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Did you notice his lawyers kept referring to trump (Original Post) samplegirl Feb 2021 OP
oh, the ex and has been won't like that at all! getagrip_already Feb 2021 #1
There's his excuse for not paying them when all is said and done. Totally Tunsie Feb 2021 #4
Yea, but you know all that changes on March 4. Chainfire Feb 2021 #2
odd date, I would have thought they would have picked the 15th..... getagrip_already Feb 2021 #5
Original date of the Inaguaration obamanut2012 Feb 2021 #7
Or wait a few more weeks, until April 1. nt JustABozoOnThisBus Feb 2021 #8
Yes, April Fools would be perfect. LuvNewcastle Feb 2021 #10
I don't know what the significance of the date is either. Chainfire Feb 2021 #9
If anyone asks, I'm sticking with the "Star Wars Day" theory: GopherGal Feb 2021 #13
isn't star wars day 5/4? getagrip_already Feb 2021 #15
Yes, but it's a similar idea GopherGal Feb 2021 #16
Unless his bone spurs act up again. CaptYossarian Feb 2021 #11
They had to, because their whole argument was based on the (wrong) idea The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2021 #3
I heard a few "former President" references, as well. Arkansas Granny Feb 2021 #6
They're trying to emphasize that he's no longer culpable... as if our warranty has expired... NurseJackie Feb 2021 #12
Unfortunately, Trump is... 3catwoman3 Feb 2021 #14

getagrip_already

(14,838 posts)
1. oh, the ex and has been won't like that at all!
Tue Feb 9, 2021, 06:42 PM
Feb 2021

He is insisting to ONLY be referred to as the 45th president or merely president.

He must be ballistic with rage.

Chainfire

(17,644 posts)
2. Yea, but you know all that changes on March 4.
Tue Feb 9, 2021, 06:44 PM
Feb 2021

The far right is predicting the greatest comeback of all time.

I am clearing my calendar for that day as I have never seen a successful American coup.

getagrip_already

(14,838 posts)
5. odd date, I would have thought they would have picked the 15th.....
Tue Feb 9, 2021, 06:54 PM
Feb 2021

That is the ides of march, when Caesar met his fate.

Chainfire

(17,644 posts)
9. I don't know what the significance of the date is either.
Tue Feb 9, 2021, 06:58 PM
Feb 2021

Perhaps it is an astrological thing....The day that the stupid and seditious stars line up. I will poke around and see if I can find out why the 4th.

EDIT: I am not sure, but I bet that this has something to do with it: https://www.loc.gov/item/today-in-history/march-04/

GopherGal

(2,010 posts)
13. If anyone asks, I'm sticking with the "Star Wars Day" theory:
Tue Feb 9, 2021, 07:03 PM
Feb 2021

they mean to "March forth" to the Capitol again.

Though, really, it's probably because it's the traditional, pre-20th Amendment, Inauguration Day.

GopherGal

(2,010 posts)
16. Yes, but it's a similar idea
Tue Feb 9, 2021, 07:37 PM
Feb 2021

...behind the punmanship. May the Fourth/Force.

March Fourth/Forth is actually a tad bit "cleaner" pun, if such a thing can be said about such corny puns.
Had to (dis-)credit the original...

CaptYossarian

(6,448 posts)
11. Unless his bone spurs act up again.
Tue Feb 9, 2021, 07:00 PM
Feb 2021

He told the crowd that he'd be right with them. Then he couldn't find a golf cart to take him there.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,869 posts)
3. They had to, because their whole argument was based on the (wrong) idea
Tue Feb 9, 2021, 06:46 PM
Feb 2021

that a president who was impeached while in office can't be tried when his term has expired. But where does that leave Fat Nixon's argument that he's still the real president?

NurseJackie

(42,862 posts)
12. They're trying to emphasize that he's no longer culpable... as if our warranty has expired...
Tue Feb 9, 2021, 07:02 PM
Feb 2021

... as if the statute of limitations has expired... as if he's an escaped prisoner who's made it over the Mexican border.

3catwoman3

(24,054 posts)
14. Unfortunately, Trump is...
Tue Feb 9, 2021, 07:05 PM
Feb 2021

...not an ex-president. He would have had to quit while in office to be an ex. Former is the proper description.

Nixon is the only ex-POTUS.

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