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bigtree

(94,265 posts) Fri Feb 26, 2021, 01:39 AM Feb 2021

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This is a cult

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This is a cult (Original Post) bigtree Feb 2021 OP

Is that a serious statue commissioned by CPAC TlalocW Feb 2021 #1

yes and yes bigtree Feb 2021 #3

For a group of anti-socialists, they sure love a good Baalout Blue Owl Feb 2021 #9

This comment is underrated n/t Sympthsical Feb 2021 #18

Bwah! electric_blue68 Feb 2021 #26

sublime response bigtree Feb 2021 #32

Correct me if I am wrong but I'm pretty sure that one of the 10 Commandments is... Initech Feb 2021 #11

Or a golden hog! Alwaysna Feb 2021 #22

Fall down before your golden Beelzeblob Blue Owl Feb 2021 #2

taking bets it glows in the dark bigtree Feb 2021 #6

I'll Bet You A Dollar MTG Rubs Its Crotch Beetwasher. Feb 2021 #29

that's a far better bet bigtree Feb 2021 #30

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA !!! Progressive Jones Feb 2021 #15

Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image Poiuyt Feb 2021 #4

Literally and figuratively absolutely true. dchill Feb 2021 #5

Wait.... Mossfern Feb 2021 #7

A copy of the Constitution ... these fucking idiots apparently think IQ45 has some sort Hugh_Lebowski Feb 2021 #10

Is he exiting a commode? not fooled Feb 2021 #25

When you order something online vs when it arrives Initech Feb 2021 #14

Donald Trump - our first Amazon President n/t Sympthsical Feb 2021 #19

Cult or third world dictator? Initech Feb 2021 #8

Oh my, Charlton Heston would be angry bottomofthehill Feb 2021 #12

It's a "Plastic Pinkie" Fest ! nt Progressive Jones Feb 2021 #13

That is truly I_UndergroundPanther Feb 2021 #16

Was this intended to be a joke BigmanPigman Feb 2021 #17

Love how they "honor" the American flag by making it into shorts to cover Fla Dem Feb 2021 #20

I can see a large crowd bowing in prostration encircling the golden calf..... KY_EnviroGuy Feb 2021 #21

Same energy Grokenstein Feb 2021 #24

It's one thing to like the guy, but *worshipping* him is so... pathetic renate Feb 2021 #23

CPAC: Conservative, Pathetic, and Craven Solly Mack Feb 2021 #27

. bigtree Feb 2021 #28

Five bucks says the inside is solid oleomargarine /nt DeeNice Feb 2021 #31

TlalocW

(15,675 posts)

1. Is that a serious statue commissioned by CPAC

Reply to bigtree (Original post)

Fri Feb 26, 2021, 01:41 AM

Feb 2021

Or is someone making the point that they worship a golden calf/idol?

TlalocW

bigtree

(94,265 posts)

3. yes and yes

Reply to TlalocW (Reply #1)

Fri Feb 26, 2021, 01:44 AM

Feb 2021

...it's their own idol.

Blue Owl

(59,107 posts)

9. For a group of anti-socialists, they sure love a good Baalout

Reply to bigtree (Reply #3)

Fri Feb 26, 2021, 01:52 AM

Feb 2021

Sympthsical

(10,969 posts)

18. This comment is underrated n/t

Reply to Blue Owl (Reply #9)

Fri Feb 26, 2021, 03:39 AM

Feb 2021

electric_blue68

(26,856 posts)

26. Bwah!

Reply to Blue Owl (Reply #9)

Fri Feb 26, 2021, 05:01 AM

Feb 2021

bigtree

(94,265 posts)

32. sublime response

Reply to Blue Owl (Reply #9)

Fri Feb 26, 2021, 11:36 AM

Feb 2021

...and definitely underrated.

Initech

(108,783 posts)

11. Correct me if I am wrong but I'm pretty sure that one of the 10 Commandments is...

Reply to TlalocW (Reply #1)

Fri Feb 26, 2021, 01:56 AM

Feb 2021

"Thou shalt not worship other gods before me".

Where is God to smite these idiots?

Alwaysna

(578 posts)

22. Or a golden hog!

Reply to TlalocW (Reply #1)

Fri Feb 26, 2021, 04:02 AM

Feb 2021

Blue Owl

(59,107 posts)

2. Fall down before your golden Beelzeblob

Reply to bigtree (Original post)

Fri Feb 26, 2021, 01:43 AM

Feb 2021

bigtree

(94,265 posts)

6. taking bets it glows in the dark

Reply to Blue Owl (Reply #2)

Fri Feb 26, 2021, 01:47 AM

Feb 2021

...and they all lay hands on it.

Beetwasher.

