Voting with their middle fingers.

[mac56]

He lacked the votes to repeal Obamacare.

Both of his Muslim bans have been found invalid in court.

He's played golf sixteen times in two and a half months.

Instead of draining the swamp, he loaded his Cabinet with Wall Street insiders.

He folded up like a cheap suit instead of standing firm against Russia.

He's already walking back his promise to build the wall.

Now he's backpedaling on his promised tax reform.

He's broken every promise he made to his followers, and they still love him.

They didn't vote for him because they expected he'd keep his promises.

They voted for him just to give the middle finger to liberals.

And now we're all stuck with this dumpster fire.

Just my .02.

[Cosmocat]

1. I have posted and said this since for a year now

And, honestly, it didn't start when he came down the escalator.

Over a quarter century of brain washing this country starting with the religious right/silent majority in the 80s, AM radio in the 90s and early 2000s, a never ending wave of conservative profiteers pumping out books all demonizing the evil liberal boogyman, etc.

It has deadened the soul of this country, and the ends justifies all and any means was long in place before 45 hit the scene. He is just the most bold and in your face embodiment of it.

[Heartstrings]

2. He won because

he said what way too many privileged, primarily white racist, misogynistic, homophobic, anti-anything that's not hypocritical Christian, anti-immigrant, have always wanted to be able to say...he's an alpha male and the beta's are salivating and can't get enough...

Now him getting the yuge women's vote is still horrifically perplexing...

[sharedvalues]

5. They say it because right wing media told them to

Right wing media has been busy persuading white people that they are being held down by minorities and liberals.

Affirmative action! Political correctness! Both are code words used by the right to justify racism.

Now, after the media has persuaded Americans that white people are getting screwed by poor minorities and liberals are secretly preventing discussion, a new president arrives that can talk about the myth out loud. What a fresh voice! He can tell the lies directly instead of telling the lies using dog whistles! Amazing!


The real problem is the lies themselves and the right wing media that pushes the lies.

[FiveGoodMen]

14. Not just media

Every Sunday, they hear the same thing from the snakes in the pulpits.

[sharedvalues]

3. Yup. Voted for him because brainwashed to hate Democrats

The whole goal of the right wing media is to persuade Americans that their problems are not the fault of CEOs that cram down their wages and benefits but instead the fault of vague "liberal elites!!"

Redirect populist anger onto Democrats, the only party that actually wants to figure out how to help people in a globalizing economy.

We are being poorly served by the Wa Post and NYT. Where are the articles discussing the hate for Democrats created by right wing media?

[mountain grammy]

4. and I agree.

[LakeArenal]

6. He has people who always wanted to tell people to get F*#ed and be able to grab Pussy...

To hurt those less fortunate, minimize folks, shoot unarmed minorities..to say

" I got mine.. f=+* you. (even tho a lot of them "got nothhin'&quot

[secondwind]

7. And you are 100% correct, mac56. He pandered to the basest of the base, people JUST LIKE HIM.

[Initech]

8. We vote with honesty. The GOP votes with their middle fingers.

[ginnyinWI]

9. against all of Washington.

Because McConnell and his gang just obstructed, did nothing for them. So they voted against everyone--threw the baby out with the bathwater, so to speak.

Thinking that someone different could shake things up, make things over. Well, nobody can do that. Status quo is too strong, as are the lobbyists who support the jerks who should be working for the people's interests.

[rtracey]

10. my 2 cents

I believe the democrats have a lot of blame here too. We did disconnect with the average white voter that voted for Fuckump. Instead of cutting down the coal mining jobs, maybe we should have done more to show interest in their plight. Perhaps instead of concentrating on the inner cities and their problem, we could have moved into our suburban areas too. Do you think everyone that voted for Fuckump actually believed him.....NOPE, but who would they believe. Many see their futures going away, while others are getting the attention. Time to act democrats, if not now, then never..... this fucking asshat of a president is fuck BEGGING the democrats to reach out... ATTN..... IF OUR PARTY CANNOT MANAGE TO REGAIN SENATE AND WHITE HOUSE AFTER THIS ASSHOLE....THEN PACK UP THE TRUNKS, AND SELL THE FURNITURE, ITS OVER....

[yallerdawg]

11. They're not just deplorable.

They are deplorable assholes!

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

12. I agree and would add

he won because 50% of the eligible voters in the country couldn't bothered to vote............

[mac56]

13. Another way to give the finger.

[Alice11111]

15. Agree that people wanted to give the middle finger to libs.

They hate us, and we hate them. It doesn't take long to figure out who is who, no matter where you go. It's almost instinctive, tribal. Our values are very different on 90pc of things.

However, it's good that he is backtracking on some of the stuff that would destroy our country. We don't want him to destroy us, so we can say, there, we told you so! Please don't go there or we are really lost.

There are many, many reasons why we lost, some our fault, some not. Frankly, I think the cheating factor, various ways and lies, was huge. Comey was the final straw, with his precision timing.