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Dennis Donovan

(18,770 posts)
Sat Feb 15, 2020, 11:18 AM Feb 2020

"I'm pretty sure this ends with you being dragged out of a spider hole."



Rick Wilson ✔@TheRickWilson

I’m pretty sure this ends with you being dragged out of a spider hole.

Donald J. Trump ✔@realDonaldTrump

“Ralph Waldo Emerson seemed to foresee the lesson of the Senate Impeachment Trial of President Trump. ‘When you strike at the King, Emerson famously said, “you must kill him.’ Mr. Trump’s foes struck at him but did not take him down. A triumphant Mr.Trump emerges from the.....


10:07 AM - Feb 15, 2020


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"I'm pretty sure this ends with you being dragged out of a spider hole." (Original Post) Dennis Donovan Feb 2020 OP
K&R 2naSalit Feb 2020 #1
So he's openly declared himself king but he doesn't have the Raven Feb 2020 #2
We've had about 40 years to see the monarchists/fascists coming FiveGoodMen Feb 2020 #21
Yep Cosmocat Feb 2020 #29
I love the thought. lpbk2713 Feb 2020 #3
Didn't they drag Saddam Hussein out of a hole and then...... nt Hotler Feb 2020 #4
Yes. GoCubsGo Feb 2020 #13
Other than Trump not being able to fit in a spider hole... Wounded Bear Feb 2020 #5
Trump would need the "Industrial Size" spidey hole. lpbk2713 Feb 2020 #7
lol😂 dewsgirl Feb 2020 #8
muddy pig stye... hlthe2b Feb 2020 #10
So, like, is this being offered up as a challenge? smirkymonkey Feb 2020 #6
Trump's read Emerson! Mz Pip Feb 2020 #9
He's got a new ghost writer. CaptYossarian Feb 2020 #11
Probably hope hickey. MerryBlooms Feb 2020 #18
The pig is hoping to get a hickey. CaptYossarian Feb 2020 #25
He doesn't know who RW Emerson is. Ilsa Feb 2020 #31
Hope Hicks quote fwvinson Feb 2020 #36
Jan 20, 2021 cojoel Feb 2020 #12
THiS is how you deal with Fat Nixon. SMC22307 Feb 2020 #14
45 READS? Ralph Waldo Emerson? FAKE TWEET! VOX Feb 2020 #15
He's just quoting someone who referred to Emerson. highplainsdem Feb 2020 #20
Dan Scavino writes 45's "literate" (but full of BS) tweets... VOX Feb 2020 #23
What a fool! Go back to bed, it's Saturday. Baked Potato Feb 2020 #16
I guess I misread the original, I thought it was a guessing game. plimsoll Feb 2020 #17
Ok who is writing his Tweets, quoting Ralph Waldo Emerson really, I'll bet he thinks Waldo is hiding usaf-vet Feb 2020 #19
No kidding. My thoughts exactly. LakeArenal Feb 2020 #27
He didn't write this... ashredux Feb 2020 #22
Agreed. CrispyQ Feb 2020 #30
EMERSON?! Who stole Demented Donnie's tweeter? Is this a Hopey Changey thing.... Hekate Feb 2020 #24
PEOPLE! Did you see the quotation marks?? Peter Baker wrote that in NYT Grasswire2 Feb 2020 #26
OMG the asshole tweeted that??? Kali Feb 2020 #28
Trump does not seem to understand the most important part of that quote. Sloumeau Feb 2020 #32
The Trump Tweet Is Too Articulate DallasNE Feb 2020 #33
I Don't get the spider hole reference? Amaryllis Feb 2020 #34
That's where the US Army found Saddam Hussein in Dec 2003 Dennis Donovan Feb 2020 #35
Thanks. Knew they found him in a hole but didn't know it was called a spider hole. Amaryllis Feb 2020 #37
In the Individual-1 Era, this is not an unrealistic scenario. Sad. Brother Mythos Feb 2020 #38
He thinks it's a compliment when he is being insulted. Farmer-Rick Feb 2020 #39
I can confidently assert Goodheart Feb 2020 #40

Raven

(13,895 posts)
2. So he's openly declared himself king but he doesn't have the
Sat Feb 15, 2020, 11:25 AM
Feb 2020

guts to say it himself. Election day may be too late for our country.

FiveGoodMen

(20,018 posts)
21. We've had about 40 years to see the monarchists/fascists coming
Sat Feb 15, 2020, 01:08 PM
Feb 2020

And we said, "Oh, let's just be nice and let them have their way. I'm sure they're really decent people deep down."

