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Wildcard Since: Jun, 2012
#186026: May 1st 2017 at 3:40:01 PM

I think the best thing to do right now would be to get #Deport Melania trending on twitter so much and get one of his followers to agree and spread it like wildfire. That would get sir tinyhands angry enough that he won't want to govern.

SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#186027: May 1st 2017 at 3:52:08 PM

Remember also that Bannon was downgraded in part because Trump was annoyed that people (including the "lying media" that Trump obsesses around. I doubt that Obama cared much about what Breitbart had to say about him) kept saying "Trump is Bannon's puppet", "President Bannon" and so on.

So if the evil dog starts taking advice from unsavoury people (e.g Paul Ryan), keep your "President Ryan", "Trump is Ryan's puppet" and so on headlines ready!

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
AngelusNox Warder of the damned from The guard of the gates of oblivion Since: Dec, 2014 Relationship Status: Married to the job
Warder of the damned
#186028: May 1st 2017 at 4:00:10 PM

Well his blunder in Syria was partially motivated as a proof that he isn't a Russian puppet, so I think that would work.

At least you can abuse his fragile ego to prevent him from making things worse.

Inter arma enim silent leges
megaeliz Since: Mar, 2017
#186029: May 1st 2017 at 4:00:42 PM

Back in The '80s, newspaper columnist Mike Royko proposed the idea of a Figurehead President, who would be the official face of the US government, but wield no real power whatsoever. He would be strictly a personality who could go on TV, wave to the crowd, try to be witty, and tell lies to the public.

so basically Zaphod Beeblebrox then. ; )

The President in particular is very much a figurehead—he wields no real power whatsoever. […] His job is not to wield power but to draw attention away from it.

edited 1st May '17 4:11:37 PM by megaeliz

Pseudopartition Screaming Into The Void from The Cretaeceous Since: Dec, 2013 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
Screaming Into The Void
#186030: May 1st 2017 at 4:08:37 PM

[up]I mean yeah, pretty much.

You're saying Sean Hannity is also a creep towards women? I am shocked. Shocked, I say!

Also, have we had any commentary on the softwood lumber thing yet? If so, I'd like to go back and read those pages.

edited 1st May '17 4:09:04 PM by Pseudopartition

pwiegle Cape Malleum Majorem from Nowhere Special Since: Sep, 2015 Relationship Status: Singularity
Cape Malleum Majorem
#186031: May 1st 2017 at 4:14:43 PM

[up][up]Zaphod Beeblebrox is a bit too extreme for what Royko had in mind. Zaphod was more like a crazy Hollywood celebrity mired in endless scandals. Royko's idea was that a Figurehead President would soothe and reassure the public like the King/Queen of Great Britain, not stir up a shit-storm of controversy.

edited 1st May '17 4:18:36 PM by pwiegle

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megaeliz Since: Mar, 2017
#186032: May 1st 2017 at 4:28:54 PM

Looks like whatever people are doing is working. They still don't have the votes to pass Trumpdontcare.

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2017/05/01/politics/republicans-continue-to-work-on-health-care/index.html

http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/01/politics/donald-trump-healthcare-ahca/index.html

edited 1st May '17 4:35:54 PM by megaeliz

TrashJack Confirmed Doomer from beyond the Despair Event Horizon (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
Confirmed Doomer
#186033: May 1st 2017 at 4:40:55 PM

[up][up] Also, Zaphod the Nothingth is far more likeable than Trump. Just wanted to get that out there.

"Cynic, n. — A blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be." - The Devil's Dictionary
Wryte Since: Jul, 2010
#186034: May 1st 2017 at 4:50:34 PM

^^^ ...so you're saying Zaphod Beeblebrox was more accurate.

DingoWalley1 Asgore Adopts Noelle Since: Feb, 2014 Relationship Status: Can't buy me love
megaeliz Since: Mar, 2017
#186036: May 1st 2017 at 4:54:06 PM

[up]I Wonder if it will get anywhere?

edited 1st May '17 5:07:28 PM by megaeliz

Fighteer Lost in Space from The Time Vortex (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
Lost in Space
#186037: May 1st 2017 at 5:31:02 PM

I don't see how there is any legal standing for such a suit. But LePage is certifiable, so there's no telling why he's doing it.

