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C Moon

(12,209 posts)
Tue Feb 15, 2022, 01:45 AM Feb 2022

Has a former president stayed in the lime light as much as tfg has after LOSING an election?

That's concerning to me: the media still loves him; the gop still loves him; his maga brainwashed idiots still love him.
But he's a god damned criminal. We know it, and ALL the above know it (except for a percentage of the magas).

If ANYONE else did .5% of what tfg did, they'd be doing prison time immediately.

The gop's plan is to sour the economy (with a little help from their corporate friends), keep covid alive (with help from their boneheaded anti-vaxxers and now truckers), and keep trump in the media (no problem there). I don't know what's going on with putin, but I think that also plays into this.

It's all so the gop can take the house and senate in the fall.

I don't have any answers, because I'm not "the sharpest cookie in the pond," but the Dems need to start getting hold of this free fall.

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Has a former president stayed in the lime light as much as tfg has after LOSING an election? (Original Post) C Moon Feb 2022 OP
No. For as long as I can remember, outgoing presidents waved goodbye Ocelot II Feb 2022 #1
That is my recollecytion as well SheltieLover Feb 2022 #2
trump and rubes don't handle losing. And we keep kicking him -- rightly -- Hoyt Feb 2022 #3
It's the Shit US m$$$m's CASH Cow Cha Feb 2022 #4
He is a Grifter that profits from lying to the public . He has been like that even before JI7 Feb 2022 #5
Yes. True. C Moon Feb 2022 #6
This is all about the almighty $$$$$$$$$$$$ BigmanPigman Feb 2022 #7
It's not a free fall if you get off the couch. usonian Feb 2022 #8
Condescend much? Scrivener7 Feb 2022 #9
No Twitter is huge Johnny2X2X Feb 2022 #10
Nope..prior presidents fade from sight for good of country Demovictory9 Feb 2022 #11
I Think It's Part Of What... ProfessorGAC Feb 2022 #12
Not in my lifetime. sinkingfeeling Feb 2022 #13

Ocelot II

(115,610 posts)
1. No. For as long as I can remember, outgoing presidents waved goodbye
Tue Feb 15, 2022, 01:48 AM
Feb 2022

and pretty much departed the limelight at the end of their terms, and seemed happy to do so. TFG is unique, in many very awful ways.

 

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
3. trump and rubes don't handle losing. And we keep kicking him -- rightly --
Tue Feb 15, 2022, 01:51 AM
Feb 2022

while he’s down. That’ll make news.

JI7

(89,241 posts)
5. He is a Grifter that profits from lying to the public . He has been like that even before
Tue Feb 15, 2022, 01:56 AM
Feb 2022

and Media was whoring for him even before he ran for office.

So he can't really be compared to others . This isn't much different from what went on before he became President.

BigmanPigman

(51,569 posts)
7. This is all about the almighty $$$$$$$$$$$$
Tue Feb 15, 2022, 04:03 AM
Feb 2022

The same BS is going on now that occurred in 2016. The media LOVES this shit. More $$$ for them via ratings. I don't believe this was the situation with the other evil exPOTUSes but we can only really compare Nixon in this extreme case. After Nixon left office the media wasn't the same as it is now. This is a whole different environment and it centers around $$$$$.

usonian

(9,700 posts)
8. It's not a free fall if you get off the couch.
Tue Feb 15, 2022, 04:12 AM
Feb 2022

Are you letting Bannon or Biden motivate (or demotivate) you?

I found a post or two with a shopping list of action items.

Whining or winning?
You must choose wisely.

Johnny2X2X

(18,973 posts)
10. No Twitter is huge
Tue Feb 15, 2022, 09:56 AM
Feb 2022

If Trump still had Twitter, he'd dominate the coverage. Right now most of the coverage is negative, but if he was Tweeting all day, he'd be totally controlling the media narrative each day.

ProfessorGAC

(64,869 posts)
12. I Think It's Part Of What...
Tue Feb 15, 2022, 10:33 AM
Feb 2022

...the stupid "Stop The Steal" is about.
Keep the loser in the news by pretending he didn't lose and MSM keeps getting fished in.

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