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FDR's Mar-A-Lago (Original Post)
Tomconroy
Apr 2022
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Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)1. What no golden toilet? He obviously wasn't a Repube
FDR never needed this crap, but TFG needed a gaudy throne to proclaim his identity to himself as a authentically shitty Republican Grifter Traitor President.
Peregrine Took
(7,422 posts)2. I love it - looks like any lake cottage you might rent for a week
No golden cupids or crystal chandeliers???
EYESORE 9001
(26,273 posts)3. Coming from 'old money' as FDR did
he would have shaken his head in dismay at the faux opulence of merde-a-logo and its boorish caretaker, who strived his entire life to gain acceptance from the rich but never succeeded.
Thtwudbeme
(7,737 posts)4. It is a great place to visit
I loved it there, and the little town. It felt very comforting.
Laurelin
(548 posts)7. It really is a nice tour
I used to go to Callaway Gardens all the time, so once I made the short trip from there to FDRs little white house. It was worth the visit.
Xavier Breath
(3,793 posts)5. Willing to bet FDR never sat in that room
eating a steak smothered in ketchup.
Wounded Bear
(59,035 posts)6. I really hate the FDR to Mar-a-Lago connection/comparison...
implied or not, it is a bad analogy.
Tomconroy
(7,611 posts)8. What is it John McEnroe used to say?
Wounded Bear
(59,035 posts)9. Don't know. Don't care...