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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIf you were forced to eat at a restaurant with JD Vance, what would you say to him?
I'm afraid my words would be censored so cannot say.
griffi94
(3,830 posts)I'd just show him pix of my couch.
jeffreyi
(2,597 posts)tetedur
(1,428 posts)Ron Green
(9,874 posts)getagrip_already
(17,802 posts)This is apparently nothing new. It goes back at least to your college days.
So what is eating you alive?
obamanut2012
(29,512 posts)PXR-5
(578 posts)"Excuse me"
And get up and leave...
Shermann
(9,072 posts)Ocelot II
(131,231 posts)Jrose
(1,536 posts)chouchou
(3,307 posts)Chakaconcarne
(2,799 posts)FullySupportDems
(492 posts)I'd be mumbling curses on my way out the door.
Hugin
(37,994 posts)For Gods sake, man! Have some decency! Chew with your mouth shut!
* slip the waitress an extra $20 and wink * Ill have mine to go. You had better lock the window in the mens room. This ones a jumper.
Kid Berwyn
(25,091 posts)[In my best flaky spoiled brat Donald Trump temper tantrum impersonation voice:]
"A census taker once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice Chianti."
Then I'd LOLOL.
Carlitos Brigante
(26,848 posts)DeepWinter
(931 posts)Pass your Bud's ketchup.
OldBaldy1701E
(11,553 posts)Let's say it is at a place like Fuddrucker's, or Portillo's or another such place where they call out your name when your food is ready. I would make sure to have my order for 'Mr. Couch' and take my sweet time going up to the counter. Some of the places like this are rather aggressive when it comes to getting the orders 'out the window', so they will say it over and over.
2naSalit
(103,809 posts)While saying as I walk past him,
"Man, that tr**p stench is nauseating!"
Think. Again.
(22,456 posts)Aviation Pro
(15,765 posts)Yeah, that would be worth it.
Celerity
(54,878 posts)PCIntern
(28,582 posts)When I throw up on your shoes, itll be easier on my esophagus.
ProudMNDemocrat
(20,982 posts)Dear_Prudence
(1,194 posts)I remember the last time my dad forced one of us as kids to eat a dish we didn't like. My little brother ate the beans and then lost the beans all over the dinner table. So, no words from me, just involuntary 🤮 as I passed JD's table while trying to escape a forced encounter.
misanthrope
(9,629 posts)**
haele
(15,595 posts)The only thing I'd ask him is "as a practicing, devout Catholic, which level of Dante's Hell does he expect to go to, or is he delusional enough to think he's going to end up in Limbo?"
Because he sure as hell isn't speaking or acting like a devout Catholic. He's acting like a Cafeteria Casual Christian, making deals with the God he supposedly believes in and ignoring the established rules of that God if he doesn't think it matters or benefits him.
The logical nature of Blasphemy is not simply taking God's name in vain.
Blasphemy is claiming you know the will of God and interpret it solely for your benefit, forcing others to obey you in God's name. Blasphemy is claiming you speak for God.
Haele
Efilroft Sul
(4,463 posts)Emile
(43,268 posts)you to ruin my meal.
magicarpet
(19,416 posts)Waiter,... separate checks please.
Bye-bye.
claudette
(5,455 posts)🤮
Beastly Boy
(13,283 posts)Babywhale
(13 posts)A : Pass the salt?
B: You've got the check,right?
C: You looked kind of hot in drag.Do you still do that?
GaYellowDawg
(5,112 posts)1. Your book was terrible and does not reflect Appalachia. While you may have summered with your "mamaw, " you obviously didn't live the experience. You're a dilettante. Your book was a self-congratulatory paean that trashed an entire people whose community you only really lived on the edges of.
2. You talked about how proud you were to have an Ivy League education and that your "mamaw" helped you get it. When you went to Yale Law School, you'd had a tour with the Marines and an undergraduate degree from OSU. You were a grown-ass man and shouldn't have had to sponge off of your grandmother to go to law school. Shameful if you ask me. I thought Republicans had their own bootstraps.
3. Speaking of "mamaw," you really should stop using that word. Coming from someone with an Appalachian accent, it sounds genuine. Coming from you, it sounds contrived. It's pronounced "mamAW" with a hard "W," not "mam-ahh."
