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What a complete and total piece of shit. (Original Post) onecaliberal Mar 2020 OP
Complete and utter. dchill Mar 2020 #1
Like I just said....appealing to his base..... ProudMNDemocrat Mar 2020 #2
I assume you are talking about Trump. liberalmuse Mar 2020 #3
Yes. Working from home. onecaliberal Mar 2020 #5
I am too! liberalmuse Mar 2020 #6
I normally cannot either. Husband was watching. onecaliberal Mar 2020 #9
I can understand that. liberalmuse Mar 2020 #13
My husband is a diabetic and had a stroke 3 years ago. onecaliberal Mar 2020 #15
That's stressful. liberalmuse Mar 2020 #20
Thank you. onecaliberal Mar 2020 #21
And to think people vote for this idiot. duforsure Mar 2020 #4
What has he done now? Elwood P Dowd Mar 2020 #7
"Who knew, No one knew it was going to happen" onecaliberal Mar 2020 #10
He opened his mouth PatSeg Mar 2020 #27
... and he smears it on his face!!! n/t RKP5637 Mar 2020 #8
He looks very splotchy today. Whomever does his makeup is not great at it. onecaliberal Mar 2020 #11
Few people in his administration are very good at what they do...and virtually none are great. BKDem Mar 2020 #12
They are downright pathetic. Ridiculous onecaliberal Mar 2020 #14
A gilded turd mindem Mar 2020 #26
Truer words... onecaliberal Mar 2020 #28
i don't watch those daily lie fests. barbtries Mar 2020 #16
Yes. He's going to do nothing. States are in their own. onecaliberal Mar 2020 #17
it really is. barbtries Mar 2020 #19
they're his new campaign rallies 0rganism Mar 2020 #22
you're right. barbtries Mar 2020 #23
unsatisfying but necessary 0rganism Mar 2020 #24
absolutely. barbtries Mar 2020 #25
problem is, he's already in a "leadership" role 0rganism Mar 2020 #33
it's incredibly dangerous. barbtries Mar 2020 #35
I never thought of it like that, but you are right. onecaliberal Mar 2020 #29
LIES, LIES, LIES, LIES AND MORE LIES..................... spanone Mar 2020 #18
There's a house Ohiogal Mar 2020 #30
It really makes me wonder how they remember to breathe. onecaliberal Mar 2020 #31
You nailed it! Ohiogal Mar 2020 #32
Everybody Knows Lyrics Dr Vegas Mar 2020 #34

ProudMNDemocrat

(16,475 posts)
2. Like I just said....appealing to his base.....
Thu Mar 19, 2020, 11:53 AM
Mar 2020

As they watch FAUX NEWS to get the misinformation.

Wait until Trump's base, along with the rest of us, fall sick to this virus. It is not like we can paint Lamb's blood on our doors and pray it passes us over.

liberalmuse

(18,670 posts)
3. I assume you are talking about Trump.
Thu Mar 19, 2020, 11:53 AM
Mar 2020

So that gets an automatic thumbs up, even though I'm not watching the presser.

onecaliberal

(32,471 posts)
9. I normally cannot either. Husband was watching.
Thu Mar 19, 2020, 11:59 AM
Mar 2020

I’m trying to focus on my work. I’m feeling very panicked today.

liberalmuse

(18,670 posts)
13. I can understand that.
Thu Mar 19, 2020, 12:06 PM
Mar 2020

Do what you feel you need to do to get through this. I don't encourage hoarding at all, but make sure you have enough basic necessities to get you through a few weeks. TP is going to be the least of our worries if this is going to get as bad as even the conservative predictions.

Take deep breaths now and then (good for your mental health and your lungs, too!) and focus on what you can do right now. Oddly, when I focus on the moment, I feel at peace, because truthfully, "now" is all there is. The past is done with, the future is something we tend to worry needlessly about, and the only thing we can do to influence the future is what we do right now. Times may be very rough, but if you change the things within your power to change, and find within yourself acceptance for what you can't change (the ol' AA mantra), that is all you can do. Oddly, if you try and bring yourself into this very moment, you will find there is a very intuitive part of your being that knows exactly how to prepare for what is coming, and hoarding TP likely won't be one of those things.

onecaliberal

(32,471 posts)
15. My husband is a diabetic and had a stroke 3 years ago.
Thu Mar 19, 2020, 12:15 PM
Mar 2020

I’m not leaving the house. I have to go to Walmart tomorrow to pick up an order of groceries. I do not have to go inside. They will put it in the back of my car. They’re out of tp everywhere in this place.

liberalmuse

(18,670 posts)
20. That's stressful.
Thu Mar 19, 2020, 12:35 PM
Mar 2020

They're out of TP here, too, though our corner market has single rolls and they are limiting 1 per person. I will go there if I need some, though I have a bidet, but it is not one of those high end ones that air dries you. I wish you and your husband all the best. It's scary knowing someone you love is high risk. You are not alone. Be safe!

