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#9503
Tucker is as good a story teller. Fiction. Because Donald Trump supporters believe in almost all his fiction it will open up the cracker jack box for others like Tucker Carlson to invent stories to distract from truth. Just another man who has sold his soul.

I noticed that Biden mentioned defeating the NRA today in Tampa. I started to cringe a little because this election is not over. I would not advised him to go there just yet. Maybe he believed his audience to be more young people but he may have to man splain it to many of the millions who support the NRA. You can support gun ownership and support gun regulation like myself. But "defeating" the NRA sounds risky to me.
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#9504
The NRA ain't what it used to be. The power came from billions from gun makers spent to buy politicians. The money is gone.
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#9505
Today the NRA is primarily a right wing political organization.
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#9506
Agreed but it is an organization that has 5.5 million members plus at least double that in support from non-members like hunters and other sportsman. More like triple. I feel like the race is tightening and now people are wanting to change the way they voted early. I am concerned about the election being too close. Every vote matters! I would not write off this large group. Maybe look at it this way. Take out the issue of the Pandemic and what does this election look like. Trump has persuaded a large following that the Pandemic is nothing to be concerned about because he would lose big based on that one issue. Unfortunately that large following is about 40%! Can Biden afford to lose the NRA group that may be as large as 15 million votes. Listen if people would use their big brain instead of their small brain it would not matter that much but Trump has successfully convinced millions that the virus is not that bad. Voters don't always use the big brain and democrats have not figured that out yet. For Biden to unite us he will have to have some right wing support. I am already frustrated that I can't convince the religious right to vote for Biden so when you add those NRA supporters into the group it gets downright impossible to unite anybody. What I am trying to say is that democrats get a little complacent and/or over confident toward the end and it makes me worried. So I wish he had not used the word "defeat" the NRA. It would have been better if he had been more specific. Trump will pick up on this eventually.

Another problem is that there is a study that found that more people now vote against the other party instead of for their own party. I believe that is why Trump rallies are successful in terms of the enthusiasm of hate. Attending a Trump rally has nothing to do with using the big brain and everything to do with emotion. Trump has taken advantage of this trend. Both Trump and Fox news are really good at using rhetoric that incites the emotion of fear and hate. Now other networks that support Biden do the same thing. If this is a close election both sides will believe that the other side cheated or stole the election. So another reason why this election is different is because there is an unknown factor in what happens in a close election where both sides hate each other. We need to come together as a country and reverse this trend. Only Biden/Harris can do that so every vote matters!
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#9507
Yes republicans vote for hate of democrats. But mostly they vote red out of FEAR of almost everything that isn't in their make believe, brainwashed world.

Which is why they vote more on voting day. They may be complacent for whatever reason, but as it gets closer and closer to November 3rd they get more and more scared of the bogeyman, which is almost everything not in their bubble but especially brown people and foreigners. The fact that the majority of Americans, and many who vote, don't think as they do begins to pierce the lizard brain and lifts them from the safety of their sofa to the voting booth.
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#9508
I prefer not to demean anyone. I only meant that emotion is a powerful political tool on both sides but republicans are a little better at turning it into fear and hatred which are negative emotions. This particular study says that hating the other side is more important than liking a side. In other words negative emotions are becoming more prevalent than positive emotions. IMO this means that we as a country are in trouble because we are very divided AND energized by negative emotions. The social environment is not in a good mental state right now. Only Biden's message has any chance of healing the wounds that democrats and republicans inflict on each other. Trump has turned Americans against each other. We have to come together and figure out how to overcome this negative energy with positive. If that is an impossible task then yeah we in big trouble.
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#9510
"Trump's America" is an uncivil, dishonest, abusive, prejudiced, sexist, selfish, privileged and backwards governing of a country that actually threatens our Constitution and Democracy! Civil unrest is growing. We are divided. Trump has energized that division and justified all the above in a way that is causing us to become reactive. Trump tells radicalized groups to "stand by". Trump's radicalized groups planned to kidnap and execute a female Governor. How can republicans not see what Donald Trump is doing to America? Their is plenty of evidence to the fact that we are being led by a dictator. How in the world does anyone justify Donald Trump's America? Yet this election will be very close. I believe we all have the basics of moral behavior from our DNA. Are we going put back in place our democracy...our constitution...our morality? This Tuesday will be a day that determines the future of America. Will it be Trump's America or something better? We are still able to choose...

