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2JGL53
> 1
L. Ron was small potatoes. Agent Orange is more like a particularly egregious medieval pope.
L. Ron was small potatoes. Agent Orange is more like a particularly egregious medieval pope.
3LolaWalser
VERY religiousy:
Pigs in a circle jerk communing by rubbing a giant ball. Ecstasy.
Pigs in a circle jerk communing by rubbing a giant ball. Ecstasy.
4Molly3028
LolaWalser
If Obama had taken part in such a scene, the heads of GOP members would have exploded.
If Obama had taken part in such a scene, the heads of GOP members would have exploded.
5LolaWalser
Now you've made me regret he didn't take part in such a scene. :)
7JGL53
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/05/20/trump-mocked-obama-for...
I think this is an impeachable offense. I mean it would be for a Black President. But isn't orange the new black?
Besides which this is not so much a bow as it is a half-kneel. Isn't that even worse?
But no republicans or tea-baggers have called for trump's head for this act of muslim piety. Those people have turned out to be hypocrites. I for one am shocked, shocked I tells ya.
I think this is an impeachable offense. I mean it would be for a Black President. But isn't orange the new black?
Besides which this is not so much a bow as it is a half-kneel. Isn't that even worse?
But no republicans or tea-baggers have called for trump's head for this act of muslim piety. Those people have turned out to be hypocrites. I for one am shocked, shocked I tells ya.
8DugsBooks
>7 JGL53: You have obviously lost touch with the social graces. That was just a polite curtsy - not that there's anything wrong with that.
9Molly3028
JGL53 and DugsBooks
That photo is worth a thousand words.
GOPers are life-long hypocrites ~ situational principles are their game.
If Obama did that, GOPers would want his head on a platter.
That photo is worth a thousand words.
GOPers are life-long hypocrites ~ situational principles are their game.
If Obama did that, GOPers would want his head on a platter.
11jjwilson61
I hate the guy's guts, but it looks like he was just bending over so the King could put that medal over his head.
12Cecrow
I'll let this opinion piece from the Canadian press speak for me:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/opinion/hypocrisy-white-house-1.4128063
Of course it's just someone in the press voicing an opinion and you know what they're like, so feel free to ignore it.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/opinion/hypocrisy-white-house-1.4128063
Of course it's just someone in the press voicing an opinion and you know what they're like, so feel free to ignore it.
13barney67
If you don't know the difference between a cult leader and a president, then you're the one with a problem.
I'm not sure I would call Scientology a cult.
I'm not sure I would call Scientology a cult.
14barney67
>12 Cecrow: Canadian press. Two words I can't take seriously. Unless you are referring to a hockey defense strategy.
15JGL53
Those who doubt or disbelieve that scientology is a cult - an evil and dangerous cult - are either 1. stupid 2. ignorant. 3. assholes 4. members of the scientology cult themselves or 5. some combination of 1-4. There are no other categories.
16JGL53
Anyone at this point who defends trump is as fucked in the head as trump, or possibly more fucked in the head than trump. Again, like with scientology, that covers all bases.
17Cecrow
I'm really disturbed by what has not surfaced, i.e. his antics haven't alienated his base. He's passing laws that will do all kinds of damage to his voters (health, economy) and they're smiling and nodding right along. I don't credit him with any intelligence in knowing how to play them, because there's no strategy to it at all - but maybe I can credit him for correctly predicting how easy it is to get away with his madness without (at least not immediate) repercussions, while only those of us who never liked him in the first place are appalled.
Assuming the majority of people can be won over with nothing more than projecting emphatic confidence got him a long way in business, and now he's proving it carries over well into politics. The only thing differentiating him from any other politician is that instead of displaying any shame over wrongdoing he callously brushes it off and carries on. Somehow this is so huge a difference that his base can forgive him anything. It says to me his voters were never looking for a better, wiser person to be in charge of their country, they just wanted someone who doesn't apologize. This illusion of strength is their sad idea of strength. Should we blame Hollywood, upbringing, what?
