Democrats winning back the deplorables?

[j brown's body]

Have you ever noticed that everything is race related with leftists?

You'd think they'd come up with some of their own dog whistles, wouldn't you?

 

[rickc]

Uh, the nation is interdependent. What do you think would happen when all those "deplorable" Trump supporting truck drivers stop making deliveries? How about when people stop producing fossil fuels? Growing wheat? The idea that you can punish 73 million people because they disagree with you politically is not going to go down well.

Those deplorables live paycheck to paycheck. They can't quit.

 

[Grandpappy]

The reality is that if the Democratic party was the same as it was in the JFK era, I may be a Democrat.
But it's beginning to look like the party of Fidel Castro, so I'll pass.

 

[Roadvirus]

It's more like claiming the power they deserve. We have a representative govt. and it needs to represent its people or it will fail. Is that now the goal of the right?

Deserve?

They don't deserve ANYTHING. They EARN seats in Congress. Voters decide who DESERVES power in this country.

 

[Roadvirus]

Those deplorables live paycheck to paycheck. They can't quit.

You'd make a very poor politician.

 

[trixare4kids]

Your article says "republicans". Let's remember that there are still real republicans in the republican party, people who support things like lower taxes for rich people.

Deplorables are not real republicans. They don't benefit at all from tax cuts for the rich, for instance. In fact it shifts the tax burden off the backs of the rich and on to the backs of the deplorables which hurts the deplorables.

Financially, the deplorables would be much better off in the democratic party.



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You want to know why those "deplorables" left your party? One reason might be because of the unbelievable ignorance as expressed above.

 

[j brown's body]

You should feel shameful writing something as ignorant as #3.
How about less name calling for former Democrats and Independents who left your party?

One of the reasons they left was because they got tired of Democrats race card playing and racial identity politics. Hell, even Blacks and Latinos are leaving the Democratic Party because of their incessant labeling for those who won't tow the party line.

They identify with white nationalism. The numbers bear it out.

 

[Dans La Lune]

Don't embrace crazy ass ideas like "Expand the SC", "reparations", "Defund the police" or "Add corrupt PR as a state just so we can get more Dem seats in the Senate".

Most of that didn't exist in 2016 and you still went for Trump. In addition, none of those ideas are crazy.

 

[Rawley]

You're saying race had little to do with trump's success? trump told suburban women, "we're protecting your neighborhoods", which meant keeping minorities out of their neighborhoods.

Actually, the only racists I have ever met in my life are democrats and liberals, such as yourself.

 

[swing_voter]

All these people who hate political correctness are demanding that I be politically correct.

Irony?

 

[Checkerboard Strangler]

What do the deplorables want?

1. Less globalization. Less jobs moving overseas.

2. Less illegal immigration. There's 12+ million illegal immigrants living and working in America right now, and they put a downward pressure on wages because they work for little money.

3. Less diversity. They don't want to be around blacks and Latinos.

4. Better jobs. Their fathers used to make enough money to buy a house. And they bought a new car every few years. Today's deplorables make a lot less than their dads when you adjust for inflation.

The deplorables used to be democrats. They helped Roosevelt to pass the New Deal, getting things like unemployment insurance and social security.

So how do democrats get them back?

I've been saying "The New Deal" 2.0...but they've all been conditioned to think of that as socialism, never realizing that The New Deal gave us the highest standard of living in history.

 

[trixare4kids]

Have you ever noticed that everything is race related with leftists?

How else would you imagine the Democratic Party build their voting bloc?
Pandering to and exploiting Americans by race has always been their bread and butter.

 

[swing_voter]

I've been saying "The New Deal" 2.0...but they've all been conditioned to think of that as socialism, never realizing that The New Deal gave us the highest standard of living in history.

The conservative talk show hosts, Rush, Levine, would tell the deplorables the New Deal 2.0 is pure communism and they're not to vote for it.

Then Rush, Levine would tell the deplorables how good it is to give the rich even more tax cuts and tax loopholes.

 

[Checkerboard Strangler]

The conservative talk show hosts, Rush, Levine, would tell the deplorables the New Deal 2.0 is pure communism and they're not to vote for it.

Then Rush, Levine would tell the deplorables how good it is to give the rich even more tax cuts and tax loopholes.

They've been 100 percent conditioned to vote against their own best interests.

 

[apdst]

What do the deplorables want?

1. Less globalization. Less jobs moving overseas.

2. Less illegal immigration. There's 12+ million illegal immigrants living and working in America right now, and they put a downward pressure on wages because they work for little money.

3. Less diversity. They don't want to be around blacks and Latinos.

4. Better jobs. Their fathers used to make enough money to buy a house. And they bought a new car every few years. Today's deplorables make a lot less than their dads when you adjust for inflation.

The deplorables used to be democrats. They helped Roosevelt to pass the New Deal, getting things like unemployment insurance and social security.

So how do democrats get them back?

Keep up with the name calling and accusations of racism and promises of more communism. That'll do it!

 

[apdst]

The conservative talk show hosts, Rush, Levine, would tell the deplorables the New Deal 2.0 is pure communism and they're not to vote for it.

Then Rush, Levine would tell the deplorables how good it is to give the rich even more tax cuts and tax loopholes.

I'm not rich. I got a tax cut and enjoy the same deductions as anyone else.

 

[Jay59]

It's not about what they are paying, it is what their greed has done to our middle class. 90% of us have not had a real raise since Reagan was elected.

Trump brought the real income growth to the middle class and minorities. That should make you happy.

