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Hortensis

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23. :) Really have to decline the role. We have many good people.

Reply to playaseeker (Reply #18)

Fri May 10, 2019, 11:21 AM

May 2019

You can claim to be the average of yourself and crowds of trumpsters, hypocritical zealots, and feckless shirkers if that pleases you, but I'd advise against it. I'm part of the majority who chose Obama twice and our first woman president once.

Of course agree that in a just world all who refused to stand against what the Republican Party has become would get what they're doing to others. If only.

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David Frum: Trump Has Just One Trick--And It's Not Working Anymore [View all] babylonsister May 2019 OP

He can only do that as long as his tactics are unknown. lunatica May 2019 #1

I still don't understand how that kind of stock market manipulation could be legal. Maven May 2019 #2

how is it so many people knew what a con man / crook Trump is Skittles May 2019 #6

We New Yorkers certainly knew, Skittles Maven May 2019 #11

"He is a walking talking caricature of hetero white male privilege." More like for the wealthy. cstanleytech May 2019 #17

my mum, gone for years now, commenting on Trump Skittles May 2019 #20

Twitter was invented for pompous Twits like Trump. lagomorph777 May 2019 #24

I spent a lot time in NYC in the 90's and tRump* was a joke, even then... Raster May 2019 #26

From what I understand it isn't. Known as a "pump 'n' dump." rurallib May 2019 #8

Wow, I was so confused. I thought "pump 'n' dump" was Trump's strategy with women. lagomorph777 May 2019 #25

Or as the newly installed SCOTUS "judge" would say: FFFF erronis May 2019 #32

The laws have changed since the dot com bust of 2000-2001 VMA131Marine May 2019 #29

Frum: "Reminder Trump's competency not deal-making, it is duping gullible victims" Bernardo de La Paz May 2019 #3

Right. He's fooled his idiot base, but not the rest of the world. lindysalsagal May 2019 #4

The biggest difference is that Arger68 May 2019 #5

there's a list a mile long of suppliers and banks and investors and customers who he's screwed over unblock May 2019 #10

Old Jedi mind trick Xipe Totec May 2019 #7

Frum seemed to wake just prior to (our around the time of) the advent of the Tea Party salin May 2019 #9

I'll check out that book. Honeycombe8 May 2019 #13

One of the best articles on what's going on w/Trump's M.O. and Presidency Honeycombe8 May 2019 #12

I was gonna guess his one trick was to blubber. Mc Mike May 2019 #14

Vlad said he'd love to help... czarjak May 2019 #15

Investing in Trump was the best investment Vlad ever made. keithbvadu2 May 2019 #16

Possibly the only time in his life coeur_de_lion May 2019 #21

Trump probably doesn't have a choice. VMA131Marine May 2019 #30

+1 uponit7771 May 2019 #19

We get the politicians we deserve playaseeker May 2019 #18

:) Really have to decline the role. We have many good people. Hortensis May 2019 #23

Count me in on that Majority. True Blue American May 2019 #28

The Magabluffer Blue Owl May 2019 #22

playground bully technique. Doesn't work with smart people demigoddess May 2019 #27

Frum also once said, "The battle for power is enormous." Hortensis May 2019 #31

I remember only thinking in the 80s that he was just a wannabe Gordon Gekko. WyattKansas May 2019 #33