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Your Thanksgiving guide to explaining Trump to your liberal relatives
The Washington Examiner ^ | November 24, 2016 | Timothy P. Carney

Posted on 11/24/2016 4:12:45 AM PST by kevcol

But this year, avoiding politics just ain't gonna happen. Your Baby Boomer aunts will be despondent. The glass ceiling was supposed to shatter this year. Trevor, who has been marching against Trump since Election Day, is even bringing the girlfriend he met at a Bernie rally in Oakland.

Trump will come up. You need to know how to handle it.

Limited, decentralized government

This is your chance to sell your liberal relatives on the virtues of limited government.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2016election; benlurkin; grabtheirgiblets; liberals; thanksgiving; trump
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To: kevcol
Fortunately, my grandchildren will be home from college.

I'm thinking of just writing out a questionnaire for them instead of torturing them at the table.

21 posted on 11/24/2016 5:13:19 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: SauronOfMordor
> I’ve been saying for a while, that an effective argument for reducing government power is to tell a lib “Think about how much power Obama has accumulated to act on the basis of Executive Orders. Now visualize all that power in the hands of Donald Trump”.

Thank God there will be o Clintonites or Obamites at my table. Used to be until I educated them about what both are really about. They had no clue. Liberals tend to vote because of the way someone and their celebrity status looks not their actions which is great for charlatans wo can easily fool them and they do. They never learn...

22 posted on 11/24/2016 5:18:30 AM PST by jsanders2001
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To: kevcol

I was involved in Trump flash mobs but will not bring up politics at dinner today. The liberals who will be there have been brainwashed by CNN, etc. and they make no sense. I want my 8 yr old grandaughter, who is a Trump supporter, to have a nice day and a happy memory.


23 posted on 11/24/2016 5:19:55 AM PST by Dr. Scarpetta
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To: kevcol

I have such a terrible memory, I mean I cannot recall, no matter how hard I concentrate, how nice Thanksgiving was in 2008. How the family LEFTISTS made such effort to not gloat, to help us see how “Hope and Change” would lead to such great things after the disaster that 2008 became. How their Presidential Candidate, soon to be President, would help us to redistribute our wealth because, after you have so much, you need to share your wealth (at the Government’s dictate!)

Can anybody help me to remember those kind LEFTIST and how they gently tamped down those screaming, rioting McCain supporters?


24 posted on 11/24/2016 5:29:14 AM PST by SES1066 (Quality, Speed or Economical - Any 2 of 3 except in government - 1 at best but never #3!)
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To: wally_bert

Tell him about Cambodia, and how people like Trump were not tolerated there. It was a utopia.


25 posted on 11/24/2016 5:31:19 AM PST by PA-RIVER
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To: YepYep

That fourth year is going to suck when Buzzy resigns or dies. We have to restore a four-year appointment window.


26 posted on 11/24/2016 5:38:48 AM PST by Lisbon1940 (No full-term Governors!)
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To: kevcol

If you visit relatives today to talk politics, then you are a rude jackass no matter what side you are on.


27 posted on 11/24/2016 5:40:55 AM PST by VanDeKoik
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To: SES1066

I had a similar lecture from my snowflake daughter and told her that I had decided, thanks to her, to change my will and leave everything to charity.


28 posted on 11/24/2016 5:49:58 AM PST by RonnG
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To: kevcol

Why waste time telling the truth to idiots. Truth and decency are not in their dictionary.


29 posted on 11/24/2016 5:57:05 AM PST by mulligan (I)
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To: mulligan

“A closed mouth gathers no foot”, take that into consideration when you LISTEN to others with their mouths open.


30 posted on 11/24/2016 6:02:43 AM PST by DaveA37
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To: kevcol

Thanks! But I don’t need this today......all the relatives I am seeing voted for TRUMP! : ))))))


31 posted on 11/24/2016 6:04:18 AM PST by originalbuckeye ("In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act." - George Orwell)
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To: YepYep

Coulter killed me with her 3 year gloat limit, but except for coastal California and the northeast, there will be some grand celebrations today BECAUSE of Trump.

Let’s not assume we’re the minority here. Look at that big, red, map....especially the one that shows red/blue by district rather than state.


32 posted on 11/24/2016 6:05:10 AM PST by chiller (One from the Right - One for the Fight)
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To: kevcol

There is no “educating” the stupid. They believe in and act on emotions. There is no brain activity; facts have no meaning. The best thing to do is pat them on the head and say “Well bless your little heart”.


33 posted on 11/24/2016 6:09:15 AM PST by NTHockey (Rules of engagement #1: Take no prisoners. And to the NSA trolls, FU)
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To: kevcol

114 Debunked Trump-Inspired Hate Crimes

by S. Noble • November 24, 2016

http://www.independentsentinel.com/114-debunked-trump-inspired-hate-crimes/


34 posted on 11/24/2016 6:13:48 AM PST by KeyLargo
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To: Russ

Hey, you can ALL say a prayer of Thanksgiving! I’m sure God won’t mind. :)


35 posted on 11/24/2016 6:16:44 AM PST by hoagy62 ("It's not the whole world gone mad. Just the people in it.")
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To: DoodleDawg
I’m pretty sure that politics will be a topic that we’ll all avoid at Thanksgiving this year. Like it is every year. It makes for a more enjoyable day.

Not at my home. The only lib in my family is my sister and she is welcome for any holiday if she can tolerate the abuse that will come from the rest of the family.

We will give thanks to our Lord, God, Jesus Christ for America, and for Donald Trump as our next President.

If that is a message that any family member can't handle, they are free to leave.

It will be an enjoyable day, and libs can get over it, including family members.

36 posted on 11/24/2016 6:32:31 AM PST by USS Alaska (Exterminate the terrorist savages, everywhere.)
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To: kevcol

Suppose I lucked out. My parents didn’t raise any libs and i don’t associate with my hitlery supporting cousins in Austin. We’re all AR/AK owning Trump voters, nary a fag or lib among us. We all discuss politics with glee these days


37 posted on 11/24/2016 6:43:53 AM PST by jbrown7.62x39 (Holy crap. We really are gonna MAGA!! What a great time to be alive!)
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To: kevcol

Voters who expect Trump to bring limited government are likely to be very disappointed.


38 posted on 11/24/2016 7:01:09 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: PA-RIVER

Very naughty! Lump of coal for you !!


39 posted on 11/24/2016 7:05:02 AM PST by Delta 21 (Patiently waiting for the jack booted kick at my door.)
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To: VanDeKoik

I wont bring it up but I have play-DOH! and coloring books in the trunk if they need them.


40 posted on 11/24/2016 7:06:37 AM PST by Delta 21 (Patiently waiting for the jack booted kick at my door.)
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