Earl (09-16-2021)
Jon Stewart admitted the mistake he made when Donald Trump first announced his candidacy for president in 2015.
Back then, the then-host of “The Daily Show” figured the reality TV personality was a comedic “gift from heaven.”
But in a new interview with The Hollywood Reporter published Wednesday, Stewart said he misjudged, failing to consider that Trump’s “certainty, his ridiculousness, his shamelessness is what made him dangerous.”
the most dangerous figures are the ones that seem comic and absurd,” Stewart added. “Saddam Hussein seems absurd. Muammar Gaddafi would stand in a kaftan and rant like a madman.”
https://www.yahoo.com/news/jon-stewa...063811650.html
“If we have to have a choice between being dead and pitied, and being alive with a bad image, we’d rather be alive and have the bad image.”
— Golda Meir
Zionism is the movement for the self-determination and statehood for the Jewish people in their ancestral homeland, the land of Israel.
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Earl (09-16-2021)
Frank Apisa (09-16-2021), martin (09-16-2021), Phantasmal (09-16-2021), PoliTalker (09-16-2021), reagansghost (09-16-2021), ThatOwlWoman (09-16-2021), Tranquillus in Exile (09-16-2021)
remember when Obama ridiculed the criminal at the WH correspondents dinner?..........just the thought of him being president was theater of the absurd, a bad joke......obviously misunderestimated the stupidity of almost half the electorate
Guno צְבִי (09-16-2021), PoliTalker (09-16-2021)
Guno צְבִי (09-16-2021)
Hello guno,
Cool! Jon Stewart is gonna have a new show!
I get it. I laughed right along with Jon when Trump announced. I made the same mistake. I had no idea the transformation in image that Trump had undergone with his reality TV show. He was generally seen as a bumbling spoiled rich loser buffoon by most people, prior to the TV show (or so I thought.) I would never watch his show. I didn't. But I failed to realize that millions of Americans did watch his show and they thought he was great. Too bad for America. The show was made up nonsense, but so many 'bought in' that he got elected. And all that made up nonsense moved right into the WH. A tragedy for America that lingers on with each lie Trump tells. The Big Lie is just phenomenal. I am amazed at how many believe it. Very sad.
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Earl (09-16-2021)
Guno צְבִי (09-16-2021), reagansghost (09-16-2021)
Trump, Trump, Trump!
Guno צְבִי (09-16-2021), ThatOwlWoman (09-16-2021)
My words during the primary season to the 2016 election:
No way that there are enough deeply stupid people in the Republican Party to have Trump become a candidate for them.
I was wrong.
Then, during the general election campaign, I wrote:
No way that there are close to enough deeply stupid people in the American electorate to have Trump become president.
I was wrong there also.
It happens.
ON HIS WORST DAY, JOE BIDEN IS A BETTER PRESIDENT THAN TRUMP WAS ON HIS BEST DAY!
Guno צְבִי (09-16-2021), Phantasmal (09-16-2021), PoliTalker (09-16-2021), ThatOwlWoman (09-16-2021), Tranquillus in Exile (09-16-2021)
Questionably attributed to H. L. Mencken:
"Nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American people."
ON HIS WORST DAY, JOE BIDEN IS A BETTER PRESIDENT THAN TRUMP WAS ON HIS BEST DAY!
PoliTalker (09-16-2021), ThatOwlWoman (09-16-2021)
“If we have to have a choice between being dead and pitied, and being alive with a bad image, we’d rather be alive and have the bad image.”
— Golda Meir
Zionism is the movement for the self-determination and statehood for the Jewish people in their ancestral homeland, the land of Israel.
ברוך השם
Frank Apisa (09-16-2021)
The British version of The Apprentice was hosted by Alan Sugar, who is a genuinely self-made billionaire and a helluva lot smarter than Trump (whom he despises). Sugar is a ‘life peer’ but no one suggested making him Prime Minister.
There is something to be said for a parliamentary system with a non-executive head of state. A British Trump would be impossible!
ThatOwlWoman (09-16-2021)
How true. Few rational ppl believed that the egotistical bankrupt TV game show host had a serious chance of winning. Boy, did we underestimate both the power of bullshit, and the intelligence level of a good lot of the citizens.
I see your excellent post got the pEarl impotent groan of approval. lol
"Conservatism is the blind and fear-filled worship of dead radicals." -- Mark Twain
PoliTalker (09-16-2021)
Personal Ignore Policy PIP: I like civil discourse. I will give you all the respect in the world if you respect me. Mouth off to me, or express overt racism, you will be PERMANENTLY Ignore Listed. Zero tolerance. No exceptions. I'll never read a word you write, even if quoted by another, nor respond to you, nor participate in your threads. ... Ignore the shallow. Cherish the thoughtful. Long Live Civil Discourse, Mutual Respect, and Good Debate! ps: Feel free to adopt my PIP. It works well.
Tranquillus in Exile (09-16-2021)
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