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Demovictory9

(32,464 posts)
Sat Apr 18, 2020, 03:40 PM Apr 2020

this is why Trump's approval will never drop below 40%




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@cheristandsup
Someone actually just told my husband on Facebook that it's a good thing Obama isn't president right now because he wasn't a billionaire and wouldn't have been able to afford to give everyone $1200. Seriously. How do trumps supporters find their way home at the end of the day?
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this is why Trump's approval will never drop below 40% (Original Post) Demovictory9 Apr 2020 OP
Poor soul. Wonder how he/she has survived in this world this long? brush Apr 2020 #1
True candidates DENVERPOPS Apr 2020 #18
He/she is a fish? LastDemocratInSC Apr 2020 #34
Lol Solomon Apr 2020 #36
Be kind, now -- a lot of us are floundering. klook Apr 2020 #65
I figured he did it just for the halibut..... lastlib Apr 2020 #67
don't be flaky Demovictory9 Apr 2020 #74
Soul. Unless you're talking about the soles of someone's feet? Stand and Fight Apr 2020 #64
Thanks for the correction. brush Apr 2020 #72
I can totally believe most of Trump's cult will procon Apr 2020 #2
Well, his name is on the check... NM Grins Apr 2020 #30
Exactly Metro135 Apr 2020 #33
Poor thing . . . Iliyah Apr 2020 #3
funny enid602 Apr 2020 #7
And even if he had a billion, that would only cover 833K people, 1/3rd of NJ recipients. TheBlackAdder Apr 2020 #60
And sadly, they're breeding..... Heartstrings Apr 2020 #4
Just like Idiocracy portended. Lucky Luciano Apr 2020 #28
Great explanation. I will pass it on. Pepsidog Apr 2020 #32
I like...money... Wednesdays Apr 2020 #88
I know it came from his account because he signed ma check! SoonerPride Apr 2020 #5
Overturned rocks... Guilded Lilly Apr 2020 #6
FOX headline....... MyOwnPeace Apr 2020 #8
Duh Stoopid, it hurts! Martin Eden Apr 2020 #9
No surprise there! BlueJac Apr 2020 #10
No wonder why he wanted his signature on every stimulus check DSandra Apr 2020 #11
THIS!!! OMGWTF Apr 2020 #20
yes. he's immoral and crazy but crafty Demovictory9 Apr 2020 #24
Euphamistically Speaking Johnnie Mae Apr 2020 #81
In 2004 a veteran said he never votes but if he did, would vote for Shrub instead of UTUSN Apr 2020 #12
Facebook? BadgerMom Apr 2020 #13
You never know what to believe on much of social media, but many of turmp's supporters think... brush Apr 2020 #23
I'm usually skeptical of anything that seems so ridiculous too, but these days it's so hard to tell Sapient Donkey Apr 2020 #26
Hey, dimwit. Even with my mask on, I can still tell you that you are an ignorant asshole, and niyad Apr 2020 #58
heh at first I thought that was directed toward me Sapient Donkey Apr 2020 #66
THANK YOU oldsoftie Apr 2020 #42
How can anyone be that brain dead stupid Kaiserguy Apr 2020 #14
I often think that it is a real pity that breathing is an autonomic function. niyad Apr 2020 #68
He wouldn't pay his contractors. CaptYossarian Apr 2020 #15
I wonder who he thinks is buried in Grant's Tomb world wide wally Apr 2020 #16
It wasn't satire? Doodley Apr 2020 #17
Monkeys is the quaziest people. maveric Apr 2020 #19
There are some people who, if they had... 3catwoman3 Apr 2020 #21
They are all over Woodwizard Apr 2020 #22
