Donald Trump: Classic or Dud?

Not being a US citizen probably makes it easier but after this guy got voted out I decided to excise him from my head, UNLESS something bad is happening to him like being hauled into court. Trump said something bad? Don't click the link - the substance of what he said is irrelevant. He whined about a witch hunt? Who cares. Life's hard enough without some clown (who's completely unaware of your existence) poisoning your precious thoughts.

Don't worry, someone's on the case

https://www.yahoo.com/news/obama-fearing-biden-loss-trump-112028784.html

Not being a US citizen probably makes it easier but after this guy got voted out I decided to excise him from my head, UNLESS something bad is happening to him like being hauled into court. Trump said something bad? Don't click the link - the substance of what he said is irrelevant. He whined about a witch hunt? Who cares. Life's hard enough without some clown (who's completely unaware of your existence) poisoning your precious thoughts.

― squirm baby squirm (Matt #2),

Same here. Now that MSNBC has retreated to its did-you-HEAR-what-Trump-said mode on its non-Chris Hayes broadcasts it's way easier to tune him out.

Back in SE Pennsylvania again, there are still no (literal) signs of the guy, which is passively reassuring. But I was just driving around the North Carolina research triangle and environs - Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill, Greensboro, etc. - and I know that area is probably an outlier but I didn't see any signs or stickers there, either. Some Biden, some pro-choice billboards, some lingering Haley yard signs, but no Trump. Probably because this one exception was hogging all the flair:

https://imgur.com/9ec2a40a-5e91-44c6-85e6-8daec81ad3d9

dammit
https://i.imgur.com/jSVuErU.jpeg

Not sure the "My Body" and "L0ve Them B0th" stickers aren't cancelling each other out there

Love them both: Guns and Trump

the fault dear usa is not in our trump, but in ourselves etc etc

xpost The "my body" one is anti-vax, if you check out the detail.

Obviously committed voting fraud if he has Youngkin and Bob Good stickers along with all the NC specific ones.

Not Trump related but it was great to see Youngkin eat shit with the Capitals/Wizards arena

Virginia's for lovers, but trust there's hate here
For out-of-towners, who think that they gon' move weight here

lol PK

I’m from Virginia, where ain’t nothing to do but mook

would love to know who the single person at the trump rally was who went “whooo!” when david lynch was mentioned pic.twitter.com/KWJTUEkHnT

— eleanor (@dimestorepaglia) March 28, 2024

why did he mention David Lynch?

This guy?

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SE PA update: still no Trump flags, but I've now seen a couple of pickups with big American flags mounted on the back, so I assume they are in the zone.

Don't worry, in 2020 they had roadside stands in SE PA where you could buy Trump flags for your big ass truck.

Like when the Eagles are in the Superbowl

I don't think David Lynch has ever openly supported Trump but he did say something like "Why not just give him a chance? See what he can do." (This when Trump was president.) Which he walked back pretty quickly, as I recall.

The guy probably just heard the word "lynch."

I've said this before but I had never seen more Confederate flags in my life in one place than in rural Southwestern Pennsylvania in 2016 or so, more than even in the parts of the South I've traveled (never been to Mississippi or Alabama). And waaaaay more than I've ever seen in Maryland.

Pennsyltucky

I've mentioned in the past that the small town where my mom lives in rural Illinois (1,700 population) has a Trump Store that sells (as far as I can tell from the road, fuck if I'll investigate more closely) flags and stickers and such, in a small strip on the main drag. Whenever I visit I always hope to see it vacant again, but sadly this weekend I saw that it has doubled in size, now taking over an additional storefront. The economy must be booming if there is that much money flowing for Trump merch!

They should sell hams in his image.

that's the thing that the cultists can't understand... we just don't care about Joe Biden that much, but we're still gonna vote for him (at least most of us will)... we won't buy a flag or a bible or wear a kooky Biden hat, he's not that kind of figure. He's just a politician that takes up very little space in my head for the most part

small wonder

He hasn't even inspired a Shepard Fairey piece, ffs.

JOPE

I take that back, he has, but not an iconic one like Obama's

https://cdn.musebycl.io/2021-01/Which-Future-Biden-Greenpeace-30x40.jpg

tHe's just a politician that takes up very little space in my head for the most part

― Andy the Grasshopper, Thursday, March 28, 2024 3:22 PM (fifty-eight seconds ago) bookmarkflaglink

that was bidens promise, which is a typically paltry stupid dem fantasy, but at this point a good chunk his potential constituency actively dislike him, with many feeling much more negative

someone in my neighborhood has the Trump-as-Rambo flag and all I can think every time I see it is if I saw someone do that with Joe Biden that person is either hilarious or needs to be committed

dems should get someone that will inspire that sort of psychosis tho

I mean, if anyone could do it, it would be a Kennedy.

naw kennedys are cooked, fuck a dynasty anyway, need someone whos willing to get in there and mix it up a little

Michelle Obama

yeah she could run on a hugging george w bush platform lol

AOC is 35 in 2028 yeah?

She turns 35 this October

who knows what the real dynamics are but if she was currently in a primary v biden talking about cutting israel off people would be going wild it would be some shit, part of what made trump work was breaking republican taboos and just not being a typical on message politician, idk if theres something out there like that for dems but its interesting to ponder

by teh time millenials get their candidates eligible they won't be cool anymore just warning you about how this shit goes

its politics its not cool

McGovern in '72

the problem is Dems actually care about results and passing bills and stuff with the GOP it's just all vibes which is a lot easier to control

i would argue that the dem party vibe is passing bills and stuff, do they actually pass bills and stuff no of course not, its a shitty vibe technocrats neoliberalism the managerial class etc, from a political perspective its what you could call loser stuff, a party designed to lose, which is what makes it vulnerable to someone who not totally motivated by sitting on corporate boards in retirement

if I saw someone do that with Joe Biden that person is either hilarious or needs to be committed

I think the only equivalent is the Dark Biden meme or whatever it is

that meme only exists to needle people on the right I think

an ironic joke that became post ironic via context collapse as things do

I continue to be surprised that the old Biden 'shops from the Onion never made a resurgence over the past several years.