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@KaivanShroff
5h5 hours ago
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Trump just mocked John Kerry for his cycling accident.
John Kerry has THREE Purple Hearts.
Trump dodged the draft FIVE times.
Id pay to watch Donald try to ride a bike.
Link to tweet
ProudMNDemocrat
(16,722 posts)I would pay to see Donald Trump walk hole to hole on the golf course without keeling over just to prove what excellent health he says he is in.
mucifer
(23,478 posts)greatauntoftriplets
(175,729 posts)Of course, he doesn't have Spanky's avoirdupois.
mucifer
(23,478 posts)heart. trump has neither. He could be the best athlete in the world and I wouldn't care.
One of my favorite politicians in recent history was Harold Washington Mayor of Chicago. He was brilliant. He was also overweight.
greatauntoftriplets
(175,729 posts)I voted for him twice.
mucifer
(23,478 posts)There are hundreds of other reasons to make fun of him or argue against him.
Cha
(296,815 posts)off a bike.
madinmaryland
(64,931 posts)Not sure of the exact cause, but he apparently died before hitting the ground. He was still in perfect health at 84 and rode several miles every day (at least when it was not snowing).
There's nothing wrong about falling off a bike, and tRump is just a plain asshole who is probably afraid of bicycles.
Cha
(296,815 posts)I think it's awesome to do some kind of exercise we love.. and keep it up even when we get older.
I run now.. but used to love riding a bike in California on Hwy 101... not so much traffic back then.
Whiskeytide
(4,459 posts)... your position that there are many defects in Trump that make him unfit in any role, I dont think the OP and the comments were attacking Trump for his bike riding skills. The point is that he is mocking Sec Kerry for a biking accident when we all have good reason to believe hes probably not nearly as capable as Kerry in any physical endeavor. Its more reflective of the shitty nature and underlying motive of his comments.
Like you, I dont really care if Trump can ride a bike. But I DO care if he hipocritically, frivolously and distespectfully mocks someone I respect.
Hassler
(3,369 posts)Cha
(296,815 posts)falling off a bike.. so it's only fair that trump gets on one and we see how he does.
madinmaryland
(64,931 posts)Is he able to drive a car? Probably not. He probably is afraid to walk out in public, too. He's a cowardly man.
LeftInTX
(25,117 posts)It came up last year on DU. I assumed he didn't, but other DUers knew that he did.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)He drives trucks.
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)thegoose
(3,115 posts)That's what I would hate the most. I love to run as sport, but hell, sometimes you need to be able to do that with day to day life -- dodging cars, running for a bus, chasing after a pet...
greatauntoftriplets
(175,729 posts)I've fallen off bikes more than once (ha!) in my life, though I never broke anything other than my skin...as in skinning a knee.
I bet you're happy you're not on the Big Island! Kilauea was erupting when I was there about 30 years ago and barfing lava into the ocean. Scary stuff. and mahalo.
Cha
(296,815 posts)making fun of trump on a bike out of the blue. When he mocks John Kerry falling off one then I think he should get himself up on one and try to pedal. Besides who mocks someone for falling.. who does that? But a mean spirited insecure asshole.
I just read his bike accident was back in 2015 and it put him in the hospital.
Glad you never broke anything, greataunt!
Yes, I'm glad I never moved to the Big Island from New York like was in the planning for awhile. My son had bought some property there on the Volcano side and I was going to stay there. He eventually sold the property and happy he did.
I know.. it's so scary for those people who need to evacuate!
Mahalo
greatauntoftriplets
(175,729 posts)I have cousins who own a place in Kailua-Kona, but they're not there at this time of year. The earthquakes must be scary on top of the erupting volcano.
Mahalo.
Cha
(296,815 posts)other side of the Island from where the earthquakes and Volcano is.. so there's that for your cousins' place.
Yes, it's got to be tremendously scary to have earthquakes today on top of the Volcano dangerously erupting..
