That was the Awfullest speech I've ever heard a Pres make

[OKTexas]

That was the "Awfullest" speech I've ever heard a Pres make

How would you know, you don't even speak the language.

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Yeah we can't all talk like 3rd graders. You're right.

"Awfullest" is not a word dip, any 3rd grader would know that.

I didn't say it was. I'm not the supporting Trump. He's the one who talks like an actual 3rd grader.

Guess you never been instructed on public speaking, you're suppose to tailor the message to the lowest educated person in the room, not the highest. But I guess the OP understood everything perfectly since they appear to lack an education.

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supposed

Oh wow, talk about false equivalence, a typo compared to a made up word, really?


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[pismoe]

-------------------------------------------------- mrobama kissed iranian azz with his nukes deal and transfer of billions of USA dollars to 'iran' .

We owed it to them, Pismoe, and an international court ordered us to pay it. We pay our bills.

----------------------------------------international court [spit] , they have no power . Who they going to send to the USA to collect OldLady ??

We are a lawful nation not a lawless one, like NK. Are you advocating lawlessness and theft?

----------------------------------------------------- i advocate INDEPENDENCE and Sovereignty for the USA plus having military force that can easily overwhelm ANY bogus bill collectors or fureign rules and laws on the USA Coyote !!

So, you advocate stealing money and assets from other sovereign nations?

------------------------------------------------ as i said , USA should makes its own rules and exercise its Independence and Supreme Sovereignty over itself . In other words , feck 'international law' Coyote !!

 

[pismoe]

We owed it to them, Pismoe, and an international court ordered us to pay it. We pay our bills.

----------------------------------------international court [spit] , they have no power . Who they going to send to the USA to collect OldLady ??

We are a lawful nation not a lawless one, like NK. Are you advocating lawlessness and theft?

----------------------------------------------------- i advocate INDEPENDENCE and Sovereignty for the USA plus having military force that can easily overwhelm ANY bogus bill collectors or fureign rules and laws on the USA Coyote !!

So, you advocate stealing money and assets from other sovereign nations?

------------------------------------------------ as i said , USA should makes its own rules and exercise its Independence and Supreme Sovereignty over itself . In other words , feck 'international law' Coyote !!

--------------------------------------------- mrobama kissed irans azz as he heped make an American enemy stronger Coyote .

 

[mudwhistle]

I thought it was one of his bestest speeches.

Any particular reason, or did you just want to use 'bestest'?

I've always liked his speeches because the message never sounds fake and rehearsed.

And yes... I used "bestest" because of your thread title.

So much of it last night was retreads from the campaign that I'm surprised he was using the teleprompter so much. But you're right, his speeches are always in a conversational tone--although a bit louder than normal conversation, sometimes.

He may have them in a conversational tone, but his speeches are nothing but pure word salad, designed to inflame and incite people.

And, while he was a candidate, he had the right to kick those who didn't agree with him out of his rallies. As president however, he is supposed to be president for ALL Americans, even those that don't agree with him. I never saw Obama throw anyone out of his rallies, even when they showed up armed with rifles and pistols.

Bet you couldn't wait to use the phrase "Word Salad".

You just explained exactly what Democrats do. Use nothing but pure word salad designed to inflame and incite the people.

Problem is, it's not working.
But as long as you dipshits have your echo-chamber...you're able to fool yourselves into thinking it is.

 

[OKTexas]

Last night's speech by Trump at his 100 Day Rally in Pennsylvania was truly stirring, but not in a good way. It was not only disappointing, it was frightening. As one CNN guest, a former governor, put it, "I feel like I need a shower."

Why was this one so bad, when I've watched so many others of his without feeling the need to growl at the television set like I did last night? It wasn't because I've lost my ability to listen to another's point of view. It wasn't that I've turned into a partisan froot loop who will automatically criticize everything the man says or does. It was because:

• During his rambling prelude, giving a 10 minute perfunctory slamming of the press, he wore the smug, self satisfied smirk of a bully safe in his position that would lead most parents to say "Wipe that smirk off your face or I'll wipe it off for you."

• He spent a great deal of time deftly conflating the genuine concerns about MS-13 with all illegal immigrants and then to frost the cake, he read that damned "The Snake."

