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slumcamper

(1,606 posts)
Mon Mar 16, 2020, 04:17 PM Mar 2020

the apricot hellbeast's "news" conference

Listening to the apricot hellbeast’s news conference.

He, Pence, and other cronies are attempting to spin this disaster into a positive, but to any thinking individual, coming up short.

“Leadership,” by most measures, is an abstract concept. However, in stark visual terms its essence becomes increasingly tangible--and clearly wanting.

This is a total breakdown. Fiasco. CLUSTER.

There's an adage that we "get the government we deserve." I continue to struggle with that. Do we? Or do we deserve better?

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the apricot hellbeast's "news" conference (Original Post) slumcamper Mar 2020 OP
it starts handmade34 Mar 2020 #1
I hope all those f%ckers get it. The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2020 #2
Now! That's not nice! slumcamper Mar 2020 #12
Yup, and the Press shouldn't be crowded into the Briefing Room either. Totally Tunsie Mar 2020 #5
We get the govenment we turn out and vote for Maeve Mar 2020 #3
I would point out, yet again, Miguelito Loveless Mar 2020 #4
failed system handmade34 Mar 2020 #6
I will not disagree Maeve Mar 2020 #7
Why thank you. Miguelito Loveless Mar 2020 #14
Thank you thucythucy Mar 2020 #9
Indeed! You are precisely on point, my friend. slumcamper Mar 2020 #13
I would prefer these news conferences without pence and trump IcyPeas Mar 2020 #8
Trump's incessant self-congratulatory blather is sickening...literally sop Mar 2020 #10
Doofas Rump digging a deeper hole and looking like a chump vs. Biden, that's good. Brainfodder Mar 2020 #11

handmade34

(22,756 posts)
1. it starts
Mon Mar 16, 2020, 04:20 PM
Mar 2020

with him looking out at reporters and commenting of the "social distancing" while he and the dirty dozen are up on stage shoulder to shoulder... these briefings would do well to limit the number to one or two people and reporters should be able to ask all questions without screaming

Miguelito Loveless

(4,460 posts)
4. I would point out, yet again,
Mon Mar 16, 2020, 04:25 PM
Mar 2020

that HRC won by 3 million votes. Our failure to get rid of our slave-era voting system made two of the worst men in human history president.

Maeve

(42,279 posts)
7. I will not disagree
Mon Mar 16, 2020, 04:32 PM
Mar 2020

and have thought we should change that part of the Constitution since, oh, Dubya, at least.

And you were always my favorite villain on WWW, btw!

Miguelito Loveless

(4,460 posts)
14. Why thank you.
Tue Mar 17, 2020, 09:23 AM
Mar 2020

I miss the old days when we Mad Scientist villains were so much more ethical than today's real world moronic villains.

slumcamper

(1,606 posts)
13. Indeed! You are precisely on point, my friend.
Mon Mar 16, 2020, 10:37 PM
Mar 2020

We've been sabotaged by an archaic system that stacks the electoral deck in favor of the minority.

And the course of our nation and human history twists and turns on it.

Un. Fucking. Real.

IcyPeas

(21,859 posts)
8. I would prefer these news conferences without pence and trump
Mon Mar 16, 2020, 04:34 PM
Mar 2020

to be honest. they are just there to lie and placate and thank each other for the great job they are doing. this isn't the time for rose colored glasses. this is time for honesty.

I want to hear from health experts ONLY.

Brainfodder

(6,423 posts)
11. Doofas Rump digging a deeper hole and looking like a chump vs. Biden, that's good.
Mon Mar 16, 2020, 04:47 PM
Mar 2020

Quack quack Donald!

2 weeks from now, likely gonna be hell for many!

Good Luck!

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