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spanone
(135,828 posts)housecat
(3,121 posts)thesquanderer
(11,986 posts)jayschool2013
(2,312 posts)tavernier
(12,382 posts)Sadly every grade schooler on the playground generously sprinkles them around like Skittles.
Those words have become as common as Rhett Butler not giving a damn.
His opinion almost has more punch without the dud firecrackers.
Abolishinist
(1,293 posts)when every 5th word is fuck or fucking. BFD!
And I would say his opinion actually HAS more punch without the dud firecrackers, which by the way, is a phrase I've never typed before in my life, so another first for me!
Tommymac
(7,263 posts)Fuck does not have the stigma we Boomers attached to it.
It's just another expression now.
MayReasonRule
(1,461 posts)Tommymac
(7,263 posts)Silent3
(15,206 posts)...than what's likely left of his life after any substantial penalties, maybe, just maybe, come to roost.
Even if, fina-fucking-lly, an indictment comes soon, I'd bet it's at least 2-3 years of trials and appeals before Trump serves any time whatsoever, in whatever comparatively comfortable form "serving time" might take compared to the hard prison time he deserves.
niyad
(113,278 posts)SonofDonald
(2,050 posts)Sort of, a lot of people think its going to be a country club existence and I sure hope not
But my thoughts are that hes done so much to screw over our country that they wont let him have that kind of future.
Hell find a way to get around a gag order, he has his fans recite his words on the various websites ad nauseum as it is
So wed have to continue watching him try to encourage violence each and every time he gets a hangnail, I cant even think of him being in house arrest and still spouting his lies and calls for violence until the day he dies
I hope the realize this and that they are going to put him away in a place that he no longer try to continue what hes doing as we speak, he wont shut up, he cant, its not possible
Put him in a cell, lock the door and throw away the key, deny him any contact with the outside world, put a gag order on his lawyer and his family, keep his voice out of our lives forever
His followers are going to act up no matter what happens but without his voice egging them on our lives will be so much better
He deserves zero accommodations, and isnt putting someone in jail supposed to be taking away their freedoms?
Thats what I think will happen, I just wont bet on it
OMGWTF
(3,952 posts)70sEraVet
(3,495 posts)He never gave a crap about politics, always too busy conning people. Suddenly realized he could con people on a national scale, and he couldn't resist.
WestMichRad
(1,320 posts)And the only way he sees to proceed is to keep playing the con game, to the max. So far its held off the wolves (ugh!)
Maeve
(42,281 posts)czarjak
(11,269 posts)Roc2020
(1,615 posts)But most people can't help themselves until the consequences comes crashing down.
BradBo
(529 posts)
all Trump had to do is let Dr. Fauci handle the pandemic and just defer to him with those questions, just keep his mouth shut. He could have still been a political imbecile on all other subjects and he would have been re-elected in a landslide.
Im in emergency services, Ive had Covid three times. Ive seen the really sick a bunch of times. Dr. Fauci with Trumps support would have been a folk hero.
murielm99
(30,736 posts)Governor Pritzker had almost daily news conferences. He had a wonderful doctor who gave the pandemic news and instructions. She was a black lady who was fluent in Spanish. So, after speaking in English, she repeated everything in Spanish. Pritzker deferred to her. I remember one day when she turned around and cried.
She has resigned now. I imagine everything just became too stressful for her.
Thank God for our governor here in Illinois and the great experts he finds to guide us.