Of course, if Obama were still president, the government wouldn't need to send out $1200 checks. Jim__ Apr 2020 #25
I wonder how they dress themselves and tie their own shoes. TNNurse Apr 2020 #27
How do these people find their asses with their hands? renate Apr 2020 #29
They cant function all that well, obviously, or they wouldnt be out protesting for Volaris Apr 2020 #89
Oh come on... Ohioboy Apr 2020 #31
PT Barnum said it best weissmam Apr 2020 #35
As far as tRump's signature on the stimulus check is concerned: pazzyanne Apr 2020 #37
Wow .he's really tapped into the low IQ crowd. BTW Laura PourMeADrink Apr 2020 #38
I wonder daily how they manage to dress themselves ..NT abakan Apr 2020 #39
I work with a hardcore Trumper. Flaleftist Apr 2020 #40
at least some of them are still able to think clearly! subana Apr 2020 #43
I suspect Putin's trolls are also hard at work encouraging these protests. Flaleftist Apr 2020 #45
yes, that's likely! subana Apr 2020 #47
There are MORE like him out there. And every one is a possible no-vote. oldsoftie Apr 2020 #51
Yeah, there is no way he will vote for a Democrat. Flaleftist Apr 2020 #61
I admit in the beginning i thought it was a little overblown; until more info came out oldsoftie Apr 2020 #85
hahahaha!! subana Apr 2020 #41
He had to pay back $25 Million to the victims of his TU scam... Lock him up. Apr 2020 #53
Her question is an apt one. calimary Apr 2020 #44
Ohmigod! I'm calling it Covid-20, henceforth slingsam Apr 2020 #46
It'll be below 40% in a few years. Igel Apr 2020 #48
How the fuck does their brain know the breathe? onecaliberal Apr 2020 #49
A pandemic of stupid... ramapo Apr 2020 #50
Without facebook, Sinclair, Fox and many others trumps approval would be much, much lower. Pillow talk Apr 2020 #52
Yes, it should be below Bush's after Katrina & the market crash AdamGG Apr 2020 #57
I know Trump supporters are mostly fucking morons, like him, Dark n Stormy Knight Apr 2020 #54
Well you have to understand statistics kyburbonkid Apr 2020 #55
Not sure there is a humane cure to this. warmfeet Apr 2020 #56
IQ test required for voting..... Smackdown2019 Apr 2020 #59
K&R Blue Owl Apr 2020 #62
Hey numb nuts... BlueIdaho Apr 2020 #63
Jesus God in Heaven, Mother! Trueblue Texan Apr 2020 #69
There really ought to be some basic civics questions to vote captain queeg Apr 2020 #70
reading the replies to that tweet and found this gem LOL Takket Apr 2020 #71
lol Demovictory9 Apr 2020 #73
+1, uponit7771 Apr 2020 #82
It will never drop below 25%. TlalocW Apr 2020 #75
yes. I checked in on Freerepublic last week. Most were cheering on Trump's pressie behavior Demovictory9 Apr 2020 #76
While some are Stupid , Much of it is just their making excuses for the Bigot THey Agree with JI7 Apr 2020 #77
It's sad when Foxsuckers can't even operate a calculator DFW Apr 2020 #78
more than likely the FB poster was a troll or using satire, whole need to see the FB post to further Celerity Apr 2020 #79
Unfortunately there is such a thing as the trumpenproletariat NT anamnua Apr 2020 #80
The force of the trumpdumbs is with us. imblue Apr 2020 #83
Deplorables are why shampoo bottles have instructions Dukkha Apr 2020 #84
The big difference is that the money Obama DOES have, wasn't ill-gotten like Trump's wealth. Frustratedlady Apr 2020 #86
The sad truth is many people are like sheep dlk Apr 2020 #87

