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(5,942 posts)
Fri Aug 12, 2016, 10:11 AM Aug 2016

Secret Trump voters reverse their support: 'He seems to be insane' - The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/aug/12/secret-donald-trump-supporters-change-vote-election

A retired biomedical engineer from Hawaii, aged 66, says he thought originally that the US needed someone like Trump to create total social upheaval in order to get rid of corruption and paid interests in politics.

“But now – fortunately? – Trump has demonstrated that he is much more than a narcissistic buffoon,” he said.

“Anyone who is willing to put the trigger for America’s nuclear weapons in the hands of someone like this is placing the future of human civilization at risk. I believe we must do anything to prevent Trump from ever reaching the Oval Office. Even if it means voting for Hillary Clinton,” added the retired biomedical engineer.


and conversely....

An Indian American attorney, who describes his wealth as being in the top 1%, says he doesn’t care about the to-and-fros between Trump and Clinton or even Trump and his own party. “All of the controversies to me are inconsequential. The economy is terrible, the job situation has not materially improved, and illegal immigration and national security will get even worse moving forward. Regardless of what Trump may say and how he gets characterized, his focus is on the right things,” he wrote.
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Secret Trump voters reverse their support: 'He seems to be insane' - The Guardian (Original Post) Native Aug 2016 OP
Doomers bear great responsibility for the latter whatthehey Aug 2016 #1

whatthehey

(3,660 posts)
1. Doomers bear great responsibility for the latter
Fri Aug 12, 2016, 10:30 AM
Aug 2016

Doomers on both the right and the left, many right here. UE is down, pay is up, GDP is on a long consistent expansion. Hiring is up. Layoffs have been at half-century lows for years now. Anybody who claims the economy is terrible and jobs haven't improved is either an utter moron or a willful liar who should be laughed out of polite society like a holocaust denier. The fact that professional gloom-snakeoilers like Kunstler and Zerohedge are treated as relevant information is what allows these fools to utter such tripe and not be laughed at. Shame on all enablers of these base harmful lies which give Trump plausibility.

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