Have you noticed the shift? Now people

[leftyladyfrommo]

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are just making fun of Trump. The tone has completely changed.

[surfered]

1. Fingers crossed

[AllaN01Bear]

2. this. fingers crossed.

[mopinko]

3. when does snl come back?

heard al franken say they always do a debate sketch. cant wait.

[tanyev]

6. Ooh, who will play Laura Loomer??

[dchill]

10. By that time, I half expect Laura Looker to be available.

[COL Mustard]

48. You don't think she'll be

The next future ex-Mrs. Trump?

[usaf-vet]

54. I'm sorry did you mean Laura Hooker? Just asking.

[dchill]

57. Heh. Actually, I merely neglected to correct auto-correct.

I typed "Loomer" - it went with "Looker."

[Silent Type]

8. Looking forward to it also. In meantime, the 3 major late night hosts have been doing a great job of mocking trump.

[mucifer]

44. Google says September 28. Two more weeks

[SheltieLover]

4. weirdo & beardo are great butts of jokes

[Chasing Dreams]

13. Love that line -- weirdo & beardo!

[SheltieLover]

28. Many thanks to Mr. Bill for "beardo"

It fits them perfectly, don't you think? And, just for the record, both are creepy.

[Sky Jewels]

16. I also call them Sleepy & Creepy

[calimary]

21. Hey, it all works!

[live love laugh]

5. Remember when it seemed like Hillary had it in the bag?

[KC19]

12. Yes

Every day since the 2016 election 😢

[Chasing Dreams]

14. Hillary wins if Comey doesn't call for reopening the bullshit email investigation 10 days before the election.

Which depressed our turnout and caused early / mail voting to go more to trump while the country awaited Comey's verdict. Which was nothing to see here. Too late to undo the enormous damage.

I don't see that happening this time.

[LiberalArkie]

15. Wasn't that to pay for Comey's Dacha on the Black Sea?

[groundloop]

25. I don't see it happening either, HOWEVER .....

The GQP has a ton of practice implementing dirty tricks, they can't win on substance so they resort to BS and they've gotten extremely good at it over the years.

[Zambero]

55. The HRC campaign took PA, WI and MI for granted

while attempting to run up the EV tally in a number of other states that went for Trump by a slim margin. I don't see that happening this time.

[brush]

30. Yes, and I remember Comey, too. Rethugs may have an Oct. surprise coming up but nothing of that creep's magnitude.

[COL Mustard]

49. Yup. Can't assume anything anymore.

If I remember correctly, she had something like a 99% chance, at least according to 538, and we all know how that worked out.

[Quakerfriend]

7. Yes! - Amazing how just a modicum of

sanity coming from Harris/Walz has flipped the script.

My husband and I laughed so hard when we saw the latest article by David Frum-

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2024/09/how-harris-roped-a-dope/679779/

[moonscape]

19. Would love to read it

but paywall. Would you be kind enough to put the link here https://archive.is/ so it’s archived and searchable? I looked but it wasn’t there yet.

It returns a link you could paste here.

If not, I understand.

[dpibel]

26. Here's one

https://archive.ph/TDCgR

Many copies at archive.ph

Also, this just worked for me: Hit fn+f12; in the window that pops up, click the settings icon (the gearlike thingy at the upper right of that window), click "Disable Javascript," click the X to close the popup window.

[Thunderbeast]

29. Thanks!

[moonscape]

41. Thanks! I put the article head in the

search field at archive but it didn’t come up. Appreciate the link.

I used to do the disable javascript on my computer but those strategies defeat me on my iPad.

[Think. Again.]

51. If you copy and paste the original article's URL (the http website address)...

...into the FIRST searchbox on archive.is (or .ph), it will archive any un-archived article and give you the new no-payball article.

[usonian]

9. I remember from back in 2016

Everyone was doing imitations and mocking him.
Prairie Home Companion mocked him endlessly.
The publicity won him the presidency.

CONCENTRATE ON WINNING. PLEASE

[dchill]

11. Lots of very funny stuff on the road to something...

...that was no joke.

[Sky Jewels]

18. Authoritarian dictator wannabes

gain power through fostering fear and perceptions of unstoppable power. Ridicule is an essential tool to poke holes in these self-aggrandizing egomaniacs. Making fun of Trump is an important part of defeating him. The people likely to support him don’t want to hitch their wagon to a deflated balloon covered in loser stink.

