All Trump. Sad. Particularly the one where he says: "Even if the world goes to hell in a handbasket, I won't lose a penny." That's Trump in a nutshell... believe him.

The absence of the word "porpoising" should have given it away. Isn't that what McDuck used to love to do in his vault of gold coins?

Yep. Donald steals a lot of Scrooge's great lines.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-IPu8fk6DY

Donald is literally Scrooge McDuck... a human cartoon character. :)

I once heard James Carville (or maybe it was Terry Bradshaw, sometimes it's hard to tell the difference...) once use the following:

I have no idea what political point he was making. But the metaphor sure stuck with me, that's for sure!

Carville! The ragin' cajun. He drives a lot of people crazy, but I love his colorful language. I remember reading that nugget of Carville's in this guy's blog of which I'm a regular reader (you might know him):

http://www.chrisweigant.com/2014/08/26/marijuana-donor-dollars/

Fourth box from the top. :)

What the Dickens?

You little dickens; I see what you did there. :)

I was thinking of the original Scrooge.....or maybe the cartoon musical version which is pretty faithful to the original.

I can't help it, though. You were talking about Trump getting visited by three spirits, and I naturally thought of Donald and Scrooge McDuck... how they are so much alike... almost the same age too... only Scrooge is an elderly Scottish-American who was famous decades before anyone ever heard of Donald Drumpf, and that duck didn't inherit multiple millions from his daddy and pretend to be a self-made "man," he actually made his fortune by earning it.

Cite? *LOL*

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-6lvu8GgtY

That does actually make me feel better! Thanks!

:-)

I hate it when events overtake the writing/editing/publishing process...

Kick [6] -

Actually, the Senate voted on it before I'd even decided what to say about it today (Thurs). Paul-n-Mitch want this off their plate as soon as humanly possible. May be on Trump's desk by the weekend... lighting speed, for Congress...

TheStig [13] -

Even those of us who were paying attention and connected have no idea what's going on. So join the party. I've never seen such a massive delayed DC reaction as the last 48 hours, personally... bizarre.

We're through the looking glass now, Alice...

Michale [19] -

OK, I'll bite. Please expand on this comment. What is your personal reaction to the Trump/Dem deal? Everyone else (myself included) is too stunned to even react, right now, so I'm wondering how you reacted, and why. You used to call yourself an independent, so I'd be interested in hearing your reasoning. At this point, nobody else has any reasoning, since we're all scratching our heads...

Oh, and hope you and yours keep safe the next few days, with Irma...

Kick [24] -

Das kind mit dem bade ausschütten...

Or as we like to say in the South, throwing out the baby with the bathwater. We do love a good idiom in the South. ;)

I once heard James Carville (or maybe it was Terry Bradshaw, sometimes it's hard to tell the difference...) once use the following:

"It's like an alligator with a chainsaw. You're probably sure he doesn't know how to work it, but you don't want to get close enough to find out."

I have no idea what political point he was making. But the metaphor sure stuck with me, that's for sure!

TheStig [26] -

And (gasp!) Nancy Pelosi even got him to tweet what she wanted! What the @#$! is going on?!?

Heh.

Kick [28] -

McDuck 1,2
Trump 3,4,5?

Oh, wait, [30] -- they're all Trump?

The absence of the word "porpoising" should have given it away. Isn't that what McDuck used to love to do in his vault of gold coins?

Heh.

:-)

-CW

What the Dickens? I was thinking of the original Scrooge.....or maybe the cartoon musical version which is pretty faithful to the original.

Not bad at all. You only missed one of them. :)

https://www.forbes.com/quotes/2204/

Who said it?

Trump: 1,3,4,5

McDuck: 2

Was Trump visited by three spirits last night?

Are you perhaps confusing Donald and Scrooge McDuck?
It happens.

Who Said It: Donald Trump Or Scrooge McDuck?

1. I will build you one of the great ballrooms of the world!
2. The point is that you can't be too greedy.
3. Show me someone without an ego, and I'll show you a loser.
4. I'm not doing that to brag, because you know what? I don’t have to brag.
5. I'm not a schmuck. Even if the world goes to hell in a handbasket, I won't lose a penny.

Yep.. The Democrat base is going to be all atizzy that President Trump refuses to act like Satan Incarnate...

Funny.. :D

Trump is even making deals with Democrats!! How will the Democrat Party base react to THAT!?? :D

Get safe Michale. Incoming.

Way ahead of ya... :D We have the beer and the alcohol and the coolers all packed up...

RIDERS ON THE STORM

:D

Same Trump, ill-prepared, befuddled, unstable, and completely untrustworthy.

Yes, sir... 100%... I would add "deceiving."

That's like confusing demolition with house cleaning but the Republican Party and slightly less than half the electorate drank the Kool Aid.

Das kind mit dem bade ausschütten...