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#9511
"Trump's America" is an uncivil, dishonest, abusive, prejudiced, sexist, selfish, privileged and backwards governing of a country that actually threatens our Constitution and Democracy! Civil unrest is growing. We are divided. Trump has energized that division and justified all the above in a way that is causing us to become reactive. Trump tells radicalized groups to "stand by". Trump's radicalized groups planned to kidnap and execute a female Governor. How can republicans not see what Donald Trump is doing to America? Their is plenty of evidence to the fact that we are being led by a dictator. How in the world does anyone justify Donald Trump's America? Yet this election will be very close. I believe we all have the basics of moral behavior from our DNA. Are we going put back in place our democracy...our constitution...our morality? This Tuesday will be a day that determines the future of America. Will it be Trump's America or something better? We are still able to choose...
Win or lose he and his cult will cause trouble. My Biden sign has been taken down twice and replaced with a trump sign. They tried to run a Biden bus off the road and trump praised their actions. A second term will see a final purge of public servants replaced with yes men who sign trump loyalty pledges. If he is ahead election night he will try to stop counting ballots. If he is behind he will push for the opposite and say it’s was rigged. He will promote who the fu*k knows what type of violence if he loses.
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#9512
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“I want every young woman to know that that there’s a place for you in America if you’re pro-life, if you embrace your religion and you follow traditional family structure, that you can go anywhere, young lady.”
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC)
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#9513
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“I want every young woman to know that that there’s a place for you in America if you’re pro-life, if you embrace your religion and you follow traditional family structure, that you can go anywhere, young lady.”
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC)
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Beach Fanatic
#9515
I'm all for free speech and live and let live but this armed militia qanon redneck s**t has to stop. I pay taxes for law and order not to let angry drugged out white people threaten my community and my country. It's time to take the country back and support the FBI and law enforcement.
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#9516
Has drumpf declared victory yet?
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#9517
I am looking forward to the COUNTDOWN TO TRUMP'S INDICTMENT thread.
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#9518
I am looking forward to the COUNTDOWN TO TRUMP'S INDICTMENT thread.
I’d be happy with a simple “TRUMP INDICTED!” headline.
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#9519
I’d be happy with a simple “TRUMP INDICTED!” headline.
"Trump flees country" will likely be first.
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#9520
This is interesting.
Beach Fanatic
#9521
The people have spoken. We are divided. Truth matters...to only about half of us. Healthcare is important...to only about half of us. Inequality is important...to only about half of us. It is not over but it looks like rural America and Latino Cuban Americans are die hard republicans and Trump energized their vote again. There are a lot of votes yet to count but it might be that our courts will determine the election. It is surprising but not shocking. Unfortunately so.
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#9522
The people have spoken. We are divided. Truth matters...to only about half of us. Healthcare is important...to only about half of us. Inequality is important...to only about half of us. It is not over but it looks like rural America and Latino Cuban Americans are die hard republicans and Trump energized their vote again. There are a lot of votes yet to count but it might be that our
Prepare yourselves for four years of unprecedented cruelty in America.
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#9523
The media and polsters did a heck of a job energizing Trump voters.
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#9524
The media and polsters did a heck of a job energizing Trump voters.
True, never underestimate the contempt trump supporters have for their fellow Americans.
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#9525
Well, we have uncertainty about the hurricane in the Caribbean, we have uncertainty about the stock market, we have uncertainty about the election, and we have uncertainty about the fate of Democracy in America. One thing we do have certainty about is that Covid-19 will continue to spread and get worse until people start to adhere to the CDC guidelines. One thing we can always count on is the stupidity of the American people.
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#9526
Maintaining white supremacy is a powerful motivator. The fear whites have of becoming a minority would lead one to believe minorities are somehow treated differently.

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