• He did spend a few minutes talking about his accomplishments in the first 100 days, but then spent the rest of the speech giving the exact same campaign promises that he has not actually been able to take the first steps toward. Last I knew, ISIS is no more "on the run" than it was at the end of Obama's term. Economic growth this quarter was .7%. When he mentioned the Wall, it was to say "Don't worry--we'll have a Wall." How? Since you just took it off the spending bill because Congress won't fund it? Yadda, yadda, yadda. He's making us safe, making us prosperous, making us GREAT.

Tbh, what bothered me the most was the way the crowd was reacting with their chanting on demand at the end of each of his pronouncements like a brainwashed proletariat. I was reminded of watching the NK parade--everyone in the crowd chanting exactly what the Boss wants to hear. That was actually the creepiest, most frightening part, what we seem to be turning into.

That was not a president's speech. It was the ill tempered rant of a man who smugly feels he can get away with anything, and who continues to ignore or demean the 60% of the country that doesn't approve of the job he's doing. It was mostly an old recycled stump speech from his glory days of the campaign, when any hollow promise goes.

Very disappointing all around and like I said, it gave me the creeps.





Trump's entire speech on 100th day - CNN Video

That was the "Awfullest" speech I've ever heard a Pres make

How would you know, you don't even speak the language.

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Oh, brother....here we go again. Nope, not gonna bother.
Well, let's put it this way Texas: I was referring to the man who made up the word BIGLY. So it's fair.

bigly

Also found in: Thesaurus, Legal, Idioms.
Related to bigly: Bitly
big
(bĭg)
adj. big·ger, big·gest
1.
a. Of considerable size, number, quantity, magnitude, or extent; large. See Synonyms at large.
b. Having great strength or force: a big wind; in a big rage.
c. Of great significance; momentous: a big decision; a big victory.
2.
a. Mature or grown-up: big enough to take the bus by herself.
b. Older or eldest. Used especially of a sibling: My big brother is leaving for college next week.
3.
a. Filled up; brimming over: felt big with love.
b. Bountiful; generous: had a big heart.
4. Pregnant: big with child.
5.
a. Having or exercising considerable authority, control, or influence: a big official; a big chief.
b. Conspicuous in position, wealth, or importance; prominent: a big figure in the peace movement.
6. Loud and firm; resounding: a big voice.
7. Informal Widely liked, used, or practiced; popular: "The Minneapolis indie-rock band was big in the blogosphere,beloved by hipsters, and unknown to pretty much everyone else" (Robert Levine).
8. Informal Self-important; cocky: You're too big for your own good.
adv.
1. In a pretentious or boastful way: talked big about the new job.
2. Informal
a. With considerable success: made it big with their recent best-selling album.
b. In a thorough or unmistakable way; emphatically: failed big at the box office.
Idiom:
big on
Enthusiastic about; partial to: "a patriotic youth organization big on military-style marching drills" (Earl Swift).
[Middle English, perhaps of Scandinavian origin.]
big′gish adj.
big′ly adv.
big′ness n.

It appears to be an adjective, not made up. So you were saying?

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That page says it was an adverb used in Middle English. Spout away, Chaucer.

Still a word, isn't it?

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[LeftofLeft]

Last night's speech by Trump at his 100 Day Rally in Pennsylvania was truly stirring, but not in a good way. It was not only disappointing, it was frightening. As one CNN guest, a former governor, put it, "I feel like I need a shower."

Why was this one so bad, when I've watched so many others of his without feeling the need to growl at the television set like I did last night? It wasn't because I've lost my ability to listen to another's point of view. It wasn't that I've turned into a partisan froot loop who will automatically criticize everything the man says or does. It was because:

• During his rambling prelude, giving a 10 minute perfunctory slamming of the press, he wore the smug, self satisfied smirk of a bully safe in his position that would lead most parents to say "Wipe that smirk off your face or I'll wipe it off for you."

• He spent a great deal of time deftly conflating the genuine concerns about MS-13 with all illegal immigrants and then to frost the cake, he read that damned "The Snake."

• He did spend a few minutes talking about his accomplishments in the first 100 days, but then spent the rest of the speech giving the exact same campaign promises that he has not actually been able to take the first steps toward. Last I knew, ISIS is no more "on the run" than it was at the end of Obama's term. Economic growth this quarter was .7%. When he mentioned the Wall, it was to say "Don't worry--we'll have a Wall." How? Since you just took it off the spending bill because Congress won't fund it? Yadda, yadda, yadda. He's making us safe, making us prosperous, making us GREAT.