Edit: Zaphod's whole purpose was to be a flamboyant distraction from the real powers running things. If only that were Trump's purpose.

edited 1st May '17 5:31:58 PM by Fighteer

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#186038: May 1st 2017 at 5:34:03 PM

Ah, LePage, that guy's a piece of work, as it is. I'm not the least bit surprised he'd try something like this. Not from a man who vetoed a bill to help heroin addicts by increasing access to an antidote by claiming 'Naloxone does not truly save lives; it merely extends them until the next overdose,'. Or from a guy who left an obscene voicemail to a critic and expressed a desire to have him killed.

edited 1st May '17 5:37:37 PM by sgamer82

Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#186039: May 1st 2017 at 5:41:10 PM

Ah, Governor Le Page. A walking case study on why vote splitting is a fucking horrible idea, and why 3rd parties/candidates on the left/center-left should fuck right off.

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#186040: May 1st 2017 at 5:43:33 PM

[up]Yeeup. And he even got re-elected!

Disgusted, but not surprised
ViperMagnum357 Since: Mar, 2012
#186041: May 1st 2017 at 5:52:28 PM

[up]Ugh. Don't remind me-this overgrown lump of bigotry has taken the sorry tense of my state and somehow made it noticeably worse. And that is without all the horrid crap that keeps landing him on the front page.

DingoWalley1 Asgore Adopts Noelle Since: Feb, 2014 Relationship Status: Can't buy me love
Asgore Adopts Noelle
#186042: May 1st 2017 at 6:17:28 PM

Trump says he is willing to raising Gas Taxes for his Infrastructure Plan. Now Republicans don't get to say crap about Cali. Governor Jerry Brown who is proposing the same for his state.

Wyldchyld (Old as dirt)
#186044: May 1st 2017 at 6:25:19 PM

First on CNN: Trump administration ending Michelle Obama's girls education program

Just straight up spite at this point.

Regarding this, the spokesperson quote is, I think, the telling factor:

"Moving forward, we will not continue to use the 'Let Girls Learn' brand or maintain a stand-alone program," read an email sent to Peace Corps employees this week by the agency's acting director Sheila Crowley.

Note the use of 'brand'. Yes, Trump does appear to have a very weird and very personal grudge against Obama and appears to be pushing more White House and Congress resource into undoing Obama than into creating his own legacy (ignoring the idea of 'undoing Obama' being his legacy).

However, this also appears to be about Trump's obsession with 'name branding'. As a businessman, he slaps his name onto everything, and seems to think that alone is enough to make him own it. Therefore, if anything in government has a brand name, he's going to make sure he undoes it solely because it's not Trump branding. That's on top of his Obama obsession.

If my post doesn't mention a giant flying sperm whale with oversized teeth and lionfish fins for flippers, it just isn't worth reading.
M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#186045: May 1st 2017 at 6:34:11 PM

[up]At the same time he also seems obsessed with the idea of Obama liking and supporting him. Note his gushing about the letter Obama left in the Oval Office desk. He also likes the idea of Obama being as obsessed with him. Note the accusations of wire-tapping — clear-cut case of projecting his own obsession with Obama.

He might not even realize it, but he's likely internalized Obama as the embodiment of what it means to be a President. Just look at his inauguration cake: a replica of Obama's that was mostly made of styrofoam. At the same time, he wants to "beat" Obama. Thus his presidency is a half-assed attempt to out-Obama Obama.

Repeal and replace: "Oh, Obama gave America healthcare? Well I'll give'em even biglier and better healthcare!"

The Wall: "Obama pushed out more undocumented immigrants? Well I'll build a big and beautiful wall to keep them out for good!"

Picking fights with North Korea: "Obama got Bin Laden? Well I'll get Kim Jong-un!"

Shit, he even takes more golf breaks than Obama.

edited 1st May '17 6:35:59 PM by M84

Disgusted, but not surprised
MadSkillz Destroyer of Worlds Since: Mar, 2013 Relationship Status: I only want you gone
Destroyer of Worlds
#186046: May 1st 2017 at 6:34:13 PM

Ah so this explains why Fox News is doing some major re-hauling.

They're trying to buy Sky News but that's pending on UK regulators who need to decide whether it'd be under fit hands.

M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#186047: May 1st 2017 at 6:37:09 PM

[up] Figures that's why they got rid of the guy of Irish descent.

edited 1st May '17 6:39:34 PM by M84

Disgusted, but not surprised
megaeliz Since: Mar, 2017
#186048: May 1st 2017 at 6:41:47 PM

Trump has no idea what's in the republican Healthcare bill, or he's lying.

https://www.vox.com/platform/amp/2017/4/30/15492354/trump-ahca-interview

edited 1st May '17 6:41:56 PM by megaeliz

ViperMagnum357 Since: Mar, 2012
M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#186050: May 1st 2017 at 6:44:19 PM

[up][up] At this point I'm struggling to find something with which to compare Trump that won't result in Insult to Rocks.

Even a dumpster fire would be insulted by the comparison.

Disgusted, but not surprised

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