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Baitball Blogger

(50,258 posts)
Tue Jul 23, 2024, 12:49 PM Jul 2024

If their litmus test for a president is someone they can sit and drink beer with, and

Trump is their pick, doesn't it make you wonder about the company they keep?

Rapists, Racists and faux-Christians. What mirror exists today that will help them see what they've become?

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If their litmus test for a president is someone they can sit and drink beer with, and (Original Post) Baitball Blogger Jul 2024 OP
I thought tfg didn't drink Wicked Blue Jul 2024 #1
Trump does NOT drink (though he likely abuses prescription pills)... PeaceWave Jul 2024 #14
The irony, of course, is that Trump doesn't drink. TwilightZone Jul 2024 #2
Why is that accepted truth? lame54 Jul 2024 #5
Trump's brother died from alcoholism. TwilightZone Jul 2024 #8
Trump's word? lame54 Jul 2024 #11
"for the sake of irony" TwilightZone Jul 2024 #12
Sure. Make fun of the irony impaired... lame54 Jul 2024 #13
And the opponents of Kamala Harris would condemn her for drinking no_hypocrisy Jul 2024 #3
We often expect logic from the illogical. TwilightZone Jul 2024 #9
The media once again framing the issue. Baitball Blogger Jul 2024 #15
Trump can toss back a couple pitchers... lame54 Jul 2024 #4
He uses the pitchers in lieu of a bathroom? Ewww! Wonder Why Jul 2024 #6
No - his diapers lame54 Jul 2024 #10
Trump would never drink with those lowlifes. He despises but uses them. He's more the Epstein type. Wonder Why Jul 2024 #7

PeaceWave

(1,536 posts)
14. Trump does NOT drink (though he likely abuses prescription pills)...
Tue Jul 23, 2024, 02:57 PM
Jul 2024

The whole "vote for the guy you'd rather sit down and have a beer with" was concocted by Karl Rove in reference to George W. Bush. In typical GOP style though, this was a cynically illogical selling point - George W. Bush was a recovering alcoholic.

TwilightZone

(28,835 posts)
8. Trump's brother died from alcoholism.
Tue Jul 23, 2024, 02:00 PM
Jul 2024

Bartenders have said they think they served Donald some 30-odd years ago, but there doesn't seem to be much evidence that he's drinking now with the possible exception of swigging ketchup from the bottle when he's stressed and before he throws it across the room.

Besides, Trump has plenty of other addictions to take the place of alcohol, like drugs, sexual assault, and sex with women who aren't his wife.

There was a rather famous article written in the 1930s called "Dictators Don't Drink". Stalin, Hitler, and Mussolini were known teetotalers.

Need more proof than that?

W was a born-ago doofus. Sobriety is often part of the deal.

We don't know 100% in either case, but I don't see a lot of reason not to take them at their word for the sake of irony.

TwilightZone

(28,835 posts)
12. "for the sake of irony"
Tue Jul 23, 2024, 02:48 PM
Jul 2024

You clearly missed the joke.

People should really chill the fuck out once in a while and not take every, single thing so seriously.

Have a nice day.

lame54

(38,085 posts)
13. Sure. Make fun of the irony impaired...
Tue Jul 23, 2024, 02:53 PM
Jul 2024

You stick your umbrella into wheelchair spokes too?

no_hypocrisy

(51,958 posts)
3. And the opponents of Kamala Harris would condemn her for drinking
Tue Jul 23, 2024, 01:07 PM
Jul 2024

chilled white wine for being an elitist.

They'll find some superficial reason to attack her.

(BTW, I never understood why Shrub was labeled as the kind of President you'd drink beer with as supposedly he was/is a reformed alcoholic. And TSF also eschews alcohol. What kind of idiotic litmus test is this?)

TwilightZone

(28,835 posts)
9. We often expect logic from the illogical.
Tue Jul 23, 2024, 02:10 PM
Jul 2024

This is one of those times. I made a similar comment above about Trump and W not drinking. It was a litmus test that would never actually be tested, should the opportunity arise.

In fairness, it's kind of a catch-all phrase that basically means hang out, but it's more fun to point out the ridiculous of it when taken literally.

Baitball Blogger

(50,258 posts)
15. The media once again framing the issue.
Tue Jul 23, 2024, 03:00 PM
Jul 2024

BTW, someone who is truly objective about their selections (votes for both Republican and Democrats) was not happy about the Harris selection because she giggles too much. Omigod. She doesn't think Harris is serious enough.

I can't wait for them to see Harris's serious side. Just saying. Watching her prosecutorial side shine in some of those Congressional hearings left me giggling like a school girl.

Wonder Why

(5,908 posts)
7. Trump would never drink with those lowlifes. He despises but uses them. He's more the Epstein type.
Tue Jul 23, 2024, 01:53 PM
Jul 2024
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