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Posted: June 30 2017 at 05:00

And now we're back to this crap again...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2017/06/29/trump-angrily-lashes-out-at-morning-joe-hosts-on-twitter/?utm_term=.9e3a90fd69b6

Sen. Lindsay Graham: "Mr. President, your tweet was beneath the office and represents what is wrong with American politics, not the greatness of America."

Sen. Ben Sasse: "Please just stop. This isn't normal and it's beneath the dignity of your office."

Mark Kornblau of NBC: "Never imagined a day when I would think to myself, 'it is beneath my dignity to respond to the President of the United States.' "

Mike Brzezinski: "Let's say someone came into NBC and took over NBC and started tweeting wildly about people's appearances, bullying people, talking about people in the competition, lying every day, undermining his managers, throwing them under -- the person would be thrown out," she said. "It's just not normal behavior. In fact, there would be concern that perhaps the person who runs the company is out of his mind."

The narcissist man-child is having another temper tantrum.

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Posted: June 30 2017 at 05:10

Some more quotes:

Sen. Brian Schatz: "If anyone on my staff did this they would be fired instantly."

Rep. Barbara Lee: "I want my GOP colleagues to explain to my 3 granddaughters why they think these viciously sexist comments are acceptable from our President."

Rep. Lynn Jenkins: "This is not okay. As a female in politics I am often criticized for my looks. We should be working to empower women."

Sen. Susan Collins (who I have some respect for being more moderate): "My first reaction was that this just has to stop, and I was disheartened because I had hoped the personal, ad hominem attacks had been left behind, that we were past that."

Really? From a man-child that has spent nearly his entire life acting like a big baby and playboy??

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Posted: June 30 2017 at 09:31

This is laughable, don't care if Trump said these things or not. These people probably never said anything close to this when BClinton was porking women in the Arkansas gov mansion, back streets, hotels while the Arkansas police watched over him. Or when Clinton was getting pole smoked by Monica in the WH, thank God she kept her dress on LOL!!

Someone needs to tell Schatz that politicians do/say something everyday that should get them fired. And what is Lee telling her grandkids about Bill Clinton, Hillary, the Kennedy clan and how each of these prominent political monster families cheated on their spouses while in the WH? Two faced if u ask me

.....Your right, all politicians need to grow up

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Posted: June 30 2017 at 10:46

Well, at least Trump never tweets about the Beatles! Wink

Edited by SteveG - June 30 2017 at 14:48

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Posted: June 30 2017 at 13:01

Twseel- I appreciate the enormous effort you spent on your post. I'll digest your economic theories and get back to you late next week. I'm off on an extended "out of town" Independence Day Holiday. May America stay free and Independent!

Trump's Tweets serve several porpoises: If my reasoning is Confucius, read it out loud !

Tweets empower Trump to punt over main stream media's head. How sweet the tweet!

Trump loves to jerk the chain of media and his detractors. Secretly, the media icons splintered by Trump's tweets thank their lucky stars Trump twittered, as they watch their ratings immediately spike yon and hither.... Just yesterday, Meager Brzezinski basked in the soundbite, twinkling nightlight of Trump's bleeding tweet kerfuffle! Delighted! Boyfriend Scarborough goes fool on Scarborough Fair, dons a debon-air guitar like a true leftist bard and chars Trump's rearguard on his twitter feed...

OMGJOE! I had to tie my u-tubes! Lyrics start around 1:15...

Other times, Trump tweets tactically sound twitter time bombs. These ticking tweets take time to blossom and flower. The Comey tape tweet was classic. Trump's tweet forced Comey to tell truth under oath because he didn't know if Trump taped him or not. Trump twitter bluffed Comey into telling truth tales!

Trump tweets legislative bills and executive orders because the MSM under reports Trump's accomplishments and plans. (CNN spent 47 seconds in May on Tax Reform) Trump toots his horn so his band knows what time signature and key to play. One a two..

Trump tweets for entertainment.

Trump tweets to single out unsung American Heroes.

Trump tweets to trigger.

Trump tweets to encapsulate America's feelings in a twitter soundbite. Things like July 4th or the dark shadows that passed over the republican baseball diamond senator shootout.

Edited by omphaloskepsis - June 30 2017 at 18:19

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Posted: June 30 2017 at 13:39

TweetsTweets, current page.
Tweets & replies
Media

Donald J. Trump‏Verified account @realDonaldTrump 1h1 hour ago

My hair looks better at 71 than McCartney's did when he was 20. Terrible dye job.
And who did his plastic surgery? Bob Vila with a Spackle knife? Sad.

Edited by SteveG - June 30 2017 at 13:45

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Posted: June 30 2017 at 14:51

SteveG wrote:

Well, at least Trump never tweets about the Beatles! Wink

Wish he would, give me something to bitch at him for.......... LOL

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Posted: June 30 2017 at 14:56

Young kids don't watch the news or those things that hang on the wall, but they read tweets........Trump is just giving the young folk their daily news feed, real news not fake news.....Everything on the interweb is true remember?

LOL

Me2....taking a looooong absence from PA for the holiday, be safe!

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Posted: July 01 2017 at 05:23

omphaloskepsis wrote:

Twseel- I appreciate the enormous effort you spent on your post. I'll digest your economic theories and get back to you late next week.

Thank you, thank you, but before you rock past the point again, I'm not necessarily talking about economic theory but rather the complete lack thereof in Trump's campaign promises. He panders without any plan or reasoning and to see what that leads to this video puts a good few points in a row:

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Posted: July 01 2017 at 07:40

Catcher10 wrote:

Young kids don't watch the news or those things that hang on the wall, but they read tweets........Trump is just giving the young folk their daily news feed, real news not fake news.....Everything on the interweb is true remember?

