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sheshe2

(83,751 posts)
3. Trump is and Stephen nailed him.
Mon Feb 14, 2022, 01:44 AM
Feb 2022

He is one of my favorite authors. Except for the gunslinger series I have read them all.

Lol~ My family always thought I was a little strange...I kid ...or not.

Shawshank, The Stand and Green Mile were some of my favs.

orleans

(34,051 posts)
8. oddly, the stand was one of my go-to comfort books for YEARS
Mon Feb 14, 2022, 03:22 AM
Feb 2022

(another one was the witching hour by anne rice)

Maraya1969

(22,479 posts)
16. Did you ever read "Cry to Heaven" by Anne Rice? I don't like supernatural or
Mon Feb 14, 2022, 05:26 PM
Feb 2022

vampires or anything like that but this book was wonderful. I was sad when it ended.

lunatica

(53,410 posts)
4. I agree with him that it's hard to believe
Mon Feb 14, 2022, 02:34 AM
Feb 2022

I still find myself wondering in disbelief how it keeps happening.

NJCher

(35,662 posts)
11. I say that, too
Mon Feb 14, 2022, 04:55 AM
Feb 2022

I live in such a bubble. I never knew there were so many racist haters. Of course I knew they existed; I just didn’t know there were so many.

sheshe2

(83,751 posts)
6. Exactly right.
Mon Feb 14, 2022, 03:17 AM
Feb 2022

He did.

Like the super flu in The Stand.

He saw it all coming. He wasn't wrong. It was good versus evil. He had all the characters down pat.

RestoreAmerica2020

(3,435 posts)
7. Dr. McWhorter, Linguistic Prof., re: ffg's lack of remedial linguistic
Mon Feb 14, 2022, 03:21 AM
Feb 2022

Last edited Mon Feb 14, 2022, 10:25 AM - Edit history (2)

..skills. McWhorter states that #45's pattern of speech is..it's as though he swallowed a bag of marbles, and one day decides to spit them out." And, that "he doesn't make an effort to expand his vocabulary, oratory skills as most presidents do. Video at link [MSNBC with Brian Williams 9/7/18]


https://www.google.com/search?q=john+mcwhorter+on+trump%27s+language&oq=&aqs=chrome.6.69i58j69i64j35i39i362i523l3j46i39i199i362i465i523j35i39i362i523l9...13.-1j0j4&client=ms-android-verizon&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8#


ShazzieB

(16,389 posts)
10. That link doesn't seem to go anywhere, at least not for me.
Mon Feb 14, 2022, 04:13 AM
Feb 2022

It opens up a new tab in Chrome, but nothing loads.

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