Biden vs. Trump

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MeDotOrg wrote:
Sun Aug 02, 2020 6:43 am
In all seriousness, has anyone heard anything about a Trump Presidential Library?
No, but it seems to me it would amount to a small room filled with authoritarian pop-up books.
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[MeDotOrg]In all seriousness, has anyone heard anything about a Trump Presidential Library?[/quote]

I can’t decide if his library would consist of a kitschy gift shop located in the lobby of one of his properties, or a kitschy gift shop tucked between a KFC and Taco Bell in a strip mall.

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MeDotOrg wrote:
Sun Aug 02, 2020 6:43 am
In all seriousness, has anyone heard anything about a Trump Presidential Library?
A desultory search reveals that (un-unexpectedly) his first thought in an early 2019 interview was how he could make money out of it ..

Trump Will Look to Profit Off His Presidential Library
The president proved once again that nothing is normal anymore

America’s profiteer-in-chief is at it again. Sunday on Meet the Press, what seemed like an offhand question that, under any other president, wouldn’t elicit a controversial answer, President Donald Trump proved once again that nothing is normal anymore.

Host Chuck Todd asked Trump if he’d thought about a presidential library.

After saying, “I’m so busy,” twice Trump said, “I know a lot of people mentioned it to me, the presidential library.” Todd next asked if Trump knew where he’d want the library.

Then, the man who markets everything from his name to bogus for-profit colleges to steaks, went into money making mode and answered, “I have a lot of locations actually. The nice part, I don’t have to worry about buying a location.”

That’s right, Trump’s first thought was how he could personally cash in on his presidential library. Trump has marketed his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, throughout his presidency, calling it the “Winter White House.” So, naturally he angled for that location telling Todd, “I’ve been treated so great in Florida. You know, the win in Florida. I’ve been treated so great in so many states.”

Even with Mar-a-Lago being promoted using taxpayer dollars and accusations of profiteering from his inauguration, just to name a few unsavory ways Trump and his family have attempted to make some side cash since his election, Chuck Todd was somehow surprised by the president’s response, saying, “I have to say, I didn’t see the idea of his library on one of his properties coming with that answer.”
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Doctor CamNC4Me wrote:
Sun Aug 02, 2020 1:55 pm
MeDotOrg wrote:In all seriousness, has anyone heard anything about a Trump Presidential Library?
I can’t decide if his library would consist of a kitschy gift shop located in the lobby of one of his properties, or a kitschy gift shop tucked between a KFC and Taco Bell in a strip mall.

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I hope they have a prominent display of the one sentence briefings and all they graphics the staff had to use to hold his attention. Also, I hope the staff recorded some of his insane daily tirades. Of course, the infamous cognitive test where Trump wrote "Giraffe???"
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Jersey Girl wrote:
Sat Aug 01, 2020 9:58 pm
Here's another from the Lincoln Project yesterday.

We WIll Vote

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhscswJudYM
I love this summary by Coolworld in the comment section to the video:
The "self made" that inherited Fred's tax shelter
The "student" that hides his academic record
The "test taker" that didn't take his own SAT exam
The "genius" that writes at a grade school level
The "innocent man" that won't testify
The "military expert" rebuked by our generals
The "leader" that has zero accountability
The "builder" that never worked a day in his life
The "athlete" that can't walk down a ramp
The "strong arms" that needs 2 hands 2 drink
The "alpha male" that wears makeup & hairspray
The "playboy" that can't get female consent
The "grab them by the pussy" that has to pay 4 it
The "moral man" that uses hush money payoffs
The "man of the people" that stiffs his contractors
The "hire the best people" that are in prison
The "demands loyalty" that gives it to nobody
The "unfair to me" that is a troll & bully
The "nobody knows" that means he didn't know
The "people are saying" that he's fabricating this
The "no quid pro quo" that he's done over & over
The "King of debt" that drove us off of a debt cliff
The "immigrant ban" who marries/cheats on them
The "loves kids" that puts them in cages
The "big brain" that is lacking knowledge
The "buy USA made" that sells ties made in China
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Jersey Girl wrote:
Mon Aug 03, 2020 7:51 am
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Honest Government Ad | A message from the White House

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpIkl2QnJeI
One of the best ads yet, and its hardly even hyperbolic.
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Gunnar wrote:
Mon Aug 03, 2020 2:59 pm
One of the best ads yet, and its hardly even hyperbolic.
Agreed, except I don't think it's hyperbolic at all. I think it's about as accurate as it gets.
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Some Schmo wrote:
Mon Aug 03, 2020 5:11 pm
Gunnar wrote:
Mon Aug 03, 2020 2:59 pm
One of the best ads yet, and its hardly even hyperbolic.
Agreed, except I don't think it's hyperbolic at all. I think it's about as accurate as it gets.
I didn't mean to question that at all!
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Gunnar wrote:
Mon Aug 03, 2020 5:14 pm
I didn't mean to question that at all!
You said, "Hardly even hyperbolic" which leaves room for a small amount of hyperbole. And I want you to be assured, I'm smiling malevolently as I type this.

I'm just being a pedantic asshole. I knew what you meant. I'm in a Monday type of a mood, so I'm playin'.
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