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underpants

(182,281 posts)
Tue Jan 8, 2019, 09:37 PM Jan 2019

Folks ..... this is THE big moment for Trump.

Aside from being his first national address, everything turns on this tonight for him. Everything.

I loved to watch the artistry of a Clinton speech and was inspired by Oabama's performances. W was a bore but it was still must watch given the gravity of the times. But, I was always nervous. Any small slip was like blood in the water for Media sharks. Look just at Justice Roberts screwing up the Oath and how that got turned around on Obama. Rubio and Jindal fell victim to this as well.

Tonight is it for Trump. As I've posted for the last two weeks - this is his last stand. He's handled the whole thing horribly but the consensus in the White House is that if he doesn't get this now his re-election is in serious doubt. His first two years have basically fallen flat. Yes some big wins but they aren't in the public consciousness, mainly due distractions and course changes of his own making. He has this third year to show something. Everything in the fourth year is seen as purely political. His performance tonight is crucial. I have no doubt he knows how big this is.

Everything rides on tonight.

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Folks ..... this is THE big moment for Trump. (Original Post) underpants Jan 2019 OP
DO NOT WATCH! He can "slip up" till the cows come home and no one will hold him accountable. Squinch Jan 2019 #1
send viewers elsewhere! Hermit-The-Prog Jan 2019 #2
Oh, wouldn't that be so fabulous if she got more views? I love that she is doing this. Squinch Jan 2019 #5
i've watched the numbers go up on that tweet Hermit-The-Prog Jan 2019 #6
Didn't watch. Am very happy sharedvalues Jan 2019 #7
Me too! Squinch Jan 2019 #9
Finally. Something he does well. C_U_L8R Jan 2019 #3
Overture, curtain, lights! This is it, the night of nights! no_hypocrisy Jan 2019 #4
Yup. Tonight was a loss for the president and GOP sharedvalues Jan 2019 #8
It was like trying to pretend to listen to someone tell me about their workout Maru Kitteh Jan 2019 #10

Squinch

(50,774 posts)
1. DO NOT WATCH! He can "slip up" till the cows come home and no one will hold him accountable.
Tue Jan 8, 2019, 09:39 PM
Jan 2019

The only possible win for us would be if the ratings flopped and he did not get the attention he is demanding with this.

This is a manufactured crisis and we are fools if we let ourselves be part of it.

Hermit-The-Prog

(33,041 posts)
2. send viewers elsewhere!
Tue Jan 8, 2019, 09:42 PM
Jan 2019

He is trying to rouse his base. Rouse them to go here:




If Stormy gets more views, he will explode. If more deplorables watch her underwear than Donald's vaporware, he can't keep the Senate bullied.

Hermit-The-Prog

(33,041 posts)
6. i've watched the numbers go up on that tweet
Tue Jan 8, 2019, 09:49 PM
Jan 2019

When I first saw it posted here, the 'talking about' number was below 16k.




Donald -has- to have attention. Anything that starves him of this is GOOD.

no_hypocrisy

(45,774 posts)
4. Overture, curtain, lights! This is it, the night of nights!
Tue Jan 8, 2019, 09:43 PM
Jan 2019

No more rehearsing and nursing upon.
We know every part by heart.

Overture, curtain, lights!
This is it!
We'll hit the heights.
And oh, what heights we'll hit.

On with the show,
This is it!

Maru Kitteh

(28,303 posts)
10. It was like trying to pretend to listen to someone tell me about their workout
Tue Jan 8, 2019, 10:36 PM
Jan 2019

while they were picking their nose - with all the sniffing and the snorting.

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