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redstatebluegirl

(12,265 posts)
Thu Jan 23, 2020, 04:16 PM Jan 2020

I am reading "A Very Stable Genius" right now.

Has anyone else read it? It is terrifying to say the least. Yes, much of it has already been reported, but some of it is news to me and makes me even more scared about where we are headed. Having a violent hot head in the white house that everyone around him is terrified of makes no sense.

You can't tell me that if the republicans went on Fox and started talking against this guy, showing people the truth, that a lot of the people who support this nut would come around. The problem is Fox, until they start telling the truth and actually reporting the news he is teflon and the cons will stay afraid of him.

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I am reading "A Very Stable Genius" right now. (Original Post) redstatebluegirl Jan 2020 OP
I'm about halfway through it. The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2020 #1
I think they medicate him. I really do think that is the only way to control him. redstatebluegirl Jan 2020 #3
Stephen Colbert interviewed the authors cyclonefence Jan 2020 #2
That is scary, but what is totally terrifying is the talk about his temperment redstatebluegirl Jan 2020 #4
If they keep the nuclear launch codes away from him, his raging could be The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2020 #6
That has to be dementia wryter2000 Jan 2020 #8
I think this is his real personality. redstatebluegirl Jan 2020 #9
I am. I love that we finally know, what was happening behind dewsgirl Jan 2020 #5
Listening on Audible-- at Chapter 9.... hlthe2b Jan 2020 #7
I'm reading it but the hearings are slowing me down. broiles Jan 2020 #10
I just got rid of my wife. erlewyne Jan 2020 #11

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,735 posts)
1. I'm about halfway through it.
Thu Jan 23, 2020, 04:17 PM
Jan 2020

He's even crazier than he seems on tv, which is very crazy indeed. He's on his good behavior on tv.

cyclonefence

(4,483 posts)
2. Stephen Colbert interviewed the authors
Thu Jan 23, 2020, 04:20 PM
Jan 2020

and what shocked me the most was their revelation that Trump had to ask somebody what Pearl Harbor was. No words.

redstatebluegirl

(12,265 posts)
4. That is scary, but what is totally terrifying is the talk about his temperment
Thu Jan 23, 2020, 04:22 PM
Jan 2020

around the white house and anywhere else out of view of the cameras. He is a raving lunatic with serious anger issues.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,735 posts)
6. If they keep the nuclear launch codes away from him, his raging could be
Thu Jan 23, 2020, 04:28 PM
Jan 2020

a positive thing - at least for us, if not for him.

Those industrial-strength hissy fits can't be good for his blood pressure, if you get my drift...

redstatebluegirl

(12,265 posts)
9. I think this is his real personality.
Thu Jan 23, 2020, 04:49 PM
Jan 2020

I refuse to give him an out using dementia. Granted my Dad was a jerk before he got dementia and got worse afterwards but I don't think that is what is going on here. I think under stress this guys real personality comes out.

hlthe2b

(102,292 posts)
7. Listening on Audible-- at Chapter 9....
Thu Jan 23, 2020, 04:38 PM
Jan 2020

I got a little bored with all the JR-Russia Meeting/AF-1 cover-up chapter as I know all that history inside and out from Mueller report. I'm now at the excerpted section on Trump's nasty-assed call out of the Generals at the Pentagon.

While I don't mind reviewing old history with more context, I'm hoping the second half has more new info and anecdotes.

erlewyne

(1,115 posts)
11. I just got rid of my wife.
Mon Jan 27, 2020, 12:43 PM
Jan 2020

My order, "A Very Stable Genius", just arrived and I handed her
the unopened package, (she was already raising hell with me).

I said, "Here this is for you."

She is all the time bitching to me about Trump.

She watches tv and will not touch a keyboard.

Now, I hope she is occupied!

LOL, now I don't need to read it! It will become an audio book.

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