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doublethink

(6,823 posts)
Wed Jan 31, 2024, 04:02 PM Jan 2024

Who likes seeing Taylor Swift in the news more then #45?

I'll tell you .... ME. I mean some of this stuff really gets overblown .... but heck after being inundated with F^&%K F^%$ #45 for like the last few years every freaking day in the MSM, Social Media etc .... ahhhhh geesh .... she's giving him a run for his money. I just keep 'liking' recommending .... etc ..... any positive post that has to do with her anywhere online. Drown him out Taylor. Kinda refreshing if you look at it that way. Just a thought that crossed my mind today. Later D.U. fight on !!!

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Who likes seeing Taylor Swift in the news more then #45? (Original Post) doublethink Jan 2024 OP
ME!!!!!! Scrivener7 Jan 2024 #1
ALSO ME !!! fierywoman Jan 2024 #2
Me! speak easy Jan 2024 #3
I do! Especially with pictures Drum Jan 2024 #4
Definitely MustLoveBeagles Jan 2024 #5
She's a lot easier on the eyes than 45. sop Jan 2024 #6
And the brain. niyad Jan 2024 #38
Amen!! I will be sooo glad to never ever see that make up cover horrible face again ever PortTack Jan 2024 #7
I as well! GreenWave Jan 2024 #8
ANYTHING, ANYONE . . . AverageOldGuy Jan 2024 #9
agreed AOG DENVERPOPS Jan 2024 #52
I like her necklace. Deuxcents Jan 2024 #10
Me, too. I gotta find one of those. sueh Jan 2024 #18
Hells yes! Hugin Jan 2024 #11
I wouldn't mind rambler_american Jan 2024 #12
👋👋👋 irisblue Jan 2024 #13
Me! Me! planetc Jan 2024 #14
than not then residentcynic Jan 2024 #15
I like seeing Taylor Swift infinitely more. Kid Berwyn Jan 2024 #16
I like her ..nt Jarqui Jan 2024 #17
ME!!!!!!!!!!https://www.democraticunderground.com/emoticons/roll.gif overleft Jan 2024 #19
Me! mountain grammy Jan 2024 #20
Me, for sure! mwb970 Jan 2024 #21
Like it or not, murielm99 Jan 2024 #22
Yes. Most of her early hits I found kind of annoying for reasons tanyev Jan 2024 #33
*raises hand* ShazzieB Jan 2024 #23
Swifties rule! FailureToCommunicate Jan 2024 #24
I'm so happy she's on our team! Lunabell Jan 2024 #25
MAGA repubs are freaking DownriverDem Jan 2024 #26
Me but I like seeing crusty scabs more than that jagoff unweird Jan 2024 #27
Who doesn't? Clash City Rocker Jan 2024 #28
I never want to see that fucking orange pile of rat shit. SoFlaBro Jan 2024 #29
Oh definitely.... ME!! AmBlue Jan 2024 #30
if it is this or that I will take This - Swift rurallib Jan 2024 #31
Someone needs to tell tfg nocoincidences Jan 2024 #32
I DO!! Highway61 Jan 2024 #34
Me!! claudette Jan 2024 #35
Please Holy Flying Spaghetti Monster, please! ArkansasDemocrat1 Jan 2024 #36
Trumpless Tuesdays Conjuay Jan 2024 #44
ME! ME! ME! RainCaster Jan 2024 #37
I'm with HER! Let 45 stew on it. ancianita Jan 2024 #39
Me!! And every time I learn something new about her... I like her more! Nittersing Jan 2024 #40
I can handle... 2naSalit Jan 2024 #41
I would prefer Taylor Swift over TFG LetMyPeopleVote Jan 2024 #42
I could become a Swiftie if she keeps Orange Mussolini out of the news! Lonestarblue Jan 2024 #43
Nope; it's a distraction from his crimes and unsuitability to be president muriel_volestrangler Jan 2024 #45
I don't think Taylor Swift is distracting us from Trump dai13sy Jan 2024 #49
I don't think she's doing anything about Trump; she's making music, and dating a football player muriel_volestrangler Feb 2024 #55
Exactly this 👆 Drum Feb 2024 #56
Dolly Parton has been more politically and socially involved than Swift, yet she hasn't been a target of the RW sop Feb 2024 #58
I can't quite see the logic there muriel_volestrangler Feb 2024 #59
Dolly's fans are mostly older, religious, conservative voters who are already registered and probably support sop Feb 2024 #60
I do orangecrush Jan 2024 #46
I've Been There for a Good While Now The Roux Comes First Jan 2024 #47
ME!!!! dai13sy Jan 2024 #48
Me! Over HERE! ME-ME-ME-ME-MEEEE!!! calimary Jan 2024 #50
Absolutely! MorbidButterflyTat Jan 2024 #51
I do but I do fear one of his MAGAManiacs will go after her. appleannie1 Feb 2024 #53
That's like asking if you prefer watching sunsets to jamming hot irons into your eyeballs n/t Silent3 Feb 2024 #54
Me, me, me!!! pazzyanne Feb 2024 #57
I love to see the look of love light up her face for her guy. pandr32 Feb 2024 #61
I was wishing for a celebrity cointoss - Under The Radar Feb 2024 #62
Honestly . . . Richard D Feb 2024 #63
Umm, well Kennah Feb 2024 #64
I do wendyb-NC Feb 2024 #65
Yes! wryter2000 Feb 2024 #66
Taylor 3auld6phart Feb 2024 #67
I went on a YouTube search of her interviews. SleeplessinSoCal Feb 2024 #68
Moi aussi! Mme. Defarge Feb 2024 #69