DENVERPOPS

(8,838 posts)
18. True candidates
Sat Apr 18, 2020, 04:15 PM
Apr 2020

for a "Darwin Award".....all of them.......

Maybe it is good they are all ignoring reality and crowding together......

lastlib

(23,252 posts)
67. I figured he did it just for the halibut.....
Sat Apr 18, 2020, 11:18 PM
Apr 2020

It does appear to be on porpoise---Nonetheless, I wish him no eel will........

procon

(15,805 posts)
2. I can totally believe most of Trump's cult will
Sat Apr 18, 2020, 03:49 PM
Apr 2020

accept this as true. State TV and hate radio will be dropping none too subtle hints in appreciation of Trump's generous beneficence.



Metro135

(359 posts)
33. Exactly
Sat Apr 18, 2020, 05:18 PM
Apr 2020

I knew the second I learned that Trump wanted his name on the checks that he was hoping his dimwitted followers would believe the checks came from HIM personally because he signed them.

Guilded Lilly

(5,591 posts)
6. Overturned rocks...
Sat Apr 18, 2020, 03:54 PM
Apr 2020

Yes, many are enabled, hate-filled, angry, over-entitled racists, bigots and sociopaths.

Others are just dense dingbats.

UTUSN

(70,715 posts)
12. In 2004 a veteran said he never votes but if he did, would vote for Shrub instead of
Sat Apr 18, 2020, 04:09 PM
Apr 2020

our fellow Vietnam vet KERRY. Why? Because, he said, Shrub had given him VA benefits. There was no future in explaining otherwise, but I asked him when his benefits started, and he said, 2000.

I said, "Well, BUSH didn't get in until 2001, so it was CLINTON who gave them to you!1"






BadgerMom

(2,771 posts)
13. Facebook?
Sat Apr 18, 2020, 04:09 PM
Apr 2020

As with Twitter, I am perpetually skeptical. Was this someone the poster’s husband actually knows or could it be a bot or troll? It’s ridiculously stupid and breeds disunity. Seems questionable if the respondent isn’t known to the poster.

brush

(53,794 posts)
23. You never know what to believe on much of social media, but many of turmp's supporters think...
Sat Apr 18, 2020, 04:22 PM
Apr 2020

he is an actual billionaire.

Sapient Donkey

(1,568 posts)
26. I'm usually skeptical of anything that seems so ridiculous too, but these days it's so hard to tell
Sat Apr 18, 2020, 04:28 PM
Apr 2020

I've seen so many people say stuff that seems like parody (or once was parody), but say it with 100% seriousness. I still try to take things with a grain of salt, but it honestly wouldn't surprise me if the person who said was being serious... I wonder if they drive this truck


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niyad

(113,464 posts)
58. Hey, dimwit. Even with my mask on, I can still tell you that you are an ignorant asshole, and
Sat Apr 18, 2020, 08:39 PM
Apr 2020

it annoys me that I am morally obliged to save your ungrateful, ignorant ass along with my own.

Sapient Donkey

(1,568 posts)
66. heh at first I thought that was directed toward me
Sat Apr 18, 2020, 11:18 PM
Apr 2020

I was watching this video on loop early. It shocks me how dense these people are. We had some success in minimizing the potential harm from this virus, but these folks seem dead set on making sure more people die and to ensure the lock down lasts longer. It's insane.






3catwoman3

(24,013 posts)
21. There are some people who, if they had...
Sat Apr 18, 2020, 04:18 PM
Apr 2020

...to decide whether to breathe in first or out first, would die before they could choose. Unfortunately, breathing is a reflex.

Equally unfortunately, copulation, reproduction and voting don’t require intelligence, either.

Woodwizard

(845 posts)
22. They are all over
Sat Apr 18, 2020, 04:21 PM
Apr 2020

The knuckle draggers are all over our local county FB page. I have to wonder how they make it through life. There are a few on my wife's side, they do not pay attention to news ever. And all of them are HS dropouts with crappy jobs. I avoid them like the plague which at this time is easy.

Jim__

(14,078 posts)
25. Of course, if Obama were still president, the government wouldn't need to send out $1200 checks.
Sat Apr 18, 2020, 04:24 PM
Apr 2020

We had systems in place to deal with a pandemic before it became catastrophic.