LOL

Me2....taking a looooong absence from PA for the holiday, be safe!

Same to you Jose. Hoping that you and yours have a wonderfully fun and safe holiday.

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Posted: July 05 2017 at 08:52

CNN, Washington Post, NY TIMES, NBC, and other MSM outlets retract hundreds of stories suggesting President Trump committed crimes. ( If you are going to quote a MSM source to back your political argument, at least quote a recent article. ( if MSM article is over a month old the news source probably already released a retraction.) I don't have enough time to list all the retractions the MSM has made...The number of retractions is truly staggering.) Which is why...

NY Times continues mass lay offs. ( MSM is dying)

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/hundreds-of-new-york-times-journalists-stage-walk-out-to-protest-mass-layoffs/article/2627471

CNN threatens and blackmails private citizen- 15 year old "Hans Solo" for posting wrestling gif.

Notice all my source are less than a week old.

Edited by omphaloskepsis - July 05 2017 at 09:34

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Posted: July 05 2017 at 10:15

^ All of these little diversions don't change the fact that Trump is a lying con artist who has hoodwinked about a third of the US population. His day of reckoning will still come.

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Posted: July 05 2017 at 10:27

Yes. All of his hair will fall out and he will weep and gnash his teeth.

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Posted: July 05 2017 at 10:38

Easy Money wrote:

^ All of these little diversions don't change the fact that Trump is a lying con artist who has hoodwinked about a third of the US population. His day of reckoning will still come.

You're expressing an opinion Easy Money, unless you can provide evidence and proof that Trump lied to America Public. Please provide evidence and proof that hasn't already been retracted by a news source you may quote. I wouldn't quote CNN, Associative Press, Washington Post, or NBC as they all have recently retracted stories on Trump. For example...

https://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/07/01/ny-times-associated-press-forced-to-issue-major-retractions-in-trump-russia-stories/

Have you ever thought your opinion may be based on lies by MSM, repeated ad-nauseum until MSM attorneys force MSM to retract story because they would be sued for liable. Stories like this....

http://nypost.com/2017/06/27/cnn-staffers-didnt-resign-over-retracted-story-they-got-fired/

Edited by omphaloskepsis - July 05 2017 at 10:45

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Posted: July 05 2017 at 10:42

'I have the best words', there's your lie. Reminder: I'm still hoping for your response to my post, I hope you weren't discouraged by that video I posted?

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Posted: July 05 2017 at 10:46

"A tale of two networks: How Fox News and CNN handled recent retractions The differences are telling."

https://thinkprogress.org/fox-news-cnn-retraction-6fffbc589fe6

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Posted: July 05 2017 at 10:51

Donald Trump's file: 69% mostly false to pants on fire; another 15% half true

http://www.politifact.com/personalities/donald-trump/

Trump's lies: the definitive list:

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/06/23/opinion/trumps-lies.html

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Posted: July 05 2017 at 11:03

I find it funny that mainstream and normally reliable sources are being blasted on here with sources that had their origins with Glenn Beck or are owned by Rupert Murdoch. It seems like another distraction away from the dire problems of having a nut as the president. So now we're being told (I know recommended was used, but it sure sounds like told based on the language) we can't use the Washington Post, Associated Press, and a host of other reliable sources just because they made retractions? What kind of a delusional world some must live in. So sad.

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Posted: July 05 2017 at 11:26

omphaloskepsis wrote:

https://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/07/01/ny-times-associated-press-forced-to-issue-major-retractions-in-trump-russia-stories/

Have you ever thought your opinion may be based on lies by MSM, repeated ad-nauseum until MSM attorneys force MSM to retract story because they would be sued for liable. Stories like this....

http://nypost.com/2017/06/27/cnn-staffers-didnt-resign-over-retracted-story-they-got-fired/

Obviously your devout love for the man has blinded you. But before I ask you another question, I want to make it clear that I am no fan of the insincere, always-something-to-hide Hillary. Having said that, tell me honestly, does it bother you that Trump won the election with the aid of our long time enemies, the Russians and their immoral dishonest leader Comrade Putin?

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Posted: July 05 2017 at 11:49

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'I have the best words', there's your lie. Reminder: I'm still hoping for your response to my post, I hope you weren't discouraged by that video I posted?

Your video is months out of date twseel. How do you expect me to get discouraged by a video, ABC has had to partially retract? That old fake news. Don't be lazy. I'm tired of refuting your info. Give me solid evidence! Double check your story and make sure it hasn't been disproved or retracted. How can we have a decent political discussion if I'm constantly correcting your data?

I thought you were joking about discussing Trump's promises. Surely you researched Trump's promises and you already knew that Trump is keeping promise at a record breaking rate. That's why I assumed you wanted to discuss economic theory. I actually found some of your hypothesis to be intellectually stimulating. But I digress...On to Trump's Promises.

Compared to Trump, Obama was Pinocchio. Trump broke 3% of campaign promises compared to 24% broken by Obama.

Here is a list of Trump promises kept. You will also find Obama promises kept and broken. Trump has kept a huge number of promises. All within 170 days! Trump has broke very few promises. Even with the entire democratic party obstructing Trump at every turn.

Twseel, you have a good brain...Use it. I find it tiresome correcting your claims and accusations. Please show this forum respect and provide recent research and facts. Hard evidence. Many of the articles you've provided have already been retracted by the news sources. That's what happens when you cherry pick. Stay up to date dude.

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/trumpometer/

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/obameter/

Fun Fact- Trump is the only president to ban lobbying. Trump banned lobbying for a 5 year period for everybody in the executive branch. Do you think it would be a good idea for the legislative branch to ban lobbying?

Edited by omphaloskepsis - July 05 2017 at 12:26