PatSeg

(46,774 posts)
27. He opened his mouth
Thu Mar 19, 2020, 01:47 PM
Mar 2020

Each press conference gets worse and worse. This time he insulted China, almost all of the journalists in the room, major newspapers, and the media in general. But on the bright side, he is doing a great job!

barbtries

(28,702 posts)
16. i don't watch those daily lie fests.
Thu Mar 19, 2020, 12:19 PM
Mar 2020

trump and his "task force" have long since convinced me their word is shit.

barbtries

(28,702 posts)
23. you're right.
Thu Mar 19, 2020, 12:48 PM
Mar 2020

i'm sure they're not nearly as satisfying but he has no choice but to do this just to stay alive.

0rganism

(23,855 posts)
24. unsatisfying but necessary
Thu Mar 19, 2020, 12:57 PM
Mar 2020

probably effective, too. people are starving for someone simply to look like a leader in this crisis, to behave in a leader-like way for all to see, regardless of how incompetent and disgusting that someone actually is.

we underestimate his pressers' impact at our collective peril

barbtries

(28,702 posts)
25. absolutely.
Thu Mar 19, 2020, 01:36 PM
Mar 2020

it's like a wave at the beach. you can't stop it. The media could be much, much better, but his cult, republicans, dumbed down Americans, they could also be much better. they could pay attention and separate truth from lies.

does he look like a leader when he does these scenes? sad.

0rganism

(23,855 posts)
33. problem is, he's already in a "leadership" role
Thu Mar 19, 2020, 02:05 PM
Mar 2020

he's kind of like the leader-by-default. so then...
> does he look like a leader when he does these scenes?
he looks "like a leader" because no one really knows what a leader looks like -- they come in a wide variety of shapes, sizes, mannerisms and ideologies. does he look like a leader? maybe.
so he gets a lot of that ol' benefit of the doubt during the presser when he should only be getting doubt. having the majority of content populated with boring people actually reporting on crisis-related work activities only adds to his apparent credibility.

it's a very dangerous conjob, baiting support from desperate Americans while playing fast and loose with their lives and livelihoods.

barbtries

(28,702 posts)
35. it's incredibly dangerous.
Thu Mar 19, 2020, 02:39 PM
Mar 2020

trump's presidency, republicans' abdication of their jobs and abandonment of their oaths, now this pandemic are all circumstances i never really expected to encounter in my lifetime.

coronavirus, i suppose, was going to happen and it was going to be bad. but to have it happen with this person in office and right-wing propaganda taking hold to the extent that it has, i'm at a loss for words. hard to see how it could get worse but as long as trump is in the WH and republicans have power, I'm sure they'll find a way.

Ohiogal

(31,657 posts)
30. There's a house
Thu Mar 19, 2020, 01:48 PM
Mar 2020

about a mile down the road from me with two Trump signs in the yard with some kind of a plastic gadget attached to each one ... I assume they are alarms of some kind ...so you can’t steal one without creating a loud racket. I give them a loud raspberry when I drive by, it lets me blow off a little steam, at least.

How anyone can still support this complete ass clown “poor me” POS just sickens me.

Dr Vegas

(456 posts)
34. Everybody Knows Lyrics
Thu Mar 19, 2020, 02:19 PM
Mar 2020

"Everybody Knows"

Everybody knows that the dice are loaded
Everybody rolls with their fingers crossed
Everybody knows that the war is over
Everybody knows the good guys lost
Everybody knows the fight was fixed
The poor stay poor, the rich get rich
That's how it goes
Everybody knows
Everybody knows that the boat is leaking
Everybody knows that the captain lied
Everybody got this broken feeling
Like their father or their dog just died

Everybody talking to their pockets
Everybody wants a box of chocolates
And a long stem rose
Everybody knows

Everybody knows that you love me baby
Everybody knows that you really do
Everybody knows that you've been faithful
Ah give or take a night or two
Everybody knows you've been discreet
But there were so many people you just had to meet
Without your clothes
And everybody knows

Everybody knows, everybody knows
That's how it goes
Everybody knows

Everybody knows, everybody knows
That's how it goes
Everybody knows

And everybody knows that it's now or never
Everybody knows that it's me or you
And everybody knows that you live forever
Ah when you've done a line or two
Everybody knows the deal is rotten
Old Black Joe's still pickin' cotton
For your ribbons and bows
And everybody knows

And everybody knows that the Plague is coming
Everybody knows that it's moving fast
Everybody knows that the naked man and woman
Are just a shining artifact of the past
Everybody knows the scene is dead
But there's gonna be a meter on your bed
That will disclose
What everybody knows

And everybody knows that you're in trouble
Everybody knows what you've been through
From the bloody cross on top of Calvary
To the beach of Malibu
Everybody knows it's coming apart
Take one last look at this Sacred Heart
Before it blows
And everybody knows

Everybody knows, everybody knows
That's how it goes
Everybody knows

Oh everybody knows, everybody knows
That's how it goes
Everybody knows


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