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Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump 8h8 hours ago
I am so proud of my daughter Ivanka. To be abused and treated so badly by the media, and to still hold her head so high, is truly wonderful!
Aviation Pro
(12,163 posts)There, fixed it for you, Chester.
Control-Z
(15,682 posts)I'm speechless. I've tried to write something here three or four times now. I've just deleted it all because it's incoherent - like my thoughts.
Fuck, fuck, fuck. Seriously. Just Fuck.
StarryNite
(9,444 posts)Poor Ivanka everybody is so mean to her. She should take solace in the fact that her Chinese line of merchandise will wind up in dollar stores soon.
calimary
(81,222 posts)What fun! They had customers! Quite a few! I'd forgotten how good the service was and how attentive the sales staff is, 'cause it's been awhile. I told a few of them I was there to shop because they'd dumped Ivanka trump. One of them quietly commented that "there's been a lot of that." I suspect they've all been told not to talk politics or discuss the Ivanka thing, or whatever. We had a brief and discreet exchange about it.
Then, when I left, I spotted an "I'm with HER" bumper sticker on the back of this car near mine. The woman was backing out. Her window was rolled down. I hollered at her - "Like your bumper sticker!" She gave me that "look".
Have you seen that "look"?
I've begun to notice this, because I've started making a habit of finishing pleasant conversations with a cheery "hashtag The Resistance!" Whether it's on the phone, when I sense the mood is receptive, or face-to-face encounters. They give you this "look."
The "look" is one that telegraphs a bunch of interesting meanings - a conspiratorial kind of response, like a secret handshake or code word, which cues you that they're part of the same underground movement you are. Like you share the same mission, as though you're fellow warriors, or fellow undercover operatives almost. And you get it immediately. It must be the "look" that lets you know they're part of The Resistance, too.
GreenPartyVoter
(72,377 posts)state of things, at a school and a hospital.
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)some kind of dictatorship where people are oppressed and they communicate through whispered conversations for fear of the state.
I know, you don't mean it like that - just was the first thought that came to me
GreenPartyVoter
(72,377 posts)environments where it's not welcome, but the current administration has me wondering if we will end up whispering everywhere!
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)to go home and watch SNL and heard several people say - "Wouldn't watch that
trash if it was the last show on TV." I think we have gotten to like stirring the pot, actually.
GreenPartyVoter
(72,377 posts)Hard enough living in LePage's Maine with Trump voters all over the place. Couldn't handle going redder than that!
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)know how I could handle it without DU.
GreenPartyVoter
(72,377 posts)Alice11111
(5,730 posts)(I've lived in a blue state for 30 years, couldn't handle red thinking, and it is worse now.)
I was amazed that even though my Texas friends voted Dem, were marching against Orange Blob, and are lawyers, several of them believe the illogical shit the Repubs spread about...Hillary stuff for one. It's like they live among these conservative peers, and they have compromised their opinions over time so that they aren't too out of line. In any other circumstances, they never would have voted for Hillary.
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)but his sole belief was that T would really jump the economy. It's almost like he's
embarrassed about everything else. Are you in TX now?
Alice11111
(5,730 posts)There are a lot of good people in Texas. Characters. People with a good sense of humor. There are a lot of Republican, hypocritical asshole control freaks too. It seems to have gotten more conservative over the years. There was a time of Ann Richards and Sarah Weddington.
Another era. The electorate was not as polarized then, Texas or any other state.
With The Republicans I know, I do not even talk about politics, as they are fricking crazy. Most of the Dems, not all, are just more conservative, even though they vote Dem. Some, in Austin, recognize the bs.
Alice11111
(5,730 posts)they hate him. Reasons: he was better than Hillary or the economy. That is the stupidest reason of all, given his bankruptcies, failure to pay people, multiple lawsuits, failure to pay taxes, etc. I guess it's less embarrassing to say you voted for him, if you pair it with how much you can't stand him.
My British friend hates Hillary and voted for her. As he said, I'm not voting for her to be my mate (buddy). It's like if you are picking a pilot to fly your jet, do you pick someone competent and experienced, even though you don't like her, or do you pick an incompetent idiot because you hate the alternative.
Alice11111
(5,730 posts)Botany
(70,501 posts)that does not mean, that, they are grammaticly correct, because he rea,lly
is, nucking futz.
i, just, woke, up, and looked @ DU,
Now, I poured a, glass of, wine and I hope I, can go back to, sleep.
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)Botany
(70,501 posts)word, word, and word use but I do remember an English professor talking about
"comma splice errors."
BTW it is now pretty clear that Trump has trouble reading and has the vocabulary
of 4th grader. And everytime I hear him speak I think back to my 5th grade teacher
who use to say, "Use your words, people." And then she would hold up a dictionary.
Alice11111
(5,730 posts)Botany
(70,501 posts)I am so proud of my daughter Ivanka. To be abused and treated so badly by the media, and to still hold her head so high, is truly wonderful!
I am proud of my daughter Ivanka because she has held her head high despite the media's abuse.
" .... is truly wonderful!"
Charles Bukowski
(1,132 posts)(and countless others), yet I'm supposed to feel sorry for Ivanka? Yeah, no.
SammyWinstonJack
(44,130 posts)malaise
(268,966 posts)and wanted to see his college records.
Fuck Groper Don the Con
Alice11111
(5,730 posts)malaise
(268,966 posts)Alice11111
(5,730 posts)and now I'm going back to bed, mountain time.
malaise
(268,966 posts)jaxind
(1,074 posts)Gee...I wonder who's suffering more... Ivanka or those trying to flee Syria? How about the Mexicans being separated from their families and being deported?? Who should I feel more sorry for...them or Ivanka??
All this concern for Ivanka from our so-called president and not one iota of concern for real hardship and misery too many innocents are needlessly suffering.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Somehow, strangely, they think that because of their name they are adored by millions. They are the most hated family on the planet. Hasn't she seen her "designer" crap ware in the bargain basement bins marked down to $1.00? Is she really as delusional as he is?
Thanks Laura for sharing that tweet with us. It just goes to show where our idiot president's mind is.