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M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#331851: Oct 5th 2020 at 6:18:13 PM

I'm still just worried he might infect other people.

Edited by M84 on Oct 5th 2020 at 9:18:25 PM

Disgusted, but not surprised
Redmess Redmess from Netherlands Since: Feb, 2014
Redmess
#331852: Oct 5th 2020 at 6:20:40 PM

I feel a little sorry for his political aides who just keep trying and trying to get the president to stop being his worst enemy. That cannot be a fun job to have.

Hope shines brightest in the darkest times
M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#331853: Oct 5th 2020 at 6:25:59 PM

Fuck'em, it's a job they signed on for specifically to help Donald Trump maintain power.

They're no better than everyone else who has coddled Trump throughout his life and helped him dodge the consequences for his own ineptitude and malice.

Edited by M84 on Oct 5th 2020 at 9:26:42 PM

Disgusted, but not surprised
AlleyOop Since: Oct, 2010
#331854: Oct 5th 2020 at 6:27:02 PM

Trump going out in this state is the plague equivalent of a mass shooter. Sure, even if they're dead by the end, it's not before doing an unpleasantly large number of collateral damage in the process.

[up] At least some of them are just professional bureaucrats.

Edited by AlleyOop on Oct 5th 2020 at 9:27:29 AM

ironballs16 Since: Jul, 2009 Relationship Status: Owner of a lonely heart
#331855: Oct 5th 2020 at 6:29:16 PM

And just for the added idiocy, they're refusing to contact-trace the Rose Garden event.

"Why would I inflict myself on somebody else?"
M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#331856: Oct 5th 2020 at 6:30:14 PM

Besides, the ones I really feel sorry for are the Secret Service Agents who have to put their lives on the line for Trump. They're not only expected to take a literal bullet for him, they probably also have to constantly risk catching COVID-19 from him now.

Disgusted, but not surprised
CharlesPhipps Since: Jan, 2001
#331857: Oct 5th 2020 at 6:30:29 PM

They're doing that because Barr and Mitch have Covid-19.

The refusal to answer the question is its own answer when the question is, "What was the result of your test?"

Author of The Rules of Supervillainy, Cthulhu Armageddon, and United States of Monsters.
nova92 Since: Apr, 2020
#331858: Oct 5th 2020 at 6:33:50 PM

I feel for the 2 White House housekeepers who tested positive for coronavirus. They don't have anything to do with the political side of things but got caught up in this anyway.


[down] The gift shop is privately owned and unaffiliated with the White House, IIRC.

Edited by nova92 on Oct 5th 2020 at 6:40:24 AM

ScubaWolf from South Carolina Since: Feb, 2020
#331859: Oct 5th 2020 at 6:38:14 PM

Edit: FFS, someone (the White House Gift Shop) is selling "Trump Beat COVID" commemorative coins! Tempting Fate to the Nth degree on this one!
That...is the highest level death flag you could give. It's not just tempting fate, that's tempting the universe itself to take you out.

"In a move surprising absolutely no one"
Redmess Redmess from Netherlands Since: Feb, 2014
Redmess
#331860: Oct 5th 2020 at 6:40:55 PM

The Secret Service agents are also just doing their jobs. They don't have to work for Trump.

Hope shines brightest in the darkest times
M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#331861: Oct 5th 2020 at 6:45:12 PM

[up]I just find it weird that you feel sorry for the people who help Trump maintain power, but you don't feel sorry for the people who put their very lives on the line for him.

You've already demonstrated a total lack of sympathy for them in the past on this thread too.

Edited by M84 on Oct 5th 2020 at 9:45:48 PM

Disgusted, but not surprised
Redmess Redmess from Netherlands Since: Feb, 2014
Redmess
#331862: Oct 5th 2020 at 6:47:44 PM

No I haven't, and I'm sorry if it came across that way.

Hope shines brightest in the darkest times
M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#331863: Oct 5th 2020 at 6:49:53 PM

You know that "I'm sorry you feel that way" isn't an apology, right?

Disgusted, but not surprised
SatoshiBakura (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#331864: Oct 5th 2020 at 6:50:16 PM

I’m going to wake up tomorrow and those shirts are already going to be outdated.

M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#331865: Oct 5th 2020 at 6:51:40 PM

Seriously, WTF was whoever runs the gift shop thinking?

Disgusted, but not surprised
Parable Since: Aug, 2009
#331866: Oct 5th 2020 at 6:53:19 PM

Nothing Republicans weren't already telling themselves.

Resileafs I actually wanted to be Resileaf Since: Jan, 2019
I actually wanted to be Resileaf
#331867: Oct 5th 2020 at 6:55:53 PM

This administration refuses to acknowledge reality. Somehow, they've convinced themselves into thinking that Covid really isn't that dangerous now that they've caught it, as though that will change anything. They're the dog in the burning house saying "This is fine" unironically.

M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#331868: Oct 5th 2020 at 6:58:04 PM

They probably already convinced themselves it wasn't that dangerous even before this - certainly not dangerous enough to, say, put on a mask.

It didn't help that the WH had a false sense of security due to relying on rapid COVID-19 tests, even though that's not how one is supposed to use those tests at all.

Edited by M84 on Oct 5th 2020 at 9:59:03 PM

Disgusted, but not surprised
Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#331870: Oct 5th 2020 at 7:20:32 PM

In good news, the 538 Senate odds have moved from "toss up", to 2:1 odds in favor of the Democrats. At this stage, such a shift in their direction is even better.

https://twitter.com/NateSilver538/status/1313255716078133248

Ditch Mitch Or Die Tryin.cool

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
Redmess Redmess from Netherlands Since: Feb, 2014
Redmess
#331871: Oct 5th 2020 at 7:34:29 PM

Well, it was a real apology. I'm not sure what else you want from me.

Hope shines brightest in the darkest times
Memers Since: Aug, 2013
#331872: Oct 5th 2020 at 7:44:57 PM

Ditch Mitch Or Die Tryin
Sadly he looks to be sailing to an easy win.

Iaculus Pronounced YAK-you-luss from England Since: May, 2010
Pronounced YAK-you-luss
#331873: Oct 5th 2020 at 7:46:44 PM

Rare you see a case of auto-moronic asphyxiation in the wild.

What's precedent ever done for us?
Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#331874: Oct 5th 2020 at 7:50:25 PM

[up][up]That phrase (which has been co-opt by a major Democratic fundraiser) also refers to stripping him of his Senate majority and most of his power in DC as a result. While at this point the race in Kentucky is probably lost (he's up by double digits in October, in a very red and heavily suppressed state), the rest of his caucus is far from safe.

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.

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