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RandySF

(84,058 posts)
Tue Dec 17, 2019, 11:23 PM Dec 2019

It took three White House staffers THREE DAYS to write Trump's incoherent letter to Pelosi.

New York Times: “Some of the president’s closest advisers were involved in drafting the letter, but they did not include Pat A. Cipollone, the White House counsel who will play a large role in a Senate trial.”

“Instead, Eric Ueland, the director of the Office of Legislative Affairs, led the process, with input from Stephen Miller, the president’s top policy adviser, who often scripts many of Mr. Trump’s public remarks. Michael Williams, an adviser to Mick Mulvaney, the president’s acting chief of staff, also weighed in, and Mr. Ueland’s draft was framed over the last few days.”


https://politicalwire.com/2019/12/17/who-helped-write-trumps-letter-to-pelosi/

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It took three White House staffers THREE DAYS to write Trump's incoherent letter to Pelosi. (Original Post) RandySF Dec 2019 OP
It Took 3 Days,'Top Advisors' & Him To Write That Claptrap Me. Dec 2019 #1
At this point there are only C-Leaguers working there underpants Dec 2019 #9
I think you're being kind to call them C-league. fleur-de-lisa Dec 2019 #24
it tells me the infection of stupid is worse than I thought Hermit-The-Prog Dec 2019 #23
It clearly reaks of Miller. BigmanPigman Dec 2019 #2
..... Tanuki Dec 2019 #13
I like the Pepe Le Pew pictures where you can actually see the pong eminating from him. 😂 TheBlackAdder Dec 2019 #14
OK, then.... Tanuki Dec 2019 #16
Perfect! I can practically smell 👃 it. TheBlackAdder Dec 2019 #17
I haz teh heart pumping for Monsieur Le Piu lunatica Dec 2019 #21
Times have changed Marcuse Dec 2019 #25
Who said it...Pepe le Pew or Donald Trump? Tanuki Dec 2019 #41
Paging Pinboy3niner mahina Dec 2019 #44
Good lord, yes Hekate Dec 2019 #46
Mele impeachment too, Hekate. mahina Dec 2019 #47
Which leads us back to the president, who is kind of like Pep Le Pew with neither French nor stench Marcuse Dec 2019 #48
Miller forgot to add "The powers of the president will not be questioned." dalton99a Dec 2019 #3
Nuts! Did trump and his sycophants actually think that letter was... brush Dec 2019 #4
what I heard was he thought it would be attached to an asterisk in history books.. Laura PourMeADrink Dec 2019 #19
No, it is actually aimed at everyone other than Pelosi and congressional Dems. GoCubsGo Dec 2019 #32
You nailed it. brush Dec 2019 #34
Exactly right FakeNoose Dec 2019 #37
Why would any human take credit for that letter? RainCaster Dec 2019 #5
Because they are deep, deep, in a Dunning-Kruger hole Salviati Dec 2019 #6
Well said RainCaster Dec 2019 #7
Because they are hate driven psychos that desire to crush anyone and anything that opposes them. nt Blue_true Dec 2019 #8
I also could only think of Stephen Miller as I read that claptrap gristy Dec 2019 #10
And if we are not ready to fight Dave in VA Dec 2019 #11
A thousand monkeys... canetoad Dec 2019 #12
The inmates are in charge of the asylum. onecaliberal Dec 2019 #15
Are they proud of that mess? smirkymonkey Dec 2019 #18
Used properly, Nancy'll get six flushes out of that letter. Talitha Dec 2019 #20
😂 Duppers Dec 2019 #22
Meeting of the Mindless... czarjak Dec 2019 #26
The minute I saw the words "Star Chamber" in the letter, generalbetrayus Dec 2019 #27
What does the term mean? mahina Dec 2019 #43
Are they bragging about that mess? AJT Dec 2019 #28
twitter presidency AlexSFCA Dec 2019 #29
Awww - now this is pathetic. Marie Marie Dec 2019 #30
Little wonder why the Salem Witch Trials were referenced. no_hypocrisy Dec 2019 #31
There's a clip somewhere of lines from the letter with Seinfeld snippets. Vinca Dec 2019 #33
I could tell shithead didn't write it scarytomcat Dec 2019 #35
It was a letter Raftergirl Dec 2019 #36
We all knew that trump did not write this piece og crap Gothmog Dec 2019 #38
What point were they making? treestar Dec 2019 #39
of course bdamomma Dec 2019 #40
If Trump actually wrote it, there would only be 45 words per page... Wounded Bear Dec 2019 #42
I can understand why jmowreader Dec 2019 #45

