It's as stylized and predictable as Kabuki theater:
Dear Leader: *says horrible thing*
Cult followers: Dear Leader never said *horrible thing*!
Blonde professional liar with vestigial nose: Dear Leader never said *horrible thing*! It was taken out of context by the fake media because no one likes... I mean, nobody UNDERSTANDS him, not REALLY, not like WE do.
Dear Leader: I totally meant *horrible thing*! And also, *brand-new, somehow even worse, horrible thing*! Fuck you!
Remember when presidents were generally blokes you could respect -- you know, as rational human beings who were arguably qualified for the job to which they had been elected? That seems like a thousand years ago. I have absolutely NO respect for Donald J. Trump. He is 100% piffle and garbage, and in no way qualified to hold any elective office. That his approval hovers around 40% is a testament to the ignorance (or worse) of millions of the nation's voters. This corrupt dolt commits a Watergate-or-worse-level offense just about daily. His approval should be 0% percent, not 40%.
I have been alive on this planet for nearly 64 years, and the only Republican presidents I've known are Nixon (a crook), Ford (a sap), Reagan (a dumbass, smiling fascist), George H.W. Bush (a wimp), and George W. Bush (an idiot dry-drunk nepo baby), and TACO (the worst). H.W. Bush might have been a "rational human being who were arguably qualified for the job" but he kept trying to play the Texas oilman tough guy when he was never anything more that a Connecticut nepo baby himself.
I think Ford gets a bad rap because he was not photogenic. But he knew well how Congress worked. (Well, back in the days where Congress still kinda sorta worked.) I would not go as far as "greatness", however, I would 100 times rather have him back than what we have right now.
I didn’t like any of them either (and that’s a polite understatement), but I also didn’t think it was an even bet whether they would blow up the planet on any given morning, or declare martial law and start ruling as an outright dictator for life. There is a line to be drawn from Nixon to Trump in the sense that the Republican presidents all stood for false smiling face of capitalism-style policy claims because they understood that the ACTUAL Republican agenda was, “steal all you can from the poor and give it to the rich.” But Trump can’t even pretend to act like a president of the entire country.
He's a narcissist. He'll think of a way to double down on this as revenge for being called out. Use AI to take us below decks on a slave ship in the Middle Passage and show them all dancing and singing at their chance to learn new skills, or something like that.
The choice of animal bodies In the video is a bit puzzling. The Obamas as gorillas, Schiff as a giraffe, and JB Pritzger is depicted as an elephant. Trump is a Lion. A lion is no match for any of those. Lions know that gorillas and giraffes are pretty dangerous and attacking an elephant is definitely suicide. Whoever put the video together doesn't know much or is sending Trump a message. A rebuttal should show the giraffe kicking the Trump lion over to the gorillas who toss him around like a a rag doll before the elephant stomps him to a pulp
The elephant should stomp him into the ground and then pee on the hole. Elephants have impressive capabilities that way. (I remember at a circus many years ago an elephant who had been trained to "dance the twist" swaying back and forth to order, all the time pissing like a fire hose. He drenched his handler and flooded the ring. We died laughing.)
ICE detention camps are exactly how NAZI Germany went down the road to extermination camps. It started with deportations. I believe you are in danger of being lumped with NAZI Germany as you allow Stephen Miller and DHS get away with the wholesale destruction of everything we thought we stood for. But, perhaps, Representative Moskowitz was correct when he said that the Trump doll he brought to a committee meeting had more backbone than any Republican office holder in Congress. You are failing your oath of office, and that is exactly what you will be known for when you leave office.
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They allow this trash from Trump also. No backbone. No moral compass. No ethical stance. Just cowardice. Are they all in the Epstein files? I wonder. Just what does he have on them that not one will stand up for their country in the face of this deliberate destruction of our government and rule of law? Is being reelected that important? Do they not have other skills, interests, businesses to run? Do they enjoy being called out for being cowards, chased from their town halls, and mocked in the press? A party of cowardly masochists.
DfT is playing a DDOS attack on the American republic (note I say "republic", not "democracy", so all those who insist on making that distinction can go eat shit). The game is to flood our attention with so much crap that we simply can no longer deal with it all. Whereupon he can get away with anything. It doesn't matter if that crap being thrown at us is questionable, disgusting or even downright illegal. The point lies in the sheer volume.
This is the product of the pilonidal cyst on America that is the pricktator is, and this outcome is what the 77 million ingrown hairs that caused him wanted.
