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Miles Archer

(18,837 posts)
Sat Feb 8, 2020, 06:52 PM Feb 2020

Basil Smikle NAILED IT on Rev Al's show regarding Trump.

"He's a junkyard dog. We don't need to get down there WITH him, but we need to come at him with EQUAL FORCE."

Referenced "When they go LOW, we go HIGH," saying that there's no going "HIGH" with Trump. I agree with this completely. We do NOT need to disgrace ourselves and sink to his level, but the kid gloves need to come off and STAY OFF.
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FiveGoodMen

(20,018 posts)
1. We need to regard the whole GOP as the same enemy we fought in WWII
Sat Feb 8, 2020, 06:54 PM
Feb 2020

And we need to take the same approach now as we did then.

greymattermom

(5,751 posts)
3. Make fun of him, call him nicknames, just turn his strategy back on him.
Sat Feb 8, 2020, 06:55 PM
Feb 2020

He can't stand it. The trick is to figure out how to do it without shaming anyone else.

malaise

(268,724 posts)
5. Get thee to the greatest page
Sat Feb 8, 2020, 06:57 PM
Feb 2020

Nancy Pelosi is showing everyone how to deal with the Con - know the law, know the constitution and then ridicule and troll the asshole who thinks he can ridicule everyone but no one must touch him.

Everyone needs to ''tear up his script of hatred''

 

needledriver

(836 posts)
9. I disagree with this characterization
Sat Feb 8, 2020, 07:20 PM
Feb 2020

Because junkyard dogs are real.

Donald Trump is fake.

Fake wealth.

Fake tan.

Fake patriotism.

Fake presidency.

Miles Archer

(18,837 posts)
11. You're right. He's that on the surface, but it's only a fake veneer.
Sat Feb 8, 2020, 07:30 PM
Feb 2020

The premise still works for me. Go at him as if he were a junkyard dog. Put him on defense with no room to go on offense. Just come out of the gates full force before he can land any punches.

 

needledriver

(836 posts)
12. With you all the way on that one!
Sat Feb 8, 2020, 07:54 PM
Feb 2020

When everything turns blue in November- none of the “Move on for the good of the country” nonsense. The new AG will release all the full transcripts, the full Mueller report, authorize every investigation- the Democrats should mercilessly pursue every infraction of law and the Constitution and see that the guilty are tried, convicted, and punished.

DeminPennswoods

(15,265 posts)
13. Mark my words
Sat Feb 8, 2020, 08:00 PM
Feb 2020

as soon as the first Dem growls back at the "junkyard dog", Trump is going to turn tail and run.

Miles Archer

(18,837 posts)
14. The first time a Dem stands face to face with him and hits him with FACTS...
Sat Feb 8, 2020, 08:03 PM
Feb 2020

...he's going to LOSE IT. It could be the first F-bomb presidential debate in history...IF he SHOWS UP.

lame54

(35,268 posts)
16. "Don't drag me down to your gutter, Mr. Anderson!"...
Sat Feb 8, 2020, 09:44 PM
Feb 2020

"These people crawled out of the sewer Mr. ward! Maybe the gutter's where we ought to be!"

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