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Post by jimmy on Aug 30, 2018 6:57:05 GMT -6
You should thank me for my service. lol Not many people spend 20 years in the Navy to retire as an O-2 or O-3. I was just curious to see how wrong you were. Are you talking about John Kerry or Bob Kerrey? John Kerry, Bob Kerrey's given name is Joseph Robert Kerrey. Both combat wounded vets in the navy. I read that that confusion happens a lot. Basically throw a rock and hit a demcrats who service in country in Nam. I will treat you like republicans treat democrats who served and how trump is treating mccain. So you don’t really care about someone and their military service unless you can use it/them for something. You would have spit on Kerry, Kerrey or McCain 50 years ago. You’re a pathetic loser.
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Post by trumped on Aug 30, 2018 7:05:27 GMT -6
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Post by trumped on Aug 30, 2018 7:06:55 GMT -6
(He means 2008 not 2004)
Stonewall Jackson Stonewall Jackson @1776stonewall Sarah Palin not invited to McCain's funeral! What a little man. McCain blamed her for his loss in 2004. . He never acknowledged that he was the most hated man in "Republican" politics. I did an approval poll of members of congress/Senate some months back, remember? He was at 6% 4:34 PM · Aug 29, 2018
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Post by Pablo on Aug 30, 2018 7:09:41 GMT -6
Just watched the McCain doc on HBO. Guy was real class. In that spirit I wish to apologize for the name calling and insults. I don’t want to be part of the problem. I don’t mind political discussion but all too often it devolves into the very garbage that is dividing this country. Social media sites and political message boards are a cancer when it comes to political discourse in this country. I’ve got to be better than that. I’d love to actually discuss politics in person in some of you here. Again, apologies to all I’ve insulted, God Bless America and RIP JOHN McCain Nice post.
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Post by sooner8th on Aug 30, 2018 7:10:02 GMT -6
John Kerry, Bob Kerrey's given name is Joseph Robert Kerrey. Both combat wounded vets in the navy. I read that that confusion happens a lot. Basically throw a rock and hit a demcrats who service in country in Nam. I will treat you like republicans treat democrats who served and how trump is treating mccain. So you don’t really care about someone and their military service unless you can use it/them for something. You would have spit on Kerry, Kerrey or McCain 50 years ago. You’re a pathetic loser. I am not the one who attacked genuine American war heroes John Kerry and John McCain, it is YOUR party. This is typical of republicans - just make shit up to argue, in other words a LIE, you have not clue as to who I am or my age. It is your party spitting on Kerry and McCain not mine. Not mention a gold star family.
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Post by sooner8th on Aug 30, 2018 7:12:44 GMT -6
(He means 2008 not 2004) Stonewall Jackson Stonewall Jackson @1776stonewall Sarah Palin not invited to McCain's funeral! What a little man. McCain blamed her for his loss in 2004. . He never acknowledged that he was the most hated man in "Republican" politics. I did an approval poll of members of congress/Senate some months back, remember? He was at 6% 4:34 PM · Aug 29, 2018 McCain ran in 2004? HUH was not aware of that.
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Post by jimmy on Aug 30, 2018 7:24:34 GMT -6
So you don’t really care about someone and their military service unless you can use it/them for something. You would have spit on Kerry, Kerrey or McCain 50 years ago. You’re a pathetic loser. I am not the one who attacked genuine American war heroes John Kerry and John McCain, it is YOUR party. This is typical of republicans - just make shit up to argue, in other words a LIE, you have not clue as to who I am or my age. It is your party spitting on Kerry and McCain not mine. Not mention a gold star family. My party? That is how fucking ignorant you are. You don’t know shit about me. You pathetic loser.
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Post by sooner8th on Aug 30, 2018 7:25:24 GMT -6
My bad Lieutenant, Junior Grade Retired, Joseph Robert Kerrey member of SEAL Team ONE is former DEMOCRATIC governor of Nebraska January 1, 1970 – John Kerry promoted to (full) Lieutenant. Just say thank you to both of them for their service and sacrifice. You should thank me for my service. lol Not many people spend 20 years in the Navy to retire as an O-2 or O-3. I was just curious to see how wrong you were. Are you talking about John Kerry or Bob Kerrey? This shows the hypocrisy of republicans, expect to be thanked for their service while attacking those who political views they disagree with. Thank you for confirming my premise.
