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Rep. Eric Swalwell
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Trumps European Vacation was as bad as the movie. He wimped out of honoring our fallen troops because of a misting. He moped around in his hotel room and insulted fire victims. And he was scorched by the French President. This is not winning. This is a national embarrassment.
DFW
(54,379 posts)The Trump reality show version is only funny if your name is Putin.
DesertRat
(27,995 posts)But Swalwell is correct, trump is a national embarrassment.
DFW
(54,379 posts)And he just demonstrated he doesn't know the difference between the Baltics and the Balkans. He'd fail one of those Jay Leno street interviews asking when the War of 1812 started.
DesertRat
(27,995 posts)DFW
(54,379 posts)....that it's the most popular brand of baking soda.
Totally Tunsie
(10,885 posts)SCVDem
(5,103 posts)Dave's not here!
Scarsdale
(9,426 posts)Make that "International embarrassment" The rest of the world has seen him for what he really is ever since he descended on his golden escalator, with his bought and paid for (by many ) VIFE.
FakeNoose
(32,639 posts)The Blue Flower
(5,442 posts)Best description of this humiliating weekend I've seen.
onetexan
(13,041 posts)to all Americans
2naSalit
(86,612 posts)calimary
(81,267 posts)Although Deplorable does come to mind (among many others...).
2naSalit
(86,612 posts)I think that's every derogatory word and all the foul adjectives in existence combined aren't enough.
politicaljunkie41910
(3,335 posts)Besides, Macron's wife is more human, more sophisticated, more poised, more genuine, and more 'hot' than Malibu Barbie even though she's older than her husband. And we don't care what she's wearing. Malibu Barbie will never rank as one of the top first ladies of all time. She's got that stick stuck too far up her a$$ to ever be best or anywhere close to it.
True Blue American
(17,984 posts)Melania was imitating the grey Lady. Those flowing capes look silly. Always over dressed.
madaboutharry
(40,211 posts)Golden Raisin
(4,608 posts)and my blood pressure manageable during the last horrifying 2 years of the Trump/Complicit Republican nightmare. He's bright, articulate, quiet but forceful, plenty of backbone. I think he would make an excellent candidate for President or V.P.
libdem4life
(13,877 posts)Then there is Ted Lieu...we have a terrific front bench, IMO.
violetpastille
(1,483 posts)notdarkyet
(2,226 posts)Wounded Bear
(58,656 posts)spanone
(135,832 posts)Leghorn21
(13,524 posts)Catch2.2
(629 posts)Swalwell nails it!
LincolnRossiter
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Rhiannon12866
(205,352 posts)Link to tweet
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Totally Tunsie
(10,885 posts)Rhiannon12866
(205,352 posts)We both went out in the rain - and the snow! - that we had here in New York on Friday!
Rhiannon12866
(205,352 posts)Dennis Donovan
(18,770 posts)Rhiannon12866
(205,352 posts)Protecting her new hairdo from the weather...
True Blue American
(17,984 posts)nolabear
(41,963 posts)Rhiannon12866
(205,352 posts)True Blue American
(17,984 posts)Should have handed him one.
Rhiannon12866
(205,352 posts)True Blue American
(17,984 posts)Rhiannon12866
(205,352 posts)As long as no one else was watching, that would probably work!
trusty elf
(7,393 posts)Rhiannon12866
(205,352 posts)lunatica
(53,410 posts)trusty elf
(7,393 posts)lunatica
(53,410 posts)The tip of Trumps tie is hysterical!
And I just noticed the Russian flag on his lapel and the rolled up Forbes magazine!
FakeNoose
(32,639 posts)Clever too.
True Blue American
(17,984 posts)That is the funniest thing ever!
My Mother wore those things.
I may steal that one.
Rhiannon12866
(205,352 posts)True Blue American
(17,984 posts)Was really laughing at that picture!
4 A M here.
Rhiannon12866
(205,352 posts)And it's 4am here, too!
True Blue American
(17,984 posts)Just do not contact me after 8 PM.
