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canuckledragger

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14. Because stupid people need to blame someone for their self-created problems.

Wed Dec 11, 2024, 09:05 AM

17 hrs ago

You don't expect idiots to take responsibility for themselves, do you? Especially when a con man gives them a scapegoat.

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Exit polls reveal why Trump made huge gains with blue-collar union members [View all] SunSeeker 18 hrs ago OP

Revisit these voters in the coming years and let me know if they realize what they've done to themselves. NoMoreRepugs 18 hrs ago #1

And that 50% are the Trump voters... Septua 18 hrs ago #5

As long as there's a scapegoat or boogeyman to explain away the obvious Probatim 16 hrs ago #37

They are exactly in that shape Blue Full Moon 16 hrs ago #41

Good luck getting a law passed that only allows the "educated" people to vote DSandra 15 hrs ago #60

Forty years ago, or maybe even 20, it was allegedly "the Democrats" who were the "low-information voters", Jack Valentino 3 hrs ago #80

..the No. 1 issue on the mind of working-class people...was inflation and the cost of living... Septua 18 hrs ago #2

That and the fact that markodochartaigh 16 hrs ago #26

THIS is the elephant (symbol) in the room. The media throws shade on the democrats EVERY TIME. BComplex 13 hrs ago #68

It was the sexism. Don't ever believe otherwise. valleyrogue 16 hrs ago #29

So 3 options going forward: kelly1mm 16 hrs ago #45

Or find a way to appeal to them without acquiescing to their grievances EdmondDantes_ 15 hrs ago #63

Price freezes Blue Full Moon 16 hrs ago #42

The price gouging laws address significant price increases in areas with hurricanes or extended power outages etc. MichMan 15 hrs ago #55

Pandemic would fit right in then. Blue Full Moon 10 hrs ago #70

Not sure how many were ever prosecuted on a state or local level MichMan 10 hrs ago #71

It is about messaging: when and HOW messages are delivered Bluetus 16 hrs ago #43

I need DUers to please STOP this endless bullshit about "messaging" Blue_Tires 4 hrs ago #75

This election proves beyond any doubt that Bluetus 3 hrs ago #79

So loud, angry buffoonery that's confident will always win out against quiet, drama-free competence? Blue_Tires 3 hrs ago #81

Oh, and welcome to DU... Blue_Tires 3 hrs ago #82

Why didn't Biden trumpet his achievements in terms of building factories in red areas? DSandra 15 hrs ago #61

Umm, if you have access to many experts and some of the best and brightest minds... DSandra 15 hrs ago #62

Apparently, they don't plan on retiring C_U_L8R 18 hrs ago #3

Union workers voting Republican Thrill 18 hrs ago #4

Shooting themselves in the foot to entertain their employer. Emile 18 hrs ago #10

I worked in union shops for over 40 years. I would say about 1/3 of the members doc03 17 hrs ago #15

Your description of union workers voting Republican was exactly what I saw. walkingman 2 hrs ago #83

As a retired union worker, I agree with your statement 100%. Prof. Toru Tanaka 16 hrs ago #52

It's all rationalizations for racism and sexism JT45242 18 hrs ago #6

Roll with that as the only reason we lost and we will keep on losing. Celerity 16 hrs ago #25

Yes can someone find the racial MotownPgh 16 hrs ago #30

Sounds like a cop out DSandra 15 hrs ago #64

Democrats should have been calling the inflation the Trump inflation from doc03 18 hrs ago #7

And BeerBarrelPolka 18 hrs ago #9

I will never understand why they think Trump will help the economy. Iris 18 hrs ago #8

Because the media has built Trump to be a great real estate doc03 17 hrs ago #13

Why does it have to be Ds fault Cosmocat 18 hrs ago #11

Because stupid people need to blame someone for their self-created problems. canuckledragger 17 hrs ago #14

Because Republican con artists exploit any weakness that Dems have DSandra 15 hrs ago #59

Finally, someone said it! Sorceress 14 hrs ago #65

Kamala was a black woman so her speaking on the issues JI7 17 hrs ago #12

There's not one reason but that was part of it. Passages 17 hrs ago #16

I guess the way they saw it, one candidate promised to miraculously bring down prices, the other one didn't. SunSeeker 17 hrs ago #21

I would not mistake too much of the culprit to those who watch Fox. Passages 16 hrs ago #51

And Biden did a lot on minimum wage bucolic_frolic 17 hrs ago #17

No. They cared only that a white, racist, valleyrogue 16 hrs ago #27

What did President Biden do on the minimum wage? Still the same $7.25 per hour federal kelly1mm 16 hrs ago #49

Trump didn't make any appeal to those voters except his racism bigtree 17 hrs ago #18

Excellent post! nt LittleGirl 17 hrs ago #19

You know, I bet during their "discussions" Aviation Pro 17 hrs ago #20

I was thinking the same thoughts. Prof. Toru Tanaka 15 hrs ago #56

Short. They loved the lies. usonian 17 hrs ago #22

We need a media DownriverDem 17 hrs ago #23

Baloney. valleyrogue 16 hrs ago #24

Yep Deminpenn 16 hrs ago #35

It was rigged. Meadowoak 16 hrs ago #28

They did the same thing against Carter when running against reagan, and one would have thought they learned there lesson JohnSJ 16 hrs ago #31

Real Wage Index came from below hell to slightly above it and they blamed Biden uponit7771 16 hrs ago #32

Enjoy the next 4 years, traitorous trump-voting union members. Paladin 16 hrs ago #33

Look, we democrats need Abstractartist 16 hrs ago #34

The economy IS setting records. Inflation, also, is NEVER ZERO. CousinIT 16 hrs ago #36

So much more utter BS. It was white supremacy. ananda 16 hrs ago #38

There might be a time get the red out 16 hrs ago #39

Only a small fraction of the blue collar class is unionized MichMan 16 hrs ago #40

With respect to inflation, they haven't seen anything yet. NNadir 16 hrs ago #44

Her race+her sex+his lies equals Mad King Donald's victory Dem4life1970 16 hrs ago #46

And a lot of Musk and Putin energy and money displacedvermoter 16 hrs ago #53

As always, their vote was in diametric opposition to their interests. dchill 16 hrs ago #47

Why didn't this powerful union member mention that Biden and Harris travelingthrulife 16 hrs ago #48

Eggs cost too much Americanme 16 hrs ago #50

Our society forces many Americans to work, work, work... DSandra 15 hrs ago #58

The truth is Beck23 15 hrs ago #54

People tend to be blind to the lives of people outside their economic class, many don't realize how hard others have it DSandra 15 hrs ago #57

I don't know who Empower or PRNewswire is, but the The Fed has been keeping track of this information: W_HAMILTON 11 hrs ago #69

So you think the economic suffering is "all in our heads?" DSandra 5 hrs ago #72

Not in all of our heads, no. But in many of THEIR heads, yes. W_HAMILTON 5 hrs ago #73

The truth is that propaganda is extremely powerful Johnny2X2X 14 hrs ago #66

Couldn't agree more n/t dpibel 3 hrs ago #77

I hope a lesson learned is that ThePartyThatListens 14 hrs ago #67

The word Ted Pappageorge is looking for is "RACISM" Blue_Tires 4 hrs ago #74

If inflation/cost of living was the key issue, why did vote for the candidate most likely to cause more inflation? LonePirate 3 hrs ago #76

OKAY, EXPLAIN IT TO ME LIKE I'M FIVE.... Blue_Tires 3 hrs ago #78