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douglas9

(4,474 posts)
Sun Aug 30, 2020, 08:26 AM Aug 2020

"Undecided Voter": Really?

Today, the Washington Post published an article about an “undecided voter” from Indiana named Mike Baker. Baker supposedly watched both conventions yet still can’t make up his mind who who is the best candidate for president. My first thought on reading this is that Baker is either a closet Trumpist too ashamed to just admit it, or just simply a dumbass. In the article, Baker fretted over Trump’s personality; he had fretted so much over that key feature that he even sat out the 2016 election, saying that he couldn’t have Trump as a guest in his house. Okayyyyy….

Baker went on to say that his number one concern, though, was the economy and that he liked Trump’s “pro business” policies. It was then that I realized that Baker doesn’t understand the economy, not in the slightest, since the economy is in the ditch and has been whipsawed since Trump’s “biggest crowd EVER” inauguration day up until about 5 minutes ago. Unemployment exploded this spring to 22 million people, and still is hovering at 13 million. By all measures that affect American workers, the economy has collapsed.

Fretting about Biden, Baker said, “Trump is defining Biden, but I sort of need to hear Biden define Biden, or at least the Democratic Party to define Biden. It’s got to be more than [Trump] is the worst person on Earth.” My answer to that is this: When you were watching the Democratic Convention, you must have had your head up your ass looking out through your navel. The convention carefully laid out Biden’s and the Dems goals and policies. Oh, and there’s that little detail that Joe Biden has been in the public eye for half a century. If you don’t know his polices, you’re not paying the slightest bit of attention.

https://juanitajean.com/undecided-voter-really/


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ret5hd

(21,320 posts)
1. Attention hounds, plain and simple.
Sun Aug 30, 2020, 08:28 AM
Aug 2020

There's another popular descriptor, but I chose to not use it here.

NoMoreRepugs

(10,521 posts)
2. It is important for people to understand just how
Sun Aug 30, 2020, 08:32 AM
Aug 2020

ignorant most Americans are. The Deplorable “base” and the “undecideds” add up to a whole lot better f people. Overcoming that level of ignorance is going to take a Herculean effort.

WheelWalker

(9,200 posts)
4. On the 'undecided' voter...
Sun Aug 30, 2020, 09:12 AM
Aug 2020

"To put them in perspective, I think​ of being​ on an airplane.​ The flight attendant comes​ down the aisle​ with her food cart and, eventually,​ parks​ it beside my seat.​ “Can I inter​est you in the chick​en?​” she asks.​ “Or would​ you prefer the platter of shit with bits of broke​n glass​ in it?”

To be undecided in this elect​ion is to pause​ for a moment and then ask how the chick​en is cooked.”

- David Sedaris

Merlot

(9,696 posts)
8. They're just undecided about if they should admit they're voting republican.
Sun Aug 30, 2020, 11:02 AM
Aug 2020

Notice how even though they're "undecided" they tend to find more they like about the republican, and about the democrat there is always more to doubt.

Afromania

(2,789 posts)
6. This Baker guy is ether a liar or stupid as sin. Either way he can go fuck himself because
Sun Aug 30, 2020, 10:04 AM
Aug 2020

his stupidity is going to fuck everybody else.

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