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Dave Bowman

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1. +1, I totally agree.

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Tue Dec 10, 2024, 08:38 AM

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That old Cassandra feeling is back again. [View all] Tommy Carcetti Dec 10 OP

+1, I totally agree. Dave Bowman Dec 10 #1

I was actually pretty shocked there was mucifer Dec 10 #2

It makes for bad TV carpetbagger Dec 10 #13

Well,... those hurricaines were about to get nuked,... magicarpet Dec 10 #39

Yes The Wandering Harper Dec 10 #3

K&R 2naSalit Dec 10 #4

Unfortunately, I agree with you. My slender hope bronxiteforever Dec 10 #5

I get hoping time steps in lonely bird Dec 10 #17

Yeah, time always wins in the end. At least so far anyway. But as an almost 74 year old in excellent KPN Dec 10 #33

Well for the New Year, my wish is that you and I bronxiteforever Dec 10 #48

Good plan! Let's do it! KPN Dec 10 #58

Same dreams and I am 88. That being said, Vance scares the hell out of me. justhanginon Dec 10 #63

He should! (n/t) OldBaldy1701E Dec 10 #68

Almost 72 and worried about the exact same thing that worries you, my friend. calimary Dec 10 #60

The only thing Trump is good at ....... SupportSanity Dec 10 #62

IF there is an election in 2028 and IF Democrats manage to win in spite of all the CousinIT Dec 10 #6

Agreed...it's going to be a nightmare Prairie Gates Dec 10 #7

I read parts of a NYT article this morning on an interview with Trump voters. Lonestarblue Dec 10 #12

The fools & the cowards just project onto Trump what they desperately need to believe. They don't do reality. Attilatheblond Dec 10 #16

Agreed lonely bird Dec 10 #18

I think it's more willfull ignorance allowing anger turned to be turned inward through propaganda. "Enemy within" BS Evolve Dammit Dec 10 #49

Plenty of that too. Attilatheblond Dec 10 #52

Have these people been living under a rock for the past 8+ years? DeeDeeNY Dec 10 #29

Idiots ... nt KPN Dec 10 #35

IMO, much of the excuses are BS. They wouldn't vote for Harris if they didn't have that supposed reason DSandra Dec 11 #75

Those people are either lacking in the courage to face the realities, or too dim to take responsiblitiy to see further. Attilatheblond Dec 10 #14

Me too ... over 4 decades. Fortunately or maybe unfortunately, there are many of us KPN Dec 10 #37

In my old age, I am leaning toward 'hopeless' Attilatheblond Dec 10 #45

Count me in the group who has seen this huge partisan divide would lead us to disaster. summer_in_TX Dec 11 #73

Ah, you have far and broad sight and are correct on all your points Attilatheblond Dec 11 #76

Excellent observations. summer_in_TX Dec 11 #82

Ah, another Austin Lounge Lizards fan! Attilatheblond Dec 12 #83

Wicked funny. summer_in_TX Dec 12 #85

They came to Tucson from time to time when I lived there Attilatheblond Dec 12 #86

Found you on BlueSky Attilatheblond Dec 12 #84

Terrific! summer_in_TX Dec 14 #89

He's going to war somewhere Bobstandard Dec 10 #8

Sending Kari Lake to Mexico is a good way to start a war with that nation. Attilatheblond Dec 10 #24

Hilarious. And too true. nt Bobstandard Dec 10 #34

I studied Gallows Humor in school Attilatheblond Dec 10 #44

But was it your major?? Evolve Dammit Dec 10 #50

No, but it is a genetric trait in my family Attilatheblond Dec 10 #53

Ha! I had co-workers and friends that were gifted and talented at it. Evolve Dammit Dec 10 #57

Just pointing out...a post of mine from June 2020: Tommy Carcetti Dec 10 #9

And from October 2020 Tommy Carcetti Dec 10 #10

Yes, you absolutely nailed it, both times FakeNoose Dec 10 #27

Yikes! Prescient. In retrospect, that scenario would absolutely have been the best case minus, KPN Dec 10 #38

Lucy and the football. He is incapable of change. Evolve Dammit Dec 10 #11

This is going to get ugly, and maybe beyond anything we have seen since the 1860s. mackdaddy Dec 10 #15

It's not just Trump. It's Elon Musk energizing Trump's bad decisions. Baitball Blogger Dec 10 #19

Careful! This seems like a manifesto!! Coventina Dec 10 #20

Pollyanna was never about saying things that are not true MadameButterfly Dec 10 #21

Add another to the ones who mwmisses4289 Dec 10 #22

I've Had People Tell Me Not To Panic Deep State Witch Dec 10 #23

Did those people conveniently forget BumRushDaShow Dec 10 #32

The very rich want $ to go into the US Treasury, just not any of THIER money. That means a big national sales tax Attilatheblond Dec 10 #40

Cassandra wasn't believed. You are Maeve Dec 10 #25

All that and bird flu trying to mutate to hit humans, monkey pox, oh, and Solar Maximum Attilatheblond Dec 10 #43

Thank you, well said wendyb-NC Dec 10 #26

They won't leave power in 2029. They will have to be evicted. bucolic_frolic Dec 10 #28

Trump learns the wrong lessons bmichaelh Dec 10 #30

So we're assuming Trump learns. SupportSanity Dec 11 #79

Nailed it. nt GiqueCee Dec 10 #31

Trump is incapable of being a "good leader". YodaMom2 Dec 10 #36

Spot on summation. 3catwoman3 Dec 11 #74

Yes of course. Susan Calvin Dec 10 #41

Common sense isn't common anymore SupportSanity Dec 11 #78

I don't understand his supporters having second thoughts TexasBushwhacker Dec 10 #42

You are exactly correct. camartinwv Dec 10 #46

It's simple. What they say they'll do, they won't... malthaussen Dec 10 #47

Watch what they do, not what they say. SupportSanity Dec 11 #77

Americans live with perpetual hope Tweedy Dec 10 #51

My main recollection was the constant: 'Give Trump a chance' after 2016 peggysue2 Dec 10 #54

Egos and natural disasters may do him in SARose Dec 10 #55

Then, My Friend... DAngelo136 Dec 10 #56

I've never had any such illusions about Donnie Blue_Tires Dec 10 #59

We told them the leopards would eat their faces off. sakabatou Dec 10 #61

sucks doesn't it ? proud patriot Dec 10 #64

Yep. He wouldn't be nominating Kash Patel otherwise. This is a guy who would love nothing more than to punish those Karasu Dec 10 #65

Dementia J lies about everything, so I have no idea what he'll do Hassler Dec 10 #66

Agreed, Tommy Carcetti spanone Dec 10 #67

If we don't stop staring at the trump trainwreck, we'll never win in 2028. ancianita Dec 10 #69

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Dec 10 #70

Agree Meowmee Dec 10 #71

I agree, however... RainCaster Dec 10 #72

Yep. I remember saying that with him, every day will be worse than the last. W_HAMILTON Dec 11 #80

And I hate to say it,.our leadership seems clueless and out of touch JCMach1 Dec 11 #81

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Buh-bye. nt Tommy Carcetti Dec 13 #88