Miche is right about generational wealth. Social class mobility (even for a bunch of fuckheads like the Trumps) is what make US Americia social stratus dynamic and keeps US Murrica moving... in fact it is US Murrica's saving grace. The problem is that when you're filled up with insecure greedy fuckwads who want to stop class mobility (especially downward mobility for themselves) and ossify the class/power structure to keep that from happening then a society is going to have major issues because your leadership caste eventually becomes a bunch of interbred weak ass arrogant know nothing dipshits who think power/leadership is inherited (cough most nations older than say 400 years old where class pretty much determines where you go, where you live and what you do in life.)
This is the best thing I've read about Michelle Obama last night, and is wonderful about far, far more. Free link to Michele Norris's Opinion piece in WaPo tonight, "Michelle Obama’s speech was hope, served up hot": https://wapo.st/3WXJPpy
Well there's only one Republican former President who isn't running. He's not popular among most Americans, but I bet even MAGA would be happy to have him if he was willing to associate with someone even worse than he was.
There are three Republican former Vice Presidents still alive, though! One is a sworn enemy of Trump. One was almost lynched by Trump's Nazis. One was the guy who advised the lady to do the thing that almost got him lynched, because fuck Trump.
Not exactly a deep bench, is it? No wonder they had room for Amber Rose.
I think I'm confused by this one: "One was the guy who advised the lady to do the thing that almost got him lynched, because fuck Trump." Which one was that? And who was the lady to do the thing and what was the thing?
“People say Trump is stale, isn’t this the fifth convention in a row of this Obama shit?”
What a dumb statement. Obama hasn’t been in our faces 24/7 for the past eight years. He’s been living his best life, only coming around once every four years to remind us how awesome he is and how much Trump sucks.
In the hall at the Democratic National Convention last night, in the press section, we heard a person say something to the effect of, “People say Trump is stale, isn’t this the fifth convention in a row of this Obama shit?”
Yeah! Why would you want to listen to Mister High And Mighty Nobel Prize Winner/ Halfway to EGOT when you can listen to a guy that had a cameo in Home Alone 2 drone on about electric boats?
I realize the Democratic strategy this DNC seems to be three fold: 1. Make our convention more fun than theirs 2. Compare and contrast at every opportunity who we are (what you see here now) and what they are (old, tired, out of touch, boring, not to mention racist, gross, and wrong) and finally 3. Goad the PAB at every opportunity and see if we can't make him have a conniption and drop dead before November. Or at least shit himself on national television.
After watching Michelle Obama's speech, I fell down ded. She killed with her speech. Note perfect throughout. I enjoyed Barack Obama's speech too, but Michelle's was a thing of lethal beauty.
Miche is right about generational wealth. Social class mobility (even for a bunch of fuckheads like the Trumps) is what make US Americia social stratus dynamic and keeps US Murrica moving... in fact it is US Murrica's saving grace. The problem is that when you're filled up with insecure greedy fuckwads who want to stop class mobility (especially downward mobility for themselves) and ossify the class/power structure to keep that from happening then a society is going to have major issues because your leadership caste eventually becomes a bunch of interbred weak ass arrogant know nothing dipshits who think power/leadership is inherited (cough most nations older than say 400 years old where class pretty much determines where you go, where you live and what you do in life.)
Why did Elon Musk just flash through my head?
This is the best thing I've read about Michelle Obama last night, and is wonderful about far, far more. Free link to Michele Norris's Opinion piece in WaPo tonight, "Michelle Obama’s speech was hope, served up hot": https://wapo.st/3WXJPpy
They were brilliant speeches. The crowd so loved Michelle; it was a joy.
>>>If you haven’t seen Michelle Obama’s soaring speech yet, do yourself a favor and watch. It might have been better than Barack’s.
It was.
I loved the way Michelle Obama looked right into the camera.
I love the photo of the ENTIRE STADIUM, including the upper decks. For some reason upper decks are cropped out of all the Gooper photos I've seen.
Probably because they're empty.
Well there's only one Republican former President who isn't running. He's not popular among most Americans, but I bet even MAGA would be happy to have him if he was willing to associate with someone even worse than he was.
There are three Republican former Vice Presidents still alive, though! One is a sworn enemy of Trump. One was almost lynched by Trump's Nazis. One was the guy who advised the lady to do the thing that almost got him lynched, because fuck Trump.
Not exactly a deep bench, is it? No wonder they had room for Amber Rose.
1) Cheney? 2) Pence 3) Quayle?? I think I'm missing something here.
Those are all the Republican former VP’s who are still alive. Weird how every last one of them has a good reason to hate Trump, huh?
I think I'm confused by this one: "One was the guy who advised the lady to do the thing that almost got him lynched, because fuck Trump." Which one was that? And who was the lady to do the thing and what was the thing?
Murphy Brown?
“People say Trump is stale, isn’t this the fifth convention in a row of this Obama shit?”
What a dumb statement. Obama hasn’t been in our faces 24/7 for the past eight years. He’s been living his best life, only coming around once every four years to remind us how awesome he is and how much Trump sucks.
And working on un-fucking our gerrymandered districts! With some other guy, I forget who.
Getting support for the project, for more attention from citizens to get on board with it.
I thought "Press is so sad they're not getting 1968" was quite a trenchant observation
"This really has been one of the most obvious things this week. The petulance has been something."
https://x.com/jkarsh/status/1826360910610661400
Barack Obama was not my favorite policy-wise, but I'll admit he was damn cool. I love listening to him speak.
“People say Trump is stale, isn’t this the fifth convention in a row of this Obama shit?”
Sixth, actually. 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020, 2024. Bet we see him at the 2028 Dem convention too. Bet we don't see Trump at the 2028 Rep convention.
I think I might be bigly surprised if tRump is still on this side of the dirt come 2028.
Oh you tease!
Has anyone checked on Donald? Are there rivers of ketchup running through the halls of one of his trash palaces?
Who would check on him? His kids and wives hate him. The only friend he ever had, Roy Cohn, died years ago.
No one wants to see that.
That's what Donald would say.
Maybe put it in quotes.
Like a scene from The Shining.
In the hall at the Democratic National Convention last night, in the press section, we heard a person say something to the effect of, “People say Trump is stale, isn’t this the fifth convention in a row of this Obama shit?”
Yeah! Why would you want to listen to Mister High And Mighty Nobel Prize Winner/ Halfway to EGOT when you can listen to a guy that had a cameo in Home Alone 2 drone on about electric boats?
You forgot the cameo in Two Weeks Notice
Musta been the Fox guy
Well, if the condom fits....
Ouch!
I realize the Democratic strategy this DNC seems to be three fold: 1. Make our convention more fun than theirs 2. Compare and contrast at every opportunity who we are (what you see here now) and what they are (old, tired, out of touch, boring, not to mention racist, gross, and wrong) and finally 3. Goad the PAB at every opportunity and see if we can't make him have a conniption and drop dead before November. Or at least shit himself on national television.
Sir struggles to understand the Obamas because they speak English.
After watching Michelle Obama's speech, I fell down ded. She killed with her speech. Note perfect throughout. I enjoyed Barack Obama's speech too, but Michelle's was a thing of lethal beauty.
1000% - she slayed. President Obama was wise to acknowledge that before he even began speaking. What a power couple!