Bob Shepherd was looking ahead a few months back and correctly predicted that Trump would run for president again. Little did Bob know that Trump would make his announcement right after the midterm elections, when most of his hand-picked candidates lost.
Bob drafted some campaign slogans for Trump’s race.
Please vote for me. Otherwise, I go to prison.
Why just documents in the toilet? Why not the whole country?
Making America Grate Again
TRUMP 2024: 20 for Obstruction of an Official Proceeding. 24 for Seditious Conspiracy
MAGA: Moscow’s Asset Governing America
The Man with No Plan and the Tan in the Can
Trump, the Relapse
Back to the Future! Way, way, way back!
Trump: For a Whiter House in 2025!
Vote for Trump or He’ll Stamp (or Stomp) His Foot, Hold His Breath, and Throw a Plate of Food
Grab ’em by the Ballot!
Cuckoo Coup Redo
If I Lose Again, Again, It’s Because It Was Rigged, Ha Ha
Because He Doesn’t Give a **** about You
No One Believes Any of This B***S*** I’m Saying, but People Vote for Me Anyway –Donald Trump
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Make America go away…
I find this consistent Russian troll to be as vulgar and obscene as anything else posted on this blog.
True, she loves Putin. The comment here was suggested as a campaign slogan for Trump 2024.
I am not a Russian troll…I am a realist, one who sees things the way they are. America’s meddling all over the world – not to mention all over Europe, risks igniting WW 3 on the European continent where I happen to reside. Two world wars not enough??? All American troops should be kicked out of Europe.
You are entitled to your views. Your admiration for mass murderer and dictator Putin is puzzling, actually reprehensible. No different from admiring Stalin and Hitler and Mao.
And when America keeps doing business with murderous regimes (Saudi Arabia), dictators (actually installed/supported by US), undermining freely elected presidents…your conscience is OK with this, Diane???
I don’t like the Saudis, Vera. But I think the USA is infinitely superior to Russia under dictator-for-life Putin. I can criticize the President without being arrested or murdered. Of course we have our flaws. I despised Trump and said so daily. No media was closed for ctt try itivising him.
This was, perhaps, the slogan for the whole Russian operation to put their asset Trump in the Oval.
I don’t know what her history is, but this can be read: Trump will “make [the concept and vision of] America go away [forever”].
That’s the way I read it: as a condemnation of Trump.
The acronym MAGA wasn’t my invention. And why shouldn’t I allow myself to ‘adapt it’ to my way of seeing things? I thought America is the ‘freedom of speech’ land. ??? But while at it…yes, make America go away, stay home and leave the other 95% of world population alone…to live in peace as suits our needs.
Can anyone here show me where peskyvera has ever actually expressed any admiration for Putin? I know this is a hard concept, but criticizing America/ukraine/etc. does not mean that one loves Putin/Russia. Many things can be bad all at the same time. There was a time when the teachers of this blog understood basic logic 101.
Vera has posted many admiring comments about Putin. I have deleted most before they were posted.
Have posted many admiring comments about Putin? The only thing I keep saying about him is that he is better educated and more intelligent than so many of our Western ‘leaders’ put together. Your lie tells me that I hit a nerve…GOOD!!
Putin is a murderous thug who hates freedom. Yes, you do admire him. So that point is clear. He has said that he wants to restore the USSR. You are ok with that because he is so well educated as a KGB agent. Are you ok with his persecution of gays? He is so well educated and intelligent and he hates gays. Navalny has been given a lengthy prison sentence for criticizing Putin’s prison state. He must deserve it because Putin is so well educated and intelligent.
I prefer Joe Biden every day of the week to the murderer you admire.
You’re correct, Vera: the USA has been guilty of serious actions both domestic and abroad.
But we are allowed and encouraged to speak out against administration policies…which allows for change. And we don’t suffer the consequences of imprisonment and/or execution for those actions. That’s a big difference.
