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In reply to the discussion: 'Not normal': Social media reacts after Trump makes bizarre comments about a fly he's bothered by on stage [View all]BumRushDaShow
(144,218 posts)62. "the disgraced Bernie Ward"
That's a blast from the past! I think Limpballs used to bring him on as a "guest host".
I suppose one can add Thomas Sowell in there too (since his name has bubbled up recently).
SiriusXM has a "POTUS" (Politics of the U.S.) channel that is supposedly "middle of the road" and I think that is where people like Michael Smerkonish hang out. I haven't listened to it recently but probably need to check in every once in awhile.
I think the older I get, the more jaded I get and start to see repeat "performances" of certain tactics. I'm a pragmatist and knowing what it takes to get things done within an environment that features huge tidal waves of corporate $$$$ that have impacted everything that we do, it requires a mix of incrementalism AND sheer "jam it through" to get something done and on the books. And trying to finesse that with a pile of misinformation and disinformation being spewed and magnified, is difficult.
Biden was essentially "born" in government and had he still been in the Senate, would have been the most senior member there, having predated ASSley and Turtle (both of them older than Biden). So he knew where the bodies were buried. THAT was the pragmatism.
Of course what was the final reward? A concerted and sustained effort running 24/7, for 3 weeks straight, to beat the living daylights out of him. Someone's idea of a "just punishment" (and it hasn't stopped as nearly every article that is written that mentions him, continues to disparage and harangue him).
But sometimes circumstances can converge into some kind of "perfect storm" where the likes of an AOC and a Dick Cheney, can agree on the same thing.
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'Not normal': Social media reacts after Trump makes bizarre comments about a fly he's bothered by on stage [View all]
BumRushDaShow
Sep 29
OP
I think it's time to move past "not normal." He's senile. We need to use the "TOO OLD" meme in ads
mpcamb
Sep 29
#57
Are you old enough to remember the Memorex cassett tape ads? 'Is it live or is it Memorex?'
Attilatheblond
Sep 29
#63
And they will still vote for him. How many, though, hope for him to step down and will be happy
question everything
Sep 29
#3
NEVER underestimate an enemy! With that said you should already know that Hartmann is the leading progressive
yaesu
Sep 29
#9
I guess I shouldve said "anyone except trump"! Because they'll love it regardless.
oldsoftie
Sep 29
#52
Actually dissing Thom is a russian tatic. That rant is about as old as the bible. nt
yaesu
Sep 29
#15
Forgive me if I'm reading you incorrectly, but i disagree that it was wrong for Thom and others to use RT
LiberalLovinLug
Sep 29
#50
"where the likes of an AOC and a Dick Cheney, can agree on the same thing"
LiberalLovinLug
Sep 29
#65
LOL. According to whom? "Thom" himself? Too many rubles in his bank account to suit me.
PSPS
Sep 29
#14
I tend to agree that tRumps brain is too washed up to handle any speaking plan. I mean, he's talking to flies now lol. n
yaesu
Sep 29
#43
I agree with this and I think on this point he's doing just that as tRump could never handle such an intricate plan. nt
yaesu
Sep 29
#42
"this is not normal" says a media personality while they continue to treat it as such.
PSPS
Sep 29
#11
I think he's making a reference to immigrants and insinuating they bring flies with them when they move north to the US
jalan48
Sep 29
#29
I think many Maggots pick up on it honestly. They are really tuned into their racism.
jalan48
Sep 29
#35
"Trump was on stage at Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, making a point about a hat..."
BadgerMom
Sep 29
#36