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Do many Trump supporters (other than some here) display the emotional development of a 5-year-old?

One psychiatrist tackles the issue:

https://www.facebook.com/RebelHQ/videos/1905789389458877/

Originally Posted by Richard Davis

Gee, for someone who believes himself to be so intelligent, it strikes me as kind of funny and a little bit sad that you still haven't got over your loss.  

And your intimation that I characterized the angry "new" Democrat lefties like yourself as pissed off and butt-hurting wasn't indicating snowflake mentality, nor was I implying that.  I would characterize Snowflakes as children who are afraid of every descriptive term with which they disagree and also characterized by finding those individuals with whom they disagree, to be racist, bigoted, and some sort of "phobic".  Another factor for snowflake-ism would include the need to be coddled all the time .

That isn't what I think of those like yourself. I simply find you to be angry, pissed off, and ready to take your marbles home and not play any longer since you lost the election.  

I do find it petulant and childish, and unbecoming of an adult, but worse for you, since you seem to feign religious beliefs and principles which you don't seem to be following in the least these days.

Does every one of your days start with the realization that "OH MY GOD, HE'S STILL PRESIDENT"??... and then the day gets worse and worse for you? LOL!

Richard:

Does anything about Trump's demeanor, attitude, public statements, Twitter feed etc. bother you at all? 

Sometimes he reigns in his excessive rhetoric, and I am so relieved.  Much of the time though, as a man, a husband, an American, and a Republican, I find Trump's behavior extremely disturbing.   FWIW I would vote for him again, over HRC.  Nonetheless, I think that Trump is an embarrassment to the nation.  I would love to have the opportunity to vote against him.  So, I agree with the points that Russ and Patrick have tried to make.  At some level, I suspect that you agree with them too.

Jim

Originally Posted by Richard Davis

So I'll ask again.  Was Abe Lincoln qualified Patrick?  

These types of discussions are stupid IMO.

Technically, you are correct, the only Constitutionally mandated "qualifications" are age and citizenship.  Of course, when I say Trump was unqualified to be president, or, I presume, when most anyone else says DJT was not qualified to be president, it is because he had no political or public service experience. 

Of course, his general lack of qualification for the job got him elected.   Just enough voters were itching for a populist outsider who could kick those snobby inside-the-beltway SOBs in the groin.  This is what the people wanted and this is exactly what we got.  I can really sympathize too.  You try to live a decent life and then next thing you know insider snobs and criminals are labeling you an irredeemable deplorable, who is ex post facto a racist too.  It is enough to make even the most even-keeled middle-american want to lash out at the bastards in the government and the press.

Abe was plenty qualified by any definition.  We was a self-trained lawyer, a brilliant orator, profound thinker and he had 30 years of public service in Illinois and Washington:

http://www.abrahamlincolnonline.org/lincoln/education/polbrief.htm.bak

Jim

To your second paragraph, this (almost) even-keeled American says, damn straight!

My friends (and some reporters) also say Trump admits to criminally sexually assaulting dozens of women. 
"You mean the locker-room braggadocio with the Hollywood guy? The guy he was trying to one-up? 
You believe that stuff?" 
Now they are insisting he speaks the truth. 

"investors are also nervously watching a recession indicator in the bond market: the slope of the yield curve. The gap between the two-year and 10-year Treasury yield shrank this week to levels unseen since just before the Great Recession. An inversion -- where short-term rates are higher than long-term ones -- has been a reliable prognosticator of recessions in the past."
Another Republican, another recession...

Originally Posted by James Brown

Technically, you are correct, the only Constitutionally mandated "qualifications" are age and citizenship.  Of course, when I say Trump was unqualified to be president, or, I presume, when most anyone else says DJT was not qualified to be president, it is because he had no political or public service experience. 

Of course, his general lack of qualification for the job got him elected.   Just enough voters were itching for a populist outsider who could kick those snobby inside-the-beltway SOBs in the groin.  This is what the people wanted and this is exactly what we got.  I can really sympathize too.  You try to live a decent life and then next thing you know insider snobs and criminals are labeling you an irredeemable deplorable, who is ex post facto a racist too.  It is enough to make even the most even-keeled middle-american want to lash out at the bastards in the government and the press.

Abe was plenty qualified by any definition.  We was a self-trained lawyer, a brilliant orator, profound thinker and he had 30 years of public service in Illinois and Washington:

http://www.abrahamlincolnonline.org/lincoln/education/polbrief.htm.bak

Jim

We are in a pretty sad state when people have to continually rationalize his behavior, defend him at all costs, and jump through hoops to support a man simply because they share some of the same political philosophy.  Lets hope we can do better next time.