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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI suppose now
We are going to be bombarded with news headlines all over the internets about how Dumpy Donnie did this great and wonderful and brave thing and what a great leader everyone says he is and how he is keeping us safe, blah blah blah. Every news outlet will be breathlessly reporting.
I might just turn the news off for the day.
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Ohiogal
Oct 2019
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The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,724 posts)2. Probably not. For a guy who is so into TV publicity,
why did Spanky announce this on a Sunday morning when most people aren't watching TV? And most people have never heard of Baghdadi, either. Everybody knew who Osama Bin Laden was but not this dude. I think it will have a pretty short shelf life.
Arkansas Granny
(31,518 posts)3. Yes, that's all we'll hear.
femmocrat
(28,394 posts)4. My TV is off.
You know his big goal is to walk into the baseball game tonight and have people cheer and wave American flags. Its all about the illusion.
Ohiogal
(32,004 posts)6. Yes, exactly that.
Hotler
(11,425 posts)5. We can watch the Broncos try to put points on the board. nt