This is AMERICA'S FAULT.

cojoel

(957 posts)
12. Jan 20, 2021
Sat Feb 15, 2020, 12:17 PM
Feb 2020

I hope this all ends on that day. He can either leave the White House voluntarily or be removed by the Secret Service.

SMC22307

(8,090 posts)
14. THiS is how you deal with Fat Nixon.
Sat Feb 15, 2020, 12:31 PM
Feb 2020

Not "oh, his comments were hurtful." People need to understand that there are numerous options in how to deal with the Trumps of the world.

VOX

(22,976 posts)
15. 45 READS? Ralph Waldo Emerson? FAKE TWEET!
Sat Feb 15, 2020, 12:40 PM
Feb 2020

Not a genuine 45 stubby-fingered tweet. He’s got staff writers to make him look “sharp.”

Although I’m sure he got a mini-stiffy when he read the “when you strike at the KING” part.

VOX

(22,976 posts)
23. Dan Scavino writes 45's "literate" (but full of BS) tweets...
Sat Feb 15, 2020, 01:22 PM
Feb 2020

Scavino has the titles of White House Director of Social Media and Assistant to the President. You can tell when a Trump-tweet hasn’t been written by 45 himself. The grammar’s better!

https://www.npr.org/2018/04/19/603904858/who-is-the-mystery-man-behind-realdonaldtrump-besides-the-president

plimsoll

(1,670 posts)
17. I guess I misread the original, I thought it was a guessing game.
Sat Feb 15, 2020, 12:52 PM
Feb 2020

Trump emerges from the...

Sewer?
Swamp?
Crypt?
Underworld?

I'm guessing sewer.

On the other hand, any investigation / charge brought against any Trump opponent is pretty clearly Trump using Barr for abuse of power. I want to offer a big hand to the Republican Senators, he really did learn is lesson. He knows you're all cowardly morons.

usaf-vet

(6,189 posts)
19. Ok who is writing his Tweets, quoting Ralph Waldo Emerson really, I'll bet he thinks Waldo is hiding
Sat Feb 15, 2020, 01:02 PM
Feb 2020

Where is Waldo?

To quote Bill Maher Trump has a "Goldfish brain and every time he circles the fishbowl he thinks OOH!! look another palm tree"

Hekate

(90,734 posts)
24. EMERSON?! Who stole Demented Donnie's tweeter? Is this a Hopey Changey thing....
Sat Feb 15, 2020, 01:27 PM
Feb 2020

....that is, that the presence of Hope Hicks will change something?

Grasswire2

(13,571 posts)
26. PEOPLE! Did you see the quotation marks?? Peter Baker wrote that in NYT
Sat Feb 15, 2020, 01:37 PM
Feb 2020

Nobody in the WH had any part in crafting it.

He's quoting Peter Baker.

And shame on Peter Baker for making a king reference.

Sloumeau

(2,657 posts)
32. Trump does not seem to understand the most important part of that quote.
Sat Feb 15, 2020, 01:56 PM
Feb 2020

Trump is not a king. The problem is, Trump seems to think he's a kind, and he seems to think that he should act like a King. The other problem is that Senate Republicans and House Republicans seem to think that they should treat him as a king as well.

Enjoy it while you can, you idiot Republicans, because when President Sanders, Buttigieg, Klobuchar, Warren, Biden, or Bloomberg breaks a law during his or her Presidency, we Democrats will just laugh at you Republicans and say, "You wanted a king, you got a king! Pound Sand!"

Dennis Donovan

(18,770 posts)
35. That's where the US Army found Saddam Hussein in Dec 2003
Sat Feb 15, 2020, 02:15 PM
Feb 2020

He had been living in a small shack while on the run, with a special pit dug that he could climb into (colloquially called a "spider hole" ) to hide from soldiers.

Farmer-Rick

(10,192 posts)
39. He thinks it's a compliment when he is being insulted.
Sat Feb 15, 2020, 02:36 PM
Feb 2020

In a democracy, being called a king is an insult. He is such an idiot. He even thinks being described as filled with "grievance, persecution and resentment" is a good thing.

The only saving grace is that the majority of Americans hate him. And the more he acts like a spoiled brat, the more people hate him. Even Machiavelli knew that it was dangerous for the people to hate the prince. Fear was fine but hate was a direct threat to a feudal ruler. And Trump wants to be a feudal ruler like an old fashion Russian Tsar.

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