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Cont: The Trump Presidency: Part 19

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StillSleepy said:
Plagueis taught him well. Skin care is an important skill for any aspiring Sith.
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Disney should license commercials. Dark, sinister laboratory temple place. Zoom in on Palpatine. He cackles, lightning flashes, and he faces the camera to intone "The Dark Side is a pathway to much that is unnatural...but natural, youthful-looking skin doesn't require mastery of the Force at all. It can be yours, with Endoreal Face Formula, available at many fine stores." He could also hawk medicines ("Ask your Bothan if Darthmaulomab is right for you!"), lawsuits ("If you or someone you know was affected by Sarlacc Syndrome as a result of an industrial workplace, call this number today for free information about a settlement"), and denture adhesive (scenes of Palpatine laughing while watching toddler Rey on a tricycle, then eating corn on the cob at an Ewok cookout). Iger didn't read my emails, but I bet the new guy will!
 
He even already acquired the necessary marketing skills, having been elected as a Senator and getting himself promoted to Emperor Supreme Chancellor. Frankly, I'm not even sure if he missed his calling or made it.
 
dudalb said:
Already rumors that Trump has been told by some CDC and HHS people that fatalaties are almost inevitable, and that basically Mikey is being set up as the fall guy to take the rap.
Not sure I buy that, but I think that Pence could make a good fall guy passed through Donnie's mind.
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JoeMorgue said:
It is telling that the first time Trump's spoken two words to or about Pence in recent memory was giving him the job of stopping a pandemic that was already underway.
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This is a no brainer, just the thing Trump was saving Pence up for.

It's a losing proposition for Trump. What better fall guy than Pence?
 
dudalb said:
Already rumors that Trump has been told by some CDC and HHS people that fatalaties are almost inevitable, and that basically Mikey is being set up as the fall guy to take the rap.
Not sure I buy that, but I think that Pence could make a good fall guy passed through Donnie's mind.
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But to be fair, President Trump has that same thought about friends, family members, subordinates, recently-fired subordinates, cabinet members, foreign dignitaries, cartoon characters....
 
Horatius said:
All the pardons he issued recently prove he doesn't need any preparing just to issue pardons, so if he is preparing something, it's not that.
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Not true. On your behalf he spends several hours every morning listening to Fox & Friends to see who he should pardon. Don't diss his hard work.
 
Segnosaur said:
So now that the Dow has dropped several hundred points over the past few days (due largely to fears of the Coronavirus impacting the economy), and after Trump has complained about the media's reporting on the disease, Trump has finally decided to appoint someone to coordinate the U.S. efforts to address the disease.

So who is this expert that will be tasked with the job of keeping America free from infection? Did they find someone who is experienced in epidemiology? Someone with a medical background?

Nope.... Trump gave the job to Mike Pence.
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Seems appropriate - as far as I can tell, he has nothing else to do. Well, ok, he does have to shine Trump's shoes but still.....
 
They spied on my campaign!
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Rep. Jim Jordan
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Comey’s FBI misled the FISA Court 17 times.

We can’t simply reauthorize the system that allowed those lies and omissions to happen.

Now is our chance to fix it.
 
Captain_Swoop said:
They spied on my campaign!
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Rep. Jim Jordan
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Comey’s FBI misled the FISA Court 17 times.

We can’t simply reauthorize the system that allowed those lies and omissions to happen.

Now is our chance to fix it.
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Now is our chance to abolish and hinder any process that might uncover our skullduggery. But we reserve the right to use those same means against our enemies.
 
bruto said:
There is of course also the possibility that Trump, facing re-election, has finally realized that there is a limit to how tyrannical and stupid his policies can appear even to his base, so he has distanced himself from the inevitable debacle by finding someone even stupider than himself - even perhaps stupid enough to believe that Trump will have his back. If the Corona virus hits a certain point, it's more likely that Trump will start calling him "Vice President What'sisname," that guy he barely knew.

The Trump regime always strikes me a little like that of the emperor in Star Wars. Every time some minion fails to get the desired results, the emperor kills him, and there, sure enough, another minion raises his hand and says "pick me pick me."
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I highlighted the word in your post that undoes all the rest.
 
dudalb said:
Meanwhile in MAGALAND
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/02/26/trump-backers-coronavirus-conspiracy-117781
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The tweet came after Limbaugh aired fears that the virus is being “weaponized” against Trump on his Monday radio program. He accused the “Drive-By Media” of overhyping the threat posed by the virus to tank financial markets.

“There’s nothing unusual about the coronavirus,” opined Limbaugh, who was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Trump earlier this month. Limbaugh, who also compared the virus to the "common cold," followed up on Tuesday by seizing on the Messonnier-Rosenstein connection.
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Can a Medal of Freedom be rescinded by the next president? If ever there was a case for it, Limbaugh's is. Trump's done a lot of stupid and outrageous things, and giving Limbaugh the MofF is one of them. :mad::mad:
 
Mean while the Stock Markets continue in free fall; Trump's news confenrece last night has fallen flat on it's face as for as reassuring Wall Street is concerned.
Not surprised. Wall Street is not stupid;they know incompetence when they see it. And they saw it last night.
 
TragicMonkey said:
Disney should license commercials. Dark, sinister laboratory temple place. Zoom in on Palpatine. He cackles, lightning flashes, and he faces the camera to intone "The Dark Side is a pathway to much that is unnatural...but natural, youthful-looking skin doesn't require mastery of the Force at all. It can be yours, with Endoreal Face Formula, available at many fine stores." He could also hawk medicines ("Ask your Bothan if Darthmaulomab is right for you!"), lawsuits ("If you or someone you know was affected by Sarlacc Syndrome as a result of an industrial workplace, call this number today for free information about a settlement"), and denture adhesive (scenes of Palpatine laughing while watching toddler Rey on a tricycle, then eating corn on the cob at an Ewok cookout). Iger didn't read my emails, but I bet the new guy will!
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"Ewok cookout" ?
There are two ways to take that... how dark are we going here?
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Jim_MDP said:
"Ewok cookout" ?
There are two ways to take that... how dark are we going here?
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One of the first things the Ewoks do when encountering our heroes is trying to roast them over a fire pit. At the end of Return of the Jedi, there seem to be a lot of fires and Imperial uniforms laying around the Ewok settlement. There's all sorts of ways it can be dark...
 
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