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redwitch

(15,258 posts)
Wed Sep 20, 2017, 12:41 PM Sep 2017

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Teleprompter even worse than hoosband MattP Sep 2017 #1
Question: MichMary Sep 2017 #3
Her accent is wonderful. Her hypocrisy not so much. redwitch Sep 2017 #9
I have an accent, but she is barely understandable.. HipChick Sep 2017 #16
I wish her husband would speak English. TheCowsCameHome Sep 2017 #18
I kind of wish that her husband wouldn't speak at all Orrex Sep 2017 #35
If she wasn't of European origin, the Trumpbots would CakeGrrl Sep 2017 #47
Gee I don't recall seeing anything about accents in the OP ChubbyStar Sep 2017 #19
My reply MichMary Sep 2017 #28
all accents aren't funny.. snooper2 Sep 2017 #25
To one extent or another MichMary Sep 2017 #29
Yes, agreed - I was raised in Florida. raven mad Sep 2017 #53
I love her MyNameGoesHere Sep 2017 #56
I find it very difficult to look at her or to listen to her. haveahart Sep 2017 #7
Can someone live check who she is plagarizing now? HipChick Sep 2017 #2
Link? Context? Ms. Toad Sep 2017 #4
I confess to being shallow, also. Liberal Jesus Freak Sep 2017 #5
holy crap that is NOT a good color for her and what the hell is it? samnsara Sep 2017 #6
A hot pink Oompa Loompa dress. redwitch Sep 2017 #12
Maybe the background (the bright blue) makes it worse? janterry Sep 2017 #22
Talking about bullying Thrill Sep 2017 #8
FFS HipChick Sep 2017 #10
Ultimate Stepford wife lecturing others on bullying... Wounded Bear Sep 2017 #11
#1 rule of being a Stepford wife ChubbyStar Sep 2017 #27
Can we not abuse skin cancer with this terrible association? Ninsianna Sep 2017 #13
Our family calls her Malaria unitedwethrive Sep 2017 #36
I like "Melodrama" treestar Sep 2017 #57
So ironic when her spouse calls people names on Twitter livetohike Sep 2017 #14
Oh, come on! Orrex Sep 2017 #37
I'm still wondering why posters here have to use a cancer name to talk about her. cwydro Sep 2017 #15
My life has been touched by cancer. Repeatedly. redwitch Sep 2017 #17
You did not offend me. cwydro Sep 2017 #24
Melanoma fits her. Polly Hennessey Sep 2017 #32
You are seriously bereft of empathy. cwydro Sep 2017 #43
Oh, the usual. Polly Hennessey Sep 2017 #54
Your dislike is noted. hamsterjill Sep 2017 #41
Oh goody. cwydro Sep 2017 #42
We've had plenty of cancer. In fact, I have one with Stage IV colon cancer right now. hamsterjill Sep 2017 #46
Aw well, shit. cwydro Sep 2017 #48
Yeah, basically, my sister is dying because she cannot afford medical care. hamsterjill Sep 2017 #50
It's a good thing that no one's mentioned her sister Syphilla, then Orrex Sep 2017 #38
That is not a word. cwydro Sep 2017 #44
Melania isn't a disease, either Orrex Sep 2017 #45
Somehow you must have sneaked in under the DU rule about age. cwydro Sep 2017 #49
Golly! Orrex Sep 2017 #63
Since we're being shallow, dogman Sep 2017 #20
What has this woman ever done or accomplished that gives her the right to lecture on anything? hamsterjill Sep 2017 #21
I believe she had the authority to do one of those shopping network thingies... Brother Buzz Sep 2017 #30
Eee gad!!!! hamsterjill Sep 2017 #39
She is a completely useless human being. smirkymonkey Sep 2017 #31
I totally agree. hamsterjill Sep 2017 #40
She gives hubby a pass for being a colossal asshole. oasis Sep 2017 #23
She uses the legal system to do her bullying so arthritisR_US Sep 2017 #60
No. Melanoma does not speak. It KILLS. cwydro Sep 2017 #26
So, a possibly illegal immigrant speaking on behalf of USA.... bitterross Sep 2017 #33
Melanoma speaks. Polly Hennessey Sep 2017 #34
This message was self-deleted by its author kentuck Sep 2017 #51
Is it really necessary to use that word for her? PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2017 #52
I could think of some other awful word to call her I suppose. redwitch Sep 2017 #55
Using that sort of language makes you, and by extension DU, PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2017 #58
I have been thoroughly scolded. redwitch Sep 2017 #61
Wait. Parodying her accent is heinous, but calling her "Melanoma" is fine and dandy? WinkyDink Sep 2017 #59
Melanoma? kstewart33 Sep 2017 #62
Please see post 61. redwitch Sep 2017 #64

