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I have to admit my confusion over the rending of garments and gnashing of teeth on your side of the aisle today, sparked by Michelle Wolfs remarks at Saturdays WHCD.
Wasnt it you Republicans who declared that phrases like grab em by the pussy and I moved on her like a bitch were just locker-room talk, and should be laughingly dismissed as such?
Wasnt it you Republicans who determined that terms like shithole countries are perfectly acceptable, and calling kneeling football players sons of bitches is appropriate?
Wasnt it you Republicans who decided that referring to political opponents, journalists, and even world leaders, by childish nicknames is fitting behaviour for a so-called pResident?
Wasnt it you Republicans who deemed it acceptable for your pResident to tweet vicious attacks on private citizens, groups and/or organizations that he doesnt like?
Wasnt it you Republicans who passed around pics of Obama with a bone through his nose, who insisted that Michelle was a tranny, who likened the Obama daughters to monkeys, and who proudly wore tee-shirts describing Hillary Clinton as a cunt?
Yeah, Im absolutely positive it was you which leads to my confusion as to why Im seeing statements from your side that Michelle Wolfs monologue was disgusting, vile, over-the-top, and somehow crossed a line. One can only wonder what she said that even comes close to the disgusting, vile, over-the-top comments made by your pResident on pretty much a daily basis. As for crossing a line well, its impossible to imagine what lines of simple human decency havent already been crossed by your dear leader and yourselves.
So Wolf called Sarah Huckabee Sanders a liar which she is. She said that Trump was a pussy for not having the guts to make an appearance at the WHCD which he is. She berated the media for their failure to cover Trumps oh-so-sordid past history during the 2016 campaign a monumental failure of which they certainly are guilty.
Even if Wolf had called Trump a clueless, lying tub-o-lard with the intellectual capacity of a houseplant and the manners of a rutting pig (all of which is demonstrably true), she still wouldnt have come close to the remarks weve heard from the Pussy-Grabber-in-Chief himself.
In light of the above, watching you Republicans clutch your pearls as you head for the nearest fainting couch over Wolfs remarks has been far more entertaining than anything we sane people have seen in a long while.
Besides, wasnt this exactly what you wanted, Republicans a complete breakdown of common decency, a world in which even the most scathingly accurate comedic take on your pResident doesnt come close to what emanates from his own mouth?
Well, you got it and your reaction is as laughable as your blatant hypocrisy.
The fact is that Michelle Wolf is a comedian and your pResident is nothing more than an incredibly sad, unfunny joke.
monmouth4
(9,704 posts)S.E. TN Liberal
(508 posts)CatMor
(6,212 posts)It is perfect.
SammyWinstonJack
(44,130 posts)nancy1942
(635 posts)Too bad all gop plus "journalists" do not read this. We have the most disgusting, vile, uncouth, unqualified person to EVER occupy the WH, along with his nude model "wife". How low are the gop standards, anyway? Will Kanye West be their next nominee?
onecent
(6,096 posts)You are WONDERFUL!!!
dalton99a
(81,486 posts)skylucy
(3,739 posts)Gothmog
(145,231 posts)MyOwnPeace
(16,926 posts)FORGET what I've said before.
THIS rant is the best ever (well, at least until the next one ).
treestar
(82,383 posts)the beginning ought to be in a meme and be all over social media.
TNNurse
(6,926 posts)and most of the world. I would not want to bother those who are living their lives oblivious to us.
George II
(67,782 posts)...on the White House lawn.
lastlib
(23,226 posts)Jun 2, 2014. Three miles from my house!
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)Xipe Totec
(43,890 posts)scarletwoman
(31,893 posts)orangecrush
(19,553 posts)geardaddy
(24,931 posts)Kajun Gal
(1,907 posts)Haggis for Breakfast
(6,831 posts)But I think you just insulted houseplants.
Cha
(297,212 posts)her a pass.
Pepsidog
(6,254 posts)Cha
(297,212 posts)Perfect, Nance!
trickyguy
(769 posts)on to my friend who writes a regular column for our local paper.
She'll enjoy reading it and maybe it will "inspire" her to go to her keyboard.
orangecrush
(19,553 posts)When comedians have become the real journalists, and those that call themselves journalists have become a joke.
BobTheSubgenius
(11,563 posts)A near-perfect summation of the situation. Now, when I say "near-perfect," I don't mean to imply I have an addition or amendment to suggest; I just don't think "perfect" exists.
So....brava!
Oh! One tiny thing...I think his mocking of the disabled reporter is, if not the single most disgusting thing he's said or done (I think it is) it is easily Top Five.
NanceGreggs
(27,814 posts)... that's part of the problem - for all of us - right there.
It is impossible to write anything about Spanky McShithole without leaving out the majority of his disgusting behaviour, simply because there's way too much of it to include in anything less than s few dozen volumes of written material.
