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  • RenaudaR Offline
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    Renauda
    wrote on last edited by Renauda
    #51

    @Jolly

    I wouldn’t know. I don’t read or subscribe to the NYT. Certainly never linked to it here. Never have. Probably never will. Not a big fan of American slick media, although there was a time years ago I regularly read the CS Monitor.

    So you haven’t fixed anything being that there was nothing to fix. But you have tried, like always, to get in the last word.

    Elbows up!

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    • RenaudaR Renauda

      @Jolly said in Wannabe Dictator:

      @Doctor-Phibes said in Wannabe Dictator:

      @Jolly said in Wannabe Dictator:

      Ah, yes. Pearls of wisdom from Salon.

      You're shooting the messenger? I'm surprised at you, Jolly.

      Thought you'd show up on that one. Yep, guilty. But I don't make a habit of it, as some do.

      I think Gen. Kelly in his capacity as former Chief of Staff to Trump, is credible even if the media outlet reporting his statements can be dodgy to some, myself included.

      taiwan_girlT Offline
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      taiwan_girl
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      #52

      @Renauda said in Wannabe Dictator:

      @Jolly said in Wannabe Dictator:

      @Doctor-Phibes said in Wannabe Dictator:

      @Jolly said in Wannabe Dictator:

      Ah, yes. Pearls of wisdom from Salon.

      You're shooting the messenger? I'm surprised at you, Jolly.

      Thought you'd show up on that one. Yep, guilty. But I don't make a habit of it, as some do.

      I think Gen. Kelly in his capacity as former Chief of Staff to Trump, is credible even if the media outlet reporting his statements can be dodgy to some, myself included.

      Exactly. Although I am not a historian person, I doubt that there is any other US president, where so many people who have worked VERY VERY closely with President Trump (on a daily basis), have come out and said he is unfit to be president.

      (I am not talking about the #3 cousin of the wife of the housekeeper who cleaned the White House that said President Obama was a terrible guy, but people who probably saw President Trump more than his wife)

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      • JollyJ Offline
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        Jolly
        wrote on last edited by
        #53

        Well, he may be unfit, but at least he knows what a fax machine is...

        “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

        Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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        • taiwan_girlT Offline
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          taiwan_girl
          wrote on last edited by
          #54

          LOL There was a story I read once about George Bush (1st) who did not know what a price scanner was. He was amazed when he saw one in action.

          But to their defense, I think that very rich famous people really lose track of what it is like in the common world. When was the last time President Biden/Trump etc. had to handle money? stand in line at the bank? call for a repair man? book a trip ticket? stand at airport baggage claim waiting for a suitcase? etc etc etc

          (another story I heard about President Bush (1st). He was asked what perks he missed most about being president. He said it wasn't the big house, big plane, etc. Anybody rich enough can have those. It was the fact that as president, he never ever had to wait in traffic!!! LOL)

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          • taiwan_girlT taiwan_girl

            LOL There was a story I read once about George Bush (1st) who did not know what a price scanner was. He was amazed when he saw one in action.

            But to their defense, I think that very rich famous people really lose track of what it is like in the common world. When was the last time President Biden/Trump etc. had to handle money? stand in line at the bank? call for a repair man? book a trip ticket? stand at airport baggage claim waiting for a suitcase? etc etc etc

            (another story I heard about President Bush (1st). He was asked what perks he missed most about being president. He said it wasn't the big house, big plane, etc. Anybody rich enough can have those. It was the fact that as president, he never ever had to wait in traffic!!! LOL)

            George KG Offline
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            George K
            wrote on last edited by
            #55

            @taiwan_girl said in Wannabe Dictator:

            There was a story I read once about George Bush (1st) who did not know what a price scanner was. He was amazed when he saw one in action.

            That story has been shown to be false.

            https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/bush-scanner-demonstration/

            "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

            The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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            • George KG George K

              @taiwan_girl said in Wannabe Dictator:

              There was a story I read once about George Bush (1st) who did not know what a price scanner was. He was amazed when he saw one in action.

              That story has been shown to be false.

              https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/bush-scanner-demonstration/

              Doctor PhibesD Offline
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              Doctor Phibes
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              #56

              @George-K said in Wannabe Dictator:

              @taiwan_girl said in Wannabe Dictator:

              There was a story I read once about George Bush (1st) who did not know what a price scanner was. He was amazed when he saw one in action.

              That story has been shown to be false.

              https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/bush-scanner-demonstration/

              Donald Trump thinks you need photo ID to buy groceries. So, not out of touch at all.

              I was only joking

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              • Doctor PhibesD Doctor Phibes

                @George-K said in Wannabe Dictator:

                @taiwan_girl said in Wannabe Dictator:

                There was a story I read once about George Bush (1st) who did not know what a price scanner was. He was amazed when he saw one in action.