[usonian]

22. I distincly remember him lavishing in the publicity and gaining because of it.

I would rather paint him as old, feeble, angry, vengeful, criminal and so on.
Just what he splattered all over Joe Biden.

It's funny, but with a sharp knitting needle.

I worry as I did in 2016 about pure ridicule. This is an election, not a military draft, as when the Stooges or even Charlie Chaplin ridiculed Hitler. He wasn't on our ballot.

A chuckle tolerates.

I grew up just after WWII and would look at the stuff my uncles left at my grandmother's house.
Some was chuckles, but some was gruesome, racist stuff.
Chuckles let you sit on the couch.
The more gruesome stuff got you angry enough to enlist.
From the stories of brutality and torture in the Pacific, they were sadly true at the time.

I'M NOT CHUCKLING.
YMMV, of course.

[MorbidButterflyTat]

23. Every day

we are told to temper happiness over things we have a right to be happy about.

2024 is not 2016.

Can we be happy while concentrating on winning? Can we accomplish two things at once?

[usonian]

32. I'm not completely happy while women's lives are put at risk for a state's religious fatwa,

or young men are shot for holding a sandwich.

I have my fun, and you may have seen my computer graphics. One has Lady Liberty shoving a torch up his fat ass. Another has kids having fun with his shock collar. I'm a pacifist and as tolerant as anyone short of Jesus himself can be, but this POS is PURE EVIL, like any devil you meet in the Twilight Zone.

I'll tell you what's funny.

Thanksgiving dinner when his goose is cooked.



Kanamits hauling him away.



Trump fleeing to his bunker.



And especially, him enjoying a TRUMP STAKE



If your knife ain't got an edge, it's only good for spreading warm butter.

As I said in an OP with zero rec's and zero replies:
Conspiracies and gossip deflect from Dump's crimes, his Project 2025 agenda, and from Harris and Walz.

I can't say if people are tired of them. Obviously not enough to dismiss them.

But positive change requires energy and focus, and Maybe that has been the strategy all along. Neutralize the opposition by sucking all the air out of the room. Fascist playbook? When has it been anything else?

Let's face it. No new scandal is worse than anything we have already heard. Mud don't get any dirtier.

Can you tune it out? Consider the effect of the time and energy you are spending. Is it making a difference?

What can you really do to send him to the bunker?

[geo1]

34. Agree it didn't work in 2016, it also didn't work during his presidency, but it's an effective tool now

It's how Trump is reacting that is different, he hasn't been able to turn it around to his advantage as much as in the past. Probably due to his cognitive decline, he's overreacting and making mistakes. That was really evident in the debate. I know folks who voted for Trump last time who didn't like him then, hate him now, but would have voted for him anyway over Biden (not friends of mine, people I know from living in conservative areas). The mocking and bringing attention to his "weirdness" won't change anything with his hard core cult members, but I think it's working with the ones who don't really want to vote for him. If nothing else they may stay home, and that helps Kamala win.

[usonian]

37. He has changed in one big way.

He has completely lost his mind.

I believe that Joe saw that a drastic change would clearly point out his advanced age, inferior logic, and ...
let's face it, his allegiance to things like " pride, greed, wrath, envy, lust, gluttony and sloth."

It's really hard for anyone not to notice that he's completely deranged.

So maybe the ridicule works.

I just like the positive message versus the "Spanish Inquisition" message of the RW.

That's how I see things, but I have a historical perspective that others might not have in abundance.

Note that Hitler didn't completely go off the deep end until later on. (MUCH too late)
The History Channel has a show called "High Hitler," saying how his doctor loaded him with drugs.

There's a quote (verified by Snopes) that:

TIL Theodor Morell, Adolf Hitler’s quack personal physician, prescribed him cocaine eye drops, heavy doses of oxycodone, and amphetamines, sometimes up to 20 times a day. To combat Hitler’s excessive flatulence, he prescribed “Doktor Koster’s Antigas Pills”, a mixture of atropine and strychnine

https://www.yahoo.com/news/fact-check-truth-hitlers-condition-130000525.html

[geo1]

39. Being a "Boomer" I grew up watching movies about WWII and film of Hitler in action

Always wondered why so many people practically worshipped him when he looked like a nut to me, not to mention how they could have supported his evil. When Trump came along and was so successful in using the Hitler playbook, I began to understand. Have seen some stuff in recent years on the History channel about how Hitler manipulated the crowds and the media of that day. Yes, it appears that Trump may be following Hitler off the deep end, and let's hope folks see the light before it's much too late.

