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vlyons

(10,252 posts)
53. The money grubbers
Wed Oct 3, 2018, 03:10 PM
Oct 2018

who motivate and inflame them are a bigger problem. Nothing will change, unless we get the dirty money and corruption out of politics.

Dead eyes no souls superpatriotman Oct 2018 #1
They look just like us lunatica Oct 2018 #4
All hoping for a job inflicting some form of misery/control on "them" OhNo-Really Oct 2018 #37
I think they're getting paid on Craigslist. forgotmylogin Oct 2018 #66
desparate people if so OhNo-Really Oct 2018 #67
You are so right. Wellstone ruled Oct 2018 #2
Some of them are also people who answered ads in Craigslist for paid claqueurs. The Velveteen Ocelot Oct 2018 #3
And they would easily move onto more violent activies lunatica Oct 2018 #6
+1. KPN Oct 2018 #88
Some of them look like people who are waiting for their promised a free buffet Brother Buzz Oct 2018 #7
Or those gourge yourself slop lines of all you can stomach. olegramps Oct 2018 #33
I thought that was what I was implying Brother Buzz Oct 2018 #45
A new word for my vocabulary! Louis1895 Oct 2018 #8
The black guy is one of Trumps traveling circus ...... Historic NY Oct 2018 #64
And they are paid to be enthusiastic ... kentuck Oct 2018 #5
Hired help..the same smoke and mirrors he did when he came down the escalator.. HipChick Oct 2018 #9
I think they're now his true believers. lunatica Oct 2018 #13
Sigh..... brooklynite Oct 2018 #10
I tarred the people standing behind Trump in his rallies. lunatica Oct 2018 #12
Sigh----"tarring every Trump voter"? Who did that? nt Atticus Oct 2018 #17
Those voters, the ones who voted for Obama, Butterflylady Oct 2018 #70
They're more dangerous than Trump is lunatica Oct 2018 #11
"We are insane to try to win these people over' brooklynite Oct 2018 #14
If you read my OP lunatica Oct 2018 #15
And I'm referring to your suggestion that we are trying to win them over brooklynite Oct 2018 #22
Obviously we disagree on reality. lunatica Oct 2018 #24
Point to any evidence that we ARE trying to win them over... brooklynite Oct 2018 #27
I don't need to when it's self evident lunatica Oct 2018 #41
Then it should be easy... brooklynite Oct 2018 #43
I too dismiss the obvious and request the inane to support anything other than my perspective. LanternWaste Oct 2018 #54
I agree. Trump knows he is manipulating these jerks. They are just stupid pawns. olegramps Oct 2018 #34
He loves the poorly educated. n/t whopis01 Oct 2018 #59
Were they born Deplorable ... Martin Eden Oct 2018 #16
I have no idea what creates people like that lunatica Oct 2018 #18
The Authoritarians - Bob Altemeyer Woodycall Oct 2018 #44
Thanks for the link lunatica Oct 2018 #56
"just so glad to hear their views coming back to them" Martin Eden Oct 2018 #75
It's easy to pull folks into a cult.. HipChick Oct 2018 #19
My dad always said "stupid people face backwards, smart people face forwards, pick a direction"! Fred Sanders Oct 2018 #25
Like that. Perfect visual and analogy. erronis Oct 2018 #51
I think some people feel really lost and need someone to tell them what to do and how to act. japple Oct 2018 #62
Learned True Blue American Oct 2018 #36
Agreed Martin Eden Oct 2018 #76
Our best option jambo101 Oct 2018 #20
Exactly lunatica Oct 2018 #23
Plaid shirt guy made that obvious MiniMe Oct 2018 #21
A lot of them would indeed be if given the chance. sandensea Oct 2018 #26
VERY VERY CLOSE !! The people Nazis got to gas others were true believers in the end cause the uponit7771 Oct 2018 #28
I'm just curious, because I don't remember ever seeing it, but smirkymonkey Oct 2018 #29
My understanding is True Blue American Oct 2018 #38
It started with Bush lunatica Oct 2018 #47
Like this guy? LiberalArkie Oct 2018 #30
It came out during the campaign that many of those who stand behind him at rallies..... George II Oct 2018 #31
This annabanana Oct 2018 #81
They advertised on local craigslist under something like the "performers" category. The pay was.... George II Oct 2018 #83
That's why I think it is crazy for Dems to even take what they might think into account. pdsimdars Oct 2018 #32
You are absolutely right lunatica Oct 2018 #87
TrumpMarks griloco Oct 2018 #35
You got read on Hartmann! House of Roberts Oct 2018 #39
? lunatica Oct 2018 #48
Thom Hartmann read your post on the radio this morning stopwastingmymoney Oct 2018 #63
Thanks for letting me know. lunatica Oct 2018 #69
Good post got a read out on the waves! lunasun Oct 2018 #80
You are spot on!!! iluvtennis Oct 2018 #40
Absolutely. And then there are the "lovely people who just want everyone to think happy thoughts" catbyte Oct 2018 #42
Good Germans.... magicarpet Oct 2018 #46
You are so right. Silver1 Oct 2018 #49
There was a "handler" behind him last night sarah FAILIN Oct 2018 #50
They are scarier than Trump. gordianot Oct 2018 #52
The money grubbers vlyons Oct 2018 #53
In your analogy, the people behind Trump are the Nazi party members and their supporters. LudwigPastorius Oct 2018 #55
I can't believe that these people have jobs...who has time to drop everything, run to one of ... SWBTATTReg Oct 2018 #57
True Cary Oct 2018 #58
a combo of brownshirts and deadheads pstokely Oct 2018 #60
I know I'm supposed to say, "I know there are good people from Mississippi." BadgerMom Oct 2018 #61
such diversity.... spanone Oct 2018 #65
I think everyone wants to belong and be validated. LakeArenal Oct 2018 #68
'Deplorable' is a compliment to these hateful, heartless slugs spanone Oct 2018 #71
I wonder. Does it really matter what they think? pangaia Oct 2018 #72
If Trump would ever get dictatorial powers lunatica Oct 2018 #73
You are right. pangaia Oct 2018 #74
I imagine it would be the same as other dictators do lunatica Oct 2018 #77
That is frightening.. and when you explain it, it seems so obvious. pangaia Oct 2018 #78
These people worry me, but you know who really terrifies me? liberalmuse Oct 2018 #79
What you say haunts me too lunatica Oct 2018 #82
I have a co-worker from the UK. liberalmuse Oct 2018 #91
Thom Hartmann read your post Liberalhammer Oct 2018 #84
A few people upthread told me lunatica Oct 2018 #86
i don't get it... ZombiWoof Oct 2018 #85
. lunatica Oct 2018 #89
I call them sellitman Oct 2018 #90
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