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Post by trumped on Aug 30, 2018 7:56:03 GMT -6
Jack Posobiec Retweeted Lionel🇺🇸 Lionel @lionelmedia · 5h Maybe this is commonplace, I’m not sure, but have you ever heard of so many people being posthumously disinvited or uninvited to a funeral?
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Post by trumped on Aug 30, 2018 7:57:09 GMT -6
(He means 2008 not 2004) Stonewall Jackson Stonewall Jackson @1776stonewall Sarah Palin not invited to McCain's funeral! What a little man. McCain blamed her for his loss in 2004. . He never acknowledged that he was the most hated man in "Republican" politics. I did an approval poll of members of congress/Senate some months back, remember? He was at 6% 4:34 PM · Aug 29, 2018 McCain ran in 2004? HUH was not aware of that. You clearly can’t read go back and look at the top line in post.
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Post by sooner8th on Aug 30, 2018 8:03:39 GMT -6
I am not the one who attacked genuine American war heroes John Kerry and John McCain, it is YOUR party. This is typical of republicans - just make shit up to argue, in other words a LIE, you have not clue as to who I am or my age. It is your party spitting on Kerry and McCain not mine. Not mention a gold star family. My party? That is how fucking ignorant you are. You don’t know shit about me. You pathetic loser. Last time you voted for a democrat for president.
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Post by sooner8th on Aug 30, 2018 8:11:01 GMT -6
McCain ran in 2004? HUH was not aware of that. You clearly can’t read go back and look at the top line in post. I saw it, it does not have a lot of credibility if you cannot get something that easy right. There is nothing you wont post.
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Post by 1tc on Aug 30, 2018 8:15:09 GMT -6
You should thank me for my service. lol Not many people spend 20 years in the Navy to retire as an O-2 or O-3. I was just curious to see how wrong you were. Are you talking about John Kerry or Bob Kerrey? This shows the hypocrisy of republicans, expect to be thanked for their service while attacking those who political views they disagree with. Thank you for confirming my premise. Show me where I attacked either of them! You need to stop making shit up. John Kerry isn’t retired from the Navy and neither is Bob Kerrey. It baffles me to watch you flail around with lies and inaccurate allegations only to see you do just that over and over and over. Sad.
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Post by trumped on Aug 30, 2018 8:18:29 GMT -6
You clearly can’t read go back and look at the top line in post. I saw it, it does not have a lot of credibility if you cannot get something that easy right. There is nothing you wont post. No, I knew it would trigger you: Stonewall Jackson @1776stonewall · 16h 2008. . . my mistake See, you focused on his correction instead of the actual story typical radical leftist tactic, deflect. She was his running mate and he blamed her for his loss even tho it was him that turned off voters even in his own party. You focus on the tweeters correction and not the story. This is why everyone laughs at you and radical lefties
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Post by trumped on Aug 30, 2018 8:39:26 GMT -6
Report: McCain’s Profane Tirade At His Wife Nick Juliano Raw Story 04/15/2008 05:12 AM ET Updated May 25, 2011 John McCain’s temper is well documented. He’s called opponents and colleagues “shitheads,” “assholes” and in at least one case “a fucking jerk.”... Three reporters from Arizona, on the condition of anonymity, also let me in on another incident involving McCain’s intemperateness. In his 1992 Senate bid, McCain was joined on the campaign trail by his wife, Cindy, as well as campaign aide Doug Cole and consultant Wes Gullett. At one point, Cindy playfully twirled McCain’s hair and said, “You’re getting a little thin up there.” McCain’s face reddened, and he responded, “At least I don’t plaster on the makeup like a trollop, you cunt.” McCain’s excuse was that it had been a long day. If elected president of the United States, McCain would have many long days. m.huffpost.com/us/entry/95429?ncid=engmodushpmg00000004
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Post by sooner8th on Aug 30, 2018 8:39:55 GMT -6
This shows the hypocrisy of republicans, expect to be thanked for their service while attacking those who political views they disagree with. Thank you for confirming my premise. Show me where I attacked either of them! You need to stop making shit up. John Kerry isn’t retired from the Navy and neither is Bob Kerrey. It baffles me to watch you flail around with lies and inaccurate allegations only to see you do just that over and over and over. Sad. Show me where I said John Kerry is retired.
