# Post CF and on-going Trump outrages **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 25, 2021, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-cf-and-on-going-trump-outrages/933746 "2021-02-25T21:48:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2021, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-cf-and-on-going-trump-outrages/933746/21 "2021-02-26T19:19:15Z")
The CPAC this weekend is descending into full-blown trump worship, complete with a giant golden idol of trump (watch the video toward the bottom, the golden trump statue is nuts): > **['Worshipping the golden jackass': CPAC mocked for displaying giant gold Trump...](https://www.rawstory.com/trump-cpac-2650809338/)** > > The Conservative Political Action Conference is set to begin this weekend, and early indications are that much of it will be dedicated to worshipping former President Donald Trump. > > In fact, as a video posted by Bloomberg News' William Turton shows,... ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2021, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-cf-and-on-going-trump-outrages/933746/22 "2021-02-26T20:42:34Z")
The statue will become like that one of St. Peter in the basilica bearing his name in Rome, whose foot has been worn down by centuries of people touching it and kissing it. What part of the trump statue will be worn smooth, I wonder? [![](https://i.redd.it/u2l36ckwpdm31.jpg) ](https://i.redd.it/u2l36ckwpdm31.jpg) > … > This ancient statue of St. Peter, portrayed as he gives a blessing and preaches, while holding the keys to the kingdom of heaven is famous throughout the world. Some scholars have attributed it to Arnolfo di Cambio (1245-1302), but others believe that it is a V century casting. > > Pilgrims who come to the Basilica traditionally touch and kiss its foot, so that it is literally worn thin. In the Middle Ages pilgrims who reached Rome, touched and kissed the foot of the statue and prayed to St. Peter asking that **he be merciful and open the gates of heaven for them** if they died during the pilgrimage. > … > [Cite](http://stpetersbasilica.info/Statues/StPeter/StPeter.htm) My bold. Yeah, I can see trump supporters beseeching the CFSG to open the gates of heaven for them… ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2021, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-cf-and-on-going-trump-outrages/933746/23 "2021-02-26T21:54:52Z")
Yikes. Compare that pic of St. Pete, just above, with this pic of Trump from the NSRIOTD thread: > [@NEW Stupid Republican Idea of the Day (Part 1)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/911140/3626): > > He’s always been a false idol of gold. [[image] ](https://dolcemag.com/wp-content/gallery/donald-trump/donaldtrump.jpg) [![](https://dolcemag.com/wp-content/gallery/donald-trump/donaldtrump.jpg) ](https://dolcemag.com/wp-content/gallery/donald-trump/donaldtrump.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2021, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-cf-and-on-going-trump-outrages/933746/24 "2021-02-26T22:02:23Z")
In that picture it looks like some of the gold melted and very messily dripped onto his head. ---
**Author:** ![FordPrefect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e99b99/32.png) [@FordPrefect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FordPrefect)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2021, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-cf-and-on-going-trump-outrages/933746/25 "2021-02-26T22:30:06Z")
You would think he wouldn’t be wearing obvious lifts in a posed photo like this. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2021, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-cf-and-on-going-trump-outrages/933746/26 "2021-02-26T22:54:22Z")
A turd in a gilded cage. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2021, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-cf-and-on-going-trump-outrages/933746/27 "2021-02-26T23:06:03Z")
That pic is unbelievable, even after everything I know about the orange shit-gibbon and his pathological narcissism. It’s totally a self-parody. I’ve said before that he doesn’t have the intelligence of a turnip, but I was accused of insulting turnips. Which is probably fair. ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2021, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-cf-and-on-going-trump-outrages/933746/28 "2021-02-26T23:23:37Z")
The golden statue on wheels with feet on chinese looking sandals. The picture of turd in front of gold. Fake gold, of course. I couldn’t make this up if I smoked banana peels. It is so hard to laugh while throwing up. So, yeah, thank you all. Keep it up! ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2021, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-cf-and-on-going-trump-outrages/933746/29 "2021-02-27T01:00:46Z")
