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sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#177301: Mar 8th 2017 at 1:33:37 PM

http://www.politico.com/story/2017/03/gop-obamacare-congressional-budget-office-235809

GOP slams budget scorekeeper as repeal bill moves forward

They're preemptively attacking the people that keep track over how cost effective things are.

BearyScary Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: You spin me right round, baby
#177302: Mar 8th 2017 at 1:53:42 PM

I like the idea of calling him Crooked Trump, but it isn't very catchy, is it?

Do not obey in advance.
sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#177303: Mar 8th 2017 at 1:55:16 PM

I still like Lord Dampnut, even if it doesn't emphasize his corruption.

SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#177304: Mar 8th 2017 at 1:56:44 PM

Still like evil dog.

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
MadSkillz Destroyer of Worlds Since: Mar, 2013 Relationship Status: I only want you gone
Destroyer of Worlds
#177305: Mar 8th 2017 at 2:19:54 PM

Traitor Trump is my preference.

Or Fuhrer Smallhands.

Kostya (Unlucky Thirteen)
#177306: Mar 8th 2017 at 2:27:14 PM

Donnie Moscow, Agent Orange, and Manchurian Candidate are some of my favorites.

TrashJack Confirmed Doomer from beyond the Despair Event Horizon (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
Confirmed Doomer
#177307: Mar 8th 2017 at 2:28:36 PM

I, for one, am currently quite fond of POTUSINO (President of the United States In Name Only). It emphasizes his illegitimate presidency and sounds like something Ned Flanders would affectionately call him (and thus, you could potentially trick his cultists into calling him that, similar to the Russian flag incident).

[down] Yes, but there's no way his followers will ever call him that. It's too obviously an insult.

edited 8th Mar '17 2:31:41 PM by TrashJack

"Cynic, n. — A blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be." - The Devil's Dictionary
Kostya (Unlucky Thirteen)
#177308: Mar 8th 2017 at 2:29:20 PM

[up]SCROTUS(So called ruler of the US) is a better acronym in my opinion.

MarkVonLewis Since: Jun, 2010
#177309: Mar 8th 2017 at 2:32:40 PM

SCROTUS? Nah, makes me think of Scabrous Scrotus from the Mad Max game, and he was marginally more competent as a despot than Trump.

Kostya (Unlucky Thirteen)
#177310: Mar 8th 2017 at 2:33:35 PM

I think people like it because it sounds like scrotum.

edit: Well that's an interesting page topper.

edited 8th Mar '17 2:33:50 PM by Kostya

Balmung Since: Oct, 2011
#177311: Mar 8th 2017 at 2:34:39 PM

Re: "Crooked Trump": Eh, it's not catchy, but neither was "Crooked Hillary". Turns out that the quality of the epithet you assign your enemy doesn't matter that much if you repeat it enough.

That said, I prefer Traitor Trump or Treasonous Donald.

TobiasDrake (•̀⤙•́) (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Arm chopping is not a love language!
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#177312: Mar 8th 2017 at 2:38:42 PM

It's funny 'cause it's genitals.

Which is also what Trump tells women after he's grabbed them.

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Kostya (Unlucky Thirteen)
#177313: Mar 8th 2017 at 2:39:29 PM

I liked Drumpfuhrer during the campaign but I feel like that doesn't accurately describe him anymore.

DingoWalley1 Asgore Adopts Noelle Since: Feb, 2014 Relationship Status: Can't buy me love
HextarVigar That guy from The Big House Since: Feb, 2015
That guy
#177315: Mar 8th 2017 at 2:51:53 PM

I thought we were going with "Lord Dampnut"?

Your momma's so dumb she thinks oral sex means talking dirty.
sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#177316: Mar 8th 2017 at 2:55:49 PM

[up] it's been my favorite, but I'm biased since a comedian I like, Colin Mochrie, was the first person I saw point out it was an anagram of Trump's name.

edited 8th Mar '17 2:56:13 PM by sgamer82

MadSkillz Destroyer of Worlds Since: Mar, 2013 Relationship Status: I only want you gone
Destroyer of Worlds
#177317: Mar 8th 2017 at 2:58:21 PM

I actually really like the Siberian Candidate and am surprised it hasn't caught on.

TVRulezAgain Since: Sep, 2011
MadSkillz Destroyer of Worlds Since: Mar, 2013 Relationship Status: I only want you gone
Destroyer of Worlds
#177319: Mar 8th 2017 at 3:22:03 PM

Twitler is my new favorite.

kkhohoho (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#177320: Mar 8th 2017 at 3:32:25 PM

I've started to learn more towards 'The Paranoid Old Man' myself. Straight, simple, and to the point. And in all likelihood astonishingly accurate.tongue

sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#177321: Mar 8th 2017 at 3:42:15 PM

I like the Siberian Candidate.

BearyScary Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: You spin me right round, baby
DingoWalley1 Asgore Adopts Noelle Since: Feb, 2014 Relationship Status: Can't buy me love
Asgore Adopts Noelle
#177323: Mar 8th 2017 at 4:26:01 PM

Republicans in the House's Ways and Means Committee are rushing through Procedures to get Ryancare through their committee, despite Democrat attempts to debate or amend the Law. That is very troubling.

The House's Energy and Commerce Committee, on the other hand, is taking their time.

Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#177324: Mar 8th 2017 at 4:37:16 PM

CNN just broke that Jon Huntsman has been tapped as ambassador to Russia.

Excellent choice IMO.

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
Bat178 Since: May, 2011
#177325: Mar 8th 2017 at 4:45:55 PM

[up][up] Even though literally almost everyone, including their own side, hates it. Even Trump refused to put his name on it, so Paul Ryan, who was the one who actually made the law, did instead.

edited 8th Mar '17 4:58:47 PM by Bat178


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