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JustAnotherGen

(31,688 posts)
Sun Mar 20, 2016, 04:49 PM Mar 2016

BY NOMINATING MERRICK GARLAND, PRESIDENT OBAMA IS TROLLING REPUBLICANS THE WAY PARENTS TROLL KIDS


http://verysmartbrothas.com/by-nominating-merrick-garland-obama-is-trolling-republicans-the-way-parents-troll-kids/

The Very Smart Brothers telling it like it is again!

Damon Young, 3/16/16

I forgot exactly what led to it. Maybe I was told to go to bed a bit earlier than I wanted to. Maybe I wasn’t allowed to bring my Hasbro-made Millennium Falcon replica in the bathtub. And maybe I got in trouble (again) for peeing on the neighbor’s dog (again). (Don’t ask.) Either way, I was throwing a temper tantrum; pissed I had been banished to the bedroom and fuming over my parents’ unjust treatment of me. I was so mad, in fact, that I wanted revenge. Retribution. I needed to find a way to hurt them for hurting me.

Finally, I figured something out: “I’m going to run away.”

Of course, I never actually intended to run away. The plan was to pack a sad-ass bookbag full of toys, socks, and fruit roll-ups, go downstairs and make the saddest and angriest face possible while telling my parents I was running away, and have them finally acknowledge the yawning and subterranean agony they put me through while they begged me to stay.

So I packed the bag, marched downstairs, made the face, and told my mom what was about to go down. Her reply?

“Well, Damon, it’s getting chilly tonight. So if you run away, you should probably take a jacket.”

And then she turned back to the TV and kept watching Designing Women.

I still went through with my plan. But after 90 seconds or so of standing on my porch, I got cold and went back inside.

I’m sharing this story because my mom unexpectedly and expertly calling my bluff is the best example I have of the fact that parents are the world’s greatest and most effective trolls. And I’m sharing this story today because, with the nomination of Merrick Garland, this is exactly what President Obama is doing to the Republicans. He’s effectively treating them like seven-year-olds threatening to run away. Because, as we all know, they’ve repeatedly stated they’ll refuse to confirm anyone Obama nominates. But Garland is a choice so safe and so politically placid that Orrin Hatch has endorsed him. (Repeatedly!)
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BY NOMINATING MERRICK GARLAND, PRESIDENT OBAMA IS TROLLING REPUBLICANS THE WAY PARENTS TROLL KIDS (Original Post) JustAnotherGen Mar 2016 OP
KnR for visibility. nt tblue37 Mar 2016 #1
I'll kick too! Funny stuff. Kber Mar 2016 #2
I'll take both for $1000 JustAnotherGen Mar 2016 #4
Heh. I've been saying this ever since Obama started floating names, dangling actual Repubs... Hekate Mar 2016 #3
That's our Prez, Gen.. he so smart! I never worry about him.. I knew this was what he Cha Mar 2016 #5
If that's Malia qwlauren35 Mar 2016 #6
+1000! Digital Puppy Mar 2016 #12
That's a great comparison! mcar Mar 2016 #7
I love the Very Smart Brothas blog JustAnotherGen Mar 2016 #8
I can still see my little brother walking down the street mcar Mar 2016 #9
He got all the way down the street? JustAnotherGen Mar 2016 #10
It was a big Irish Catholic neighborhood mcar Mar 2016 #11

Hekate

(90,202 posts)
3. Heh. I've been saying this ever since Obama started floating names, dangling actual Repubs...
Sun Mar 20, 2016, 06:10 PM
Mar 2016

....in front of their noses. Judge Garland would be a wonderfully bipartisan pick in any sane world, but GOP-world is not currently sane. This is causing them to squirm in agony, at least the ones whose seats are up for grabs and the ones with an ounce of sense remaining.

Congratulations, Mr. President.

Cha

(295,929 posts)
5. That's our Prez, Gen.. he so smart! I never worry about him.. I knew this was what he
Mon Mar 21, 2016, 01:59 AM
Mar 2016

was doing and anybody would who's been paying attention the last 7 years and more now.

Boo.. I'll be so sorry to see him go.

Just for you Gen..

It rained in Cuba today..



The First Family visit la Catedral de La Habana



More pics from the President and his Famiy's first trip to Cuba! http://theobamadiary.com/2016/03/20/the-first-family-tours-old-havana/

qwlauren35

(6,114 posts)
6. If that's Malia
Mon Mar 21, 2016, 01:12 PM
Mar 2016

in the black dress, to heck with the NRA, Obama needs a gun to keep the dogs off. Or maybe the Secret Service has been specially trained to keep the riff-raff at bay. 'cause she's gonna have stalkers.

mcar

(42,210 posts)
11. It was a big Irish Catholic neighborhood
Mon Mar 21, 2016, 02:28 PM
Mar 2016

He had to stop and visit with his friends along the way. He made it as far as the family with 9 kids, 5 doors down. I think he figured they wouldn't notice him there . We spent most of our time playing there anyway.

He was home by dinner, as I recall.

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