And, despite Trumps’ attempted coup, we continue to elect and eject our public officials within an officially agreed upon timetable…which is a big distinction as well.
Not perfect by any means in many ways. But I’ll take our system over what we’re seeing in Russia.
Most of what you are ‘seeing’ in Russia is malicious propaganda – something the US media is VERY good at. The Russophobia driven to extremes and mostly based on lies. Don’t allow executions? How many prisoners have been executed (by electric chair or injections) who were innocent. How many prisoners are still locked up in Guantanamo awaiting their cases to be heard. And will Assange be the next Yankee victim? As I keep stating…these damn inconvenient truths that keep interfering with propagandist lies. Dance to the Yanx tune or you are done.
Anyone who loves Russia must want the murderous, homophobic, sexist, Fascist, macho ad absurdum, kleptocratic/thieving, despotic, autocratic, superstitious, warmongering, imperialist, sadistic, cold-blooded criminal killer Chekist Tsar Vladimir the Puffed, gone. Preferably, tried before the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity and war crimes, but it would be as well for Russia and the world if he went the way of such others of his ilk as Mussolini and Gadhafi.
Bob…you are a hypocrite!!! Care to talk a bit about all the murderous wars the US has staged – abroad and in America? How many thousands of American indigenous people were massacred? It is estimated that since the end of WW 2 about 30 million people have perisehed because of US actions all over the world. And you seem OK with this…so WHO is the murder? No country is perfect (and people either) but it is America that keeps bragging to the world of being something it most certainly AIN’T!!!
Now explain why you admire Putin so much. One man dictator for life. Beats and arrests protestors. Murders journalists. No personal freedoms. No dissent allowed.
I don’t post excuses for U.S. wars conducted in violation of international law, oh pesky one. The Second Iraq War, for example, shared in common with the invasion of Ukraine the fact that it was an illegal violation of the territorial integrity of a fellow UN member state and the facts that war crimes and crimes against humanity were committed by the U.S. there. If you paid much attention, you would know how I feel about these matters because I write about them here a lot. However, I don’t expect you to be able to distinguish truth from fiction, or that the actual truth of this would concern you because it’s clear that you have one song to sing, and that is the glory of the wholesale murder of civilians and other extremist violations of international law being conducted by the Chekist Putin and his forces. It’s sickening that you do so, Pesky. Grotesque and either profoundly mentally disturbed or in the pay of very evil operators.
To GrebB: you show me where I was vulgar and obscene. If you can’t stand truths that is your problem, not mine.
Vera,
Your fidelity to mass murderer Putin is vulgar and obscene.
And would any ‘fidelity’ to all the American mass murder presidents suit you better? What I admire in Putin is that he absolutely refuses to bend over and be screwed by America. A bit crass but this is how I see it. Besides, Putin has more intelligence and better education than many Western ‘leaders’ put together. And you give this big sermon about freedom in America…yet you, as you state, don’t post certain of my comments. And what ‘freedom’ is this? Ah…this damn inconvenient truths…how they keep getting in the way of propaganda lies.
Did you also admire Stalin?
https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2022/05/world/ukraine-war-photographers-cnnphotos/
Thanks for the clever, amusing slogans, Bob. I read in the local paper this morning, that in a recent poll in Florida about a third of the respondents still had a favorable impression of Trump. Incredible! Another recent poll from NPR/PBS found that eight out of ten Americans believe that democracy is under threat.
Just a bit of math suggests that the 8 of 10 includes many of the Trump supporters. They believe that he is the savoir of, not the bane of American Democracy.
“Ex-President: Still Plowing the Road for my loyal and afraid-of-me Senators, Representatives, and Governors”
“If you can’t read this, thank my ring kissers”
and the spin off
“Keep Hate Alive”
If this guy is not the poster child (child) caring not one iota for constituents and the country, the fractious nightmare in the House right now is the living example of his leadership – leading an entire party to the brink of not caring about constituents and the country.