Hundreds flee lava, gas after earthquakes, volcanic eruption in Hawaii
ountains of lava gushed out of the ground Friday on the Big Island of Hawaii, and residents were forced to flee from threats of fires and dangerous levels of sulfur dioxide gas.
The Kilauea volcano started sending billowing clouds of steam and volcanic ash into the sky Thursday, prompting emergency officials to order mandatory evacuations. Friday, authorities continued to warn residents to stay away as molten rock shot 80 to 100 feet into the air from cracks in the ground in Leilani Estates, a subdivision in the Puna district. Later Friday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported a 5.3-magnitude earthquake near the volcano, followed about an hour later by a 6.9-magnitude one.
The Hawaii County Civil Defense Agency said there was "active volcanic fountaining" in the neighborhood, and the USGS said that at least four fissure vents have opened in the subdivision so far and that more outbreaks are likely to occur along the rift zone.
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At least two homes in the subdivision caught fire, Hawaii News Now reported.
As Kilauea roared to life, the deafening sound of grinding rocks echoed in the air and fiery red-orange lava could be seen spurting from the ground.
"It sounded like there were rocks in a dryer that were being tumbled around," said Jeremiah Osuna, who lives near Leilani Estates. "You could hear the power of it pushing out of the ground."
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-hawaii-volcano-eruption-20180503-story.html
Please be safe
greataunt
greatauntoftriplets
(175,729 posts)Although my cousin Pam or one of her (adult) daughters would be happy to go back and check the place.
About 30 years ago when I was in Hawaii, Kilauea was erupting and I saw lava flows from the ocean in the middle of the night. Between the smell of the sulphur and the intensity of the fire (even though we were at some distance), I actually felt sick to my stomach from it.
You be safe, Cha!
Cha
(296,815 posts)Wow.. sorry you got sick from the smell of the Volcano.. I've never been. When my sister and her family were visiting they flew over in one day to see it but I stayed here
greatauntoftriplets
(175,729 posts)And I was fine once we got inside.
Aloha and mahalo to you!
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)It's quite obvious that Trump is insanely jealous of Kerry and needs to cut him down to make himself feel better. Kerry is older than he is, but he is smarter, in better shape, has more hair, is more respected, is a better athlete, is taller, thinner, better looking, etc. The list goes on.
Fat ass can barely walk a block without getting winded. I think it's pretty obvious what this is about.
Hope you are safe from the volcano. Where are you on Hawaii? I know you are not on the big island, which is good. Sounds very scary!
Cha
(296,815 posts)I'm on Kauai.. just hoping the best for those in the path of the Volcano erupting.
Now they're saying thousands are evacuating.. yesterday it was hundreds.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)stay safe. I am glad they had a warning. I have been to Maui and remember seeing the dried lava fields there (not sure what you call them exactly) it was kind of fascinating, but I am sure it's not so fascinating while it's flowing out of a live volcano.
Be well and stay safe!
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,584 posts)Spanky riding a bike would be even funnier and more disastrous.
procon
(15,805 posts)Hoyt
(54,770 posts)ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)And you don't need eye bleach afterward.
procon
(15,805 posts)The all time highest rating viral video evah! I'd be laughing so hard I'd run out of unmentionables.
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)It's how he sees himself, not how we see him.
procon
(15,805 posts)Stinky The Clown
(67,761 posts)Wanna share my eye bleach?
VOX
(22,976 posts)And now Ill have to endure it with that extremely colorful image coursing through the more obsessive areas of my brain.
But Ill soldier on.
Stinky The Clown
(67,761 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)heh heh.
S.E. TN Liberal
(508 posts)... and offer to hold his helmet for him.
onethatcares
(16,161 posts)please save some eyebleach for me.
Orsino
(37,428 posts)...plus two follow-ups digging deeper.
It would be more obvious to more people that he doesn't know what the fuck he's gibbering about.