Mocking the disabled reporter was actually the one thing I thought would shock his supporters into turning on him. We knew that kind of vile behaviour was typical of Trump - the shocker turned out to be that his fans simply dismissed it without hesitation.
That's really mind-blowing, when you think about it. People who, under any other circumstances, would be disgusted by such a display actually embraced it instead.
Evil is contagious - and Trump and his Republican enablers are an epidemic.
SWBTATTReg
(22,124 posts)I'm disabled and when I heard this piece of nonsense from RUMP, and the reaction of his audience at the time to his 'act', I was disgusted.
Never again will I look at these RUMP people as worthy of my attention and efforts, other than to bring in a brand new administration and pres. and congress that does respect the entirety of the American population...
Thanks again for posting your wonderful OP...
NoMoreRepugs
(9,423 posts)SCVDem
(5,103 posts)ProudProgressiveNow
(6,129 posts)EffieBlack
(14,249 posts)rhiannon55
(2,671 posts)That was beautiful!
RainCaster
(10,874 posts)pandr32
(11,583 posts)Tell it like it is!
pangaia
(24,324 posts)Your best ever?
probably so..
MrScorpio
(73,631 posts)Scurrilous
(38,687 posts)BSdetect
(8,998 posts)pazzyanne
(6,555 posts)truth to power. Loved every word of it! You have a wonderful way with words, NanceGreggs.
Proud Liberal Dem
(24,412 posts)Their outrage over Wolf's remarks, which were nowhere near the repulsive comments made daily by Trump, is painfully laughable. The calls for some kind of "solidarity" with SHS, made by some people in the media (i.e. Mika), are absolutely sickening.
Firestorm49
(4,035 posts)A toast to you, my friend.
mcar
(42,329 posts)IOKIYAR.
solara
(3,836 posts)IACIYAD
Nance you are a beautiful and essential voice of the many sane people who are still here.. thank you
geardaddy
(24,931 posts)K & R
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)ehrnst
(32,640 posts)niyad
(113,302 posts)spanone
(135,831 posts)ProfessorGAC
(65,034 posts)Good read, indeed.
Grins
(7,217 posts)"I moved on her and I failed. Ill admit it. I did try and fuck her." - Trump on Nancy O'Dell.
"Then all of a sudden I see her, shes now got the big phony tits and everything. Shes totally changed her look." - Trump. Again.
"Look at that face! Would anyone vote for that? Can you imagine that, the face of our next next president? I mean, she's a woman, and I'm not s'posedta say bad things, but really, folks, come on. Are we serious?" - Trump on Carly Fiorina.
"Does she have a good body? No
Does she have a fat ass? Absolutely. - Trump on Kim Kardashian.
...her ass is too fat. - Trump on J-Lo.
Youre not eating Oreos anymore. No more Oreos. - Trump to Gov. Chris Christie.
If I were running The View, Id fire Rosie [ODonnell]. Id look her right in that fat, ugly face of hers and say, Rosie, youre fired.
Were all a little chubby but Rosies just worse than most of us. - Trump.
This is a guy who told Howard Stern it was OK to refer to his daughter as, a piece of ass.
This is a guy who told Howard Stern his daughter's tits were not implants.
This is a guy who, when asked what his daughter considered one of her favorite things said, I was going to say sex...."
This is a guy who said of his daughter "She does have a very nice figure. Ive said that if (she) werent my daughter, perhaps Id be dating her.
This is a guy who said of his daughter, Yeah, shes really something, and what a beauty...If I werent happily married and...ya know, her father
.
This is a guy who said of his daughter, Is it wrong to be more sexually attracted to your own daughter than your wife?" (You have to ask...?)
FakeNoose
(32,639 posts)TommyCelt
(838 posts)...for his indecency, immorality, and monumental narcissism leaves me flabbergasted, it truly does. Try to criticize ANYTHING this nimrod says or does and I get shouted down:
"HUH, LOOK AT THAT STOCK MARKET, MY PAYCHECK LOOKS GOOD, I'M DOING GREAT, DON'T YOU INSULT OUR PRESIDENT!"
I got mine. Me Me Me. Fuck everyone else outside of my immediate sphere. That this Trump's core supporters DARE to call themselves Christian is nauseating.
There are many MANY people I'd cared for and respected in the past that have shocked me with the most blatant and ham-handed support for this Trump. I have ended more than a couple of longtime friendships...and a church community to boot...because of this. It is sad, disheartening, and frightening.
Perseus
(4,341 posts)This is so good, and to the point that I feel sad its not in the MSM for more people to read it.
Nance, as always, you hit the nail on the head. Thank you...I just wish more people could read it.
malaise
(268,997 posts)Rec
lordsummerisle
(4,651 posts)You have a real talent for getting to the heart of the matter...