navyseals.com/ns-overview/notable-seals/joseph-robert-kerrey/Name: Joseph Robert (Bob) Kerrey Specialty: Navy SEAL BUD/S Class: 42 SEAL Service: 1968 – 1969 Rank: Lieutenant, Junior Grade RetiredRank: Lieutenant, Junior Grade Home: Lincoln, Nebraska Assigned: SEAL Team ONE Organization: U.S. Naval Reserve, SEAL Conflict: Vietnam War Age: 25 Location of Action: Near Nha Trang Bay, Republic of Vietnam Date of Action: March 14, 1969 Date of Award: May 14, 1970 Retired: Medically Retired
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Post by sooner8th on Aug 30, 2018 9:07:46 GMT -6
I saw it, it does not have a lot of credibility if you cannot get something that easy right. There is nothing you wont post. No, I knew it would trigger you: Stonewall Jackson @1776stonewall · 16h 2008. . . my mistake See, you focused on his correction instead of the actual story typical radical leftist tactic, deflect. She was his running mate and he blamed her for his loss even tho it was him that turned off voters even in his own party. You focus on the tweeters correction and not the story. This is why everyone laughs at you and radical lefties Keep telling yourself you did that. You triggered no one.
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Post by sooner8th on Aug 30, 2018 9:18:03 GMT -6
biden is going to show what a president looks like and how a president should act Former Vice President Biden to lead memorial tribute to McCainThe memorial service at the North Phoenix Baptist Church marks the second of five days of commemorative tributes to McCain, who died on Saturday after a nearly yearlong battle with brain cancer. He was 81. On Wednesday, several thousand admirers stood in line for hours in the blazing Arizona sun and triple-digit heat to pay final respects to McCain, eventually filing past his flag-draped coffin as it lay in state in the Arizona Capital rotunda. The public viewing followed a brief ceremony for family and dignitaries led by Republican Governor Doug Ducey, who has said he would appoint McCain’s immediate successor in the Senate only after McCain’s burial on Sunday. The onetime U.S. Navy fighter pilot endured 5-1/2 years as a prisoner of war in Vietnam after his aircraft was shot down over Hanoi. He went on to a celebrated career on Capitol Hill, earning a reputation as a political maverick who prided himself on working across party lines on issues such as immigration, climate change and campaign finance reform. As chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, he also became a leading voice on national defense. McCain stood out during the last two years of his life as a leading Republican critic of U.S. President Donald Trump, a fellow Republican whom McCain’s family has asked not to attend his funeral on Saturday at Washington’s National Cathedral. Thursday’s plans called for a hearse to carry McCain’s coffin in the morning from the Arizona statehouse to the north Phoenix church, leading a motorcade that members of the public were invited to join. In addition to loved ones, as well as civic, business and tribal leaders invited to the service from across Arizona, organizers have made about 1,000 seats available at the church for members of the public. The main speech in tribute to McCain was to be delivered by Biden, a friend and former six-term Democratic senator from Delaware who was elected vice president as the running mate of McCain’s rival for the White House, Barack Obama, who defeated McCain in the 2008 presidential race. Larry Fitzgerald, a McCain friend and wide receiver for the National Football League’s Arizona Cardinals, will also speak at Thursday’s service. The hymn “Amazing Grace” is to be performed by the Brophy Student Ensemble, from the college preparatory school in Phoenix attended by McCain, his wife, Cindy, and their sons, Jack and Jimmy. www.politicususa.com/2018/08/30/former-vice-president-biden-to-lead-memorial-tribute-to-mccain.html
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Post by 1tc on Aug 30, 2018 9:41:06 GMT -6
Show me where I attacked either of them! You need to stop making shit up. John Kerry isn’t retired from the Navy and neither is Bob Kerrey. It baffles me to watch you flail around with lies and inaccurate allegations only to see you do just that over and over and over. Sad. Show me where I said John Kerry is retired.
navyseals.com/ns-overview/notable-seals/joseph-robert-kerrey/Name: Joseph Robert (Bob) Kerrey Specialty: Navy SEAL BUD/S Class: 42 SEAL Service: 1968 – 1969 Rank: Lieutenant, Junior Grade RetiredRank: Lieutenant, Junior Grade Home: Lincoln, Nebraska Assigned: SEAL Team ONE Organization: U.S. Naval Reserve, SEAL Conflict: Vietnam War Age: 25 Location of Action: Near Nha Trang Bay, Republic of Vietnam Date of Action: March 14, 1969 Date of Award: May 14, 1970 Retired: Medically RetiredYou didn’t and I didn’t say that you did. I was just pointing out to you that he hadn’t retired from the Navy. It’s splitting hairs but retired from the Navy is different than medically retired from the Navy. Being as you’ve never been in the service, those are just words on a computer screen to you. Keep flailing my good friend!
