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Why are lefties obsessed with Trump?

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He's thousands of miles away and does not rule this country any more than Putin or Xi Jinping does. So why the obsession?
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Re: Why are lefties obsessed with Trump?

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Re: Why are lefties obsessed with Trump?

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He's an easier target. Plus, the moral outrage is whipped up by newspapers and commentators as he's guaranteed to generate ad revenue.
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Re: Why are lefties obsessed with Trump?

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Still doing a good job and nailed on cert to be re-elected
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Re: Why are lefties obsessed with Trump?

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Re: Why are lefties obsessed with Trump?

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His lovely hairstyle and ravishing good looks
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Re: Why are lefties obsessed with Trump?

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BoniO wrote: Tue Apr 14, 2020 12:30 pm His lovely hairstyle and ravishing good looks
His misses ain't to bad either
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Re: Why are lefties obsessed with Trump?

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I understand all sorts of groups watching their enemies closely for slip ups, but this isn't America. Is the left vs right rivalry worldwide?
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Re: Why are lefties obsessed with Trump?

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point nine one eight wrote: Tue Apr 14, 2020 12:32 pm
BoniO wrote: Tue Apr 14, 2020 12:30 pm His lovely hairstyle and ravishing good looks
His misses ain't to bad either
He is proper batting outside his averages.
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Re: Why are lefties obsessed with Trump?

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Prestige Worldwide wrote: Tue Apr 14, 2020 12:33 pm I understand all sorts of groups watching their enemies closely for slip ups, but this isn't America. Is the left vs right rivalry worldwide?
Wouldn't quite say that.

He genuinely is fascinating to me that someone like that, so obviously narcissistic can get to where he has gotten to. I dont actually think everything he has done is bad. But the coronavirus really has brought the worst out in him. It's bizarre how he's got to this stage and how he even has a chance of re-election. Only in America.
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Re: Why are lefties obsessed with Trump?

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Thor wrote: Tue Apr 14, 2020 12:35 pm
point nine one eight wrote: Tue Apr 14, 2020 12:32 pm
BoniO wrote: Tue Apr 14, 2020 12:30 pm His lovely hairstyle and ravishing good looks
His misses ain't to bad either
He is proper batting outside his averages.
Wonder how he managed to get a good looking woman like that.....kerching!
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Re: Why are lefties obsessed with Trump?

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Apple Wumble wrote: Tue Apr 14, 2020 12:43 pm
Prestige Worldwide wrote: Tue Apr 14, 2020 12:33 pm I understand all sorts of groups watching their enemies closely for slip ups, but this isn't America. Is the left vs right rivalry worldwide?
Wouldn't quite say that.

He genuinely is fascinating to me that someone like that, so obviously narcissistic can get to where he has gotten to. I dont actually think everything he has done is bad. But the coronavirus really has brought the worst out in him. It's bizarre how he's got to this stage and how he even has a chance of re-election. Only in America.
You say that but then look around at the numpties who still think Boris is great and would vote him back in to power in an instant. I don't think we can pretend to be any better over here. Big personality, big gob, big bank balance, bit quirky, bit of a womaniser and who gives a crap about your morals, ethics, ability - it seems to work both sides of the Atlantic.
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Re: Why are lefties obsessed with Trump?

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One key thing about who gets elected in not necessarily their ability but the quality of the opposition. Boris didn’t have much to beat.

May well be different if Starmer gets it together.
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Re: Why are lefties obsessed with Trump?

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Apple Wumble wrote: Tue Apr 14, 2020 12:43 pm
Prestige Worldwide wrote: Tue Apr 14, 2020 12:33 pm I understand all sorts of groups watching their enemies closely for slip ups, but this isn't America. Is the left vs right rivalry worldwide?
Wouldn't quite say that.

He genuinely is fascinating to me that someone like that, so obviously narcissistic can get to where he has gotten to. I dont actually think everything he has done is bad. But the coronavirus really has brought the worst out in him. It's bizarre how he's got to this stage and how he even has a chance of re-election. Only in America.
It’s not ‘Only in America’ though, is it? Look at what Boris has done, and is still doing now, and some numpties still fawn over him. Stupid isn’t confined to the yanks.
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Re: Why are lefties obsessed with Trump?

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Yeah, but it's a different kind of stupid. Boris doesn't call out journo's for being fake and spend press conferences showing videos of what they've done. Fair to say it isn't THAT far off after banning some journos from number 10 briefings but i think Trump is a new level. I literally wouldn't put anything past him.
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Re: Why are lefties obsessed with Trump?

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AW's got it spot on. Boris is bad but he doesn't have that car-crash appeal.
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Re: Why are lefties obsessed with Trump?