Or as we like to say in the South, throwing out the baby with the bathwater. We do love a good idiom in the South. ;)

"What happened to the Trump who threatened to shut down the government over funding for that Wall that he's insisted for two years that Mexico was going to pay for?"

Same Trump, ill-prepared, befuddled, unstable, and completely untrustworthy.

This is exactly what his supporters wanted - shake up Washington, pull down the Temple, it's gonna be fun. That's like confusing demolition with house cleaning but the Republican Party and slightly less than half the electorate drank the Kool Aid.

"BumbleBee Tuna.... BumbleBee Tuna.... BumbleBee Tuna.... BumbleBee Tuna..."
-Jim Carrey, ACE VENTURA II

:D

Yep.. SO what you think about President Trump and Democrat Leadership cozying up??

That is so Trump!!! :D

And the GOP reactions to it!?? Priceless!!!

I'm lovin' it!!!! :D

I just got back from from several days in the wild with zero connection to the outside world save a GPS! Is there a political reset button in the Oval Office? Did Trump hit it by accident....maybe it's next to the KFC button or the Diet Coke button?

I know, right? What happened to the Trump who threatened to shut down the government over funding for that Wall that he's insisted for two years that Mexico was going to pay for? I think maybe the Trump humanity button just got pushed by Hurricane Harvey. The tag team of Harvey and Irma... with little Jose bringing up the rear... may well just knock some sense into him yet.

Could this possibly have lasting effects? I doubt it... because fall is approaching and winter is coming. :)

Russ,

I love your responses to Michale... They make me smile! :D

You're certainly welcome, Russ, and as I am sure you are acutely aware... those responses are not remotely for him. *LOL* :)

It's easy once you discover the trick.. :D

Excellent! I knew you could do it.

I just got back from from several days in the wild with zero connection to the outside world save a GPS! Is there a political reset button in the Oval Office? Did Trump hit it by accident....maybe it's next to the KFC button or the Diet Coke button?

Republicans must be at lesst thinking about a cabinet coup. Donald
Trump has handed over the keys to the castle.

There are many remedies for obsession.

Awwww let Victoria obsess and spend hours and hours pulling up out of context comments I make and try to make them say something they don't..

Those of lesser minds fall into her BS because they have no independent thoughts of their own...

What she doesn't realize is that, by pulling everything forward, she is making every commentary about me, despite her claims to the contrary..

I'll just continue to ignore her claims and continue to watch her scramble and flail around for attention because it's only her personal attacks on me that makes her relevant and have any meaning around here.. :D

I love your responses to Michale... They make me smile! :D

-R

How awesome, Elizabeth! :)

There are many remedies for obsession.

There is post after post of your "delusional bullshit." That one should be okay, right? Since you used it against Neil. You're "whining" like a "malcontent." Those should be okay, right? Since you used them against Balthasar and the group in general. It's kind of obvious what you're doing here. As I stated before, both of the times you have left "whining" was because you got your feelings hurt about something JL posted. Boo hoo.

Now fast forward to the FTP, and it's obvious that you want to continue "whining" some more and place more blame and cry "victim." Obviously, you're "embarrassing yerself" so "quit your whining." Those are nuggets you used in the same http://FTP... so those should be okay to use also, right?

FACT
You're still "whining" about the content of my posts in the same manner you were the day you left "whining." This time you're whining that I began name calling in a post of mine while being seemingly oblivious to your own handiwork. You often say that you "only personally attack people AFTER they have personally attacked" you. This is your "delusional bullshit"... the term you used with Neil when you responded to his attack on your Orange Idol BLOTUS.

Shall I demonstrate this FACT? Oh, yes... I shall.

*31 If President Trump can't do ANYTHING right by ya'all... Maybe the problem is not him...

*37 And Nancy Pelosi, of all people, is the ONLY Democrat who has condemned antifa terrorists and terrorism... Of course, NO ONE wants to talk about that.. No, they are just to darn busy getting their hate on over President Trump.... It's all a hysterical HATE TRUMP bubble....

*40 And, since the Left Wingery has established that SILENCE (indeed) GIVES ASSENT the ONLY conclusion that one can come up with is that the entirety of the Left Wingery (sans Pelosi) supports and condones the antifa terrorists...

And everybody here whined because Michale posted that no one here condemned the group antifa and that this therefore means they condone terrorists. Oh, wait... no, they didn't. EM responded nicely that reasonable Democrats everywhere would agree.

*50 To which Michale responds: Yet it's not even mentioned.. I guess it's more important to hate on Trump than to look in the mirror..

And everybody whined for being criticized for what they didn't post to please Michale while he was off whining and for being called haters again. Oh, wait... no, they didn't.