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Post by oilsooner on Aug 30, 2018 9:55:10 GMT -6
biden is going to show what a president looks like and how a president should act lol...thats absolutely hilarious. You can rip on Trump, thats fine; he deserves it a lot of the time. But, pretending that Biden is the beacon we should be following?? That's so stupid its hilarious. Like watching a drunk walk into a glass door.
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Post by Cooter Brown on Aug 30, 2018 9:56:17 GMT -6
biden is going to show what a president looks like and how a president should act Former Vice President Biden to lead memorial tribute to McCainThe memorial service at the North Phoenix Baptist Church marks the second of five days of commemorative tributes to McCain, who died on Saturday after a nearly yearlong battle with brain cancer. He was 81. On Wednesday, several thousand admirers stood in line for hours in the blazing Arizona sun and triple-digit heat to pay final respects to McCain, eventually filing past his flag-draped coffin as it lay in state in the Arizona Capital rotunda. The public viewing followed a brief ceremony for family and dignitaries led by Republican Governor Doug Ducey, who has said he would appoint McCain’s immediate successor in the Senate only after McCain’s burial on Sunday. The onetime U.S. Navy fighter pilot endured 5-1/2 years as a prisoner of war in Vietnam after his aircraft was shot down over Hanoi. He went on to a celebrated career on Capitol Hill, earning a reputation as a political maverick who prided himself on working across party lines on issues such as immigration, climate change and campaign finance reform. As chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, he also became a leading voice on national defense. McCain stood out during the last two years of his life as a leading Republican critic of U.S. President Donald Trump, a fellow Republican whom McCain’s family has asked not to attend his funeral on Saturday at Washington’s National Cathedral. Thursday’s plans called for a hearse to carry McCain’s coffin in the morning from the Arizona statehouse to the north Phoenix church, leading a motorcade that members of the public were invited to join. In addition to loved ones, as well as civic, business and tribal leaders invited to the service from across Arizona, organizers have made about 1,000 seats available at the church for members of the public. The main speech in tribute to McCain was to be delivered by Biden, a friend and former six-term Democratic senator from Delaware who was elected vice president as the running mate of McCain’s rival for the White House, Barack Obama, who defeated McCain in the 2008 presidential race. Larry Fitzgerald, a McCain friend and wide receiver for the National Football League’s Arizona Cardinals, will also speak at Thursday’s service. The hymn “Amazing Grace” is to be performed by the Brophy Student Ensemble, from the college preparatory school in Phoenix attended by McCain, his wife, Cindy, and their sons, Jack and Jimmy. www.politicususa.com/2018/08/30/former-vice-president-biden-to-lead-memorial-tribute-to-mccain.htmlCrazy Uncle Joe is now "Presidential"...you are fuckin INSANE
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Post by sooner8th on Aug 30, 2018 10:07:49 GMT -6
biden is going to show what a president looks like and how a president should act Former Vice President Biden to lead memorial tribute to McCainThe memorial service at the North Phoenix Baptist Church marks the second of five days of commemorative tributes to McCain, who died on Saturday after a nearly yearlong battle with brain cancer. He was 81. On Wednesday, several thousand admirers stood in line for hours in the blazing Arizona sun and triple-digit heat to pay final respects to McCain, eventually filing past his flag-draped coffin as it lay in state in the Arizona Capital rotunda. The public viewing followed a brief ceremony for family and dignitaries led by Republican Governor Doug Ducey, who has said he would appoint McCain’s immediate successor in the Senate only after McCain’s burial on Sunday. The onetime U.S. Navy fighter pilot endured 5-1/2 years as a prisoner of war in Vietnam after his aircraft was shot down over Hanoi. He went on to a celebrated career on Capitol Hill, earning a reputation as a political maverick who prided himself on working across party lines on issues such as immigration, climate change and campaign finance reform. As chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, he also became a leading voice on national defense. McCain stood out during the last two years of his life as a leading Republican critic of U.S. President Donald Trump, a fellow Republican whom McCain’s family has asked not to attend his funeral on Saturday at Washington’s National Cathedral. Thursday’s plans called for a hearse to carry McCain’s coffin in the morning from the Arizona statehouse to the