I know that's beside the point, but ...

renate

(13,776 posts)
29. How do these people find their asses with their hands?
Sat Apr 18, 2020, 04:36 PM
Apr 2020

How do they figure out how to turn the knob to get out the door in the morning?

I don’t want to shame people like this who can’t help being unintelligent, I really don’t. But I literally don’t see how they can function in the world. How are they not bamboozled by the process of tying their shoelaces or wiping their butts?

Volaris

(10,272 posts)
89. They cant function all that well, obviously, or they wouldnt be out protesting for
Sun Apr 19, 2020, 03:17 PM
Apr 2020

how much they NEED all the rest of us to go back to work in order for them to survive. Rugged individuals my ass.

pazzyanne

(6,556 posts)
37. As far as tRump's signature on the stimulus check is concerned:
Sat Apr 18, 2020, 05:48 PM
Apr 2020

"Since the president is not actually authorized to sign checks from the U.S. Treasury, Trump's signature will appear in the "memo" space on the bottom left, across from the authorized signature of a nonpartisan Bureau of the Fiscal Service official." This from a googled question concerning tRump's signature on the checks.

 

Laura PourMeADrink

(42,770 posts)
38. Wow .he's really tapped into the low IQ crowd. BTW
Sat Apr 18, 2020, 05:50 PM
Apr 2020

Some polls had him at 39% that was end of 2017. When a handful actually drew up articles of impeachment but no support from fellow Dems.

Flaleftist

(3,473 posts)
40. I work with a hardcore Trumper.
Sat Apr 18, 2020, 05:52 PM
Apr 2020

Up until now, Trump could never do wrong and he was the best president ever. He would defend him no matter what. So I was a little shocked when he actually admitted that Trump didn't act quickly enough and that is how things got so bad. I brought up small businesses and mentioned that if corporations didn't spend their trillion dollar tax cuts on stock buybacks and now need bailouts there would be more money to give people stimulus and help small businesses. He agreed. He also thinks the people protesting and to open things back up are idiots. Based on past comments and conversations, I don't expect him to vote blue, but it was interesting to hear him admit those things.

subana

(586 posts)
43. at least some of them are still able to think clearly!
Sat Apr 18, 2020, 06:12 PM
Apr 2020

the people protesting are idiots!! I think those people have to be encouraged by some republican politicians or organizations. If they really don't like the shelter orders, why don't they simply refuse to obey them? If they did that, it would not provide the same image as demanding to shop as a group.

I may be wrong because I don't live there. I live in Oklahoma & here we have been advised to shelter in place but so far as I know, there is no punishment if you do go outside.

& here's an afterthought, by gathering outside in angry mobs, they're already violating the shelter orders so why don't they just go wherever they want & shut the fuck up? I know I don't care how they feel about the situation & I doubt anyone else wants to hear it either!

subana

(586 posts)
47. yes, that's likely!
Sat Apr 18, 2020, 06:25 PM
Apr 2020

those guys (right wing crazy people) don't really need any encouragement but if they did, I'm sure Putin could provide it!

oldsoftie

(12,558 posts)
51. There are MORE like him out there. And every one is a possible no-vote.
Sat Apr 18, 2020, 07:34 PM
Apr 2020

They may not vote for Biden, but maybe enough also wont vote for trump. I know of one that i trust who said he is going to do just that.
I DO know this; there are ZERO Hillary voters who will vote for trump THIS time

Flaleftist

(3,473 posts)
61. Yeah, there is no way he will vote for a Democrat.
Sat Apr 18, 2020, 09:54 PM
Apr 2020

And I don't think he is a no vote yet, but the election is still a ways away. I'm still somewhat in disbelief that he said anything to criticize Trump. Initially, he parroted the line about Trump stopping air travel from China and that making a difference. He no longer thinks that is the case. I think part of what is making him pay attention and question what is really going on is the havoc this is having on the elderly and nursing homes as this could affect relatives.

