they're gonna build him a giant robot and stick him in the belly, krang-stylehttp://resources.nobleknight.com/Catalog/Images/900/900/0/1/0/WZKTMNTHC031.jpg
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Thursday, 12 December 2019 18:18 (four years ago) link
he may be all of those things in 4 years, but he'll be on tv. siri, i know i disabled you and you can't hear me through my typing, but set a reminder 4 years from now to revisit this set of posts and check-in on the status of trump's flesh
― Peaceful Warrior I Poser (Karl Malone), Thursday, 12 December 2019 18:18 (four years ago) link
Okay KARL MALONE... calendar reminder set for four years to... CHECK IN ON FRESH RUMP
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Thursday, 12 December 2019 18:19 (four years ago) link
goddammit siri
― Peaceful Warrior I Poser (Karl Malone), Thursday, 12 December 2019 18:21 (four years ago) link
I've simply run out of "fuck yous." But I guess I say that weekly.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-greta-thunberg-time-person-of-the-year-2019-a9243726.html?fbclid=IwAR0HD6G5uw-MaloifyPJ_Ay600sJmkhw2E3KQBPlR-eNIG5qpfgZEfDproc
― A breezy pop-rock feel fairly typical of the mid-'80s (Dan Peterson), Thursday, 12 December 2019 18:47 (four years ago) link
truly he is the little bitchiest of little bitches
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Thursday, 12 December 2019 18:48 (four years ago) link
He's an utter coward, just like every bully that ever existed.
― Welcome to the Sandwich Trough (Old Lunch), Thursday, 12 December 2019 19:02 (four years ago) link
The odds that he will just fade into the background and not be a huge media figure/shit-stirrer seem p low.
― El Tomboto, Thursday, 12 December 2019 19:40 (four years ago) link
Fox won’t take his calls but the Trump News Network sure will
― iatee, Thursday, 12 December 2019 19:41 (four years ago) link
xpost I wish I believed that but I really don't believe that. He's been a demonstrable loser for decades and has remained pretty successful at shoving himself down everyone's throat nonetheless.
― Welcome to the Sandwich Trough (Old Lunch), Thursday, 12 December 2019 19:41 (four years ago) link
and he will likely get the Dubya treatment by the RW media machine if he loses
the difference is the GOP audience turned on Dubya *before* he lost, and there's no signs of that now. If Fox's audience wants more Trump, more Trump is what they will get.
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 12 December 2019 19:42 (four years ago) link
It's possible to be more visible than George W. Bush but still relegated to the 6:51 nightly news segment.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 12 December 2019 19:43 (four years ago) link
Dubya also got us into a war that as early as 2005 was collapsing in popularity. By the time the midterms happened, even the GOP knew a Democrat was gonna trounce whomever it nominated.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 12 December 2019 19:44 (four years ago) link
a Democratic president. I have vivid memories of every hardcore Republican I know shaking their heads inconsolably that Bush had led to another Clinton in the White House.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 12 December 2019 19:45 (four years ago) link
Xps I would put money on the Trump News Network a. Existing b. Taking a huge chunk of the Fox audience who have been scandalized by Chris Wallace’s heresiesLike all trump products he’s barely gonna be involved in the details. He’s someone who puts his name on absolutely anything and right wing political news is a much better fit than steaks and ties. I suspect we’re not gonna be done with him until he’s dead or possibly in prison.
― iatee, Thursday, 12 December 2019 19:49 (four years ago) link
I honestly don't think he has many years of life left, he looks like shit. We'll be done with him one way or another.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Thursday, 12 December 2019 19:53 (four years ago) link
he definitely seems to have experienced substantial cognitive decline even in the last three years. if he wins reelection I have a hard time imagining he'd even be able to make public appearances by the end of that term.
― Evans on Hammond (evol j), Thursday, 12 December 2019 20:03 (four years ago) link
the impeachment polls are maddeningly inconsistent. most show a plurality supporting impeachment and/or impeachment and removal, but the crosstabs showing the breakdown by political affiliation seem to be very inconsistent on Independents. some have them with a plurality not supporting, many have them with a plurality supporting.
still, these are way better numbers than we'd get if the American people "didn't support impeachment". so they can fundraise all they want off of this. it's not like they didn't already have financial advantages that the Dem candidate won't to begin with.
