Conned again… dang it!
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Conned again… dang it!
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It is not hard to understand why a growing number of Democrats say they won’t be attending President-elect Trump’s inauguration in just a few days.
Many Democrats are boycotting the ceremony in support of Rep. John Lewis of Georgia after he was dissed by Trump in an all too familiar Twitter rant.
Lewis, the civil rights icon, explained last week why he will be missing the first swearing-in ceremony since first coming to Washington.
“I don’t see this President-elect as a legitimate president,” Lewis told NBC News’ Chuck Todd. “I think the Russians participated in helping this man get elected. And they helped destroy the candidacy of Hillary Clinton.”
In what has become as predictable as mullets in NASCAR, the soon-to-be leader of the free world could not let Lewis’ comment slide.
“Congressman John Lewis should spend more time on fixing and helping his district, which is in horrible shape and falling apart (not to mention crime infested) rather than falsely complaining about the election results. All talk, talk, talk – no action or results. Sad!” tweeted the thin-skinned President-elect.
But now there is word that two senior Senate Republicans, John McCain and Lindsey Graham, will also miss Trump’s big day.
Unlike the Democrats who are avoiding the ceremony in order to make a political statement, McCain and Graham say they have “scheduling conflicts.”
Sen. Lindsey Graham has a scheduled cruise to Barcelona aboard the Allure of the Seas. There is widespread speculation it is an all-male cruise.
Sen. John McCain will be attending a birthday party on January 20. It will be his grandfather’s 125th birthday celebration. Said McCain, “Our family is like that old Timex commercial … we take a licking but keep on ticking.”
Some fellow Republicans are questioning the true motives of the senators sometimes known as the “Two Amigos.”
“I know for a fact,” said Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell,” Lindsey’s cruise is fully refundable and could be rescheduled. I also know McCain’s grandfather said he would be willing to push back his big birthday party a day or two. Heck the man still buys green bananas!”
McCain and Graham are two of the most vocal Republican senators who have opposed Trump’s dangerous bromance with Russian autocrat Vladimir Putin.
Coincidence?
Editor’s Note – This could be fake news!
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Sarah Palin, former vice-presidential candidate and half-term Alaska governor, is angry.
“That bumper sticker that maybe you’ll see on the next Ford F-150 driving by — a Trump bumper sticker — you should stop the driver and say, ‘So how’s that swampy, drainy thing workin’ out for ya?'”
The once loyal Trump supporter has gone rogue, having jumped off the bandwagon after being snubbed for a cabinet position by the new incoming president.
Palin is taking pleasure in mocking Trump’s campaign promise to “drain the swamp” in Washington D.C. of lobbyists, corruption and pay-to-play.
A quick look at Trump’s cabinet picks suggests the much-used slogan of “drain the swamp” was just that … a slogan to attract the gullible. Instead of protecting the man on the street, Trump is protecting the men on Wall Street. Two of Trump’s picks, Wall Street insider Steve Mnuchin as head of the Treasury Department and investor Wilbur Ross at Commerce, suggest instead of draining, Trump is augmenting.
The word on the street is that Palin had her heart set on being tapped for Secretary of State. After all, she did have some foreign policy experience. During her run for vice president, Palin boasted she could see Russia from her backyard in Wasilla, Alaska.
Any chance of being part of the Trump administration, in any capacity, was lost when Palin publicly slammed Trump for breaching Republican orthodoxy of letting the free market pick winners and losers.
Palin criticized Trump’s deal with Carrier — which purportedly kept 1,000 jobs in Indiana instead of moving them to Mexico, but which still sent 1,300 jobs from a second shuttered plant anyway — calling it “crony capitalism.”
Palin penned an op-ed for the website Young Conservatives, where she blasted Trump for giving Carrier subsidies to keep some of its jobs within the United States.
Who knows what the future holds for Sarah Palin. Certainly a 2020 presidential run is not out of the question.
Trump should have known better than to upset a mama grizzly. Don’t be surprised if Palin’s next line of attack against Trump is that he is an illegitimate president!
Warning – This just might be satire!
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After praising his ten-year-old son’s computer skills, the President-elect has named Barron Trump his cyber security adviser.