underpants

(196,430 posts)
9. At this point there are only C-Leaguers working there
Tue Dec 17, 2019, 11:56 PM
Dec 2019

No one worth a damn wanted to be involved with him in the first place.

Hermit-The-Prog

(36,631 posts)
23. it tells me the infection of stupid is worse than I thought
Wed Dec 18, 2019, 01:52 AM
Dec 2019

Couldn't have been more than half a dozen functioning brain cells amongst the whole lot.

BigmanPigman

(55,110 posts)
2. It clearly reaks of Miller.
Tue Dec 17, 2019, 11:27 PM
Dec 2019

Pee yew!

"Why do people say pee you?
1) It's a shortened term for puteo, which is Latin for "to stink, be redolent, or smell bad." I actually called a professor of Latin at the University of Florida to verify this one. 2) It's actually spelled "piu," but is often pronounced as "pee-yew". It's root is the Indo-European word "pu," meaning to rot or decay."

* It is often used when someone hears the name Stephen Miller.

TheBlackAdder

(29,981 posts)
14. I like the Pepe Le Pew pictures where you can actually see the pong eminating from him. 😂
Wed Dec 18, 2019, 12:17 AM
Dec 2019

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lunatica

(53,410 posts)
21. I haz teh heart pumping for Monsieur Le Piu
Wed Dec 18, 2019, 01:13 AM
Dec 2019

He is trés romantique, no? He chase and he chase and the Lady Cat, she run and she run, but his adore is too much, so big! So very sighing!

Tanuki

(16,440 posts)
41. Who said it...Pepe le Pew or Donald Trump?
Wed Dec 18, 2019, 12:05 PM
Dec 2019
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/2018/02/06/opinion/pep-le-pew-trump.amp.html

"He grabs pussies. He kisses females without concern for the revulsion and horror they feel for him. Does he ever experience rejection? He does not. “Most men would get discouraged,” he says, referring to those he comes on to. “Fortunately for her, I am not most men.”

He is Pepé Le Pew. Does he remind us of anyone else?
.....


It is fair to say these cartoons have not aged well (not a rare quality; see also Disney’s “Song of the South”). But in the #MeToo era, Pepé Le Pew’s antics make you want to cover your face with your paws. Virtually his whole oeuvre is a series of jokes about males who — no matter how clearly the point is made — cannot possibly comprehend the magnitude of their own disgustingness.

Which leads us back to the president, who is kind of like Pepé Le Pew with neither French nor stench. This inspires me to ask you to join me in a game, which we’ll call Who Said It — Donald Trump or Pepé Le Pew?


“You know, I’m automatically attracted to beautiful.”

“She thinks that by running away she can make herself more attractive to me. How right she is!”

“I just start kissing them. It’s like a magnet.”

“I am stupid, no?”

“I’m like, smart!”

Answers below, if you actually need them.

There is one thing that I did not know about Pepé Le Pew before watching his collected works: He’s not really French. In his very first appearance, Pepé’s lovemaking is interrupted by his wife, who calls out his name, “Henry!” Behind her are Pepé’s two little children. He tries to explain himself, and as he does, he speaks in his real voice, which has an American accent. His wife responds — not by taking a plane alone to West Palm Beach but by whacking him on the head with an umbrella.

Pepé’s entire persona — the French accent, the image of a carefree bachelor, his very name — is a delusion. Just like Donald Trump and his failed university, and his failed steak company, and his failed casinos. Pepé Le Pew is fake meows."...(more)




Marcuse

(8,997 posts)
48. Which leads us back to the president, who is kind of like Pep Le Pew with neither French nor stench
Wed Dec 18, 2019, 06:49 PM
Dec 2019

We can say with total confidence that Donald Trump does not speak French.

