Quotable Quotes

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"We're like a garbage can for the rest of the world to dump the people that they don't want." ~ Trump *

Trump dismisses as a dump what our traditions refer to as a "melting-pot", or a "mosaic".
The inscription on our Statue of Liberty concludes:

“... Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!” The New Colossus by Emma Lazarus

But under renewed Trump leadership we can anticipate an update to our "nation of immigrants":

"garbage can " ~ Trump

Don,
Our Statue of Liberty was a gift from the French. Do you suppose you can get France to pay to replace the green lady with a gargantuan, scaled-up statue of a "garbage can " to adorn New York harbor?

People like his mother, his paternal grandfather, and his wives??

Hypocrisy, not pretty.

* Mariel boatlift, mass emigration of people from Cuba to the United States by boat in April–October 1980.
Although Castro sent some who were criminals or mentally ill, most of the Marielitos were seeking relief from political repression and a stagnating economy. Many of them settled in the Miami area and became legal U.S. residents under the Cuban Adjustment Act.

Mariel boatlift | Cuba, Summary, & Facts | Britannica

Mariel boatlift, mass emigration of people from Cuba to the United States by boat in April–October 1980. After communist leader Fidel Castro rose to political power in Cuba in 1959, he periodically closed the island’s borders and prevented Cuban citizens from leaving. In April 1980, however,

www.britannica.com

 

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"We will end the looting, ransacking, raping, and pillaging of North Carolina, and frankly every other state in the union." ~ Trump

 

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"We will end the looting, ransacking, raping, and pillaging of North Carolina, and frankly every other state in the union." ~ Trump

a) Lunacy.
b) Trump leads many polls.
What does this reveal about the red State electorates?

 

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What does this reveal about the red State electorates?

Simple - he hates (or at least says he hates) the same people they do. That is all.

 

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"The king of New York is back to reclaim the city he built." ~ Donald Trump Jr., at MSG rally

Donnie Jr is still stuck on the idea that Donnie Sr actually built something

"Hell, Donald Trump is healthier than I am." ~ JD Vance

 

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"I don't think anybody has ever seen anything like what happened the other night at Madison Square Garden. The love in that room, it was breathtaking... It was like a lovefest, an absolute lovefest." ~ Trump

"If people think American politics has been divisive before; you haven't seen anything yet." ~ MAGA engineer Steve Bannon, emerging from prison

 

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The cliché is "love conquers all".
KamHar will either prove, or disprove that next week. Please pardon the romantic allusion, but right now it's neck & neck.

"Simple - he hates (or at least says he hates) the same people they do. That is all."

Let's savor the irony together, shall we?

Former President Trump on Tuesday described a Madison Square Garden rally that was marked by racist and sexist comments as a “love fest.”

https://thehill.com/homenews/4959432-trump-ny-msg-rally-love-fest/

& from #1,085

"The king of New York is back to reclaim the city he built." ~ Donald Trump Jr., at MSG rally
Donnie Jr is still stuck on the idea that Donnie Sr actually built something

Like a scorpion, the elder Donald Trump must be handled carefully.
It seems Trump's elder sons have satisfied the Donold's fragile ego. The formula Jr. uses here, keep stoking the senior's insatiable ego.

assfsdf

"Hell, Donald Trump is healthier than I am." ~ JD Vance

“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” George Santayana / The Life of Reason (1905)

"I don't think anybody has ever seen anything like what happened the other night at Madison Square Garden. The love in that room, it was breathtaking... It was like a lovefest, an absolute lovefest." ~ Trump

Not plausible.

"If people think American politics has been divisive before; you haven't seen anything yet." ~ MAGA engineer Steve Bannon, emerging from prison

Plausible.

 

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"Hell, Donald Trump is healthier than I am." ~ JD Vance

 

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"President Trump has promised me...control of the public health agencies, which are HHS and its sub-agencies, CDC, FDA, NIH and a few others, and then also the USDA, which is key to making America healthy." ~ RFK Jr.