Tbh, what bothered me the most was the way the crowd was reacting with their chanting on demand at the end of each of his pronouncements like a brainwashed proletariat. I was reminded of watching the NK parade--everyone in the crowd chanting exactly what the Boss wants to hear. That was actually the creepiest, most frightening part, what we seem to be turning into.

That was not a president's speech. It was the ill tempered rant of a man who smugly feels he can get away with anything, and who continues to ignore or demean the 60% of the country that doesn't approve of the job he's doing. It was mostly an old recycled stump speech from his glory days of the campaign, when any hollow promise goes.

Very disappointing all around and like I said, it gave me the creeps.





Trump's entire speech on 100th day - CNN Video

Given that you are for the fundamental transformation of America, we can guess which speech you like.

 

[Faun]

Last night's speech by Trump at his 100 Day Rally in Pennsylvania was truly stirring, but not in a good way. It was not only disappointing, it was frightening. As one CNN guest, a former governor, put it, "I feel like I need a shower."

Why was this one so bad, when I've watched so many others of his without feeling the need to growl at the television set like I did last night? It wasn't because I've lost my ability to listen to another's point of view. It wasn't that I've turned into a partisan froot loop who will automatically criticize everything the man says or does. It was because:

• During his rambling prelude, giving a 10 minute perfunctory slamming of the press, he wore the smug, self satisfied smirk of a bully safe in his position that would lead most parents to say "Wipe that smirk off your face or I'll wipe it off for you."

• He spent a great deal of time deftly conflating the genuine concerns about MS-13 with all illegal immigrants and then to frost the cake, he read that damned "The Snake."

• He did spend a few minutes talking about his accomplishments in the first 100 days, but then spent the rest of the speech giving the exact same campaign promises that he has not actually been able to take the first steps toward. Last I knew, ISIS is no more "on the run" than it was at the end of Obama's term. Economic growth this quarter was .7%. When he mentioned the Wall, it was to say "Don't worry--we'll have a Wall." How? Since you just took it off the spending bill because Congress won't fund it? Yadda, yadda, yadda. He's making us safe, making us prosperous, making us GREAT.

Tbh, what bothered me the most was the way the crowd was reacting with their chanting on demand at the end of each of his pronouncements like a brainwashed proletariat. I was reminded of watching the NK parade--everyone in the crowd chanting exactly what the Boss wants to hear. That was actually the creepiest, most frightening part, what we seem to be turning into.

That was not a president's speech. It was the ill tempered rant of a man who smugly feels he can get away with anything, and who continues to ignore or demean the 60% of the country that doesn't approve of the job he's doing. It was mostly an old recycled stump speech from his glory days of the campaign, when any hollow promise goes.

Very disappointing all around and like I said, it gave me the creeps.





Trump's entire speech on 100th day - CNN Video

You can look at those sycophants and see them drinking the Koolaid he's serving them. I never understood Jonestown; but watching this, I can see how shit like that can happen.

 

[usmbguest5318]

Last night's speech by Trump at his 100 Day Rally in Pennsylvania was truly stirring, but not in a good way. It was not only disappointing....Very disappointing all around and like I said, it gave me the creeps.

I know you've been in the "I don't like that he's there but he is, so let's hold out hope and give him a chance" camp. Do you so remain?

Make no mistake; I concur with all your OP says. A key difference is that my forbearance of him has expired.

At this point, frankly well before now, to tell the truth, I'd sooner have any of the "old models" or any other new one. Even Nixon. About the only one I to which I wouldn't cotton is Frank Pierce, who, favoring the South's secession, repealed the 1850 Missouri Compromise and thereby paved the way for the Civil War.

Like Trump, Pierce was rather amiable in person, committed to doing things his way, every bit as byronic, and utterly clueless about the greater implications of what he wanted to do. Both show a doggedness for achieving their goals, come hell or high water. Was Pierce popular too? Absolutely. He never lost an election.

Be that as it may, one needs to look all the way back to Richard II -- or perhaps, as Lincoln suggested, Richard III - to find a more inept leader. (Splitting hairs, one might argue that Fillmore was equally inept.) Richard II, had his moments such as Bolingbroke, but mostly his was a reign of ineptitude and unfitness for office, that of a governance and policy dilettante. We have exactly that in Trump.

 

[Billy000]

Last night's speech by Trump at his 100 Day Rally in Pennsylvania was truly stirring, but not in a good way. It was not only disappointing, it was frightening. As one CNN guest, a former governor, put it, "I feel like I need a shower."

