Discussion: READ: Trump Says Rep. Maxine Waters Needs 'An IQ Test' At Gridiron Dinner

Does a look that freezes the water in his glass count?

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What the hell did I just read???

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The guy is fuckin nuts and everyone around him knows it. Mueller’s moving in and babysitter Hicks is not there to soothe him.

“Trump’s fundamentally distorted personality — which at its core is chaotic, volatile and transgressive — when combined with the powers of the presidency had to end poorly,” said Peter Wehner, a veteran of the three previous Republican administrations and a senior fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center. “What we’re now seeing is the radiating effects of that, and it’s enveloped him, his White House, his family and his friends.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/pure-madness-dark-days-inside-the-white-house-as-trump-shocks-and-rages/2018/03/03/9849867c-1e72-11e8-9de1-147dd2df3829_story.html?utm_term=.9ae730635f96&wpisrc=nl_rainbow&wpmm=1

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Definition of Not funny
Something that fails to cause much mirth and amusement

Definition of funny
funnier; funniest
1 a : affording light mirth and laughter : amusing
His account of the war came in bits and pieces, sometimes bloody, sometimes funny. —Robert Penn Warren
b : seeking or intended to amuse : facetious Don’t take him so seriously; he was just being funny.
2 : differing from the ordinary in a suspicious, perplexing, quaint, or eccentric way : peculiar My car has been making a funny noise. —often used as a sentence modifier Funny, things didn’t turn out the way we planned.
3 : involving trickery or deception told his prisoner not to try anything funny

I choose: To funny watching trump amuse himself.

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I’ve taken to calling the whole lot of them republicuns…

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I wish TPM hadn’t run the thing in full. An excerpt here or there would’ve worked fine.

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A few of the jokes-the ones poking fun at himself–were relatively funny. But obviously Trump didn’t write them. Most of it, and the stuff he obviously liked the best and elaborated on, was typical Trump stuff—cruel, vicious attacks. But right-wingers in general don’t get humor. Example: “‘Hey did you hear the one about the pro boxer who beat the shit out of an old homeless guy in a wheelchair who had asked him for money?’ ‘No, I didn’t hear that one.’ ‘That’s the joke! He beat the shit of him! I been laughing all day at that one.’” OK, maybe I made that up, but it’s pretty close to the truth.

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I’d like to see them discuss the Violence Against Women legislation Joe sponsored in 1994 and then move on the Bill of Rights and circle back to the 25th Amendment

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The people went home with the sound of his voice and his madness in their heads. Pity them. Lots of head shaking.

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I wish I hadn’t read the damn thing in full. What the hell was I thinking?? I suppose it was like watching a train wreck. Couldn’t look away.

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I couldn’t, I skimmed it. I’ve read enough of his ad lib remarks to know what was ahead. Grievances, self aggrandizement, child like insults, and a complete me, me, me.

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common sense and logic would result in any intelligent human being concluding. the difference in starting point and Donald J Trump between Maxine Walters and he are enormous. Richie Rich / Donnie two scoops is questioning her Intelligence . boo hoo Donnie! Those “Blacks”.
what have they got to lose?"

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Not even Geraldine Brooks.

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Florida debated gun control for 15 minutes on a Saturday, then went into recess.

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Funny!!!

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Self-deprecating? You keep using that word. I don’t think it means what you think it means.

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That’s perfect! Short fingers and no discernible naughty bits

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Brooks knows about plagues. Like the one that was visited on us in January 2017.

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True, but with huge differences between them and the nature of their “humor” (in quotes for Trump, not Rickles).

Rickles’s attack humor was never based on “I’m great, you’re not.” Sharp attacks, but no self-aggrandizement, and his targets were willing participants. Everyone who knew him said that offstage he was sweet, kind, and generous. None of that is true for Dear Leader.

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Am I the only one who thinks it’s weird that he elected to go to this thing this year? It’s not like he’s suddenly on better terms with the MSM. I wonder if he’s lost so many of his inner circle at the WH that he feels more desperate to throw a bone to the press to try to make them feel more important and see if he can get (back?) in their graces. Which has zero chance of working cause it’s Trump we’re talking about, but still.

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