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a kennedy

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9. How do we change that???

Reply to Yavin4 (Reply #5)

Fri Sep 27, 2019, 10:38 PM

Sep 2019

When I was working for the state of Wisconsin.....people would ALWAYS say “oh well then, I’m your boss”. I hated that. Ugh....We have got to change that around.

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Now tell me again why some stupid and ill informed voters wanted a businessman [View all] a kennedy Sep 2019 OP

Americans worship top executives DavidDvorkin Sep 2019 #1

Trump was never a "top executive" or even a mediocre one... TreasonousBastard Sep 2019 #14

He was a brand who sold his name and fake persona. That's all StarfishSaver Sep 2019 #15

No, but he was perceived as one. TwilightZone Sep 2019 #19

I think Americans worship the filthy rich more Farmer-Rick Sep 2019 #16

More than the stereotype you summon misanthrope Sep 2019 #25

Yes, we admire the nastiest among us. Farmer-Rick Sep 2019 #37

or billionaires nt msongs Sep 2019 #2

Or TeeVee Stars. 42bambi Sep 2019 #3

One who has never reported to a board of directors RainCaster Sep 2019 #4

Americans have been indoctrinated since the 80s that the private sector was superior. Yavin4 Sep 2019 #5

How do we change that??? a kennedy Sep 2019 #9

I think that it's changing with younger people. Yavin4 Sep 2019 #18

It didn't start in the 1980s misanthrope Sep 2019 #26

Yep. Lots of blame on Ronald Reagan for the lead-up to 45. nt eppur_se_muova Sep 2019 #31

What was the old saying Andy823 Sep 2019 #6

I don't think there's anything wrong with wanting a businessman, Bloomberg is a truly successful tulipsandroses Sep 2019 #7

Most of the filthy rich businessmen are criminals and psychopaths Farmer-Rick Sep 2019 #38

They didn't know he was a failed, bankrupt businessman leftstreet Sep 2019 #8

Probably because ... NanceGreggs Sep 2019 #10

Got that right...... a kennedy Sep 2019 #11

Because electing the last so-called business man Frances Sep 2019 #12

Shrub and Hoover were businessmen and their respective tenures were utter disasters. Dawson Leery Sep 2019 #13

Well pretty sure most of them would go to someone who said thinkingagain Sep 2019 #17

I suspect a lot of people still think that the government should be PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2019 #20

Putin. triron Sep 2019 #21

They didn't really want him until he started acting like a racist, bigot. Hoyt Sep 2019 #22

Business had nothing to do with it. Countless bankruptcies? GulfCoast66 Sep 2019 #23

Historically, corp executives and businessmen make shitty presidents... Wounded Bear Sep 2019 #24

Trump is unfit to work at 7-Eleven dalton99a Sep 2019 #27

Trump was (and is) a conduit for their racist fantasies. John Fante Sep 2019 #28

He was the most racist of 17 candidates. That's why they love him. Doodley Sep 2019 #29

Trouble is repugs keep putting up horrible businessmen like W and trump. brush Sep 2019 #30

Not a real businessman, but an emotionally disturbed asshole posing as one... VOX Sep 2019 #32

He's not as much a businessman customerserviceguy Sep 2019 #33

He did what he said: He's running us like a (his) business. NCLefty Sep 2019 #34

Trump is a con man posing as a businessman DFW Sep 2019 #35

Those folks didn't want a "crooked dirty politician" yet they supported a corrupt businessman wishstar Sep 2019 #36