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blakstoneranger

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11. TRUMP INVENTED THE TERM DEPLORABLES

Reply to Drunken Irishman (Original post)

Tue May 12, 2020, 10:16 PM

May 2020

When referring to his base. He and steve bannon called them deplorables. Trump told this to hillary clinton while on the phone with her. Thats where she got it from. They just don't know, the joke is on them. shame.

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Howard Stern hits it out of the park [View all] Drunken Irishman May 2020 OP

They think Trump looks like them. raging moderate May 2020 #1

i'm increasingly struck by how many things are not only 180 off, but mopinko May 2020 #2

Like we went through the looking glass. Drunken Irishman May 2020 #4

Yes, and landed in The Twilight Zone Down The Cha May 2020 #7

True, but the shyster in him knows them. nt babylonsister May 2020 #3

The Orange one loves the uneducated,... magicarpet May 2020 #62

Stern is much smarter than the character he plays Loki Liesmith May 2020 #5

I had never voluntarily listened to Stern, but saw him recently with HRC. lagomorph777 May 2020 #39

That other personality was always an act Loki Liesmith May 2020 #45

He changed a lot too after he met his wife marlakay May 2020 #57

His "low target" audience only sees the "shock" schlock. Mopar151 May 2020 #40

He sure knows how to con them though. BigmanPigman May 2020 #6

That's the thing about successful con men... llmart May 2020 #38

He hates liberals, they hate liberals... enemy of my enemy is my friend type stuff I guess. mitch96 May 2020 #8

Sums it up nicely. nancy1942 May 2020 #9

But he hates blacks, mexicans , chinese etc more so..... JI7 May 2020 #10

TRUMP INVENTED THE TERM DEPLORABLES blakstoneranger May 2020 #11

I had not heard THAT... not_the_one May 2020 #22

I don't know about that, but there are pictures of Trump with the Clintons. Jamastiene May 2020 #30

" Trump wasn't always a Republican" mitch96 May 2020 #36

link please, with definitive proof Celerity May 2020 #26

interestimg Kali May 2020 #27

That's a long way from Howard Stern DBoon May 2020 #58

No, I expanded the width of the highway of discussion, based off the post I replied to's Celerity May 2020 #59

I used to take the bus past... reACTIONary May 2020 #63

They like him because he speaks on their intellectual level. Alwaysna May 2020 #12

Exactly Demobrat May 2020 #13

Kind of relevant but someone once described Newt Gingrich's appeal... Drunken Irishman May 2020 #14

Newt also pushed the same hot buttons, leaned hard on the same tropes JHB May 2020 #31

I have a begrudging respect for Howard kimbutgar May 2020 #15

Stern probably crossed paths not fooled May 2020 #16

He was a regular on Stern's show intrepidity May 2020 #19

He has hours of recordings with Pendejo45 ... aggiesal May 2020 #24

Interesting photo. The woman behind Howard doesn't seem to amused by whatever tRump is spewing. SammyWinstonJack May 2020 #37

Must b before melania's last xxqqqzme May 2020 #43

What is that forbidden word? oasis May 2020 #17

Absolutely. How do they not see the contempt he has for them? ecstatic May 2020 #18

Not really that odd. They are self-loathing masochists intrepidity May 2020 #20

KNR Lucinda May 2020 #21

I have said this many times. smirkymonkey May 2020 #23

Of course he resents it. It's been that way his whole life JHB May 2020 #32

Ding Ding Ding!!!!!! n/t Mopar151 May 2020 #42

Excellent! calimary May 2020 #25

Howard did an interview with Hillary a few months ago manhattan123 May 2020 #28

I saw that Interview ItsjustMe May 2020 #48

OTOH, Trump has derided the other end of the societal spectrum, the Old Rich. no_hypocrisy May 2020 #29

Narcissists don't really have friends. Laelth May 2020 #47

Exactly!! BuddhaGirl May 2020 #51

That is so true. Imagine Trump cavorting with the armed yahoos who keep showing up at Vinca May 2020 #33

I'm not sure about that, Howard. Goodheart May 2020 #34

That's obvious to anyone except His Deplorables. SammyWinstonJack May 2020 #35

What's left of the Repub Party suffers from battered spouse syndrome... Wounded Bear May 2020 #41

Real Republicans have been sheltering in place Mopar151 May 2020 #44

This explains my Stern loving Repub neighbor Sugarcoated May 2020 #46

His followers are just marks to be conned. warmfeet May 2020 #49

He loves the uneducated. BlancheSplanchnik May 2020 #50

message to Stern NewJeffCT May 2020 #52

They see themselves in Trump Azathoth May 2020 #53

+1 grantcart May 2020 #60

I think you're right. It's the delusion they could have all that but for the stupid nolabear May 2020 #64

It's split between people Stern describes and wealthy supporters who are racists who still aren't Pepsidog May 2020 #54

It's not all that odd Major Nikon May 2020 #55

Trump had everyone fooled for SO many years; Democrats, republicans, whoever. oldsoftie May 2020 #56

Stern really knows the real trump Miigwech May 2020 #61