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luvMIdog

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10. You can make an asshole mistake and get forgiven if that mistake was not your norm, but when

Reply to dinq_92882 (Original post)

Sat Jun 10, 2017, 06:09 AM

Jun 2017

you have been an asshole your entire life and now much of it is in print and on video.. no one is going to forget it except the completely brainwashed & those of very low intelligence.

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Would a "Checkers" speech save Trump? [View all] dinq_92882 Jun 2017 OP

Save Trump? We are not dealing with a single impropriety... MedusaX Jun 2017 #1

Why the hell would we want to save him? The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2017 #2

not "want" but contingency planning. If he made peace with deep state... yurbud Jun 2017 #15

Trump is incapable of expressing humility vlyons Jun 2017 #3

Nixon was a LOT BlueMTexpat Jun 2017 #4

Nixon on his worst day would never have been the traitor Trump is. WinkyDink Jun 2017 #8

No truer words dalton99a Jun 2017 #14

A Checkers speech didn't save Nixon from his inevitable downfall. n/t pnwmom Jun 2017 #5

I saved his political career until he made the mistake of taping his crimes. Nitram Jun 2017 #17

About what? That he's just been a humble money-launderer and quisling for Russians? If WinkyDink Jun 2017 #6

Nope. Trump could hold a national address to the Nation, no_hypocrisy Jun 2017 #7

Treason has that effect on people. WinkyDink Jun 2017 #9

You can make an asshole mistake and get forgiven if that mistake was not your norm, but when luvMIdog Jun 2017 #10

Not possible Trump is deranged jimlup Jun 2017 #11

That has to be a joke. Progressive dog Jun 2017 #12

Nixon came across as phony, unctuous and smarmy in the Checkers Speech . . . hatrack Jun 2017 #13

Saved his ass, though. Enough people believed him. Nitram Jun 2017 #18

I'd love to see him try. The only people who would believe a word he said would be the Deplorables. Nitram Jun 2017 #16

I'd rather have him read the "I resign" speech and save the country instead. BigmanPigman Jun 2017 #19

LOL! I'm watching this in San Clemente with someone who actually met Checkers. dogknob Jun 2017 #20

Oops. It was Checkers II or III dogknob Jun 2017 #21