north Phoenix church, leading a motorcade that members of the public were invited to join. In addition to loved ones, as well as civic, business and tribal leaders invited to the service from across Arizona, organizers have made about 1,000 seats available at the church for members of the public. The main speech in tribute to McCain was to be delivered by Biden, a friend and former six-term Democratic senator from Delaware who was elected vice president as the running mate of McCain’s rival for the White House, Barack Obama, who defeated McCain in the 2008 presidential race. Larry Fitzgerald, a McCain friend and wide receiver for the National Football League’s Arizona Cardinals, will also speak at Thursday’s service. The hymn “Amazing Grace” is to be performed by the Brophy Student Ensemble, from the college preparatory school in Phoenix attended by McCain, his wife, Cindy, and their sons, Jack and Jimmy. www.politicususa.com/2018/08/30/former-vice-president-biden-to-lead-memorial-tribute-to-mccain.htmlCrazy Uncle Joe is now "Presidential"...you are fuckin INSANE He is - don the con is not, pull your head out of your ass. Look at how trump is treating a follow republican like he is a fucking child throwing a temper tantrum.
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Post by sheepdog on Aug 30, 2018 10:11:19 GMT -6
Crazy Uncle Joe is now "Presidential"...you are fuckin INSANE He is - don the con is not, pull your head out of your ass. Look at how trump is treating a follow republican like he is a fucking child throwing a temper tantrum. This is rich coming from the likes of you.
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Post by sooner8th on Aug 30, 2018 10:12:37 GMT -6
There’s also the issue with him insulting a gold star family because they had the audacity to criticize him. Then wraps himself in the flag and poses as a patriot. It’s completely baffling that he gets the support he does from the side who claims to be more patriotic. The same thing with the evangelical vote. The guy is anything but Christian yet he gets their vote. The tribal politics that we are seeing today is truly fascinating. Do you use salt and pepper when you swallow down the bullshit being fed to you everyday? Unless there is a completely new definition of what an evangelical is, you are totally confused if you believe those are the people that elected trump. Evengelical is left wing code for people who cannot think for themselves and that are dominated by some church doctrine. Evengelical would fall into the group of the never trumpers The phrase of tribal politics is insulting and condescending.. You want everyone to line up to be placed in their tidy square pegs And if they break off into their own faction, day must be some part of an ignorant and backward tribe? How about, 63 million Americans were tired of the same political bullshit that is going on every single day in Washington DC going nowhere. How about 63 million Americans were smart enough to give someone else a chance to do something as opposed to recyclying the same f******* clintons or bushes every single election cycle All you have is the complain about his personal failings, and refuse to dollars the dizzying success of his policies At the same time, you are so desperate to hold on to power that you blindly ignore the daily on swaths of information that directly shows what amounts to a political coup against the duly elected president of the United States You m************ are so far on the wrong side of history you should be embarrassed I found this to educate you mr imsofuckingsmart Myths Debunked: Why Did White Evangelical Christians Vote for Trump? Author Myriam Renaud January 19, 2017 Why did a record 81% of white evangelicals vote for Donald Trump in the recent presidential election? A common explanation in the media is that these voters wanted to safeguard the empty seat on the Supreme Court with the hope of overturning Roe v. Wade. Though widely accepted, there are at least two problems with this explanation. First, while abortion rights have been a consistent preoccupation (for conservatives and progressives alike), white evangelical support for Republican presidential candidates has been inconsistent. Pew Research data shows that 78% of white evangelicals voted for George W. Bush in 2004, 74% for John McCain in 2008, and 78% for Mitt Romney in 2012. Ballots cast for Trump hit a new high. Second, despite the claims of pundits who speak on their behalf—pastors and other religious leaders—the abortion issue was not a primary concern for white evangelicals in this election. When, in November 2016, a LifeWay Research poll asked white evangelicals what one issue they considered most important when voting, only 10% said “Supreme Court nominees,” and a mere 4% said “abortion.” In contrast, 20% of pastors said “Supreme Court nominees,” and 10% said “abortion.” 