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"I'm sorry, I now understand that he is the antichrist"

soybean

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It's just one woman, and it's just her opinion, but to me it's telling. This is a woman I used to be close to, a woman I respected, a staunch Republican, but an honest one back then. She was a straight shooter once. A name that many of you would know. She was a conservative who once made sense. She had many good ideas for both the nation and the state of Iowa. Many of her ideas helped to shape law in Iowa, especially as it related to children...and from the sidelines I supported her in that back then. She and Mrs. Bean had some good tangles over the years, but it was always in a reasonable and respectful way. Then 2016 came and we ruptured.

Last night at a small social gathering at a long time mutual friend's home she approached me, looked me in the eye and said "I'm sorry, I now understand he is the antichrist". We laughed. She nodded her head, and we laughed again. She later told my wife that although she could have never voted for or supported Joe Biden in any way, shape or form, she now deeply regrets her support and vote for Donald Trump.

It's only one woman, but it sure made the event that we had both been dreading a happy one instead for both me and Mrs. Bean. This morning I can't help but think that maybe, just maybe, the worm is beginning to turn.
 
Don’t worry, she will support the next republican, who will undoubtably also be a terrible person. They are so bad nowadays that people look back fondly on a dead war hawk and a guy that once said corporations are people my friends.
She is a Republican, and she will support the next Republican nominee...unless its Donald Trump.
 
Right. Her future will be something like “I don’t want to vote for DeSantis but I can’t support Klobuchar and salad combs.”
There’s nothing wrong with being conservative and voting Republican. I don’t agree with voting for most of them because of the whole being desecrations thingy, but there are a lot of terrible Democrats too. Not as bad as the desecrations, but pretty bad in their own right.
 
No.

But I do believe he’s the most obvious wolf to ever adorn sheep’s clothing.
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Don’t worry, she will support the next republican, who will undoubtably also be a terrible person. They are so bad nowadays that people look back fondly on a dead war hawk and a guy that once said corporations are people my friends.

Yep, the cultists will gladly vote for the same fascism in nicer packaging. Most of them will vote for Cheeto if he is the nominee despite saying they would never do so again. The members of the morality, law and order, party are severely lacking in character.
 
She is a Republican, and she will support the next Republican nominee...unless its Donald Trump.

You should probably inform her, that there are WAY too many Trumps in the GOP to vote for anyone in that party right now.

The ONLY reason Trump was there, and still has GOP support in Congress, is because the GOP is top-heavy with more just like him. If none of them enabled him, he would not exist or would have been impeached and removed the FIRST time. She should push her ideas with moderate Democrats.
 
It's hard for me to believe anyone that waffles between supporting Donald Trump for POTUS and then calling him the Antichrist has ever really had the ability to be a straight shooter, barring a head injury of course.

That combines a high level of gullibility and mysticism.

Oh sh!t! Is OP communicating with Nancy Reagan?
 
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It's just one woman, and it's just her opinion, but to me it's telling. This is a woman I used to be close to, a woman I respected, a staunch Republican, but an honest one back then. She was a straight shooter once. A name that many of you would know. She was a conservative who once made sense. She had many good ideas for both the nation and the state of Iowa. Many of her ideas helped to shape law in Iowa, especially as it related to children...and from the sidelines I supported her in that back then. She and Mrs. Bean had some good tangles over the years, but it was always in a reasonable and respectful way. Then 2016 came and we ruptured.

Last night at a small social gathering at a long time mutual friend's home she approached me, looked me in the eye and said "I'm sorry, I now understand he is the antichrist". We laughed. She nodded her head, and we laughed again. She later told my wife that although she could have never voted for or supported Joe Biden in any way, shape or form, she now deeply regrets her support and vote for Donald Trump.

It's only one woman, but it sure made the event that we had both been dreading a happy one instead for both me and Mrs. Bean. This morning I can't help but think that maybe, just maybe, the worm is beginning to turn.