Fast forward:
* Posted a fake quote that accused Neil of having PTDS -- President Trump Derangement Syndrome.
* Told Neil that if Neil didn't agree with his opinion of Hillary that Neil was delusional.
* Accused the group of whining and complaining... to which EM responded that was "juvenile, Michale".
*124 Balthasar called Michale "Ghandi" and referred to Trump's "army of detestables" *LOL* great post too. :)
* In answer to the question, "not sarcastic enough?" by Balthasar, Don responded: "No, it's not. He is risen!" *LOL* another good one.
*132 Then Michale accused Balthasar of whining because "You lost, Balthasar.. Quit whining about it.."
*137 So Michale tells Neil in response to Neil's opinion about who the obstructionists in Congress were: "No, you didn't 'fix' it for me. You fixed it for YOU, to continue propagating your delusional bullshit."
*146 Michale tells Neil "we have your biased opinion" or "the FACTS," wherein he lists the standard drivel and uses the same standard straw man argument about the election... you know the one... where he was right about the election so that means he's right about every nonsensical piece of utter drivel or fabricated thing he posts.

Skipping forward:
*161 Don Harris wrote: Last Friday's talking points without Michale- 48 comments. This Friday's talking points with Michale- 158 comments and counting. Sad and juvenile seems to be what people want.

*169 Michale tells Neil he is "embarrassing yerself"
" for moving the goalposts...

*170 In response to Don's post about counts, Michale posts: Funny how the normal malcontents weren't around when I wasn't..

*183 Balthasar then nails it with: Do you see a trend here? I do. When Michale answers, every horrible act of Trump's is justified by some imagined horrible, or very Democratic, act done by Obama, or Hillary, or Democrats, in that order of preference. Balthasar also goes on to say: So we can carry on all day, and the answer will be the same - Obama did something, or Democrats did something that DEMANDS that Trump do the opposite. Everything's to blame on Obama (except the economy, of course). It's dull-witted, but easy to remember.

After reading all the comments on the page in succession, I then respond to Don's post saying he should remove the repetitive lies and drivel from his comments count and then post the numbers... and winked.

**********

So to recap:

Michale wishes to exist on the board using whatever words he wishes about the group and individuals:

"Ya'all" are
* the problem
* haters
* hysterical haters
* it's all a hysterical HATE TRUMP bubble
* support and condone the antifa terrorists
* PTDS -- President Trump Derangement Syndrome
* delusional
* whining
* delusional bullshit
* we have your biased opinion
* embarrassing yerself

* malcontents

And after 160+ posts of this back-and-forth with different posters using all kinds of choice words, "Captain Obvious" (thank you, TS) insists that it was me to blame for starting "the personal attacks and name-calling."

**********

REPEAT: Like my mother always says: "Don't dish it out unless you can take it." Wise words to live by. :)

**********

p.s. Yes, Michale, I am up on current events; my comment where I said "here's hoping you and/or your friends aren't in the path of a hurricane any time soon" was sarcasm because I know what's headed your way. I waded through foot after foot of Hurricane Harvey water/goop in a green boat we named "TANK" and ferried people and pets back and forth to dry land (only got bit once). My advice is to get the heck out of Florida if/when necessary if Irma tracks anywhere near you... and good luck. :)

Hoping this doesn't get caught in the filter again.

Most likely outcome -- Republicans in Congress will not touch DACA with a ten foot pole since the Big Dummy has taken full ownership.

All that policy nuance undone by a little tweet because the "Big Dummy" couldn't handle a little criticism... and likely to happen again tomorrow because Breitbart is pissed and poor Paul Ryan is accusing Democrats of "playing politics with the debt ceiling." Hypocrite much? :)

Obviously, this was written before the deal between Trump and the Dems was announced. Sometimes events happen while I'm writing, which make the whole article almost obselete when published. Sigh...

I could tell, but I'm guessing it'll still be relevant when Trump tweets tomorrow at the crack of dawn and the whole "Chuck and Nancy" deal goes down in flames. Or maybe he'll be too busy twacking Irma to tweet. ;)

The final agenda item was added yesterday by the Trump administration and then quickly removed by Alt-Orange himself. The "dreamers" covered by DACA now have a six-month ticking clock hanging over their heads, but if Congress doesn't act within that time period, the Orange One says he'll revisit.

Most likely outcome -- Republicans in Congress will not touch DACA with a ten foot pole since the Big Dummy has taken full ownership.

Obviously, this was written before the deal between Trump and the Dems was announced. Sometimes events happen while I'm writing, which make the whole article almost obselete when published. Sigh...

-CW

Until tonight when Trump tweets or tomorrow when "Chuck and Nancy" will probably change their mind while Republicans whine shamelessly, and then the whole "deal" falls apart.

It's crazy... and here comes Irma with a forecast at the present time headed straight for Mar-a-Lago. Divestiture might prove to have been the more profitable route. Karma can be such a witch, and... bonus... now Trump can "donate" his $1 million personal funds to himself and claim he aided in the hurricane cleanup efforts. No conflict there. ;)