9f67ee45-8ee6-4c61-ba4e-82b55f60ba69.png In total, nearly half of white evangelicals considered the economy or national security most important when choosing between presidential candidates. Even when the Pew Research Center asked them which issues—not limited to a single one—were “very important” to them in deciding how to cast their votes, terrorism (89%) and the economy (87%) ranked higher than Supreme Court appointments (70%) and abortion (52%). b52155e1-688e-4ac3-a28f-659c2ba83b41.png For many white evangelical voters, then, worries about the Supreme Court and Roe v. Wade were not primary factors. Simply put, the amped-up obsession with the Supreme Court and Roe v. Wade in the media points to an opinion gap between the people in the pews and their clergy. Why this disconnect? Reporters may not be aware that some white evangelical pastors hold different views than the lay people whom they supposedly represent. Also religious leaders may themselves not be aware that their views differ from those of their congregants. Regardless of the reasons, when Franklin Graham, President of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, told NBC that “This election is about the Supreme Court and the justices that the next president will nominate,” he was not speaking for all white evangelicals. Neither was Richard Land, President of Southern Evangelical Seminary, who, NBC reported, “believes evangelicals were motivated to vote in unprecedented numbers because of Hillary Clinton’s record on abortion.” Contra Graham and Land, the unprecedented numbers of white evangelicals who voted for Trump were principally motivated by worries about the economy. This may seem odd. Scratch the surface of the U.S. economy and all appears to be well. According to Bureau of Labor Statistics data released in late 2016, the number of private sector jobs has grown for 80 consecutive months, 178,000 people were added to payrolls in November, and the unemployment rate dropped to 4.6%. Wage growth, though slower, was still running ahead of inflation, and consumers were expressing the highest levels of confidence in nearly a decade. Still more confounding, based on data alone, is the fact that white Trump supporters—white evangelicals among them—are somewhat better off than other Americans, including other whites. According to Nate Silver the median household income for Trump’s non-Hispanic white supporters was about $72,000, or $10,000 higher than that of all non-Hispanic whites. Nonetheless, many white evangelicals are, or see themselves as, left behind financially. To understand why this is the case requires a closer look at the median household income since the Great Recession of 2007-2008. Six years into the economic recovery, the U.S. Census Bureau reported that incomes in the middle range—when adjusted for inflation—were still 1.6% below the previous 2007 peak of $57,423 per household. Also problematic, these incomes remained 2.4% lower than the high reached during the late 1990s. Most of the registered income gains have bypassed middle-income workers, like the average white evangelical Trump voter, and gone to those at the top of the income ladder. Seen in the broad context of the past few decades, the average wage earner has failed to get ahead. Though more people are back at work, the New York Times’s Binyamin Applebaum wrote, “many of them are still struggling to maintain their standard of living.” Patricia Cohen, also writing for the New York Times, echoed these grim assessments. Despite recent good news about the economy, she said, “tens of millions of Americans understandably feel that the recovery has passed them by.” Many without skills are stuck with low-paying jobs plagued by irregular and unreliable schedules and by little or no security or benefits. Others, laid off from the well-compensated manufacturing jobs that left the U.S. for other countries, have had to accept lower-wage positions, if they found work at all. Eric Hoffer, in his classic book The True Believer, described what he called the “new poor.” He found that the intensity of the discontent found among the new poor is not necessarily tied to economic hardship. Indeed, individuals born into misery do not usually revolt against the status quo—their lot is bearable because it is familiar and predictable. Discontent, the emotion Trump tapped into so adeptly, is more likely to afflict people who have experienced prosperity. When their comfortable life is diminished in some way, the result is intolerable. According to Hoffer, it is usually “those whose poverty is relatively recent, the ‘new poor,’ who throb with the ferment of frustration. The memory of better things is as fire in their veins.” Actual financial struggles, along with the memory of better things, may explain why more white evangelicals voted for the Republican candidate than in previous elections. It may also explain why worries about the economy took precedence over distaste for Trump as a person. Surveys showed that many white evangelicals objected to Trump’s sexism, racism, anti-Muslim-ism, anti-immigrant-ism, and other ugly-isms. Barna Group found that 49% of white evangelicals felt that Trump lacked a strong moral character. Only 15% saw him as “authentically Christian.” Still, Trump successfully tapped into their economic anxiety—justified or not—with his slogan: “Make American Great Again.” Hillary Clinton, with her insistence that America was already great, probably appeared horribly out of touch. Trump, in contrast, agreed with the new poor that the nation’s economy was in trouble. He promised seemingly quick fixes like eliminating trade agreements that appeared to favor foreign companies over American ones, forcing U.S.