MattP

(3,304 posts)
1. Teleprompter even worse than hoosband
Wed Sep 20, 2017, 12:43 PM
Sep 2017

MichMary

(1,714 posts)
3. Question:
Wed Sep 20, 2017, 12:44 PM
Sep 2017

Do you find all accents funny?

redwitch

(15,258 posts)
9. Her accent is wonderful. Her hypocrisy not so much.
Wed Sep 20, 2017, 12:46 PM
Sep 2017

I find foreign accents enchanting and I am impressed when people can speak multiple languages.

HipChick

(25,612 posts)
16. I have an accent, but she is barely understandable..
Wed Sep 20, 2017, 12:48 PM
Sep 2017

Even Margaret Thatcher hired a speech therapist...Squinty needs to do the same

TheCowsCameHome

(40,270 posts)
18. I wish her husband would speak English.
Wed Sep 20, 2017, 12:50 PM
Sep 2017

Believe me.

Orrex

(67,080 posts)
35. I kind of wish that her husband wouldn't speak at all
Wed Sep 20, 2017, 01:42 PM
Sep 2017

CakeGrrl

(10,611 posts)
47. If she wasn't of European origin, the Trumpbots would
Wed Sep 20, 2017, 04:46 PM
Sep 2017

scream at her to "stop speaking immigrant".

But HER thick accent? No problem!

ChubbyStar

(3,191 posts)
19. Gee I don't recall seeing anything about accents in the OP
Wed Sep 20, 2017, 12:50 PM
Sep 2017

MichMary

(1,714 posts)
28. My reply
Wed Sep 20, 2017, 01:11 PM
Sep 2017

wasn't to the OP; it was to the person who typed "hoosband" with a ROFL smilie.

 

snooper2

(30,151 posts)
25. all accents aren't funny..
Wed Sep 20, 2017, 12:58 PM
Sep 2017

Some are though...

Like why can't people from Boston say "water" correctly?

MichMary

(1,714 posts)
29. To one extent or another
Wed Sep 20, 2017, 01:14 PM
Sep 2017

we all have accents. We were in Florida once, and some German guy heard my 5-year old son speaking and asked if we were Canadian. We were actually from Wisconsin, but he could pinpoint a child's accent to the Northwoods. Pretty amazing.

raven mad

(4,940 posts)
53. Yes, agreed - I was raised in Florida.
Wed Sep 20, 2017, 05:07 PM
Sep 2017

Am accused up here of having a southern accent (I still use y'all), and on visits south, I'm a "damyankee"......... sigh....... can't win! I find accents fascinating.

 

MyNameGoesHere

(7,638 posts)
56. I love her
Wed Sep 20, 2017, 05:42 PM
Sep 2017

Natasha Fatale impersonations. One day she'll get squirrel.

 

haveahart

(905 posts)
7. I find it very difficult to look at her or to listen to her.
Wed Sep 20, 2017, 12:45 PM
Sep 2017

That naked cheese-cake photo keeps popping up in my mind. Not my FLOTUS!

