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First Speaker

(4,858 posts) Fri Feb 28, 2020, 12:28 AM Feb 2020

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It's beyond belief. You could combine Caligula, the Republic of Fredonia, a Tarantino film...

...the complete works of H.L. Mencken, The Department of Silly Walks, Lonesome Rhodes, and Goebbels, shake them all together, and you *still* couldn't come close to the total, absolute clusterfuck of callousness, incompetence, stupidity, greed, and sheer evil of this "administration". God help us all. Watching Rachel and Lawrence tonight sent me over some edge. We can't wait until November. Somebody has to do something, while we're all still alive and breathing...

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It's beyond belief. You could combine Caligula, the Republic of Fredonia, a Tarantino film... (Original Post) First Speaker Feb 2020 OP

My sister is so stressed out now I told her to stop watching the news. kimbutgar Feb 2020 #1

He has certainly made America look at itself in the mirror Baked Potato Feb 2020 #2

But only the sentient part (of America). The zombie part has no self-awareness. alwaysinasnit Feb 2020 #4

Hey, don't forget the works of Lovecraft... n/t TygrBright Feb 2020 #3

Factor in the Marquis de Sade and Vlad the Impaler NBachers Feb 2020 #5

K&R, uponit7771 Feb 2020 #6

"Manchurian Candidate" + "Idiocracy" ThoughtCriminal Feb 2020 #7

kimbutgar

(21,161 posts)

1. My sister is so stressed out now I told her to stop watching the news.

Reply to First Speaker (Original post)

Fri Feb 28, 2020, 12:33 AM

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Baked Potato

(7,733 posts)

2. He has certainly made America look at itself in the mirror

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Fri Feb 28, 2020, 12:34 AM

Feb 2020

to figure out what it wants to be.

alwaysinasnit

(5,066 posts)

4. But only the sentient part (of America). The zombie part has no self-awareness.

Reply to Baked Potato (Reply #2)

Fri Feb 28, 2020, 03:16 AM

Feb 2020

TygrBright

(20,761 posts)

3. Hey, don't forget the works of Lovecraft... n/t

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Fri Feb 28, 2020, 03:15 AM

Feb 2020

NBachers

(17,120 posts)

5. Factor in the Marquis de Sade and Vlad the Impaler

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Fri Feb 28, 2020, 03:29 AM

Feb 2020

uponit7771

(90,347 posts)

6. K&R,

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Fri Feb 28, 2020, 05:28 AM

Feb 2020

ThoughtCriminal

(14,047 posts)

7. "Manchurian Candidate" + "Idiocracy"

Reply to First Speaker (Original post)

Fri Feb 28, 2020, 10:39 PM

Feb 2020

Nah... to implausible! The public would never buy that!

Would they?

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