Wait. You never supported the policies that actually helped. Why is that?

This is sort of amusing. The term, of course, comes from Clinton, who used it to describe Trump supporters because, she said, they are racist and Islamophobic. Those are deplorable things. But she was accurate. Most of Trump’s supporters hold an unfavorable view of Islam, 3/4s of them support the Muslim ban, 40% of them think Blacks are more violent than whites, and 2/3rds of them are birthers. Deplorable is not so much like the N-word, as they seem more likely to use the n-word.

So, you think prejudice is OK if you do it.

I'll give you that it's consistent. Elitists always exempt themselves.

You'd think they'd come up with some of their own dog whistles, wouldn't you?

Of course. Dog whistles are only hear by liberals.

All these people who hate political correctness are demanding that I be politically correct. Irony?

If that was actually happening it would be. But, not.

 

[Yakshi]

What do the deplorables want?

1. Less globalization. Less jobs moving overseas.

2. Less illegal immigration. There's 12+ million illegal immigrants living and working in America right now, and they put a downward pressure on wages because they work for little money.

3. Less diversity. They don't want to be around blacks and Latinos.

4. Better jobs. Their fathers used to make enough money to buy a house. And they bought a new car every few years. Today's deplorables make a lot less than their dads when you adjust for inflation.

The deplorables used to be democrats. They helped Roosevelt to pass the New Deal, getting things like unemployment insurance and social security.

So how do democrats get them back?

We don't want them back. They should be recognized as worthless.

Ignoring them is the best choice.

 

[jcgriff2]

What do the deplorables want?

1. Less globalization. Less jobs moving overseas.

2. Less illegal immigration. There's 12+ million illegal immigrants living and working in America right now, and they put a downward pressure on wages because they work for little money.

3. Less diversity. They don't want to be around blacks and Latinos.

4. Better jobs. Their fathers used to make enough money to buy a house. And they bought a new car every few years. Today's deplorables make a lot less than their dads when you adjust for inflation.

The deplorables used to be democrats. They helped Roosevelt to pass the New Deal, getting things like unemployment insurance and social security.

So how do democrats get them back?

They don't and never will.

Democrats are now heading down a very steep socialist hill called communism.

The next US Civil War will be a cold war between the forces of good (the GOP) and pure evil (dems).

 

[btthegreat]

What do the deplorables want?

1. Less globalization. Less jobs moving overseas.

2. Less illegal immigration. There's 12+ million illegal immigrants living and working in America right now, and they put a downward pressure on wages because they work for little money.

3. Less diversity. They don't want to be around blacks and Latinos.

4. Better jobs. Their fathers used to make enough money to buy a house. And they bought a new car every few years. Today's deplorables make a lot less than their dads when you adjust for inflation.

The deplorables used to be democrats. They helped Roosevelt to pass the New Deal, getting things like unemployment insurance and social security.

So how do democrats get them back?

I think we have to be careful in how we define these 'deplorables'. The only one of the above I define as part of a 'deplorable' litmus test is #3. Its about bigotry, racism, homophobia, sexism, ethnicicism, and xenophobia and we don't want them back. The GOP can keep them.

 

[Integrityrespec]

You're saying race had little to do with trump's success? trump told suburban women, "we're protecting your neighborhoods", which meant keeping minorities out of their neighborhoods.

Wait, you are going to point to race as Trumps success? The democrats have been peddling race for decades. Give it a rest.

 

[iguanaman]

Trump brought the real income growth to the middle class and minorities. That should make you happy.

From these graphs it looks like doubling the deficit was needed just to keep up with what Obama did. Obama cut the Federal Deficit by half by 2016 WHILE boosting earnings at a similar rate.

 

[iguanaman]

They don't and never will.

Democrats are now heading down a very steep socialist hill called communism.

The next US Civil War will be a cold war between the forces of good (the GOP) and pure evil (dems).

Why do you say that? Who told you such a bald faced lie? Mr. One and done was the closest thing to a dictatorship I ever want to experience. You do know that all communist countries are dictatorships first, the ideology is not important. Democrats cherish freedom and would never give up their country or their party to an individual like the Republicans have. We saved your ass too. You're welcome

 

[Antiwar]

It was really dumb when Hillary said "a basket of deplorables." You critique policy and behavior, you don't deride people. She wasn't referring to every Trump supporter, but of course they spun it that way. And here you are making the spin true and continuing the nonsense.

Did you see Bernie talking smack about people? I didn't. He explains how policies can help most people. He explains inequality, structural racism, healthcare, etc. I wish his voting record wasn't so aligned with the corporate, neoliberal, warmongering D Team. And progressives had to help him out with some stuff, such as working with BLM. The D Team has been screwing over the very people they used to advocate for since Bill Clinton took a right turn.

 

[iguanaman]

It was really dumb when Hillary said "a basket of deplorables." You critique pilicy and behavior, yiu don't deride people. She wasn't referring to every Trump supporter, but of course they spun it that way. And here you are making the spin true and continuing the nonsense.

Did you see Bernie talking smack about people? I didn't. He explains how policies can help most people. He explains inequality, structural racism, healthcare, etc. I wish his voting record wasn't so aligned with the corporate, neoliberal, warmongering D Team. And progressives had to help him out with some stuff, such as working with BLM. The D Team has been screwing over the very people they used to advocate for since Bill Clinton took a right turn.

Bernie would have lost to Trump so no sour grapes. The demagogue needed to go as I am sure you and Bernie both agree.