[Continuation] The Trump Presidency: Part 26 - Page 8

Stacyhs · 19th October 2020, 04:50 PM

What's even scarier than Trump's nonsensical ramblings are that there are so many idiots who nod, clap and cheer for him when he says them.

Worm · 19th October 2020, 04:52 PM

Originally Posted by Captain_Swoop

Trump says
"I call the head of Exxon. I'll use a company. 'How, how are you doing, how's energy coming? When are you doing the exploration? Oh, you need a couple of permits, huh?' But I call the head of Exxon, I say, 'you know, I'd love you to send me $25m for the campaign'"

And Exxon have already disavowed that sentiment on Twitter. Along the lines of "Such a call never took place"

Ladewig · 19th October 2020, 05:00 PM

Originally Posted by Trump

I don't know why we wouldn't win California.“

OK, that is a really weird thing to say.
President Trump is actually telling the truth right there.

dudalb · 19th October 2020, 05:00 PM

Originally Posted by chrispy

The sheer and utter disregard for science will one day come back and bite the Republicans on their collective ass. Intelligent design and all that bullcrap is silly, sure, but the climate denial **** mixed with killing hundreds of thousands of Americans due to the doubt-casting on scientific minds that are trying to save lives will never age well. Trump is an evil, evil man.

What I want to know is was this leaked with Trump's Blessing, or it a Legit Leak?
If Trump think this will help him, then he hhas lost any sanity he had about his reelection. He needs to convince Indies and Swingvoters to vote for him, this will just drive more away.

kookbreaker · 19th October 2020, 05:01 PM

Originally Posted by Worm

And Exxon have already disavowed that sentiment on Twitter. Along the lines of "Such a call never took place"

Their exact quote: "We are aware of the President’s statement regarding a hypothetical call with our CEO…and just so we’re all clear, it never happened."

As Jim Wright just put it: "When Exxon is the good guy in the story... there aren't any good guys."

pgwenthold · 19th October 2020, 05:04 PM

Originally Posted by Aridas

Just as a matter of course when this comes up, I think that it's worth directly pointing out that Al Gore didn't claim that.

That's why I even said it was less legitimate than the CLAIM that Al Gore invented the internet. Considering that Al Gore never even said that, the claim that Al Gore invented the internet is still more valid than the claim that Lee Zeldin has done more to advance science than his opponent.

Trebuchet · 19th October 2020, 05:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Trump
I don't know why we wouldn't win California.“

Originally Posted by Ladewig

OK, that is a really weird thing to say.
President Trump is actually telling the truth right there.

He WILL win California, after the Scrotus throws out all the illegal mail-in illegal alien mail-in ballots!

Ladewig · 19th October 2020, 05:12 PM

Originally Posted by Aridas

Just as a
Reminds me of a comparison. Our choice is pretty much Thanos vs Mr. Rogers.

I see him more as Thanos with the Sociopathy Gem and the Idiocy Gem.

Jim_MDP · 19th October 2020, 05:21 PM

Originally Posted by CORed

How about, after he loses the election and gets convicted of whatever, we give him a rake, send him to California and tell him to get with it? He can be released after he finishes raking every square mile of forest floor in California.

I'd be fair about it. He's always been an east coast guy... I'd only make him work the Federal lands.

Stacyhs · 19th October 2020, 05:27 PM

RAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!

Jim_MDP · 19th October 2020, 05:33 PM

Originally Posted by Trebuchet

He WILL win California, after the Scrotus throws out all the illegal mail-in illegal alien mail-in ballots!

Plausible, but if you keep reposting this... you're gonna owe Minoosh a Xanax scrip.

dmaker · 19th October 2020, 05:47 PM

Originally Posted by dudalb

What I want to know is was this leaked with Trump's Blessing, or it a Legit Leak?
If Trump think this will help him, then he hhas lost any sanity he had about his reelection. He needs to convince Indies and Swingvoters to vote for him, this will just drive more away.

He knew that members of the media were likely on the call. At one point, he even says something like go ahead and quote me, I don't care.

Beelzebuddy · 19th October 2020, 05:54 PM

Originally Posted by Stacyhs

RAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!

