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Old 04-20-2018, 11:23 AM
 
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Trump is now referring to James Comey as "shadey Comey". Jeezus Christ! He can't even spell the word "shady". The guy is practically illiterate. What a maroon.
He doesn't read. Seriously. Just like his flock, he watches Fox.

One wishes they didn't have to say such a thing about a leader...he actually may be less informed than Sarah Palin, and that's saying something.

As long as he uses the "best words" over and over again, they'll love him!
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Old 04-20-2018, 01:02 PM
 
Location: alexandria, VA
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He doesn't read. Seriously. Just like his flock, he watches Fox.

One wishes they didn't have to say such a thing about a leader...he actually may be less informed than Sarah Palin, and that's saying something.

As long as he uses the "best words" over and over again, they'll love him!
Yeah, Sarah--you betcha!-- Palin is like a Mensa member compared to Trump.
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Old 04-20-2018, 01:06 PM
 
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It's easy to project yourself as a successful businessman when you obscure any information about your finances.
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Old 04-20-2018, 01:11 PM
 
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This thread brought to you by the "Smokescreening for Trump" committee.
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Old 04-20-2018, 01:16 PM
 
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Yeah, Sarah--you betcha!-- Palin is like a Mensa member compared to Trump.
When you have someone talking about how smart they are or how they "have a good brain" and that becomes a pattern, usually it's compensating for the fact that in reality they would lose a checkers match to a turnip green if they were so challenged.
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Old 04-20-2018, 01:20 PM
 
Location: alexandria, VA
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When you have someone talking about how smart they are or how they "have a good brain" and that becomes a pattern, usually it's compensating for the fact that in reality they would lose a checkers match to a turnip green if they were so challenged.
Well, to be fair to Trump I think he might be evenly matched with a turnip green.
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Old 04-20-2018, 01:21 PM
 
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Well, to be fair to Trump I think he might be evenly matched with a turnip green.
He might have one checker left on the board when it's over.

He might win at Connect Four if he could count to four without assistance.
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Old 04-20-2018, 04:47 PM
 
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Unfortunately, his "success" and election reflects on the USA and our people as a whole.
It was predicted long ago.

I have lived through a lot of POTUS terms (IKE onward)...and while there have been some scary characters close to the office (VPs like Palin and Quayle), none of the real idiots made it to the Oval Office until GW. Being a history nut, I knew enough (and read up) on GW to know he was going to be useless...and was not up to the job. However, when he was appointed (which made it doubly bad), I thought "well, how much harm can he really do - maybe this will just be a comedy act?"...

Wow, was I wrong? Who would have possibly thought one man could do so much damage? I won't ever list anything past the first two (Great Recession and Wars), but there are so many other things he did (or didn't do) that we pretty much went backwards about 20 years...

But even he had some reasonable people in his administration. Some business, like the EPA and higher MPG...went onward (Bush actually signed it!), so we can't compare GW to the current POTUS.

We have finally hit the very very bottom - to the point where an Actual baboon with 3 or 4 buttons in front of him or her could do as good of a job (most decisions are simply multiple choice)....

The famous writer H L Mencken:

"he wrote 96 years ago predicting that, "On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron."

The moron observation was the last line of a column that appeared July 26, 1920, in the Baltimore Evening Sun, a newspaper Mencken helped found"

The only good thing about this POTUS, if we actually survive, is that it is likely our next one will probably rate much higher....although a Pence type character wouldn't really be good either (world is gonna end, christian nation, and all that)....

At this point of my life I'm not holding my breath awaiting the doing away with Citizen United and all of the election fraud. I just really hope it doesn't cost my kids and grandkids too much in blood and treasure.

I must say, however, that I will gloat long and hard if Trump comes in one the last 2 or 3 spots in the historical rankings. So far he's doing great - #45 out of 45! That's a hard goal to reach...

Sure, Nixon was a madman...and a crook. But he was smart and he actually did a bunch of things that could be looked back on as positive. You could say the same about all the POTUS'es of our time, IMHO...except two. GW and Mr. Trump. They do not receive a passing grade (from historians or yours truly).
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Old 04-20-2018, 05:26 PM
 
Location: Barrington
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I thought you said you voted for him? am I mis-remembering this?
Sure did and did so despite alternatively despising/ pitying him as a human.
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Old 04-20-2018, 05:29 PM
 
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Sure did and did so despite despising him as a human.
Are you regretting your vote?
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