Why was this one so bad, when I've watched so many others of his without feeling the need to growl at the television set like I did last night? It wasn't because I've lost my ability to listen to another's point of view. It wasn't that I've turned into a partisan froot loop who will automatically criticize everything the man says or does. It was because:

• During his rambling prelude, giving a 10 minute perfunctory slamming of the press, he wore the smug, self satisfied smirk of a bully safe in his position that would lead most parents to say "Wipe that smirk off your face or I'll wipe it off for you."

• He spent a great deal of time deftly conflating the genuine concerns about MS-13 with all illegal immigrants and then to frost the cake, he read that damned "The Snake."

• He did spend a few minutes talking about his accomplishments in the first 100 days, but then spent the rest of the speech giving the exact same campaign promises that he has not actually been able to take the first steps toward. Last I knew, ISIS is no more "on the run" than it was at the end of Obama's term. Economic growth this quarter was .7%. When he mentioned the Wall, it was to say "Don't worry--we'll have a Wall." How? Since you just took it off the spending bill because Congress won't fund it? Yadda, yadda, yadda. He's making us safe, making us prosperous, making us GREAT.

Tbh, what bothered me the most was the way the crowd was reacting with their chanting on demand at the end of each of his pronouncements like a brainwashed proletariat. I was reminded of watching the NK parade--everyone in the crowd chanting exactly what the Boss wants to hear. That was actually the creepiest, most frightening part, what we seem to be turning into.

That was not a president's speech. It was the ill tempered rant of a man who smugly feels he can get away with anything, and who continues to ignore or demean the 60% of the country that doesn't approve of the job he's doing. It was mostly an old recycled stump speech from his glory days of the campaign, when any hollow promise goes.

Very disappointing all around and like I said, it gave me the creeps.





Trump's entire speech on 100th day - CNN Video

Having the rally itself shows what a whiny little insecure ***** he is. He'll do anything for the feeling of people liking him.

Not to worry...you're not alone.
All weirdos, bottom feeders, illegals, men in dresses, pole puffers and criminals cringe every time Trump speaks.
Meanwhile anyone legit is still smiling ear to ear....hahaha

Pole puffers huh? Why should they cringe? So your degenerate white trash friends can hunt them down? Sure let's see if Trump will actually keep hate crimes from being prosecuted. Trump doesn't give a shit about you and you're too much of an idiot to realize it. Only his rich cronies will see any benefit to his administration.

 

[Dim Bulb]

Last night's speech by Trump at his 100 Day Rally in Pennsylvania was truly stirring, but not in a good way. It was not only disappointing....Very disappointing all around and like I said, it gave me the creeps.

I know you've been in the "I don't like that he's there but he is, so let's hold out hope and give him a chance" camp. Do you so remain?

Make no mistake; I concur with all your OP says. A key difference is that my forbearance of him has expired.

At this point, frankly well before now, to tell the truth, I'd sooner have any of the "old models" or any other new one. Even Nixon. About the only one I to which I wouldn't cotton is Frank Pierce, who, favoring the South's secession, repealed the 1850 Missouri Compromise and thereby paved the way for the Civil War.

Like Trump, Pierce was rather amiable in person, committed to doing things his, every bit as Byronic, and utterly clueless about the greater implications of what he wanted to do. Both show a doggedness for achieving their goals, come hell or high water. Was Pierce popular too? Absolutely. He never lost an election.

Be that as it may, one needs to look all the way back to Richard II -- or perhaps, as Lincoln suggested, Richard III - to find a more inept leader. (Splitting hairs, one might argue that Fillmore was equally inept.) Richard II, had his moments such as Bolingbroke, but mostly his was a reign of ineptitude and unfitness for office, a governance and policy dilettante. We have exactly that in Trump.

I have been in that camp too. If you ignore all the silliness, what we have in President Trump today is more of a classically Republican conservative. The kind many on this Board call derisively a RINO.

Unlike on the campaign trail, he is now in favor of talks with China. They are no longer a currency manipulator.

Unlike on the campaign trail, he is now in favor of military intervention in the Middle East.

Unlike on the campaign trail, he is now in favor of trade deals.

Unlike on the campaign trail, he is now tolerant of increasing the national debt.

Unlike on the campaign trail, he is in favor of tax breaks to the rich (the estate tax impacts only 5200 people a YEAR!)

