Why NOT to vote Republican

[iris lilies]

My market research brain loves this study about the five types of people who voted of Trump. This study was published in 2017--it would be interesting to see if they repeat it for his 2024 campaign to see if any of those segments shift, or if new ones emerge.

https://www.voterstudygroup.org/publ...s-trump-voters

I will have to delve into this later as I know several Trump voters including those who are never spoken about: successful professional women with advanced degrees. That demographics is supposed to hate Trump and love Hilary.

[gimmethesimplelife]

Ay carumba, DJT is running again, even in the face of most of his hand picked election denier candidates losing - does he have any sense of change in the air? He's very vulnerable to this Ron DeSantis and he doesn't seem to get that his time has come and gone. Pass the popcorn, the issues in the GOP concerning Trump and how to minimize continued damage to the GOP brand via giving DJT one ounce of attention/election consideration should be entertaining. Rob

[LDAHL]

Ay carumba, DJT is running again, even in the face of most of his hand picked election denier candidates losing - does he have any sense of change in the air? He's very vulnerable to this Ron DeSantis and he doesn't seem to get that his time has come and gone. Pass the popcorn, the issues in the GOP concerning Trump and how to minimize continued damage to the GOP brand via giving DJT one ounce of attention/election consideration should be entertaining. Rob

The New York Post put the story on page 26: “Florida Man Makes Announcement”.

I believe the only man to win then lose than win the presidency was Grover Cleveland.

[flowerseverywhere]

I thought it was sad Trump had no family on the stage, not even a wife. What a sad life he leads.

[Rogar]

One can hope it will be another opportunity to watch him lose. I half expected him to announce as an independent.

I sort of doubt that his ego allows him to think that he leads a sad life.

[LDAHL]

National Review published an editorial on the announcement. The title was “No”.

[flowerseverywhere]

One can hope it will be another opportunity to watch him lose. I half expected him to announce as an independent.

I sort of doubt that his ego allows him to think that he leads a sad life.

I agree. I don’t believe anyone connected to him, family or not finds much joy. As he seems to be missing the point of it all

[frugal-one]

Perhaps trump thinks by running he can avoid jail.

[bae]

I just finished reading Jessikka Aro's "Putin's Trolls", and found it quite interesting, and relevant to political discussions here in the US. It also tempered my thinking about living in Finland some day :-)

https://www.nyjournalofbooks.com/boo...tlines-russias

[JaneV2.0]

I just finished reading Jessikka Aro's "Putin's Trolls", and found it quite interesting, and relevant to political discussions here in the US. It also tempered my thinking about living in Finland some day :-)

https://www.nyjournalofbooks.com/boo...tlines-russias

I've been warning about the dangers of Russian trolls for some time--and mostly being laughed at. They're certainly behind much of the QAnon spew.

From the link:
"Moscow State University, where Aro studied journalism, now hosts courses taught by military officers in methods of computer propaganda. They emphasize three tactics: the rotten herring (rubbing a nasty smell onto the target), the big lie (the bigger the better), and the 60–40 method (60% plausible facts and 40% fake)."