oldsoftie

(12,558 posts)
85. I admit in the beginning i thought it was a little overblown; until more info came out
Sun Apr 19, 2020, 08:37 AM
Apr 2020

A LOT of people, Dem & Republican, did. But trump had the most information available compared to anyone else & should have changed his opinion and actions faster than the rest of us
I'm glad to see people paying attention to facts

subana

(586 posts)
41. hahahaha!!
Sat Apr 18, 2020, 05:57 PM
Apr 2020

they think donnie is giving them part of his money!!!! What a bunch of fools!! Your husband should have asked them, name any other time he has given anyone any of his money!!

Lock him up.

(6,935 posts)
53. He had to pay back $25 Million to the victims of his TU scam...
Sat Apr 18, 2020, 07:46 PM
Apr 2020

... but he probably took it out of his inauguration donations (gave the rest to his entitled princess vankkka).

calimary

(81,350 posts)
44. Her question is an apt one.
Sat Apr 18, 2020, 06:13 PM
Apr 2020

Any more, I find myself wondering if they even know which end you put the toothbrush into.

Igel

(35,323 posts)
48. It'll be below 40% in a few years.
Sat Apr 18, 2020, 06:28 PM
Apr 2020

Surveys are pretty consistent in showing that people misremember things.

Surveys of voters done after JFK died and was sort of sanctified showed more people who remembered voting for Kennedy than there were ballots cast. And that doesn't take into account voters who died between 1960 and the date of the survey.

Surveys of voters done when Nixon was in the toilet showed that there must have been widespread ballot fraud, because far fewer said they voted for him than there were ballots cast.

It works with the same with other presidents. When he's popular, the number of people who voted for him increases. When unpopular, the number of people who voted for him decreases. You'd think it would remain the same, but people are good at misremembering things and creating memories.

ramapo

(4,588 posts)
50. A pandemic of stupid...
Sat Apr 18, 2020, 07:27 PM
Apr 2020

I’ve always said that Trump was the stupid American’s reward. The smart people got Obama. Some of them turned stupid and we got Trump

 

Pillow talk

(265 posts)
52. Without facebook, Sinclair, Fox and many others trumps approval would be much, much lower.
Sat Apr 18, 2020, 07:43 PM
Apr 2020

this, folks, is a monumental issue.

AdamGG

(1,292 posts)
57. Yes, it should be below Bush's after Katrina & the market crash
Sat Apr 18, 2020, 08:33 PM
Apr 2020

The lowest approval ratings that Gallup has recorded were for Truman during the Korean war at aroun 23% and Bush's in 2008, which was a little higher than that. Without the constant boost from the dumbed down right wing media apparatus, Trump would be below that level.

Dark n Stormy Knight

(9,771 posts)
54. I know Trump supporters are mostly fucking morons, like him,
Sat Apr 18, 2020, 08:03 PM
Apr 2020

but I have trouble believing they can be that fucking stupid.

Oh wait, you don't have to be stupid to be brainwashed. I mean, it helps, but...

So, Fox Noose told them this, I guess?

Murdoch has destroyed our country and got rich doing it. Mothefucker.

Smackdown2019

(1,188 posts)
59. IQ test required for voting.....
Sat Apr 18, 2020, 08:53 PM
Apr 2020

Again our forefathers saw why they believed in not having everyone voting for the office of president. Perhaps we need an IQ test or better yet a morality test..... Back then if own land, you were most likely to be able to read and write. Common Sense was something that was fairly taught among those who owned land. After all, the average American back then was a true scrapper and common sense was lacking among uneducated. Yet, our forefathers saw that they rather have elected leaders elected by common sense individuals, rather than what we see today of the backwoods trumper. I am in an area where a Republican was taught to vote a Republican for any man claiming to be a Republican; regardless what their true character is. As a third generation Democrat, I was taught to vote Democrat for the Republican only are for their pockets and big corporations, Democrats are for the common man.

