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August 31, 2016

"What bats in the attic? They're squirrels." . . . Please come CAPTION Michele Bachmann!!



Michele Bachmann is saying: "I don't have to believe that God raised Donald Trump up to win the election, I know it!!!! . . . There were 17 Republican candidates in the beginning, right? . . . Well, it just so happens that Revelations 17:17 says that we shall give ourselves to the best until we're filled with his words. . . . Besides, Mr. Trump promised to write the second amendment. . . . And I've always loved his hair."


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Above CAPTION based on the following MSNBC story:


http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/michele-bachmann-god-picked-trump-to-be-the-gop-nominee/ar-AAigUgp?li=AA5a8k&ocid=spartanntp
August 28, 2016

Clear as a lobotomy, and with a lemony smell. . . . Please come CAPTION Donald Trump!!



Donald ("I remember when my dad said I was ready to evict my first elderly couple. . . . I've never been so proud!" ) Trump is saying: "Frankly folks, I couldn't be any more clear, but the press wants to muddy things up so they can say I contradicted my self. . . . When I said I was softening on my immigration stand, that was really a hardening and here's why. . . . Because you can only get a hardening in contrast to a softening, like heat is the opposite of cold, and day night, so if I hadn't mentioned a softening, I'd have nothing at all. . . . Zip!. . . . So my stance is tougher than before which everyone would know if it wasn't for the lying press. . . . Geez!"

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Above CAPION based on Trump's variety of implied and explicit stances on undocumented aliens as reported in Bustle:


http://www.bustle.com/articles/181014-donald-trump-is-talking-tough-on-immigration-flip-flopping-again-from-his-previous-softening-tone
August 27, 2016

"A script for opiods? Why not?" . . . Please come CAPTION Trump's doctor!!!



Dr. Harold ("Duck Soup was a documentary, wasn't it?&quot Bornstein is saying: " . . . Sure, sure, fabulous health. . . . I'm not saying he could take down Superman, but not even Batman could do that! . . . In fact, if you took all the superheroes from all times and put them together, well . . . Hey, don't laugh. . . . These are serious matters."


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Above CAPTION based on the following NBC story with clip:

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/trump-doctor-wrote-health-letter-just-5-minutes-limo-waited-n638526
August 26, 2016

"Pants on three-alarm fire!" . . . Please come CAPTION Donald Trump!!!



Donald ("The Man with the Merdus touch&quot Trump is saying: "Excuse me, Bill. . . . Excuse me. . . . The reason I can say that the Chicago police don't remember talking to me even though I'm a presidential candidate is beause it's true. . . . I mean these guys are so busy . . . (You know I love the police. I really, really do) that they simply forgot. . . . What's so hard to believe about that?"


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Above CAPTION based on t he following story from Talking Points Memo:

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/chicago-police-deny-trump-tough-policing-stop-crime
August 23, 2016

"If I can fake it here, I can fake it anywhere!" . . . Please come CAPTION Donald Trump!!!



Donald ("What will you give me for her?&quot Trump is saying, "On the contrary, Bill, my plan for dealing with urban crime is very detailed and based on firm research, . . . the best!. . . . You hand the force over to the Dirty Harry types and take it out of the hands of politicians. . . . They're crooked and they screw everything up. . . . Name me one movie where Eastwood is the bad guy? . . . Name me just one. . . . See?"



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CAPTION based on last night's O'Reilly-Trump interview (8.23.16) as reported by Raw Story:

https://www.rawstory.com/2016/08/oreilly-slams-trumps-call-to-allow-police-to-get-tougher-with-suspects-you-cant-beat-em-up/
August 23, 2016

"If I can fake it here, I can fake it any where!" . . . Please come CAPTION Donald Trump!!!!




Donald ("What will you give me for her?&quot Trump is saying, "On the contrary, Bill, my plan for dealing with urban crime is very detailed and based on firm research, . . . the best!. . . . You hand the force over to the Dirty Harry types and take it out of the hands of politicians. . . . They're crooked and they screw everything up. . . . Name me one movie where Eastwood is the bad guy? . . . Name me just one. . . . See?"



