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Gidney N Cloyd

(19,780 posts)
Tue Dec 13, 2016, 08:43 PM Dec 2016

Just kind of musing here, but it's driving Trump voters NUTS that they can't enjoy their victory.

Everywhere I turn, from Facebook to comments sections on news sites, they're ranting and rehashing all their anti-Hillary, anti-Obama nonsense. These are the sorest winners I've ever seen. The mainstream news media keeps bringing up uncomfortable stories about Trumps staffing picks, his financial dealings, the Russian influence, mixed support from Republicans. And the entertainment media like SNL isn't allowing him any kind of typical honeymoon period (they went a lot easier on Dubya at this point). Normalizing Trump isn't taking.
It just seems weird that so many Trump voters are unable to sit back and say 'hey, we won.' Victory isn't enough as long as the rest of us don't fall in line. Think maybe they're trying to convince themselves of something?

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Just kind of musing here, but it's driving Trump voters NUTS that they can't enjoy their victory. (Original Post) Gidney N Cloyd Dec 2016 OP
It's going to be a painful few years for them. sfwriter Dec 2016 #1
Them? Stryder Dec 2016 #31
turn enid602 Dec 2016 #38
Grinning weenie Hugh Hewitt already looks worn out RonniePudding Dec 2016 #2
I don't think they are capable of enjoyment mcar Dec 2016 #3
Yeah but they also seem to need to believe they're in a vast, vast majority. Gidney N Cloyd Dec 2016 #4
Or they claim they are a minority (when they are not) mcar Dec 2016 #7
That's what they say about us. :)) pangaia Dec 2016 #32
it's funny because they think him winning is to us, as Obama winning was to them Jean-Jacques Roussea Dec 2016 #5
What should be driving them nuts mtnsnake Dec 2016 #6
one does not celebrate a victory of anger and hate by kicking back and smiling. unblock Dec 2016 #8
What victory? shraby Dec 2016 #9
This Beartracks Dec 2016 #10
Thank you, shraby Rorey Dec 2016 #25
Getting their orangutan into the White House. Crunchy Frog Dec 2016 #26
They're never happy-- if it's not blacks, it's Mexicans, if... VOX Dec 2016 #11
This is absolutely accurate and a brilliant summation Justice Dec 2016 #40
If they're REALLY hoping we'll FALL IN LINE" they're going to have a very angry 4 years! napi21 Dec 2016 #12
Hell will freeze over before we'll ever fall in line meow2u3 Dec 2016 #37
i see the same thing Takket Dec 2016 #13
They've become addicted jambo101 Dec 2016 #15
Bingo. Gidney N Cloyd Dec 2016 #17
Maybe they know they didn't really win? progressoid Dec 2016 #14
There is already buyers remorse. Snarkoleptic Dec 2016 #16
And so they're doubling down, I guess. Gidney N Cloyd Dec 2016 #18
There does seem to be a "the only forward is to push through" mentality. Snarkoleptic Dec 2016 #19
That's the first I'd seen that... man it's tough to watch. Agschmid Dec 2016 #39
Good. nt fleabiscuit Dec 2016 #20
my Trump voting aunt seems to be enjoying it ... at least she is good at trash talking Fast Walker 52 Dec 2016 #21
I think a lot of them are annoyed that they had to vote for the doofus Fast Walker 52 Dec 2016 #22
I think you're on to something. It's like blowback from their consciences. Gidney N Cloyd Dec 2016 #27
I think most Trump voters fit this bill Charles Bukowski Dec 2016 #36
yes... the question is should the left be more like partisan idiots as long as we win? Fast Walker 52 Dec 2016 #47
Trumpers are stupid what did they think ? humbled_opinion Dec 2016 #23
Replace "would" with "should." Gidney N Cloyd Dec 2016 #29
They still want us to obey him or we're traitors. Spitfire of ATJ Dec 2016 #24
Good. Hope the bastards choke on it. DinahMoeHum Dec 2016 #28
Their 2.84 million vote loss, more than two percent behind the girl. Coyotl Dec 2016 #30
Who are they going to hate now? I completely agree with who it was who posted Upthevibe Dec 2016 #34
Limbaugh jambo101 Dec 2016 #43
and I just keep pointing out that der drumpfenfuhrer lost the popular vote. drives them nuts. niyad Dec 2016 #33
Hate is all they have to keep them warm at night. n/t Binkie The Clown Dec 2016 #35
They need us to like him, so they dont feel so foolish adigal Dec 2016 #41
Yeah, but their pain can't hold a candle to the Guilded Lilly Dec 2016 #42
Reality seems to be smacking them in the face Raine Dec 2016 #44
Republicans are going to have to eat the Shit Sandwiches they made Achilleaze Dec 2016 #45
Makes sense. A lot more people voted for the other person Renew Deal Dec 2016 #46
Republicans are often more anti-Democrat/liberal than anything else. Buckeye_Democrat Dec 2016 #48

Stryder

(450 posts)
31. Them?
Tue Dec 13, 2016, 11:38 PM
Dec 2016

If it was just them, I'd be laughing my ass off. Unfortunately, I have to live on the same planet.

enid602

(8,524 posts)
38. turn
Wed Dec 14, 2016, 12:36 AM
Dec 2016

His supporters will turn on him just as soon as he 'fixes' Social Security and 'phases out' Medicare. They won't have enough coming in to from Social Security to pay for their Ryancare insurance premiums.

