This election is much like 2010...

[Bugsy McGurk]

In 2010 we were still recovering from the epic GWB near-depression, and Obama inherited GWB's $1.2 trillion deficit. The GOP Big Lie Machine recast itself, and GOP candidates, as "Tea Partiers" who would fix those problems, when they actually created those problems, and had no solutions to fix them. But the GOP duped lots of people, and they seized control of Congress.

Here we are in 2016, and we're seeing something quite similar. We have seen a record breaking streak of 60+ months of jobs growth and economic growth, but too much of the wealth has flowed to the wealthy, with the middle class struggling. That is due to GOP policies, such as their tax policy and many pro-big business policies, but the GOP carps about that as if it's a problem created by Obama and the Dems.

And a large part of the GOP rabble is duped by that, so they look to someone they view as "anti-establishment" - Trump. That's irrational, of course, since Trump is a multi-billionaire who favors the very policies that create the growing wealth gap. But the GOP rabble is desperate - they can only support a candidate with an "R" next to his name, and they are gullible enough to believe that Trump's policies would shift some wealth from big business and the wealthy to the middle class.

Just like 2010, many people are being duped into supporting a candidate who supports the same policies that created the problems they have.

Sheer ignorance.

 

[Constitutional Sheepdog]

Hypocrisy of the left

 

[Emily]

Politicians will be politicians. R's or D's, no matter. Blame 'them,' credit 'us,' solutions that aren't, twisted statistics to prove what ain't so, insiders masquerading as outsiders, yada yada and the beat goes on. The real power stays as it is. Nice show they put on every few years.

And the huddled masses are still yearning to breathe free.

 

[Addy]

Sheer ignorance.

Well stated post, Bugs.

Ignorance, amnesia, or blind devotion to a party name.. to not be able see what has been happening -- past or present administrations.

 

[Bugsy McGurk]

Politicians will be politicians. R's or D's, no matter. Blame 'them,' credit 'us,' solutions that aren't, twisted statistics to prove what ain't so, insiders masquerading as outsiders, yada yada and the beat goes on. The real power stays as it is. Nice show they put on every few years.

And the huddled masses are still yearning to breathe free.

The irony is that the one candidate who truly believes that "the system" is putting the screws to the middle class is Bernie Sanders, who is the last candidate that most Trump supporters would want.

Sanders is a little loopy though, and probably not electable in the general election (depending who he might run against), but he is the one TRULY non-establishment candidate whose policies would shift some wealth from the wealthy and big business to the middle class. The GOP Slime Machine would do quite the job on him.

 

[Fast Eddy]

Yes, the 2016 election is much the same only Obama is leaving a 20 Trillion deficit for Trump to deal with as president.

 

[Bugsy McGurk]

Well stated post, Bugs.

Ignorance, amnesia, or blind devotion to a party name.. to not be able see what has been happening -- past or present administrations.

It is remarkable how much a significant portion of the electorate can be duped.

I will always remain awed by the GOP/Tea Party lying 2010 campaign that managed to blame Obama and the Dems for the nightmarish conditions that Obama inherited, which resulted in control of Congress being given back to the very crew whose policies caused the problems. Many people do suffer from serious ignorance and amnesia. We're seeing the same thing this year.

 

[Bugsy McGurk]

Yes, the 2016 election is much the same only Obama is leaving a 20 Trillion deficit for Trump to deal with as president.

A classic example of someone duped into blaming Obama for the massive structural deficits left behind by GWB.

 

[Constitutional Sheepdog]

Well stated post, Bugs.

Ignorance, amnesia, or blind devotion to a party name.. to not be able see what has been happening -- past or present administrations.

In case you don't realize this but some people look at the likes on each post

Why didn't you come out and just say it you were refering to REPUBLICANS?
However I repeat my first comment on this sham of a monkey f u c k ing a footbal thread
HYPOCRISY of the left is what this thread is all about.

 

[Bugsy McGurk]

Hypocrisy of the left

Screeching "Hypocrisy!" is not very convincing.

Explain your charge of hypocrisy, if you can.

 

[Addy]

In case you don't realize this but some people look at the likes on each post

Why didn't you come out and just say it you were refering to REPUBLICANS?
However I repeat my first comment on this sham of a monkey f u c k ing a footbal thread
HYPOCRISY of the left is what this thread is all about.

I was hoping you and others would be savvy enough to grasp the other party w/o mentioning names. That's good.
And, so you know, I didn't give any likes on this thread... I rated... but not with a like.

 

[Constitutional Sheepdog]

I was hoping you and others would be savvy enough to grasp the other party w/o mentioning names. That's good.
And, so you know, I didn't give any likes on this thread...

What is the difference between clicking like and clicking agree?

 

[Constitutional Sheepdog]

Screeching "Hypocrisy!" is not very convincing.

Explain your charge of hypocrisy, if you can.

No I'm being truthful you're just being a lying sack of.........

 

[Addy]

What is the difference between clicking like and clicking agree?

There's a difference... figure it out.

 

[Deleted member 21794]

In 2010 we were still recovering from the epic GWB near-depression, and Obama inherited GWB's $1.2 trillion deficit. The GOP Big Lie Machine recast itself, and GOP candidates, as "Tea Partiers" who would fix those problems, when they actually created those problems, and had no solutions to fix them. But the GOP duped lots of people, and they seized control of Congress.

Here we are in 2016, and we're seeing something quite similar. We have seen a record breaking streak of 60+ months of jobs growth and economic growth, but too much of the wealth has flowed to the wealthy, with the middle class struggling. That is due to GOP policies, such as their tax policy and many pro-big business policies, but the GOP carps about that as if it's a problem created by Obama and the Dems.

And a large part of the GOP rabble is duped by that, so they look to someone they view as "anti-establishment" - Trump. That's irrational, of course, since Trump is a multi-billionaire who favors the very policies that create the growing wealth gap. But the GOP rabble is desperate - they can only support a candidate with an "R" next to his name, and they are gullible enough to believe that Trump's policies would shift some wealth from big business and the wealthy to the middle class.

Just like 2010, many people are being duped into supporting a candidate who supports the same policies that created the problems they have.

Sheer ignorance.

PJ Lib: Obama inherited a $1.2 trillion deficit! Just don't ask how much of it he voted for as Senator! Hey look, there goes a squirrel!

 

[Deleted member 21794]

There's a difference... figure it out.

The difference doesn't help you at all. Clicking "agree" is like a "like" and then some.

 

[Constitutional Sheepdog]

There's a difference... figure it out.

there isn't any difference
Which makes you a hypocrite.
and your denial of doing it a LIAR.

 

[Deleted member 21794]

there isn't any difference
Which makes you a hypocrite.

With liberals, the hypocrisy abounds. Just look at Bugsy crying about Bush's deficits, ignoring how Obama has accumulated more debt than Bush or any other president in history. Of course, he'll blame Obama's debt on Bush.

 

[Addy]

I could agree with someone's statement, i.e. today's weather is horrible.
But that doesn't necessarily mean I like it.

 

[Bugsy McGurk]

No I'm being truthful you're just being a lying sack of.........

Again, you can't support your charge of hypocrisy. You just rant.