Trump Presidency X-like American History X, but without the laughs

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  1. MatthausSammer

    MatthausSammer Moderator
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    Dec 9, 2012
    Canada
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    Borussia Dortmund
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    Germany
    One thng we're learning is that there's a significant chunk of the electorate that is partisanly independent. In other words, their political lens is fundamentally fixed in the idea that there are two relatively equal parties with relatively equal levels of competence and good-faith interest in governing, and that therefore both parties are valid choices based on whatever whimsical feeling they have that day. These "partisan independents" are just as responsible for Trump as the Republicans because they let him get away with murder.
     
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  2. Funkfoot

    Funkfoot Member+

    May 18, 2002
    New Orleans, LA
    To paraphrase one of Bill Maher's Friday night guests, if you knew that a bowl of Skittles had "only 3%" poison Skittles, you would stay the hell away from those Skittles, no matter what the probabilities are.


    And any of you old enough to remember Green Acres will recognize that we have elected Mr. Haney as president.
     
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  3. Dr. Wankler

    Dr. Wankler Member+

    May 2, 2001
    The Electric City
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    Chicago Fire
    Arnold the Pig and his ********ing emails!
     
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  4. chaski

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    Mar 20, 2000
    redacted
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    Lisburn Distillery FC
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    Turks and Caicos Islands
    You kids had it easy.
    Home sick in the 60s the choices were game shows, soap operas, and Dialing for Dollars movies.
     
  5. song219

    song219 BigSoccer Supporter

    Apr 5, 2004
    La Norte
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    Vanuatu
    I've done that. The good thing about pickup is that there are no fans watching.
     
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  6. JohnR

    JohnR Member+

    Jun 23, 2000
    Chicago, IL
    I was in the hospital for 17 days in 1973, as a 12 year old. (Nothing ultimately serious, these days I suspect I would be home, because the only reason I was in the hospital was for somebody to operate the IV.) My salient memory was discovering rock & roll -- it was never in my house -- via Don Kirshner's Midnight Special. One show had James Brown. I thought the man had a fever, maybe even a fit. I had never seen anything like that, it scared me.
     
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  7. usscouse

    usscouse BigSoccer Supporter

    May 3, 2002
    Orygun coast
    That was a word play wasn’t it? :)
     
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  8. Auriaprottu

    Auriaprottu Member+

    Atlanta Damn United
    Apr 1, 2002
    The back of the bus
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    Atlanta
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    --other--
    The first two carried well over to the 70s, tho, and All My Children exploded in the 80s.

    When, exactly, did Saturday morning cartoons become a thing? It was already when I grew into it.
     
  9. charlie15

    charlie15 Member+

    Mar 9, 2000
    Bethesda, Md
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    Arsenal FC
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    United States
    I really can't say if Erick E is just trying to troll people or if he is really that clueless and stupid.

    1246631357175955458 is not a valid tweet id
     
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  10. Kazuma

    Kazuma Member+

    Chelsea
    Jul 30, 2007
    Detroit
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    Chelsea FC
    After he tweeted a photo of The NY Times he shot up because they called for gun control, I just assume stupid.
     
  11. Dr. Wankler

    Dr. Wankler Member+

    May 2, 2001
    The Electric City
    Club:
    Chicago Fire
    I see no reaon at this point NOT to conclude that Erickson is a stupid person AND that he is out to troll people.
     
  12. JohnR

    JohnR Member+

    Jun 23, 2000
    Chicago, IL
    Yep. I also voted for "both," on another thread.
     
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  13. Dr. Wankler

    Dr. Wankler Member+

    May 2, 2001
    The Electric City
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    Chicago Fire
    It's how they roll. We should know that by now.
     
  14. charlie15

    charlie15 Member+

    Mar 9, 2000
    Bethesda, Md
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    Arsenal FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I agree....It is one other attempt to "own the libs". Bless his heart.
     
  15. xtomx

    xtomx Member+

    Chicago Fire
    Sep 6, 2001
    Northern Wisconsin, but not far from civilization
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    Chicago Fire
    That was what Donald Trump Jr said about Muslims.
     
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  16. usscouse

    usscouse BigSoccer Supporter

    May 3, 2002
    Orygun coast
    Here’s another way to own the libs and dems. Don’t let them vote. That’s what Trumps Supreme Court of the United States have decided.

    Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg issued a disturbing dissent on Monday as the conservative majority of the U.S. Supreme Court intervened in Tuesday’s upcoming Wisconsin election with a move she warned could result in “massive disenfranchisement.”

    The election, which includes the Democratic presidential primary, a Wisconsin Supreme Court race, and a raft of other local campaigns, has become embroiled in controversy as observers warn the coronavirus pandemic threatens the safety and integrity of the election. While Democratic Gov. Tony Evers has pushed to delay the election until June in light of the pandemic, the Republican-dominated legislature has refused to act, apparently believing the chaos caused by the crisis will depress turnout and benefit the GOP.

    Read it!
    https://www.rawstory.com/2020/04/ju...reme-court-ruling-in-wisconsin-election-case/
     
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  17. charlie15

    charlie15 Member+

    Mar 9, 2000
    Bethesda, Md
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    Arsenal FC
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    United States
    Cross posted this story in the 2020 Election thread. That is a taste of what may happen in November. The R's, with the courts support, will do everything in their power to disenfranchise voters and suppress the vote.
     
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  18. Cascarino's Pizzeria

    Apr 29, 2001
    New Jersey, USA
    I for one will wait on line from dawn to dusk to vote out this orange motherf'er. I'll get in a Travolta plastic bubble if I have to.
     
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  19. usscouse

    usscouse BigSoccer Supporter

    May 3, 2002
    Orygun coast
    Hope it reaches more people
     
  20. JohnR

    JohnR Member+

    Jun 23, 2000
    Chicago, IL
    Per the NYT, Trump has a stake in a company that makes ... yep, hydroxychloriquine. If that is true, he should be immediately impeached and jailed.
     
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  21. song219

    song219 BigSoccer Supporter

    Apr 5, 2004
    La Norte
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    Vanuatu
    As for the first sentence, not surprising at all. As for the second sentence it's like saying a nation shouldn't elect a circus clown as President, true but totally irrelevant.
     
  22. usscouse

    usscouse BigSoccer Supporter

    May 3, 2002
    Orygun coast
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  23. dapip

    dapip Member+

    Sep 5, 2003
    South Florida
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    Millonarios Bogota
    Nat'l Team:
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  24. Deep Wilcox

    Deep Wilcox BigSoccer Supporter

    Jun 5, 2007
    Club:
    Arsenal FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Haney with a mean streak
     
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  25. Deep Wilcox

    Deep Wilcox BigSoccer Supporter

    Jun 5, 2007
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    Arsenal FC
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