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The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,656 posts)
Fri May 12, 2017, 11:02 PM May 2017

I've been screaming at presidents on my TV, off and on, for almost 45 years.

I yelled at Nixon. I yelled at Reagan. I yelled at Bush Jr. I'm yelling at Trump every damn day. Nixon, Reagan and Bush enraged me; the crap they pulled - Watergate, Iran-Contra, Iraq - was outrageous and infuriating. What's different this time, apart from the fact that I have a nicer TV now, is this: Trump's behavior is not only enraging but absolutely bizarre. As bad as the bad behavior of previous presidents was, it wasn't weird and inexplicable and insane. The galactic weirdness makes Trump even harder to deal with. I'll keep yelling at the TV but it's kind of like yelling at a Fellini movie.

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I've been screaming at presidents on my TV, off and on, for almost 45 years. (Original Post) The Velveteen Ocelot May 2017 OP
During your 8 yr Obama reprieve Wawannabe May 2017 #1
45 years of practice.. ; ) furtheradu May 2017 #2

Wawannabe

(5,641 posts)
1. During your 8 yr Obama reprieve
Fri May 12, 2017, 11:12 PM
May 2017

Did you yell at the fucking MSM for calling the ACA "Obamacare" ? Um. I did.

I think they drove the negative narrative the whole time. I believe it made trumpsters hate the ACA -just because of the name. Like Clinton -just because of the name.

furtheradu

(1,865 posts)
2. 45 years of practice.. ; )
Fri May 12, 2017, 11:20 PM
May 2017

Maybe ready to scream at a protest, on a call to 'elected employees', at a 'town hall'.

HEY! I hear Ya!! Stay STRONG! Stay LOUD! ! !

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