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nolabear

(41,991 posts)
Thu Sep 22, 2016, 02:05 PM Sep 2016

Penn Jillette on Trump. "...that's all completely fake, right?"

I'll confess that I've always liked Penn Jillette, in spite of him being a Raving Libertarian and incredible asshole. But this little article has been on my mind because of the quote below. Most of T-rump's supporters know him from a TV show in which he PLAYS a successful businessman who is hiring and firing people from important jobs. He's not. He's an actor going by a script with other actors. People have no clue what he's like as a businessman.


"Jillette talked to Nick Gillespie about how, similar to many aspects of Trump’s campaign, even the fundamental set up of the reality show was based on a lie.

“I mean, we’re co-workers on a television show,” Jillette said. “He’s not seeing if he’s going to hire me. He has no job. The places he could hire me—the casinos that he has that have showrooms—he put into bankruptcy. He no longer owns them. So, he can’t hire me, plus I have a job, so that’s all completely fake, right?”


http://usuncut.com/news/magician-penn-jillette-work-trump-however-bad-think-hes-worse/

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Penn Jillette on Trump. "...that's all completely fake, right?" (Original Post) nolabear Sep 2016 OP
The Voice of truth! Wellstone ruled Sep 2016 #1
I would love it if P&T brought back Bullsh!t NobodyHere Sep 2016 #2
I actually saw them a couple of times. Two things were very cool. nolabear Sep 2016 #3
 

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)
1. The Voice of truth!
Thu Sep 22, 2016, 02:29 PM
Sep 2016

Sad to say,Con Job Don has morphed into this Reality TV Character. Bring the White Jacket,the one with the straps or a butterfly net. He is giving people with Mental Health Issues a bad name.

nolabear

(41,991 posts)
3. I actually saw them a couple of times. Two things were very cool.
Thu Sep 22, 2016, 03:57 PM
Sep 2016

I mean the whole thing was cool; they are wonderful at stagecraft without being all David Copperfield. But at intermission Penn said he was going to show us how the old sword-through-the-barrel trick was done. So he climbed into a barrel and Teller put a bunch of swords through it, and we-the entire audience if we wanted-lined up and walked by and damned if he wasn't there, curled up and chatting, with swords that were all through but just didn't hit him. He kept emphasizing that we were a big part of our own deception.

The other thing that made me laugh was that they went out into the lobby afterward to meet fans and Teller talked a mile a minute. He knew it weirded everybody out but he was like "Yeah, it's part of the act."

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