She may not wanna hear this, but it's true



If the GOP stood up against fascism, then there is no such thing as a Trump presidency. A little self-reflection on what she stands for vs what the GOP stands for would be in order...
 
Don’t worry, she will support the next republican, who will undoubtably also be a terrible person. They are so bad nowadays that people look back fondly on a dead war hawk and a guy that once said corporations are people my friends.
Mitt should be forgiven for his imprecision.
What he was trying to say is that a corporation is a group of people.
If I pool my money with a group of people, should we lose our first amendment rights regarding how that money is spent?
If so, why?

The case began after Citizens United, a conservative non-profit organization, sought to air and advertise a film critical of then Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton shortly before the 2008 Democratic primary elections. Broadcasting the film would have been a violation of the 2002 Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act, which prohibited any corporation, non-profit organization or labor union from making an "electioneering communication" within 30 days of a primary or 60 days of an election, or making any expenditure advocating the election or defeat of a candidate at any time.


It's bizarre to me that the government should be able to restrict political speech around elections.
I read the 1st amendment as something forbidding the government from attempting to silence people, around elections or otherwise.
 
It's hard for me to believe anyone that waffles between supporting Donald Trump for POTUS and then calling him the anti-Christ has ever really had the ability to be a straight shooter, barring a head injury of course.

That combines a high level of gullibility and mysticism.

Oh sh!t! Is OP communicating with Nancy Reagan?
You mean like people believing in an actual Antichrist? I find that type of thinking equally unsettling and inexplicable.
 
She is a Republican, and she will support the next Republican nominee...unless its Donald Trump.
I'm republican...........

I didn't support the orangeman.

I won't support the next one if he isn't worth a shit either.

You can have party affiliation and still not agree with what the party is putting out there.

Call me a RiNO I guess.
 
Mitt should be forgiven for his imprecision.
What he was trying to say is that a corporation is a group of people.
If I pool my money with a group of people, should we lose our first amendment rights regarding how that money is spent?
If so, why?

The case began after Citizens United, a conservative non-profit organization, sought to air and advertise a film critical of then Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton shortly before the 2008 Democratic primary elections. Broadcasting the film would have been a violation of the 2002 Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act, which prohibited any corporation, non-profit organization or labor union from making an "electioneering communication" within 30 days of a primary or 60 days of an election, or making any expenditure advocating the election or defeat of a candidate at any time.

It's bizarre to me that the government should be able to restrict political speech around elections.
I read the 1st amendment as something forbidding the government from attempting to silence people, around elections or otherwise.

Hey Ayn Rand, shuttie.
 
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She is a Republican, and she will support the next Republican nominee...unless its Donald Trump.
Then she remains part of the problem because the next Republican is being supported by Christian-Fascists.
 
, should we lose our first amendment rights regarding how that money is spent?
First Amendment rights have nothing to do with how you spend your money.

In fact, you can criticize the government about anything on this message board and they cannot prevent you from saying stuff.

Absolutely nothing to do with campaign finance limits on spending
 
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Mitt should be forgiven for his imprecision.
What he was trying to say is that a corporation is a group of people.
If I pool my money with a group of people, should we lose our first amendment rights regarding how that money is spent?
If so, why?

The case began after Citizens United, a conservative non-profit organization, sought to air and advertise a film critical of then Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton shortly before the 2008 Democratic primary elections. Broadcasting the film would have been a violation of the 2002 Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act, which prohibited any corporation, non-profit organization or labor union from making an "electioneering communication" within 30 days of a primary or 60 days of an election, or making any expenditure advocating the election or defeat of a candidate at any time.

It's bizarre to me that the government should be able to restrict political speech around elections.
I read the 1st amendment as something forbidding the government from attempting to silence people, around elections or otherwise.

political speech or corporate speech?
The corporation from Florida, Iowa, China, the Virgin Islands, Russia….
 
Yes agreed, but in all fairness that part of my post was more of a set-up for the Nancy Reagan crack.

