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Never forget that our parents

artappraiser — Mon, 30 Nov 2020 16:27:34 +0000

In reply to Trump on Biden: He's Going to be your President

Never forget that our parents waited until December 12, 2000 to find out Bush won
— its upsetting me and my ancestors (@sydneenoelle) November 5, 2020

Shithead Takeover would be a

Orion — Sat, 28 Nov 2020 06:33:20 +0000

In reply to Ok, we came close to a

Shithead Takeover would be a hell of a title for a rock album.

oh geez and how very sick in

artappraiser — Sat, 28 Nov 2020 03:04:21 +0000

In reply to a reminder from Dan Barry of

oh geez and how very sick in the head he is now, fantasizing yugest alpha winner and "woe is me" at the same time, no one knows the travails of the greatest president ever to prowl the earth

So much truth! https://t.co/KGBQDEPEkV
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 27, 2020

going forward, there's so

artappraiser — Sat, 28 Nov 2020 02:37:24 +0000

In reply to Trump on Biden: He's Going to be your President

going forward, there's so many narratives out there to chose from

It runs very very very deep https://t.co/fcmdtKFJKZ
— Rick Hasen (@rickhasen) November 28, 2020

Trump campaign paid $3

artappraiser — Sat, 28 Nov 2020 01:45:12 +0000

In reply to uh oh getting real now:

Trump campaign paid $3 million for a recount in WI that added 132 more votes to Joe Biden’s win: https://t.co/jidzl2SzwO
— Will Steakin (@wsteaks) November 28, 2020

Biden plays chess while Trump/Giuliani feebly try to scratch out tic-tac-toe boards on butcher paper. https://t.co/Lk1mUTMKot
— Glenn Kirschner (@glennkirschner2) November 28, 2020

a reminder from Dan Barry of

artappraiser — Sat, 28 Nov 2020 01:22:26 +0000

In reply to Trump on Biden: He's Going to be your President

a reminder from Dan Barry of the NYTimes (& Prof. Omar Wasow of Politics at Princeton):

“The worst thing in his world would be to be a loser. To avoid being called a loser, he will do or say anything.” https://t.co/QJXTebaPLp
— Omar Wasow (@owasow) November 26, 2020

edit to add excerpt which exhibits "the first PostModern president" thing"

[...] Such behavior by the president reflects a binary-code approach to life that spares no room for nuance or complication. If a person isn’t a one, then that person is a zero.

“You are either a winner or a loser,” Michael D. Cohen, Mr. Trump’s former lawyer and fixer, said in an interview last week. “Reality is secondary. It is all about perception." [...]

Mr. Cohen recounted how, in 2014, CNBC was preparing a poll of the 25 most influential people in the world. Mr. Trump, who initially ranked 187th out of 200, ordered Mr. Cohen to improve his standing.

“Just make sure I make it to the top 10,” Mr. Trump said, according to Mr. Cohen.

Mr. Cohen hired someone to assess the options. After that person determined that the poll could be manipulated, $15,000 was spent to buy discreet I.P. addresses through which votes for Mr. Trump could be cast. The scheme worked, with Mr. Trump elevated to ninth place when all the votes were counted.

“Before long, Trump believed he really was rated in the top 10 and was regarded as a profoundly important business figure,” Mr. Cohen wrote.

But CNBC removed Mr. Trump from the list without offering an explanation. The infuriated future president ordered Mr. Cohen to get the network to change course. This failed. He then ordered him to plant a story in the media about “the terrible treatment Trump had received at the hands of CNBC.” This also failed.

Still, Mr. Trump managed to exploit the fake ranking before he was dropped from the list. “He had hundreds of copies made, and he added the poll to the pile of newspaper clippings and magazine profiles of himself that he would give to visitors,” Mr. Cohen wrote.

This fear of being seen as somehow less than the very best is a recurring theme in the mountains of books and articles written about Mr. Trump [...]

Ok, we came close to a

PeraclesPlease — Sat, 28 Nov 2020 00:38:03 +0000

In reply to I don't really agree, I'm

Ok, we came close to a shithead takeover. I really don't care what it's called or its exact pedigree. I care about the effect.

I don't really agree, I'm

artappraiser — Sat, 28 Nov 2020 00:04:52 +0000

In reply to Uh, we came close to a

I don't really agree, I'm more with her. Though it does all depend on what your definition of "fascist" is, of course. If it had been Pence instead, for example, many might call him fascist, possibly even more so than Trump. I don't use the term that broadly. Trump is a populist demagogue into it for narcissist reasons who basically wasn't able to enact much of what he promised because he was an incompetent at running a real estate business organization much less a huge fascist machine. Only thing he ended up doing is Grover Norquist's wet dream of sabotaging Federal government to nearly its death. Fascists are pretty damn competent runners of big government machines. Even things like sending Federal goons in to quell protests--are those protesters still not on the streets? Another #FAIL as they say on Twitter.

It is a case of the fellow

moat — Fri, 27 Nov 2020 22:54:35 +0000

In reply to Uh, we came close to a

It is a case of the fellow travelers being more important than the market meat. Trump is a swinging door, not the packages moving through the opening. Enough people decided the party is over.

"My good man, pull the car over here."
"But we are on the bridge, sir."
"Perfect."

Uh, we came close to a

PeraclesPlease — Fri, 27 Nov 2020 22:22:45 +0000

In reply to Imagine if we had all taken

Uh, we came close to a fascist takeover.