Neonazis are distinct from Nazis though. They're dumber, less competent, younger, and not German. They also don't want to give power to Germany, they have their own fascist strongman tough guy macho man to follow.
That said, Neonazis are a subtype of Nazis, just like all insects are animals but not all animals are insects.
The Proto- prefix means it is on the verge of becoming, in this case, a fascist; it is something you say of a 14 year old that is showing strong fascisting tendencies but can still be corrected, or a political party that is in the middle of making a swing towards the far right but hasn't arrived to the far end yet.
Miller is a Nazi, nothing neo about him. That dead little shit, I forget his name, the one who got shot at a university, that was a neo nazi.
MAGA are fascists, nothing proto about them. Maybe twenty years ago you could say the republicans were proto-fascists, but they're no longer proto-.
People *have* made the connection that both John Roberts and Donald Trump are fine with Republicans *taking over state elections, which is blatantly unconstitutional*, because neither one of those men whom others have put in power believes that Black and Latino people should vote, right ...?
Right ...?
Because the time for people to make that connection is really running out
I wish I had pat answers but I don't. 🙁. I agree the time is running out. The blue wave can't happen if there are no elections or the Republicans control the tabulation.
I won't say that this proves Trump is a racist because that ship sailed long, long ago. But if you are still making excuses for this piece of shit you are beyond contempt.
I am old school enogh to this day that I prefer over the ear headphones to in-ear models.
The in-ear models can sound great if they get inserted right and don't move. If they move, it sounds like a treble fest.
Over the ears are comfortable and consistent.
My head is bigger than average, it is hard for me to find over the ear headphones that don't hurt :(
It's as stylized and predictable as Kabuki theater:
Dear Leader: *says horrible thing*
Cult followers: Dear Leader never said *horrible thing*!
Blonde professional liar with vestigial nose: Dear Leader never said *horrible thing*! It was taken out of context by the fake media because no one likes... I mean, nobody UNDERSTANDS him, not REALLY, not like WE do.
Dear Leader: I totally meant *horrible thing*! And also, *brand-new, somehow even worse, horrible thing*! Fuck you!
Remember when presidents were generally blokes you could respect -- you know, as rational human beings who were arguably qualified for the job to which they had been elected? That seems like a thousand years ago. I have absolutely NO respect for Donald J. Trump. He is 100% piffle and garbage, and in no way qualified to hold any elective office. That his approval hovers around 40% is a testament to the ignorance (or worse) of millions of the nation's voters. This corrupt dolt commits a Watergate-or-worse-level offense just about daily. His approval should be 0% percent, not 40%.
I have been alive on this planet for nearly 64 years, and the only Republican presidents I've known are Nixon (a crook), Ford (a sap), Reagan (a dumbass, smiling fascist), George H.W. Bush (a wimp), and George W. Bush (an idiot dry-drunk nepo baby), and TACO (the worst). H.W. Bush might have been a "rational human being who were arguably qualified for the job" but he kept trying to play the Texas oilman tough guy when he was never anything more that a Connecticut nepo baby himself.
I think Ford gets a bad rap because he was not photogenic. But he knew well how Congress worked. (Well, back in the days where Congress still kinda sorta worked.) I would not go as far as "greatness", however, I would 100 times rather have him back than what we have right now.
I didn’t like any of them either (and that’s a polite understatement), but I also didn’t think it was an even bet whether they would blow up the planet on any given morning, or declare martial law and start ruling as an outright dictator for life. There is a line to be drawn from Nixon to Trump in the sense that the Republican presidents all stood for false smiling face of capitalism-style policy claims because they understood that the ACTUAL Republican agenda was, “steal all you can from the poor and give it to the rich.” But Trump can’t even pretend to act like a president of the entire country.
He's a narcissist. He'll think of a way to double down on this as revenge for being called out. Use AI to take us below decks on a slave ship in the Middle Passage and show them all dancing and singing at their chance to learn new skills, or something like that.
Trump's racism goes way back. He comes by it honestly: from his awful, disgusting slumlord daddy.
All Trumps have known, their entire lives, they are trashy losers. Their inferiority complexes are merited.