(3,178 posts)

29. I'll Bet You A Dollar MTG Rubs Its Crotch

Reply to bigtree (Reply #6)

Fri Feb 26, 2021, 11:21 AM

Feb 2021

bigtree

(94,265 posts)

30. that's a far better bet

Reply to Beetwasher. (Reply #29)

Fri Feb 26, 2021, 11:32 AM

Feb 2021

...than mine.

Progressive Jones

(6,011 posts)

15. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA !!!

Reply to Blue Owl (Reply #2)

Fri Feb 26, 2021, 02:05 AM

Feb 2021

Poiuyt

(18,272 posts)

4. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image

Reply to bigtree (Original post)

Fri Feb 26, 2021, 01:45 AM

Feb 2021

Though I'm sure breaking one of the 10 Commandments does not bother these people.

dchill

(42,660 posts)

5. Literally and figuratively absolutely true.

Reply to bigtree (Original post)

Fri Feb 26, 2021, 01:46 AM

Feb 2021

Mossfern

(4,716 posts)

7. Wait....

Reply to bigtree (Original post)

Fri Feb 26, 2021, 01:47 AM

Feb 2021

I'm not wearing my glasses - but is he wearing American flag shorts and red flip flops?
What's in his tiny gold hand?

Hugh_Lebowski

(33,643 posts)

10. A copy of the Constitution ... these fucking idiots apparently think IQ45 has some sort

Reply to Mossfern (Reply #7)

Fri Feb 26, 2021, 01:53 AM

Feb 2021

of allegiance to that document.

Of course, anyone who's NOT a moron knows beyond the shadow of a doubt that the man has never read it, and would understand very little of it if he ever were to do so.

not fooled

(6,680 posts)

25. Is he exiting a commode?

Reply to Hugh_Lebowski (Reply #10)

Fri Feb 26, 2021, 04:59 AM

Feb 2021

That's about all the use he made of the Constitution.

Initech

(108,783 posts)

14. When you order something online vs when it arrives

Reply to Mossfern (Reply #7)

Fri Feb 26, 2021, 02:05 AM

Feb 2021

Sympthsical

(10,969 posts)

19. Donald Trump - our first Amazon President n/t

Reply to Initech (Reply #14)

Fri Feb 26, 2021, 03:40 AM

Feb 2021

Initech

(108,783 posts)

8. Cult or third world dictator?

Reply to bigtree (Original post)

Fri Feb 26, 2021, 01:49 AM

Feb 2021

bottomofthehill

(9,390 posts)

12. Oh my, Charlton Heston would be angry

Reply to bigtree (Original post)

Fri Feb 26, 2021, 02:01 AM

Feb 2021

https://m.

Progressive Jones

(6,011 posts)

13. It's a "Plastic Pinkie" Fest ! nt

Reply to bigtree (Original post)

Fri Feb 26, 2021, 02:04 AM

Feb 2021

I_UndergroundPanther

(13,369 posts)

16. That is truly

Reply to bigtree (Original post)

Fri Feb 26, 2021, 02:16 AM

Feb 2021

Vomitile

BigmanPigman

(55,155 posts)

17. Was this intended to be a joke

Reply to bigtree (Original post)

Fri Feb 26, 2021, 03:30 AM

Feb 2021

or did it just turn out that way? He looks like a chocolate Easter Bunny wrapped in foil.

Brian Williams is showing this on his show now.

Fla Dem

(27,633 posts)

20. Love how they "honor" the American flag by making it into shorts to cover

Reply to bigtree (Original post)

Fri Feb 26, 2021, 03:59 AM

Feb 2021

His big ass.

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,782 posts)

21. I can see a large crowd bowing in prostration encircling the golden calf.....

Reply to bigtree (Original post)

Fri Feb 26, 2021, 04:00 AM

Feb 2021

similar to these......

KY........ .......... .........

Grokenstein

(6,356 posts)

24. Same energy

Reply to KY_EnviroGuy (Reply #21)

Fri Feb 26, 2021, 04:23 AM

Feb 2021

renate

(13,776 posts)

23. It's one thing to like the guy, but *worshipping* him is so... pathetic

Reply to bigtree (Original post)

Fri Feb 26, 2021, 04:16 AM

Feb 2021

What on earth was going through the mind of whoever conceived of that golden calf/statue as something that was at all rational and reasonable?

Solly Mack

(96,943 posts)

27. CPAC: Conservative, Pathetic, and Craven

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Fri Feb 26, 2021, 06:13 AM

Feb 2021

bigtree

(94,265 posts)

28. .

Reply to bigtree (Original post)

Fri Feb 26, 2021, 11:17 AM

Feb 2021

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DeeNice

(579 posts)

31. Five bucks says the inside is solid oleomargarine /nt

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Fri Feb 26, 2021, 11:33 AM

Feb 2021

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