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Question about TFG. (Original Post) bluestarone Nov 2021 OP
DeSantis. tblue37 Nov 2021 #1
I don'yt know bluestarone Nov 2021 #3
But she's female, and there are limits to his much power women are allowed to.have in tblue37 Nov 2021 #11
She's doing pretty good now? bluestarone Nov 2021 #12
She doesn't actually wield any real power. She's just a highly visible troll, like Jeanine Pirro or tblue37 Nov 2021 #15
Could get real interesting bluestarone Nov 2021 #16
DeSantis has been burnishing his asshole TFG credentials Zorro Nov 2021 #2
They would claim TFG was still alive zuul Nov 2021 #4
LOL! bluestarone Nov 2021 #6
You win the thread malaise Nov 2021 #9
I think they'd actually say the deep state got him. Drunken Irishman Nov 2021 #35
Yes him and JFK together. Bev54 Nov 2021 #36
What if some smart person played trump's game then turned on his base. rickyhall Nov 2021 #5
They WILL turn on their base bluestarone Nov 2021 #7
Pence CJW Nov 2021 #8
No way that will happen bluestarone Nov 2021 #10
My brother claims to love t*** because "He tells it like it is"... TreasonousBastard Nov 2021 #13
WOW! just WOW! bluestarone Nov 2021 #14
You know what I don't get? Diamond_Dog Nov 2021 #18
I'm with ya there bluestarone Nov 2021 #20
For Them, He Owned The Libs SoCalDavidS Nov 2021 #40
After all, Trump 'tells it like it is'. keithbvadu2 Nov 2021 #31
Yet all he does is lie emulatorloo Nov 2021 #32
Trump Jr. nt QED Nov 2021 #17
Ivanka keithbvadu2 Nov 2021 #30
Skip the middleman and go straight for dweller Nov 2021 #19
YEP bluestarone Nov 2021 #22
Think of the most obnoxious, arrogant, white POS and you can easily walkingman Nov 2021 #21
Yep bluestarone Nov 2021 #23
One thing's for certain ymetca Nov 2021 #24
EXACTLY! bluestarone Nov 2021 #27
No one Javaman Nov 2021 #25
Ted Cruz... Septua Nov 2021 #26
Welcome to this site! bluestarone Nov 2021 #28
A dozen smart, polished sociopaths are lined up. zaj Nov 2021 #29
I'd love to find out lame54 Nov 2021 #33
Maybe split into factions. moondust Nov 2021 #34
My eye doctor said the following to me: LuckyCharms Nov 2021 #37
Ted Cruz is smart? smirkymonkey Nov 2021 #38
Well, I personally would not call him smart, but I guess intelligence is LuckyCharms Nov 2021 #39
Smart + the proper amount of evil would be Christi. A product... TreasonousBastard Nov 2021 #42
Seriously, I have known real, verifiable idiots who have managed to pass the bar exam. smirkymonkey Nov 2021 #43
It's the "Peter Principle"... Septua Nov 2021 #41
You had me at "If he were to die,..." PJMcK Nov 2021 #44

tblue37

(65,273 posts)
11. But she's female, and there are limits to his much power women are allowed to.have in
Sat Nov 20, 2021, 08:18 PM
Nov 2021

Republican circles.

tblue37

(65,273 posts)
15. She doesn't actually wield any real power. She's just a highly visible troll, like Jeanine Pirro or
Sat Nov 20, 2021, 08:24 PM
Nov 2021

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Laura Ingraham, but unlike them she doesn't even have her own show to amplify her trolling.

Zorro

(15,733 posts)
2. DeSantis has been burnishing his asshole TFG credentials
Sat Nov 20, 2021, 08:08 PM
Nov 2021

The RWNJs here in Florida are predicting he'll be our next President.

 

Drunken Irishman

(34,857 posts)
35. I think they'd actually say the deep state got him.
Sat Nov 20, 2021, 11:12 PM
Nov 2021

But it would create a conundrum of sorts:

Add fuel to the deep state conspiracy but also force an admission that Trump was weak enough to be killed by the deep state.

rickyhall

(4,889 posts)
5. What if some smart person played trump's game then turned on his base.
Sat Nov 20, 2021, 08:13 PM
Nov 2021

Kind of an anti-anti-Christ.

Kind of funny how spell-checker insists I capitalize Christ.

TreasonousBastard

(43,049 posts)
13. My brother claims to love t*** because "He tells it like it is"...
Sat Nov 20, 2021, 08:22 PM
Nov 2021

so just look for another plain speaking asshole.

