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DemocratSinceBirth

(99,710 posts)
Sat Oct 27, 2018, 09:38 AM Oct 2018

What do you think the MAGA BOMBER's effect on the election will be ?

It certainly buried the Caravan and so called Democratic Mobs stories.

A vote is an affirmative things . It affirms who we are. Outside of Trumpers who wants to affirm they are like a fifty six year old man who was recently kicked out of his parents home, lived in a van down by the river that was festooned with right wing labels, and mailed bombs to Democratic leaders he and Trump disliked ?

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What do you think the MAGA BOMBER's effect on the election will be ? (Original Post) DemocratSinceBirth Oct 2018 OP
Little I think, BlueJac Oct 2018 #1
That's a given. DemocratSinceBirth Oct 2018 #2
It may have buried the caravan for a week lapfog_1 Oct 2018 #3
In any normal world DonaldsRump Oct 2018 #4
The repubs have a strategy to stay in power Turbineguy Oct 2018 #13
Sadly, I fear many Trumpees totally relate and will think he is a hero. 33taw Oct 2018 #5
The false republican narritive is fueling their drive for redemption. FarPoint Oct 2018 #15
It's not like it's like republicans to take responsibility for anything. lindysalsagal Oct 2018 #6
Intuitively, it feels like a big rain Eyeball_Kid Oct 2018 #7
Minimal. Both sides motivated. Youth & Hispanics will decide close races. Funtatlaguy Oct 2018 #8
a slow rising tide Hermit-The-Prog Oct 2018 #9
I think it will safeinOhio Oct 2018 #10
Not expecting much Amishman Oct 2018 #11
Minimal. Most people made up their minds a long time ago. Downtown Hound Oct 2018 #12
I am sensing.... FarPoint Oct 2018 #14
I think it might motivate qazplm135 Oct 2018 #16
I'd bet not much, guessing most have pnwest Oct 2018 #17
It helps. A lot of Trump's soft support came from MaryMagdaline Oct 2018 #18
None. Drumpf attracks some of the lowest forms of human excrement that will mfcorey1 Oct 2018 #19
Probably very little. GoCubsGo Oct 2018 #20
One Trump supporter said - Obama and Hillary may have hired him to do it. 33taw Oct 2018 #21

lapfog_1

(29,205 posts)
3. It may have buried the caravan for a week
Sat Oct 27, 2018, 09:43 AM
Oct 2018

but the caravan invasion will be back... starting today I suspect.

It also buried the murder of Khashogi... and given that there isn't much new to be found here ( maybe the Turks will release more evidence ), this story is likely to die.

DonaldsRump

(7,715 posts)
4. In any normal world
Sat Oct 27, 2018, 09:44 AM
Oct 2018

...this would destroy the R's chances of victory. In this world, while I'm not absolutely certain, I am still very optimistic that right-thinking people would also see what following Trump will lead to.

That being said, Trump is campaigning by lying so transparently, there's a sense of desperation about him. I suspect it's because he knows the investigations that will happen with one or two houses under the Ds.

Turbineguy

(37,343 posts)
13. The repubs have a strategy to stay in power
Sat Oct 27, 2018, 10:11 AM
Oct 2018

voter suppression, gerrymandering, vote switching machines and probably a few other dirty tricks.

It works great. All you have to be is dishonest.

33taw

(2,444 posts)
5. Sadly, I fear many Trumpees totally relate and will think he is a hero.
Sat Oct 27, 2018, 09:45 AM
Oct 2018

Of all the Trump supporters I know, not one will change his/her support for republicans. They’ll just brush him off as an outlier.

FarPoint

(12,409 posts)
15. The false republican narritive is fueling their drive for redemption.
Sat Oct 27, 2018, 10:24 AM
Oct 2018

These republicans know not what they are doing to our country....no critcal thinking skills...only self serving greed.

lindysalsagal

(20,692 posts)
6. It's not like it's like republicans to take responsibility for anything.
Sat Oct 27, 2018, 09:50 AM
Oct 2018

Actually, refusing to take responsibility is pretty much why they're republicans.
The haters gonna hate. MOre confusion? HATE.

Eyeball_Kid

(7,432 posts)
7. Intuitively, it feels like a big rain
Sat Oct 27, 2018, 09:53 AM
Oct 2018

on Trumpy’s parade. There’s a national revulsion against anything associated with Trumpy’s violent rhetoric. For the overwhelming majority, violence is not attractive and will not win elections. Sayoc pulled back the curtain and showed the nation who Trumpy really is. There are no redeeming qualities within him. There will be more bombs, more intimidation and more violence, all in support of Trumpy. He turned the corner on the road to a fascist dictatorship. That’s the logic of the situation. His Fanboys don’t care, but everyone else does.

Hermit-The-Prog

(33,349 posts)
9. a slow rising tide
Sat Oct 27, 2018, 10:03 AM
Oct 2018

No cultists will be changed. No regular Democratic voters will be changed.

There may be some Republicans who will re-examine some candidates on ballots to see if those candidates are trumpers, and change their votes.

The biggest effect, I think, will be those in the middle who had not yet been convinced that this election is significantly different from past elections. There will be unaccustomed political talk within this group and a slow growth in the number choosing to make the effort to vote.

They could use some encouragement.

Amishman

(5,557 posts)
11. Not expecting much
Sat Oct 27, 2018, 10:09 AM
Oct 2018

The fact that the media is talking more about the Pubs chance at keeping the House than our chances at taking the Senate is both depressing and infuriating

FarPoint

(12,409 posts)
14. I am sensing....
Sat Oct 27, 2018, 10:15 AM
Oct 2018

The low radar/ terrorist tRumpsters will come out of the woodwork after we win even the House...tRump is still in office...when we win the House, go after tRump and company along with Mueller....there will be more radical hatred beyond what we have had to date under tRump.

They will not sit back and accept the Congressional Plan, the koolaide has been effectively digested.....we MUST Stay Strong with this upcoming battle.

MaryMagdaline

(6,855 posts)
18. It helps. A lot of Trump's soft support came from
Sat Oct 27, 2018, 11:08 AM
Oct 2018

People who hated Clinton and loved Trump’s “machismo” act. MAGABOMBER plants the total loser brand onto trump supporters. The ridicule has been endless. So-called independents might be embarrassed to vote for the loser team. In Florida, I’m catching a lot of respect for Gillum from young males. They like the smack-down coupled with brains. This MAGABOMBER is an embarrassment to men who like to vote for other men.

Just my no-degree-in-psychology opinion.

mfcorey1

(11,001 posts)
19. None. Drumpf attracks some of the lowest forms of human excrement that will
Sat Oct 27, 2018, 11:15 AM
Oct 2018

stick with him even if he becomes a serial killer.

GoCubsGo

(32,086 posts)
20. Probably very little.
Sat Oct 27, 2018, 11:16 AM
Oct 2018

I am certain there will be a half dozen other things that will happen between now and then to make us almost forget about this.

33taw

(2,444 posts)
21. One Trump supporter said - Obama and Hillary may have hired him to do it.
Sat Oct 27, 2018, 11:20 AM
Oct 2018

They are not going to see this a an “enlightening moment”.

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