Unlike on the campaign trail, he is now in favor of DACA.

He has been turned by reality into a normal president. What we have here are many policies you might've seen out of Hillary Clinton. His more hysterical tweets and speeches are just a way to keep him in power. The hard core Trump supporters are willing to overlook the fact that he has changed significantly from what he promised. Which for the most part is okay with me, the policies he is pursuing are more moderate.

 

[Dim Bulb]

Last night's speech by Trump at his 100 Day Rally in Pennsylvania was truly stirring, but not in a good way. It was not only disappointing....Very disappointing all around and like I said, it gave me the creeps.

I know you've been in the "I don't like that he's there but he is, so let's hold out hope and give him a chance" camp. Do you so remain?

Make no mistake; I concur with all your OP says. A key difference is that my forbearance of him has expired.

At this point, frankly well before now, to tell the truth, I'd sooner have any of the "old models" or any other new one. Even Nixon. About the only one I to which I wouldn't cotton is Frank Pierce, who, favoring the South's secession, repealed the 1850 Missouri Compromise and thereby paved the way for the Civil War.

Like Trump, Pierce was rather amiable in person, committed to doing things his way, every bit as byronic, and utterly clueless about the greater implications of what he wanted to do. Both show a doggedness for achieving their goals, come hell or high water. Was Pierce popular too? Absolutely. He never lost an election.

Be that as it may, one needs to look all the way back to Richard II -- or perhaps, as Lincoln suggested, Richard III - to find a more inept leader. (Splitting hairs, one might argue that Fillmore was equally inept.) Richard II, had his moments such as Bolingbroke, but mostly his was a reign of ineptitude and unfitness for office, that of a governance and policy dilettante. We have exactly that in Trump.

Henry VI and George III way more inept than Richard II. And Richard III was the furthest thing from inept as can be.

 

[Billy000]

Last night's speech by Trump at his 100 Day Rally in Pennsylvania was truly stirring, but not in a good way. It was not only disappointing, it was frightening. As one CNN guest, a former governor, put it, "I feel like I need a shower."

Why was this one so bad, when I've watched so many others of his without feeling the need to growl at the television set like I did last night? It wasn't because I've lost my ability to listen to another's point of view. It wasn't that I've turned into a partisan froot loop who will automatically criticize everything the man says or does. It was because:

• During his rambling prelude, giving a 10 minute perfunctory slamming of the press, he wore the smug, self satisfied smirk of a bully safe in his position that would lead most parents to say "Wipe that smirk off your face or I'll wipe it off for you."

• He spent a great deal of time deftly conflating the genuine concerns about MS-13 with all illegal immigrants and then to frost the cake, he read that damned "The Snake."

• He did spend a few minutes talking about his accomplishments in the first 100 days, but then spent the rest of the speech giving the exact same campaign promises that he has not actually been able to take the first steps toward. Last I knew, ISIS is no more "on the run" than it was at the end of Obama's term. Economic growth this quarter was .7%. When he mentioned the Wall, it was to say "Don't worry--we'll have a Wall." How? Since you just took it off the spending bill because Congress won't fund it? Yadda, yadda, yadda. He's making us safe, making us prosperous, making us GREAT.

Tbh, what bothered me the most was the way the crowd was reacting with their chanting on demand at the end of each of his pronouncements like a brainwashed proletariat. I was reminded of watching the NK parade--everyone in the crowd chanting exactly what the Boss wants to hear. That was actually the creepiest, most frightening part, what we seem to be turning into.

That was not a president's speech. It was the ill tempered rant of a man who smugly feels he can get away with anything, and who continues to ignore or demean the 60% of the country that doesn't approve of the job he's doing. It was mostly an old recycled stump speech from his glory days of the campaign, when any hollow promise goes.

Very disappointing all around and like I said, it gave me the creeps.





Trump's entire speech on 100th day - CNN Video

That was the "Awfullest" speech I've ever heard a Pres make

How would you know, you don't even speak the language.

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Yeah we can't all talk like 3rd graders. You're right.

"Awfullest" is not a word dip, any 3rd grader would know that.

I didn't say it was. I'm not the supporting Trump. He's the one who talks like an actual 3rd grader.

Guess you never been instructed on public speaking, you're suppose to tailor the message to the lowest educated person in the room, not the highest. But I guess the OP understood everything perfectly since they appear to lack an education.

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Lol now that's funny. Perhaps if 3rd graders had the right to vote, you might have a point.

