Wednesday, November 16, 2016

The Gullible Democratic Coalition...

What has hit me in the aftermath of the 2016 election "shocker" was how much of the Democratic platform and Democratic election strategy relies on the gullibility of the average Democratic voter. If I was trying to come up with a slogan, it would be something in the basic realm of:
"the more outrageous the claim, the more likely our supporters are to believe it
Oddly, this attitude doesn't seem to change much whether these outrageous claims are being made to defend or to attack.

In defense of Hillary Clinton's many shortcomings, you could toss out almost any sort of conspiracy theory and get buy in from the Democrats.

  • Email scandal? Partisan hacks within the FBI trying to bring down Clinton. 
  • Wikileaks? Doctored documents provided by the Russians to undermine Clinton's election chances. 
  • Health Concerns? Partisan make believe doctors providing false diagnoses to harm Clinton. 

They probably still believe Hillary used a private server for convenience, several months of dizzy/fainting spells was pneumonia, and that Bill met with Lynch to discuss their grandchildren.

But the real gullibility comes with their outrageous belief that Trump and all of his supporters are pretty much closet white supremacists, antisemitic, homophones looking for an excuse to bring back Jim Crow laws, allow summary executions for Muslims, and to round up all Hispanics and put them into camps.

I read a Jamelle Bouie article just today from Slate.com where he basically, openly, and unapologetically offered that "all" sixty million Trump supporters are racist bigots, even if they do not believe that they are. Jamelle then cites claims of over 300 separate acts of racial violence perpetrated by Trump supporters. The interesting thing here is that of those 300 separate acts you will not find anyone who has been arrested for said harassment or violence (although one student from Oklahoma was apparently temporarily suspended from the university for some hate speech on social media). To the degree that any fact checking was done on these allegations, it turns out that almost all of those stories were without evidence, and several were found to be fabricated. But then again, part of being gullible is not allowing the facts to get in the way of a good narrative.

Meanwhile, Bouie seems clueless to the concept that of the actual after election violence that is actually being caught on camera, proven, and in many cases people are being charged... it is all being perpetrated by Trump detractors protesting his election. Literally thousands of people protesting Donald Trump, burning down buildings, vandalizing cars, videos of brutal beatings of Trump supporters (with arrests), and even video of these anti-Trump protesters turning on the police. This is very real documented violence incited by liberal/progressive hate.

But the left would have us believe that the true post election violence and harassment comes from the right. Is gullible even a strong enough word?

24 comments:

Coldheartedtruth Teller said...

Let's look at the polling data. A survey taken this May found that about two-thirds of Trump supporters believe Obama is a Muslim. The same poll found 59 percent of Trump supporters believe Obama was not born in the United States.Sep 10, 2016
Is Hillary Clinton right about Trump supporters? This is what the ...
https://thinkprogress.org › is-hillary-clint...

caliphate4vr said...

think progress citing PPP


cuckoo cuckoo

Honest, decent, truthful Rev. said...

Speaking of outrageous claims......

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Donald Trump don't see eye-to-eye on much, but they did agree on "draining the swamp" in Washington. Now, it is evident to Sanders (and pretty much everyone else) that "draining the swamp" has evolved into "stock it with even more alligators."

Sanders called Trump out on this, observing that, "[A] lot of what Mr. Trump was saying to get votes turns out to be not what he intends to do as the president of the United States."

Sanders was joined in his protestations by Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), who said, "It doesn't look like they're draining the swamp, it looks like they're pouring the swamp into the transition"...
--Christopher Bates

Myballs said...

Looks to me like he's gassing up his swamp draining boat. Pence already kicked out all the lobbyists from the transition meetings.

Honest, decent, truthful Rev. said...

Yesterday Gallup approval

Obama 57%

Geo. Bush 29% at the same time in his presidency

C.H. Truth said...

Obama 57%

Yet, there will be nothing left of his legacy... I guess the actual voters didn't like his policies as much as they liked him, huh?

KD , lowering wages on the poorest, nice job Barry said...

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Donald Trump don't see eye-to-eye on much"

Bernie who?

KD, being Sober is Normal said...

The NFL Commissioner after reading the post by HB has decided that the Next Super Bowl Winner will be based on passes completed and not the team that racked up the most points.

C.H. Truth said...

KD -

I better analogy might be that they will chose the playoffs based on scoring differential, rather than games won... since it's more than possible a team could win ten games by three points or less, get blown out in six losses and end up scoring less than their opponents... or visa versa.

wphamilton said...

KD , lowering wages on the poorest, nice job Barry said... Bernie who?

He was that background extra in Clinton's Primary show, who was allowed to run if he promised not to criticize her or rich people.

Forget him - he's nothing to us, especially for his former supporters who were deceived by the dog-and-pony show.

KD, Trump can go over any budget by 5 trillion said...

Yep, Both work, is HB smart enough to pick up on us making fun of him as he flops like a dying fish.


President Trump will not be submitting a budget to congress for all of his first Term in Office, just following in the footsteps of Obama.

