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SharonClark

(10,014 posts)
Wed Mar 10, 2021, 12:58 PM Mar 2021

Rachel Maddow Names The 'Petty' Donald Trump Move She'd Love To See Joe Biden Copy

This is so damn hilarious. If only wishing could made it happened.

“Get petty for once. It’s OK. This is a big effing deal,” the MSNBC anchor urged President Joe Biden.
President Joe Biden apparently isn’t planning on following in the footsteps of his predecessor, ex-President Donald Trump, in terms of having his name plastered on stimulus checks aimed at assisting Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic.

But MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow thinks he should.

“It’s obviously sort of a petty move for a president to do something like that,” Maddow said Tuesday. “But honestly, as I get older, as I live through more and more years of Republican governance, I’m getting more and more petty all the time about stuff like this.”

Maddow noted how GOP presidents “put their name on everything” and Democratic presidents are “all modest.”

“If I was a Democratic president, I would put my name on that check with a big hologram on it, too, so it glowed when you open the envelope,” she said. “I’d make it like one of those greeting cards that plays a song when you pull it out of the envelope and it would sing my name.”

“I would put sequins on the thing,” she continued. “It would be all about remembering which party made this happen and which party all voted against it.”

“But like I said, as I develop an increasingly severe case of the O-L-D, I’m getting cattier and pettier with each passing day, and Biden is not doing that,” Maddow concluded. “It’s why somebody like him is president and nobody asks my advice on these things. Get petty for once. It’s OK. This is a big effing deal, as someone once said.”


Source:https://www.huffpost.com/entry/rachel-maddow-trump-biden-petty-move_n_60489e64c5b6cf72d092fc49
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Rachel Maddow Names The 'Petty' Donald Trump Move She'd Love To See Joe Biden Copy (Original Post) SharonClark Mar 2021 OP
We could save a lot of money by FoxNewsSucks Mar 2021 #1
Ooohhh, I like the way you think! flor-de-jasmim Mar 2021 #8
No fucking way! That's petty! Beakybird Mar 2021 #2
Oh, I like that! lagomorph777 Mar 2021 #4
Even easier. House of Roberts Mar 2021 #5
It's too partisan. It's better to provide the information Beakybird Mar 2021 #7
Glitter bomb. lagomorph777 Mar 2021 #3
That is funny, but no PatSeg Mar 2021 #6

FoxNewsSucks

(10,427 posts)
1. We could save a lot of money by
Wed Mar 10, 2021, 01:01 PM
Mar 2021

having a statement at the top of the endorsement area:

"By signing and cashing this socialist payment, I acknowledge that Joseph R Biden is the legitimate winner and President of the US. Furthermore, I thank him for this democratic socialism."

MAGAts would all burn their check.

Beakybird

(3,332 posts)
2. No fucking way! That's petty!
Wed Mar 10, 2021, 01:01 PM
Mar 2021

Instead, on the stub of the check, it should list all the representatives and senators who voted yay or nay on this legislation with the Ds and Rs after each name.

House of Roberts

(5,167 posts)
5. Even easier.
Wed Mar 10, 2021, 01:08 PM
Mar 2021

The statement should read 'No Senate Republican votes were cast in favor of you getting this money. NOT ONE!'

If none in the House vote for it, just eliminate the word Senate.

Beakybird

(3,332 posts)
7. It's too partisan. It's better to provide the information
Wed Mar 10, 2021, 01:13 PM
Mar 2021

and let the check recipient draw the obvious conclusion. The check comes from Treasury which is supposed to be apolitical.

PatSeg

(47,285 posts)
6. That is funny, but no
Wed Mar 10, 2021, 01:11 PM
Mar 2021

Biden should not emulate Donald Trump in any way whatsoever. He is his own man, doing things his way and his humility is very effective, especially as he does big things for the American people. The only people who respond positively to obnoxious arrogance are the type of people who vote for politicians like Trump.

So no President Biden, do not get petty. Keep doing things the way you have been. I know Rachel meant it as a joke, but I think some people feel that way though.

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