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misanthrope

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26. This is what astounds me

Reply to Cattledog (Original post)

Sun May 12, 2019, 09:36 PM

May 2019

It has never been a secret that Trump is a con man playing a financial shell game. You didn't have to be a deep news junkie to know it, just peruse a daily paper or watch TV news and the stories were all out there.

His game has been public knowledge since before the Clinton era began. How could someone NOT know?

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Trump from "Mad" Magazine 1992 [View all] Cattledog May 2019 OP

Brokeahontas indeed? Sneederbunk May 2019 #1

Bill Maher said Elizabeth Warren should call Trump that. I agree! nt Honeycombe8 May 2019 #5

MAD 315 Jimvanhise May 2019 #2

A public joke, now president. mountain grammy May 2019 #3

Great find! nt Honeycombe8 May 2019 #4

Should be printed on T-shirts... Grokenstein May 2019 #6

Mad magazine was nailing deserving targets, long before SNL. (nt) Paladin May 2019 #7

MAD Magazine is wasted on the kids who didn't get most of the jokes FakeNoose May 2019 #8

Don't be too sure. Mister Ed May 2019 #10

I read it early on as well. And was thrilled to find adults LuckyLib May 2019 #14

Same here misanthrope May 2019 #25

My friends and I read Mad Magazine back in the late 50's and 60's patphil May 2019 #16

M ad Magazine was probably read by more adults than children. But don't underestimate the ability of Nitram May 2019 #19

from age of 12 on, I loved MAD mag, dixiegrrrrl May 2019 #22

Never, ever wasted on kids! Kids outgrow slapstick and fart-humor, but the real stuff remains... Hekate May 2019 #28

Trump figured prominently in my 1990 song "Earth Day" Dennis Donovan May 2019 #9

Kick dalton99a May 2019 #11

People have been "on" to SHITLER forever but his sleaze gets him by. It will take PUTEEN to get him UTUSN May 2019 #12

Jake Tapper also pointed out this a.m. that the show "Veep" Totally Tunsie May 2019 #13

Thank you cp May 2019 #15

the comedians/comics are ahead of the game IcyPeas May 2019 #17

It is interesting how long it has been known that Trump is a whiney con man. How does he get away Nitram May 2019 #18

Nobody told the rubes living in the flyover states FakeNoose May 2019 #20

that's right! And they didn't read Mad Magazine because it was too sophisticated for them. They read Nitram May 2019 #21

MAD was always a mag produced by Jews from New York klook May 2019 #24

Zing!!! oasis May 2019 #23

This is what astounds me misanthrope May 2019 #26

How could someone NOT know? Aussie105 May 2019 #27