LAWN ORDER

Aridas · 19th October 2020, 06:01 PM

Originally Posted by Ladewig

I see him more as Thanos with the Sociopathy Gem and the Idiocy Gem.

Mmm. If you actually want to go deeper into the Trump/Thanos comparison, there are notable differences, of course.

To use the movie version for ease's sake - Thanos actively worked to kill half the life in the universe as his very short term solution to solve a problem that wasn't actually a problem in most of where the solution was applied and caused a heck of a lot more problems that were much worse in many places. Sociopathy and Idiocy seem pretty intrinsic in that, in a rather modern day "conservative" way - empathy for a rather limited set of people and easily obsessed with harmful ideas that would indeed be a direct solution to a specific problem (I'm immediately reminded of the right-wing sentiment that I heard from a number of right-wingers, and only right-wingers, that we should just nuke North Korea and be done with it, which would indeed solve that problem while causing a heck of a lot more, among other things). On the other hand, he tried to apply it "fairly" and, once he accomplished his goal/obsession, he relinquished power entirely and removed himself from the playing field. He was strong, intelligent, dedicated, and arguably selfless, even if he was also sociopathic and was pursuing an idiotic goal.

Very little of that applies to Trump, I think. Trump's actions to try to kill us are in a completely different vein, where the main higher goal is to try to save face and rally support to stay in power.

Stacyhs · 19th October 2020, 06:17 PM

Originally Posted by Beelzebuddy

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SezMe · 19th October 2020, 06:18 PM

Originally Posted by a_unique_person

He's going to rake the forest floors.

Close. He's trying to rake in the dough.

JoeMorgue · 19th October 2020, 06:21 PM

That's always been with the problem with Trump. He has zero good qualities.

I think that's missed in a lot of "Is Trump the worst President ever?" discussions or when we get told that we Bush (take your pick) or Reagan shouldn't be remembered more fondly because they compare favorably to Trump.

It's not that exactly. It's that there are absolutely no positives to Trump.

You can argue that Bush, Reagan, Nixons, etc good qualities didn't make up for their bad ones, but at least they had good qualities to put on the scale to be weighed, even if the scale was still laughably lopsided.

SezMe · 19th October 2020, 06:29 PM

Originally Posted by RolandRat

Without providing details on policy, the US president told supporters on Sunday that “the women come up to me, the women they say dont like me, they actually do like me a lot”.

Yeah, sure, Donnie. The Secret Service lets any number of women to come up to you for a chat. Go ahead, pull the other one.

TragicMonkey · 19th October 2020, 06:39 PM

Originally Posted by SezMe

Yeah, sure, Donnie. The Secret Service lets any number of women to come up to you for a chat. Go ahead, pull the other one.

Well, the Secret Service are only human. Can you imagine being around that guy all the time? The temptation must be terrible: "Well, she's carrying a knife in each hand and is frothing at the mouth. I say we give her the benefit of the doubt and let her talk to him alone for a few minutes."

SezMe · 19th October 2020, 06:51 PM

Originally Posted by Captain_Swoop

Trump Tweets

There has never been a time in either of my two Campaigns when I felt we had a stronger chance of winning than we do right now. Early voting reports look far stronger than originally anticipated. Every RALLY is BOFFO.
@MarkMeadows & team are doing a fantastic job..

What does that mean...that the reports were written on 30 lb paper instead of the usual 24 lb?

SezMe · 19th October 2020, 06:54 PM

Originally Posted by Captain_Swoop

Trump Tweets

GREAT news! New government of Sudan, which is making great progress, agreed to pay $335 MILLION to U.S. terror victims and families. Once deposited, I will lift Sudan from the State Sponsors of Terrorism list. At long last, JUSTICE for the American people and BIG step for Sudan!

That's classic Trump. He thinks mere money will make victims of terrorism whole again. **** him and the horse he rode in on.

Ladewig · 19th October 2020, 07:06 PM

Originally Posted by RolandRat

Without providing details on policy, the US president told supporters on Sunday that “the women come up to me, the women they say dont like me, they actually do like me a lot”.

