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calimary

(81,527 posts)
Sat May 16, 2020, 09:03 AM May 2020

DONALDgate. Pass it on.

That's what we should call the new trump effort to SMEAR President Obama with nothing more than baseless innuendo.

Donaldgate.

Donaldgate.

DONALDgate.

DONALD-gate.

Donald-gate.

How ever you wish to write it.

DONALDGATE.

Pass it on.

Let's attack him at his strength: repetition and catchy phrasing - and did I forget REPETITION?

DONALDGATE.

Pushback required. And repeat. Because it's necessary.

Donaldgate.

We can make this "a thing." Join me?

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DONALDgate. Pass it on. (Original Post) calimary May 2020 OP
Kicking this. I want it to be seen. calimary May 2020 #1
Projection Is the Tell Kid Berwyn May 2020 #2
Thanks! calimary May 2020 #5
Lock him up! Kid Berwyn May 2020 #8
Do the numbers......... MyOwnPeace May 2020 #13
All the fired IGs are a sign. Kid Berwyn May 2020 #18
Well, since they're "fired" MyOwnPeace May 2020 #23
Neither can I, my friend. calimary May 2020 #25
Yes indeed. It's all in the numbers. calimary May 2020 #24
It's the rest of the RepubliCons MyOwnPeace May 2020 #27
And they'll wind up paying for it in one way or other. calimary May 2020 #29
"More of them?" - ALL of them! MyOwnPeace May 2020 #38
Trumps doing the same things duforsure May 2020 #3
Yes indeed. calimary May 2020 #6
Kicking this again. calimary May 2020 #4
lol no. DrToast May 2020 #7
Lol yes! And thank you for kicking! calimary May 2020 #10
We have so much DonnyGate it long ago became a Donnybrook. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz May 2020 #9
NICE! I like it! calimary May 2020 #11
Can even be a hashtag - #Donaldgate calimary May 2020 #12
Define it and get it out on Twitter bucolic_frolic May 2020 #14
YES! Yes INDEED! calimary May 2020 #22
My sense is bucolic_frolic May 2020 #45
Might I suggest a name with more initial impact? Brother Mythos May 2020 #15
Oh, those would be PERFECT add-ons. calimary May 2020 #19
Trump's "brand" is "Trump." Brother Mythos May 2020 #30
Well, y'know? I can't decide. So I'll spread them BOTH! calimary May 2020 #34
Sounds like a plan. Brother Mythos May 2020 #36
I agree with this pandr32 May 2020 #40
Yes! Scarsdale May 2020 #16
Thank you. calimary May 2020 #20
Kick malaise May 2020 #17
Thank you, my friend! calimary May 2020 #21
This should be the biggest of all the gates malaise May 2020 #26
Thank you! calimary May 2020 #28
Donaldgate. Trumpgate. So it is written. So it shall be. FailureToCommunicate May 2020 #31
Thank you, my friend! calimary May 2020 #33
Thank you everybody, for all the rec's! calimary May 2020 #32
Teflon Don. Seems nothing ever sticks to him. Maybe #Donaldgate will. SammyWinstonJack May 2020 #35
Makes a good hashtag, too! calimary May 2020 #39
So, is it too early to dish up some Donaldgate/Trumpgate red meat? Brother Mythos May 2020 #37
I think he DEFINITELY has been trying to monetize the pandemic. calimary May 2020 #42
Donaldgate works for me. But to me wnylib May 2020 #41
I'm leaning toward either one and both. calimary May 2020 #43
It's the only thing in his life that wnylib May 2020 #44
God, how I rue the day my dear parents named me Donald... Jack-o-Lantern May 2020 #46
You can always use your middle name. calimary May 2020 #47

Kid Berwyn

(14,999 posts)
8. Lock him up!
Sat May 16, 2020, 09:35 AM
May 2020

You are spot-on, calimary!

Have you read the latest from Lucian K. Truscott?

"Obamagate" and "Lock her up": Pointing the way toward "Heil Trump"

It’s not just a chant at Trump's rallies or lame wordplay in his tweets. It’s his call to fascist rule


https://www.salon.com/2020/05/16/obamagate-and-lock-her-up-pointing-the-way-toward-heil-trump/


MyOwnPeace

(16,940 posts)
13. Do the numbers.........
Sat May 16, 2020, 09:44 AM
May 2020

How many charges and indictments did we have in the 8 years of the OBAMA administration?

Yeah, those are numbers that even a MAGAT can count with their raised fist - ZERO!!!!!!!

OK, and now on to DONALDGATE.............................

