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"He can name his son Barron, but he can't make him one." (Original Post) ariadne0614 Dec 2019 OP
tRump is Baron of GrayMatter. CentralMass Dec 2019 #1
The Brits have a pungent epithet for wannabe kings like Trump: Aristus Dec 2019 #4
I saw what you did there BBG Dec 2019 #33
Her comment was priceless! nt Ilsa Dec 2019 #2
A zing of beauty malaise Dec 2019 #3
That was a top notch ZINGER! nt procon Dec 2019 #5
How sure are we that he can name him? Garrett78 Dec 2019 #6
Gaetz has attacked Karlan, saying Ilsa Dec 2019 #7
I would have responded to Gaetz sdfernando Dec 2019 #8
She wasn't allowed a response. :-( nt Ilsa Dec 2019 #22
Gaetz is a card-carrying deplorable. What a rabid, Russia-lover enabler and traitor. Evolve Dammit Dec 2019 #9
Gaetz isn't all there. Honest, I think something is wrong with him. NurseJackie Dec 2019 #31
How do you compare though? Gohmert, Nunes, etc. They are all blindly seig heiling. Evolve Dammit Dec 2019 #38
Named his son after his own pseudonym. Awesome. coti Dec 2019 #10
He was just setting his son up to be blamed for some lunatica Dec 2019 #16
I've always wondered catchnrelease Dec 2019 #35
I actually think her comment was a mistake. madaboutharry Dec 2019 #11
No. The mistake would be pandering to the right by ignoring the truth. kcr Dec 2019 #18
I'm not wrong. madaboutharry Dec 2019 #19
Yet the GOP constantly goes after children calling them "fair game". hadEnuf Dec 2019 #25
i agree cilla4progress Dec 2019 #26
She just apologized for it! cilla4progress Dec 2019 #32
republicans on twitter are all aghast about that comment... George II Dec 2019 #12
She wasn't making fun of the kid. She just mentioned his name coti Dec 2019 #13
That's what I responded with in each case. She didn't make fun of him, she only mentioned his name. George II Dec 2019 #14
I'm sick of our side's fear of what the dark side might say or do. ariadne0614 Dec 2019 #20
Idiots can't understand that they're making fun of the father of a 13 year old child... Tommy_Carcetti Dec 2019 #15
Both John Barron and John Miller. George II Dec 2019 #17
Yep. It's so pathetic. GoCubsGo Dec 2019 #23
I drink their tears. BannonsLiver Dec 2019 #28
SHE JUST APOLOGIZED! Has trump EVER apologized for anything? George II Dec 2019 #29
NO, trump has never apologized for anything. I remember during one of the 2016 debates he was iluvtennis Dec 2019 #37
Gee Chelsea Clinton and the Obama children were respected right??? Evolve Dammit Dec 2019 #39
Forgot about that - Limbaugh was relentless against Chelsea. George II Dec 2019 #40
and the Obama children, and any woman (or anyone else) who dares be assertive Evolve Dammit Dec 2019 #41
By the time Obama was elected Limbaugh to me was non-existent, so I didn't know about any of that. George II Dec 2019 #42
Limbaugh has been spewing since 1987 on AM radio, and his "model" led the way for so many Evolve Dammit Dec 2019 #43
If the GOP is upset about children being victimized, they CaptYossarian Dec 2019 #21
maybe putin will make him a baron Marthe48 Dec 2019 #24
If you cared about children at all C_U_L8R Dec 2019 #27
That should be the immediate and only comment to the whiny Republicans. mnhtnbb Dec 2019 #45
She just apologized MFM008 Dec 2019 #30
And slammed dotard at the same time mcar Dec 2019 #34
I don't think she should have mentioned Baron. NT Catherine Vincent Dec 2019 #36
Agree. Her valuable testimony is lost in this fog California_Republic Dec 2019 #44

Ilsa

(61,695 posts)
7. Gaetz has attacked Karlan, saying
Wed Dec 4, 2019, 05:05 PM
Dec 2019

that this was an attack on a child (Barron) . Gaetz is obviously an idiot.

sdfernando

(4,935 posts)
8. I would have responded to Gaetz
Wed Dec 4, 2019, 05:14 PM
Dec 2019

by saying that if you believe that you are a bigger idiot than I thought.

NurseJackie

(42,862 posts)
31. Gaetz isn't all there. Honest, I think something is wrong with him.
Wed Dec 4, 2019, 06:56 PM
Dec 2019

He's just got this inbred look, or maybe he was dropped-on-his-head too many times as an infant. No social filters, vacant eyes. He's just not rite.

