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hlthe2b

(101,711 posts)
Wed May 6, 2020, 06:46 AM May 2020

The president is not well: The umpteenth reminders of Trump's mental state and the consequences

Yup, this is from yet another Republican, SE Cupp, but it may well take these NEVER-Trumpers to break through to the remaining reachable cultists...




https://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-oped-the-president-is-not-well-20200505-37i32k3q55c55bnnk6hdkgxvga-story.html


Every parent has warily confronted the hypothetical question: What would you do if you suspected your child was unwell? Not physically, but emotionally unwell, or mentally unstable? Imagine learning your teenager, for example, had been yelling demeaning slurs at the girls in his class, harassing them and calling them names.

And that he’d been secretly using his social media accounts to go on late-night rants against perceived enemies, attacking their looks, and again, calling them names in unending, seething, rambling posts.
Or that he’d been increasingly susceptible to bizarre and otherwise implausible conspiracy theories, and was spreading them unprompted to anyone who would listen.
--snip--

Less than two weeks after unimaginably suggesting injecting disinfectants might help kill off the coronavirus, the past few days have seen him spiral out of control, proving utterly incapable of staying focused on the biggest crisis a president can face. Instead, he has:

*Spread unfounded conspiracy theories about the origins of the coronavirus, about former President Barack Obama and about an MSNBC cable-news host;
*Made statements that can only be described as delusional, like comparing himself to Abraham Lincoln, inventing a non-existent letter of apology from Joe Biden, and spewing non-science about his favorite drug, hydroxychloroquine;
*Attacked two female reporters for doing their jobs, lamenting that they didn’t behave like “Donna Reed,” an actress synonymous with the gender role-abiding, kitchen-dwelling 1950s housewife she played on television more than 60 years ago;
*Attacked another female cable-news host, calling her a “3rd rate lapdog”;
*And in the middle of the night on Tuesday, at 12:45 a.m., gone on a 234-word rant on Twitter, complaining about an ad released by a Republican anti-Trump group whose leaders include George Conway, husband of his staffer Kellyanne, in which he used words like “deranged loser of a husband,” and “Moonface” to describe him.



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The president is not well: The umpteenth reminders of Trump's mental state and the consequences (Original Post) hlthe2b May 2020 OP
The Lincoln project will drive him over the edge greymattermom May 2020 #1
You bet, gab13by13 May 2020 #4
The only way trump wins is if Dems dont show up to vote. oldsoftie May 2020 #10
Then why DownriverDem May 2020 #17
Republicans are trying to create whataboutism on the issue Clash City Rocker May 2020 #20
because that's pretty much all they have left nt yellowdogintexas May 2020 #21
the fact that Republicans are sticking to him so tightly is the reason he hasn't been LymphocyteLover May 2020 #2
I'd love to be a fly on the wall while George Conway, Steve Schmidt and Rick Wilson, founding sop May 2020 #3
Keep running this ad, gab13by13 May 2020 #5
Exactly! (n/t) OldBaldy1701E May 2020 #8
They Give Credit For the Idea of the "Mourning" Ad to Some Guy Following Them on Twitter Indykatie May 2020 #6
Here's a link to a member who's compiled a list of The Lincoln Project's Vids Cha May 2020 #11
This Dem is DownriverDem May 2020 #18
Fruity as a nut cake. rickyhall May 2020 #7
I just had a thought.. the Lincoln Project Cha May 2020 #9
they are "never trumpers" rampartc May 2020 #12
but mitch is enabling trump... helping him Cha May 2020 #13
i could not agree more rampartc May 2020 #16
Then check this out.. Cha May 2020 #26
I agree Rebl2 May 2020 #22
You'll be happy to see this, Rebl.. Cha May 2020 #27
check out the anti McConnell billboards in KY yellowdogintexas May 2020 #24
Not only not well but also influenced by delusional conspiracy nuts randr May 2020 #14
Think of the Never Trumpers as Stalin. Girard442 May 2020 #15
+1 lagomorph777 May 2020 #19
Republicans nominated a monster to be president, and refused to remove him. dalton99a May 2020 #23
Let me know MFM008 May 2020 #25

greymattermom

(5,751 posts)
1. The Lincoln project will drive him over the edge
Wed May 6, 2020, 06:51 AM
May 2020

so badly that everyone can see it. That's their plan, and Republicans know how to be vicious. My hope, anyway.

gab13by13

(20,864 posts)
4. You bet,
Wed May 6, 2020, 07:36 AM
May 2020

we have a 5th column picking Trump apart. Rick Wilson is gloating that he found Trump's weak spot. Expect that ad to get plenty of air time. I have been predicting for a very long time that Trump would have a nervous breakdown, maybe I still have a chance to be right.