The perfect example of Trumpism.

Sure the women say they don’t like me, but c’mon. Who’s going to turn down a slice of this.

He is completely ignoring what women say.
He is doing it partly out of having no respect for women and partly because he cannot conceive of any world which lacks all women (even the lesbians) wanting to sleep with him.

Captain_Swoop · 19th October 2020, 07:12 PM

Trump said "People are pandemic'd-out. You know that? They're pandemic'd-out. That's why it's so great what your governor has done. He's opened up your state ... by the way, you get it ... I'm here. And now I'm immune. I can jump into this audience and kiss every man and woman"

Stacyhs · 19th October 2020, 07:18 PM

Originally Posted by Captain_Swoop

Trump said "People are pandemic'd-out. You know that? They're pandemic'd-out. That's why it's so great what your governor has done. He's opened up your state ... by the way, you get it ... I'm here. And now I'm immune. I can jump into this audience and kiss every man and woman"

Because I received an experimental treatment immediately upon testing positive that YOU won't get that probably saved my life! You won't even know you're sick until you start getting symptoms and you won't get this treatment because you're not the POTUS! SUCKERS!

Ladewig · 19th October 2020, 08:06 PM

Originally Posted by Stacyhs

Because I received an experimental treatment immediately upon testing positive that YOU won't get that probably saved my life! You won't even know you're sick until you start getting symptoms and you won't get this treatment because you're not the POTUS! SUCKERS!

And they won’t have 12 doctors standing around poking different parts of their bodies. And the each won’t have a surgical suite reserved for only them.

And as for Trump kissing every man and woman in the crowd. I expect him to stop cheating at golf before he puckers up.

alfaniner · 19th October 2020, 08:13 PM

Originally Posted by Ladewig

And they won’t have 12 doctors standing around poking different parts of their bodies. And the each won’t have a surgical suite reserved for only them.

And as for Trump kissing every man and woman in the crowd. I expect him to stop cheating at golf before he puckers up.

With that pucker he could reach them from the podium.

Minoosh · 19th October 2020, 08:42 PM

Originally Posted by Jim_MDP

Plausible, but if you keep reposting this... you're gonna owe Minoosh a Xanax scrip.

Nah, I'll be fine as long as my state legalizes recreational weed

Jim_MDP · 19th October 2020, 08:55 PM

Originally Posted by Minoosh

Nah, I'll be fine as long as my state legalizes recreational weed

Fair enough.
I could walk a couple hundred yards to the Bahama Bud's (just one of a handful of shops in this tiny Oregon town) but I'm one of the unfortunate who gets the hyper-anxiety reaction.

timhau · 19th October 2020, 11:06 PM

Originally Posted by kookbreaker

Their exact quote: "We are aware of the President’s statement regarding a hypothetical call with our CEO…and just so we’re all clear, it never happened."

As Jim Wright just put it: "When Exxon is the good guy in the story... there aren't any good guys."

Given that what this is about is Trump openly bragging about asking Exxon for a bribe, they're not coming out as the good guy, they're just coming out as the Not A Delusional Moron.

Norman Alexander · 20th October 2020, 12:30 AM

Originally Posted by timhau

Given that what this is about is Trump openly bragging about asking Exxon for a bribe, they're not coming out as the good guy, they're just coming out as the Not A Delusional Moron.

I suspect it is more along the lines of "SHUT THE **** UP ABOUT THE BRIBES YOU STUPID ******* MORAN!"

Darat · 20th October 2020, 12:43 AM

Originally Posted by Ladewig

OK, that is a really weird thing to say.

President Trump is actually telling the truth right there.

If an infinity of monkeys in infinite time can type Shakespeare's entire works it is only a bit more unlikely that Trump will eventually randomly put words together that say something truthful.

Captain_Swoop · 20th October 2020, 03:11 AM

Trump Tweets

Governor Cuomo has shown tremendously poor leadership skills in running N.Y. Bad time for him to be writing and promoting a book, especially since he has done such a poor job with Covid and Crime. So many unnecessary deaths. The City & State have sunk to historic lows...

