I’m also certain he didn’t write it. But it has his Imprimatur so his slither of supporters is freaking out that he’s not condeming Carter and celebrating the death of a good man.
I don’t get the point you’re out to make here; they presumably didn’t need him to say it, ahem, JUST ONCE; they presumably wanted him to appoint Supreme Court Justices accordingly — without which, merely saying it JUST ONCE would’ve been worthy of, what, a shrug? But, instead, they, uh, got more than him merely saying it, right?
I’m reminded of how my mother once told me that she didn’t tell people she was Christian, because she didn’t want them to be afraid of her. Whatever the average American Christian is actually like, the hatemongers and greedheads have definitely taken over the “brand image” here.
Case in point: The fact that Trump, a walking embodiment of the Seven Deadly Sins is considered some sort of champion of Christianity. And that most people don’t even find that odd.
I’ve never heard that appellation given to Trump before, and I like it. Well done!
How about Tangerine Terrorist?
I’ve been calling him the Manchurian Cantaloupe since 2016ish.
He also said in that interview that he wanted women who had them to be criminally prosecuted.
I still have no idea what your point is. And — look, this isn’t some disingenuous tactic on my part; I honestly don’t get why you’re bothering to say this. Your point seems to be that various people who were against abortion voted for Trump for that reason, and — well, near as I can tell, he then delivered for them on that. I don’t get why you’d also mention stuff he said he wanted, or whether he said something “JUST ONCE” instead of saying it twice or thrice; isn’t the point, isn’t your point, that they wanted something and they got it? That they wanted something from Trump, and they got it from Trump? That, regardless of what he said or how many times he said it, he did what they’d hoped he would do?
A something that Trump continues to deny he actually gave them or did.
So?
Look, if I were a single-issue voter, and you were to tell me that Candidate A will deliver on it, and that Candidate B won’t, then you’d have my full attention, because that’d be very interesting to me. And if you go on to add that Candidate A will deny having done it, sure as Candidate B won’t actually do it, then I’m going to slowly raise an eyebrow and maybe check my wristwatch and perhaps even tap my foot as I keep waiting for you to say a second interesting thing, because that sure as heck wasn’t it; you already said the interesting part, and then you went on to say some other stuff.
Except Trump, by his own admission, didn’t deliver what was desired.
Again, if I were a single-issue voter, the question would be whether he did deliver: not whether he admits it, but whether I’m willing to, uh, admit it. And if I’m convinced that he in fact delivered — and that the other candidate wouldn’t have delivered — then, what, the choice was between getting what I wanted from a guy who won’t admit it, and not getting what I wanted?
If he didn’t deliver, but falsely ‘admitted’ that he did, I’d expect a single-issue voter to be 100% dissatisfied: Trump wouldn’t gain any points with them for that lie; what matters is whether he actually delivers. And if he does actually deliver, but falsely ‘admits’ that he didn’t, then, seriously: isn’t the ‘actually deliver’ part once again the part that matters?
Women are being thrown in jail for miscarriages and suspected abortion. Or just denied care until they die. That’s close enough.
Mine is they’re standing before junior Himself who tells them, “No, you putz. That’s not at all what I meant!” before pulling on a big brass lever that opens a trap door.
Today i came across “Velveeta Voldemort.”
Would that be one of those John Oliver SLAPP suits…?
That works, too.
Here’s a sentiment that Trump and his followers may well start parroting:
Sounds like them, doesn’t it?
I always like “Orange Foolius”, though I did not create it.
Now that is Goddamn funny!
I think I will soon start use the word “adminastrophe”.
And the Pulitzer goes to …
