The Swamp

The Sybian wrote: ↑Mon Jul 01, 2019 3:04 pm I think the worst part of Tucker's comments was his making fun of the "Samantha Power dorm room approach of 'oh, they are so mean...'"

sancarlos wrote: ↑Mon Jul 01, 2019 6:57 pm Are we really having this banana republic parade?

Nonlinear FC wrote: ↑Tue Jul 02, 2019 9:32 am I don't have a huge issue with a flyover or the tanks being on display. It's our Independence Day, which we literally fought a war to earn. Not the hill I'm going to battle or die on, with everything going on that is truly outlandish and ridiculous.

Nonlinear FC wrote: ↑Tue Jul 02, 2019 9:32 am I don't have a huge issue with a flyover or the tanks being on display. It's our Independence Day, which we literally fought a war to earn. Not the hill I'm going to battle or die on, with everything going on that is truly outlandish and ridiculous.

A_B wrote: ↑Tue Jul 02, 2019 11:48 am Pence was called back to White House from a scheduled event. White House says not health related or national security, so it's definitely one of those.

mister d wrote: ↑Tue Jul 02, 2019 4:15 pm What percentage of hardcore Trump supporting Fox News viewers would support Trump bombing New Orleans. Like I'm sure maybe that would move the impeachment needle in the House, but what percentage would be staunchly behind him (and how gross is it that you're considering the percentage versus saying "none you fucking idiot")?

That comes after months of escalation on both sides, and the threat remains that Bolton could goad an erratic Trump into war.

Standing between us and that apocalyptic possibility is the Fox News host Tucker Carlson, who has been urging Trump away from a military confrontation with Iran. Last month, Carlson used his opening monologue to eviscerate Bolton, calling him a “bureaucratic tapeworm” for whom war is “always good business.” In normal administrations, national security advisers have more authority than cable news hosts, but it was Carlson, not Bolton, who was with Trump at the Korean Demilitarized Zone this weekend.

EnochRoot wrote: ↑Tue Jul 02, 2019 5:22 pm The Trumpers I know are some of the most intellectually dishonest people I've ever met.

In other words, they're modern-day Republicans.

They just don't give a fuck.

L-Jam3 wrote: ↑Wed Jul 03, 2019 9:53 am

EnochRoot wrote: ↑Tue Jul 02, 2019 5:22 pm The Trumpers I know are some of the most intellectually dishonest people I've ever met.

In other words, they're modern-day Republicans.

They just don't give a fuck.

You can fucking say that again. I'm sure some of you saw the blowup on FB where I accused those who are more worried about calling them concentration camps than that they are concentration camps. I partially did it to goad some now ex-friend of mine who liked to throw threats and never back them up. So as soon as you lay out a premise in a yes-no question, they fucking back down. The whole party is such a bunch of fucking cowards; I'm sickened frankly that I identified as right-leaning for so long.

Pruitt wrote: ↑Wed Jul 03, 2019 10:14 am

L-Jam3 wrote: ↑Wed Jul 03, 2019 9:53 am

EnochRoot wrote: ↑Tue Jul 02, 2019 5:22 pm The Trumpers I know are some of the most intellectually dishonest people I've ever met.

In other words, they're modern-day Republicans.

They just don't give a fuck.

You can fucking say that again. I'm sure some of you saw the blowup on FB where I accused those who are more worried about calling them concentration camps than that they are concentration camps. I partially did it to goad some now ex-friend of mine who liked to throw threats and never back them up. So as soon as you lay out a premise in a yes-no question, they fucking back down. The whole party is such a bunch of fucking cowards; I'm sickened frankly that I identified as right-leaning for so long.

I had a flare up with a FB friend from Florida (an old college friend of a friend). He posted a diatribe about AOC's expensive shoes in the pictures, and then said that these are Obama-era policies. When I asked (and I did ask politely) that despite her shoes, and despite whoever made the policies, did he feel that it was morally right for his country to be locking up children in conditions like this, he told me to fuck off and get my faggot Prime Minister to bring in all 15 million illegals.

