Pic Of The Moment: So Apparently The Party Of Lincoln Is Now The Party Of John Wilkes Booth

[EarlG]

NOTE: I take no credit for the Party of Lincoln/John Wilkes Booth idea -- major h/t to MohRokTah



Trump Suggests Shooting Clinton, Her Supreme Court Picks, Or Both

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[Lochloosa]

1. Perfect!

[Bernardo de La Paz]

2. The pic is not from the rally & he did not gesture like that at the rally.

The slogan is great, though.

The Republicans continue their devolution.

[MADem]

11. Gee, ya think?

I think most of us have seen the video of him making the statement--the news has been running it.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

12. Just because you know something has some defects in its truthfulness doesn't erase them.

Just because you are a fully informed high information voter does not mean every voter seeing the graphic is equally paying attention.

The quote is true, but the picture lies when it is paired up with the quote.

We don't have to twist things like that. The ends do not justify the means. Further, Trump's statement is enough. A picture from the actual speech would not have the problems.

No need to give Trump supporters material to shoot the graphic down. "He didn't mean that and he didn't pretend to shoot and see how Democrats twist the truth" sways more soft voters than if the Trumpeteers are limited to "He didn't mean that". (Of course he meant it.)

Never interrupt the opponent when they are making a mistake; that is to say in politics, don't give them an opening to change the conversation.

[MADem]

13. People who read/are members of DU are mostly high information voters.

This isn't a public square. It's a website with rules. Everyone here is singing from the same sheet music.

I don't think we need to be overly "concerned" over the clever images that an admin provides us with for our sophisticated amusement. Literal shit is for morons, and we're not morons. The picture is not a "LIE" -- it's a snarkily amusing representation of what that orange asshole is actually thinking.

Spend a little less time worrying about him and his supporters, why doncha? They certainly don't worry about Democrats.


As for Trump supporters? Fuck them. I don't care what they think and I don't worry about their fee-fees. Anyone who could support that asshole doesn't deserve my time or empathy.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

14. Perhaps the graphic has wider uses than beyond the narrow little DU puddle?

Like, you know, the Internet?

Go ahead, stand on your modem and try, like Kings Canute and Xerxes commanding the waves of the seas, to command the graphic to not be seen beyond DU.

[63splitwindow]

15. Is the graphic actually of him from another rally? If so, what was he saying at the time?

[Bernardo de La Paz]

17. The photo is from a different rally than the NC one

Trump at Wilmington, NC, 2016-08-09:

[63splitwindow]

18. Any idea what he was saying? Was it something having to do with firing a rifle?

[Bernardo de La Paz]

19. The pic was Trump rally at Doral GC, Florida, Oct. 23, 2015. Photo by Johnny Louis.

Sorry, I don't know what he was saying at the time. Perhaps there is some video of that event.

[MADem]

22. So what? It's not your graphic, why the "concern?"

You seem terribly overwrought about a graphic that is clearly constructed for political amusement.

This isn't next to the NYT article on the matter.

Perspective--it's what most people have.

smDh!!!

[Bernardo de La Paz]

23. Ah, you never commented on anything that isn't yours. Carry on. . . . . nt

[MADem]

24. I don't go out of my way to try to bash and trash something that most people found amusing and

clever. I sure as hell don't express such a lame level of "concern" over something that anyone with an iota of common sense would regard in the satirical light in which it was offered.

Do you think the covers of MAD MAGAZINE are "real" too?

Look around you--it's like you're the only square peg at the round peg party.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

27. As others know, I frequently post cartoons & graphics and even create a few.

The satire of the post is not the problem, as was explained to you earlier.

You can take your in-group elitism and stuff it in an appropriately round hole, since that is the metaphor you have chosen.

[MADem]

28. You coulda fooled me.

Do you think this is "real" too? That the Donald has a hinge on the side of his head? That this is an accurate representation of a specific moment in time?

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Are the Big Wigs at Mad Magazine engaging in "In Group elitism" too? Should they stuff it in THEIR "round hole" as well?



SmDh!!! Your way or the highway, eh?

Most of us here are clever enough to "get it." You are the ONLY one in this thread who is having trouble--notice that? Since you're so observant and all....?

I sure do.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

29. I grant you the last word. . nt . nt . nt . nt . nt . nt . nt . nt . nt . nt . nt . nt . nt . nt

[Cary]

3. Kudos to Moh!

And to you EarlG for yet another awesome meme!

[zebonaut]

4. NYDN

[heaven05]

5. once the fuhrer's 'army'

takes the field, like the real experience of battle(combat), they will cower and whine and the ones that stand, will no more....FUCK TRUMP!!!!!!!!!!!

[MohRokTah]

6. Thanks for the shout out!

[NastyRiffraff]

16. Good on you, Moh! n/t

[47of74]

7. Makes me fucking sick.

That rich fuck. This whole fucking thing. My family who all served did not all fight and see their buddies suffer and die so this rich fuck could threaten our entire democracy.

[ffr]

8. Wasn't open-carry not allowed at THEIR convention?

He should allow it at his rallies and see what happens. Just sayin.

[Francis Booth]

9. There are surely enough fucked up people out there to act on this.

As Mr. Obama noted, this guy shows how ill-suited he is for the job every day.

Trump has a completely inappropriate sense of humor. I enjoy a sick joke as much as the next person, but you simply can't joke about shooting people in a country with 180 million guns, and be president at the same time.

I'm not sure if he meant shooting Hillary, or shooting any judges she might nominate to the SCOTUS, but I suspect the former. Either way, can you imagine this moron in delicate negotiations with Russia or China, and making an off-hand threat like this? It could get us into a shooting war.

[Jopin Klobe]

10. Please shoot your little rifle you got there Donnie ...

... 'cause anyone with any knowledge of shooting knows that your teeny-tiny li'l thumb ...

... will poke right into your right side piggie eye ...

... ah, the idiot oligarch with the bad hair and brain ...

... hair-brain ...

[christx30]

20. He denies meaning that.

But anyone would have to be stupid to believe it. If he meant "You need to get out there and vote to protect your second amendment rights!" he would have said that. But his "maybe there is, I dunno" was more like "Maybe your wife doesn't make it home tonight. Maybe she gets mugged, and something goes wrong. Happens all the time."
Anyone that doesn't think he meant exactly that is lying, and is agreeing with him.

[world wide wally]

21. We should all send emails to Paul Ryan and refer to the GOP as the party of John Wilkes Booth

[MADem]

25. LOL--and for the idiots who know nothing of history, the Party of Reagan is now the

Party of John Hinckley!

Ballistic vests for everyone!

[Maru Kitteh]

26. Ks and Rses.