Diamond_Dog

(31,956 posts)
18. You know what I don't get?
Sat Nov 20, 2021, 08:39 PM
Nov 2021

When Rumpers say, “People forget about all the GOOD things he did”

I’m like HUH? What good thing did he ever do?

keithbvadu2

(36,731 posts)
31. After all, Trump 'tells it like it is'.
Sat Nov 20, 2021, 09:55 PM
Nov 2021

Trump, a NY Yankee, calls Sessions a 'dumb southerner' and they love him down south.

After all, Trump 'tells it like it is'.

walkingman

(7,591 posts)
21. Think of the most obnoxious, arrogant, white POS and you can easily
Sat Nov 20, 2021, 08:43 PM
Nov 2021

come up with a top ten. Then whittle it down from there. Bonus points for being a racist or gun nut.

I think Texas would have at least 3 in the top ten.

ymetca

(1,182 posts)
24. One thing's for certain
Sat Nov 20, 2021, 09:06 PM
Nov 2021

Whomever gets chosen for them by the GOP won't get the popular vote by a mile, and yet may still "win" the election.

And crickets for demanding any kind of recount, right? That's what we're all terrified of.

Javaman

(62,510 posts)
25. No one
Sat Nov 20, 2021, 09:06 PM
Nov 2021

They would treat it like everything else: a conspiracy

They will elevate him to Jesus status of a martyr

He is already their new religion

And they will pray to a golden status of him or bad blond wigs; whichever is easier.

If anything; they will create a trump pope

Septua

(2,254 posts)
26. Ted Cruz...
Sat Nov 20, 2021, 09:08 PM
Nov 2021


Maybe the bigger question is, which right-wing nut would want to try to take Trump's place? And which one of those is electable? And if Trump wasn't around to intimidate and deprecate the remainder of the opportunistic Big Lie propagators, they might change strategies. The politicians know Trump is FOS and would love to see him gone but I suppose they need Trump's base, so maybe whoever is as deranged as Trump, like MTG, would win the cigar...

It's an interesting scenario to think about.
 

zaj

(3,433 posts)
29. A dozen smart, polished sociopaths are lined up.
Sat Nov 20, 2021, 09:11 PM
Nov 2021

And they will all line up behind the most awful and polished abuser to win that fight.

moondust

(19,970 posts)
34. Maybe split into factions.
Sat Nov 20, 2021, 11:09 PM
Nov 2021

It's a cult. Can any of the others take over his cult and hold it together?

LuckyCharms

(17,425 posts)
37. My eye doctor said the following to me:
Sat Nov 20, 2021, 11:30 PM
Nov 2021

"Trump will fade out. The problem is, the next one, instead of being stupid and evil, is going to be smart and evil...like Ted Cruz. And though he will be more palatable on the surface, he will be just as bad, or worse, than Trump".

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
38. Ted Cruz is smart?
Sat Nov 20, 2021, 11:49 PM
Nov 2021

Well, compared to Trump, I guess so, but Ted Cruz is not smart. Even Ivy League schools majorly fuck up sometimes.

He might have a certain functional intelligence that has managed to advance him to the position he has achieved so far, but from what i can tell, he is a pretty dumb guy. I always wonder how people like that manage to rise to positions of prominence. It really baffles me.

LuckyCharms

(17,425 posts)
39. Well, I personally would not call him smart, but I guess intelligence is
Sun Nov 21, 2021, 12:01 AM
Nov 2021

relative. I guess my eye doctor thinks Cruz is halfway intelligent.

I mean, Cruz was smart enough to pass the bar exam. I don't put much faith in something like that being a good gauge though.

But now I'm sitting here trying to imagine tfg being able to pass the bar exam.

TreasonousBastard

(43,049 posts)
42. Smart + the proper amount of evil would be Christi. A product...
Sun Nov 21, 2021, 01:24 AM
Nov 2021

of the pit pit of corruption that is NJ, he is perfect for the job.

He bullshitted the geniuses at Bell Labs and the rest of the Old School wealth and brains, and had good practice for the rest of the country.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
43. Seriously, I have known real, verifiable idiots who have managed to pass the bar exam.
Sun Nov 21, 2021, 01:49 AM
Nov 2021

Apparently it's not easy, so they obviously get help. It does take a number of tries for most of them. A lot of them are from families with money and get coached through it. It's the only way they can make it.


Septua

(2,254 posts)
41. It's the "Peter Principle"...
Sun Nov 21, 2021, 01:17 AM
Nov 2021

..which says people get promoted until they eventually reach a level of incompetence. Actually, that refers to people in corporation mgt. I always figured politicians got into it because they were too sorry to find respectable work. A bit of there...

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