 

[tycho1572]

It was a great speech.

Well done Trump!

There are only a few people who can't appreciate his speeches. Let's be glad we're among those who can.

 

[Political Junky]

I have a lot of trouble watching Trump.

 

[BrokeLoser]

Last night's speech by Trump at his 100 Day Rally in Pennsylvania was truly stirring, but not in a good way. It was not only disappointing, it was frightening. As one CNN guest, a former governor, put it, "I feel like I need a shower."

Why was this one so bad, when I've watched so many others of his without feeling the need to growl at the television set like I did last night? It wasn't because I've lost my ability to listen to another's point of view. It wasn't that I've turned into a partisan froot loop who will automatically criticize everything the man says or does. It was because:

• During his rambling prelude, giving a 10 minute perfunctory slamming of the press, he wore the smug, self satisfied smirk of a bully safe in his position that would lead most parents to say "Wipe that smirk off your face or I'll wipe it off for you."

• He spent a great deal of time deftly conflating the genuine concerns about MS-13 with all illegal immigrants and then to frost the cake, he read that damned "The Snake."

• He did spend a few minutes talking about his accomplishments in the first 100 days, but then spent the rest of the speech giving the exact same campaign promises that he has not actually been able to take the first steps toward. Last I knew, ISIS is no more "on the run" than it was at the end of Obama's term. Economic growth this quarter was .7%. When he mentioned the Wall, it was to say "Don't worry--we'll have a Wall." How? Since you just took it off the spending bill because Congress won't fund it? Yadda, yadda, yadda. He's making us safe, making us prosperous, making us GREAT.

Tbh, what bothered me the most was the way the crowd was reacting with their chanting on demand at the end of each of his pronouncements like a brainwashed proletariat. I was reminded of watching the NK parade--everyone in the crowd chanting exactly what the Boss wants to hear. That was actually the creepiest, most frightening part, what we seem to be turning into.

That was not a president's speech. It was the ill tempered rant of a man who smugly feels he can get away with anything, and who continues to ignore or demean the 60% of the country that doesn't approve of the job he's doing. It was mostly an old recycled stump speech from his glory days of the campaign, when any hollow promise goes.

Very disappointing all around and like I said, it gave me the creeps.





Trump's entire speech on 100th day - CNN Video

Having the rally itself shows what a whiny little insecure ***** he is. He'll do anything for the feeling of people liking him.

Not to worry...you're not alone.
All weirdos, bottom feeders, illegals, men in dresses, pole puffers and criminals cringe every time Trump speaks.
Meanwhile anyone legit is still smiling ear to ear....hahaha

Pole puffers huh? Why should they cringe? So your degenerate white trash friends can hunt them down? Sure let's see if Trump will actually keep hate crimes from being prosecuted. Trump doesn't give a shit about you and you're too much of an idiot to realize it. Only his rich cronies will see any benefit to his administration.

Easy there bud...neither myself nor my degenerate white trash friends have a problem with pole puffers...we think they're quite entertaining...especially the "catchers" with the tramp stamps, half shirts and high pitched voices.

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Last night's speech by Trump at his 100 Day Rally in Pennsylvania was truly stirring, but not in a good way. It was not only disappointing, it was frightening. As one CNN guest, a former governor, put it, "I feel like I need a shower."

Why was this one so bad, when I've watched so many others of his without feeling the need to growl at the television set like I did last night? It wasn't because I've lost my ability to listen to another's point of view. It wasn't that I've turned into a partisan froot loop who will automatically criticize everything the man says or does. It was because:

• During his rambling prelude, giving a 10 minute perfunctory slamming of the press, he wore the smug, self satisfied smirk of a bully safe in his position that would lead most parents to say "Wipe that smirk off your face or I'll wipe it off for you."

• He spent a great deal of time deftly conflating the genuine concerns about MS-13 with all illegal immigrants and then to frost the cake, he read that damned "The Snake."

• He did spend a few minutes talking about his accomplishments in the first 100 days, but then spent the rest of the speech giving the exact same campaign promises that he has not actually been able to take the first steps toward. Last I knew, ISIS is no more "on the run" than it was at the end of Obama's term. Economic growth this quarter was .7%. When he mentioned the Wall, it was to say "Don't worry--we'll have a Wall." How? Since you just took it off the spending bill because Congress won't fund it? Yadda, yadda, yadda. He's making us safe, making us prosperous, making us GREAT.