I'm not a cruel person, I mean I don't wish that Trump die of a heart attack or anything like that, I just wish that he be taken away slobbering and babbling nonsense that even his cult can't understand. I can picture Melania feeding Trump at Mar-el-Loco with a piece of the greatest chocolate cake in the world for desert.

oldsoftie

(12,410 posts)
10. The only way trump wins is if Dems dont show up to vote.
Wed May 6, 2020, 07:48 AM
May 2020

I know too many people who voted for trump simply because of hillary. Almost all the ones that I've talked to, that are stable enough to discuss politics anyway, are disgusted by him now. A couple have said they'd vote for Biden "if he picks a good VP", but trump is losing votes by non voters too.

And he may take the Senate down with him

Clash City Rocker

(3,378 posts)
20. Republicans are trying to create whataboutism on the issue
Wed May 6, 2020, 09:44 AM
May 2020

Just as they are on the issue of sexual assault. These are issues that drive people to the polls, so they’re trying to make voters feel the same about both candidates so they just won’t vote.

LymphocyteLover

(5,601 posts)
2. the fact that Republicans are sticking to him so tightly is the reason he hasn't been
Wed May 6, 2020, 07:31 AM
May 2020

driven from office and the fact that they have stuck to him, tells us that they are as sick as he is.

I'm still not clear why the media and all the Dems don't all call for his resignation and/or removal. It's FUBAR.

I still think if the press and the Dems made a unified call for him to leave, the GOP would be forced to push him out.

sop

(9,945 posts)
3. I'd love to be a fly on the wall while George Conway, Steve Schmidt and Rick Wilson, founding
Wed May 6, 2020, 07:35 AM
May 2020

members of the Lincoln Project, are planning their next Trump ad. That should be on pay-per-view.

gab13by13

(20,864 posts)
5. Keep running this ad,
Wed May 6, 2020, 07:39 AM
May 2020

like in football, if a play is working, keep calling it until the defense stops it.

Indykatie

(3,691 posts)
6. They Give Credit For the Idea of the "Mourning" Ad to Some Guy Following Them on Twitter
Wed May 6, 2020, 07:41 AM
May 2020

It's was a genius idea. The LP Team have created an environment now where people will be searching out their ads to see what they'd done next. Dems should welcome all the help we can get.

DownriverDem

(6,205 posts)
18. This Dem is
Wed May 6, 2020, 08:37 AM
May 2020

but I've seen folks attacking them because of being repubs. We need all the help we can get folks.

Cha

(295,899 posts)
9. I just had a thought.. the Lincoln Project
Wed May 6, 2020, 07:47 AM
May 2020

should go after moscowmitch, too.. with as much focused fervor.

I fully agree with you regarding the #nevertrumps.

rampartc

(5,263 posts)
16. i could not agree more
Wed May 6, 2020, 08:24 AM
May 2020

but i am not a republican never trumper.

these guys are all right with the tax cuts and the judges, even the evangelical pandering, but they do not like trump.

Rebl2

(13,303 posts)
22. I agree
Wed May 6, 2020, 09:52 AM
May 2020

How can they not see moscow Mitch is an enabler. Work to get rid of him too. I guess I need to realize that they are republicans and the minute they see a R. they like they will support them.

yellowdogintexas

(22,114 posts)
24. check out the anti McConnell billboards in KY
Wed May 6, 2020, 10:27 AM
May 2020

MadDogPAC has been on the case for maybe a year.
if you google anti McConnell billboards you will get a page full of thumbnail images and it is a sight to behold

The PAC is placing them on the Interstates and in the larger cities. One of them is right by the exits that lead to Mammoth Cave National Park - halfway between Louisville and Nashville - on I-65.


Girard442

(6,059 posts)
15. Think of the Never Trumpers as Stalin.
Wed May 6, 2020, 08:21 AM
May 2020

Stalin was a horrible, horrible human being, but we absolutely had to make common cause with Stalinist Russia to defeat Hitler's Germany.

dalton99a

(81,065 posts)
23. Republicans nominated a monster to be president, and refused to remove him.
Wed May 6, 2020, 09:56 AM
May 2020

Get rid of the motherfuckers. Every goddamn one of them. GOTV.



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