There's a scene in War and Peace where some noble is struck by a mob (it's been a while for me, I forget the details), and he cries out in pain. And it's that cry that does him in, that launches the rest of the mob at him. That show of weakness. If Trump ever makes the mistake of admitting or showing weakness, his whole illusion will collapse and his downfall will be swift. Until then, if he did put shooting someone on the street to the test I'm sure while criminal law would find him guilty his voters would call him a martyr and decry the justice system.
It suggests to me that Hillary should have taken the approach of "yeah, I used the wrong email server, so what?" I'm afraid it may be suggesting that to a lot of people, in fact. The 2020 campaign is going to be a horror show.
Assuming the majority of people can be won over with nothing more than projecting emphatic confidence got him a long way in business, and now he's proving it carries over well into politics. The only thing differentiating him from any other politician is that instead of displaying any shame over wrongdoing he callously brushes it off and carries on. Somehow this is so huge a difference that his base can forgive him anything. It says to me his voters were never looking for a better, wiser person to be in charge of their country, they just wanted someone who doesn't apologize. This illusion of strength is their sad idea of strength. Should we blame Hollywood, upbringing, what?
There's a scene in War and Peace where some noble is struck by a mob (it's been a while for me, I forget the details), and he cries out in pain. And it's that cry that does him in, that launches the rest of the mob at him. That show of weakness. If Trump ever makes the mistake of admitting or showing weakness, his whole illusion will collapse and his downfall will be swift. Until then, if he did put shooting someone on the street to the test I'm sure while criminal law would find him guilty his voters would call him a martyr and decry the justice system.
It suggests to me that Hillary should have taken the approach of "yeah, I used the wrong email server, so what?" I'm afraid it may be suggesting that to a lot of people, in fact. The 2020 campaign is going to be a horror show.
18barney67
>17 Cecrow: Have you considered the possibility that you are wrong?
19artturnerjr
>17 Cecrow:
There's a scene in War and Peace where some noble is struck by a mob (it's been a while for me, I forget the details), and he cries out in pain. And it's that cry that does him in, that launches the rest of the mob at him. That show of weakness. If Trump ever makes the mistake of admitting or showing weakness, his whole illusion will collapse and his downfall will be swift. Until then, if he did put shooting someone on the street to the test I'm sure while criminal law would find him guilty his voters would call him a martyr and decry the justice system.
It's funny that you say that, because by my lights all he ever does is display weakness: "I'm treated so unfairly", "I never knew the presidency would be so hard", blah blah blah, ad nauseam. He constantly sounds like a petulant child who's been told he has to eat his peas before he can have dessert. All this from the president who likes to present himself as tough and ballsy. Maybe things are different in the Bizarro World that is Trumpland, but where I come from behaving like a whiny little brat isn't how you demonstrate your toughness and ballsiness.
There's a scene in War and Peace where some noble is struck by a mob (it's been a while for me, I forget the details), and he cries out in pain. And it's that cry that does him in, that launches the rest of the mob at him. That show of weakness. If Trump ever makes the mistake of admitting or showing weakness, his whole illusion will collapse and his downfall will be swift. Until then, if he did put shooting someone on the street to the test I'm sure while criminal law would find him guilty his voters would call him a martyr and decry the justice system.
It's funny that you say that, because by my lights all he ever does is display weakness: "I'm treated so unfairly", "I never knew the presidency would be so hard", blah blah blah, ad nauseam. He constantly sounds like a petulant child who's been told he has to eat his peas before he can have dessert. All this from the president who likes to present himself as tough and ballsy. Maybe things are different in the Bizarro World that is Trumpland, but where I come from behaving like a whiny little brat isn't how you demonstrate your toughness and ballsiness.
20Cecrow
>19 artturnerjr:, whining yes, but never apologetic, never taking ownership. It's everybody else's fault, he has no weaknesses of his own, makes no mistakes that he needs to own up to (apparently). It's not his fault he wasn't equipped to take on this role but campaigned for it and accepted it anyway. If he's caught red-handed, he'll go for the brush-off rather than admitting guilt. No humility; recognizes no higher moral authority.
21artturnerjr
>20 Cecrow:
Point taken. And probably 25% of Americans will be right there with him until (and even after) the bitter end. Incredible but true. :(
Point taken. And probably 25% of Americans will be right there with him until (and even after) the bitter end. Incredible but true. :(
