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1. As Alice Roosevelt Longworth once said of Theodore:

Mon Jul 27, 2020, 08:52 PM

Jul 2020

"He wants to be the bride at every wedding, the corpse at every funeral, and the baby at every christening."

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Trump Invited Himself to Throw Out First Pitch [View all] rpannier Jul 2020 OP

As Alice Roosevelt Longworth once said of Theodore: The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2020 #1

Trump would want to be the whole wedding party rpannier Jul 2020 #2

All the quote references I could find had it as in my post. The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2020 #9

I just looked at the goodreads quote and it had marybourg Jul 2020 #14

Since there were no recordings, somebody, maybe Alice herself, just repeated it, The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2020 #16

...the grifter at every revival. kairos12 Jul 2020 #21

damn...poor Donald.. stillcool Jul 2020 #3

Omg.. It Figures! Sorry I was mad at the Yankees! Cha Jul 2020 #4

Randy Levine needs to find better friends rpannier Jul 2020 #5

Aw shit he lied again?! sheshe2 Jul 2020 #6

He must have been so jealous Ohiogal Jul 2020 #7

Stalin used to do something like this ... eppur_se_muova Jul 2020 #10

Loser. Sad. Grokenstein Jul 2020 #11

We can now add lying schmuck to the Trump descriptors. yellowcanine Jul 2020 #12

In the middle of a pandemic that his own incompetence helped spread, ecstatic Jul 2020 #15

Pardon a little grave humor but . . . Dem_in_Nebr. Jul 2020 #17

How can there be two first pitches? Lasher Jul 2020 #18

I can hear the MF singing on his golden potty now... MontanaMama Jul 2020 #19

Trump doesn't have any "great friends". SergeStorms Jul 2020 #20

Grace Pander, Death Race 2000 rpannier Jul 2020 #22