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Kostya (Unlucky Thirteen)
#135026: Aug 11th 2016 at 3:11:10 PM

So what was his response to the news that Osama died while Obama was still president?

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#135027: Aug 11th 2016 at 3:14:58 PM

[up]Dunno. I got laid off from that company shortly after Obama got elected, and I haven't seen or heard from the guy since. So your guess is as good as mine.

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sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#135028: Aug 11th 2016 at 3:31:37 PM

[up] Well, it's obvious isn't it? Managing three secret identities was too stressful, so he declared as Obama that "We Got Him" and took all the credit for killing himself.

edited 11th Aug '16 3:31:58 PM by sgamer82

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#135029: Aug 11th 2016 at 3:33:50 PM

SEAL Team Six were the Suicide Squad.

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#135030: Aug 11th 2016 at 3:54:15 PM

Trump might not be in a very good position if those Trump U lawsuits go all the way, and he's lost some critical junctures for class action suits (first losing in the effort to stop the plaintiffs from registering as a class, and then having his bid for summary judgment rejected, meaning this will go in front of a jury which opens him up to a possible world of hurt), plus the fact that he may well face RICO charges based on how Trump U was structured, which means triple damages (though i don't know how that separates out from the civil trial, i'm not a lawyer, but it does mean triple damages somewhere).

Edit: to clarify, he's got two class-actions and possibly a criminal case opening up (not sure how the RICO factors in). Between them, he personally is being sued, along with his corporation, so both of those could be decimated in a year or so (depending on how long he drags the trial out).

edited 11th Aug '16 4:02:08 PM by Ogodei

Ghilz Perpetually Confused from Yeeted at Relativistic Velocities Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Barbecuing
Perpetually Confused
#135031: Aug 11th 2016 at 4:23:47 PM

“If at the end of 90 days I fall in short because I'm somewhat politically incorrect ..."

Trump's sense of understatement might actually match the size of his ego.

In other news: Hitler "Somewhat" racist.

(Hey it's not Godwin's Law when actual Nazis (As in "I willingly will call myself and identify as a Nazi in polite company and in front of the press") supporters.)

CaptainCapsase from Orbiting Sagittarius A* Since: Jan, 2015
#135032: Aug 11th 2016 at 4:32:33 PM

You know, it just occurs to me that Trump sounds a lot like Cave Johnson sometimes.

sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#135033: Aug 11th 2016 at 4:32:38 PM

http://www.marieclaire.com/politics/a21997/donald-trump-katy-tur/

A piece by NBC/MSNBC reporter Katy Tur and her experience in covering the Trump campaign since about last Summer.

[up] Wonder what he does with lemons.

edited 11th Aug '16 4:33:12 PM by sgamer82

Ghilz Perpetually Confused from Yeeted at Relativistic Velocities Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Barbecuing
Perpetually Confused
#135034: Aug 11th 2016 at 4:35:57 PM

[up][up]

He sounds like Zapp Brannigan.

To prove it, Billy West (The voice of Zapp Brannigan), started reading Trump quotes in Zapp's voice

edited 11th Aug '16 4:36:37 PM by Ghilz

sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#135035: Aug 11th 2016 at 4:36:50 PM

[up] There are also a bunch of memes of Zapp saying Trump quotes.

Wow, dat Editor's Note:

Editor’s note: Donald Trump regularly incites political violence and is a serial liar,rampant xenophobe, racist, misogynist and birther who has repeatedly pledged to ban all Muslims ― 1.6 billion members of an entire religion ― from entering the U.S.

edited 11th Aug '16 4:40:10 PM by sgamer82

Ghilz Perpetually Confused from Yeeted at Relativistic Velocities Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Barbecuing
Perpetually Confused
#135036: Aug 11th 2016 at 4:37:16 PM

Yes, so they took it too the next level by having Zapp actually say them.

[up] Yeah, Huffpost started putting that notice at the end of every Trump article about mid way through the Primaries, as they felt most media were going easy on Trump, willing to just report the dumb shit he does without condemning it.

BTW, for all the Trump Quotes, look at Billy West's Twitter, he's adding more as he makes them.

edited 11th Aug '16 4:43:14 PM by Ghilz

RavenWilder Since: Apr, 2009
#135037: Aug 11th 2016 at 5:48:15 PM

I'm personally fond of the quiz someone made a bit back to see if people can tell the difference between things Donald Trump has said and things Frank Reynolds from It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia has said.

Protagonist506 from Oregon Since: Dec, 2013 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
#135038: Aug 11th 2016 at 6:18:04 PM

There's also a test between Trump and some gangster character from a TV show I can't recall. That one was pretty easy-Trump is less eloquent.

