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user-inactivated  ·  2570 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Overdoses in W. Va Drain Fund for Burials

For many, many people, social mobility under Obama was the same as it was under Bush II and Clinton. That's to say it was very slow, stagnant, or even possibly a backwards slide. When you had a Presidential candidate that offered a lot of "Hope and Change" and then because the world is what it is and that never transpired, and things actually got worse for many people, all of the sudden the false promises from either candidate is really what catches your ear. It's what you've been hurting for for years and years and years. Not just social mobility, but really, a strong sense of stability.

I remember all three presidential debates, I made threads for all of them here on Hubski. I remember being very distrusting of both Trump and Clinton for various reasons. I remember Trump actually talking about bringing jobs back, with conviction, and thinking to myself if that was Bush or McCain or Romney up there, they would have gotten my vote. Must have been one hell of a dog whistle he used, because I have a deeply engrained love/hate relationship with corporate America and even I, if only for a brief moment, liked Trump.

Also, Loretta Lynn is an angel.