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2016 Postmortem

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7. Josh Marshall calls them Trump's Dignity Wraiths

Reply to cali (Original post)

Mon Aug 22, 2016, 03:45 PM

Aug 2016

creatures from whom Trump has gleefully drained all dignity even though they now serve him , because Trump wants to degrade those he has conquered. Usually they are defeated opponents who have suffered a political wound at his hand (Chris Christie, Little Marco, Ben Carson, Scott Walker) but occasionally they are self-immolating (Pence, Ghouliani).

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People I hope are immolated by a Trump defeat, aside from Trump: #1 Rudy Guiliani [View all] cali Aug 2016 OP

I'm going to uncork a bottle of champagne (hopefully) just for the defeat of.... SaschaHM Aug 2016 #1

#8 Marco Rubio mcar Aug 2016 #2

#8 As many of the Senate filibusterers as possible. n/t Orsino Aug 2016 #3

Rudy has lost it NeverDump Aug 2016 #4

He has no shame. And yeah, Pierson. Also Kellyanne Conway cali Aug 2016 #5

This list looks an awful lot like my "People I want to puke on" list. MyNameGoesHere Aug 2016 #6

Josh Marshall calls them Trump's Dignity Wraiths geek tragedy Aug 2016 #7

Oh no. They don't get off that easy. They did it to themsleves. cali Aug 2016 #8

certainly, point is that there's no way to support Trump and maintain one's personal dignity geek tragedy Aug 2016 #9

The Ghoul was already grotesquely self-debased. Now he's even more grotesque cali Aug 2016 #10

that's Trump's superpower--he can take the most awful people geek tragedy Aug 2016 #11

Good lineup. Paladin Aug 2016 #12

Chris Christie WillyBrandt Aug 2016 #13

Mitch McConnell! He's the epitome of the crooked, Hortensis Aug 2016 #14