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August 30, 2019

Hey, that's not bad!

August 30, 2019

Let's not forget that: "they can't believe what they're finding!"

Yeah? Maybe because they never found ANYTHING that could prove what trump claimed was true.

Unbelievable? Yeah? YOU’RE the one who is “unbelievable” - as in NOT believable, donald. Because YOU LIE ALL THE TIME!!!!!”

August 29, 2019

Yep. No kidding.

August 29, 2019

Yep. Al Franken.

My husband said that after he heard she ended her campaign.

I certainly won’t ever forget.

August 29, 2019

And if only somebody - some columnist or talking head

or other media figure would just pick up the framing: “... the guy who lies all the time.” That should be the remark that ends every observation, every on-camera spiel, every statement and/or messaging effort.

That’s a point that needs to be out there, everywhere, repeated umpteen times every quarter-hour. Pound it in, over and over and over again. Til it’s thoroughly implanted.

August 29, 2019

So we ALWAYS make sure to return the favor. In spades.

The infamous Roy Cohn told him to fight, always. Attack, always. And when they hit you, hit them back ten times as hard.

Look at his track record of behavior - maybe just since his candidacy began, which is when this life-long behavior pattern stepped up onto center stage for the whole country to see (if not the whole world). He used to be a curiosity. Human frippery. Another silly media gadfly from the Big Town. Kind of a low-level attention-hungry clown in a business suit. An amusement. Reality-Show Guy. On the Kardashian level. A buffoon. Someone you never took seriously - mainly because you never had to. He was a freakin’ carnival attraction, for Pete’s sake. An entertainment/entertainer. A freak. A relatively well-dressed Midtown Manhattan freak. I keep thinking back to “Network”, one of my all-time favorite movies. There was a line in there spoken by Peter Finch as the anchorman/social phenomenon: “we’re in the boredom-killing business!” The Donald sure was.

Until he stepped outside those parameters. He took that VERY public escalator ride - downward (in EVERY sense of the word) to the main floor level which in any building is where most people can be found, or gather. Quite a metaphor there. Up on the mezzanine level where he was STRICTLY pop culture and therefore relatively harmless. Above the dirty scrappy hardball fray on the main floor where anybody can enter and everybody has immediate access.

Nobody took him that seriously back then. You weren’t supposed to. He was a joke. A late-night comedian’s punchline. A cheap pop-culture sugar-high who did cameo appearances on comedy blockbusters like “Home Alone.” A famous-for-being-famous figure whose clown suit was a business suit. He had even developed his own signature schtick. Until he changed and audaciously expanded his “brand.”

Seems to me we have to look at this strategically and analytically. Know your enemy. Especially since he’s pretty sure he knows you.

Okay. So how do we twist that around so it works for us? kkkarl rove made his reputation by attacking an opponent at his/her strengths. And nobody ever granted donald any exclusive rights to that Roy Cohn advice.

Just some thoughts to kick around.

August 29, 2019

Yes. Where is the Pope? Why haven't we heard from Pope Francis?

We need his voice speaking out on this, too.

August 29, 2019

Yep. If they stand by this, their "pro-life" position goes straight down the crapper.

You DON’T get to call yourself “pro-life” if you stand for this.

You just DON’T.

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About calimary

Female. Retired. Wife-Mom-Grandma. Approx. 30 years in broadcasting, at least 20 of those in news biz. Taurus. Loves chocolate - preferably without nuts or cocoanut. Animal lover. Rock-hound from pre-school age. Proud Democrat for life. Ardent environmentalist and pro-choicer. Hoping to use my skills set for the greater good. Still married to the same guy for 40+ years. Probably because he's a proud Democrat, too. Penmanship absolutely stinks, so I'm glad I'm a fast typist! I will always love Hillary and she will always be my President.
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