Your last two slogans are particularly succinct and to-the-point!
Regarding “…leading an entire party to the brink of not caring about constituents and country”, I must disagree.
First, leave out “to the brink”. Many have gone way beyond.
Second, these ignorant or self-aware traitors have always been part of us, in America and around the world. Perhaps trump has done us a favor by encouraging them to come out from under their rocks.
Within the McCarthy kerfuffle, there is the underlying opposition to Trump form the distant right, which did not budge yesterday after Trump’s endorsement of McCarthy. The right has passed our orange friend.
Roy, explain this further. I have been trying to understand this phenomenon. Does the “distant right” regard McC. as a “johnny-come-lately” or imposter because he dismissed trump in the beginning? Has the distant right decided trump is no longer useful–done and useless? Are they trying to force McC. and the rest of the party to give them powerful committee chairmanships and promise to pursue anti-American policies ?
My guess is that the longer this group votes no, the more Kevin gives them.
From all I can tell, the 20 or so who oppose McCarthy are just trying to get all they can. I think they are less ideologically driven than they are power driven, but what do I know?
Yes, I think those are the major factors: “…they are less ideologically driven than they are power driven” and “…the more Kevin gives them.” No honor among thieves there; will be interesting to see what happens if trump returns to power.
To gain the speakership, Kevin sacrificed his pride and any control he might have had. The Chaos Caucus owns him.
Will the “chaos caucus” (love this epithet) continue to disrupt? Or is this whole thing a set up to make them seem powerful and anti-government before they enrich themselves at the expense of their constituents?
I just received this lead story from Grid Today, Cameron Hood editor, entitled–
The Democrats, the Republicans, and the Freedom Caucus: Inside the Right’s Plans to Seize Power in the New Congress. [https://www.grid.news/politics/]
I have only glanced at it, but the argument seems to be that the extreme right is scheming to get more power than its numbers in the House would predict.
Brilliant! Thanks, Bob.
Immediate thoughts on each slogan:
Oh my poor sphincter!
We’re gonna need a bigger toilet.
When did America not grate?
Seditious Disruption is a better slogan.
No need for the “et” in “Asset.”
Hard to plan for a tan if you’re sitting in the can.
I’m thinking prolapse.
Bought the Way Back Machine from Peabody!
It’s actually white gold. Got the idea from a powder I saw in Florida.
(Remind Melonia to hire a stomper, breath-holder, and thrower!)
But watch for the bamboo slivers!
It’ll be a Lulu!
Politics is no different than golf for me.
But as long I bring the cruel hate, you don’t care.
I know you need me to say what you want to believe and think.
M oscow
A lready
G overned
A merica
Yes. This is the most astonishing and horrific intelligence outcome in modern history. Totally bizarre that as long as they could depend upon this traitor to allow them to pillage the nation, an entire U.S. political party was fine with this.
“MAGA: Moscow’s Asset Governing America”.
Perfect Political Slogan.
Think you may have found your new career, Bob.
I have an embarrassment of choices in that regard.
Beauty influencer on Instagram and TikTok because I’m fabulous that way? Japanese pop music idol? Dirigible driver? Cat wrangler? Crow whisperer? King of Thailand? Masked avenger? Low-wire artist? Rock trainer? (“Sit, rock, sit.”) Alienist? Ghost buster? Yoga pants designer? Poet taster? Evolution research and development engineer? Plant psychotherapist?
With so many potential vocations, it is difficult to decide upon one.
You forgot sock model
Ah, someDAM, those glorious days of sock modeling are behind me now!
Make Attorney General Abscond
Make Attorney General Absent
Make Attorney General A-mouse
Make Attorney General A-republican
Make Attorney General Answerable-to-me
Make A Garland Absent
….
Make A Garland Apathetic
Oh, wait. He is already
Make A Garland A-footnote
Make A General Anarchy
Make America Gag Again
yup. All of the above.