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smirkymonkey

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21. I never expected it to be this bad. It's a daily effing nightmare.

Reply to DemocratSinceBirth (Original post)

Tue Jul 11, 2017, 07:53 PM

Jul 2017

I thought we would have periods of normalcy punctuated by a shit-show here and there, but I didn't think it would be one big non-stop clusterfuck. It's making me physically ill.

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Is the Trump maladministration more or less of a s--t show than you expected? [View all] DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2017 OP

EXACTLY what I expected. Shell_Seas Jul 2017 #1

I don't know... DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2017 #2

Surprisingly, less jberryhill Jul 2017 #3

I am going with less as well The Genealogist Jul 2017 #6

Oh, I KNEW he would be horrid but this is a GIANT shitshow and clusterfuck beyond belief. CurtEastPoint Jul 2017 #4

I think it's more or less a shit show as I expected. defacto7 Jul 2017 #5

I'm going with lib-ruhl Jul 2017 #7

I thought he'd make better cabinet picks and spend more time golfing marylandblue Jul 2017 #8

About what I expected--some of the details are surprising ismnotwasm Jul 2017 #9

I thought Mike Pence was supposed to basically be president Tiggeroshii Jul 2017 #10

I thought the grown-ups would take away his Tweeter MiddleClass Jul 2017 #11

It's much, much worse. I thought that worst case scenario we'd have to endure 4 years Vinca Jul 2017 #12

I didn't think they would be this functionality fucked up on a personal level YCHDT Jul 2017 #13

It is a different kind of a shit show than I thought it would be virtualobserver Jul 2017 #14

Exactly what I expected. NRaleighLiberal Jul 2017 #15

I didn't know WHAT to expect.. nt. jazzimov Jul 2017 #16

Thread winner!! LeftInTX Jul 2017 #17

Bannon likes to claim that chaos was his goal... VOX Jul 2017 #20

Expected more Schutzstaffel and not so much KGB... VOX Jul 2017 #18

Coming in right around my expectations. Maybe not quite as bad, because we are still here. DanTex Jul 2017 #19

I never expected it to be this bad. It's a daily effing nightmare. smirkymonkey Jul 2017 #21

I expect it to get worse and worse as time goes by and he's allowed to remain in office. Solly Mack Jul 2017 #22

More. But... Johnny2X2X Jul 2017 #23

I voted "more" but NastyRiffraff Jul 2017 #24

Oh it's easily a category 5 shit storm! Initech Jul 2017 #25

Their utter ineptitude is surprising mythology Jul 2017 #26

I expected the collapse of our government. What we have is not quite as terrible. Gravitycollapse Jul 2017 #27

I was expecting him to be more of a NY democrat, more than most applegrove Jul 2017 #28

About what I expected. ImpeachTheGOP Jul 2017 #29

More beyond my wildest dreams JDC Jul 2017 #30