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The Con is not a different animal woman on CNN (Original Post) malaise Jul 2017 OP
U mean this? Gabi Hayes Jul 2017 #1
Couldn't agree more about media normalization Gabi Hayes Jul 2017 #2
It's crazy Gabi malaise Jul 2017 #3
He IS the swamp Gabi Hayes Jul 2017 #4
"Authoritarian" is a mighty big word... Orsino Jul 2017 #5
Excellent point Orsino malaise Jul 2017 #6
what's an "animal woman"? SharonClark Jul 2017 #7
 

Gabi Hayes

(28,795 posts)
2. Couldn't agree more about media normalization
Wed Jul 26, 2017, 10:40 AM
Jul 2017

Look what they did to fine men like Gore, then Kerry, while creating a diamond out of a human turd

 

Gabi Hayes

(28,795 posts)
4. He IS the swamp
Wed Jul 26, 2017, 11:05 AM
Jul 2017

Swamp Thing, anyway

ST, though, was the good guy!

Is it too early for some island rum?

On vay K for 3 more wks

Too much trump cortisol flowing since 1/20/17

Orsino

(37,428 posts)
5. "Authoritarian" is a mighty big word...
Wed Jul 26, 2017, 12:10 PM
Jul 2017

...to refer to his simply being incredibly lazy and impatient. We shouldn't mistake it for anything as elevated as a philosophy. He was simply raised in a coccoon of people pledged to indulge his every whim, and to make his every terrible idea appear to work out.

Many other authoritarian leaders, for instance, seem to have something like a work ethic that Trump utterly lacks.

malaise

(269,498 posts)
6. Excellent point Orsino
Wed Jul 26, 2017, 12:59 PM
Jul 2017

but he does have many of the 'one Don' tendencies of autocrats. The Con has no ethics - in any sphere.

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