So I beg to ask.... what of a society should we consider on who or how to vote?

Understand that disinfrachancied the ethic groups in the past and currently do so.

But intelligence should be an elective in order to be able to vote.

Imagine if only college grads were able to vote? Or if just veterans.... or ......

My point is, it's sad that people are FREAKING DUMB TO BELIEVE THAT TRUMP IS PAYING FOR OUR CHECKS.

Trueblue Texan

(2,432 posts)
69. Jesus God in Heaven, Mother!
Sat Apr 18, 2020, 11:50 PM
Apr 2020

...as my drunk stepdad used to say to my drunk mom... That is absolutely ASTOUNDING stupidity and I-G-N-O-R-A-N-C-E! How do they manage to feed themselves?

captain queeg

(10,214 posts)
70. There really ought to be some basic civics questions to vote
Sat Apr 18, 2020, 11:58 PM
Apr 2020

I know for sure naturalized citizens could pass a test like that. The rethugs are always trying to suppress voting but I doubt they’d endorse an idea like that. Everyone had to take one semester of civics when I was in HS. Don’t they do that any more?

TlalocW

(15,386 posts)
75. It will never drop below 25%.
Sun Apr 19, 2020, 04:33 AM
Apr 2020

I honestly think he's in the mid-30s right now, but there's about a quarter of the country that no matter what will support republicans. Twenty-five percent is about the lowest George W. ever got. As bad as W was though, he still wasn't any where near as big a narcissist as Trump and at least felt the office of the presidency was due a modicum of respect. Trump has no compunction, and he's seen as more of a fighter, and that inspires some people in a way that W. never could. Even when he's making an ass out of himself, Trump fans will be too stupid to see it as anything more than, "Owning the libs," which is what they really care about.

TlalocW

Demovictory9

(32,464 posts)
76. yes. I checked in on Freerepublic last week. Most were cheering on Trump's pressie behavior
Sun Apr 19, 2020, 04:36 AM
Apr 2020

only a few could see it was harmful for Trump and the nation.

JI7

(89,254 posts)
77. While some are Stupid , Much of it is just their making excuses for the Bigot THey Agree with
Sun Apr 19, 2020, 04:55 AM
Apr 2020

It's about wanting to believe.

Do you think if it was Obama or Hillary that was President and same things happened they would tell the same lies as a way to defend or excuse them as they do with trump ?

DFW

(54,414 posts)
78. It's sad when Foxsuckers can't even operate a calculator
Sun Apr 19, 2020, 05:00 AM
Apr 2020

If the Federal Government were to confiscate the entire holdings of Bill Gates, turn them to cash, and distribute them evenly to every citizen of the United States, we would all get something like $358.

And yet the Foxsuckers think that Trump is paying everyone $1200 out of his lunch money. How did we sink so low?

Celerity

(43,435 posts)
79. more than likely the FB poster was a troll or using satire, whole need to see the FB post to further
Sun Apr 19, 2020, 05:01 AM
Apr 2020

tell

Frustratedlady

(16,254 posts)
86. The big difference is that the money Obama DOES have, wasn't ill-gotten like Trump's wealth.
Sun Apr 19, 2020, 09:44 AM
Apr 2020

Obama may not be a billionaire, but he is rich in terms of common decency and honesty. No matter how much money Trump might have, he is poor in the ability to be honest and true to oneself. He is a jerk to the nth degree.

dlk

(11,572 posts)
87. The sad truth is many people are like sheep
Sun Apr 19, 2020, 11:52 AM
Apr 2020

They follow the leader and don’t or won’t use any critical thinking skills to analyze facts. They are intellectually lazy by choice. Throughout history, this has been the case. Even Plato wrote about bovine mentality. We need to find ways to move forward around them.

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