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hunter

(38,707 posts)
19. Trump and Pence will be good little puppets.
Thu Dec 22, 2016, 01:37 AM
Dec 2016

They'll read the words and sign the papers.

When they go off script the press will politely look the other way and cover for them.

I attended an event where Ronald Reagan made an appearance during his second term. What I saw, what everyone must have seen, was a confused old man who didn't know where the hell he was or what he was doing there. Nevertheless he managed to get off a few sound bites, and those were what the television news showed. The local paper reported the event as his handlers had planned it, complete with quotes from Reagan that I'm pretty sure he never said that night, not even to any reporters behind the curtain.

Just watch, somebody will cut off Trump's tiny little twitter thumbs soon. The twitter account will remain active, written by staffers, and idiot celebrity journalists will use these tweets as evidence that Trump's politics have "matured" or some similar nonsense.

Trump is a thin skinned narcissist and Pence is a knob. The actual job of President, the real work behind the scenes, will be done by big money Republican committee, the same sort of guys who kept GWB's dick out of the pencil sharpener.



Can the yes voters elaborate? Cracklin Charlie Dec 2016 #1
Shakespeare was a prophet. C_U_L8R Dec 2016 #2
Only when he is no longer useful to them or becomes too much of an embarrassment. subterranean Dec 2016 #3
THIS socialist_n_TN Dec 2016 #13
They won't screw him -- they'll just grab him by the pussy LastLiberal in PalmSprings Dec 2016 #4
They want to but they are afraid his supporters will kill them. McCamy Taylor Dec 2016 #5
Trump is their fall guy. When they gut Medicare and Social Security and everything TeamPooka Dec 2016 #6
The current GOP base wants to get rid of Ryan, McConnell and crew onenote Dec 2016 #11
You fail to understand that Republicans are not logical thinkers. TeamPooka Dec 2016 #17
And you fail to understand their discipline. onenote Dec 2016 #18
They'll want to but... SunnyBaudelaire Dec 2016 #7
I believe they will eventually....But not now. PinkFloyd Dec 2016 #8
I doubt it because most are slimeballs and crooks! dmosh42 Dec 2016 #9
How can they screw Trump without screwing Pence with an election investigation? Thor_MN Dec 2016 #10
They'll hang on as long as he can promote their agenda. baldguy Dec 2016 #12
When they remake the TV series "The Fall Guy" it won't be about a stuntman, that's for sure! TheBlackAdder Dec 2016 #14
McCain and Graham will do anything they can ... surrealAmerican Dec 2016 #15
Not as long as he is useful to them. MyshkinCommaPrince Dec 2016 #16
Trump and Pence will be good little puppets. hunter Dec 2016 #19
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