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Trump's health care plan, Meidas Touch: (Original Post) Kingofalldems Aug 2020 OP
"I've been saying this for a long time." Dem2theMax Aug 2020 #1
K & R...for visibility...nt Wounded Bear Aug 2020 #2
BEST EVAR!!!!!!! MyOwnPeace Aug 2020 #3
Also, the song is "Dixie," which was pretty much the theme song Tanuki Aug 2020 #4
Great catch! MyOwnPeace Aug 2020 #5
K&R ismnotwasm Aug 2020 #6

MyOwnPeace

(16,925 posts)
3. BEST EVAR!!!!!!!
Sun Aug 2, 2020, 08:46 PM
Aug 2020

Love the "honky-tonk" piano music - just points out how "honky-tonk' BunkerBoy really is - a cartoon with nobody laughing!



Tanuki

(14,918 posts)
4. Also, the song is "Dixie," which was pretty much the theme song
Sun Aug 2, 2020, 10:00 PM
Aug 2020

of the Confederacy, so it both draws attention to his reactionary racism, and the fact that whenever he talks about his "healthcare plan" he is "whistling Dixie."


https://www.dictionary.com/browse/whistle--dixie#idioms-section

"whistle Dixie

Engage in unrealistic, hopeful fantasizing, as in If you think you can drive there in two hours, you're whistling Dixie. This idiom alludes to the song “Dixie” and the vain hope that the Confederacy, known as Dixie, would win the Civil War."

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