On Friday, January 29, 2021 at 10:56:08 AM UTC-10, Master Bruce wrote:
> On Fri, 29 Jan 2021 12:53:26 -0800 (PST), dsi1
> > wrote:
>
> >On Friday, January 29, 2021 at 10:24:14 AM UTC-10, Dave Smith wrote:
> >> On 2021-01-29 2:23 p.m., Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> >> > On 1/29/2021 10:18 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
> >> >
> >> >>
> >> >> It's pretty sad the way that some media sources lie. From what I see,
> >> >> Fox seems to be the worst. As recently as 2015 there were news reports
> >> >> about the percentage of Americans who thought that WMDs had been found
> >> >> after the invasion of Iraq. G Dubya admitted to the press that none
> >> >> had been found. At least one article broke it down by media source and
> >> >> those who listened to FOX were way more likely to believe the old lie.
> >> >
> >> > I don't think that proves the media source lies unless they continued
> >> > after it was admitted no WMDs found. It does show the average Fox
> >> > viewer blieves what they choose to rather than truth.
> >> >
> >> I am not sure how long the various media sources kept up stores about
> >> WMDs found, but I did come across a recent on in a right wing source. I
> >> just thought it was interesting that the largest percentages of people
> >> who believed that they had been found were those whose primary news
> >> source was Fox.
> >> > I have a friend, very intelligent, but watches too much Fox, OAN and
> >> > such. She says she does not trust anything in the NY Times. As
> >> > sensible and smart as she is with everything else, she is sucked into
> >> > the strong right wing political news. I avoid talking politics with her.
> >> >
> >> I have a friend who hangs out at the dog park. She is a smart, well
> >> educated and well travelled woman. She things Trump is wonderful and has
> >> done great things.
> >
> >I know a couple of guys that are Trump supporters. I love those guys! Not because they are Trump supporters but because they're smarter and more accomplished than I and are always available to answer my questions about anything. I consider them to be an invaluable resource. We just avoid talking about you-know-who.
> A smart person rejects Trump for his character first of all, even
> aside from his politics.

Your simplistic view of things is simply not true. These guys ain't gap-toothed white-trash hillbillies. These guys are morally upright, self-made, successful, men. They didn't need any particular guy in the White House to be where they are now. I've given up trying to figure out why they feel the need for Trump to be president. In the end, it's not worth my time pondering over.