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Oh Nikki Haley, bless your heart: (Original Post) demmiblue Aug 2019 OP
Nikki Haley is the Susan Collins of Mitt Romneys. nt Tommy_Carcetti Aug 2019 #1
... nolabear Aug 2019 #3
DUZY! redwitch Aug 2019 #9
The true heart of Donald Trump vlyons Aug 2019 #2
I just have no words.......I've said them all prior to this. He is just most disgusting human being a kennedy Aug 2019 #5
I don't hate him vlyons Aug 2019 #7
I wish I didn't hate Trump. Chemisse Aug 2019 #10
The practice of equiminity vlyons Aug 2019 #16
'maintain a calm, abiding mind, even when we look at what we find repulsive' Chemisse Aug 2019 #20
And even at that mildest of rebukes gratuitous Aug 2019 #4
Things that are also "so unnecessary": madaboutharry Aug 2019 #6
Thank you, Nimrata Nikki Randhawa dalton99a Aug 2019 #8
Oh my, Kellyanne and George Conway respond: demmiblue Aug 2019 #11
George Conway is welcoming her to be more critical of Trump lunatica Aug 2019 #12
Yes, I know this. demmiblue Aug 2019 #13
It stymies me too. lunatica Aug 2019 #14
That is probably a factor. demmiblue Aug 2019 #17
All it takes for couples to stay together is to agree on an act lunatica Aug 2019 #18
Is she claiming that a waitress carded her because she didn't look her age????????? politicaljunkie41910 Aug 2019 #22
she Definitely has a lived in face. lunatica Aug 2019 #23
Let this sink in malaise Aug 2019 #15
Good for her Demovictory9 Aug 2019 #19
Can I call her the "C" word? Yes I'm calling her the "C" word..... Hotler Aug 2019 #21

vlyons

(10,252 posts)
2. The true heart of Donald Trump
Fri Aug 2, 2019, 11:55 AM
Aug 2019

A man, who finds pleasure and glee in the misfortune of others. A man without compassion or empathy. A really sick fucker.

a kennedy

(29,655 posts)
5. I just have no words.......I've said them all prior to this. He is just most disgusting human being
Fri Aug 2, 2019, 12:02 PM
Aug 2019

ever. No place for him even on earth, much less in our House. I absolutely despise him.

vlyons

(10,252 posts)
7. I don't hate him
Fri Aug 2, 2019, 12:16 PM
Aug 2019

Hatred is poison. As a Buddhist, I am supposed to have compassion for ALL sentient beings. But compassion isn't a free pass to be a jerk. And it doesn't prevent me from seeing how dark and hateful is his mind. We can look at him as he is, and see him as a morality lesson of how not to be. As a Buddhist, I believe in the truth of karma. Need I say more?

Chemisse

(30,811 posts)
10. I wish I didn't hate Trump.
Fri Aug 2, 2019, 12:57 PM
Aug 2019

I know it only hurts me. But I can't seem to prevent myself from feeling the helpless rage and disgust that sums up hatred to me.

To believe that he will suffer at some future time is not a consolation, because that also arouses self-destructive emotions, like vengeance and pleasure in someone's misery.

vlyons

(10,252 posts)
16. The practice of equiminity
Fri Aug 2, 2019, 03:10 PM
Aug 2019

is the ability to maintain a calm, abiding mind, even when we look at what we find repulsive. It is not being seduced by desire and attachment, or being agitated by aversion to what we experience as unpleasant. We cannot control Trump. We can only practice controlling our own afflicted minds. Anger is aggression towards what we desire to be different than what it is.

There are very limited ways that Trump and his ilk can change for the better, if at all. Changing one's habitual way of thinking is very difficult. His angry reactions are unconsciously habitual. He cannot see how everyone else sees him, because his mind is filled with dark delusions of grandiose self-cherishing. Something really dreadful and painful has to happen to him, like prison, for him to ever get to the point, where he begins to reflect on how his behavior caused certain results. Even so, his lifetime of habitually lying and blaming everyone else will probably continue. Change is really difficult. Once he is out of office, his grifter "friends" will hitch their wagons to the next powerful corrupt source of easy wealth. It's all very sad.

Chemisse

(30,811 posts)
20. 'maintain a calm, abiding mind, even when we look at what we find repulsive'
Fri Aug 2, 2019, 05:25 PM
Aug 2019

Equiminity is what I need to work on.

In addition to any action possible to get rid of Trump, of course.

Thank-you for your thoughtful response.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
4. And even at that mildest of rebukes
Fri Aug 2, 2019, 12:01 PM
Aug 2019

The Trump bots are out in force against poor Nikki, who never did nothin' wrong to nobody. These are your political compatriots, Nikki. These are the people whose political philosophy and tactics you voluntarily joined with.

madaboutharry

(40,209 posts)
6. Things that are also "so unnecessary":
Fri Aug 2, 2019, 12:08 PM
Aug 2019

1. Whipped cream on top of waffles

2. Extra starch in dress shirts

3. 4 pairs of shoes in the same color

4. Throwing out eggs on the "sell by date."

5. Flavored bottled water

....Just to name a few....

They are so meely-mouthed, they can't bring themselves to actually call him out.

lunatica

(53,410 posts)
12. George Conway is welcoming her to be more critical of Trump
Fri Aug 2, 2019, 02:44 PM
Aug 2019

like he is. Kellyanne Conway is not her husband, who happens to be a harsh critic of Trump.

demmiblue

(36,845 posts)
13. Yes, I know this.
Fri Aug 2, 2019, 02:50 PM
Aug 2019

To be a fly on the wall in their house! I don't know how he can have one ounce of respect for her.

(Though some think it is a good cop/bad cop ruse)

lunatica

(53,410 posts)
14. It stymies me too.
Fri Aug 2, 2019, 03:01 PM
Aug 2019

I can’t imagine there being any harmony in that household. But maybe they’re staying together for the sake of their 4 kids. All under the age of 12. The youngest are twins.

Here’s a picture of them as the all American family.


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demmiblue

(36,845 posts)
17. That is probably a factor.
Fri Aug 2, 2019, 03:18 PM
Aug 2019

I feel sorry for those kids... one day they will learn about their mother. I feel sorry for Barron, too.

And god forbid if one of her children becomes a clothing/fashion designer:




lunatica

(53,410 posts)
18. All it takes for couples to stay together is to agree on an act
Fri Aug 2, 2019, 03:48 PM
Aug 2019

with the full understanding that they agree on how to act. Like actors playing a role they play the perfect, happy couple with the perfect marriage and the perfect kids.

If there was ever any mutual admiration, respect or love it is long gone. Ambition is a far stronger tie than love.

politicaljunkie41910

(3,335 posts)
22. Is she claiming that a waitress carded her because she didn't look her age?????????
Fri Aug 2, 2019, 07:21 PM
Aug 2019

Shit she looks like she's 70 years old, at least.

malaise

(268,968 posts)
15. Let this sink in
Fri Aug 2, 2019, 03:04 PM
Aug 2019

This is the President of the United States responding to a robbery at the home of a Senior Member of Congress. The said President attacked this man.
meanwhile fucking M$Greedia is asking how the Democrats plan to beat this piece of shit racist.

For starters M$Greedia might stop giving this monster a pass and condemn his behavior

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