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babylonsister

(172,002 posts)
Wed Apr 23, 2025, 08:58 PM 8 hrs ago

It's the Stupid, Stupid

https://politicalwire.com/2025/04/23/its-the-stupid-stupid/

It’s the Stupid, Stupid
April 23, 2025 at 4:41 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard


Will Saletan: “Yes, Trump and his accomplices are malicious. Yes, they’re corrupt. Yes, they’re dangerous. But they’re also profoundly stupid, and their stupidity is hurting or worrying a lot of people who voted for Trump.”

“So here’s my pitch: To break Trump’s coalition and reclaim our government, we need to talk not just about the administration’s corruption and its abuse of power, but about its pervasive incompetence.
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It's the Stupid, Stupid (Original Post) babylonsister 8 hrs ago OP
Stupid people elect stupid people. OAITW r.2.0 8 hrs ago #1
It really is the stupid. 70million stupids. lindysalsagal 6 hrs ago #2
Lawrence O'Donnell talks about the stupidity and incompetence of the Trump administration almost every night. patphil 5 hrs ago #3
Yep, he's been doing it for years. And nobody is better at it than Lawrence. GoodRaisin 5 hrs ago #5
Only during Republican admins. OAITW r.2.0 5 hrs ago #9
In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king JoseBalow 5 hrs ago #4
Yes agree Meowmee 5 hrs ago #6
Stupid is as stupid does. In Merica Hassler 5 hrs ago #7
Inhumanity with no Due Process too. Bluethroughu 5 hrs ago #8

patphil

(7,705 posts)
3. Lawrence O'Donnell talks about the stupidity and incompetence of the Trump administration almost every night.
Wed Apr 23, 2025, 11:31 PM
5 hrs ago

OAITW r.2.0

(30,041 posts)
9. Only during Republican admins.
Wed Apr 23, 2025, 11:59 PM
5 hrs ago

Bush and Trump. Bush destroyed our goodwill and spent a trillion dollars invading Iraq for what reason? He set the table for Trump's lawless actions. No Democrat did.

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