In a tweet, the soon-to-be president of the United States lauded his son while at the same time proposing a solution to cyber espionage:
“I have a boy who’s ten years old, he can do anything on the computer. You want something to really go without detection, write it out and have it sent by courier.”
Many opponents feared a Trump presidency would set the country back. Very few, however, envisioned the return of the Pony Express.
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With Donald J. Trump today having been officially elevated to our nation’s highest office by a group of loyal, patriotic, “party-over-country” electors, America’s future looks bright again.
After eight years of enduring the failed presidency of Barack Hussein Obama, Americans are hungry for a change. And with Trump now set to become our nation’s 45th president on January 20, 2017, true Americans will finally get their country back.
The voters who picked our new “outside-the-beltway” president, over the loathsome, hopelessly experienced Hillary Clinton, sent a clear message to the Democrat Party on November 8th. They had had enough of a president who, in eight years, failed to get U.S. troops involved in a new war. Certainly Obama had his chances, they point out. Plus voters have never forgiven Obama for ending a perfectly good war in Iraq in 2011.
When Hillary Clinton promised voters she would continue, and build on, the policies of the Obama Administration, she effectively made herself unelectable. Voters did not want to add to the Obama disasters they’ve had to suffer through over the last eight years:
No sir, Donald Trump has promised to reverse all of Obama’s disastrous polices as soon as he takes office.
Trump, the billionaire celebrity and entrepreneur, has promised to bring back millions of jobs that have left the U.S. He will not, however, be bringing those overseas jobs that produce his many products as they never were made in the U.S. to start with.
As Trump has promised the American people, they will start winning again … so much so they will be sick and tired of winning.
For many giddily anxious Americans, the Trump presidency cannot start soon enough.
USA! … USA! … USA!
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In a startling announcement, president-elect Donald Trump has named convicted felon, Bernie Madoff, to head the Treasury Department.
During his first press conference since winning the presidency, Trump told a group of journalists he is pleased to have such a skilled and knowledgeable man in his cabinet.
“I’ve known Bernie for quite some time and I can tell you, believe me, he is the good Bernie,” said the soon-to-be 45th president of the United States.
As would be expected, a reporter asked Trump how he could choose a man serving a 150-year prison sentence as his treasury secretary? Trump was quick to respond.
“As president, I will have the absolute power to pardon anyone I want to, especially someone who was wrongfully convicted by the mainstream media and liberal judges. Just look at all the felons Bill Clinton pardoned during his presidency,” said Trump.
“I don’t know anyone who is better with money than Bernie. He made tons of money for his investors, both in good times and bad times,“ added the president-elect.
When it was pointed out to Trump that Bernie Madoff ran a Ponzi scheme which usually rewards early investors while leaving later stakeholders holding the bag, Trump replied, “Investing, like everything else, is all a matter of timing. Nothing is guaranteed. There are always winners and losers.”
“Look at my case,” said Trump. “If I had run for president four years ago, I probably would not have won. My timing was excellent. I ran against one of the most hated establishment politicians of all time, ‘Crooked Hillary.’ Plus, I have to say, it helped having so many Republican-controlled states pass voter suppression laws making it harder for Democrats to vote.”
“Haven’t you just admitted you won the election through voter fraud?” yelled out a fearless reporter. “No,” answered Trump, “ there was no voter fraud, just suppression, two different things my amigo.”
Reached for comment at the Butner Federal Correctional Institution, the 78-year-old Madoff was thrilled to hear the news.
“I have always felt my career as a financier was not over. I look forward to bringing the skills I developed in my personal business to the country as a whole. … just like president-elect Trump promised to do for the country what he has done for most of his businesses.”
No one can deny Trump is the master at turning bankruptcies into gold … for himself.
Disclaimer: This story may be fake… or not!
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OK. So you are dreading Thanksgiving dinner with your family for the first time in your life. The idea of sitting around a table for three hours with a family of Trumpites is making you sick. Instead of looking forward to some of your favorite foods you are dreading the ribbing you will surely be subjected to.
At a time like this, it is best to heed the sound advice offered in the movie classic, Animal House.
After Delta Tau Chi pledge Kent Dorfman (Flounder) foolishly agrees to let his fraternity brothers use his brand new Lincoln for a road trip (after it had been entrusted to him by his brother for the weekend), he starts sobbing like a baby when he later sees the car is a wreck. In an effort to soothe Flounder’s feelings, Delta brother John Blutarksy (Bluto) thrusts a six-pack into his hands and offers up these immortal words:
“My advice to you is to start drinking heavily.”