Done counting yet?

What's that?

Oh, yeah, we knew that's what you would say..........

"LOCK HER UP!"

MyOwnPeace

(16,940 posts)
23. Well, since they're "fired"
Sat May 16, 2020, 10:02 AM
May 2020

I guess nobody can order them NOT to testify should anybody care to hear what they might have to say (my guess is that there is no Senate committee or sub-committee [RepubliCons control and set the agenda] that will provide the opportunity for such discussions........).

calimary

(81,527 posts)
24. Yes indeed. It's all in the numbers.
Sat May 16, 2020, 10:04 AM
May 2020

As usual, donald is building another mental "hotel" based on nothing. On a "foundation" made of air. VERY THIN air at that. He is the embodiment of a castle build on sand. Can't wait for the tide to roll in and wash him away!

MyOwnPeace

(16,940 posts)
27. It's the rest of the RepubliCons
Sat May 16, 2020, 10:09 AM
May 2020

that are providing the damned DAM to protect his pathetic A$$!
And it is Moscow Mitch McTurtle standing at the gate controlling it all.

calimary

(81,527 posts)
29. And they'll wind up paying for it in one way or other.
Sat May 16, 2020, 10:17 AM
May 2020

We need to vote more of them OUT in November!





#Donaldgate. Pass it on. Let's mark OUR territory, 'eh?

MyOwnPeace

(16,940 posts)
38. "More of them?" - ALL of them!
Sat May 16, 2020, 11:12 AM
May 2020

Quite a great article from a recent New Yorker magazine about Moscow Mitch - the Trump "Enabler-in-Chief."
Very revealing about what a low-life McTurtle really is (as if we didn't know ).

Hope it will open without subscription:

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/04/20/how-mitch-mcconnell-became-trumps-enabler-in-chief

calimary

(81,527 posts)
6. Yes indeed.
Sat May 16, 2020, 09:30 AM
May 2020

Donaldgate has MANY forms. It's a toxic many-headed hydra. So let this be an antidote to its sting.

calimary

(81,527 posts)
11. NICE! I like it!
Sat May 16, 2020, 09:39 AM
May 2020

It IS a many-headed hydra. Toxic as can be.

Donaldgate.

Maybe I should put it this way: #Donaldgate. Whaddya think?

bucolic_frolic

(43,369 posts)
14. Define it and get it out on Twitter
Sat May 16, 2020, 09:44 AM
May 2020

Use it in replies to progressives you follow, and in all posts you make. Seed the media. Make it trend. Google search, SEO it. Make it go.

calimary

(81,527 posts)
22. YES! Yes INDEED!
Sat May 16, 2020, 10:01 AM
May 2020

I shall take your advice, happily!

Sharing it with some Indivisible friends, too.

Make it go! Hope you'll help! Your advice is too good NOT to be taken (and run with)!

bucolic_frolic

(43,369 posts)
45. My sense is
Sat May 16, 2020, 04:43 PM
May 2020

we're generating higher quality ideas here on DU than ever before. But then I'm not a lifer.

Understand that it may catch wind, and it may not, but you never know when seeds sprout in a few weeks or a couple months, because the 10 people helping tell ten who tell ten and the Twitter machines tells thousands. Your idea could be the one that hits home with 10 households and delivers margin in a swing seat, or a close Senate race, or recall Florida 2000. This is reminiscent of email campaigns we ran on Yahoo Groups in '00 and '04. Every good idea must be maxed out to see if it flies.

Brainstorm your idea to the max. On paper or digital. Define it, over and over. Make it strong as it can be. Find help. I don't know what I could do. I know there is SEO, do I have any idea what it involves for political ideas? No. But someone from liberal sites does, and will offer 10 minutes advice. Ask. Email. Search.

Something that exposes Trump's motives and sticks would be worth gold.


Brother Mythos

(1,442 posts)
15. Might I suggest a name with more initial impact?
Sat May 16, 2020, 09:47 AM
May 2020

I'm thinking something like "Turdgate," or the much more polite "Cloroxgate."

calimary

(81,527 posts)
19. Oh, those would be PERFECT add-ons.
Sat May 16, 2020, 09:55 AM
May 2020

I like Donaldgate because it brands him.

He's all about getting his stupid fucking toxic name out there and slapping it on everything, even buildings he doesn't own. He's like a dog that pees all over the place in an attempt to mark its territory. Let's help mark HIM!

No reason why the point can't be enlarged, though, as you have just done, Brother Mythos.


'Cause, DAMMIT, we have to PUSH BACK, DAMMIT!