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Apple Wumble wrote: Tue Apr 14, 2020 1:47 pm Yeah, but it's a different kind of stupid. Boris doesn't call out journo's for being fake and spend press conferences showing videos of what they've done. Fair to say it isn't THAT far off after banning some journos from number 10 briefings but i think Trump is a new level. I literally wouldn't put anything past him.
Isn’t trump correct on calling out fake news?
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Re: Why are lefties obsessed with Trump?

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They've both struck gold in terms of the absolute dogshit opposition they've faced.

It allowed both of them to make inroads into places they don't traditionally win thus making Starmer/Biden's job a lot harder
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Re: Why are lefties obsessed with Trump?

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Apple Wumble wrote: Tue Apr 14, 2020 1:47 pm Yeah, but it's a different kind of stupid. Boris doesn't call out journo's for being fake and spend press conferences showing videos of what they've done. Fair to say it isn't THAT far off after banning some journos from number 10 briefings but i think Trump is a new level. I literally wouldn't put anything past him.
It's different buffoons for different markets - Trump wouldn't work here, just as Boris wouldnt work there.
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Re: Why are lefties obsessed with Trump?

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Re: Why are lefties obsessed with Trump?

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Digby Chicken Caesar wrote: Tue Apr 14, 2020 2:38 pm They've both struck gold in terms of the absolute dogshit opposition they've faced.

It allowed both of them to make inroads into places they don't traditionally win thus making Starmer/Biden's job a lot harder
Except of course Clinton gained almost 3 Million more votes than Trump.
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Re: Why are lefties obsessed with Trump?

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Max B Gold wrote: Tue Apr 14, 2020 3:04 pm
Digby Chicken Caesar wrote: Tue Apr 14, 2020 2:38 pm They've both struck gold in terms of the absolute dogshit opposition they've faced.

It allowed both of them to make inroads into places they don't traditionally win thus making Starmer/Biden's job a lot harder
Except of course Clinton gained almost 3 Million more votes than Trump.
Shame she was unelectable in swing states where elections are decided and lost States the Dems have won since the 80s.
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Re: Why are lefties obsessed with Trump?

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Prestige Worldwide wrote: Tue Apr 14, 2020 12:12 pm He's thousands of miles away and does not rule this country any more than Putin or Xi Jinping does. So why the obsession?
Perhaps due to the fact that people like yourself have become a brainwashed right wing cult. The people have been conned on both sides off the pond. People maybe are starting to wakeup.

I know it's not easy for right wingers and cultists to admit they got it wrong and it has and will cost lives. Conman and Dictators and wannabe Dictators are making a mess of the world. Remember we are only guests on this planet!

The whole "world is going to pot".

Willie Nelson has a song about it.

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Re: Why are lefties obsessed with Trump?

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Thor wrote: Tue Apr 14, 2020 2:15 pm
Apple Wumble wrote: Tue Apr 14, 2020 1:47 pm Yeah, but it's a different kind of stupid. Boris doesn't call out journo's for being fake and spend press conferences showing videos of what they've done. Fair to say it isn't THAT far off after banning some journos from number 10 briefings but i think Trump is a new level. I literally wouldn't put anything past him.
Isn’t trump correct on calling out fake news?
He's probably right on some of it, but it tends to lose authenticity when he uses it on anyone tries to scrutinise him. He think it's an actual answer to call reporters hacks, or to avoid answering a valid question because he doesn't like the network they are from.
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Re: Why are lefties obsessed with Trump?

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Apple Wumble wrote: Tue Apr 14, 2020 4:19 pm
Thor wrote: Tue Apr 14, 2020 2:15 pm
Apple Wumble wrote: Tue Apr 14, 2020 1:47 pm Yeah, but it's a different kind of stupid. Boris doesn't call out journo's for being fake and spend press conferences showing videos of what they've done. Fair to say it isn't THAT far off after banning some journos from number 10 briefings but i think Trump is a new level. I literally wouldn't put anything past him.
Isn’t trump correct on calling out fake news?
He's probably right on some of it, but it tends to lose authenticity when he uses it on anyone tries to scrutinise him. He think it's an actual answer to call reporters hacks, or to avoid answering a valid question because he doesn't like the network they are from.
Any brittle manchild who can't handle questions from journalists should be no where near nuclear buttons.

Some states have to mobilise their national guard now to prevent Trump getting Federal Government from commandering the medical supplies that they have been forced to acquire worldwide just after him saying they had to do it themselves.if he doesn't cling to power he is going to jail as will all his corrupt GOP, so called Republican enablers around him.

Remember "Everything Trump Touches Dies". He hasn't ran a successful business in his life. Money Launderer In Chief.
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