[COL Mustard]

50. I admire and respect Joe Biden

He was the right person at the right time to turn Trump aside, and I know it was extremely difficult for him to step down in July, but it was the right thing for the country, and I’m glad he did it.

[mahina]

17. Google said Sept 28th. I got so mad at them for shitting on Joe every show

I quit watching after decades. It seemed designed to hurt us. Not occassiinally, every single show at least twice, all just on his age. This was before the debate.

We shall see.

[Kablooie]

20. When the opposing candidate makes fun of him..,

It frees others to do so as well.

Trump used that technique often.
Dems, only recently.

[cutroot]

24. The hardcore creeps still have their noses firmly planted up dumps butt

They are not going away. We must deal with them as if they are demented. Because they are

[peggysue2]

27. The shift is definitely a thing, as is the change in vibe

Optimistic, excited, ready to do whatever it takes to cross the finish line and deliver a deathblow to Agent Orange's campaign specifically and the MAGA Movement in general. Though I believe it will take several cycles to obliterate MAGA, Donald Trump can be and will be defeated. First steps.

Of course, the optimism and excitement alone won't win this thing but that vibe is definitely a plus because it gets people motivated to register, phone-bank, write postcards, canvass door-to-door and most importantly, VOTE.

We're in a good place at the moment with 52 days and counting. The polls are up for Harris and supporters are energized. Yes, we've seen this before, and then had our hopes dashed. But this isn't the 2016 election. Kamala hasn't been dragged through every propaganda dumpster site for decades, nor has she had a bruising primary to split Dem voter sentiment nor a sizable 3rd party opposition.

No doubt there will be surprises between now and November 5th but Harris has proven to be formidable while being well-liked, Donald Trump is deteriorating before our eyes and the GOP is in disarray with in-fighting and money woes.

I'm still cautiously optimistic but I'm loving this Vibe!

[Arthur_Frain]

31. oh yes

there was a point in the debate, just after he was completely overmastered by Kamala, when he reverted to blurting slogans as if they were fact. Shortly after that he got the flop sweats, and you could see he was just trying to endure to the finish line. He knew he lost a half hour before it was over, he was already spinning the BS.

[H2O Man]

33. Yes!

Recommended.

[leftyladyfrommo]

35. I am starting to feel like I can breathe again.

I feel like I have been holding my breath for 8 years.

[H2O Man]

36. Seriously!

And one of the great things is that the felon is aware that he is sinking, and provides us with a stream of laughter.

[leftyladyfrommo]

38. I'm not really laughing yet. But things

are starting to get really interesting.

I was honestly afraid our democracy could be in real jeopardy.

[lostnfound]

52. On TikTok i find joy bubbling over in Kamala celebration, people dancing to swift songs and to riffs from convention

my feed at least has gotten quite happy

[MangoPulpinaSuit]

40. Palpable

[Persondem]

42. I am trying to do my part. About 90 custom signs given away that poke fun at The Felon and

the Weirdo. I have about 60 more to give out. People seem to like them here in central NC. Lots of positive vibes!!

[MadameButterfly]

43. It might help Trump crack up more quickly, which is our best hope

i hope it works

[IbogaProject]

45. Bad idea, we should respect our elders

And the best way to respect them is to mock that childish spoiled brat mercilessly.

[Jack Valentino]

46. 'Best-case scenario'---

Wide-ranging ridicule is the worst thing that can happen to a presidential candidate---

also the worst that can happen to a "strong man" wanna-be fascist


Trump is in big-time 'denial' because he just can't handle the past week...

[Martin68]

47. Treating him like the pathetic loser he is. But he is backed by some dangerous people, some of them

wealthy, some of them very skilled in dirty tricks and manipulating people. They have an agenda that would destroy this country.

[UbeU_2024]

53. Finally!

As a native NYer, we have known he was a joke for decades....

[Stpaoulboy]

56. I agree!

Driving a stretch of road in northern Minnesota that you would typically see Trump signs, we notice fewer than usual, and actually saw more Harris Walz signs. The times I hope are a changing.