....Washington wants nothing to do with him, and that’s so bad for New York, which has become a ghost town. Andrew spends too much time listening to his brother, Fredo. Forget the books and your apology tour. The Federal Government would love to help New York regain its luster!

alfaniner · 20th October 2020, 06:23 AM

Originally Posted by Captain_Swoop

Trump Tweets

Governor Cuomo has shown tremendously poor leadership skills in running N.Y. Bad time for him to be writing and promoting a book, especially since he has done such a poor job with Covid and Crime. So many unnecessary deaths. The City & State have sunk to historic lows...

....Washington wants nothing to do with him, and that’s so bad for New York, which has become a ghost town. Andrew spends too much time listening to his brother, Fredo. Forget the books and your apology tour. The Federal Government would love to help New York regain its luster!

Guhhh, what???

Craig4 · 20th October 2020, 06:23 AM

Originally Posted by Captain_Swoop

Trump Tweets

Governor Cuomo has shown tremendously poor leadership skills in running N.Y. Bad time for him to be writing and promoting a book, especially since he has done such a poor job with Covid and Crime. So many unnecessary deaths. The City & State have sunk to historic lows...

....Washington wants nothing to do with him, and that’s so bad for New York, which has become a ghost town. Andrew spends too much time listening to his brother, Fredo. Forget the books and your apology tour. The Federal Government would love to help New York regain its luster!

This is why I find it extremely unlikely Trump will win in two weeks. In 2016, Trump had a reasonably disciplined strategy going after key swing, Rust Belt states. What's he doing going for New York voters? Biden has a 30 point lead in New York. He needs to focus on the toss-up states and try to bring back at least one of the lean blue states he won in 2016. He shouldn't be wasting a single tweet or throw away line on New York. This smacks of desperation.

Armitage72 · 20th October 2020, 06:28 AM

Originally Posted by Captain_Swoop

Trump Tweets

Bad time for him to be writing and promoting a book, especially since he has done such a poor job with Covid and Crime.

As opposed to all of his cronies and sycophants whose books he regularly promotes on Twitter.

Ladewig · 20th October 2020, 07:39 AM

Originally Posted by Craig4

This is why I find it extremely unlikely Trump will win in two weeks. In 2016, Trump had a reasonably disciplined strategy going after key swing, Rust Belt states. What's he doing going for New York voters? Biden has a 30 point lead in New York. He needs to focus on the toss-up states and try to bring back at least one of the lean blue states he won in 2016. He shouldn't be wasting a single tweet or throw away line on New York. This smacks of desperation.

For a normal person, that would sound like desperation.
But we should note three things

First, Trump’s philosophy has always been, “ as everybody goes through life, one needs to stop and insult the people and things that you hate. I don’t want to be one of those people who sit on death beds and say ‘I wish I spent more time telling the people I hate exactly how much I hated them”.’

2. In MAGAland, you can never go wrong insulting New York.

(C) as Trump’s mind ossifies, he becomes less creative. So, when he needs an insult he simply picks one that has been leveled at him. I think I read somewhere that this idea is part of a plan that is code-named Project Ion.

Babbylonian · 20th October 2020, 08:45 AM

Originally Posted by Craig4

This is why I find it extremely unlikely Trump will win in two weeks. In 2016, Trump had a reasonably disciplined strategy going after key swing, Rust Belt states. What's he doing going for New York voters? Biden has a 30 point lead in New York. He needs to focus on the toss-up states and try to bring back at least one of the lean blue states he won in 2016. He shouldn't be wasting a single tweet or throw away line on New York. This smacks of desperation.

This assumes that Trump tweets have to do with anything but ranting about the last thing he saw on TV.

dirtywick · 20th October 2020, 11:45 AM

Originally Posted by Captain_Swoop

Trump said "People are pandemic'd-out. You know that? They're pandemic'd-out. That's why it's so great what your governor has done. He's opened up your state ... by the way, you get it ... I'm here. And now I'm immune. I can jump into this audience and kiss every man and woman"

Is it weird that lately he's repeatedly talking about kissing men?

Dr. Keith · 20th October 2020, 12:19 PM

Originally Posted by dirtywick

Is it weird that lately he's repeatedly talking about kissing men?