I will be in the Y pool at 6:30.
Rhiannon12866
(205,352 posts)I worked nights for a lot of years, I set my alarm if I have to be somewhere before noon.
True Blue American
(17,984 posts)One of the reasons I retired. Not sure how you handled nights, but some like it. My Husband did.
Rhiannon12866
(205,352 posts)And I preferred the later hours, I'm in New York but I mostly dealt with the West Coast. Though I rarely left when I was supposed to, I always knew I couldn't be like the ones I saw occasionally, coming in at dawn if I was still there. I never dealt well with early mornings.
sandensea
(21,635 posts)The movie was actually entertaining.
This was just pathetic - not to mention insulting to the memory of the over 15 million who died in that pointless war.
But that's our Cheeto: pathetic and insulting.
miyazaki
(2,243 posts)pretty good picture you got there.
sandensea
(21,635 posts)This clip was the first one that came up on YouTube.
I do have a copy of this - but on VHS.
True Blue American
(17,984 posts)So many times. The dance killed me. There will never be another Chevy.
sandensea
(21,635 posts)He single-handedly brought back the Keystone Kop persona - and made it work for the modern era, which was no easy feat.
Chevy Chase and his inspiration.
True Blue American
(17,984 posts)The irony is , Ford was really a good man.one of the better republicans. He would have made a good President.
sandensea
(21,635 posts)The last decent Republican president.
Some give Poppy Bush that dubious distiction; but I beg to differ.
He nowhere near as craven as his son; but he did mislead Saddam into invading Kuwait (through Amb. April Glaspie), for sheer political advantage.
Ford wouldn't have done that.
Cheeto? He probably brings up the idea every goddamed day.
Takket
(21,568 posts)Marie Marie
(9,999 posts)Haggis for Breakfast
(6,831 posts)In Flanders field's the poppies blow,
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place, and in the sky,
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the dead; short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow.
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe !
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; Be yours to hold it high !
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
senseandsensibility
(17,037 posts)It kind of puts everything into perspective, doesn't it?
Haggis for Breakfast
(6,831 posts)When they called it "The Great War," they truly hoped it would be the last.
LovingA2andMI
(7,006 posts)To be Kamala's Vice-President. Hands down and he's been in our eyesight for awhile now.
Bob_in_VA
(88 posts)Kamala Harris and Eric Swalwell are both from California. Constitution states that both the Pres and VP can't be from the same state. Of course, this didn't stop Dick "Darth Vader" Cheney from running as W's VP, he just claimed that he was a citizen of Wyoming, even though he had lived and voted, paid taxes, etc. in Texas for years prior to 2000. Since Congress was in Republican hands at the time, nothing was done to punish this unconstitutional violation.
UpInArms
(51,284 posts)One of a myriad of things
Welcome to DU, Bob!
edta
I see you have been here for years! So glad you posted!
jmowreader
(50,557 posts)All he did was move back.
calimary
(81,267 posts)A shame that both of them couldn't be on the same ticket. They're both excellent choices.
Maybe Harris/O'Rourke? We're gaining in bench strength, for sure, though! Probably would help to have a governor or former governor on the ticket, too, if there's a senator on there.
bdamomma
(63,849 posts)he is correct.
ashling
(25,771 posts)Freedom Fries
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)And an insult to humanity. I cannot wait until he is gone.
Wawannabe
(5,659 posts)Drop the mic, dude!
European vaca indeed!
Maybe there will be extreme icing on rumps plane on the way back and it will take a nose dive in DEEP water.
Hes already washed up. He deserves that fate and more. IMHO
oasis
(49,386 posts)demmiblue
(36,851 posts)Swalwell is one of my favorites.
zentrum
(9,865 posts)...a book called "The Ugly American". The sequel is here.
demmiblue
(36,851 posts)SunSeeker
(51,557 posts)marehare
(40 posts)Trump continued to embarrass the US by failing to show up at ceremony in Arlington National Cemetery honoring American Vets. He claimed he was on the john and couldn't get away.