***Official Political Discussion Thread***

[whywesteppin]

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It's not so much a reflection of his brilliance as it is a reflection of the country as a whole right now...IMO

Yup. I'm not upset that Trump won, as he won it fairly. I'm upset at the fact that most Americans think the way he does, which is why I'm done with this @#$@. He's the candidate they wanted and deserved. And yes, I knew these undercover racist hicks were prevalent in our society, but I was stupid to think it was 51:49 civilized to inbred hick ratio when it's more like 25:75

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Dude won it fair and square.  Can't even be mad at that.

But I really don't feel like I belong here.  White America, and not just country *** folks, spoke LOUD and CLEAR about how they feel about those that are different.  I'm completely disheartened by what I saw last night from my fellow Americans.  I've never been the "rah-rah, America is so awesome" type of dude b/c I'm not blind and can see the flaws we have here.  But I had hope that we were progressing slowly but surely towards something better.  I no longer feel that way.  This country is for white men--always has been and likely always will be.  That's a sad reality.  

There are two Americas.

Let's not forget more Americans voted for Hillary than for Trump.

And if you compare the relative wealth and education of those two groups, the difference is yuge.

This is still our country.

 

[RustyShackleford]

Dude, a revolution is not coming.

What we need is gradual constant progress. Voting for Obama twice was not the answer. It was also voting in midterms, and local elections constantly.

Obama lost most of his political power with one year. All this "he did for them, but not us" is a just not true."

It seems way too many people in your community learned the wrong lessons from the Obama years.

They just showed us all that "progress" talk is BS man. If there was ever any progress Trump wouldn't have been taken serious from the jump. His father was in the KKK. He himself has shown his racism for decades and this country accepts it. This is the country we live in. Voting ain't changing that.

Dude, I'm taking about the laws on the books, not feelings in people's hearts. I care about combating institutionalized racism, and you can't do that without voting.

The ACA has helped black people the most because the are disproportionately poorer, even with these cops killings the DOJ has been going in and filing civil rights lawsuits to stop some of the municipal fines, Obama has been releasing as many non violent drug offender from prisons as fast he can approve, he has been stuff federal courts with liberal judges that come down on the right side of civil rights lawsuits, all the gear Obama banned the police on getting is coming back, body camera are never gonna happen now, look at how the GOP has attack voting rights.

Voting is important, voting protects policies, and if we ever want new ones, we have to vote in people that will pass them.

There is no substitution for it. And none of these other fringe black leaders can provide one.

-While we over here debating on whether to vote or not, the sws is not. They vote every time.

 

[Deleted member 185039]

If only the Dems had some sort of organic,grassroots movement on their side at one point gaining momentum to counteract the rising red tide...oh

Except they were too petty at proving each other unfit. Smh. 

 

[dathbgboy]

Think it's really time for Millennials to start pushing for public office, this **** has got to stop.

 

[water]

 

LeBron couldn't even persuade Cleveland.

newflash... celebrities dont have as much influence as many people think they do.  jay , beyonce , etc etc.  majority of people dont care about them or they opinions. 

 

[PRIME]

The American people have spoken loud and clear with their vote by electing Donald Trump as the next President of the United States.
— Earvin Magic Johnson (@MagicJohnson)

November 9, 2016

Captain obvious back for his title of captain obvious

Don't ever change Magic

I just wanna know how Trump won a decent amount of white voters who voted Obama in past elections...like did they HATE her that damn much to overlook all the policy differences?

The fact that more women voted for him in 2012 than did for Hillary should be devastating

This is what I said last night. Dude on CNN was breaking down all the places that Obama won switched and voted for Trump. Crazy.


Forget 3-1. She blew a 3-0 lead.

This just speaks volumes to the state of our country and where we stand.

It's not as much about race as what some extremists think. Race played a huge factor, but not the only.

This shows that in parts in the country where people today woke up viewing as closet racists, would rather have a black male as the leader of the free world than a white woman.

I'm trying to decipher through all of the people blaming this result solely based on racism for people who are seeing it from all its angles.

Hillary was a trash candidate for the Democratic Party. Period.

This was a battle of flames and the bigger dumpster fire lost last night.

Now we just have to hope this fire we are left with dies out and doesn't take everything down with it.

 

[RustyShackleford]

Seems what's required isn't to get people to NOT vote for someone, even if that person is the worst, but it's about how many voters you yourself can get enthused and mobilize to the polling stations.

The lesser of 2 evils thing didn't cut it here.

If only the Dems had some sort of organic,grassroots movement on their side at one point gaining momentum to counteract the rising red tide...oh

Only if they showed up to vote............oh

This progressive grassroots movement abandoned Obama the second he kept his promise of trying to compromise, and sat on their *** while the Tea Party wrestled away control from him.

 

[spraised]

I hate how the DNC dirty macked Bernie, but really older voters saw Clinton and got a nostalgia trip. He reinvigorated my interest in politics though, I was all in for his Larry David looking ***. Then the DNC Benny Blanco'ed him smh. Interesting to see how the next 4 years will play out. It doesn't bother me Trump won though, he probably gonna be out here flipping them packs and pulling jugs on everbody. [emoji]128514[/emoji]

 

[rolaholic]

1928 was last time Republicans had the White House, the House and the Senate...

 

[dathbgboy]

Celebrities don't have influence but they have money, they need to put that money to use in the form of SuperPACs to fund the right candidate.

