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TreasonousBastard

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17. Or his desk phone with 30 buttons on it-- every one with an editor at...

Reply to tom_kelly (Reply #16)

Tue May 26, 2020, 12:16 AM

May 2020

the other end. And he used that one a lot.

One apocryphal story was the cub reporter who rushed into his editor's office with a great scoop- Donald Trump was going to...

"Trump say that?"

"Yeah-- he just called me."

"File it in the round file-- it's just more Trump bullshit."

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Having had around 50 years Trumpistry shoved down my throat as one of the side "benefits" of... [View all] TreasonousBastard May 2020 OP

Well said n/t Bradshaw3 May 2020 #1

Bitterness and self pity just oozes out of him lunatica May 2020 #2

But history will note, a *repulsive* man, so there's that. BlancheSplanchnik May 2020 #14

Who wouldn't want to be friends mercuryblues May 2020 #3

When Biden starts flipping all of Trump's executive orders next January Submariner May 2020 #4

You're being too easy and too kind on that freak of Nature. Backseat Driver May 2020 #5

Excellent analysis. smirkymonkey May 2020 #6

I agree - the correspondent's dinner roasting by President Obama was the turning point Siwsan May 2020 #7

It isn't just that he didn't get respect. He actively repelled it. JHB May 2020 #8

Personally, I suspect he was just too stupid to know how he stood... TreasonousBastard May 2020 #9

Very interesting. BlancheSplanchnik May 2020 #15

"The American Dream is Dead"... Indeed? czarjak May 2020 #10

I disagree about people not wanting to be around him. I would. 3Hotdogs May 2020 #11

Well yes Treasonousbastard Wash. state Desk Jet May 2020 #12

Daddy was very chummy.... SergeStorms May 2020 #13

Let us not forget tom_kelly May 2020 #16

Or his desk phone with 30 buttons on it-- every one with an editor at... TreasonousBastard May 2020 #17