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louis c

(8,652 posts)
Sun Jun 11, 2017, 06:24 PM Jun 2017

Trump is NOT a Rookie

Trump supporters are trying to elicit sympathy for the President by invoking that he's a "rookie".

This analogy, like so many of their other defenses for Trump, is not accurate.

Trump is not a rookie. It's an analogy that doesn't hold water.

A rookie in baseball played baseball before. In college or in the minor leagues. In football, the rookie played in college. In basketball, the rookie played in college or high school. In hockey, he played in either college or the minor leagues. In every sport, a major league rookie played that sport from the time he could tie his shoes until he became a pro. They learned their craft through skill, hard work, and practice.

Trump, on the other hand is a con man, blowhard asshole. It's like some piece of shit convincing the owners of a major league team to give him a contract because he tells them he can hit home runs, score goals, sink three pointers or run for touchdowns, but they never saw him do any of those things.

Trump's not a rookie, the people that supported him are assholes who fell for his line of bull shit and now need an excuse for their own mistake, just like a professional sports team owner who signed a con man to a 4 year contract who doesn't know the first thing about the sport he's playing.

Trump's a rookie like these 3 guys were rookies:



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SonofDonald

(2,050 posts)
1. Trump(R) is a greenhorn
Sun Jun 11, 2017, 06:58 PM
Jun 2017

The guy on deck with zero experience, a danger to himself and everybody around him, has to be watched constantly so he doesn't screw up.

In other words trump(R).

Igel

(35,359 posts)
9. Pretty much the same thing.
Sun Jun 11, 2017, 10:43 PM
Jun 2017

One's baseball, one's cowboy.

Newbie. Novice. Beginner. Neophyte. Different terms for the same thing.

You know another one?

Apprentice.

SonofDonald

(2,050 posts)
10. Greenhorn is from my fishing days.
Mon Jun 12, 2017, 01:30 PM
Jun 2017

Bering Sea, notice I said "on deck" and "Danger".

No danger in baseball, lol.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,858 posts)
3. Whatever you call it, it's a lame defense.
Sun Jun 11, 2017, 07:10 PM
Jun 2017

If he doesn't know the laws, protocols and procedures that relate to the presidency and hasn't bothered to find out what they are, he has no fucking business being president.

GoCubsGo

(32,094 posts)
4. Remember how those assholes bashed Obama for his alleged "inexperience" throughout both terms?
Sun Jun 11, 2017, 07:21 PM
Jun 2017

Two years as a US Senator, several years as an Illinois state Senator, and many years as a constitutional law professor--not enough experience to escape their claims that he was "nothing but a community organizer." But, a syphilis-addled bully who has no* government experience, and doesn't have a goddamn clue as to how the government he is in charge of even operates? He's a "just a rookie"??? Fuck that. Fuck them and the horse they rode in on.


*Zero. Zilch. Zip. Nada. None whatsoever. Not even fifth grade class treasurer.

Maeve

(42,288 posts)
6. The US presidency is not an entry-level job
Sun Jun 11, 2017, 08:15 PM
Jun 2017

And putting someone with no governmental experience in it is the height of folly. Supporting such a fool in power is no better.

elfin

(6,262 posts)
7. He sure knew the accepted protocol when he lambasted Bill for meeting with Loretta
Sun Jun 11, 2017, 09:18 PM
Jun 2017

How quickly he and Ryan forgot.

JI7

(89,271 posts)
8. yup. they fell for the con even with evidence of it in front of them
Sun Jun 11, 2017, 09:21 PM
Jun 2017

Trump university and the birther shit.

Fuck him and those who still defend him today.

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