Thanks to Harry Ried, US Senate Republicans will pass every bill with a 51 vote majority, just following in the footsteps of Ried.

KD, Party for Profits said...

Forget him " Already Have, but Jane believes Bernie has a Yuge voice in the coming term of President Trump.


What is going on with the leftist in the US House, is a woman called Nancy Icantread Polosi not going to get the nod, IF not, is the year of the liberal lying woman over so soon>


JaneBaked, what happened in your opinion to the Blue wall, why did it turn to dust?

wphamilton said...

Blogger Roger Amick said...
Let's look at the polling data. A survey taken this May found that about two-thirds of Trump supporters believe Obama is a Muslim.


Yep, eight years of mudslinging lies from the Republican Party will do that. You'd hope that they know better now, after what happened in the Primary, but something tells me they don't.

It's ironic that the Democrats are already full swing into making the same mistake with Trump. Keep it up, and you'll have a lunatic winning the nomination in 2020.

wphamilton said...

Anonymous KD, Party for Profits said...
Forget him " Already Have, but Jane believes Bernie has a Yuge voice in the coming term of President Trump.


Sanders did express the same concern I had, I'll give him that. He at least has a grasp on what reasonable people are thinking. Except that nobody will trust him again.

wphamilton said...

Anonymous KD, Party for Profits said... what happened in your opinion to the Blue wall, why did it turn to dust?

Reality tends to manifest better than magical thinking and perception molding.

KD, HB why are you still in the USA? said...

SIMPLY THE WORST=> Obama is First President Ever to Not See Single Year of 3% GDP Growth" Time Magazine

So for President Trump to put in a better economy then Obama all Trump has to do is get to 3.0 GDP.

That will be easy as more people go back to work, earn their way, pay lower taxes, save and drive the economy from the bottom up.

The people that have been out of work, have to go back, join the movement, pay into SS and Medicare.

Remember the math as it comes to SS payouts, years that are not worked are included and show up a ZERO , lowering the pay out.

So pick up that shovel and get ready.


______________________________________________________________
It's ironic that the Democrats are already full swing into making the same mistake with Trump. Keep it up, and you'll have a lunatic winning the nomination in 2020."

The press is "demanding" all kinds of things from the President Elect, how funny, they same group that trashed him and continues to do so wants HIM to treat THEM with respect, god they are dumb as Hillary.

I love that trump ditched them, they are so made, I am sure they put on their baby diaper Pins and sang some kind of commie song to feel better.



KD, Trump said...

Reality tends to manifest better than magical thinking and perception molding."

Yep, I did not follow the comings and going of grannykankles, but I hear she did not ever visit some of those states, she was so sure she had this election in the bag, need proof, Her screaming "why am I not up by 50 points" in the polls..

Bless HER heart, final count, honey you are not even with in 50 electorial vote of the Winner TRUMP.

Final Real Results

Trump 306
Hillary 222

That is what I call a beating.

Trump has a plan to get blacks to own more homes, it is called a Job.

Or as Biden s-p-e-l-l-e-d it out one ,,,"Ohio, on Oct. 15, 2008, Biden said, "Look, John's last-minute economic plan does nothing to tackle the number-one job facing the middle class, and it happens to be, as Barack says, a three-letter word: jobs. J-O-B-S, jobs."

Anonymous said...

Anonymous caliphate4vr said...
think progress citing PPP


cuckoo cuckoo
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indeed.

he's so devastated trump could put him back on the bottle.

KD, Oh little leftist are so cute wearing thier diaper pins said...

Fact, Trump has named more of his cabinet already the Obimbo did at the beginning of his 8 years of wrecking the US Economy.

IS the leftist too stupid to realize the following, They rant non freaking stop about income inequality, what ever in the fuck that non-sense is, yet, cheer a higher US Stock Market.

Coldheartedtruth Teller said...

Let's put it this way.

First, that is not what most believe.
Second, Trump is not a racist.
Third, most of the people people who voted for Trump are not racists. One here is, but thank goodness he's in the minority.
Fourth, Trump used the racist Birther nonsense, to attract the small percentage but motivated Republicans. It was cynical and successful.
Fifth. You lost me, when you accepted that strategy as a legitimate way to start his campaign. You know Damn well that's what he did. He rode that until he issued a thirty one withdrawal. He then has ridden that to the White House.

I don't hope that he's a failure, because it would hurt my country, the best government, and the people, even those who voted for the son of a bitch. But I want him gone in four years.

Coldheartedtruth Teller said...

1,634 days, asshole.

62,568,373 Clinton

61,336,159 Trump

1,232,214 2% and counting.

Myballs said...

Clinton won NY and CA by 4.5 million votes and little else. That's not how we elect presidents.

Coldheartedtruth Teller said...

I know that.

But I believe that one man or woman, per vote. Only one Republican has won the popular vote since 1988. I also don't think that lines on a map should have more impact than people.

opie said...


Yet, there will be nothing left of his legacy.

Unlike busch and his recession legacy.......seems to me you have a problem with perceptions.....no surprise there since you are a winnah!!!!! LOL