4. How do you live with yourself? You are willing to do anything and say anything in service of Peter Thiel and Donald Trump. Are you able to taste the food, or is all the shit you've eaten getting in the way? You know what you're saying is wrong when you say it. It's easy to see in your eyes. Doesn't it haunt you? Don't you know your kids are going to see these videos and know you for what you are? Are you as utterly amoral as Donald Trump? Do you want to raise kids that are as utterly amoral as his?
5. Stop talking. Shut the fuck up. I don't want to hear another self-justifying word from you.
mahina
(20,723 posts)And talk about Rachel Maddows podcasts Prequel and Ultra.
I would talk anout the American apologists for Malmedy, where during WWII in Dec 1944 captive US soldiers were viciously murdered, and then Americans of his bent supported the Nazis that did it. ?si=In3NJBLic1cazsnY
Warning, it is hard on the nerves. Trigger warning.
I would tell him we see him. We will not let them take us back.
dem4decades
(14,381 posts)ificandream
(11,851 posts)(Note: The question didn't say he'd be eating at the restaurant. Just that he'd be there.)
comradebillyboy
(10,963 posts)not to harass other customers or make a scene.
Rebl2
(17,930 posts)sit there like a good little boy and eat your meal and no back talking young man!
Freethinker65
(11,203 posts)Ask him about how he was so easily manipulated by the right (I believe he included a lot of it in his book and that is why I found it such a frustrating read). Ask him if he can remember a time when he was truly happy and not filled with hate.
Pretty sure he would agree with everything I said, but then return to agreeing with everything his bankrollers and think tank buddies say.
Kaleva
(40,435 posts)I'd just eat my meal .
milestogo
(23,201 posts)eppur_se_muova
(42,518 posts)winstars
(4,282 posts)-misanthroptimist
(1,825 posts)ProfessorGAC
(77,277 posts)I'd be in good company with that line.
JuJuChen
(2,253 posts)no_hypocrisy
(55,380 posts)Hekate
(100,133 posts)With the exception of a dirty look
Torchlight
(7,059 posts)RandySF
(86,253 posts)BlueKota
(5,553 posts)Were the things that, Jesus Christ, the man you profess to follow, preached like forgiveness and love, just too woke for you? If your answer is yes, are you sure, you're being honest with yourself and the public about actually being a Christian?
Zoomie1986
(1,213 posts)Maybe you're the one who needs to read all of what he said and did. Start with that classic MAGA act of that lard and savior assaulting the money lenders for offending him.
Nearly every Christian I've encountered not only bragged about him doing that, but thought attacking those moneylenders was a good and proper thing to do. So much for meek and mild and turning the other cheek.
And that's not the only instance of horrible behavior from him.
But yeah, keep propping up that fantasy that there is no relation between the behavior of hateful, violent people who follow a person who committed a hateful violent act like that.
maxsolomon
(39,127 posts)It ain't Middletown.
Bundbuster
(4,018 posts)
msongs
(74,199 posts)The Wizard
(13,858 posts)Paladin
(32,354 posts)Diamond_Dog
(41,050 posts)you haven taken shaming Ohio to new heights. Why dont you move down to Mar a Lago permanently so you can kiss Donnys fat ass every day. Thats all you seem interested in doing.
DBoon
(25,146 posts)"... If you don't mind, I will order a bottle of the most expensive wine here"
Figarosmom
(13,390 posts)He will have you killed, don't you? He will blame you for any loss.
pat_k
(13,855 posts)Hello, I'm one of 50 to 75 million American Unhumans you and your hero Posobeic would like to see terrorized or murdered in your Christian Nationalist take over of the United States. I have one message for you: You will soon be history and a cautionary tale to future generations of how we must remain forever vigilant against all who threaten the true American values represented in our declaration of independence and constitution.
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WestMichRad
(3,391 posts)Maybe an occasional question about womens rights to keep him stirred up.
Whats the over/under on how many times he shoves his foot in his mouth?
Initech
(109,266 posts)LeftInTX
(34,852 posts)pecosbob
(8,492 posts)a kennedy
(36,348 posts)Bye J D.
Xolodno
(7,367 posts)onethatcares
(17,010 posts)mt
Bantamfancier
(401 posts)Eat the soup. I DARE you!
BlueWaveNeverEnd
(14,996 posts)WarGamer
(18,860 posts)I'd ask him how he went from USMC to meeting Peter Thiel, becoming a Venture Capitalist and ending up in GOP politics.
His book reads like a BIO of a Democratic politician...
(for those that don't know... the book ends before that stage of his life)
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