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kpete

(71,981 posts)
Sun Dec 23, 2018, 11:30 AM Dec 2018

Christie on ABC says Trump is like your 72-year-old relative

Christie on ABC says Trump is like your 72-year-old relative: “When people get older, they become more and more convinced of the fact that what they’re doing is the right thing and it becomes harder to convince them otherwise."





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Christie on ABC says Trump is like your 72-year-old relative (Original Post) kpete Dec 2018 OP
When the elderly get dementia, they tend to regress and become child-like ... Jarqui Dec 2018 #1
Bullshit. tavernier Dec 2018 #2
Then put your sonofabitch relative in a home where the rest of us don't Autumn Dec 2018 #3
I resent that. Brainstormy Dec 2018 #4
Thank you. Mme. Defarge Dec 2018 #18
WTF? Christie is not that far behind trump. Hasn't his even fatter ass been screwing around in... brush Dec 2018 #22
+1 uponit7771 Dec 2018 #25
sorry no lots of elderly people read and are intellectually curious. mucifer Dec 2018 #5
Being 72 years old is not what causes Trump to make these horrible decisions. Arkansas Granny Dec 2018 #6
Christie is a horrible person. On a personal level, meaner than Trump. NCjack Dec 2018 #19
Yet he did just slam Trump's fitness for the job on national TV, so that part at least is a plus. nt tblue37 Dec 2018 #33
He did it by attacking other people. It is like Christie's attacks on teachers. delisen Dec 2018 #35
"... you are admitting that he is unfit for the job." area51 Dec 2018 #23
+1 uponit7771 Dec 2018 #26
I'm 72 greymattermom Dec 2018 #7
I'm 72 myself. I have enough sense to know when I need to consult someone Arkansas Granny Dec 2018 #20
Ageist BS... JenniferJuniper Dec 2018 #8
Being 72 & Stubborn Does Not Equal Stupid ProfessorGAC Dec 2018 #9
Christie can go fuck himself. KentuckyWoman Dec 2018 #10
Makes no difference, Christie - you have one job janterry Dec 2018 #11
Ageist bullshit. Generalization bullshit. Christie bullshit. Golden Raisin Dec 2018 #12
Bullshit. n/t NRaleighLiberal Dec 2018 #13
I think the opposite is true oberliner Dec 2018 #14
Jill Stein got a lot of young voters who dismissed her Kremlin connection. delisen Dec 2018 #36
I am 72 and know I don't have the physical strength or mental acuity I had years ago, but... TreasonousBastard Dec 2018 #15
Sounds like he is claiming age as a reason to invoke Article 25 Raven123 Dec 2018 #16
Except Trump has been like this since birth. allgood33 Dec 2018 #17
Yeah, Christie acts like Trump used to listen to people TexasBushwhacker Dec 2018 #24
Those sound like the words of a rump future chief of staff. UniteFightBack Dec 2018 #21
trying to humanize malevolence into dementia Grasswire2 Dec 2018 #27
"That's beneath Christie." MyOwnPeace Dec 2018 #28
well played nt Grasswire2 Dec 2018 #34
Glad you liked it......... MyOwnPeace Dec 2018 #37
What a steaming load and insult to everyone 72 and over! 50 Shades Of Blue Dec 2018 #29
Fuck you, Christie . . . . . from a very lucid geezer Stinky The Clown Dec 2018 #30
What an ignorant stereotype! What's *CHRISTIE's* excuse for his piggishness? UTUSN Dec 2018 #31
Trump has been an ignorant lying bully his entire life NewJeffCT Dec 2018 #32

Jarqui

(10,122 posts)
1. When the elderly get dementia, they tend to regress and become child-like ...
Sun Dec 23, 2018, 11:33 AM
Dec 2018

Regardless, Trump is a sick man

Autumn

(45,042 posts)
3. Then put your sonofabitch relative in a home where the rest of us don't
Sun Dec 23, 2018, 11:36 AM
Dec 2018

have to deal with his bullshit. Take care of your problems, don't foist them off on us.

brush

(53,764 posts)
22. WTF? Christie is not that far behind trump. Hasn't his even fatter ass been screwing around in...
Sun Dec 23, 2018, 12:25 PM
Dec 2018

government for several decades now?

mucifer

(23,522 posts)
5. sorry no lots of elderly people read and are intellectually curious.
Sun Dec 23, 2018, 11:36 AM
Dec 2018

I don't like this crap.
trump is who he is PURE EVIL. My 72 yo relatives had faults as do I. But, they weren't PURE EVIL.

Arkansas Granny

(31,514 posts)
6. Being 72 years old is not what causes Trump to make these horrible decisions.
Sun Dec 23, 2018, 11:39 AM
Dec 2018

Trump is convinced that he is a god and he gets to decide what is the right thing. If you are blaming his disastrous Presidency on his age, you are admitting that he is unfit for the job.

NCjack

(10,279 posts)
19. Christie is a horrible person. On a personal level, meaner than Trump.
Sun Dec 23, 2018, 11:59 AM
Dec 2018

I'm so glad that Christie is sitting on the sidelines instead of installed in a gov't job, with authority of employees and private citizens.

tblue37

(65,290 posts)
33. Yet he did just slam Trump's fitness for the job on national TV, so that part at least is a plus. nt
Sun Dec 23, 2018, 01:24 PM
Dec 2018

delisen

(6,042 posts)
35. He did it by attacking other people. It is like Christie's attacks on teachers.
Sun Dec 23, 2018, 01:36 PM
Dec 2018

Both of these characters are just bullies.

area51

(11,904 posts)
23. "... you are admitting that he is unfit for the job."
Sun Dec 23, 2018, 12:29 PM
Dec 2018

This is what they should have said to Christie.

Arkansas Granny

(31,514 posts)
20. I'm 72 myself. I have enough sense to know when I need to consult someone
Sun Dec 23, 2018, 12:14 PM
Dec 2018

with knowledge and experience before I make important decisions. Blaming Trump's attitude and actions on age is just a cop out.

KentuckyWoman

(6,679 posts)
10. Christie can go fuck himself.
Sun Dec 23, 2018, 11:43 AM
Dec 2018

Age doesn't have crap to do with it. Trump was an ass from the cradle on.

 

janterry

(4,429 posts)
11. Makes no difference, Christie - you have one job
Sun Dec 23, 2018, 11:45 AM
Dec 2018

and that's to denounce him. Otherwise, stuff it.

 

oberliner

(58,724 posts)
14. I think the opposite is true
Sun Dec 23, 2018, 11:50 AM
Dec 2018

Young people with strong political opinions are extremely passionate about their beliefs and tend to feel quite certain that they are doing the right thing to the point that it is very hard to convince them otherwise.

TreasonousBastard

(43,049 posts)
15. I am 72 and know I don't have the physical strength or mental acuity I had years ago, but...
Sun Dec 23, 2018, 11:50 AM
Dec 2018

Trump's problems have little to do with age.

Anyone who dealt with him or remembers him over the years knows him as a shifty failure who has managed to cleverly bullshit his way out of most of the trouble he's caused.

Those days are over now-- he can't walk away from his failures or mistakes any more.

TexasBushwhacker

(20,165 posts)
24. Yeah, Christie acts like Trump used to listen to people
Sun Dec 23, 2018, 12:49 PM
Dec 2018

That he used to make informed decisions. He NEVER has. He's always been my way or the highway, and when things blow up, he blames someone else.

MyOwnPeace

(16,925 posts)
37. Glad you liked it.........
Sun Dec 23, 2018, 01:42 PM
Dec 2018

I was gonna' include the beach photo but thought that took away the ability to create your own 'visual!'

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