I understand the OP's quote was probably not to be taken quite as literally.
Yes. And I'm also surprised at how many do not understand the literary term "worm".
 
Hey 97, you don’t have the ability or desire to speak for yourself?
Are you questioning the value of anonymity in speech?

The Supreme Court has ruled repeatedly that the right to anonymous free speech is protected by the First Amendment. A frequently cited 1995 Supreme Court ruling in McIntyre v. Ohio Elections Commission reads:

Anonymity is a shield from the tyranny of the majority. . . . It thus exemplifies the purpose behind the Bill of Rights and of the First Amendment in particular: to protect unpopular individuals from retaliation . . . at the hand of an intolerant society.
The tradition of anonymous speech is older than the United States. Founders Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay wrote the Federalist Papers under the pseudonym "Publius " and "the Federal Farmer" spoke up in rebuttal. The US Supreme Court has repeatedly recognized rights to speak anonymously derived from the First Amendment.
 
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It's just one woman, and it's just her opinion, but to me it's telling. This is a woman I used to be close to, a woman I respected, a staunch Republican, but an honest one back then. She was a straight shooter once. A name that many of you would know. She was a conservative who once made sense. She had many good ideas for both the nation and the state of Iowa. Many of her ideas helped to shape law in Iowa, especially as it related to children...and from the sidelines I supported her in that back then. She and Mrs. Bean had some good tangles over the years, but it was always in a reasonable and respectful way. Then 2016 came and we ruptured.

Last night at a small social gathering at a long time mutual friend's home she approached me, looked me in the eye and said "I'm sorry, I now understand he is the antichrist". We laughed. She nodded her head, and we laughed again. She later told my wife that although she could have never voted for or supported Joe Biden in any way, shape or form, she now deeply regrets her support and vote for Donald Trump.

It's only one woman, but it sure made the event that we had both been dreading a happy one instead for both me and Mrs. Bean. This morning I can't help but think that maybe, just maybe, the worm is beginning to turn.
She is like a corporation that goes woke just so the mob will leave them alone.
 
Are you questioning the value of anonymity in speech?

The Supreme Court has ruled repeatedly that the right to anonymous free speech is protected by the First Amendment. A frequently cited 1995 Supreme Court ruling in McIntyre v. Ohio Elections Commission reads:


The tradition of anonymous speech is older than the United States. Founders Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay wrote the Federalist Papers under the pseudonym "Publius " and "the Federal Farmer" spoke up in rebuttal. The US Supreme Court has repeatedly recognized rights to speak anonymously derived from the First Amendment.
Sure. Sport.
 
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Don’t let her fool you. We will all vote for trump over any Dem that runs. Would we rather have someone else run? Maybe. But if it’s him then I will vote for him over any Dem. Why? There won’t be a centrist Dem that gets the nomination.
 
It's just one woman, and it's just her opinion, but to me it's telling. This is a woman I used to be close to, a woman I respected, a staunch Republican, but an honest one back then. She was a straight shooter once. A name that many of you would know. She was a conservative who once made sense. She had many good ideas for both the nation and the state of Iowa. Many of her ideas helped to shape law in Iowa, especially as it related to children...and from the sidelines I supported her in that back then. She and Mrs. Bean had some good tangles over the years, but it was always in a reasonable and respectful way. Then 2016 came and we ruptured.

Last night at a small social gathering at a long time mutual friend's home she approached me, looked me in the eye and said "I'm sorry, I now understand he is the antichrist". We laughed. She nodded her head, and we laughed again. She later told my wife that although she could have never voted for or supported Joe Biden in any way, shape or form, she now deeply regrets her support and vote for Donald Trump.

It's only one woman, but it sure made the event that we had both been dreading a happy one instead for both me and Mrs. Bean. This morning I can't help but think that maybe, just maybe, the worm is beginning to turn.
Birds with TDS flock together.
 
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