"I'm going to let him go wild on health. I'm going to let him go wild on the food. I'm going to let him go wild on the medicines." ~ Trump, at MSG rally

 

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"President Trump has promised me...control of the public health agencies, which are HHS and its sub-agencies, CDC, FDA, NIH and a few others, and then also the USDA, which is key to making America healthy." ~ RFK Jr.
"I'm going to let him go wild on health. I'm going to let him go wild on the food. I'm going to let him go wild on the medicines." ~ Trump, at MSG rally

RFK is an anti-vaxer. That may not be the only loose screw, but enough to disqualify RFK for this appointment.

The message Trump is sending:
I president Trump care more about winning this election than I do about the welfare of my countrymen, those over whom I would preside.

Vote Harris / Walz November 5.
Happy Halloween !

 

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RFK is an anti-vaxer. That may not be the only loose screw, but enough to disqualify RFK for this appointment.

From the whack job end of that spectrum at that ...

Trump Transition Chair Blurts Out Plan to End All Vaccines

Kook Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to steer Trump public health.

nymag.com

 

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As for one of his fundamental 2016 campaign promises

"Lyin' Kamala is giving a News Conference now, saying that I want to end the Affordable Care Act. I never mentioned doing that, never even thought about such a thing." ~ Trump, yesterday

"We will be able to immediately repeal and replace Obamacare. Have to do it. Because Obamacare has to be replaced and we will do it and we will do it very, very quickly." ~ Trump, November 2016

 

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From the whack job end of that spectrum at that ...

I haven't yet composed a coherent picture from the fragments. My introduction to RFK, addressing environmentalism. RFK's comment, he / they considered breaking the law for the environmental cause. The conclusion from RFK's considering this: their prospect of success greater, more favorable by working with government rather than against.
Fast forward a few decade, the spit hit the turbojet.

As for one of his fundamental 2016 campaign promises
"Lyin' Kamala is giving a News Conference now, saying that I want to end the Affordable Care Act. I never mentioned doing that, never even thought about such a thing." ~ Trump, yesterday
"We will be able to immediately repeal and replace Obamacare. Have to do it. Because Obamacare has to be replaced and we will do it and we will do it very, very quickly." ~ Trump, November 2016 #1,092

"We're not gunna have like a 2 day period. And we're not gunna have a 2 year period, where there's nothing. It will be repealed and replaced." President Elect Trump CBS News 16/11/13

"It'll be repeal and replace. It will be essentially simultaneously. It will be various segments you understand but it will most likely be on the same day or the same week but probably the same day. Could be the same hour." President Elect Trump 17/01/11 @NYC News Conference: source - FNS 17/07/02

"If Republican Senators are unable to pass what they are working on now (Trump/McConnell-care), they should immediately REPEAL, and then REPLACE at a later date!" U.S. President Trump 17/06/30 03:37 tweet

Vote Harris / Walz this Tuesday !

 

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"This is an island. Surrounded by water. Big water. Ocean water." U.S. President Trump, Washington DC 17/09/29 11:42 (/ MSNBC) commenting on Puerto Rico in context of the difficulty of providing U.S. federal disaster relief following hurricane Maria

"They haven't seen anything like what's coming at us in 25, 30 years, maybe ever. It's tremendously big and tremendously wet." U.S. President Trump commenting on Westbound hurricane Florence 18/09/11 12:34 PM/PT / MSNBC

"This is a tough hurricane, one of the wettest we've ever seen from the standpoint of water." U.S. President Trump 18/09/18 commenting on hurricane Florence

"That statement ... is one of the dumbest we've ever heard, from the standpoint of stupid." political satirist Stephen Colbert 18/09/19

 

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"As the first Samoan-American, low-IQ, former California prosecutor ever to be elected president..." ~Tucker Carlson on Kamala Harris, at Trump's Garden rally

"The antichrist, the devil." ~ David Rem, on Harris, at the rally

"Her pimp handlers will destroy the country." ~ Grant Cardone, at the rally

"She is some sick bastard, that Hillary Clinton, huh? What a sick son of a bitch. The whole fucking party, a bunch of degenerates, Jew-haters and lowlifes." ~ Sid Rosenberg, at the rally

"The love in that room. It was breathtaking. It was like a love fest, an absolute love fest." ~ Trump

 

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#1,095
Thank you S2,
I had a glimmer of an idea to post this event, hadn't coalesced. You did better than I would have.