                That story has been shown to be false.

                https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/bush-scanner-demonstration/

                Donald Trump thinks you need photo ID to buy groceries. So, not out of touch at all.

                JollyJ Offline
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                Jolly
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                #57

                @Doctor-Phibes said in Wannabe Dictator:

                @George-K said in Wannabe Dictator:

                @taiwan_girl said in Wannabe Dictator:

                There was a story I read once about George Bush (1st) who did not know what a price scanner was. He was amazed when he saw one in action.

                That story has been shown to be false.

                https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/bush-scanner-demonstration/

                Donald Trump thinks you need photo ID to buy groceries. So, not out of touch at all.

                If writing a check, many times you'll have to show photo ID. I doubt Trump has personally bought many groceries in decades.

                But tell me...If Trump does not understand some of the everyday problems of the American people, why does he have the political support he has?

                “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                • JollyJ Jolly

                  @Doctor-Phibes said in Wannabe Dictator:

                  @George-K said in Wannabe Dictator:

                  @taiwan_girl said in Wannabe Dictator:

                  There was a story I read once about George Bush (1st) who did not know what a price scanner was. He was amazed when he saw one in action.

                  That story has been shown to be false.

                  https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/bush-scanner-demonstration/

                  Donald Trump thinks you need photo ID to buy groceries. So, not out of touch at all.

                  If writing a check, many times you'll have to show photo ID. I doubt Trump has personally bought many groceries in decades.

                  But tell me...If Trump does not understand some of the everyday problems of the American people, why does he have the political support he has?

                  Doctor PhibesD Offline
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                  Doctor Phibes
                  wrote on last edited by Doctor Phibes
                  #58

                  @Jolly said in Wannabe Dictator:

                  But tell me...If Trump does not understand some of the everyday problems of the American people, why does he have the political support he has?

                  That's kind of a circular argument. He's got support, therefore he must understand the people.

                  Do you think Obama or George W Bush or JFK understood the everyday problems of the American people?

                  If writing a check, many times you'll have to show photo ID.

                  Maybe if you're as old as Biden or Trump you still write a check. Or maybe you count out all your coins from a nice little wallet/purse thing.

                  I was only joking

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                  • Doctor PhibesD Doctor Phibes

                    @Jolly said in Wannabe Dictator:

                    But tell me...If Trump does not understand some of the everyday problems of the American people, why does he have the political support he has?

                    That's kind of a circular argument. He's got support, therefore he must understand the people.

                    Do you think Obama or George W Bush or JFK understood the everyday problems of the American people?

                    If writing a check, many times you'll have to show photo ID.

                    Maybe if you're as old as Biden or Trump you still write a check. Or maybe you count out all your coins from a nice little wallet/purse thing.

                    George KG Offline
                    George KG Offline
                    George K
                    wrote on last edited by
                    #59

                    @Doctor-Phibes said in Wannabe Dictator:

                    Do you think Obama or George W Bush or JFK understood the everyday problems

                    Bill Clinton felt my pain....

                    "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                    The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                    • George KG George K

                      @Doctor-Phibes said in Wannabe Dictator:

                      Do you think Obama or George W Bush or JFK understood the everyday problems

                      Bill Clinton felt my pain....

                      Doctor PhibesD Offline
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                      Doctor Phibes
                      wrote on last edited by
                      #60

                      @George-K said in Wannabe Dictator:

                      Bill Clinton felt my pain....

                      OK, another phoney - but his upbringing was a lot more regular than Trump's.

                      I was only joking

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                      • George KG George K

                        @Doctor-Phibes said in Wannabe Dictator:

                        Do you think Obama or George W Bush or JFK understood the everyday problems

                        Bill Clinton felt my pain....

                        MikM Away
                        MikM Away
                        Mik
                        wrote on last edited by
                        #61

                        @George-K said in Wannabe Dictator:

                        @Doctor-Phibes said in Wannabe Dictator:

                        Do you think Obama or George W Bush or JFK understood the everyday problems

                        Bill Clinton felt my pain....

                        You're lucky he stopped there.

                        “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                        • JollyJ Jolly

                          Well, he may be unfit, but at least he knows what a fax machine is...

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                          Renauda
                          wrote on last edited by Renauda
                          #62

                          @Jolly said in Wannabe Dictator:

                          Well, he may be unfit, but at least he knows what a fax machine is...

                          Possibly but whether the he ever knew how to use one is entirely another matter.

                          Which reminds me, talking about technology……

                          ….your media darling, FuCa, was absolutely fascinated by the those automatic sliding doors in the one Moscow grocery store he visited. The chained carts really tickled his fancy as well. That FuCa, eh? Too bad his stardom didn’t coincide with the late night airings of the Merv Griffin Show.

                          Elbows up!

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