 

RonniePudding

(889 posts)
2. Grinning weenie Hugh Hewitt already looks worn out
Tue Dec 13, 2016, 08:51 PM
Dec 2016

He's on with Tweety now trying to dance around his God Emporer's many business entanglements.

Gidney N Cloyd

(19,780 posts)
4. Yeah but they also seem to need to believe they're in a vast, vast majority.
Tue Dec 13, 2016, 09:01 PM
Dec 2016

It burns them that they're not, and they're not the kind to look into their own souls deeply and wonder if just maybe there's a reason so many outwardly decent-seeming people are opposed to them.

mcar

(42,206 posts)
7. Or they claim they are a minority (when they are not)
Tue Dec 13, 2016, 09:13 PM
Dec 2016

and they are so oppressed, bless their hearts.

 
5. it's funny because they think him winning is to us, as Obama winning was to them
Tue Dec 13, 2016, 09:10 PM
Dec 2016

There's a big difference between being scared of your guns being taken away and being scared of being gunned down in the street by police

mtnsnake

(22,236 posts)
6. What should be driving them nuts
Tue Dec 13, 2016, 09:12 PM
Dec 2016

is that Trump is one of the only president-elects ever, if not the only one, to break all the promises that got him elected while being president-elect.

unblock

(51,974 posts)
8. one does not celebrate a victory of anger and hate by kicking back and smiling.
Tue Dec 13, 2016, 09:15 PM
Dec 2016

they wanted anger and hate. why would they ruin their own victory by being happy?

Rorey

(8,445 posts)
25. Thank you, shraby
Tue Dec 13, 2016, 11:30 PM
Dec 2016

That's what I was thinking. What victory? trump is illegitimately assuming the title of President-elect.

Nope.

VOX

(22,976 posts)
11. They're never happy-- if it's not blacks, it's Mexicans, if...
Tue Dec 13, 2016, 09:56 PM
Dec 2016

...it's not Mexicans, it's Muslims. If it's not Muslims, it's liberals. If it's not liberals... sorry, it's ALWAYS liberals...with their gun-grabbing ways and those dad-blasted universities and colleges that teach all that liberalism. There are gay wedding cakes and sacred zygotes under attack. And there's always a war on Christmas, too. Don't forget the drive-by media leftist-socialist-communist-agenda and hom-O-sexual agenda and the left-wing agenda and last summer's invasion of Texas by Obummer and his use of actual facts. LIBS have the gall to use real facts!!1! Unfair! Plus gun-grabbing since 1963. Plus Benghazzzzzzi! Lock somebody, anybody up! Hail Trump!

But now, their savior's shady dealings are bubbling up, there are conflicts of interest and Jesus it should be so bad.

It's not easy being a wingnut, they have to crank up the outrage hourly. They haven't had a happy day since... whenever. Everyone and everything is suspicious, dangerous, and trampling on their U.S.S. (sic) Constitution which only applies to white Christians.

napi21

(45,806 posts)
12. If they're REALLY hoping we'll FALL IN LINE" they're going to have a very angry 4 years!
Tue Dec 13, 2016, 10:09 PM
Dec 2016

I don't know ANYONE who wasn't a Con supporter change to supporting him after the election, nd I doubt I ever will.

meow2u3

(24,743 posts)
37. Hell will freeze over before we'll ever fall in line
Wed Dec 14, 2016, 12:05 AM
Dec 2016

That's not who we are. Cons are judging us by themselves yet again!

Just because they're right-wing authoritarians who fall in line behind some untrustworthy asshole doesn't mean we should have to, too. This is something that won't penetrate their thick skulls.

Takket

(21,421 posts)
13. i see the same thing
Tue Dec 13, 2016, 10:23 PM
Dec 2016

they are going out of their way to call liberals "crybabies" and saying Hillary is a criminal still. I think they had this bizarre fantasy that Trump was going to be bowed down to and that they would be there beside him as part of the "King's court".

jambo101

(797 posts)
15. They've become addicted
Tue Dec 13, 2016, 10:34 PM
Dec 2016

To the emotion of hate, Hillary was a wonderful target for that need ,now that Hillary is no longer a player they cant stop bashing her.
They've been whining and belly aching for 8 years now ,its time for them to show us Dems how its done as they have all the power, i suspect they'll make a mess of it like they always do
[link:https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/mind-in-the-machine/201609/the-psychology-behind-donald-trumps-unwavering-support|

progressoid

(49,825 posts)
14. Maybe they know they didn't really win?
Tue Dec 13, 2016, 10:25 PM
Dec 2016

It's a bad sign when you have to twist yourself into a Gordian knot to prove your point.

