoday.com/amp/540721002

[Miles Archer]

57. Trump crafted a narrative that he knew would sell to the cheap seats.

It was actually more of an act of "assembly" than "creation," but it began with his belief that his "base" would be stupid enough to believe the "birther" thing if he just repeated it with "confidence" and "authority."

I'm all for free speech.

And hopefully, Ms. Twain learned something from this experience. It's not that she's not free to discuss politics. It's the fact that right now, she's not very good at it.

I don't buy the whole "Yes, Trump has lied and cheated and been adulterous and has shown a profound disrespect for women, but we don't need a choir boy, we need a successful businessman who can run America like a successful business" line of CRAP.

Seems like she was dancing around the edges of that, and it bit her.

Maybe she should sit this one out and stick to music.

[NurseJackie]

45. She don't impress me much...

... at all actually.

[LSFL]

58. I saw what you did there

[NurseJackie]

60. Heh heh ... Too easy... It wrote itself.

[ecstatic]

46. Either an idiot or desperate to sell records. Shameful. nt

[bluestarone]

47. This suprises me

I kinda felt sad for her BUT NOT ANYMORE!!!!!!!!!!!!! Stupid just stupid i guess

[mvd]

48. Maybe hanging around the conservatives in country music too much?

I'm sure Canada has some voters that stupid, but it's rarer than here. She never struck me as very intelligent on anything except for music, even in the older days.

[SidDithers]

49. I'm embarrassed that she's Canadian...nt

Sid

[edbermac]

50. Hitler was honest too.

What a moron.

[CakeGrrl]

51. Anyone who ascribes honesty to Trump is NOT a good judge of character.

Saying blunt, unfiltered crap is NOT equivalent to honesty.

Unfortunately, the investment in removing the critical thinking skills and attention span from the American public has paid off (and that applies to people like the Canadian Twain as well).

[arthritisR_US]

52. Even we Canadians have our morons.

[Sampan]

54. Get yer ass back to Canada and shut the hell up. Who cares what you think, ya ditz

[John Fante]

55. "He's honest" is code for

"Trump says racist shit and I like it".

[TheBlackAdder]

56. Oh-oo-oh, you think you're something else. Okay, so you're a teabagger. That don't impress me much!

[mainstreetonce]

59. She's a Canadian who lives in Switzerland.

Who gives a crap about her opinion?

[Bigredhunk]

61. She's a selfish one

CBS Sunday Morning had her on a year or so ago. I think it was Lee Cowan interviewing her. They went to one of her island paradises and Cowan basically asked if she ever pinches herself, thinking she was dreaming. Her answer - she seemed incredulous and basically replied, "No. I worked hard for all of this. I deserve it."

I don't care how talented you are or how hard you've worked, you think you'd be humbled to live like a queen when so many people have nothing.

[IluvPitties]

62. She is so 1999...

[sprinkleeninow]

63. Her blender doesn't go all the way to

'purée'.

[Orange Free State]

64. I would make a trade with her.

She can have my US citizenship and use it to vote for Trump in 2020 for all I care, if I can have her Canadian citizenship and liveout my days in Switzerland.