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CAPTION based on last night's O'Reilly-Trump interview (8.23.16) as reported by Raw Story:

https://www.rawstory.com/2016/08/oreilly-slams-trumps-call-to-allow-police-to-get-tougher-with-suspects-you-cant-beat-em-up/
August 22, 2016

Puppet-Boy lip syncs his notion of a leader. . . Please come CAPTION Donald Trump!!!!



Donald ("My teleprompter has the best words" ) Trump is saying: "And . I say . this . sincerely, . directly . from . my . heart . to . yours, . I . will . never . lie . to . you, . . . Never! . . . It's . not . in . my . nature . to . pretend . to . be . someone . else . Wait . for . applause . to . die . down. . . . I . am . who . I . am. . . . I'm . not . a . politician. . . . I . never . sought . the . limelight. . . . Ever! . . . I'm . just . like . you. . . . Forthright, . humble, . and . above . all, . honest. . Wait . for . applause . to . die . down. . . . Furthermore. . . ."
August 21, 2016

"I learned to nap during interviews." . . . Please ceom CAPTION Dr. Ben Carson!!!




Ben ("Just why won't Obama invite me to lead the Prayer Breakfast any more?&quot Carson is saying: "Donald Trump, unlike Hillary Clinton, does not pander to African Americans. . . . On the contrary, instead of promising to give them a bigger piece of the pie, he wants to bake more pies! . . . Dozens of pies. . . . Hundreds! . . . Millions!!! . . . He will give them away in poor neighborhoods, . . . so each person can have his or her own pie. . . . Furthermore, because Mr. Trump believes in freedom, each person will be able to have the kind of pie he or she wants: blueberry or strawberry, or peach, or like my favorite, apple. . . . And who, after all, doesn't like pie?"


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Above CAPTION based on the NewsHounds sotry with a elightful clip of Carson trying to speak:

http://www.newshounds.us/dr_ben_carson_loves_donald_trump_s_insulting_what_the_hell_do_you_have_to_lose_pitch_to_black_voters_082016
August 20, 2016

Through mind's terrible looking glass. . . . Please come CAPTION Donald Trump!!!




Donald ("See me twirl the basketball?&quot Trump is saying: "And I swear I will never, ever lie to you. Absolutely! I will never - ever - lie - to - you! . . . Like Hillary does to our citizens in the inner cities. . . . But mark my words, if you elect me, in four years I will receive over 95% of the African-American vote. . . . I promise you!"


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Today I confess: I did not create a CAPTION; I only deleted the section between the first and last statement and added a transitional thought (which can be found in spirit elsewhere) while tinkering with the words a wee bit. I feel like a failure. . . . But then I wonder who can successfully mock a clown miming the death of the intellect? I mean, sure, it can be done, but successfully. . . ?
August 19, 2016

"Remember not to forget to take your amnesia medicine." . . . Please come CAPTION Donald Trump!!!




Donald ("Bend over for a quick smooch&quot Trump is saying: " . . . so in the heat of battle I may have slipped a couple of times and said something I now regret. . . . But that was all in the past. . . . Not even worth remembering. . . . Let's move on. . . . Nothing to it."


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Above CAPTION based on Trump's first teleprompter rally as reported by The New York Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/20/us/politics/donald-trump-speech.html?_r=0

and CBS:

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/donald-trump-expresses-regret-for-campaign-conduct/

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I am retired, now a professor emeritus at University of Louisiana at Lafayette, where I taught in the English department for 37 years. I've written 4 chapbooks and 5 full-sized books (all listed as poetry though many include other genres as well), including _Sheer Indefinite: Selected Poems, 1991-2012 (Univ. of New Orleans Press, 2012). I've also written a 500+ page bibliography of three contemporary poets: Robert Creeley, Ed Dorn, and Robert Duncan. I am writing now, both fiction and poetry, more now than ever. My first vote for President of the United States was for Dick Gregory in 1968 (Bowling Green, Ohio). Favorite quote: "It's easy to be an idealist if you don't have to mind the evidence, but no one said it was supposed to be easy" (Richard LaPauvre).
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