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marmar

(77,056 posts) Sun Mar 20, 2016, 10:21 AM Mar 2016

Returned yesterday from a week in Toronto.......

...... the night before at dinner, two women at the table next to us were talking:

Woman 1: "I feel like I just got punched in the face."

Woman 2: "Why, were you at a Trump rally?"

America must be entertaining, if nothing else, to the saner quarters of the world.

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Returned yesterday from a week in Toronto....... (Original Post) marmar Mar 2016 OP

Toronto elected Rob Ford... rjsquirrel Mar 2016 #1

True. marmar Mar 2016 #2

Rob Ford is a progressive with a substance abuse problem malaise Mar 2016 #4

Surely you jest rjsquirrel Mar 2016 #5

Progressive?! mac56 Mar 2016 #6

Recommend self-delete (nt) TacoD Mar 2016 #8

A lot of the entertainment value gets sucked out of it... JHB Mar 2016 #3

"Don't laugh at us or we'll bomb you." mac56 Mar 2016 #7

My brother in law, who lives in Toronto, was on a business trip to the US applegrove Mar 2016 #9

I have a writing partner who lives in GB. ScreamingMeemie Mar 2016 #10

rjsquirrel

(4,762 posts)

1. Toronto elected Rob Ford...

Reply to marmar (Original post)

Sun Mar 20, 2016, 10:23 AM

Mar 2016

So they oughta know.

marmar

(77,056 posts)

2. True.

Reply to rjsquirrel (Reply #1)

Sun Mar 20, 2016, 10:23 AM

Mar 2016

malaise

(268,698 posts)

4. Rob Ford is a progressive with a substance abuse problem

Reply to rjsquirrel (Reply #1)

Sun Mar 20, 2016, 11:50 AM

Mar 2016

He cannot be compared with this racist lunatic

rjsquirrel

(4,762 posts)

5. Surely you jest

Reply to malaise (Reply #4)

Sun Mar 20, 2016, 12:24 PM

Mar 2016

right?

He's far from progressive. Where did you get that from?

mac56

(17,564 posts)

6. Progressive?!

Reply to malaise (Reply #4)

Sun Mar 20, 2016, 12:28 PM

Mar 2016

Please explain.

TacoD

(581 posts)

8. Recommend self-delete (nt)

Reply to malaise (Reply #4)

Sun Mar 20, 2016, 02:11 PM

Mar 2016

JHB

(37,156 posts)

3. A lot of the entertainment value gets sucked out of it...

Reply to marmar (Original post)

Sun Mar 20, 2016, 10:25 AM

Mar 2016

...the moment they recall the size of our armed forces and nuclear arsenal.

mac56

(17,564 posts)

7. "Don't laugh at us or we'll bomb you."

Reply to JHB (Reply #3)

Sun Mar 20, 2016, 12:29 PM

Mar 2016

Nice.

applegrove

(118,492 posts)

9. My brother in law, who lives in Toronto, was on a business trip to the US

Reply to marmar (Original post)

Sun Mar 20, 2016, 03:15 PM

Mar 2016

when the whole Rob Ford, crack smoking mayor of Toronto, thing was happening. My brother in law and his team took bets as to how long it would take the Americans to mention Rob Ford. They bet seconds and they were right. You are not alone. The interwebs and ratings news just make for more demagogs these days. It is not just you.

ScreamingMeemie

(68,918 posts)

10. I have a writing partner who lives in GB.

Reply to marmar (Original post)

Sun Mar 20, 2016, 03:17 PM

Mar 2016

I asked her the other day if Trump is the evening's television entertainment. They can't wrap their heads around it.

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