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Isn't it an unwritten rule that just out of common courtesy the incoming president STFU about (Original Post) doc03 Dec 2016 OP
The incoming president doesn't seem to care HeartachesNhangovers Dec 2016 #1
Welcome to DU...betcha angstlessk Dec 2016 #3
Thank you! HeartachesNhangovers Dec 2016 #4
welcome to du. niyad Dec 2016 #7
tRump is devoid of graciousness and "class" etherealtruth Dec 2016 #2
Common courtesy? marybourg Dec 2016 #5
Hon, they don't give a shit about the WRITTEN RULES, let alone the unwritten ones. LaydeeBug Dec 2016 #6
It just blows my mind how so many people fell for his bullshit. I am starting to doc03 Dec 2016 #8
Don't you start to think Generator Dec 2016 #19
Well, just remember . . . OldRedneck Dec 2016 #34
Only 27% of our nation elected him...Half of us didn't even vote. nt LaydeeBug Dec 2016 #37
+1, anyone who "settles" a 25mil $ cause for defrauding college students skips the whole law thing uponit7771 Dec 2016 #24
"courtesy" is a word with which the apricot asshole is completely unfamiliar. niyad Dec 2016 #9
Previous President Elects had at least some class, this one is just an ass! liberal N proud Dec 2016 #10
W had class? No, he was untouchable. Worse than Trump. AngryAmish Dec 2016 #16
I remember his people talking about people removing the W from typewriters doc03 Dec 2016 #20
ego man knows more than the generals....and has little common courtesy spanone Dec 2016 #11
the Clown King has his head too far up his ass to know this. Bill USA Dec 2016 #12
I've been referring to him as Chief Tweeting Bull... Different Drummer Dec 2016 #29
we'll have opportunities galore to come up with more names for the coprophagous Fraudster..... Bill USA Dec 2016 #36
Rules d not apply to Groper Don the Con malaise Dec 2016 #13
He doesn't care about protocol TexasMommaWithAHat Dec 2016 #14
Our president-elect.... Wounded Bear Dec 2016 #15
Please, Rodney and even this character he played had more class in his little finger stevenleser Dec 2016 #40
pretty sure it is a written rule, if you look at it all. mopinko Dec 2016 #17
He has no courtesy, common or otherwise. milestogo Dec 2016 #18
McConnell trampled on Obama's Supreme Court pick bucolic_frolic Dec 2016 #21
We got unwritten rules; he got twitter. Eleanors38 Dec 2016 #22
I have coined a neologism just... 3catwoman3 Dec 2016 #23
Good one! n/t Different Drummer Dec 2016 #30
Trump has no idea how to be President. It's going to be a disaster for the country. TeamPooka Dec 2016 #25
We can't say we weren't warned. n/t Different Drummer Dec 2016 #31
And we expected any less? I didn't. paleotn Dec 2016 #26
Drump believes no rules apply to him. kairos12 Dec 2016 #27
He doesn't give a crap about anything humbled_opinion Dec 2016 #28
A Little pep talk and advice for the Orange One: Xipe Totec Dec 2016 #32
In normal times, yes. OldRedneck Dec 2016 #33
It has been said before: there's nothing "common" about the shitgibbon. baldguy Dec 2016 #35
Common courtesy and Donald Trump in one sentence? eom guillaumeb Dec 2016 #38
Yes, thank you! smirkymonkey Dec 2016 #39
yep that the etiquette. but as we know TraitorzTrump thinks he is the be all and the end all and.. iluvtennis Dec 2016 #41
1. The incoming president doesn't seem to care
Tue Dec 27, 2016, 07:17 PM
Dec 2016

about the written rules, so I guess the unwritten ones don't much matter.

etherealtruth

(22,165 posts)
2. tRump is devoid of graciousness and "class"
Tue Dec 27, 2016, 07:19 PM
Dec 2016

He is the personification of ignorance, vulgarity, boorishness and crassness. I expect nothing other than ignorance, vulgarity, boorishness and crassness and I have seen nothing other than these behaviors

 

LaydeeBug

(10,291 posts)
6. Hon, they don't give a shit about the WRITTEN RULES, let alone the unwritten ones.
Tue Dec 27, 2016, 07:22 PM
Dec 2016

That is why we have to fight them at every turn.