I've heard he may be biohazard-curious.

Captain_Swoop · 20th October 2020, 01:01 PM

Trump Tweets

@realDonaldTrump
Lesley Stahl of 60 Minutes not wearing a mask in the White House after her interview with me. Much more to come.

19th October 2020, 04:52 PM	#282
Worm Illuminator Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Dundee Posts: 3,254	Originally Posted by Captain_Swoop Trump says "I call the head of Exxon. I'll use a company. 'How, how are you doing, how's energy coming? When are you doing the exploration? Oh, you need a couple of permits, huh?' But I call the head of Exxon, I say, 'you know, I'd love you to send me $25m for the campaign'" And Exxon have already disavowed that sentiment on Twitter. Along the lines of "Such a call never took place"
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19th October 2020, 05:00 PM	#283
Ladewig I lost an avatar bet. Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 28,034	Originally Posted by Trump I don't know why we wouldn't win California.“ OK, that is a really weird thing to say. President Trump is actually telling the truth right there.
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19th October 2020, 05:00 PM	#284
dudalb Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Sacramento Posts: 50,311	Originally Posted by chrispy The sheer and utter disregard for science will one day come back and bite the Republicans on their collective ass. Intelligent design and all that bullcrap is silly, sure, but the climate denial **** mixed with killing hundreds of thousands of Americans due to the doubt-casting on scientific minds that are trying to save lives will never age well. Trump is an evil, evil man. What I want to know is was this leaked with Trump's Blessing, or it a Legit Leak? If Trump think this will help him, then he hhas lost any sanity he had about his reelection. He needs to convince Indies and Swingvoters to vote for him, this will just drive more away.
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19th October 2020, 05:01 PM	#285
kookbreaker Evil Fokker Join Date: Aug 2001 Posts: 13,166	Originally Posted by Worm And Exxon have already disavowed that sentiment on Twitter. Along the lines of "Such a call never took place" Their exact quote: "We are aware of the President’s statement regarding a hypothetical call with our CEO…and just so we’re all clear, it never happened." As Jim Wright just put it: "When Exxon is the good guy in the story... there aren't any good guys."
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19th October 2020, 05:04 PM	#286
pgwenthold Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 20,129	Originally Posted by Aridas Just as a matter of course when this comes up, I think that it's worth directly pointing out that Al Gore didn't claim that. That's why I even said it was less legitimate than the CLAIM that Al Gore invented the internet. Considering that Al Gore never even said that, the claim that Al Gore invented the internet is still more valid than the claim that Lee Zeldin has done more to advance science than his opponent.
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19th October 2020, 04:50 PM	#281
Stacyhs Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Mar 2016 Location: United States Posts: 17,987	What's even scarier than Trump's nonsensical ramblings are that there are so many idiots who nod, clap and cheer for him when he says them.

19th October 2020, 05:06 PM	#287
Trebuchet Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Port Townsend, Washington Posts: 30,997	Quote: Originally Posted by Trump I don't know why we wouldn't win California.“ Originally Posted by Ladewig OK, that is a really weird thing to say. President Trump is actually telling the truth right there. He WILL win California, after the Scrotus throws out all the illegal mail-in illegal alien mail-in ballots!
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19th October 2020, 05:12 PM	#288
Ladewig I lost an avatar bet. Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 28,034	Originally Posted by Aridas Just as a Reminds me of a comparison. Our choice is pretty much Thanos vs Mr. Rogers. I see him more as Thanos with the Sociopathy Gem and the Idiocy Gem.
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19th October 2020, 05:21 PM	#289
Jim_MDP Philosopher Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: N.Cal/S.Or Posts: 8,004	Originally Posted by CORed How about, after he loses the election and gets convicted of whatever, we give him a rake, send him to California and tell him to get with it? He can be released after he finishes raking every square mile of forest floor in California. I'd be fair about it. He's always been an east coast guy... I'd only make him work the Federal lands.
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19th October 2020, 05:27 PM	#290
Stacyhs Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Mar 2016 Location: United States Posts: 17,987	RAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!

