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In reply to the discussion: Trump's Great American State Fair opens with melted ice cream, empty booths [View all]karynnj
(61,226 posts)45. Also, I think DC would be depressing for many
A third of the White House is torn down and just a pit filled with rubble. The beautiful rose garden is now a country club like patio with umbrellas and tables. The South lawn is dead, as is the grass in the ellipse. These are areas I loved seeing circa 2015. Not to mention, who knows what the reflecting pool will look like on any day. Add in the patrolling national guard.
I wonder if this is the worst shape the capital has been in since the British attacked.
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Trump's Great American State Fair opens with melted ice cream, empty booths [View all]
BumRushDaShow
Yesterday
OP
I haven't been to a state fair in decades and have no intention of ever attending one again.
Lonestarblue
Yesterday
#1
I thought the concept was interesting as a "state showcase", particularly when you have tourists
BumRushDaShow
Yesterday
#3
New Jersey did not participate but Cape May county bought a vacation themed booth. Not unreasonable, since the
3Hotdogs
Yesterday
#7
Meet the man who never stops talking. Eighty years and still won't shut up.
twodogsbarking
Yesterday
#11
Trump was expecting a bright, sunny Rodgers and Hammerstein musical version of State Fair...
QueerDuck
Yesterday
#20
If he would have had Melissa's mincemeat pies there more people might have come
jmowreader
19 hrs ago
#43
Going over like a flying turd. Singles of people showed up yesterda. Anti-Midas works his magic again. Womp womp
AZLD4Candidate
Yesterday
#23
Ironically it wasn't Ice Cream at all. It was just ice with paint on it. Consider the source.
twodogsbarking
Yesterday
#33
Man, you'd have to be careful about having a butter cow at anything Trump did
jmowreader
19 hrs ago
#44
The USA Today OP article mentions that near the bottom and included a link to someone's Xitter post about it
BumRushDaShow
Yesterday
#34
here's the question i asked google: does the trump state fair ferris wheel have lights n/t
orleans
23 hrs ago
#39
it's okay. we all have a bit of brain slippage at times (i think) regardless of our age nt
orleans
15 hrs ago
#50