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Akamai

(1,779 posts)
Fri Jan 13, 2017, 10:32 PM Jan 2017

If a Progressive TV show beat the Trump-Extravaganza, that would be GREAT!!!

I just spoke to my brother in law and he said he was not going to watch the Trump inauguration, and I said, "No way am I going to watch that myself!"

It would be like watching someone abuse young kids, laugh as they crippled environmental controls, rolled back the social safety net, etc., etc.

That is a series of pictures I do not want to see, in part because, as a psychologist, I know that many memories last forever. Early memories of abuse can persist through one's life.

But let's encourage Jon Stewart and Mr. Colbert, and other progressives, like Bruce Springsteen, hold a counter extravaganza to raise money for good causes.

I sure as hell would watch that for a long time and if viewership beat the inauguration, that sure as hell would be remarked on!

Any thoughts?

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Akamai

(1,779 posts)
3. Then if a smaller channel can make a hell of a lot of eyeballs watch their channel,
Fri Jan 13, 2017, 10:42 PM
Jan 2017

that would be GREAT!!!! for that smaller channel!!

Or even on the web.

Although it sure as hell seems inevitable that there will be such as show, and I will get my popcorn and watch it and pledge money for the good causes they will promote!

 

Akamai

(1,779 posts)
6. Oh! You're Eye-Ore? It can and WILL happen! This will be wonderful for those participating!
Fri Jan 13, 2017, 11:10 PM
Jan 2017

And it will raise a lot of money for good causes!

And don't you like the idea? Hmmm?

global1

(25,242 posts)
5. I Like The Idea But It Might Be Too Late To Put....
Fri Jan 13, 2017, 10:56 PM
Jan 2017

this together - we're only 7 days away.

Have you contacted Stewart or Colbert?

 

Akamai

(1,779 posts)
7. I am sure this is on their plate! Any help for them to decide this would very helpful!
Fri Jan 13, 2017, 11:12 PM
Jan 2017

Your reactions will be sent to them -- this is Democratic Underground, almost the Bluest of the Blue!

 

Akamai

(1,779 posts)
8. And also a show at the same time pulling the curtain back on Trump for three hours
Fri Jan 13, 2017, 11:22 PM
Jan 2017

would be great!

This is the person now president, the person who lied about Obama's birth place, who ripped off students for their tens of thousands of dollars, their hopes, who ripped off his workers, etc.

I would watch the expose' for hours and hours and hours! And so would much of America.

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