19th October 2020, 05:33 PM	#291
Jim_MDP Philosopher Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: N.Cal/S.Or Posts: 8,004	Originally Posted by Trebuchet He WILL win California, after the Scrotus throws out all the illegal mail-in illegal alien mail-in ballots! Plausible, but if you keep reposting this... you're gonna owe Minoosh a Xanax scrip.
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19th October 2020, 05:47 PM	#292
dmaker Graduate Poster Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 1,686	Originally Posted by dudalb What I want to know is was this leaked with Trump's Blessing, or it a Legit Leak? If Trump think this will help him, then he hhas lost any sanity he had about his reelection. He needs to convince Indies and Swingvoters to vote for him, this will just drive more away. He knew that members of the media were likely on the call. At one point, he even says something like go ahead and quote me, I don't care.

19th October 2020, 05:54 PM	#293
Beelzebuddy Philosopher Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 8,064	Originally Posted by Stacyhs RAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! LAWN ORDER
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19th October 2020, 06:01 PM	#294
Aridas Crazy Little Green Dragon Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: East Coast, US Posts: 7,446	Originally Posted by Ladewig I see him more as Thanos with the Sociopathy Gem and the Idiocy Gem. Mmm. If you actually want to go deeper into the Trump/Thanos comparison, there are notable differences, of course. To use the movie version for ease's sake - Thanos actively worked to kill half the life in the universe as his very short term solution to solve a problem that wasn't actually a problem in most of where the solution was applied and caused a heck of a lot more problems that were much worse in many places. Sociopathy and Idiocy seem pretty intrinsic in that, in a rather modern day "conservative" way - empathy for a rather limited set of people and easily obsessed with harmful ideas that would indeed be a direct solution to a specific problem (I'm immediately reminded of the right-wing sentiment that I heard from a number of right-wingers, and only right-wingers, that we should just nuke North Korea and be done with it, which would indeed solve that problem while causing a heck of a lot more, among other things). On the other hand, he tried to apply it "fairly" and, once he accomplished his goal/obsession, he relinquished power entirely and removed himself from the playing field. He was strong, intelligent, dedicated, and arguably selfless, even if he was also sociopathic and was pursuing an idiotic goal. Very little of that applies to Trump, I think. Trump's actions to try to kill us are in a completely different vein, where the main higher goal is to try to save face and rally support to stay in power.
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19th October 2020, 06:17 PM	#295
Stacyhs Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Mar 2016 Location: United States Posts: 17,987	Originally Posted by Beelzebuddy LAWN ORDER Sen. Grassley approves of this message.

19th October 2020, 06:18 PM	#296
SezMe post-pre-born Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Santa Barbara, CA Posts: 24,967	Originally Posted by a_unique_person He's going to rake the forest floors. Close. He's trying to rake in the dough.

19th October 2020, 06:21 PM	#297
JoeMorgue Self Employed Remittance Man Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Florida Posts: 30,605	That's always been with the problem with Trump. He has zero good qualities. I think that's missed in a lot of "Is Trump the worst President ever?" discussions or when we get told that we Bush (take your pick) or Reagan shouldn't be remembered more fondly because they compare favorably to Trump. It's not that exactly. It's that there are absolutely no positives to Trump. You can argue that Bush, Reagan, Nixons, etc good qualities didn't make up for their bad ones, but at least they had good qualities to put on the scale to be weighed, even if the scale was still laughably lopsided.
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19th October 2020, 06:29 PM	#298
SezMe post-pre-born Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Santa Barbara, CA Posts: 24,967	Originally Posted by RolandRat Without providing details on policy, the US president told supporters on Sunday that “the women come up to me, the women they say dont like me, they actually do like me a lot”. Yeah, sure, Donnie. The Secret Service lets any number of women to come up to you for a chat. Go ahead, pull the other one.