Brother Mythos

(1,442 posts)
30. Trump's "brand" is "Trump."
Sat May 16, 2020, 10:30 AM
May 2020

He uses "Trump" as in The Trump Organization, Trump Tower(s), Trump International Hotel(s), Trump Shuttle, Trump Winery, Trump University, Trump Steaks, Trump Vodka ...

So, if you want to specifically mark Trump, and hit what he values most (HIS MONEY), then I recommend you mark his "brand." Call it "Trumpgate."

But, it's your call.

calimary

(81,527 posts)
34. Well, y'know? I can't decide. So I'll spread them BOTH!
Sat May 16, 2020, 10:39 AM
May 2020

Just adjusted my sig line accordingly.

Either way we win. But I get your point about the branding. My daddy was a salesman. #Trumpgate works too.

pandr32

(11,631 posts)
40. I agree with this
Sat May 16, 2020, 11:35 AM
May 2020

Obama is a last name and he was known as President Obama. If we really want to turn it back on DT for trying to stir up trouble than Trumpgate is the tit-for-tat response. We should use the slur so open it becomes offensive. The thing is--there is actually plenty of meat to put in the charge. What crimes and cover-ups has DT NOT been involved with. He is as corrupt as they come--bad to the bone.

Scarsdale

(9,426 posts)
16. Yes!
Sat May 16, 2020, 09:48 AM
May 2020

Add Trumpandemic, TrumpVirus too. He is the root cause of the loss of so very many lives, plus the loss of jobs, desperate people in line for food. HE caused it ALL.

calimary

(81,527 posts)
20. Thank you.
Sat May 16, 2020, 09:58 AM
May 2020

See, all these terms are just exquisite additions to strengthen the case, the portfolio, AND another arrow in our quiver.

He truly did cause it all. Just about anything that now ails our country can be traced back directly to him.

He's the gateway, alright.


#Donaldgate.

calimary

(81,527 posts)
32. Thank you everybody, for all the rec's!
Sat May 16, 2020, 10:35 AM
May 2020

He's into branding? Well, okay then! Game ON! Now WE brand HIM.

His name is his strength? Then we steal a page from kkkarl rove's playbook and use his strength against him. Attack him at his strength - his name - that he plasters all over everywhere and even makes deals to stick it on buildings he doesn't own. Like a dog that pees on everything when you're taking him/her out for a walk. It's an act of marking territory. And notice - he does his in "gold-tone." Matching the urine-color he likes to surround himself with. From the top of his Brillo-pad hair (or is that a large shredded wheat biscuit?) on down.

#Donaldgate! Pass it on!

Brother Mythos

(1,442 posts)
37. So, is it too early to dish up some Donaldgate/Trumpgate red meat?
Sat May 16, 2020, 11:04 AM
May 2020

If not, then why has Trump suddenly gone from being "anti-vaccine" to "pro-vaccine?"

Is he, as some have speculated, looking for yet another way to to monetize the Trump Pandemic? Is he, and his cohorts, investing heavily in pharmaceutical stocks? With all the secrecy surrounding his finances, we won't know the truth until after he is removed from office.

calimary

(81,527 posts)
42. I think he DEFINITELY has been trying to monetize the pandemic.
Sat May 16, 2020, 12:29 PM
May 2020

WHY ELSE should we think that he was pounding away at hydroxychoroquine? WHY ELSE? He was pushing it like a drug dealer! Pushing it as though he were a one-man Madison Avenue ad campaign for Prevagen or macaroni 'n' cheese or Tide detergent (cuz daughter and kids just moved back in) or something.

wnylib

(21,668 posts)
41. Donaldgate works for me. But to me
Sat May 16, 2020, 12:14 PM
May 2020

it fits more than Trump's phony accusations about Obama.

It is also about Trump's terrible failure of leadership in the coronavirus crisis.

calimary

(81,527 posts)
43. I'm leaning toward either one and both.
Sat May 16, 2020, 12:30 PM
May 2020

BOTH Donaldgate AND Trumpgate work.

If he's gonna try to stick a "gate" on Obama's name, then let's all stick "gate" onto HIS!

calimary

(81,527 posts)
47. You can always use your middle name.
Sun May 17, 2020, 10:58 AM
May 2020

And as long as you weren’t specifically named after him, that’s okay.

I’m guessing there may not be as many little Donalds coming up in the next few years - after this hideous era. A few knuckledraggers might do it because they’re wholly owned subsidiaries anyway. But I doubt it’ll be a majority thing.

For example, we don’t see that many Adolfs walking around out there, do we?

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