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yonder

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11. I was halfway through it and came across "internal rhyme schemes". WTF?

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Mon Jul 29, 2019, 08:42 PM

Jul 2019

I thought no way tRump could come up with that and then looked at the link. Ah Ha, the Onion. It's sad really that an outlandish story like this can be mistaken for the truth and another example of how far we've fallen with our expectations of the highest office in the land.

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Trump Escalates Baltimore Attacks With Rambling Press Conference Tearing Into Edgar Allan Poe [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jul 2019 OP

Oh, so now he's a literary critic? grumpyduck Jul 2019 #1

I feel like I'm living in Bizzaroworld. LastLiberal in PalmSprings Jul 2019 #44

Somehow I knew Poe would be dragged into this BS. Thanks onion. panader0 Jul 2019 #2

Oh, crap. :) grumpyduck Jul 2019 #45

Don't feel bad. Reality and satire have blended theses days. panader0 Jul 2019 #46

Sometimes with Trump the truth is stranger than sarcasm from the Onion. ... spin Jul 2019 #52

Trump wouldn't have a clue to what Poe wrote let alone the sinkingfeeling Jul 2019 #3

Lub Dub, Orange M'F'er forgotmylogin Jul 2019 #41

Right ck4829 Jul 2019 #48

I have to learn to read the citation before I start texting. lapucelle Jul 2019 #4

shit shit shit shit pangaia Jul 2019 #5

Don't feel bad Leith Jul 2019 #12

LOL Whew. pangaia Jul 2019 #18

Yeah, I'm laughing, too Leith Jul 2019 #22

I'm eating dinner while reading this, and spitting peas in my indignation.... dixiegrrrrl Jul 2019 #17

that is really horrifying.. because that is becoming the new reality pangaia Jul 2019 #19

+1 uponit7771 Jul 2019 #30

I KNEW it haha.... dhill926 Jul 2019 #6

honestly, you should put "onion" in the subject line. Please. Grasswire2 Jul 2019 #7

I almost believed this but then considered that Trump PA Democrat Jul 2019 #8

Yup, that's what tipped me off to this being satire. Everything else totally believable n/t Blaukraut Jul 2019 #13

Yep ck4829 Jul 2019 #49

Poe is buried in a graveyard in Baltimore, behind The World Famous Lexington Market. no_hypocrisy Jul 2019 #9

I knew this was going to be the Onion. smirkymonkey Jul 2019 #10

I was halfway through it and came across "internal rhyme schemes". WTF? yonder Jul 2019 #11

The office of president has become a shadow of itself ck4829 Jul 2019 #50

Oh damn! Can you please also alert to the word, "Parody" when you post stuff like this please? Maraya1969 Jul 2019 #14

You actually thought rump would even know who Edgar Allen Poe was? Tipperary Jul 2019 #20

Yeah, as soon as I saw Edgar Allen Poe and Trump in the same sentence, LuvNewcastle Jul 2019 #31

MAGA Ravens fans won't like that redstateblues Jul 2019 #15

The list of great Baltimore writers is long JaneQPublic Jul 2019 #16

This time I knew it was the Onion. BlueStater Jul 2019 #21

I thought of The Tell Tale Heart... BigmanPigman Jul 2019 #23

It took me a second to question the providence of the story. Collimator Jul 2019 #24

LOL zentrum Jul 2019 #25

I knew it wasn't real, Trump couldn't read a pamphlet, let alone a novel. patphil Jul 2019 #26

It had me believing it until my reason kicked in and dflprincess Jul 2019 #27

I thought he might have know about Edgar Allen Poe by watching old movies!! demigoddess Jul 2019 #28

Sometimes, it's hard to tell the truth from satire sakabatou Jul 2019 #29

HAHAHAHAHA I was reading it to my wife... Johnyawl Jul 2019 #32

Just raven mad he is Nasruddin Jul 2019 #33

As soon as "boozehound" and "lost love" were mentioned Martin Eden Jul 2019 #34

And you know who Poe was pals with? B Stieg Jul 2019 #35

In the beginning of the first thing defacto7 Jul 2019 #36

I say, "Never more..." Mme. Defarge Jul 2019 #37

Shit! I think the Onion is just reporting what's really happening. lunatica Jul 2019 #38

This message was self-deleted by its author Rainbow Droid Jul 2019 #39

Yeah its almost believable except one dead giveaway... jcgoldie Jul 2019 #40

Time to reconsider the 25th Laura PourMeADrink Jul 2019 #42

Whew!!! It's only The Onion, but MF45 dumped on George Washington, Eugene Jul 2019 #43

K&R ck4829 Jul 2019 #47

The saddest part is, that this kind of over-the-top satire has become believable. DetlefK Jul 2019 #51

This is the first time I knew it was the Onion without looking. There's no way Dear Leader Vinca Jul 2019 #53