-based companies to keep jobs stateside instead of shipping them overseas, and reducing competition for jobs with a tough stance toward illegal immigrants. In his first press conference as President-elect last week, Trump pledged to be “the greatest jobs producer that God ever created.” Why bother to try to understand the motivations of white evangelical voters? Because, according to Pew surveys, they make up 26% of the American electorate, giving them significant political clout. (That percentage has held since 2008.) Of course, white evangelicals do not constitute a single voting bloc. They cover the spectrum of political affiliations. But the fact that more than four out of five placed their trust in Trump deserves attention. Trump paid attention to the power of this group and assembled an evangelical advisory council to assist his campaign. Going forward, future campaigns would do well to do the same. Most importantly, though, rather than relying on the opinions of pastors and religious leaders, or on economic reports that fail to take the larger picture into account, those who wish to succeed in understanding and responding to the concerns of white evangelicals ought to reach out to them directly. divinity.uchicago.edu/sightings/myths-debunked-why-did-white-evangelical-christians-vote-trumpClear enough?
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Post by sooner8th on Aug 30, 2018 10:21:12 GMT -6
He is - don the con is not, pull your head out of your ass. Look at how trump is treating a follow republican like he is a fucking child throwing a temper tantrum. This is rich coming from the likes of you. Do you see me disrespecting mccain? NO
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Post by sheepdog on Aug 30, 2018 10:27:11 GMT -6
This is rich coming from the likes of you. Do you see me disrespecting mccain? Apparently so. I see you being what you are and nothing else.
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Post by Cooter Brown on Aug 30, 2018 10:40:57 GMT -6
Who is this hero who retired as a LTJG? My bad Lieutenant, Junior Grade Retired, Joseph Robert Kerrey member of SEAL Team ONE is former DEMOCRATIC governor of Nebraska January 1, 1970 – John Kerry promoted to (full) Lieutenant. Just say thank you to both of them for their service and sacrifice. You are not immune to critism just because you are a veteran! Knock it off with faux outrage over the treatment of vets.
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Post by sooner8th on Aug 30, 2018 10:48:00 GMT -6
My bad Lieutenant, Junior Grade Retired, Joseph Robert Kerrey member of SEAL Team ONE is former DEMOCRATIC governor of Nebraska January 1, 1970 – John Kerry promoted to (full) Lieutenant. Just say thank you to both of them for their service and sacrifice. You are not immune to critism just because you are a veteran! Knock it off with faux outrage over the treatment of vets. Who says im a vet? I don't have faux outrage over the treatment of vets. I'm still pissed about how your party treated kerry and duckworth while it supports and defends cowards like trump, bush, cheney ect.
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Post by okirishfan on Aug 30, 2018 10:53:34 GMT -6
You are not immune to critism just because you are a veteran! Knock it off with faux outrage over the treatment of vets. Who says im a vet? I don't have faux outrage over the treatment of vets. I'm still pissed about how your party treated kerry and duckworth while it supports and defends cowards like trump, bush, cheney ect. He meant "you" as in the general sense of the term. Meaning, "vets are not immune to criticism".
But you're correct, they are hypocritical about it and use it for their own advantage. As do Dems.
Had Chris Kyle been a Dem and Jessie Ventura a Pub, their whole narrative would have been different. And the liberal MSM is using Trump's disrespect of McCain for their political agenda as well.
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Post by 1tc on Aug 30, 2018 10:55:03 GMT -6
This is rich coming from the likes of you. Do you see me disrespecting mccain? NO You’ve said that he was treasonous. Seriously, what’s wrong with you? Why are you unable to have a decent conversation?
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