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2016 Postmortem

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LaydeeBug

(10,291 posts)
Wed Nov 23, 2016, 08:35 PM Nov 2016

Don't Kid Yourself: The KGB Cost Us This Election and Pretending it's Bathrooms is ridiculous [View all]

I live in a super red area of a dark blue state.

These guys thought that HRC was going to take their *guns*. They thought HRC was going to give their *jobs* to the Mexicans.

They. could. not. give. a. shit. less. about. the. bathrooms.

I finally blew up at one of them, because the truth is, these people act like an active coke head when they are at the end of their blow: they're out of money, they're out of stash, and SOMEBODY has to pay for that. My brother made himself a very rich man exploiting the priorities of the white working class. I explained that if you drive to home Depot on a Sunday night, you don't see any "Mexicans" (sic) there. Why? BECAUSE THERE IS NO DEMAND.

I have an uncle who is one of the largest home framing businesses in my tri-state area. There are times he rents out entire hotels to accommodate all of his workers. I pointedly asked him once why he has so many undocumented workers, and he told me he would love to hire Americans, but as soon as they get one or two paychecks, they just stop showing up.

I told him straight up, the guy I blew up at, that nobody *took* his job. He *gave* it away when he decided that partying is more important than showing up. In short, we don't have a "Mexican" (sic) problem. We have an opiate problem. We have a God-damned drug problem.

Add to that the fact that the KGB is not even hiding that they were in daily contact with the Trump campaign, and I am sick to fucking death of people blaming the victim.

Don't get me started on voter suppression.

Just know that when Trump said he wouldn't trust the results of the election, it is because they had something up their sleeve.

Stop. letting. them. frame. the. fucking. narrative.

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I like your fire! triron Nov 2016 #1
Thank you! Welcome to DU nt LaydeeBug Nov 2016 #5
As I read through your post....something came to mind. ShakeWell Nov 2016 #19
OMG, I wasn't going to ever come back again, but did, and now LaydeeBug Nov 2016 #39
I'm so glad you came back. Glad you're here. Maru Kitteh Nov 2016 #40
we need more posters like you, so thank YOU LaydeeBug Dec 2016 #61
Hubby overheard coworker tell another coworker Ilsa Nov 2016 #2
If Obama gave every white winger a gun, they wouldn't vote for him. Probably same for woman. Hoyt Nov 2016 #9
Yeah. It's probably just an excuse.nt Ilsa Nov 2016 #11
Same with fundamentalist Christians. They will vote for the biggest snake as long as he says this: Maraya1969 Nov 2016 #12
And they think women are having abortions the day before they give birth... LaydeeBug Nov 2016 #43
I've heard that from people too Bettie Nov 2016 #21
Kick. Exactly! Squinch Nov 2016 #3
Exactly!!! n/t RKP5637 Nov 2016 #4
Thank you! we can do it Nov 2016 #6
No...thank *you*. nt LaydeeBug Nov 2016 #7
Glad you're here! we can do it Nov 2016 #10
I am glad to be here, and glad you're here with me. LaydeeBug Nov 2016 #17
Thank you. Thank you. yardwork Nov 2016 #8
GOP hypocrites DK504 Nov 2016 #13
end each and every sentence with, "and if the media were liberal, you'd know that" LaydeeBug Nov 2016 #14
I'd agree and second that - the russians had the skills and everything to gain bhikkhu Nov 2016 #15
The US was the THIRD election Russia interfered with, to their lasting benefit. Hekate Nov 2016 #29
I'd heard Brexit and now they are spending money in France and getting Wiki to do bettyellen Dec 2016 #57
They had better hurry up DFW Dec 2016 #58
lol. Technically, the KGB doesn't exist either LaydeeBug Dec 2016 #59
It's just like the primaries- the Sanders or death people joining the GOP to blame Hillary bettyellen Nov 2016 #16
There is no kGB. It became defunct in 1991. Exilednight Nov 2016 #18
OK the Russian state equivalent. triron Nov 2016 #20
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!! SURE it did! heeheehee.... ::snigger:: n/t TygrBright Nov 2016 #22
pay no attention to Boris and Vladmir behind the curtain. smh nt LaydeeBug Nov 2016 #23
3% more voters in 2016 than in 2012 and counting spooky3 Nov 2016 #24
Which candidate got that 3%? Exilednight Nov 2016 #27
Go to the site and do your own research. spooky3 Nov 2016 #28
I did. I just want to see if you're going to be intellectually honest. Exilednight Nov 2016 #31
I want some of what you're drinking, tovarisch. Looked into Putin's cold dark soul, lately? .... Hekate Nov 2016 #26
Trump was ALL OVER Putin's dick all election long. LaydeeBug Nov 2016 #37
"There is no kGB. It became defunct in 1991." Spitfire of ATJ Nov 2016 #32
Intellectual honesty doesn't mean much to some people...you can BE right, or you can DO right LaydeeBug Nov 2016 #42
LaydeeBug, I think I love you Hekate Nov 2016 #25
Oh, I love you right back. LaydeeBug Nov 2016 #35
this and this and this and this... Madam45for2923 Nov 2016 #41
I'm beginning to think radical noodle Nov 2016 #30
Probably why such a huge variety of lies were told about Hillary; people heard what they wanted to Hekate Nov 2016 #33
Yes that's for sure radical noodle Nov 2016 #34
You've hit on something RE: the drug rumdude Nov 2016 #36
and instead of admitting there's even a problem (because no one talks about it) LaydeeBug Nov 2016 #38
One of the media outlets did an overlay on counties that flipped from Obama in 2008 Ruby the Liberal Nov 2016 #44
K&R betsuni Nov 2016 #45
shameless kick. just because. nt LaydeeBug Dec 2016 #46
I have wondered about triron Dec 2016 #47
such an important point. So much can get lost in the excitement. nt LaydeeBug Dec 2016 #48
Agree! UCmeNdc Dec 2016 #49
Its Russia, its Comey, its the fucking stupid Benghazi investigations that never should've happened. phleshdef Dec 2016 #50
all day long. But make no mistake, they *HACKED* this election, nt LaydeeBug Dec 2016 #51
I share your pain. I ALSO live in a super red area of a dark blue state. politicaljunkie41910 Dec 2016 #52
The thing is, these peeps will whine and complain regardless. LaydeeBug Dec 2016 #54
This is such an amazing post. It should be an OP. LaydeeBug Dec 2016 #60
+1 Blue_Tires Dec 2016 #53
Hiring undocumented workers is illegal NobodyHere Dec 2016 #55
so should Donald Trump LaydeeBug Dec 2016 #56
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