Some heavy drinking is just what’s called for this Thanksgiving. Instead of going for the turkey, try hitting the Tangueray. You are guaranteed to forget your woes and, for a short time at least, forget that Donald Trump is our president-elect.
Animal House’s brother Bluto was so right. What’s the use of crying over spilled milk? The election is over. The damage has been done. There is nothing you can do but accept it. So let your family gloat about their man. Once properly plastered, nothing will matter as nothing will register.
Then it will be on to next Thanksgiving when all the talk will be about our new president, Mike Pence.
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Washington, D. C., Jan. 19 – Tomorrow, January 20, 2017, on the west front of the U.S. Capitol Building, Hillary Rodham Clinton will be sworn in as the nation’s 45th president.
The weather forecast calls for a cold, wintery day with a chance of snow. This, however, has not dampened the enthusiasm of Inauguration Day attendees who will be celebrating Clinton’s installation into office as the country’s first female Chief Executive.
Nor will celebrants be dismayed that Donald Trump, loser in one of the most lopsided presidential elections in modern history, has yet to concede the election or offer up his congratulations to the new Madam President.
Following his embarrassing loss, Trump promised to sue Clinton over what he called a “rigged” election. However, no legal action has been taken so far. Law scholars say the issue of a court challenge became moot when, on January 6, Congress counted the certified votes from each state and declared Hillary Clinton the winner.
At a recent rally in Noxon, Montana, Trump delivered a fiery speech to a group of militiamen. He denounced Clinton’s victory as a slap in the face of American democracy. Trump told his angry followers that he would not abandon them and that he is the rightful president.
“What the global bankers, the media and weak-kneed Republicans did to rig the election for Hillary is a travesty of justice. I will not stand for it … now or ever. I stand with you. We have to get our country back.”
“We gotta take these bastards,” Trump told his troops. Realizing he and his militiamen might be outgunned, Trump said, “Now we could do it with conventional weapons, but that could take years and cost millions of lives. No, I think we have to go all out. I think that this situation absolutely requires a really futile and stupid gesture be done on our part … and I think you’re just the guys to do it.”
The Secret Service has been on the lookout for possible violent actions from Trump sympathizers since Election Day. The agency told reporters they would be focusing on any mysterious float during tomorrow’s Inauguration Day parade.
As for Trump’s future, right wing media has started reporting that, as of tomorrow, he will name himself President in Exile and relocate to Russia.
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Washington D.C., Feb. 9 – Less than three weeks after being sworn in as the nation’s 45th president, Donald Trump has announced his resignation from office. Vice President Mike Pence will be taking over the duties of Chief Executive effective next week.
The shocking news followed the New York U.S. District Court’s denial of Trump’s appeal of a child rape conviction handed down last month.
Senate Majority Leader, Mitch McConnell, and other prominent Republicans persuaded the new president to step down for the good of the country. Sources say while Trump did not originally agree to such a move, he was later convinced to do so by Pence.
Donald Trump’s resignation makes him the second U. S. president to resign from office. In 1974, Richard Nixon became the first president to voluntarily give up the presidency.
It has been a turbulent couple of months for Donald Trump. First he won the presidency by the slimmest of margins in the Electoral College, 270 -268. Many Democrats are attributing the loss to official voter suppression in the state of North Carolina along with voter intimidation by Trump “poll watchers” within the state.
Trump’s narrow electoral victory was soon followed by his having been found guilty on fraud and racketeering charges in the Trump University lawsuit.
While neither of Trump’s adjudications involved criminal penalties, the amount of money he has been personally ordered to pay his victims is a staggering $500 million.
There is talk around legal circles that Trump will be unable to pay the money he owes his victims as his actual assets are much less than the billions he boasted about during his presidential run. Tax experts believe Trump’s only way to get out from under his financial burden is through a bankruptcy filing.
Trump’s most ardent supporters are furious over Trump’s “forced “resignation and multiple convictions. They are blaming both the political and judicial systems as being rigged against the man they had so desperately supported.
Vice President Mike Pence will be sworn in as the nation’s 46th president February 15, noon, at the U.S. Capital.
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