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lapfog_1

(29,309 posts)
6. barely a mention on the morning shows
Wed Oct 28, 2020, 10:37 AM
Oct 2020

hopefully TLP has footage that they can use to make an ad... play it in Florida senior communities... old people abandoned to freeze to death because the Trump campaign is short funds to have the buses take them back to their cars

allegory to what is planned for social security

100 percent fact. dewsgirl Oct 2020 #1
They would have impeached Obama for this. Phoenix61 Oct 2020 #2
They would have executed him. lagomorph777 Oct 2020 #16
Yep. Liberal media, my ass dalton99a Oct 2020 #3
That's the damn truth! Duppers Oct 2020 #15
Rt... That's what some of us were Cha Oct 2020 #4
NPR literally didn't even touch this in today's "Morning Edition". In fact, bullwinkle428 Oct 2020 #5
MJ covered it for about 2 minutes flibbitygiblets Oct 2020 #14
NPR--Nice Polite Republicans yankeepants Oct 2020 #17
Perfect. Dark n Stormy Knight Oct 2020 #74
I missed the first hour of True Blue American Oct 2020 #43
NPR stinks NorthOf270 Oct 2020 #60
barely a mention on the morning shows lapfog_1 Oct 2020 #6
They had the buses, but because of poor planning, the buses couldn't get to the airport. tblue37 Oct 2020 #7
usually at events like this lapfog_1 Oct 2020 #9
There were nowhere near enough buses to do that. TwilightZone Oct 2020 #11
trump should planned for 6000 lapfog_1 Oct 2020 #31
I shudder to think of the Covid transmission in heated closed up buses. cwydro Oct 2020 #32
No kidding. calimary Oct 2020 #38
There's going to be a Covid surge there, I'll bet. cwydro Oct 2020 #39
Yeah. I'd bet that, too. calimary Oct 2020 #54
Attending a Trump rally already exposed them lapfog_1 Oct 2020 #61
do you think the more immediate hypothermia, plus the thousands unprotected from the virus LanternWaste Oct 2020 #70
+1. nt tblue37 Oct 2020 #13
Yes! True Blue American Oct 2020 #45
The turd is all impulse and kneejerk response. He couldn't plan his way out of a wet paper bag. not_the_one Oct 2020 #55
Very good idea and they are fast enough to do it! lagomorph777 Oct 2020 #18
So true. Solly Mack Oct 2020 #8
Losers and suckers. Quiet_Dem_Mom Oct 2020 #10
These are people that support Mad King Poopy Pants MyNameGoesHere Oct 2020 #12
I'm guessing many were bused in from old-folks homes and promised a dime and a hot meal. erronis Oct 2020 #50
❤️ ✿❧🌿❧✿ ❤️ Lucinda Oct 2020 #19
Speaking as a senior citizen myself... llmart Oct 2020 #20
I agree. When my Mom quite some time ago (she's gone now, bless her heart) she tried traveling SWBTATTReg Oct 2020 #27
I have gone on many bus tours True Blue American Oct 2020 #47
Just the kind of bus service I'd want. Unfortunately, my Mom was in a very rural part of the state, SWBTATTReg Oct 2020 #49
I understand. True Blue American Oct 2020 #53
Probably encouraged to take an outing by the retirement home director (a trumpist.) erronis Oct 2020 #51
To be honest with you, I thought the exact same thing! My dad was a trump nut and he wanted SWBTATTReg Oct 2020 #62
A senior friend of mine convinced me to go on a seniors trip one time. llmart Oct 2020 #57
Thank you for sharing your story. I agree w/ you in that as old as we are, what more do we need ... SWBTATTReg Oct 2020 #63
Rachel or Lawrence will handle it. nt Boogiemack Oct 2020 #21
Evolution Theory is doing exactly what it is supposed to do. Joe Nation Oct 2020 #22
Are we sure it wasn't a Herd Immunity promotion? Ford_Prefect Oct 2020 #23
Old folks might well have reproduced already, so Darwin Award doesn't apply. tblue37 Oct 2020 #25
+1000 Sherman A1 Oct 2020 #24
FYI Trumpocalypse Oct 2020 #75
Throughout this long nightmare, BobTheSubgenius Oct 2020 #26
"This freezing to death on the tarmac will just magically disappear in April" grantcart Oct 2020 #28
Airports are windy too. pwb Oct 2020 #33
Andrea Mitchell and Chuckles would make their whole shows about this one subject ffr Oct 2020 #29
That is absolutely a fact. The "media" could not report on Hillary without negativity or blame. jaxexpat Oct 2020 #37
So true! True Blue American Oct 2020 #48
And those cult members despite freezing their asses off will still vote for him on November 3rd ! kimbutgar Oct 2020 #30
Should they have been on buses to even begin with? (Logistics aside). LisaM Oct 2020 #34
+1. nt tblue37 Oct 2020 #36
K&R x 2 Blue Owl Oct 2020 #35
Heard Andrea Mitchell mention it. calimary Oct 2020 #40
Rick Wilson tweet: tblue37 Oct 2020 #41
Trump loves crowds and hates the people in them renate Oct 2020 #42
New take on familiar meme: tblue37 Oct 2020 #44
And they pay homage to this heartless, self centered .... Hulk Oct 2020 #46
I'll bet many of the older people in the crowd were brought there without knowing why. erronis Oct 2020 #52
LOL Sugarcoated Oct 2020 #56
Omg...LOL Sugarcoated Oct 2020 #58
Incompetence is their brand GETPLANING Oct 2020 #59
He'll tell them this will all be over soon. IronLionZion Oct 2020 #64
Owned Johnny2X2X Oct 2020 #65
Ari is covering it now XanaDUer2 Oct 2020 #66
It's not that Democrats are held to higher standards. It's that Republicans are held to none. n/t Beartracks Oct 2020 #67
It's both, I think. tblue37 Oct 2020 #68
Definitely. TwilightZone Oct 2020 #71
You'd hear about it for seven or eight years PCIntern Oct 2020 #69
A metaphor The Wizard Oct 2020 #72
excuses, again Snoopy 7 Oct 2020 #73
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