19th October 2020, 06:39 PM	#299
TragicMonkey Poisoned Waffles Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Monkey Posts: 59,443	Originally Posted by SezMe Yeah, sure, Donnie. The Secret Service lets any number of women to come up to you for a chat. Go ahead, pull the other one. Well, the Secret Service are only human. Can you imagine being around that guy all the time? The temptation must be terrible: "Well, she's carrying a knife in each hand and is frothing at the mouth. I say we give her the benefit of the doubt and let her talk to him alone for a few minutes."
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19th October 2020, 06:51 PM	#300
SezMe post-pre-born Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Santa Barbara, CA Posts: 24,967	Originally Posted by Captain_Swoop Trump Tweets There has never been a time in either of my two Campaigns when I felt we had a stronger chance of winning than we do right now. Early voting reports look far stronger than originally anticipated. Every RALLY is BOFFO. @MarkMeadows & team are doing a fantastic job.. What does that mean...that the reports were written on 30 lb paper instead of the usual 24 lb?

19th October 2020, 06:54 PM	#301
SezMe post-pre-born Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Santa Barbara, CA Posts: 24,967	Originally Posted by Captain_Swoop Trump Tweets GREAT news! New government of Sudan, which is making great progress, agreed to pay $335 MILLION to U.S. terror victims and families. Once deposited, I will lift Sudan from the State Sponsors of Terrorism list. At long last, JUSTICE for the American people and BIG step for Sudan! That's classic Trump. He thinks mere money will make victims of terrorism whole again. **** him and the horse he rode in on.

19th October 2020, 07:06 PM	#302
Ladewig I lost an avatar bet. Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 28,034	Originally Posted by RolandRat Without providing details on policy, the US president told supporters on Sunday that “the women come up to me, the women they say dont like me, they actually do like me a lot”. The perfect example of Trumpism. Sure the women say they don’t like me, but c’mon. Who’s going to turn down a slice of this. He is completely ignoring what women say. He is doing it partly out of having no respect for women and partly because he cannot conceive of any world which lacks all women (even the lesbians) wanting to sleep with him.
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19th October 2020, 07:12 PM	#303
Captain_Swoop Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 31,844	Trump said "People are pandemic'd-out. You know that? They're pandemic'd-out. That's why it's so great what your governor has done. He's opened up your state ... by the way, you get it ... I'm here. And now I'm immune. I can jump into this audience and kiss every man and woman"

19th October 2020, 07:18 PM	#304
Stacyhs Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Mar 2016 Location: United States Posts: 17,987	Originally Posted by Captain_Swoop Trump said "People are pandemic'd-out. You know that? They're pandemic'd-out. That's why it's so great what your governor has done. He's opened up your state ... by the way, you get it ... I'm here. And now I'm immune. I can jump into this audience and kiss every man and woman" Because I received an experimental treatment immediately upon testing positive that YOU won't get that probably saved my life! You won't even know you're sick until you start getting symptoms and you won't get this treatment because you're not the POTUS! SUCKERS!

19th October 2020, 08:06 PM	#305
Ladewig I lost an avatar bet. Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 28,034	Originally Posted by Stacyhs Because I received an experimental treatment immediately upon testing positive that YOU won't get that probably saved my life! You won't even know you're sick until you start getting symptoms and you won't get this treatment because you're not the POTUS! SUCKERS! And they won’t have 12 doctors standing around poking different parts of their bodies. And the each won’t have a surgical suite reserved for only them. And as for Trump kissing every man and woman in the crowd. I expect him to stop cheating at golf before he puckers up.
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19th October 2020, 08:13 PM	#306
alfaniner Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Sorth Dakonsin Posts: 24,857	Originally Posted by Ladewig And they won’t have 12 doctors standing around poking different parts of their bodies. And the each won’t have a surgical suite reserved for only them. And as for Trump kissing every man and woman in the crowd. I expect him to stop cheating at golf before he puckers up. With that pucker he could reach them from the podium.
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19th October 2020, 08:42 PM	#307
Minoosh Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 12,234	Originally Posted by Jim_MDP Plausible, but if you keep reposting this... you're gonna owe Minoosh a Xanax scrip. Nah, I'll be fine as long as my state legalizes recreational weed

