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senseandsensibility

(25,530 posts)
Tue Aug 8, 2023, 03:51 PM Aug 2023

I know we've become numb but the gall of this

Cheato just called Christie a fat pig and said he was probably somewhere eating. Okay, disgusting fat shaming. But does he not own a mirror? And the audience of cult members, the majority of whom probably are not svelte, laughing like hyenas? Wow, , how low their discourse has become. Besides pettiness, cruelty, and projection what does this party offer?

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I know we've become numb but the gall of this (Original Post) senseandsensibility Aug 2023 OP
Ignorance, hatred, and general repugnance Jerry2144 Aug 2023 #1
My bad! senseandsensibility Aug 2023 #2
Just additional terms for the GOP Jerry2144 Aug 2023 #3
and Gunz........ lastlib Aug 2023 #17
Their discourse has not become that low. It IS that low. Iris Aug 2023 #4
Yet he won't go on the same stage with Christie. Sneederbunk Aug 2023 #5
Trump has done the same thing repeatedly, especially to women. Apparently, ... keep_left Aug 2023 #6
Yeah, usually he makes his shots about how senseandsensibility Aug 2023 #13
Fat pig calls who a what? Jilly_in_VA Aug 2023 #7
At least Christie's clothes don't look like they're covering bulky undergarments sinkingfeeling Aug 2023 #8
Christie's usually do not look that they were ordered from a tent supplier LiberalArkie Aug 2023 #12
I love how Biden handles TFG's attacks NJCher Aug 2023 #9
Christie should travel with a big blowup picture of trump playing tennis in white shorts tavernier Aug 2023 #10
"Besides pettiness, cruelty, and projection what does this party offer?" ShazzieB Aug 2023 #11
Great graphic senseandsensibility Aug 2023 #14
Instead of calling him a loser Demobrat Aug 2023 #15
He has this special mirror which is actually a monitor- (Gag warning) TexLaProgressive Aug 2023 #16
We all know that's not him SouthernDem4ever Aug 2023 #20
No joke--some of his fans, like political artists Ben Garrison and... keep_left Aug 2023 #22
They offer nothing. "We know what they want. They want more for themselves and less for you." Evolve Dammit Aug 2023 #18
Their discourse hasn't changed since 2015 SouthernDem4ever Aug 2023 #19
At least Christie doesn't have to drape his fat shelf in the flag. SleeplessinSoCal Aug 2023 #21
Is that a rhetorical question? yardwork Aug 2023 #23

Jerry2144

(3,319 posts)
3. Just additional terms for the GOP
Tue Aug 8, 2023, 04:00 PM
Aug 2023

Repugnant
Reprehensible
Repulsive
Retrograde
Reptilian
Repressive
Regressive
and
Republican

Are all synonyms

Iris

(16,890 posts)
4. Their discourse has not become that low. It IS that low.
Tue Aug 8, 2023, 04:18 PM
Aug 2023

These people hate themselves and everyone else and their dialogue reflects that.

keep_left

(3,225 posts)
6. Trump has done the same thing repeatedly, especially to women. Apparently, ...
Tue Aug 8, 2023, 04:39 PM
Aug 2023

...he's like a vampire in that he can't see himself in the mirror.

He attacked Miss Universe Alicia Machado:
https://www.npr.org/2016/09/27/495611105/in-post-debate-interview-trump-again-criticizes-pageant-winners-weight

And Trump has been making fat jokes about Chris Christie for some time now. This is from two months ago:
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-responds-chris-christie-attacks-fat-jokes-1234765157/

Nancy Pelosi went after him for his attacks, particularly those against women:
https://apnews.com/article/6f658ee91cc411eb2ed54b535d35314f

It really is amazing, all these attacks coming from the same guy who lied about his height and weight in order to put himself just outside the medical criteria for obesity. And has the guy even looked at any of his supporters lately? There's a reason his opponents keep making up all those bon mots: Gravy Seals, Delta Forks Brigade, Meal Team Six, Custard's Last Stand, Traitor Tots, Waffle SS, ...

senseandsensibility

(25,530 posts)
13. Yeah, usually he makes his shots about how
Tue Aug 8, 2023, 06:11 PM
Aug 2023

someone looks at women. I should have mentioned the sexism. It's really a defining quality of his "movement."

sinkingfeeling

(58,045 posts)
8. At least Christie's clothes don't look like they're covering bulky undergarments
Tue Aug 8, 2023, 05:32 PM
Aug 2023

and that they've never been pressed.

NJCher

(43,535 posts)
9. I love how Biden handles TFG's attacks
Tue Aug 8, 2023, 05:58 PM
Aug 2023

First he looks unfamiliar with the subject. Like...oh yeah, that guy.

Then he acts amused.

(And he probably is because he doesn't pay any attention to the fool.)

Then he considers a response, which is some lighthearted brush-off of the whole topic.

Next question?

tavernier

(14,511 posts)
10. Christie should travel with a big blowup picture of trump playing tennis in white shorts
Tue Aug 8, 2023, 06:01 PM
Aug 2023

And speak in front of it every time he’s on stage

Demobrat

(10,311 posts)
15. Instead of calling him a loser
Tue Aug 8, 2023, 06:21 PM
Aug 2023

people should show up outside the courthouse(s) when he has to appear and chant “Fat pig”. I suspect that would bother him more.

TexLaProgressive

(12,786 posts)
16. He has this special mirror which is actually a monitor- (Gag warning)
Tue Aug 8, 2023, 06:22 PM
Aug 2023

Whenever he looks at he sees this:

keep_left

(3,225 posts)
22. No joke--some of his fans, like political artists Ben Garrison and...
Tue Aug 8, 2023, 07:10 PM
Aug 2023

...Jon McNaughton, love to depict Trump in various idealized guises. Trump invariably appears either as a Biblical or secular hero (e.g. David, George Washington) or in Garrison's infamous "Trump fantasy physique"--100 pounds lighter and 40 years younger. I've even seen Trump photoshopped onto a Rambo-like body.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=18089296

Evolve Dammit

(21,818 posts)
18. They offer nothing. "We know what they want. They want more for themselves and less for you."
Tue Aug 8, 2023, 06:39 PM
Aug 2023

G. Carlin. RIP

SleeplessinSoCal

(10,439 posts)
21. At least Christie doesn't have to drape his fat shelf in the flag.
Tue Aug 8, 2023, 06:46 PM
Aug 2023

It is so disgusting to see at every appearance now he's hiding in the colors of the flag.

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