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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
Well I think Bolton is an example of Even Evil Has Standards, and he's certainly more moderate than Bannon or Stephen Miller.
"Wow, no Mega Togekiss in Legends Z-A. Or any non-Froslass new Sinnoh Mega Evolutions. Round of applause, everybody." - Dawnhe's certainly more moderate than Bannon or Stephen Miller.
If Bolton had his way we would be at war with Iran, Venezuela, North Korea, and who knows else.
He is not anything approaching moderate, in relative or absolute terms.
Neocons are just different kinds of extremists.
"Einstein would turn over in his grave. Not only does God play dice, the dice are loaded." -Chairman Sheng-Ji YangSo not only Bolton's attacks toward Trump were a Kick The Son Of A Bitch moment, but so were Trump's attacks on Bolton.
It's nice to see the monsters devour each other from a distance.
Edited by clemont107 on Nov 15th 2020 at 11:17:56 AM
"Wow, no Mega Togekiss in Legends Z-A. Or any non-Froslass new Sinnoh Mega Evolutions. Round of applause, everybody." - DawnYeah un bolton book he establish he wants the monroe doctrine back, is the same one were he reveal trump though bombing venezuela was cool and were aparently putin talk him to not helping guaido by comparing him to hilary......which is depressing petty in many, MANY levels.
"My Name is Bolt, Bolt Crank and I dont care if you believe or not"Trump is screaming in all caps that he won: https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1328200072987893762
Bolton is one of the few people currently around in politics who can actually match Trump in terms of depravity.
Beggars can't be choosers, but he is certainly not an ally I'd be proud of.
Certified: 48.0% West Asian, 6.5% South Asian, 15.8% North/West European, 15.7% English, 7.4% Balkan, 6.6% ScandinavianThe memes and political cartoons are having a field day with this though. From the respectable political cartoon
to Team Four Star
getting in on the fun.
~Cooking Cat, since this is the
third
time
in a row, now, you really need to start telling us what Trump is actually saying when you link to his Twitter.
Partly because plenty of people don't want to give him a click and so are disinclined to visit the link to see for themselves, but primarily because the forum rules
include an equivalent of Weblinks Are Not Examples. In short, "Avoid posts that contain only links, without context."
The way I think of it is treat your posts like trope examples. Add enough context so anyone who sees what's going on/what you're talking about.
Maybe it's not a big deal in this specific instance, since this tweet literally is just him screaming "I WON THE ELECTION!", but him screaming in all caps isn't exactly new, either.
Edited by sgamer82 on Nov 16th 2020 at 4:52:39 AM

If this internal fracturing within the GOP between more moderate conservatives and Trumpsters continues, Dems could potentially gain more voters in future races, so even if the fighting within the GOP gets ugly, Dems should just let it be.
"Wow, no Mega Togekiss in Legends Z-A. Or any non-Froslass new Sinnoh Mega Evolutions. Round of applause, everybody." - Dawn