"As the first Samoan-American, low-IQ, former California prosecutor ever to be elected president..." ~Tucker Carlson on Kamala Harris, at Trump's Garden rally
"The antichrist, the devil." ~ David Rem, on Harris, at the rally
"Her pimp handlers will destroy the country." ~ Grant Cardone, at the rally
"She is some sick bastard, that Hillary Clinton, huh? What a sick son of a bitch. The whole fucking party, a bunch of degenerates, Jew-haters and lowlifes." ~ Sid Rosenberg, at the rally
"The love in that room. It was breathtaking. It was like a love fest, an absolute love fest." ~ Trump #1,095

"One of the differences between reality & fiction is, fiction has to make sense." fiction author Thomas Leo Clancy Jr.

True as ever Thom.

[FONT=arial,sans-serif]nar·cis·sism[/FONT] (närsĭ-sĭz′əm)
n.
[FONT=arial,sans-serif]1. [/FONT] Excessive preoccupation with or admiration of oneself. See Synonyms at conceit.
[FONT=arial,sans-serif]2. [/FONT] A personality disorder characterized by an exaggerated sense of self-importance, need for admiration, and lack of empathy. Also called narcissistic personality disorder.
[FONT=arial,sans-serif]3. [/FONT] Pleasure derived from contemplation or admiration of one's own body or self, considered in psychoanalytic theory to be a fixation on or a regression to an infantile stage of development.

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[After NARCISSUS.] / [FONT=arial,sans-serif]narcis·sist[/FONT] n. / [FONT=arial,sans-serif]nar′cis·sistic[/FONT] adj. / [FONT=arial,sans-serif]nar′cis·sisti·cal·ly[/FONT] adv.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2022 by HarperCollins Publishers. All rights reserved.

This is no excuse for Trump. But
it may explain it.
However hate-filled the MSG rally may have been,
to the person that was the center of attention
the hate-them component of the us / them love / hate rhetoric may register psychologically as de minimis *, immaterial.
If there's a -love Trump- component, it's a "love fest" to the Donold. The hate component if noticed by Trump at all is immaterial. "Narcissism"

* de minimis non curat lex
the law does not govern trifles : law ignores insignificant details
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/de minimis non curat lex

 

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"I have this piece of [bulletproof] glass here, but all we have really over here is the Fake News [press section]. And to get me, somebody would have to shoot through the Fake News. (Crowd laughter.) And I don't mind that so much. (Crowd applause.) I don't mind." ~ Trump

"The President's statement about protective glass has nothing to do with the Media being harmed, or anything else..." ~ campaign spokesperson Steven Cheung

 

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"I have this piece of [bulletproof] glass here, but all we have really over here is the Fake News [press section]. And to get me, somebody would have to shoot through the Fake News. (Crowd laughter.) And I don't mind that so much. (Crowd applause.) I don't mind." ~ Trump

ditto Donald

"The President's statement about protective glass has nothing to do with the Media being harmed, or anything else..." ~ campaign spokesperson Steven Cheung

"or anything else..."

A blanket denial?
Inspired by Charles Shultz' Linus? A political security blanket denial?

- When will this all be OVER !?! -

 

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"As president, I want to protect the women of our country. I'm going to do it whether the women like it or not." ~ Trump

I've seen this statement quoted elsewhere but still have no idea what it means.

 

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I've seen this statement quoted elsewhere but still have no idea what it means.

That sir is the conceptual Rosetta Stone of Trump political rhetoric.

If I penetrate the Trump mental process churn keenly:
the intended Trump subtext here is: I Donald J. Trump am so noble a political benefactor I provide protection to those in need not only by request, but even when not.

If not that, what ?

note: It's a style Trump has used before, feigning noble, principled heroism:

"I am going to take care of everybody. I don't care if it costs me votes or not. Everybody's gunna be taken care of much better than they're taken care of now." Candidate Trump 15/09/27 to CBS Scott Pelly