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They might be making Trump mad, but Newsom has been throwing these at the press -- if you think these are beneath my office, why don't you say that when the president does the same thing?
— Kevin M. Kruse (@kevinmkruse.bsky.social) 2025-08-17T18:18:41.128Z
He's exposing that the media has a separate set of standards for Our Very Special Boy and that's good.
SuzyandPuffpuff
(673 posts)LOVE THAT MAN AND HIS COMM BUNCH!!! KEEP IT COMING LOL
Bernardo de La Paz
(60,320 posts)
Demovictory9
(37,113 posts)FirstLight
(15,771 posts)Oh this is even better! Cuz he has posted those fucking stupid AI things of himself so newsome pointing out the double standard is fucking perfect. I'm waiting for the media to pull its head out of its ass and figure out they're being trolled too
StarryNite
(12,167 posts)I think the MSM is too stupid to even realize that jokes are on them too!
paleotn
(22,735 posts)Plus, getting in Trump's gutter is reshaping the narrative and public perception. Better yet, it's got to be stressing Donnie's arteries to the max. The one thing he cannot stand, that drives him absolutely nuts is being laughed at. Honestly, I think this is one of the smartest ploys Dems have pulled in decades. Maybe since the Daisy ads. It's not a complicated formula. Repukes aren't smart but they figured it out. Making people laugh or scaring the shit out of them gets through. It works.
May seem quaint by our standards but given the times and the context, this ad was powerful. Scare the shit out of them.
https://retroreport.org/collection/political-ads-that-shaped-the-battle-for-the-white-house/
PatrickforB
(15,524 posts)Naugahyde chair. We always ate dinner on TV trays in the living room in front of the TV. Mom brought the trays out and we were eating. I think it was Wednesday Night at the Movies, and suddenly this ad came on.
For some reason, because I was only 5 at the time, I really wanted to watch this ad. Maybe I liked the little girl. I don't know. But I was watching and Dad said something. I put my hand up and continued watching the ad.
Suddenly Dad was yelling at the top of his lungs about how I needed to listen, listen, LISTEN when he said something. Like that Marine general in Full Metal Jacket, all he ever asked is that I treat every little utterance as if it was the Word of God.
Sigh. I was mad at him for years about that, because it was years before I ever was able to watch this ad in its entirety.
I have forgiven Dad by now, after all these years, but this did bring on some memories of not-so-good times - when I was a kid dinner was always fraught.
Marcuse
(9,081 posts)Last edited Tue Aug 19, 2025, 11:58 AM - Edit history (1)
Democratic Rebuttal: In your brain you know hes nuts!

Today he would be considered a RINO.
Response to paleotn (Reply #5)
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ZDU
(1,415 posts)Cha
(320,562 posts)Traitor in the WH? Too Chickenshit?
TY for Go Newsom, apple
BaronChocula
(4,745 posts)Whether it's with mockery or otherwise, that's how you win.
Blue Owl
(59,626 posts)PatrickforB
(15,524 posts)But....what does this even mean?
Dem2theMax
(11,005 posts)'Trump being prayed over by people.'
Then choose the images tab.
Pro tip - do not do this right after consuming a meal.
applegrove
(133,101 posts)SheltieLover
(81,713 posts)RSH
(21 posts)It suggests those asswholes have religious credence. Should have used Churchill, FDR, JFK and MLK
Attilatheblond
(9,230 posts)RSH
(21 posts)Good point but I would hope he is appealing to a broader audience. It is great to own the maggots though. Has!
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