 

[water]

 

The American people have spoken loud and clear with their vote by electing Donald Trump as the next President of the United States.
— Earvin Magic Johnson (@MagicJohnson)

November 9, 2016

Captain obvious back for his title of captain obvious

Don't ever change Magic

 

I just wanna know how Trump won a decent amount of white voters who voted Obama in past elections...like did they HATE her that damn much to overlook all the policy differences?

The fact that more women voted for him in 2012 than did for Hillary should be devastating

This is what I said last night. Dude on CNN was breaking down all the places that Obama won switched and voted for Trump. Crazy.


Forget 3-1. She blew a 3-0 lead.

I'm trying to decipher through all of the people blaming this result solely based on racism for people who are seeing it from all its angles.

Hillary was a trash candidate for the Democratic Party. Period.
 

 

[Peep Game]

Think it's really time for Millennials to start pushing for public office, this **** has got to stop.

Pretty sure quite a few millennials got him into office. Their fathers and grandfathers burned Trump's types of thoughts and ideas into their brains a long time ago

 

[rolaholic]

Seems what's required isn't to get people to NOT vote for someone, even if that person is the worst, but it's about how many voters you yourself can get enthused and mobilize to the polling stations.

The lesser of 2 evils thing didn't cut it here.

If only the Dems had some sort of organic,grassroots movement on their side at one point gaining momentum to counteract the rising red tide...oh

Only if they showed up to vote............oh

Give em someone to be excited to vote for

 

[raider5]

There is still hope...

 

[rolaholic]

There is still hope...

That's one bright spot...

Millenials deserve some blame for the destructive write in votes but Trump won this election mostly because of white voters

 

[sdotc38109]

History doesn't have asterisks, only scoreboards.
It's condescending because you assume everyone in middle america is an idiot and should support the interests of people living in big cities.

That's actually what ****servative means lol

Exit polls, gives a pretty decent look at who voted for Trump, Old, small towns, lowest education

NY Times Exit Polls

No surprise.

Privilege at its finest. No way a black man or woman in America could of pulled this off with his credentials.

 

[RustyShackleford]

1928 was last time Republicans had the White House, the House and the Senate...

Nah, you mean after an election. It has happen after midterms. As recently as Dubya

 

[(*Fin)]

Gonna need Rusty, Meth, or Rex to drop a dissertation on something positive to look forward to. A light at the end of this 4 year tunnel. The west coast and our island bros did what we could

 

[rolaholic]

1928 was last time Republicans had the White House, the House and the Senate...

Nah, you mean after an election. It has happen after midterms. As recently as Dubya

You knew what I meant

 

[PRIME]

1928 was last time Republicans had the White House, the House and the Senate...

"Make America great again"

 

[RustyShackleford]

Seems what's required isn't to get people to NOT vote for someone, even if that person is the worst, but it's about how many voters you yourself can get enthused and mobilize to the polling stations.

The lesser of 2 evils thing didn't cut it here.

If only the Dems had some sort of organic,grassroots movement on their side at one point gaining momentum to counteract the rising red tide...oh

Only if they showed up to vote............oh

Give em someone to be excited to vote for

Like the most progressive platform in the parties history that has something in it for every group in the tent................Like that?

 

[GrizzlyAnimal]

 

[ninjahood]

and now for da midterms? Democrats gotta defend 20+ seats in da senate

ya kept calling da poor folks in fly over country irrelevant...them folks woke up.

I wanna see how you feel when momma hood loses that apt she holds on to so dearly....

mama hood paid AF and only lives like she poor to throw people off...

u think a grown man who lives under her household is allowed to torch 10 of thousands of frivolous **** if it wasn't otherwise?

my mom came to da US to get mother ******* paid, my apt was here available and cheap because Washington heights was a cespool of drugs and violence in da 70's-80's and landlord use to keep da heat off.

we got a gem now cuz we wouldn't leave regardless of bad my neighborhood. and now its paying off.

Dude just stop, nobody cares about your ***** trinkets or your shoe collection that takes up valuable space in your rinky dink apartment. You and your boy Trump won last night.....but don't act like you about to inherit millions for jumping on and being apart of the white supremacy band wagon.

thats ur fault chanp, u still think this is about race

might wanna grab that banjo back from Jay-Z

Although it's been said on here numerous of times and trust and believe when I say this is not a mean-spirited personal attack but do you really think I'm about to listen to or take advice from a 30 year old plus man that STILL lives with his mom and doesn't have a pot to piss in or a window to throw it out of? Not a chance in hell champ.

Since you said his name earlier as Jay Z once said..."WE not in the same league...don't shot at the same baskets and damn sure don't pay the same taxes"

♪ no time for losers... ♪

 

[rolaholic]

Seems what's required isn't to get people to NOT vote for someone, even if that person is the worst, but it's about how many voters you yourself can get enthused and mobilize to the polling stations.

The lesser of 2 evils thing didn't cut it here.

If only the Dems had some sort of organic,grassroots movement on their side at one point gaining momentum to counteract the rising red tide...oh

Only if they showed up to vote............oh

Give em someone to be excited to vote for

Like the most progressive platform in the parties history that has something in it for every group in the tent................Like that?

Keyword, Someone

Idea don't sell themselves,neither does someone who half *** believes in those ideas. Need someone that people connect with on a human level to really light a flame in them. That's how Trumps support ran so deep

 

[rocketsfan]

Celebrities don't have influence but they have money, they need to put that money to use in the form of SuperPACs to fund the right candidate.

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