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Adenoid_Hynkel

(14,093 posts)
Fri Oct 12, 2018, 01:17 AM Oct 2018

"Ronald Reagan wouldn't even allow anyone to enter the Oval Office without a coat and tie!"

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Remember that canard?
Conservatives trot it out every time they want to have feigned outrage over something like Obama propping his feet up on a desk (never mind that Dubya did the same) and defiling the sacred ground.


But of course, Kanye coming into that supposedly hallowed office and pounding on the same desk while screaming "bullshit!" and "motherfucker!" on national television -- "he's a great amurican!"


Crickets from Bill Bennet, who once made it his personal crusade to get rap CDs with profanity banned. He's equally silent about the profane Kid Rock being invited into the WH today.
"It's the K-K-Kid Rock with the K-K-Kid Rock shit
I'm on top bitch and rock for tricks
Hella whips and nips and flip trips for whips
I get all the money pussy falls like rain!"
-- Kid Rock, singing "Fuck Off," no doubt a Christian hymn


Crickets from Michael Reagan, who always invokes the jacket story (which, BTW, isn't true, as photos show) to describe his adopted dad Saint Ronnie.


Crickets from Bill O'Reilly, who needed smelling salts when Obama invited Common to the WH

Crickets from Sean Hannity, who always read rap lyrics breathlessly in his dramatic white guy voice, then demanded of guests "Do you stand by these words? Yes or no!"

-- Oh, wait. Not crickets from Sean. he said he Facetimed with Kanye this evening and loves him.

Ditto Huckabee's daughter, the poster girl of the religious right, who happily posted photos of herself with the self-described "motherfucker" after the incident. Daddy wont go after him like he did Common, I'm sure.

I guess the next president is free to take a dump on the desk, given that conservatives have abandoned any credibility on outrage regarding "respect for the office"
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"Ronald Reagan wouldn't even allow anyone to enter the Oval Office without a coat and tie!" (Original Post) Adenoid_Hynkel Oct 2018 OP
The myth-makers... pat_k Oct 2018 #1
Now there's the sexual predator and serial Liar trump and Cha Oct 2018 #2
Uncle Tomye tirebiter Oct 2018 #3
Jim Brown was there too ... LenaBaby61 Oct 2018 #4
And didn't he look GREAT in that tan suit? maddiemom Oct 2018 #7
KR NT ProudProgressiveNow Oct 2018 #5
Mark my words. Ten years from now conservatives will mist up over Trump like they do for Reagan. Midnight Writer Oct 2018 #6
Somehow I greatly doubt that. We're just beginning to feel the economic pain of Trump's insane Nitram Oct 2018 #10
Even if it were true, why would it be admirable? DavidDvorkin Oct 2018 #8
Kanye played Trump. Nitram Oct 2018 #9

pat_k

(9,313 posts)
1. The myth-makers...
Fri Oct 12, 2018, 01:21 AM
Oct 2018

...have been far too effective.

However thoroughly the myths are debunked, an unbelievable number of people relish repeating the "unicorn" tales they know are false. The tragedy is that they are so successful in convincing others to believe.

And so it goes.

Cha

(297,275 posts)
2. Now there's the sexual predator and serial Liar trump and
Fri Oct 12, 2018, 01:27 AM
Oct 2018

his sycophant kanye in there.

Didn't o'reilly get fired for sexual harassment?

LenaBaby61

(6,974 posts)
4. Jim Brown was there too ...
Fri Oct 12, 2018, 01:42 AM
Oct 2018

And doesn't he have a history with domestic violence?

But Pres. Obama topped all of their bad behaviors, because he had nerve to actually wear a damn Tan suit for the world to see

maddiemom

(5,106 posts)
7. And didn't he look GREAT in that tan suit?
Fri Oct 12, 2018, 12:47 PM
Oct 2018

When did a dark blue pinstripe become the required POTUS uniform? Also, spare us all the photos of Trump looking bloated and out of shape in golf clothes. At least we won't ever have to see him coming out of the surf in swim trunks like Obama, or even riding a bike like Dubya. I'm pretty sure of that.

Nitram

(22,803 posts)
10. Somehow I greatly doubt that. We're just beginning to feel the economic pain of Trump's insane
Fri Oct 12, 2018, 03:12 PM
Oct 2018

"trade policy." Companies and farmers are going to start going bankrupt due to the tariffs war.

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