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mzmolly

(50,957 posts)
Sun Nov 10, 2019, 08:52 PM Nov 2019

Monty Python's John Cleese and Eric Idle on ... the Trump and Brexit Show

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While Monty Python’s Flying Circus was more subversive than political, both Cleese and Idle are active on Twitter, and are closely following the Brexit “shitshow,” as Cleese calls it, and Trump’s impending impeachment.

Idle admits that, during a break from his busy schedule, he recently became addicted to MSNBC.

“The problem is, the way they cover everything, you constantly think, ‘They’ve got him!’” he says of the coverage of Trump’s travails. “Like they’re coming for him with the handcuffs. The golden handcuffs, of course.”

“It’s been quite clear to me from the very beginning that he is not mentally balanced,” Cleese says of Trump. “He is an extraordinary caricature of an asshole; a person who has no interest in anyone else except himself. Every time he makes a decision, no matter how impulsive it is, it’s the one that makes him feel best about himself for the next 20 minutes. But I think he is now for the first time, because he is really becoming a disaster in foreign affairs, I think some Republicans are beginning to notice it. But the people who support him are basically so ignorant, because they only ever get news from Fox News, I don’t know what you say to people like that. To me, it’s like people who go and watch professional wrestling and don’t realize that it’s fixed. If they can’t see it when it’s right under their nose, I have no idea how they’re going to realize how wrong they are.”


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Monty Python's John Cleese and Eric Idle on ... the Trump and Brexit Show (Original Post) mzmolly Nov 2019 OP
K&R...👍🏼 spanone Nov 2019 #1
CARICATURE of an asshole? 3Hotdogs Nov 2019 #2
But he does it with so much mzmolly Nov 2019 #3
In the case of this particular ahole, it ain't "oompf", just diarrhea (from Bugger King) erronis Nov 2019 #6
Like to see comedians on political ads empedocles Nov 2019 #4
There's something so utterly British about Cleese's comment... First Speaker Nov 2019 #5
Cleese is a very intelligent man Skittles Nov 2019 #10
Pro wrestling isn't real? Brainfodder Nov 2019 #7
LOL mzmolly Nov 2019 #12
The best and most accurate is the quote Cartaphelius Nov 2019 #8
+++! BlancheSplanchnik Nov 2019 #9
K&R... IthinkThereforeIAM Nov 2019 #11

empedocles

(15,751 posts)
4. Like to see comedians on political ads
Sun Nov 10, 2019, 09:33 PM
Nov 2019

some of the jokes, especially with legs, might be very productive.

First Speaker

(4,858 posts)
5. There's something so utterly British about Cleese's comment...
Sun Nov 10, 2019, 09:42 PM
Nov 2019

...sticking the dagger between the ribs, but with a civilized twist. You're so much more gutted than you would be with any American...

Brainfodder

(6,423 posts)
7. Pro wrestling isn't real?
Sun Nov 10, 2019, 09:57 PM
Nov 2019


And please do indeed sack those twits after tea and biscuits by order of the Knights Who Say Nee!





 

Cartaphelius

(868 posts)
8. The best and most accurate is the quote
Sun Nov 10, 2019, 10:17 PM
Nov 2019

referring to his supporters;
"But the people who support him are basically so ignorant, because they only ever get news from Fox News, I don’t know what you say to people like that. To me, it’s like people who go and watch professional wrestling and don’t realize that it’s fixed.If they can’t see it when it’s right under their nose, I have no idea how they’re going to realize how wrong they are.”

because THAT is the absolute truth about republicans.
They are the barkers drawing the crowds. The concessionaires selling shit-on-a-stick, to the all-to-willing sheople. The hawkers pedling worthless trinkets that won't survive the trip home to the trash bin. The snake-oil-salesmen promising everything for a pittance, delivering nothing of tangible value. And finally the carnies and the clowns. They ensure distraction with a smooth ride and provide us with a laugh or two, all before the circus leaves our towns for another just down the road, tail lights yet to fade into the distance.
Following closely on the heals of the evangelicals. Made-up of religious zealot republican, polygamist mormons and 99% white, neither of which are willing to follow the laws of society as a whole, as the constitution guarantees. Who rolled up the tents of their side show after fleecing the same people that are next to fund the needs of grifters with mansions and airplanes.



















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