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Comment by shipman05

1 day ago

That's just buyers remorse. He told us how he intended to govern. His opponent told us how he intended to govern. The voters were not mislead.

(and his approval would be the same mid 40s it always was if gas prices were reasonable)

He’s never achieved a majority vote in any election, FWIW. His claim of a mandate was just as brazen as all the other litany of lies - he’s a lame duck lame duck. The true shame is on the congressional republicans for letting him sully them so deeply and follow him in his self immolation of the entire government and America in the world. The rebuilding will be a major test of the successor, and it’ll be fascinating to see if the Goldwater republicans can become the party of reason again rather than this reality TV idiocracy.

  • > The true shame is on the congressional republicans for letting him sully them so deeply and follow him in his self immolation of the entire government and America

    This is the problem when your entire identity and principles boil down to "doing what the social superior tells you to".

  • His party knows the system and focuses on getting elected instead of focusing on getting the popular vote, because the popular vote doesn't elect you...

  • This is not idiocracy. It's the prequel. In idiocracy, they understood that they were dumb and put the smart guy in charge.

Americans aren't angry because Trump was wrong, they're angry because it's not working.