Donald Trump: Classic or Dud?

oompa loompa doompa de fuck

But what does one rhyme with that

xp what a surprise

Gift link -- a solid enough summary of Trump's facing something he's never wanted to do: actually disclosing what he's worth.

Relatedly, this filing from E. Jean Carroll's lawyer Roberta Kaplan yesterday is worth a read for the first two paragraphs alone.

this is praxis

This is exactly what he should be doing:

"Loser" has become a favorite Biden taunt of Trump lately" pic.twitter.com/r81yPd2FzP

— modest proposal (@modestproposal1) March 5, 2024

I'm the only one who has ever beat him. And I'll beat him again.

And again. And again.

Sounds kinda kinky.

getting "loser" to stick seems possible (he won't be able to resist helping) and effective.

he starting to do the late-era Lenny Bruce thing

“Some people call it an experiment – I don’t call it an experiment,” Trump said of the United States. “I just say this is a magnificent place, a magnificent country, and it’s sad to see how far it’s come and gone … When you look at the depths where it’s gone, we can’t let that happen. We’re going to straighten it out. We’re going to close our borders. We’re going to drill baby drill.”

As the unhappy warrior spoke, 10 guests headed for the exit, apparently worn down by the misery of it all.

lol “the unhappy warrior”

Biden should start calling him that

A rare Al Smith reference, but wasted on 99% of the electorate.

"drill, baby, drill" I guess these bozos figured out it was time to coin a new 3 word slogan even more annoying and objectionable than "jobs, jobs, jobs,"

"Drill, baby, drill" is a recycled Sarah Palin slogan from 2008.

talk about scraping the oil barrel

he does that con man thing of talking about how great everything is going to be really well. i mean, he's good at it. he would have been good at selling insurance. everything is always in the future. everything now is horrible. and if it never happens it doesn't matter because he can just keep talking like that forever.

"Drill, baby, drill" is a recycled Sarah Palin slogan from 2008.

And yet if you ask him he'll say he came up with it.

"Let's Make America Great Again" was Reagan's 1980 campaign slogan

Turns out "American carnage" was not descriptive, but aspirational.

pretty bad Bradley Cooper film too

Unhappy sniper

"drill baby drill" is particularly stupid because US oil production is at an all-time high and the US is now the world's largest oil producer

facts don't matter to MAGA

He's just playing the hits. Next it'll be "lock her up."

I love how he thinks he's running against Barack Obama.

Technically he is! we all know the Obamas still control the deep state from Epstein Island.

smoking Kools and kiteboarding

I love how he thinks he's running against Barack Obama.

I think I mentioned this elsewhere but this is way more concerning to me than Biden's verbal slips, like it's one thing to mix up people who have similar positions or statuses but the current President, and guy you are running against in the election, should not be one of those things you mix up. in fact asking who the current President is is one of those things they ask you when you're suspected of having a concussion.

Also Biden has been making verbal slips since 1980, that's just how he's wired

I think there's a credible case to be made that Trump decided to run after Obama roasted him at the 2011 Correspondents' Dinner. Of course, Trump had already been riding the "birther" hobby horse--that was the basis for Obama's jokes--but there certainly was an obsessive quality to the way Trump tried to erase Obama's legacy. So, in some ways, I suppose he is still running against Obama.

There are Trumpers who think Obama is the real President and he tells Biden what to do. Or the real President who isn’t Donald Trump.

The Hidden Imam*

*President

it's weird because it's not like fringe hateful conservative candidates, some with decent fame/money, hadn't run before, and usually did poorly (including he himself in his failed Reform Party bid in 2000). but gay people being treated better and a Black man in office for 8 years pissed everyone off so much that he became their hero.

it's weird how it's just accepted now considering how ridiculous it seemed at the time.

sigh

otm. I remember an Obama-era Village Voice article titled something like "White America Has Lost Its Mind," describing exactly this phenomenon.

So the Reform Party now includes a Klansman—Mr. Duke, a Neo-Nazi—Mr. Buchanan, and a Communist—Ms. Fulani.
This is not company I wish to keep.

Donald Trump[109]

my how the times change

He was referring to the Communist

Well the one on right was on the left
And the one in the middle was on the right…

Back when he spoke in sentences with subjects, verbs, and immovable objects.

Yes, here it is

https://www.villagevoice.com/white-america-has-lost-its-mind/

this is my tombstone statement for the trumpocene: "we are trapped in fifth grade." trump is the kid who has nothing going for him except the one thing that matters in ayn-rand-land -- his parents are loaded -- and unfortunately way too many of our classmates are (conditioned to be?) lazy and don't want to 'listen to the teacher' / 'do their homework' preferring (conforming) instead to emulate the rich kid and his privileged dingbat clique (rather than risk getting ganged up on by them). not terribly original i acknowledge but somehow since at least dubya we can't seem to break this idiotic suck-up cycle

it's weird because it's not like fringe hateful conservative candidates, some with decent fame/money, hadn't run before, and usually did poorly (including he himself in his failed Reform Party bid in 2000). but gay people being treated better and a Black man in office for 8 years pissed everyone off so much that he became their hero.

it's weird how it's just accepted now considering how ridiculous it seemed at the time.

sigh

― CEO Greedwagon (Neanderthal), Wednesday, March 6, 2024 1:32 PM (fifty-four minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

he also got real lucky by running against such a weak and diluted field - you had like 12 identical candidates who all sucked in the same ways, to the point where the presumptive nominee was Jeb Bush, simply because of his last name. that said I admit Trump played the game pretty well - he was loud and obnoxious enough to draw ratings and was legitimately whiny and pissed off in a way other rich businessman candidates couldn't pull off. I think Republican voters legitimately resent anyone who comes off as smarter than them so Trump is kind of their perfect candidate.

“agreeance” lol w these opinions, though my disturbing realization after 2004 prez election was “omfg it’s like we’re stuck in HS!” but my realization after 2016 was “omfg it’s like we’re stuck in 8th grade!”

I guess he filed his $91 million bond in the Carroll case. That's one down.

so will we find out where he got the money from?

The Chubb Corporation (not a joke)

So now he's in the pocket of Big Chubb.

The lock people?

Chubb Rock

No, Chubby Lock

... I mean, Chubb Lock.

I go by the name of the king Chubb Lock
I don't wear a cup nor a jock

https://media.petsathome.com/wcsstore/pah-cas01//300/7141960PL.jpg

chub gone pro-maga! Actually it's quite easy to boycott this vile stuff, it gives my dog diarrhea