HipChick

(25,612 posts)
2. Can someone live check who she is plagarizing now?
Wed Sep 20, 2017, 12:44 PM
Sep 2017

Ms. Toad

(38,581 posts)
4. Link? Context?
Wed Sep 20, 2017, 12:45 PM
Sep 2017

Liberal Jesus Freak

(1,476 posts)
5. I confess to being shallow, also.
Wed Sep 20, 2017, 12:45 PM
Sep 2017

Whether or not you think she's attractive, she always looks like she's fresh from a photo shoot. I have Jammie's more attractive than what she has on

samnsara

(18,767 posts)
6. holy crap that is NOT a good color for her and what the hell is it?
Wed Sep 20, 2017, 12:45 PM
Sep 2017

...and what the hell is she saying??? meow!

redwitch

(15,258 posts)
12. A hot pink Oompa Loompa dress.
Wed Sep 20, 2017, 12:47 PM
Sep 2017

Awful. Not as awful as the hypocrisy but awful.

 

janterry

(4,429 posts)
22. Maybe the background (the bright blue) makes it worse?
Wed Sep 20, 2017, 12:55 PM
Sep 2017

She's so pretty and yet so ugly (so cold). I read somewhere that she was just so stiff, generally, as a model - and that's why she didn't really make it.............

As for the speech, well, she needs to give it to herself and Donald - I mean, really. What do they do to help anyone?

Thrill

(19,342 posts)
8. Talking about bullying
Wed Sep 20, 2017, 12:45 PM
Sep 2017

When her husband is the biggest bully of them all

HipChick

(25,612 posts)
10. FFS
Wed Sep 20, 2017, 12:46 PM
Sep 2017

Squinty needs to start at home..

Wounded Bear

(64,281 posts)
11. Ultimate Stepford wife lecturing others on bullying...
Wed Sep 20, 2017, 12:46 PM
Sep 2017

ChubbyStar

(3,191 posts)
27. #1 rule of being a Stepford wife
Wed Sep 20, 2017, 01:01 PM
Sep 2017

Never take a crap, being full of shit is an absolute must.

Ninsianna

(1,354 posts)
13. Can we not abuse skin cancer with this terrible association?
Wed Sep 20, 2017, 12:47 PM
Sep 2017

I thought she was supposed to be a fashionista/model with a team that exists merely to groom, dress and paint her. Is Trump cheaping out?

That was a truly awful pink blob she was wearing.

unitedwethrive

(2,016 posts)
36. Our family calls her Malaria
Wed Sep 20, 2017, 01:42 PM
Sep 2017

Or is that an abuse of tropical diseases?

treestar

(82,383 posts)
57. I like "Melodrama"
Wed Sep 20, 2017, 07:21 PM
Sep 2017

that fits and does not insult a disease!

livetohike

(24,260 posts)
14. So ironic when her spouse calls people names on Twitter
Wed Sep 20, 2017, 12:48 PM
Sep 2017

every single day. Now which media person will be the first to point this out?

Orrex

(67,080 posts)
37. Oh, come on!
Wed Sep 20, 2017, 01:46 PM
Sep 2017

He hasn't called Secretary Clinton "Crooked Hillary" in like 45 minutes.

Surely you can't expect our media watchdogs to remember stuff from that long ago?

 

cwydro

(51,308 posts)
15. I'm still wondering why posters here have to use a cancer name to talk about her.
Wed Sep 20, 2017, 12:48 PM
Sep 2017

Do none of you ever think that someone out here in cyberspace may have been brutally affected by that disease?

Is it funny for you to use the name of an extremely deadly cancer to refer to some dipshit none of us care about?

How lucky for you that your life has not been touched by cancer.

redwitch

(15,258 posts)
17. My life has been touched by cancer. Repeatedly.
Wed Sep 20, 2017, 12:49 PM
Sep 2017

Sorry to have offended you.