 

brush

(61,033 posts)
4. Nuts! Did trump and his sycophants actually think that letter was...
Tue Dec 17, 2019, 11:31 PM
Dec 2019

going to stop the whole process—with all the days and days of witness testimony and televised hearings?

Do any of these fools know how things work?

 

Laura PourMeADrink

(42,770 posts)
19. what I heard was he thought it would be attached to an asterisk in history books..
Wed Dec 18, 2019, 12:49 AM
Dec 2019

Donald J Trump was impeached* (see incoherent crazy DJT response letter below)

GoCubsGo

(34,890 posts)
32. No, it is actually aimed at everyone other than Pelosi and congressional Dems.
Wed Dec 18, 2019, 09:00 AM
Dec 2019

They're playing the "victim" card here. They see that a large majority of the country wants this asshole removed from office, and it appears they think this stunt will change our minds, rather than showing us just how unhinged our so-called "President" is at the moment. It also serves to further stir up the cult. It reeks of desperation.

RainCaster

(13,688 posts)
5. Why would any human take credit for that letter?
Tue Dec 17, 2019, 11:39 PM
Dec 2019

That abuse of the English language is not something to brag about.

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
8. Because they are hate driven psychos that desire to crush anyone and anything that opposes them. nt
Tue Dec 17, 2019, 11:50 PM
Dec 2019

generalbetrayus

(1,834 posts)
27. The minute I saw the words "Star Chamber" in the letter,
Wed Dec 18, 2019, 02:15 AM
Dec 2019

I knew the rant, as incoherent as it was, was well beyond Donald's level of awareness. He probably thinks a Star Chamber is the green room for people on Celebrity Apprentice.

mahina

(20,639 posts)
43. What does the term mean?
Wed Dec 18, 2019, 03:28 PM
Dec 2019

I googled but found conflicting definitions. It’s a term I haven’t heard before.

AJT

(5,240 posts)
28. Are they bragging about that mess?
Wed Dec 18, 2019, 02:17 AM
Dec 2019

I would love to see what grade a Jr. high school teacher would give it, with all of the corrections written in red ink.

Marie Marie

(11,275 posts)
30. Awww - now this is pathetic.
Wed Dec 18, 2019, 02:29 AM
Dec 2019

Another group of "The Three Amigos" put their pointed little heads together and came up with this? This is what they want to go down in History as their rebuttal? I don't know whether to laugh or cry. SAD!

no_hypocrisy

(54,884 posts)
31. Little wonder why the Salem Witch Trials were referenced.
Wed Dec 18, 2019, 08:05 AM
Dec 2019

They have no clue what they were about. (It was about a land grab using religion via the "court system" in the tradition of divorce law.*


* First rule of Divorce Law: There are no rules.

Vinca

(53,954 posts)
33. There's a clip somewhere of lines from the letter with Seinfeld snippets.
Wed Dec 18, 2019, 09:02 AM
Dec 2019

I'll have to see if I can find it. They played it on either MSNBC or CNN this morning.

scarytomcat

(1,706 posts)
35. I could tell shithead didn't write it
Wed Dec 18, 2019, 10:56 AM
Dec 2019

it had comas. It made some sense even if filled with inaccurate statements.

treestar

(82,383 posts)
39. What point were they making?
Wed Dec 18, 2019, 11:39 AM
Dec 2019

Why did they bother with this letter? It's not going to convince anyone to stop the process. Some sort of publicity that they think will help influence the public? Dotard's followers already believe everything he says.

bdamomma

(69,532 posts)
40. of course
Wed Dec 18, 2019, 11:41 AM
Dec 2019

Stephen Miller, I would not believe tRump even knows such words..or would know how to compile them.

jmowreader

(53,173 posts)
45. I can understand why
Wed Dec 18, 2019, 04:08 PM
Dec 2019

Trump probably kicked it back a hundred times. “Be sure to talk about the great economy.” “Be sure to mention jobs.”

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