It's all about who they can blame.

sancarlos wrote: ↑Thu Jul 04, 2019 2:15 pm

EnochRoot wrote: ↑Fri Jul 05, 2019 8:51 am Fort McHenry was the War of 1812. It wasn’t even built at the time of the Revolutionary War. It replaced Fort Whetstone. But Trump doesn’t know that. Oh, and The Star Spangled Banner was the War of 1812.

Trump’s a fucking idiot.

But it makes the ignorant love him that much more.

Nonlinear FC wrote: ↑Fri Jul 05, 2019 11:32 am

EnochRoot wrote: ↑Fri Jul 05, 2019 8:51 am Fort McHenry was the War of 1812. It wasn’t even built at the time of the Revolutionary War. It replaced Fort Whetstone. But Trump doesn’t know that. Oh, and The Star Spangled Banner was the War of 1812.

Trump’s a fucking idiot.

But it makes the ignorant love him that much more.

But here's the thing... and it doesn't exactly keep me up at night, but it sure is troubling: He has speech writers. He didn't write that shit. I mean, I've been on Team Fucking Moron from before the election in 2016. But a lot of what we were reacting to were shit he did/said at his rallies.

What's going on where people that AREN'T senile/mentally ill septuagenarians are putting this stuff up on the teleprompter for him? Like, seriously, what the fuck is going on with that situation? Is it truly just a massive trolling operation?

He gets the weird ass shit he puts on Twitter from unreliable sources (to put it mildly), but when he goes up in the shadows of Lincoln and talks about raiding airports, and references a completely separate war... He's not coming up with that mangling. And I don't care how little his speech writers paid attention in History class.. Airports? That's just pretty obvious trolling. The Fort McHenry stuff, I mean, I was actually there yesterday, and I'm from here, so it's super ridiculous to me, but I can see someone biffing on that in every day life. But, again, speech writers in the WH, even this one, aren't fucking idiots like that.

I think a few years after Trump is out of office, we're going to hear some stuff that, even with the levels of Holyfuckingshit that we are at now, are going to make our toes curl and hairs stand on end, in terms of this stuff being part of the general play to Own The Libs.

Nonlinear FC wrote: ↑Fri Jul 05, 2019 11:32 am

EnochRoot wrote: ↑Fri Jul 05, 2019 8:51 am Fort McHenry was the War of 1812. It wasn’t even built at the time of the Revolutionary War. It replaced Fort Whetstone. But Trump doesn’t know that. Oh, and The Star Spangled Banner was the War of 1812.

Trump’s a fucking idiot.

But it makes the ignorant love him that much more.

But here's the thing... and it doesn't exactly keep me up at night, but it sure is troubling: He has speech writers. He didn't write that shit. I mean, I've been on Team Fucking Moron from before the election in 2016. But a lot of what we were reacting to were shit he did/said at his rallies.

What's going on where people that AREN'T senile/mentally ill septuagenarians are putting this stuff up on the teleprompter for him? Like, seriously, what the fuck is going on with that situation? Is it truly just a massive trolling operation?

He gets the weird ass shit he puts on Twitter from unreliable sources (to put it mildly), but when he goes up in the shadows of Lincoln and talks about raiding airports, and references a completely separate war... He's not coming up with that mangling. And I don't care how little his speech writers paid attention in History class.. Airports? That's just pretty obvious trolling. The Fort McHenry stuff, I mean, I was actually there yesterday, and I'm from here, so it's super ridiculous to me, but I can see someone biffing on that in every day life. But, again, speech writers in the WH, even this one, aren't fucking idiots like that.

I think a few years after Trump is out of office, we're going to hear some stuff that, even with the levels of Holyfuckingshit that we are at now, are going to make our toes curl and hairs stand on end, in terms of this stuff being part of the general play to Own The Libs.