AverageOldGuy

(1,571 posts)
9. ANYTHING, ANYONE . . .
Wed Jan 31, 2024, 04:40 PM
Jan 2024

. . . Who drives Trump and the MAGAts to run around in circles, howl at the moon, chase their tails is okay with me!!

DENVERPOPS

(8,893 posts)
52. agreed AOG
Wed Jan 31, 2024, 11:38 PM
Jan 2024

The Republicans are scared to death of her.

She is extremely strong in the 18-24 YO age group especially women.......

With dog whistle threats on her by Trump and O'Hannity, The security around her should be tripled at least..

She will be going to the Super-bowl game, and the all camera operators will be focusing on her.

A zillion Repubs will be forced to watch the coverage of her. LOL

planetc

(7,856 posts)
14. Me! Me!
Wed Jan 31, 2024, 05:07 PM
Jan 2024

She's much prettier, and often logical. I may listen to her singing, too, since that appears to annoy Republicans.

Kid Berwyn

(15,063 posts)
16. I like seeing Taylor Swift infinitely more.
Wed Jan 31, 2024, 05:13 PM
Jan 2024

Besides, no matter how much his snowflake fans scream about his shabby treatment, Trump is a traitor.

mwb970

(11,375 posts)
21. Me, for sure!
Wed Jan 31, 2024, 05:55 PM
Jan 2024

Taylor is like the anti-trump. She is the polar opposite of the vile monster in every possible way.

murielm99

(30,784 posts)
22. Like it or not,
Wed Jan 31, 2024, 05:56 PM
Jan 2024

she is a very smart lady. She and her parents have always known how to market her talents. I like her. I don't care about her music one way or the other.

Would I like her if she represented the other side? Nah. But she is too smart for that.

tanyev

(42,676 posts)
33. Yes. Most of her early hits I found kind of annoying for reasons
Wed Jan 31, 2024, 06:37 PM
Jan 2024

I’m not sure I could explain why. Maybe I was already too old to appreciate them. But I do like a few of her more recent songs and there is absolutely no denying she has made some very smart decisions about her music and her career.

Lunabell

(6,141 posts)
25. I'm so happy she's on our team!
Wed Jan 31, 2024, 06:14 PM
Jan 2024

I love her, her attitude, her music, her style and she is such a lovely young woman. 💖 I hope she gives magats heartburn!!

DownriverDem

(6,236 posts)
26. MAGA repubs are freaking
Wed Jan 31, 2024, 06:16 PM
Jan 2024

out. Taylor has done good for every city where she performs. She has got thousands registered to vote. They don't have anyone that can do this. We all know it's politics. Crazy.

unweird

(2,566 posts)
27. Me but I like seeing crusty scabs more than that jagoff
Wed Jan 31, 2024, 06:17 PM
Jan 2024

With apologies to scabs and jagoffs everywhere.

nocoincidences

(2,237 posts)
32. Someone needs to tell tfg
Wed Jan 31, 2024, 06:35 PM
Jan 2024

to avoid close-ups because he is really looking raggedy, his make-up is uneven and smeared, his hair---just a disaster.

Rode hard and put up wet comes to mind as a summary assessment.

ArkansasDemocrat1

(1,302 posts)
36. Please Holy Flying Spaghetti Monster, please!
Wed Jan 31, 2024, 06:50 PM
Jan 2024

Anything to get the duplicitous despot back to obscurity.

Now could you scroll back up and rec the story?

DU needs 'Trumpless Tuesdays' or something.

Conjuay

(1,449 posts)
44. Trumpless Tuesdays
Wed Jan 31, 2024, 07:29 PM
Jan 2024

Trumpless Thursdays, Trumpless Tridays, Thrumless Taterurdays, Trumpless Tundays- Mondays have enough going against it, I'll leave it alone.

RainCaster

(10,953 posts)
37. ME! ME! ME!
Wed Jan 31, 2024, 06:53 PM
Jan 2024

Put me in this category, too. I don't need the cookies, but she is infinitely better on the eyes than that twice impeached 6 times bankrupted Republican.

Nittersing

(6,393 posts)
40. Me!! And every time I learn something new about her... I like her more!
Wed Jan 31, 2024, 07:12 PM
Jan 2024

One of my favorite tidbits so far... when she went for the photo shoot for Time Magazine Person of the Year, she brought homemade pumpkin bread!!

2naSalit

(86,951 posts)
41. I can handle...
Wed Jan 31, 2024, 07:14 PM
Jan 2024

Many hours of her and never once feel like I do when exposed to the orange shitblossom.