Tbh, what bothered me the most was the way the crowd was reacting with their chanting on demand at the end of each of his pronouncements like a brainwashed proletariat. I was reminded of watching the NK parade--everyone in the crowd chanting exactly what the Boss wants to hear. That was actually the creepiest, most frightening part, what we seem to be turning into.

That was not a president's speech. It was the ill tempered rant of a man who smugly feels he can get away with anything, and who continues to ignore or demean the 60% of the country that doesn't approve of the job he's doing. It was mostly an old recycled stump speech from his glory days of the campaign, when any hollow promise goes.

Very disappointing all around and like I said, it gave me the creeps.





Trump's entire speech on 100th day - CNN Video

CNN=LOL

 

[mudwhistle]

Last night's speech by Trump at his 100 Day Rally in Pennsylvania was truly stirring, but not in a good way. It was not only disappointing, it was frightening. As one CNN guest, a former governor, put it, "I feel like I need a shower."

Why was this one so bad, when I've watched so many others of his without feeling the need to growl at the television set like I did last night? It wasn't because I've lost my ability to listen to another's point of view. It wasn't that I've turned into a partisan froot loop who will automatically criticize everything the man says or does. It was because:

• During his rambling prelude, giving a 10 minute perfunctory slamming of the press, he wore the smug, self satisfied smirk of a bully safe in his position that would lead most parents to say "Wipe that smirk off your face or I'll wipe it off for you."

• He spent a great deal of time deftly conflating the genuine concerns about MS-13 with all illegal immigrants and then to frost the cake, he read that damned "The Snake."

• He did spend a few minutes talking about his accomplishments in the first 100 days, but then spent the rest of the speech giving the exact same campaign promises that he has not actually been able to take the first steps toward. Last I knew, ISIS is no more "on the run" than it was at the end of Obama's term. Economic growth this quarter was .7%. When he mentioned the Wall, it was to say "Don't worry--we'll have a Wall." How? Since you just took it off the spending bill because Congress won't fund it? Yadda, yadda, yadda. He's making us safe, making us prosperous, making us GREAT.

Tbh, what bothered me the most was the way the crowd was reacting with their chanting on demand at the end of each of his pronouncements like a brainwashed proletariat. I was reminded of watching the NK parade--everyone in the crowd chanting exactly what the Boss wants to hear. That was actually the creepiest, most frightening part, what we seem to be turning into.

That was not a president's speech. It was the ill tempered rant of a man who smugly feels he can get away with anything, and who continues to ignore or demean the 60% of the country that doesn't approve of the job he's doing. It was mostly an old recycled stump speech from his glory days of the campaign, when any hollow promise goes.

Very disappointing all around and like I said, it gave me the creeps.





Trump's entire speech on 100th day - CNN Video

You can look at those sycophants and see them drinking the Koolaid he's serving them. I never understood Jonestown; but watching this, I can see how shit like that can happen.

Yeah.....well **** you......

 

[mudwhistle]

I have a lot of trouble watching Trump.

Then don't........

 

[usmbguest5318]

Last night's speech by Trump at his 100 Day Rally in Pennsylvania was truly stirring, but not in a good way. It was not only disappointing....Very disappointing all around and like I said, it gave me the creeps.

I know you've been in the "I don't like that he's there but he is, so let's hold out hope and give him a chance" camp. Do you so remain?

Make no mistake; I concur with all your OP says. A key difference is that my forbearance of him has expired.

At this point, frankly well before now, to tell the truth, I'd sooner have any of the "old models" or any other new one. Even Nixon. About the only one I to which I wouldn't cotton is Frank Pierce, who, favoring the South's secession, repealed the 1850 Missouri Compromise and thereby paved the way for the Civil War.

Like Trump, Pierce was rather amiable in person, committed to doing things his, every bit as Byronic, and utterly clueless about the greater implications of what he wanted to do. Both show a doggedness for achieving their goals, come hell or high water. Was Pierce popular too? Absolutely. He never lost an election.

Be that as it may, one needs to look all the way back to Richard II -- or perhaps, as Lincoln suggested, Richard III - to find a more inept leader. (Splitting hairs, one might argue that Fillmore was equally inept.) Richard II, had his moments such as Bolingbroke, but mostly his was a reign of ineptitude and unfitness for office, a governance and policy dilettante. We have exactly that in Trump.

