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RockRaven

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2. It's different on a plane like Trump. If a politician is eating at a PUBLIC appearance,

Reply to Roadside Attraction (Original post)

Mon Feb 11, 2019, 11:11 PM

Feb 2019

then using utensils instead of their fingers is quite pragmatic no matter how elitist or prissy or effete it might seem BECAUSE THEY ARE SHAKING EVERYONE'S HANDS. Forgetting for a minute the health of the candidate, who shook 20, or 50, or 100 people's hands on their way into the establishment,... do you want to shake the hand of someone who just ate fried chicken, before they've had a chance to wash them? You like a greasy handshake? Really?

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It's about fried chicken [View all] Roadside Attraction Feb 2019 OP

Lawrwnce O'Donnell said it is the media and pundits who make this seem like BigmanPigman Feb 2019 #1

It's different on a plane like Trump. If a politician is eating at a PUBLIC appearance, RockRaven Feb 2019 #2

There was an ordinance passed in Gainsville Georgia in 1961 that makes eating fried chicken with a CentralMass Feb 2019 #3

Trump's from Queens and eats pizza with utensils. no_hypocrisy Feb 2019 #4

If I were Trump's cardiologist..... jcmaine72 Feb 2019 #5

I grew up in the South...and was subject to motherly rules... Sancho Feb 2019 #6