Evolve Dammit

(16,736 posts)
38. How do you compare though? Gohmert, Nunes, etc. They are all blindly seig heiling.
Wed Dec 4, 2019, 07:40 PM
Dec 2019

They couldn't all have been dropped on their heads? Or is that the common denominator?

coti

(4,612 posts)
10. Named his son after his own pseudonym. Awesome.
Wed Dec 4, 2019, 05:30 PM
Dec 2019

That's worse than naming your child the same thing as your cat.

lunatica

(53,410 posts)
16. He was just setting his son up to be blamed for some
Wed Dec 4, 2019, 05:39 PM
Dec 2019

future whatever to deflect from himself.

The weird thing is this might actually be true.

catchnrelease

(1,945 posts)
35. I've always wondered
Wed Dec 4, 2019, 06:59 PM
Dec 2019

If he named his son after (William)Barron Hilton, who was actually a successful businessman and really had wealth, to kind of schmooze Hilton. Like to curry favor and try to fit in with that old money socialite crowd. I don't know but suspect they would want nothing to do with a grifter like 45*.

madaboutharry

(40,212 posts)
11. I actually think her comment was a mistake.
Wed Dec 4, 2019, 05:30 PM
Dec 2019

It will now be used by the right wing on a loop about how the witness attacked a child.

Trump gave his son this name because he has some affinity for the name Barron, as in John Barron and maybe he was thinking it sounded royal.

This is a truth: You can not give the republicans even an inch.

kcr

(15,317 posts)
18. No. The mistake would be pandering to the right by ignoring the truth.
Wed Dec 4, 2019, 05:45 PM
Dec 2019

You are also wrong about the name. Barron was Trump's own pseudonym.

madaboutharry

(40,212 posts)
19. I'm not wrong.
Wed Dec 4, 2019, 05:49 PM
Dec 2019

I mentioned John Barron, the name Trump used when he would call up reporters bragging about how many women wanted to date Trump.

hadEnuf

(2,193 posts)
25. Yet the GOP constantly goes after children calling them "fair game".
Wed Dec 4, 2019, 06:29 PM
Dec 2019

Dems should ram that down their fascist throats.

George II

(67,782 posts)
12. republicans on twitter are all aghast about that comment...
Wed Dec 4, 2019, 05:36 PM
Dec 2019

Already whining about "making fun of a 13-year old child":

Oversight Committee republicans
Diaper don (jr.)
Kevin McCarthy

I'm sure there are and will be more.

Funny thing, none of them were upset when they heard trump bragging about "grabbing pussies" while his third wife was PREGNANT with that 13-year old child.

coti

(4,612 posts)
13. She wasn't making fun of the kid. She just mentioned his name
Wed Dec 4, 2019, 05:37 PM
Dec 2019

while making the point that Trump isn't a king.

George II

(67,782 posts)
14. That's what I responded with in each case. She didn't make fun of him, she only mentioned his name.
Wed Dec 4, 2019, 05:37 PM
Dec 2019

ariadne0614

(1,730 posts)
20. I'm sick of our side's fear of what the dark side might say or do.
Wed Dec 4, 2019, 06:12 PM
Dec 2019

We can count on them to be intellectually dishonest.

Tommy_Carcetti

(43,182 posts)
15. Idiots can't understand that they're making fun of the father of a 13 year old child...
Wed Dec 4, 2019, 05:39 PM
Dec 2019

...who chose to name his 13 year old child after a pseudonym he used as a lame, pathetic attempt to trick reporters into exaggerating his net worth and sexual prowess.

GoCubsGo

(32,086 posts)
23. Yep. It's so pathetic.
Wed Dec 4, 2019, 06:24 PM
Dec 2019

They aren't upset about all of those thousands of refugee children he is imprisoning under shoddy conditions, either. They are the biggest, fucking, whiny-ass hypocrites in the universe. But, y'all knew that already.

iluvtennis

(19,862 posts)
37. NO, trump has never apologized for anything. I remember during one of the 2016 debates he was
Wed Dec 4, 2019, 07:08 PM
Dec 2019

asked to recount a time he had to apologize. This 70 something year old fool said, there wasn't one time he could recall he had to apologize. Fkn narcissist.

Evolve Dammit

(16,736 posts)
43. Limbaugh has been spewing since 1987 on AM radio, and his "model" led the way for so many
Wed Dec 4, 2019, 09:45 PM
Dec 2019

others. I found out recently (last year or so) that the Laura Ingraham (Nazi Salute Laura from GOP convention) radio show, was at times guest-hosted by..... Mike Pence. Birds of a feather. Folks like Savage, Jones, Hannity, etc. are all spin-offs of the Limbaugh model. 24/7/365 they own the radio waves and the military (Armed Services) radio.

CaptYossarian

(6,448 posts)
21. If the GOP is upset about children being victimized, they
Wed Dec 4, 2019, 06:15 PM
Dec 2019

should re-examine their domestic policies since 1981.

Marthe48

(16,968 posts)
24. maybe putin will make him a baron
Wed Dec 4, 2019, 06:28 PM
Dec 2019

and he'll make trump a king. Probably told trump all kinds of fun stuff like that.

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