 

cwydro

(51,308 posts)
24. You did not offend me.
Wed Sep 20, 2017, 12:56 PM
Sep 2017

But I very much dislike this use of cancer names on DU.

I think that should not be a thing we do. Ymmv.

Polly Hennessey

(8,820 posts)
32. Melanoma fits her.
Wed Sep 20, 2017, 01:33 PM
Sep 2017

Sorry about your cancer.

 

cwydro

(51,308 posts)
43. You are seriously bereft of empathy.
Wed Sep 20, 2017, 04:12 PM
Sep 2017

Let me know what your family has suffered, ok?

I'll be sure to remember it.

Polly Hennessey

(8,820 posts)
54. Oh, the usual.
Wed Sep 20, 2017, 05:27 PM
Sep 2017

Heart, Diabetes, Arthritis, Spinal Stenosis, Pulmonary Fibrosis, fatal car crashes, suicide (my brother-in-law), old age -- you know the usual human stuff. I am sorry for all who suffer. My family grieves and cries and then we move along. We cherish our moments of happiness; we do not carry our sorrow with us.

hamsterjill

(17,558 posts)
41. Your dislike is noted.
Wed Sep 20, 2017, 02:28 PM
Sep 2017

I don't think that many people are offended. I think most understand the reference.

 

cwydro

(51,308 posts)
42. Oh goody.
Wed Sep 20, 2017, 04:09 PM
Sep 2017

Very happy that you have "noted" my unhappiness.

Please let me know what disease your family members die of, and I will use that in future reference.

hamsterjill

(17,558 posts)
46. We've had plenty of cancer. In fact, I have one with Stage IV colon cancer right now.
Wed Sep 20, 2017, 04:42 PM
Sep 2017

Sometimes, I think the sensitivity is taken just a bit too far. That's just my opinion.

 

cwydro

(51,308 posts)
48. Aw well, shit.
Wed Sep 20, 2017, 04:52 PM
Sep 2017

So sorry to hear.

hamsterjill

(17,558 posts)
50. Yeah, basically, my sister is dying because she cannot afford medical care.
Wed Sep 20, 2017, 05:00 PM
Sep 2017

Because in Texas, well, you know the story...

So, you'll pardon me if I call anyone in the Trump organization (or Republicans in general) anything that I see fit. They are all scumbags in my book.

Orrex

(67,080 posts)
38. It's a good thing that no one's mentioned her sister Syphilla, then
Wed Sep 20, 2017, 01:50 PM
Sep 2017
 

cwydro

(51,308 posts)
44. That is not a word.
Wed Sep 20, 2017, 04:14 PM
Sep 2017

Nor a disease

Good try there bubba.

Orrex

(67,080 posts)
45. Melania isn't a disease, either
Wed Sep 20, 2017, 04:20 PM
Sep 2017

Well, except maybe in a metaphorical sense. Still, people are happy to shoehorn it into the pun, so all's fair!

 

cwydro

(51,308 posts)
49. Somehow you must have sneaked in under the DU rule about age.
Wed Sep 20, 2017, 04:56 PM
Sep 2017

Your posts indicate an age in the early teens.

Orrex

(67,080 posts)
63. Golly!
Wed Sep 20, 2017, 08:14 PM
Sep 2017

dogman

(6,073 posts)
20. Since we're being shallow,
Wed Sep 20, 2017, 12:51 PM
Sep 2017

why can't she speak English? Is she some kind of immigrant?

hamsterjill

(17,558 posts)
21. What has this woman ever done or accomplished that gives her the right to lecture on anything?
Wed Sep 20, 2017, 12:52 PM
Sep 2017

Seriously. I despise that she acts as if she's an authority on anything, when she is an authority on nothing that she discusses.

Her claim to fame is having married a much older, rich jerk, and putting up with his humiliating treatment of her to maintain a lavish lifestyle.

