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Robert #Resist Sandy

@frodofied

16 Jan

@HillaryClinton

"He's not just unprepared -- he's temperamentally unfit to hold an office that requires knowledge, stability and immense responsibility."

- @HillaryClinton, 2016

Four years ago this country failed itself, bigly.

We got everything wrong.

All of it.

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We are where we are today because of the mistakes we made then. Period.

It could have and would have- gone so very differently.

This is true whether you believe Trump actually won fairly, or, that he and Russia stole the election in 2016.

We fucked up either way.

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@HillaryClinton

"We cannot put the safety of our children and grandchildren in Donald Trump's hands. We cannot let him roll the dice with America."

- @HillaryClinton, 2016.

She sounds like a prophet now. She told us out loud every single day of that campaign who Donald Trump was.

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Robert #Resist Sandy

@frodofied

7 Nov 20

Dear MAGA,

Donald Trump never had the support of the majority of the people in this country. Not ever.

Maybe where you live he did. But, and this probably cuts to the heart of the issue, a world exists outside of your personal wants, beliefs, and demographics.

Sorry.

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Once you wrap your mind around that fact then you just might see that no poll, not even Fox News own polling, ever indicated that he enjoyed support outside of his base, namely you, though, granted, that base proved to be disturbingly large and loyal beyond reason.

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But Donald Trump tweets that the polls are all wrong and you believe him without question?

He tells X is Y and suddenly you all believe X is Y even when you're looking at an X.

Think about that, then look up the definitions of "cult," "cult leader," and "groupthink."

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Robert #Resist Sandy

@frodofied

30 Oct 20

What I know for sure: Every person who has decided to vote for Trump knows EXACTLY who he is and what they are voting for, period.

At best they're voting for a hypocritical and opportunistic liar and charlatan who has triggered a foul and dangerous kind of partisanship.

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But we know that the best case scenario is not really what's going on here.

Because the only thing truly different with Trump from most of the GOP is his very public embrace of some of the worst elements of the alt-right (white supremacy) and his refusal to disavow it, ever.

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Whether consciously or not the evidence is pretty strong that despite the fact that Trump's actions, words, and policies do great harm to large sections of his base, they continue to be enamored out of what appears a sense of gratitude.

But for what? And why?

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Robert #Resist Sandy

@frodofied

14 Oct 20

I listen to a lot of podcasts. I mean a lot. It's how I spend my time when I'm not writing or politicking.

I've noticed a trend through many of the political Podcasts I listen to of reporters revisiting white men whom they have interviewed periodically this election cycle.

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In almost every case these are men who had voted for Trump in 2016 and were now seemingly conflicted about that choice, and, more importantly, were unsure about how they would vote in 2020.

In most cases these men sounded reasonable and genuinely concerned about this nation.

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I almost believed some of them. I certainly hoped for some of them.

So did some of the casters.

But in the end every one of them has inexplicably "decided" to once again vote for Trump.

Many hosts have sounded bewildered. Some agitated.

I could feel their pain.

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Robert #Resist Sandy

@frodofied

11 Oct 20

"If Trump announced that the color yellow was actually the color blue and that the media and the schools system had hoodwinked us all, then the color yellow would become blue to every Trump voter. I'm convinced of that." - Jerry D. Kenosha, WI.

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I've been talking to voters here in Kenosha, Wisconsin for about ten days now. The conversations have been wide-ranging and deeply informative. I've always worn a face mask during these conversations and always maintained proper social distancing.

I have learned a lot.

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And while the data is purely anecdotal, I believe that Donald Trump has an uphill battle to climb here in the state of Wisconsin if he hopes to repeat 2016.

While his support here is still strong, he has lost many former disciples. And this group is sizable.

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Robert #Resist Sandy

@frodofied

10 Oct 20

If you are enjoying our collective lurch toward a literary level dystopia then by all means don't vote.

You have much to look forward to I promise.

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If state promoted racial animosity, that hopes to turn everyone into combatants, is your thing, then don't vote.

If you like to watch others being gouged by predatory lenders with no oversight then don't vote.

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If you aren't genuinely concerned about the direction we are going as a country and truly believe that we are in a better place than we were in five or eight years ago, hell, thirteen years ago, then don't vote.

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