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Old 07-13-2018, 08:28 AM
 
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I love Blimpy Boy! I sure hope he comes to the U.S.

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Old 07-13-2018, 08:29 AM
 
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Trump acknowledged the blimp. That's a win, and it's all that matters.
While I personally love the British sense of humor and think the blimp is pretty clever, calling it "a win" makes me think of the old Saturday Night Live sketch called lowered expectations.
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Old 07-13-2018, 08:29 AM
 
Location: England
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I love Blimpy Boy! I sure hope he comes to the U.S.

Make your own Cali Doll...... I like his tiny hands. We're keeping him........
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Old 07-13-2018, 08:30 AM
 
Location: City Data Land
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According the The Sun, the blimp flew for two hours before a "tiny crowd".

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/677110...en-down-blimp/

Not exactly the revolution meme that got pushed so hard. The picture and caption at the end of the article made me lol.
Wrong. NPR showed views of large crowds surrounding the blimp, both ground and aerial views. In fact, there may have even been more people than at Trump's inauguration! There were crowds. YUGE crowds! Imagine that; more people came to see a fake Trump than a real Trump


https://www.npr.org/2018/07/13/62871...on-and-the-u-k
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Old 07-13-2018, 08:32 AM
 
Location: Austin TX
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Wrong. NPR showed views of large crowds surrounding the blimp, both ground and aerial views. In fact, there may have even been more people than at Trump's inauguration! There were crowds. YUGE crowds! Imagine that; more people came to see a fake Trump than a real Trump


https://www.npr.org/2018/07/13/62871...on-and-the-u-k
You're going to give NPR precedence over the UK's own newspaper, and deny the photographs that they took that show EXACTLY what the scene was? Alrighty then. lol.
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Old 07-13-2018, 08:34 AM
 
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I love Blimpy Boy! I sure hope he comes to the U.S.

I suspect you'll see smaller versions for sale for a few hundred $$$ on Amazon etc. very soon if they're not up already.

So I'd be pretty certain you'll be seeing it in the US as well....probably the full sized one.
I mean seriously, it can't cost THAT much and it would be pocket change to someone like Bette Midler etc. so I could totally see a variety of these popping up at future protests etc.

I must however note with irony that it kinda destroys the whole fascist dictator meme but oh well.
Heck, I don't even know how we are hearing about this with Trump having destroyed the free press.

Well played by the Brits, hats off to them. Dang funny.
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Old 07-13-2018, 08:37 AM
 
Location: Barrington
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Oh gawd....... his pal Rupert Murdoch owns The Sun.........
Sensationalism sells.
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Old 07-13-2018, 08:37 AM
 
Location: Florida
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At least America doesn't act like children when other world leaders visit the US. That is just insulting to me as a republican voter.
What world leader (and ally to boot) ever came to Washington D.C., and gave an interview the first night to the New York Post bashing the POTUS? Behave like a crude boor and you'll be treated like one.
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Old 07-13-2018, 08:39 AM
 
Location: Barrington
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I suspect you'll see smaller versions for sale for a few hundred $$$ on Amazon etc. very soon if they're not up already.

So I'd be pretty certain you'll be seeing it in the US as well....probably the full sized one.
I mean seriously, it can't cost THAT much and it would be pocket change to someone like Bette Midler etc. so I could totally see a variety of these popping up at future protests etc.

I must however note with irony that it kinda destroys the whole fascist dictator meme but oh well.
Heck, I don't even know how we are hearing about this with Trump having destroyed the free press.

Well played by the Brits, hats off to them. Dang funny.
Just found Baby Trump balloons online for $2.99.
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Old 07-13-2018, 08:39 AM
 
Location: deafened by howls of 'racism!!!'
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Tiny crowd? Looks like there are more people than at Trump's inauguration.
sure, bub. here's your 'large scale protest'
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