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NanceGreggs

(27,814 posts)
Sun May 21, 2017, 10:56 PM May 2017

The Best TV Reality Show Evah!

For those of you who will be missing your fave TV shows while they’re on hiatus for the summer, may I recommend some of the best entertainment available on the small screen?

Just tune into any political/news show that features Republicans as guests – I guarantee your sides will ache as you laugh yourself silly!

Seeing GOPers wriggle-and-squirm as they try to defend their Idiot Boy is, in and of itself, worth the watch. But hearing their excuses for his idiocy is comedy gold.

When Cooper Anderson quipped to Jeffrey Lord, “He (Trump) could take a dump on his desk and you’d defend it,” he pretty much summed up exactly where Republicans are at these days. The truth is that if Idiot Boy actually did take a dump on the Resolute Desk right there in the Oval Office – pooping turds while giving classified information to the Russians – such behaviour wouldn’t surprise anyone.

For months, Republicans have entertained us with “alternative facts” that have tickled American’s funny-bone. But recent events have shifted the insanity into high-gear hilarity. In other words, we’re not in Bowling Green anymore, folks – discussing the bloody massacre that never took place. Nor are we debating why the Civil War wouldn’t have happened, if only Andrew Jackson had stepped-in and stopped it.

We’ve now moved into a whole new realm of insanity, where GOP talking heads are revolving like fidget spinners, trying to keep up with Idiot Boy’s current “position” – which changes not daily, but hourly – and trying desperately to defend a position that has already changed between their time in the Green Room and being seated in front of the cameras.

To give credit where it’s due, the spin-meisters are doing an incredible job. It’s not easy to rewrite talking-points in twenty minutes – or less. There’s something to be said for those who toil behind the scenes, yelling, “Don’t say THAT, say THIS instead!” – while shoving hastily-rewritten scripts into the hands of those who are about to die on-air, in front of the entire nation.

So you crave entertainment? Turn on CNN and listen to Republicans explain how Mueller’s appointment is actually “good news” for the White House! Indulge in uncontrollable laughter as you hear how Ivanka is a shining example of how women who have billionaire fathers can start with nothing and claw their way to the top! Hear how the failures of Idiot Boy are actually bigly successes! Be amazed by how quickly an incoherent, totally inane “tweet” can be transformed into something rivalling the Gettysburg Address in 140 characters or less!

Make no mistake – I am not for a minute ignoring how much damage Idiot Boy is inflicting on our country and its citizens. But in terms of TV entertainment, you can’t argue with how entertaining it is to watch Republicans try to spin their Idiot’s incompetence, ignorance, stupidity, and out-and-out lies into gold. It’s like watching dozens of Baghdad Bobs talking in unison, insisting there are NO special prosecutors banging on the door demanding explanations for the inexplicable.

There is something so compelling about watching Republicans squirm, hearing them explain how your own eyes and ears are lying to you, how what you heard ten minutes ago wasn’t true, because what you will hear in the NEXT ten minutes is the REAL story - until it changes again.

Like many of you, while I am enjoying the hilarity of seeing Republicans trying to “reason away” things like collusion with the enemy and obvious TREASON, I look forward to the Season Finale of this so-called “pResidency” – and anxiously await the news that this shit-show has been cancelled due to a dwindling audience, the withdrawal of former sponsors, and the fact that its star and co-stars are too busy lawyering-up to create another season of “Putin’s Puppets Go To The White House".

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The Best TV Reality Show Evah! (Original Post) NanceGreggs May 2017 OP
They would be pure comedy gold brer cat May 2017 #1
Indeed, It's Like Binge Watching... Grassy Knoll May 2017 #2
I wake up every morning... chillfactor May 2017 #3
K & R..thank You for the post!nt furtheradu May 2017 #4
KnR sheshe2 May 2017 #5
We may be laughing, murielm99 May 2017 #6
I would laugh but the reality is too damn scary. BigmanPigman May 2017 #8
Brilliant! burrowowl May 2017 #7
The reality show I really want to tune into soon is: tavalon May 2017 #9
Been watching it for months! greatauntoftriplets May 2017 #10

brer cat

(24,562 posts)
1. They would be pure comedy gold
Sun May 21, 2017, 11:02 PM
May 2017

if they weren't out to screw such a large number of our population. I am, however, looking forward to the Finale. I am sure it will be the biggest, the best, the largest, most watched episode in the history of the American presidency.

Grassy Knoll

(10,118 posts)
2. Indeed, It's Like Binge Watching...
Sun May 21, 2017, 11:27 PM
May 2017

..Honey Boo Goo, Duck Fuckasey, Hee Haw, And Idiocracy,On A Loop..

.. Hey Wait A Minute, That's Fox News.

chillfactor

(7,575 posts)
3. I wake up every morning...
Sun May 21, 2017, 11:30 PM
May 2017

wondering what news will break today...the NYT and WaPo are trying to outdo each other digging up the dirt on the orange one's administration......it makes for the best reality TV.

murielm99

(30,736 posts)
6. We may be laughing,
Mon May 22, 2017, 01:01 AM
May 2017

but have you talked to any trump true believers lately?

I know that a lot of us try to avoid them, but it is a good idea to sample their opinions once in a while. They are still firm in their support of him. They are angry people, infected by Fox News propaganda. Nothing shakes their faith. They can shrug off the 180 degree turns, the lies, the contradictions. We are in a lot of trouble here.

BigmanPigman

(51,590 posts)
8. I would laugh but the reality is too damn scary.
Mon May 22, 2017, 01:33 AM
May 2017

Some people with a little intelligence can separate truth from fiction, others can't. They are the ones that frighten me.

tavalon

(27,985 posts)
9. The reality show I really want to tune into soon is:
Mon May 22, 2017, 03:12 AM
May 2017

Impeachment.

Starring the orange shitgibbon, the evil keebler elf, the creepy VP who calls his wife "mother, and Paul "look at my awesome pecs" Ryan. With supporting roles by Spicy, the almost dead KACster, and of course, Bannon the Nazi. Flynn will have a small but recurring role as the person most likely to turn state's evidence to avoid prison.

I know I've left some out. It's just getting too complicated without starting a dance card.

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