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ffr

(22,670 posts) Sat Mar 4, 2017, 04:22 PM Mar 2017

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Dear Pundits who lauded his speech. Is it still "presidential"..?

Dear Pundits who lauded his speech. Is it still "presidential" to call your dignified predecessor "Bad (or sick) guy!" - Ben Rhodes.

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Dear Pundits who lauded his speech. Is it still "presidential"..? (Original Post) ffr Mar 2017 OP

Let's go ask Van Jones bravenak Mar 2017 #1

I know, right.... dhill926 Mar 2017 #4

I'm still laughing at his misty eyed love for 'his president' bravenak Mar 2017 #5

He was going to wet his pants. dalton99a Mar 2017 #7

I was done with him after that pitiful "it's messy" episode. we can do it Mar 2017 #6

He's been on my nerves for a few years now. So glad he outted himself as a dumbass, finally. bravenak Mar 2017 #9

it stunned me how the MSM forgot 2 years of hate in a 2 hour speech Takket Mar 2017 #2

What's even more amazing is that it was still and extremely Charles Bukowski Mar 2017 #3

Yep. dalton99a Mar 2017 #8

I only caught outtakes. And from those I ffr Mar 2017 #11

Acknowledging a particular performance was presidential Ms. Toad Mar 2017 #10

bravenak

(34,648 posts)

1. Let's go ask Van Jones

Reply to ffr (Original post)

Sat Mar 4, 2017, 04:23 PM

Mar 2017

dhill926

(16,339 posts)

4. I know, right....

Reply to bravenak (Reply #1)

Sat Mar 4, 2017, 04:29 PM

Mar 2017

what a shameful episode....he lost all his credibility in one moment...

bravenak

(34,648 posts)

5. I'm still laughing at his misty eyed love for 'his president'

Reply to dhill926 (Reply #4)

Sat Mar 4, 2017, 04:35 PM

Mar 2017

dalton99a

(81,513 posts)

7. He was going to wet his pants.

Reply to bravenak (Reply #5)

Sat Mar 4, 2017, 04:41 PM

Mar 2017

we can do it

(12,186 posts)

6. I was done with him after that pitiful "it's messy" episode.

Reply to bravenak (Reply #1)

Sat Mar 4, 2017, 04:38 PM

Mar 2017

Shame.

bravenak

(34,648 posts)

9. He's been on my nerves for a few years now. So glad he outted himself as a dumbass, finally.

Reply to we can do it (Reply #6)

Sat Mar 4, 2017, 04:42 PM

Mar 2017

Takket

(21,573 posts)

2. it stunned me how the MSM forgot 2 years of hate in a 2 hour speech

Reply to ffr (Original post)

Sat Mar 4, 2017, 04:24 PM

Mar 2017

but it didn't last long for him.

Charles Bukowski

(1,132 posts)

3. What's even more amazing is that it was still and extremely

Reply to Takket (Reply #2)

Sat Mar 4, 2017, 04:29 PM

Mar 2017

hateful speech. VOICE is the type of propaganda that would make Goebbels proud.

Xenophobic rhetoric spoken in measured tones is still xenophobic rhetoric.

dalton99a

(81,513 posts)

8. Yep.

Reply to Charles Bukowski (Reply #3)

Sat Mar 4, 2017, 04:42 PM

Mar 2017

ffr

(22,670 posts)

11. I only caught outtakes. And from those I

Reply to Charles Bukowski (Reply #3)

Sat Mar 4, 2017, 05:02 PM

Mar 2017

Ms. Toad

(34,074 posts)

10. Acknowledging a particular performance was presidential

Reply to ffr (Original post)

Sat Mar 4, 2017, 04:53 PM

Mar 2017

means diddly-squat about the person, or about how he acts on any other occasion.

Yes, he pulled off presidential on Tuesday.

He's still a horse's ass (with apologies to horses), and being able to pull off one performance says nothing about how he acts on any other occasion.

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