I have been in that camp too. If you ignore all the silliness, what we have in President Trump today is more of a classically Republican conservative. The kind many on this Board call derisively a RINO.

Unlike on the campaign trail, he is now in favor of talks with China. They are no longer a currency manipulator.

Unlike on the campaign trail, he is now in favor of military intervention in the Middle East.

Unlike on the campaign trail, he is now in favor of trade deals.

Unlike on the campaign trail, he is now tolerant of increasing the national debt.

Unlike on the campaign trail, he is in favor of tax breaks to the rich (the estate tax impacts only 5200 people a YEAR!)

Unlike on the campaign trail, he is now in favor of DACA.

He has been turned by reality into a normal president. What we have here are many policies you might've seen out of Hillary Clinton. His more hysterical tweets and speeches are just a way to keep him in power. The hard core Trump supporters are willing to overlook the fact that he has changed significantly from what he promised. Which for the most part is okay with me, the policies he is pursuing are more moderate.

Unlike on the campaign trail, he is now in favor of talks with China. They are no longer a currency manipulator.

Unlike on the campaign trail, he is now in favor of military intervention in the Middle East.

Unlike on the campaign trail, he is now in favor of trade deals.

Unlike on the campaign trail, he is now tolerant of increasing the national debt.

Unlike on the campaign trail, he is in favor of tax breaks to the rich (the estate tax impacts only 5200 people a YEAR!)

Unlike on the campaign trail, he is now in favor of DACA.

Well, though Trump's "evolution" seems a pyrrhic comfort at best. After all, it took a septuagenarian anywhere from two years to a decade to arrive at those positions when he took a degree in economics and a wealth of credible material indicating the stances' merit has been continually and readily available since the notion of running for POTUS was little but a passing thought in his mind. I'm sorry, but I need "stiffer glue" than that holding the country together.

Be that as it may, the resources expended getting Trump to that point were nonetheless wasted. After all, how much more might have been accomplished were Trump not such a novice. I mean, really. The man came into office with a sympathetic Congress and a SCOTUS appointment. Talk about opportunity squandered....


I take exception with one of your observations above: I don't think Trump has ever been opposed to trade deals.

He has been turned by reality into a normal president.

I accept that as a debatable point, but in that debate, I stand on the side that's unconvinced the transformation is both complete and irreversible. There is, of course, no need to debate that point, for, barring unforeseen calamity, time will tell. I have my "fingers crossed" hoping that the next 3.75 years don't lay before him issues that are even more complicated, or even just more, than currently confound him.

What we have here are many policies you might've seen out of Hillary Clinton.

I agree with the tacit implications in that statement. Would that more people were to take such an objective view of the candidates among which they must choose.

The hard core Trump supporters are willing to overlook the fact that he has changed significantly from what he promised.

I find that supremely disturbing, more so than the fact that they elected Trump.

• They elected a buffoon once; they can do it again, and having Trump's campaign as a model, the next time they'll know exactly how.
• That indifference strongly suggests they prioritize party over country. That's not a good thing. If one votes for a candidate based on their promise to do X and upon taking office s/he does the opposite of X, and that doesn't tick off the folks who voted them into office, the only rational conclusion to draw from that pattern is the voters didn't ever give a damn about sagacious policy and governance and that, instead, they viewed the whole matter as akin to a sporting contest.
• Their willingness to do so indicates that, unlike Trump, they have not in the past six months learned a goddamned thing.

....Yet we let people like that vote...Indeed, they're encouraged do so. In what other context are people known to willfully and perpetually "sleep at the wheel" given car keys?

The hard core Trump supporters are willing to overlook the fact that he has changed significantly from what he promised. Which for the most part is okay with me, the policies he is pursuing are more moderate.

Yes, that is a positive thing, but I'm not of a mind that it's enough.

 

[OKTexas]

That was the "Awfullest" speech I've ever heard a Pres make

How would you know, you don't even speak the language.

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Yeah we can't all talk like 3rd graders. You're right.

"Awfullest" is not a word dip, any 3rd grader would know that.

I didn't say it was. I'm not the supporting Trump. He's the one who talks like an actual 3rd grader.

Guess you never been instructed on public speaking, you're suppose to tailor the message to the lowest educated person in the room, not the highest. But I guess the OP understood everything perfectly since they appear to lack an education.

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Lol now that's funny. Perhaps if 3rd graders had the right to vote, you might have a point.

You have to remember where he was speaking, it was Philly after all.

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