― master of nuggets (Neanderthal), Thursday, 12 December 2019 20:03 (four years ago) link
xpost Donald John Trump has locked himself in the bathroom today. It was initially believed to be intentional, as a cry for help, but he seems to have forgotten that the door locks from the inside. He is begging his aides to let him out. They all went to lunch an hour ago.
― master of nuggets (Neanderthal), Thursday, 12 December 2019 20:04 (four years ago) link
the idea of him disappearing while alive is such a fantasy imo - no comparison with GWB. trump's whole steez is stoking the grievance/victim identity that's critical to RW politics and losing an election would only HELP that esp as he will be happy to peddle destabilizing conspiracy theories insisting that he really won and his successor is illegitimate, and his supporters will be happy to share them. i mean this shit writes itself.
― Doctor Casino, Thursday, 12 December 2019 20:04 (four years ago) link
he’s an engine fueled by pure rage, I’m not sure I’d make any predictions there.but as far as the Fox News thing goes, the future Fox / TNN schism is something we can kinda see coming from here I think. As his presidency ends and those seeds start getting planted it would make sense for Fox to start turning on him pretty violently just in the interest of self-preservation. I don’t think we really know at this point if the base truly loves him or Fox more.
― iatee, Thursday, 12 December 2019 20:06 (four years ago) link
(XPs)
― iatee, Thursday, 12 December 2019 20:07 (four years ago) link
also Twitter only existed for like two years of Dubya's presidency and had only started to become a big thing
― master of nuggets (Neanderthal), Thursday, 12 December 2019 20:08 (four years ago) link
Dubya also interested solely in showing up his dad - once he got re-elected and killed Saddam he was pretty much ready to retire. Trump is different, as he is a bottomless pit of neediness.
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 12 December 2019 20:17 (four years ago) link
I'm convinced that Trump would literally wither away to nothing if people stopped paying attention to him. Do you imagine that he could possibly exist at this point without hearing people say his name on TV every single day?
― Welcome to the Sandwich Trough (Old Lunch), Thursday, 12 December 2019 20:21 (four years ago) link
hmm, maybe if that happens, he'll disappear.
― 10,000 mani-gecs (voodoo chili), Thursday, 12 December 2019 20:22 (four years ago) link
it's gonna be pretty funny if he loses in 2020 and then immediately starts fundraising for 2024 and just keeps the millions of dollars his idiot cultists would no doubt donate to him.
― Evans on Hammond (evol j), Thursday, 12 December 2019 20:57 (four years ago) link
Gah Steve Chabot.Do these people have souls.Or just history degrees.
― Stevolende, Thursday, 12 December 2019 20:58 (four years ago) link
what is this fucking bullshit Nancy
There were some indications that Democrats gave ground on the wall, moving from the zero-funding position they took in their original version of the bill.
Following a Wednesday meeting with the Congressional Hispanic Caucus and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), Lowey acknowledged that they may lose some votes on the left.
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 12 December 2019 22:12 (four years ago) link
I mean I'll hold my breath til we see the details next week but
standard operating pelosi
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 12 December 2019 22:22 (four years ago) link
Shit's been so bugfuck, I'd actually forgot about The Wall.
― a bevy of supermodels, musicians and Lena Dunham (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 12 December 2019 22:25 (four years ago) link
not really. the gov't shutdown earlier this year over this issue, and Trump caved.
xps
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 12 December 2019 22:25 (four years ago) link
“Space Force is actually OUR idea” is some incredible Dem messaging https://t.co/D54jHErqU6— John Carl Baker (@johncarlbaker) December 11, 2019
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 12 December 2019 23:14 (four years ago) link
see also
https://www.businessinsider.com/democrats-gave-trump-everything-he-wants-738-billion-defense-bill-2019-12
https://www.rollcall.com/news/democrats-got-completely-rolled-in-ndaa-talks-critics-say
My friend @RepRoKhanna is right: it is Orwellian for Congress to hand over billions of dollars worth of weapons and bombs to a president waging a horrific, unconstitutional war in Yemen—and call that progressive. pic.twitter.com/6SUmUUhv3q— Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) December 11, 2019
The Pentagon’s budget has been too large for too long. I cannot support a defense bill that’s a $738 billion Christmas present to giant defense contractors & undermines our values and security.— Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) December 11, 2019
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 12 December 2019 23:21 (four years ago) link
didn't want to bring my american bullshit into the uk election thread but what I woudln't give for a two week fucking election. we're a year into ours with a whole other goddamn year to go. feel like the 2016 election ended 4 months ago after starting up in 2014.