19th October 2020, 08:55 PM	#308
Jim_MDP Philosopher Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: N.Cal/S.Or Posts: 8,004	Originally Posted by Minoosh Nah, I'll be fine as long as my state legalizes recreational weed Fair enough. I could walk a couple hundred yards to the Bahama Bud's (just one of a handful of shops in this tiny Oregon town) but I'm one of the unfortunate who gets the hyper-anxiety reaction.
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19th October 2020, 11:06 PM	#309
timhau NWO Litter Technician Join Date: May 2004 Location: Looks like Finland. Smells like Finland. Quacks like Finland. Where the hell am I? Posts: 14,462	Originally Posted by kookbreaker Their exact quote: "We are aware of the President’s statement regarding a hypothetical call with our CEO…and just so we’re all clear, it never happened." As Jim Wright just put it: "When Exxon is the good guy in the story... there aren't any good guys." Given that what this is about is Trump openly bragging about asking Exxon for a bribe, they're not coming out as the good guy, they're just coming out as the Not A Delusional Moron.
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20th October 2020, 12:30 AM	#310
Norman Alexander Philosopher Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: Gundungurra Posts: 8,745	Originally Posted by timhau Given that what this is about is Trump openly bragging about asking Exxon for a bribe, they're not coming out as the good guy, they're just coming out as the Not A Delusional Moron. I suspect it is more along the lines of "SHUT THE ** UP ABOUT THE BRIBES YOU STUPID ***** MORAN!"
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20th October 2020, 12:43 AM	#311
Darat Lackey Administrator Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: South East, UK Posts: 96,885	Originally Posted by Ladewig OK, that is a really weird thing to say. President Trump is actually telling the truth right there. If an infinity of monkeys in infinite time can type Shakespeare's entire works it is only a bit more unlikely that Trump will eventually randomly put words together that say something truthful.
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20th October 2020, 03:11 AM	#312
Captain_Swoop Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 31,844	Trump Tweets Governor Cuomo has shown tremendously poor leadership skills in running N.Y. Bad time for him to be writing and promoting a book, especially since he has done such a poor job with Covid and Crime. So many unnecessary deaths. The City & State have sunk to historic lows... ....Washington wants nothing to do with him, and that’s so bad for New York, which has become a ghost town. Andrew spends too much time listening to his brother, Fredo. Forget the books and your apology tour. The Federal Government would love to help New York regain its luster!

20th October 2020, 06:23 AM	#313
alfaniner Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Sorth Dakonsin Posts: 24,857	Originally Posted by Captain_Swoop Trump Tweets Governor Cuomo has shown tremendously poor leadership skills in running N.Y. Bad time for him to be writing and promoting a book, especially since he has done such a poor job with Covid and Crime. So many unnecessary deaths. The City & State have sunk to historic lows... ....Washington wants nothing to do with him, and that’s so bad for New York, which has become a ghost town. Andrew spends too much time listening to his brother, Fredo. Forget the books and your apology tour. The Federal Government would love to help New York regain its luster! Guhhh, what???
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20th October 2020, 06:23 AM	#314
Craig4 Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: I live in a swamp Posts: 22,550	Originally Posted by Captain_Swoop Trump Tweets Governor Cuomo has shown tremendously poor leadership skills in running N.Y. Bad time for him to be writing and promoting a book, especially since he has done such a poor job with Covid and Crime. So many unnecessary deaths. The City & State have sunk to historic lows... ....Washington wants nothing to do with him, and that’s so bad for New York, which has become a ghost town. Andrew spends too much time listening to his brother, Fredo. Forget the books and your apology tour. The Federal Government would love to help New York regain its luster! This is why I find it extremely unlikely Trump will win in two weeks. In 2016, Trump had a reasonably disciplined strategy going after key swing, Rust Belt states. What's he doing going for New York voters? Biden has a 30 point lead in New York. He needs to focus on the toss-up states and try to bring back at least one of the lean blue states he won in 2016. He shouldn't be wasting a single tweet or throw away line on New York. This smacks of desperation.

20th October 2020, 06:28 AM	#315
Armitage72 Philosopher Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Rochester, NY Posts: 5,230	Originally Posted by Captain_Swoop Trump Tweets Bad time for him to be writing and promoting a book, especially since he has done such a poor job with Covid and Crime. As opposed to all of his cronies and sycophants whose books he regularly promotes on Twitter.