A much better one is Trump vs. Mussolini, which is actually quite difficult.

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#135039: Aug 11th 2016 at 6:20:20 PM

[up] Well, it's quite easy since one is speaking Italian and the other English...

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Hodor2 Since: Jan, 2015
#135041: Aug 11th 2016 at 7:22:30 PM

Yeah. I remember that being posted and taking it. It was hard. I think I concluded that the best way to tell is that Mussolini was somewhat more eloquent and a bit less self-aggrandizing.

Protagonist506 from Oregon Since: Dec, 2013 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
#135042: Aug 11th 2016 at 7:24:48 PM

I suppose a possible flaw is that it's probably quite possible to cherry-pick quotes that sound similar.

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Hodor2 Since: Jan, 2015
#135043: Aug 11th 2016 at 7:44:31 PM

True. Out of curiosity, I googled Mussolini speeches and found this page.

From just perusing them, I don't really see much similarly to Trump- it's closest to occasions when Trump reads from a pre-written speech off of a teleprompter.

There's a fair amount of sort of communistic vocabulary that wouldn't likely be found in a Trump/American politician's speech (references to people as comrades and fighting a Revolution) and a combination of awkward use of elevated vocabulary with some genuine eloquence.

Also, a couple of highbrow references. Like one speech talks about Lord Byron's commentary on his visit to Italy/his countryman and Mussolini uses this to slag off on the English. And he also references the Roman dictator Sulla and says that Roosevelt is more like him than Hitler or himself.

Definitely a bad guy but a fairly good orator.

Edit- Although, I should note that all of the speeches on the page are from during World War II/when Mussolini was in power, which probably makes them different than the kind of speeches Mussolini gave before seizing power, which I think are the ones the Trump/Mussolini quiz used.

edited 11th Aug '16 7:49:03 PM by Hodor2

AmbarSonofDeshar Since: Jan, 2010
#135044: Aug 11th 2016 at 8:40:52 PM

The quotes in the quiz come from both their writings rather than their oratory.

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#135045: Aug 12th 2016 at 6:38:57 AM

[up]Trump didn't write his books himself; like most everything else, he hired some flunky to do it for him.

Which reminds me of a line from Tremors 4: "And suppose you had a wife and wanted to get her pregnant? Would you hire somebody to do that for you, too?"

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#135046: Aug 12th 2016 at 6:45:18 AM

Sick burn, but sexist undertones.

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sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#135047: Aug 12th 2016 at 6:49:23 AM

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2016/08/09/mike-pence-dismisses-gop-establishments-rejection-donald-trump/88445580/

First few paragraphs:

LANCASTER, Pa. — Republican vice presidential nominee Mike Pence used a campaign stop here Tuesday to indirectly address the growing chorus of Republicans who say they can’t vote for Donald Trump.

“Every time I see a member of the establishment say they’re not for Donald Trump, I say, 'Check the box, because he’s for the American people,’ ” Pence, Indiana's governor, said to enthusiastic applause at a town hall meeting.

The event came a day after Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, said Trump doesn’t reflect historical Republican values or an inclusive approach to governing.

edited 12th Aug '16 6:49:46 AM by sgamer82

ironballs16 Since: Jul, 2009 Relationship Status: Owner of a lonely heart
#135048: Aug 12th 2016 at 7:06:23 AM

And have some more Trump-as-Brannigan quotes. #Make America Brannigan. I personally lost my shit at a quote from a Playboy interview in 2004 - emphasis mine. "Usually if I fire someone who's bad, I tell them how great they are, because I don't want to hurt peoples' feelings."

edited 12th Aug '16 7:10:43 AM by ironballs16

"Why would I inflict myself on somebody else?"
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#135049: Aug 12th 2016 at 7:20:45 AM

That said, Mike Pence sat on a pardon request from an innocent man for 2 years. As in, even the witnesses think he is innocent. Law and order.

In things that really should not surprise you, Trump's claim that Obama founded Daesh is a near verbatim repetition of Russian government-aligned media and blog claims. I feel really bad for the former US Ambassador to Russia for running face first into those guys. Anyone care to help me buy him a drink if they run into him?

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#135050: Aug 12th 2016 at 8:22:38 AM

Trump didn't write his books himself; like most everything else, he hired some flunky to do it for him.

And two of those flunkies are even in the public eye right now. One for the Michelle Obama speech plagiarism, and one for coming out against Trump, telling people not to vote for him, and IIRC apologizing for the part he played in making Trump into a national phenomenon.

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