― officer sonny bonds, lytton pd (mayor jingleberries), Thursday, 12 December 2019 23:51 (four years ago) link
Trump formally started his campaign on the day of his inauguration.
― insecurity bear (sic), Thursday, 12 December 2019 23:54 (four years ago) link
https://docquery.fec.gov/pdf/569/201701209041436569/201701209041436569.pdf
― insecurity bear (sic), Thursday, 12 December 2019 23:55 (four years ago) link
Been catching up, did we already cover this? http://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2019/12/bring-out-the-coffin-let-the-mourners-come
The president of the United States admitted in court yesterday that he stole two million dollars from charities organized to help veterans.(Trump settled because the alternative would have been litigation that would have exposed some of his finances. Think about what someone’s finances must look like when his lawyers tell him that the better option is to admit that he stole two million dollars from veterans to pay for a portrait of himself.)This development, which would have simply ended a presidency in the Before Time, now barely even qualifies as a news story, because nobody cares. The reason nobody cares is because any news confirming that Donald Trump is a sociopathic thief is not really news: everybody already knows this.
― El Tomboto, Friday, 13 December 2019 00:11 (four years ago) link
The reason nobody cares is because any news confirming that Donald Trump is a sociopathic thief is not really news: everybody already knows this.
also the right wing media gaslit everyone on that side into believing that trump is "no different" from any ol' "corrupt" politician.
― treeship., Friday, 13 December 2019 00:36 (four years ago) link
thank God the Dems are keeping impeachment "focused"
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Friday, 13 December 2019 01:27 (four years ago) link
mmm yes, i'm sure the CPD is the reason
The New York Times reports:
President Trump is discussing with his advisers the possibility of sitting out the general election debates in 2020 because of his misgivings about the commission that oversees them, according to two people familiar with the discussions.
Mr. Trump has told advisers that he does not trust the Commission on Presidential Debates, the nonprofit entity that sponsors the debates, the two people said.
Less of a concern for Mr. Trump than who will emerge as the Democratic nominee is which media personality will be chosen as the debate moderator, according to people in contact with him.
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Friday, 13 December 2019 01:30 (four years ago) link
the Dem candidate should first refuse to debate him so as not to "dignify the office"
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Friday, 13 December 2019 01:36 (four years ago) link
Dem candidate should step up to the pot and challenge him to a televised flush-off
― Suggest Banshee (Hadrian VIII), Friday, 13 December 2019 01:38 (four years ago) link
This might be the first thing you've ever posted that I agree with. The official line should be "what's the point?"
― shared unit of analysis (unperson), Friday, 13 December 2019 01:40 (four years ago) link
I feel like there's no way that Trump wimping out of the debates would help him, but who knows anything anymore.
― DJI, Friday, 13 December 2019 01:42 (four years ago) link
I’m vain enough to believe I know things, still, and it would be very bad for either candidate to drop out. You either want to get your message heard by the max number of people possible, or you don’t
― Peaceful Warrior I Poser (Karl Malone), Friday, 13 December 2019 01:48 (four years ago) link
of course if it's Biden, we might see a Demented Grandpa slapfight
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Friday, 13 December 2019 01:49 (four years ago) link
No matter how bad the venue or the moderator or the media platform, as a candidate you have to believe that head to head you will clearly be preferable to the alternative. If you don’t, get out of the way
― Peaceful Warrior I Poser (Karl Malone), Friday, 13 December 2019 01:50 (four years ago) link
That’s where the narcissistic prequisite of being a candidate should shine through
― Peaceful Warrior I Poser (Karl Malone), Friday, 13 December 2019 01:51 (four years ago) link