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TheDebbieDee

(11,119 posts)
1. The Trumpers will say that Trump broke no laws...
Sat Oct 15, 2016, 04:49 PM
Oct 2016

They will swear that he is in fact a political prisoner...

 

Cakes488

(874 posts)
3. My co-worker said child molestation charges are the only thing that would make him change his
Sat Oct 15, 2016, 04:54 PM
Oct 2016

mind...and I said Oh really so women getting violated isn't good enough...you'll only care if it's a child? I said OMG is that what it will take...do you hear yourself??? So you're OK with your wife's pussy getting grabbed by some guy...I said how about a random guy goes down your pants and violates your anus...is that OK with you...is that groping? Of course he didn't have much to say after that....I'm pretty close to getting him to just stay home on election day.

global1

(25,270 posts)
10. I Believe That Trump Inoculated Himself From Any Type Of....
Sat Oct 15, 2016, 05:30 PM
Oct 2016

arrest or prosecution when he said at the last debate he hire a special prosecutor and jail Hillary.

Remember the fallout from that statement.

It was said to be banana republic like and un-american if he did that to Hillary. You don't jail your opponent.

So if the tables were turned - and even if Trump is accused of wrong-doing; he will use that same meme as his ticket out of jail.

anamandujano

(7,004 posts)
14. Nope. There were lawsuits in various stages before he said that, including a child rape case and
Sat Oct 15, 2016, 07:50 PM
Oct 2016

2 Trump Univ class action suits, plus hopefully two pay for plays with Attorney Generals, Florida and Texas. There are other lawsuits just brewing with the new dirt on him. He is already inoculated with the brain dead so they don't matter.

Mme. Defarge

(8,044 posts)
2. No, unfortunately...
Sat Oct 15, 2016, 04:51 PM
Oct 2016

It will be more evidence of the vast conspiracy against their leader and make him a martyr.

MH1

(17,604 posts)
4. Won't help.
Sat Oct 15, 2016, 04:55 PM
Oct 2016

I took about 15 minutes today to listen to an extremist so-called "Christian" evangelical radio station. They were literally saying that Hillary is a tool of the devil, because she engages in "necromancy" - because I guess she made references to "channeling" Eleanor Roosevelt on more than one occasion. I mean seriously, they think that Clinton actually meant she was communing with the spirit of a dead person. And that would be "necromancy" and thus she is a tool of the devil.

There was more b.s. being spouted about Hillary but that one really made my jaw drop. They were serious. Think Coast-to-coast without the inherent understanding that it's all bullshit. They really believed their own nonsense. Or if they didn't, they did a great job of faking it.


PoindexterOglethorpe

(25,902 posts)
8. It never fails to astonish me what otherwise seemingly intelligent people are willing to believe,
Sat Oct 15, 2016, 05:19 PM
Oct 2016

especially in the area of religion. They are told believe, believe, believe and never question. So they believe, totally suspend any critical thinking ability, and that's exactly how you get that sort of crap, Hillary as a tool of the devil. And of course they aren't using that phrase metaphorically, as some might.

And of course it's the fundamentalists and the evangelicals who are by far the worst in this way.

Buckeye_Democrat

(14,858 posts)
11. "Think Coast-to-coast without the inherent understanding that it's all bullshit."
Sat Oct 15, 2016, 05:40 PM
Oct 2016

I hope most listeners realize that! I can't stand those types of shows because I fear they will "dumb down" this country even more.

It's AM radio, so it wouldn't surprise me if there's an anti-government agenda to it -- e.g., the Moon landings were faked, the government is concealing alien spaceships, etc.

Johonny

(20,889 posts)
5. Usually losing an election is a cure in the GOP
Sat Oct 15, 2016, 05:05 PM
Oct 2016

Romney is dirt to that group because he lost. Becoming a loser is typically kiss of death to conservative voters.

Buckeye_Democrat

(14,858 posts)
9. I don't know. This seems to be the stages of grief that I've seen among GOP (Tea Party) voters.
Sat Oct 15, 2016, 05:25 PM
Oct 2016

1. Denial
2. Anger
3. Bargaining
4. Depression
5. Angrier than ever

Maybe they'll reject Trump, though. Then they'll nominate Phil Robertson of Duck Dynasty in 2020.

NaturalHigh

(12,778 posts)
12. Nah - the biggest part of them will be fine after the election.
Sat Oct 15, 2016, 05:54 PM
Oct 2016

The crazies always have a higher profile during election season.

 

oberliner

(58,724 posts)
13. Nothing will
Sat Oct 15, 2016, 07:43 PM
Oct 2016

Trump could shoot a man on 5th Avenue live on television and his supporters would stick with him.

He said it and he was right.

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