Brother Buzz

(39,870 posts)
30. I believe she had the authority to do one of those shopping network thingies...
Wed Sep 20, 2017, 01:22 PM
Sep 2017

That is, until she work that shocking pink monstrosity at the United Nations.

hamsterjill

(17,558 posts)
39. Eee gad!!!!
Wed Sep 20, 2017, 02:26 PM
Sep 2017

That ain't blush or bashful!!! LOL [Reference to Steele Magnolias].

But I think you are a little premature on the home shopping thingies. Don't you have to be the ex-wife in order to do those? Didn't Ivana and Marla hawk stuff at one time or another?

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
31. She is a completely useless human being.
Wed Sep 20, 2017, 01:27 PM
Sep 2017

It's insulting that anyone thinks she has anything of value to say to the American people.

hamsterjill

(17,558 posts)
40. I totally agree.
Wed Sep 20, 2017, 02:26 PM
Sep 2017

n/t

oasis

(53,642 posts)
23. She gives hubby a pass for being a colossal asshole.
Wed Sep 20, 2017, 12:55 PM
Sep 2017

arthritisR_US

(7,810 posts)
60. She uses the legal system to do her bullying so
Wed Sep 20, 2017, 07:40 PM
Sep 2017

not only is she a colossal asshole too but a hypocrite as well.

 

cwydro

(51,308 posts)
26. No. Melanoma does not speak. It KILLS.
Wed Sep 20, 2017, 12:59 PM
Sep 2017

Please think about your words.

 

bitterross

(4,066 posts)
33. So, a possibly illegal immigrant speaking on behalf of USA....
Wed Sep 20, 2017, 01:37 PM
Sep 2017

We have a person who's immigration status is unknown to most of us. Spouse of a serial adulterer who is on his third trophy-wife.

Speaking about bullying and morality when her husband is the biggest bully and has no morals.

Well, that makes so much sense in the current environment. It's perfect.

Polly Hennessey

(8,820 posts)
34. Melanoma speaks.
Wed Sep 20, 2017, 01:37 PM
Sep 2017

Stringy hair and hot pink--perfect Trump combo.

Response to redwitch (Original post)

PoindexterOglethorpe

(28,493 posts)
52. Is it really necessary to use that word for her?
Wed Sep 20, 2017, 05:02 PM
Sep 2017

No matter what you think, how much you despise her, it certainly makes DU look like a bunch of twits.

redwitch

(15,258 posts)
55. I could think of some other awful word to call her I suppose.
Wed Sep 20, 2017, 05:27 PM
Sep 2017

I thought since she supports her husband who is a cancer on my beloved country it was appropriate. She even supported the birther bullshit! I do actually know how awful cancer is and I am truly sorry for having offended. Henceforth I will call her something else, hopefully not offensive to anyone here.

PoindexterOglethorpe

(28,493 posts)
58. Using that sort of language makes you, and by extension DU,
Wed Sep 20, 2017, 07:31 PM
Sep 2017

look juvenile. Heck, if you said "She whose husband is a cancer on my beloved country" would actually be better.

It's the unnecessary name calling, far more than the actual name itself that I'm objecting to. People here are quick to point out how dumb the other side is, and then do plenty to make us look the same.

redwitch

(15,258 posts)
61. I have been thoroughly scolded.
Wed Sep 20, 2017, 07:40 PM
Sep 2017

I have apologized. Maybe this could end?

 

WinkyDink

(51,311 posts)
59. Wait. Parodying her accent is heinous, but calling her "Melanoma" is fine and dandy?
Wed Sep 20, 2017, 07:37 PM
Sep 2017

I like'em both, personally.

Just can't stand DU hypocrisy in general.

kstewart33

(6,552 posts)
62. Melanoma?
Wed Sep 20, 2017, 08:11 PM
Sep 2017

Not cool.

redwitch

(15,258 posts)
64. Please see post 61.
Wed Sep 20, 2017, 08:25 PM
Sep 2017

Thanks.

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