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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsObamagate was the worst crime ever committed and here is what it was
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/05/13/obamagate-was-worst-crime-ever-committed-here-is-what-it-was/Obamagate was the worst crime ever committed and here is what it was
By Alexandra Petri
May 13, 2020 at 5:05 p.m. CDT
What is the crime exactly that youre accusing him of?
You know what the crime is. The crime is very obvious to everybody. All you have to do is read the newspapers, except yours.
President Trump responding to Washington Post reporter Philip Rucker
Obamagate began long ago, long before Trump even got elected, before he even knew he was running. It began before America, before time, in those early days when President Barack Obama lit the furnace of the sun, just before he fixed the paths of the planets in such a way that millennia in the future, Donald Trump would stare directly into a solar eclipse. And, of course, everyone knew about it.
Obamagate was the biggest political crime in American history by far, a fact that Barack Obama did not hesitate to tell Richard M. Nixon, causing him to shed bitter tears in an as-yet-unreleased tape. It was bigger than Teapot Dome. It was bigger than anything anyone blamed Ulysses Grant for allowing the people who surrounded him to do. Nothing could be worse than Obamagate. It went all the way to the top, where Obama floated inside a sinister Masonic eye at the apex of a pyramid on the back of a dollar bill, holding all the strings.
What was it? Well, I am coming to that. Obamagate, like the Myriad Crimes of Hillary Clinton (to which it was both prequel and sequel, like Rogue One: A Star Wars Story) was almost Escher-esque in its design. It had no beginning and no end, and, of course, everyone knew all about it. Also, it was obvious to everyone how bad it was. It was a devious, sinister plot, but also Donald Trump was able to get to the bottom of it very easily, mainly by absorbing articles from FoxNews.com or the personal websites of former Fox News personalities.
This perspicacity is immediately evident when you hear Donald Trump talk about Obamagate. Only he can reveal with stunning clarity the depth and horror of this intrigue, in which some terrible things happened and its a disgrace that it happened, which we know from if you look at now all of this information thats being released. And from what I understand, its only the beginning.
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Obamagate was the worst crime ever committed and here is what it was (Original Post)
dalton99a
May 2020
OP
+1. Trump has the intellect of a gnat, but he is instinctively masterful at that shit
dalton99a
May 2020
#7
Newest Reality
(12,712 posts)1. He tends to use...
He tends to use what is known as process language.
Process language is usually devoid of contents. It is a verbal tool. He knows that.
You are there, reading this and maybe even thinking about what that means. It may or may not matter, but that depends on how you see it right now. Process language might be new to you, but if it isn't you already have an idea of what it is and how it works. That may make you take pause for a moment and realize that thinking about it changes your perspective in some way. Most people know what that means and its a really radical way to look at communication. There are many implications involved, especially if you consider how many times you may have been exposed to it without knowing it.
Now, that's not the same way that Dirty Don does it, but it illustrates that you can say a lot that just leaves it to the person who hears or reads it. I didn't really convey much substance at all there, yet it seems like something was implied. Implications are subtly conveyed while specifics are, when necessary avoided. The idea is to get you into the word salad, (which gets your mind wondering what the heck the salad means) and then allows the blanks to be filled in with what is really intended. It tends to enforce biases and allow for their confirmation.
Something really horrible happened to me because of Trump. You all know what its like when something unspeakable hits you suddenly, so it shouldn't be too hard to imagine the effect. If I went into the details, it would only confirm your views about the man, but your guess is probably correct. Yes, it was that bad, maybe even worse. It shouldn't happen to anyone. We all know how bad he is and what he can do. Your worst nightmare? Consider that.
dalton99a
(81,553 posts)7. +1. Trump has the intellect of a gnat, but he is instinctively masterful at that shit
Newest Reality
(12,712 posts)8. That's right.
That's the simpler way to put it.
I tend to be wordy
malaise
(269,107 posts)9. Nailed it
stillcool
(32,626 posts)2. I loved that....thanks!
yellowcanine
(35,699 posts)3. This is what needs to be done with Trump's crap against the wall spews.
Petri is the master of satire.
GeorgeGist
(25,322 posts)5. The REAL crime?
Presidenting while black.
Brother Mythos
(1,442 posts)6. I love that article. Thanks for posting it.