The description of the statue from its creator, California sculptor Tommy Zegan, is pretty [hilarious](https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/26/politics/trump-gold-statue-cpac-2021/index.html) too: > [@](#): > > Zegan says every aspect of the statue – which puts Trump in a suit jacket, American-flag-themed shorts and flip-flop sandals – is intended to be symbolic. > > “The coat and tie is the fact that he’s a professional, he’s a businessman,” Zegan said. “The red tie symbolizes he’s a Republican. The red white and blue is that he’s a patriot. The fact that he’s wearing thongs and shorts is that he’s at the age where he should be retired. He should be at the beach right now.” Zegan seems to have been trying to [raffle off this fiberglass copy and/or the original stainless steel statue](https://tommyzegan.com/press-releases), which he claims is worth $150 million, since completing it in 2019. And that “Republican red tie” motif is still so weird to me: I remember clearly when a plain red tie still symbolized being a socialist or a communist. Hell, it was just the other day (okay, about five years ago) that a [famous red-tie-wearing communist passed away:](https://english.alarabiya.net/features/2016/10/03/Saudi-Arabia-s-last-communist-dies-in-car-accident-in-Riyadh) > [@](#): > > # Saudi Arabia’s ‘last communist’ dies in car accident > > Writer, cultural critic and social activist Saleh Mansour was known for his communist and socialist ideals among the social and cultural circles of Saudi Arabia. > > He was known to have stuck to his ideals in a country lacking in knowledge of socialism until his death on Monday. […] > > He was known for his famous red tie and white shirt, symbolizing his socialist ideals after visiting the Soviet Union during the late 1980s. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2021, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-cf-and-on-going-trump-outrages/933746/30 "2021-02-27T01:21:22Z")
Republicans seem to be currently celebrating the mentally ill. I mean, they are not even subtle about it; The mentally ill are their bread and butter voters at this point. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2021, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-cf-and-on-going-trump-outrages/933746/31 "2021-02-27T21:34:21Z")
The clusterfuck has relocated. > **[Four Decades After Reagan And Kemp, CPAC Finishes Its Transformation to...](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-cpac-winner_n_603a76fbc5b6ff75ac3cac94)** > > "Conservativism" in the new Conservative Political Action Conference appears now to be defined as a personal loyalty to the most recent former president. > [@](#): > > _“Conservativism” in the new Conservative Political Action Conference appears now to be defined as a personal loyalty to the most recent former president._ > > ORLANDO — Former [President Donald Trump](https://www.huffpost.com/news/topic/donald-trump) cost [Republicans](https://www.huffpost.com/news/topic/republican-party) the House, the White House and, ultimately, even the Senate in his single term as president, but that first-time-in-a-century achievement does not seem to have left an impression with his party’s most fervent activists. > > “He was the greatest president of our lifetime,” said Ron Rostorfer, 78 and from the Fort Lauderdale area, who said he was even better than former President Ronald Reagan. “I don’t think there’s anyone who can compare to him.” > … I would certainly agree with that last statement. 🤨 And add, “I hope there never is again.” > [@](#): > > … > > Not that many years ago, he [Al Cardenas, a former chair of the American Conservative Union] added, conservatism as defined by the ACU meant believing in smaller government, lower taxes and personal responsibility. The new definition seems to be believing in — and literally believing the frequently false words of — Trump, who is scheduled to deliver the event’s keynote and closing speech on Sunday afternoon. > … Now it’s government with so many parts removed that it has become nonfunctional, lower taxes for rich people, and absolutely NO personal responsibility for anything. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2021, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-cf-and-on-going-trump-outrages/933746/32 "2021-02-28T15:37:17Z")
The Mooch speaks! > **[Trump Will Run Again In Part To Fleece The 'Rubes,' Predicts Anthony Scaramucci](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-2024-run-fleece-rubes-anthony-scaramucci_n_603b1074c5b6ff75ac3cdf1f)** > > "This is the most money he's ever made," notes Trump's former pal and current critic. > [Donald Trump](https://www.huffpost.com/news/topic/donald-trump)’s [extremely short-term](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/scaramucci-finds-his-10-day-communications-director-stint-as-hilarious-as-we-do_n_599dc236e4b0d8dde99abf77) communications director and former friend [Anthony Scaramucci](https://www.huffpost.com/news/topic/anthony-scaramucci)speculated Saturday that Trump will run for president again in part to fleece the “rubes.” > > “I think he’s going to run in 2024 because this is the most money that he’s ever made,” Scaramucci told Alex Witt on [MSNBC](https://www.huffpost.com/news/topic/msnbc). > > “Just imagine making $300 million off of these rubes that he’s conning after the election with his big lie” that the vote was rigged, Scaramucci added. “So he’ll run again in 2024.” > > [Trump pulled in at least $255 million in political donations](https://www.forbes.com/sites/jemimamcevoy/2021/01/31/trump-raised-250-million-since-election-to-challenge-outcome-heres-where-most-of-the-money-will-actually-go/?sh=52fd9aba8824) ostensibly to battle the results of the presidential vote in the eight weeks following the 2020 election, according to the latest federal filings. > … ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2021, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-cf-and-on-going-trump-outrages/933746/33 "2021-02-28T16:06:21Z")
