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Mme. Defarge

(8,034 posts)
Tue Sep 27, 2016, 10:10 PM Sep 2016

Sympathy for the Donald

"Go ahead and laugh at Donald Trump’s claims that he was foiled by a finicky microphone on Monday night, but I can relate. When I write a bad column, it’s all my keyboard’s fault.

The other columnists have reliable keyboards. I’m not saying it’s a conspiracy, but they do. Reach your own conclusions. When one of them taps out a beautiful sentence, a beautiful sentence appears on the computer screen, just the way it’s supposed to.

When I try to tap out an even more beautiful sentence — and my sentences are amazing sentences; you can’t believe these sentences — I have to press and bang and hunch closer to the desk and bang even harder and still you never know.

The sentence winds up mangled. It lacks a verb. Or it sprouts an adverb (“bigly,” anyone?) that sounds ridiculous, though I’m not. Readers experience a rant where, really, there was eloquent reflection — or would have been, if not for my keyboard. A “sniffle” sneaks into the equation when there wasn’t any “sniffle” at all. It’s just a nasty trick of that keyboard. A defective keyboard, which the other columnists don’t have."

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Sympathy for the Donald (Original Post) Mme. Defarge Sep 2016 OP
Hilarious! nt Sunny05 Sep 2016 #1
These words immediately came to mind when I read the title line: lastlib Sep 2016 #2
He knows his supporters will fall for anything, so that's what he tells them........"anything". nt Tarheel_Dem Sep 2016 #3
No sympathy from me CJohnson_LS Sep 2016 #4
Sounds like you're facing a real challenge, Mme. Defarge True Dough Sep 2016 #5
Formidable! Mme. Defarge Sep 2016 #6
Mon plaisir! True Dough Sep 2016 #7

lastlib

(23,248 posts)
2. These words immediately came to mind when I read the title line:
Tue Sep 27, 2016, 11:00 PM
Sep 2016
"Please allow me to introduce myself, I'm a man of wealth and taste,
Been around for a long, long years, stole many a man's soul and faith....

Just as every cop is a criminal, and all the sinners saints,
As heads is tails, Just call me Lucifer, 'Cause I'm in need of some restraint."


Yeah, that's Donny..... (my apoologies, Mick--but it fits him.)
 

CJohnson_LS

(52 posts)
4. No sympathy from me
Wed Sep 28, 2016, 12:32 AM
Sep 2016

DJT has been a scumbag for years now. He is the textbook definition of a silver-spoon hypocrite who shouldn't be anywhere NEAR the WH.

True Dough

(17,305 posts)
5. Sounds like you're facing a real challenge, Mme. Defarge
Wed Sep 28, 2016, 12:42 AM
Sep 2016

May I suggest you use the same style keyboard that the Donald himself uses? It may inspire you!





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