Sat Dec 24, 2022, 11:06 AM
MLAA (15,930 posts)
Excellent Olivia Nuzzi article (warning, put down your coffee first her descriptions of TFG are
hilarious)
I hope this isn’t behind a paywall, I was unable to test it before posting. One of my favorite descriptions: ‘On the day he announced his candidacy this past November, the air was heavy with oleander and snipped greenery and sea mist colliding with mold and wood polish and hotel soap and the metallic vapor of Diet Coke and the alcoholic ferment of generations of cougars in Chanel No. 5. ‘ https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/donald-trump-running-for-president-2024.html
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MLAA | Dec 2022 | OP |
niyad | Dec 2022 | #1 | |
AllyCat | Dec 2022 | #2 | |
Ocelot II | Dec 2022 | #3 | |
malaise | Dec 2022 | #4 | |
Ocelot II | Dec 2022 | #6 | |
area51 | Dec 2022 | #11 | |
Ocelot II | Dec 2022 | #12 | |
malaise | Dec 2022 | #5 | |
teach1st | Dec 2022 | #7 | |
Hekate | Dec 2022 | #16 | |
Ocelot II | Dec 2022 | #17 | |
badhair77 | Dec 2022 | #8 | |
MLAA | Dec 2022 | #10 | |
Johnny2X2X | Dec 2022 | #9 | |
ZonkerHarris | Dec 2022 | #14 | |
ZonkerHarris | Dec 2022 | #13 | |
MLAA | Dec 2022 | #15 | |
Hekate | Dec 2022 | #18 | |
MLAA | Dec 2022 | #19 | |
dalton99a | Dec 2022 | #20 |
Response to MLAA (Original post)
Sat Dec 24, 2022, 11:11 AM
niyad (105,842 posts)
1. That was one ugly, depressing read. The F'n, murdering, orange TRAITOR** is
even uglier and more clueless than even I thought. And, let's see. . .mel is beautiful. And princess sparkle pony and the plastic ken-doll took their children to Qatar (before princess took their daughter to Paris).
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Response to MLAA (Original post)
Sat Dec 24, 2022, 11:11 AM
AllyCat (15,177 posts)
2. Hahaha! Just the excerpt is hilarious!
Response to MLAA (Original post)
Sat Dec 24, 2022, 11:14 AM
Ocelot II (111,801 posts)
3. It's behind a paywall, unfortunately.
Response to Ocelot II (Reply #3)
Sat Dec 24, 2022, 11:28 AM
malaise (261,856 posts)
4. I read it without a paywall
Love this
“Those idiot producers. Those imbeciles! Haven’t they got any eyes? Have they forgotten what a star looks like? I’ll show them. I’ll be up there again, so help me!,” Trump leaned over O’Brien’s shoulder and whispered, “ |
Response to malaise (Reply #4)
Sat Dec 24, 2022, 11:31 AM
Ocelot II (111,801 posts)
6. It limits how many articles you can read, and I'd already used mine jp.
Response to Ocelot II (Reply #6)
Sat Dec 24, 2022, 02:03 PM
area51 (11,482 posts)
11. Possibly this link might work for you.
Response to area51 (Reply #11)
Sat Dec 24, 2022, 02:18 PM
Ocelot II (111,801 posts)
12. Thanks!
Great article, both funny and depressing.
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Response to Ocelot II (Reply #3)
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Response to Ocelot II (Reply #3)
Sat Dec 24, 2022, 11:34 AM
teach1st (5,874 posts)
7. No paywall for me
Nada. They may have a set number of site views before the paywall kicks in.
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Response to Ocelot II (Reply #3)
Sat Dec 24, 2022, 06:49 PM
Hekate (86,554 posts)
16. Here's a free link, courtesy of another DUer
Response to MLAA (Original post)
Sat Dec 24, 2022, 11:50 AM
badhair77 (4,000 posts)
8. The Norma Desmond analogy is pure gold.
Response to badhair77 (Reply #8)
Sat Dec 24, 2022, 12:16 PM
MLAA (15,930 posts)
10. Total lack of self awareness! Perfect movie for him.
Response to MLAA (Original post)
Sat Dec 24, 2022, 12:10 PM
Johnny2X2X (17,564 posts)
9. Don't underestimate him
He still has complete control of that party. He will dust DeSantis and then ask him to be his VP.
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Response to Johnny2X2X (Reply #9)
Sat Dec 24, 2022, 03:03 PM
ZonkerHarris (23,435 posts)
14. From the article to back up your point....
No decent people want anything to do with him,” the former official said. “I think he knows he’s got a fucking F-team and he’s embarrassed by it.” Still, this person admitted, the F-team may have a point: “There are so many gross opportunists, the minute it looks like he’ll win, they’ll all be back.”
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Response to MLAA (Original post)
Sat Dec 24, 2022, 03:00 PM
ZonkerHarris (23,435 posts)
13. another great paragraph about the people who may or may not work for him this time...
"Among Trumpworld’s known regulars who did not flee in an outright panic, this early period of the new campaign is a time for self-interested planning. Some are reluctant to make their participation official for financial reasons; some are waiting for things to get even worse to swoop in and save the day; some are waiting to see if it does get worse so they can pretend they were never going to get involved. The people who swear they will never be dragged back sometimes do seem to mean it, but sometimes it seems they are just trying to convince themselves."
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Response to ZonkerHarris (Reply #13)
Sat Dec 24, 2022, 06:39 PM
MLAA (15,930 posts)
15. So right on! The cowards!
Response to MLAA (Original post)
Sat Dec 24, 2022, 06:58 PM
Hekate (86,554 posts)
18. It is a brilliant piece of writing. I laughed in horror, then made my husband read it...
He was also horrified, but really fascinated at the Sunset Boulevard/Norma Desmond movie revelations, as he knows the movie better than I. At the end of her article, Olivia Nuzzi brings up the end of the movie — how the mad, washed-up movie star is tricked into coming quietly. You realize: that’s probably how Donald could be captured as well….
Do you remember how Sunset Boulevard ends? Norma Desmond shoots and kills the writer, a fraudster who has fallen under the spell of her charisma, just as he summons the courage to walk away. Her sycophantic butler flips. There are no enablers left to protect her. A final fantasy, a fake movie set, is staged in the mansion’s entryway. The lights go on, and she is lured before the cameras, where the police are waiting to haul her away. |
Response to Hekate (Reply #18)
Sat Dec 24, 2022, 07:04 PM
MLAA (15,930 posts)
19. And apparently TFG has watched it over and over and over! At least this should allow him to
recognize his end!
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