Moving ahead, here is the Republican Platform; 1. Worship the Idol of Donald Trump. Golden statues may be used in place of The Donald 2. Troll the Libs. Say outrageous shit that you don’t even believe. Make others angry. 3. Destroy the government. Put partisans and/or idiots in charge of government agencies 4. Fleece the Rubes. Take every opportunity to get money from your supporters. All the other stuff, like being racists, screwing the poors, ignoring public health, ripping kids away from families, enriching the wealthy, ripping up international agreements? This just flows naturally from the 4 main policy planks above. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2021, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-cf-and-on-going-trump-outrages/933746/34 "2021-02-28T16:31:42Z")
I back this tidy summation. ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2021, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-cf-and-on-going-trump-outrages/933746/35 "2021-02-28T21:12:17Z")
Far more comprehensive than their 2020 platform which only included #1. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2021, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-cf-and-on-going-trump-outrages/933746/36 "2021-03-01T14:05:35Z")
[https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/trump-s-future-agenda-suppress-the-vote-and-purge-the-rinos/ar-BB1e6bl2?rt=1&ocid=Win10NewsApp&referrerID=InAppShare](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/trump-s-future-agenda-suppress-the-vote-and-purge-the-rinos/ar-BB1e6bl2?rt=1&ocid=Win10NewsApp&referrerID=InAppShare) > In his rapturously received [88-minute address](https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/28/politics/trump-cpac-speech-2021/index.html) to the 2021 CPAC conference on Sunday, former president Donald Trump didn’t give his listeners what so many of them wanted: a pledge to run for president again in 2024 (though he teased the crowd with his obvious availability). But he vented his outsized spleen fully, and left no doubt that the future of Trumpism will be its past, revived and vindicated. > > Much of the speech was rehashed from the brag sessions of the 2020 campaign, treating his administration as one long parade of unprecedented triumphs on every single front. Accordingly, Joe Biden’s extremely brief presidency was condemned as the worst in history _already_ thanks to the 46th president’s reversal of the policies of the 45th (especially on immigration policy), which were one long parade of unprecedented triumphs on every single front. Viewers were left with the distinct impression that a near-utopian future for the country would be as simple as the replacement of Biden with — well, if not Trump — then someone with exactly the same policies and sterling leadership qualities. > … IOW blahblahblahblah… ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2021, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-cf-and-on-going-trump-outrages/933746/37 "2021-03-01T14:15:57Z")
88 minutes of Drumpf blabbing? That sounds like torture. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2021, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-cf-and-on-going-trump-outrages/933746/38 "2021-03-01T14:58:28Z")
I wonder if he babbled randomly for 85 minutes, got the high sign from someone with a stopwatch, and then did a three-minute wrap-up so he could land on the magic 88. ---
**Author:** ![JohnGalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johngalt/32/184_2.png) [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2021, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-cf-and-on-going-trump-outrages/933746/39 "2021-03-01T15:50:08Z")
A friend (?) of the in-laws hosted a watch party for the thing. Ironically. If it was me I would have turned it into a drinking game: take a shot anytime he said Fake News or Witchhunt. Or maybe just start drinking before it even started. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2021, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-cf-and-on-going-trump-outrages/933746/40 "2021-03-01T16:45:46Z")
The best drinking game for that event is to avoid the event and go drinking instead. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-cf-and-on-going-trump-outrages/933746.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-cf-and-on-going-trump-outrages/933746.md?page=3)