Lonestarblue

(10,164 posts)
43. I could become a Swiftie if she keeps Orange Mussolini out of the news!
Wed Jan 31, 2024, 07:22 PM
Jan 2024

And if she gets thousands of young people to register and vote for Biden, I promise to love her forever.

muriel_volestrangler

(101,412 posts)
45. Nope; it's a distraction from his crimes and unsuitability to be president
Wed Jan 31, 2024, 07:30 PM
Jan 2024

It also tells his handlers they can divert the news agenda the next time they need to. He doesn't go away if you don't think about him.

dai13sy

(347 posts)
49. I don't think Taylor Swift is distracting us from Trump
Wed Jan 31, 2024, 09:13 PM
Jan 2024

She is putting a telescope on all of his shortcoming, his deceit. his corruption and she makes sure to bring to light his total inadequacy as a human

muriel_volestrangler

(101,412 posts)
55. I don't think she's doing anything about Trump; she's making music, and dating a football player
Thu Feb 1, 2024, 05:10 AM
Feb 2024

It's the media that is distracting us from Trump, who, let's remember, is a rapist.

Taylor Swift was performing, and living her private life, before the Trump verdict, and it wasn't taking up news space (sure, cameras covering Travis's games would cut to her for reaction. They also cut to fans with outlandish costumes and makeup for reaction. This was not something out of the ordinary). The rush to have opinions on Swift from far right commentators came the moment Trump became too embarrassing for them, and independent media has unfortunately lapped it up. And we're reacting to it too. GD has far more threads about Taylor Swift than about Trump's upcoming civil fraud trial result, or the fake $50 million loan he created, or his harassment of his rape victim, or ...

sop

(10,297 posts)
58. Dolly Parton has been more politically and socially involved than Swift, yet she hasn't been a target of the RW
Thu Feb 1, 2024, 09:09 AM
Feb 2024

attack machine. I suspect they're afraid of turning off Dolly's conservative christian country fans who vote Republican. RWers are attacking Swift because they are scared to death she will awaken and mobilize young liberal-leaning women who will be registering and voting for the first time in 2024.

muriel_volestrangler

(101,412 posts)
59. I can't quite see the logic there
Thu Feb 1, 2024, 09:25 AM
Feb 2024

If they think that attacking Dolly Parton turns off potential Republican voters, wouldn't they also think that attacking Taylor Swift would encourage her fans to vote Democratic?

My theory seems simpler - they desperately needed something to talk about this weekend other than the law catching up with Trump. Swift and Kelce are celebs, so they get really big news coverage (Parton's famous, but not at the top of her news worthiness). MAGAts love a conspiracy theory that says they're being oppressed, so this is what was needed on RW media to keep the morons moronic.

sop

(10,297 posts)
60. Dolly's fans are mostly older, religious, conservative voters who are already registered and probably support
Thu Feb 1, 2024, 09:53 AM
Feb 2024

the GOP. Dolly Parton has been speaking out and supporting many liberal causes in recent years. RWers don't like it, but they're afraid of offending Dolly's fans by attacking a beloved country music icon and driving away their base.

The majority of Swift's fans are young women, many of whom will be old enough to vote for the first time in 2024, and will likely follow Taylor's lead. Republicans are always trying to drive down voter turnout among groups likely to support Democrats. They think have nothing to lose by attacking Taylor Swift. I think they're wrong.

dai13sy

(347 posts)
48. ME!!!!
Wed Jan 31, 2024, 09:04 PM
Jan 2024

First of all, Taylor is tons smarter, she NEVER looks yucky EVER and he always looks like a total mess and creepy and when she opens her mouth she has intelligent thinks to say. And I would just love to chat with her about politics and and life stuff

pandr32

(11,640 posts)
61. I love to see the look of love light up her face for her guy.
Thu Feb 1, 2024, 11:54 AM
Feb 2024

It is real--not an act. It is so refreshing to see hope, trust, optimism and pride etched in her face and not the shallow emotional effect we have seen too much of.
To read of how she donates so much money to the food banks of the cities that host her, and of how she pays big surprise bonuses to the workers she depends on is wonderful.
I find myself happy to see coverage of her.
May her success cause the scoundrels continued heartburn, discomfort, and envy. They are not worthy--not a one.

Under The Radar

(3,407 posts)
62. I was wishing for a celebrity cointoss -
Thu Feb 1, 2024, 12:40 PM
Feb 2024

The right wing’s heads would explode if Taylor Swift met Colin Kapernick at midfield for the coin toss.

Richard D

(8,818 posts)
63. Honestly . . .
Thu Feb 1, 2024, 01:05 PM
Feb 2024

. . . I'd prefer to see the slime behind the toilet at a public restroom get more news than trump.

3auld6phart

(1,059 posts)
67. Taylor
Thu Feb 1, 2024, 02:23 PM
Feb 2024

sshoud throw her hat into the 2024 election bid and run against the orange fool. He would blow a gasket. Hopefully have a major Coronary. Then depart this Vale of Tears and giive the world a massive break.

Mme. Defarge

(8,063 posts)
69. Moi aussi!
Thu Feb 1, 2024, 03:44 PM
Feb 2024

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