I am not doing business with people whom I know voted for Twitler.

I have cooled my relationships with these people.

I know it's not 'traditional' but we are at war, whether some acknowledge it or not.

doc03

(35,320 posts)
8. It just blows my mind how so many people fell for his bullshit. I am starting to
Tue Dec 27, 2016, 07:36 PM
Dec 2016

think about 46% of this country are mentally ill. He not only criticizes everything Obama does he can't keep his mouth shut about China
Israel, Japan or anything. I couldn't stand that SOB 30 years ago, my mother would turn over in her grave if she knew that asshole
got elected, she hated him.

 

Generator

(7,770 posts)
19. Don't you start to think
Tue Dec 27, 2016, 08:21 PM
Dec 2016

At least so an so DIED before seeing this Trump nightmare happen. It certainly has crossed my mind. And it's so damn wearing for us that have to live it!

 

OldRedneck

(1,397 posts)
34. Well, just remember . . .
Tue Dec 27, 2016, 09:56 PM
Dec 2016

. . . if you plot the measure of intelligence, the result is a bell curve. Which means half the population is below average.

doc03

(35,320 posts)
20. I remember his people talking about people removing the W from typewriters
Tue Dec 27, 2016, 08:36 PM
Dec 2016

and other stuff, but I think W had the courtesy to STFU himself.

spanone

(135,802 posts)
11. ego man knows more than the generals....and has little common courtesy
Tue Dec 27, 2016, 07:38 PM
Dec 2016

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Different Drummer

(7,611 posts)
29. I've been referring to him as Chief Tweeting Bull...
Tue Dec 27, 2016, 09:43 PM
Dec 2016

but your mention of The Clown King made me think of another nickname I'm going to use for him...Pennywise.

 

stevenleser

(32,886 posts)
40. Please, Rodney and even this character he played had more class in his little finger
Tue Dec 27, 2016, 10:15 PM
Dec 2016

than Trump has in his whole body.

mopinko

(70,067 posts)
17. pretty sure it is a written rule, if you look at it all.
Tue Dec 27, 2016, 08:19 PM
Dec 2016

nowhere is there a provision of powers to the peotus, nowhere is there a curtailment of the current potus' power.
so, yeah, it is written. or omitted, but still....

bucolic_frolic

(43,111 posts)
21. McConnell trampled on Obama's Supreme Court pick
Tue Dec 27, 2016, 09:05 PM
Dec 2016

so what do you expect? They are jumping the gun deliberately.

humbled_opinion

(4,423 posts)
28. He doesn't give a crap about anything
Tue Dec 27, 2016, 09:42 PM
Dec 2016

or anyone, prepare yourself he is about to try and blow this whole thing apart..

 

OldRedneck

(1,397 posts)
33. In normal times, yes.
Tue Dec 27, 2016, 09:55 PM
Dec 2016

However, in this case, the incoming president is an industrial-grade, world-class asshole.

 

baldguy

(36,649 posts)
35. It has been said before: there's nothing "common" about the shitgibbon.
Tue Dec 27, 2016, 09:56 PM
Dec 2016

This is not a compliment, BTW.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
39. Yes, thank you!
Tue Dec 27, 2016, 10:13 PM
Dec 2016

I wish that fat, ugly orange shitgibbon would shut his piehole until he's officially inaugurated. And even then I wish he'd shut it.

iluvtennis

(19,843 posts)
41. yep that the etiquette. but as we know TraitorzTrump thinks he is the be all and the end all and..
Tue Dec 27, 2016, 10:19 PM
Dec 2016

...rules don't apply to him. Whast an asshat

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