Snarkoleptic

(5,995 posts)
16. There is already buyers remorse.
Tue Dec 13, 2016, 10:44 PM
Dec 2016

I'm hearing "didnt' think he'd really go after SS and Medicare".
Here's some similar discussion on the immigration front--


Snarkoleptic

(5,995 posts)
19. There does seem to be a "the only forward is to push through" mentality.
Tue Dec 13, 2016, 10:50 PM
Dec 2016

So it's damn the trumpedos and full steam ahead.

 

Fast Walker 52

(7,723 posts)
21. my Trump voting aunt seems to be enjoying it ... at least she is good at trash talking
Tue Dec 13, 2016, 11:01 PM
Dec 2016

she is brainwashed by it all... even thinks he won in a landslide.

 

Fast Walker 52

(7,723 posts)
22. I think a lot of them are annoyed that they had to vote for the doofus
Tue Dec 13, 2016, 11:02 PM
Dec 2016

in order to deny the "evil Hillary" from being president.

This is going to be rough sailing... Trump will not have an easy time, I suspect. So that's good.

 

Charles Bukowski

(1,132 posts)
36. I think most Trump voters fit this bill
Wed Dec 14, 2016, 12:05 AM
Dec 2016

Partisan hacks who somehow convinced themselves that Hillary was worse, so they held their nose and voted for the imbecile.

Trump got the lowest percentage of the GOP primary vote in 40 years, and there was a significant Never Trump movement at one point, so he was hardly a universally beloved figure, even among conservatives. He got their votes because they're partisan idiots.

 

Fast Walker 52

(7,723 posts)
47. yes... the question is should the left be more like partisan idiots as long as we win?
Wed Dec 14, 2016, 08:20 AM
Dec 2016

Or should we encourage purists?

humbled_opinion

(4,423 posts)
23. Trumpers are stupid what did they think ?
Tue Dec 13, 2016, 11:09 PM
Dec 2016

Did they think that no one would question the ethics concerns of his massive worldwide businesses ?
Did they think that no one would remember his divide and conquer campaign?
Did they think that no one would question his collusion with Russia to hack Democratic politicians?
Did they think that everyone would be welcoming even though he lost the election by more than 3 Million votes?

LOL the most he gets is 2 years and it will be dog fights for both of them, he resigns in disgrace by year 2.

 

Coyotl

(15,262 posts)
30. Their 2.84 million vote loss, more than two percent behind the girl.
Tue Dec 13, 2016, 11:37 PM
Dec 2016


If ALL the Trump voters in 12 states combined were allowed to vote twice, they'd still be behind by far more votes than decided the electoral college.

Upthevibe

(7,879 posts)
34. Who are they going to hate now? I completely agree with who it was who posted
Tue Dec 13, 2016, 11:44 PM
Dec 2016

that they're addicted to hate. I mean that's what they live for. I was speaking with a friend today and we are wondering what in the Hell is Rush going to talk about now?

jambo101

(797 posts)
43. Limbaugh
Wed Dec 14, 2016, 05:01 AM
Dec 2016

Has gone full hate on Liberals /Democrats we are being set up or painted as the equivalent of Hitlers Jews IMO.How this man is allowed to spew such hate and delusion on public air waves is a mystery to me.

 

adigal

(7,581 posts)
41. They need us to like him, so they dont feel so foolish
Wed Dec 14, 2016, 01:06 AM
Dec 2016

Tonight, CNN i think, interviewed some people at Trumps wisconsin Nuremberg rally. A woman was a true believer, but a guy actually sounded wistful and sad when asked if Trump will keep his promises about jobs. He sounded really sad when he said, "I hope so."

Guilded Lilly

(5,591 posts)
42. Yeah, but their pain can't hold a candle to the
Wed Dec 14, 2016, 02:03 AM
Dec 2016

misery that their precious Cretin is bringing down upon our (and they will soon realize, their) world.
Their con-man pathelogical narcissist clod is destroying the country already and the oath hasn't even been taken.

(That is if he will even take the oath without demanding to change it to suit his lunacy.)

I never, in my worst nightmare thought I would see such idiocy, ignorance, arrogance and hate destroy my country so damned fast and potentially, completely.

Raine

(30,540 posts)
44. Reality seems to be smacking them in the face
Wed Dec 14, 2016, 06:47 AM
Dec 2016

I thought they would be doing the happy dance and enjoying their victory. Instead they act more like they lost, such sore winners I've never seen before either. My advice to them would be enjoy your victory, be happy you won because soon you'll have lots of reasons to be angry and to be crying.

Buckeye_Democrat

(14,846 posts)
48. Republicans are often more anti-Democrat/liberal than anything else.
Wed Dec 14, 2016, 08:28 AM
Dec 2016

The GOP platform seems to be "the opposite of what Democrats propose" for many of them.

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