The choice of animal bodies In the video is a bit puzzling. The Obamas as gorillas, Schiff as a giraffe, and JB Pritzger is depicted as an elephant. Trump is a Lion. A lion is no match for any of those. Lions know that gorillas and giraffes are pretty dangerous and attacking an elephant is definitely suicide. Whoever put the video together doesn't know much or is sending Trump a message. A rebuttal should show the giraffe kicking the Trump lion over to the gorillas who toss him around like a a rag doll before the elephant stomps him to a pulp
The elephant should stomp him into the ground and then pee on the hole. Elephants have impressive capabilities that way. (I remember at a circus many years ago an elephant who had been trained to "dance the twist" swaying back and forth to order, all the time pissing like a fire hose. He drenched his handler and flooded the ring. We died laughing.)
Did you see Trump on Air Force One, saying he wasn't gonna apologize? His eyes were all glassy.
God, I miss Obama!
Obama speaking moves me to tears.
Trump speaking moves me to vomit.
Remove the image!
I agree, it disgusts me to have to see it when I click on Wonkette.
To Senator Tillis:
ICE detention camps are exactly how NAZI Germany went down the road to extermination camps. It started with deportations. I believe you are in danger of being lumped with NAZI Germany as you allow Stephen Miller and DHS get away with the wholesale destruction of everything we thought we stood for. But, perhaps, Representative Moskowitz was correct when he said that the Trump doll he brought to a committee meeting had more backbone than any Republican office holder in Congress. You are failing your oath of office, and that is exactly what you will be known for when you leave office.
***************
They allow this trash from Trump also. No backbone. No moral compass. No ethical stance. Just cowardice. Are they all in the Epstein files? I wonder. Just what does he have on them that not one will stand up for their country in the face of this deliberate destruction of our government and rule of law? Is being reelected that important? Do they not have other skills, interests, businesses to run? Do they enjoy being called out for being cowards, chased from their town halls, and mocked in the press? A party of cowardly masochists.
as always i'm late to everything but i would like to say:
that guy has SUCH as ass,
not IS such an ass. HAS such an ass.
weird.
DfT is playing a DDOS attack on the American republic (note I say "republic", not "democracy", so all those who insist on making that distinction can go eat shit). The game is to flood our attention with so much crap that we simply can no longer deal with it all. Whereupon he can get away with anything. It doesn't matter if that crap being thrown at us is questionable, disgusting or even downright illegal. The point lies in the sheer volume.
And of course he's now saying he won't apologize, that it's all the Dems fault, yadda yadda.
His usual.
This is the product of the pilonidal cyst on America that is the pricktator is, and this outcome is what the 77 million ingrown hairs that caused him wanted.
You got it
Like -- what part of
"There are good people - on both sides" -- when one of the sides is neo-Nazis -- did people not understand in 2017 ...??
Minor detail: Those aren't "neo-" Nazis, they're old-fashioned goose-stepping Hitler-Heiling Aryan Nation Brown-shirt Nazis.
You needn't look that far from home.
Neonazis are distinct from Nazis though. They're dumber, less competent, younger, and not German. They also don't want to give power to Germany, they have their own fascist strongman tough guy macho man to follow.
That said, Neonazis are a subtype of Nazis, just like all insects are animals but not all animals are insects.
The Proto- prefix means it is on the verge of becoming, in this case, a fascist; it is something you say of a 14 year old that is showing strong fascisting tendencies but can still be corrected, or a political party that is in the middle of making a swing towards the far right but hasn't arrived to the far end yet.
Miller is a Nazi, nothing neo about him. That dead little shit, I forget his name, the one who got shot at a university, that was a neo nazi.
MAGA are fascists, nothing proto about them. Maybe twenty years ago you could say the republicans were proto-fascists, but they're no longer proto-.
I wasn't thinking too clearly when writing that, so your confusion is at least in part on me. Sorry about that.
The racism is beyond disgusting. This administration is digging a hole so deep that the Republicans will never be able to climb out of it.
The only thing that can save them is that their constituents are racists and always have been. There no moral outrage for racism in the red states
Not sure the most important thing is whether "they can be saved"
Thinking the more important thing is what those of us who claim to be pro-democracy are willing to do to save IT
https://www.wonkette.com/p/now-thats-what-i-call-racist/comment/211485301
People *have* made the connection that both John Roberts and Donald Trump are fine with Republicans *taking over state elections, which is blatantly unconstitutional*, because neither one of those men whom others have put in power believes that Black and Latino people should vote, right ...?
Right ...?
Because the time for people to make that connection is really running out
I wish I had pat answers but I don't. 🙁. I agree the time is running out. The blue wave can't happen if there are no elections or the Republicans control the tabulation.
I won't say that this proves Trump is a racist because that ship sailed long, long ago. But if you are still making excuses for this piece of shit you are beyond contempt.