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CousinIT

(9,247 posts) Thu Jan 10, 2019, 08:34 AM Jan 2019

1950s TV Series "Trackdown" Featured a Conman named "Walter Trump" who was pushing for a wall...

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What the fresh hell. This is REAL. Filmed in 1958- about a conman who grifts a small town of suckers into building a wall. History not subtle enough for you? GUESS THE GRIFTER'S NAME
(And watch until the end)

SNOPES says it's true...https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trackdown-trump-character-wall/

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1950s TV Series "Trackdown" Featured a Conman named "Walter Trump" who was pushing for a wall... (Original Post) CousinIT Jan 2019 OP

And there you have it -- reality itself has now been broken by Trump. Girard442 Jan 2019 #1

I was trying to figure out what a Connan was in the OP title riversedge Jan 2019 #2

Gak. Typo. I fixed it. CousinIT Jan 2019 #3

Billy Joel's "We Didn't Start the Fire" mentions his mentor Roy Cohn, who was a McCarthy-ite. TheBlackAdder Jan 2019 #4

I've seen episodes of that show recently on Grit TV. House of Roberts Jan 2019 #5

Frighteningly prescient durablend Jan 2019 #6

Duplicate thread from yesterday.... Pachamama Jan 2019 #7

Girard442

(6,081 posts)

1. And there you have it -- reality itself has now been broken by Trump.

Reply to CousinIT (Original post)

Thu Jan 10, 2019, 08:39 AM

Jan 2019

riversedge

(70,246 posts)

2. I was trying to figure out what a Connan was in the OP title

Reply to CousinIT (Original post)

Thu Jan 10, 2019, 08:53 AM

Jan 2019

Conman or #DonTheCon

CousinIT

(9,247 posts)

3. Gak. Typo. I fixed it.

Reply to riversedge (Reply #2)

Thu Jan 10, 2019, 08:55 AM

Jan 2019

Thanks!

TheBlackAdder

(28,209 posts)

4. Billy Joel's "We Didn't Start the Fire" mentions his mentor Roy Cohn, who was a McCarthy-ite.

Reply to CousinIT (Original post)

Thu Jan 10, 2019, 08:58 AM

Jan 2019

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Funny that Roy Cohn was deathly afraid of Russia, and his protege is an asset of theirs.

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House of Roberts

(5,177 posts)

5. I've seen episodes of that show recently on Grit TV.

Reply to CousinIT (Original post)

Thu Jan 10, 2019, 11:06 AM

Jan 2019

Robert Culp was the main character, playing a Texas Ranger.

durablend

(7,462 posts)

6. Frighteningly prescient

Reply to CousinIT (Original post)

Thu Jan 10, 2019, 03:23 PM

Jan 2019

"Trump" telling everyone 'tonight' the world is going to end unless they build that wall tonight?

Pachamama

(16,887 posts)

7. Duplicate thread from yesterday....

Reply to CousinIT (Original post)

Fri Jan 11, 2019, 03:42 AM

Jan 2019

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=11649383

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