Trump's cabinet choices.

[dneal]

Marco Rubio seems like a serious person. Not that I agree with him, but he is a real person.

He is a simp Trump bootlicker. And yup, a real one.

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[Warbler]

the broken record is strong with this one.

[dneal]

Indeed, but "TDS" isn't a broken record. It plays back what it hears.

Examples:

"hE iS a sImP tRuMp BoOtLiCkEr!!!"

Does that sound like conversation among adults? Has TSherbs ever met or spent any time around Marco Rubio? Has he seen him lick Trump's boot?

Of course not. It's juvenile nonsense. It's irrational. It's derangement, because Trump.

Here's another:

"hE sAiD hE WiLL bE A dIcTaToR!!!"

If you don't like hearing "TDS" repeatedly, don't demonstrate it repeatedly.

[Warbler]

Indeed, but "TDS" isn't a broken record. It plays back what it hears.

Examples:

"hE iS a sImP tRuMp BoOtLiCkEr!!!"

Does that sound like conversation among adults?

Not when You capitalize every other letter like that.

Has TSherbs ever met or spent any time around Marco Rubio? Has he seen him lick Trump's boot?

don't know, but I do know that Trump requires absolute loyalty.

Of course not. It's juvenile nonsense. It's irrational. It's derangement, because Trump.

Because sometime Trump is juvenile, irrational, and/or deranged at times?

Here's another:

"hE sAiD hE WiLL bE A dIcTaToR!!!"

He may have meant the "except on day one" thing as tongue in cheek, but we shall see. As far as I am concerned, the jury is out. I do hope he does not try to be a dictator, as he would not face much resistance.

If you don't like hearing "TDS" repeatedly, don't demonstrate it repeatedly.[/QUOTE]


Has anyone here said that phrase recently? You throwing around "he said he will be a dictator", with every other letter capitalized is also getting to be a broken record.

[dneal]

Indeed, but "TDS" isn't a broken record. It plays back what it hears.

Examples:

"hE iS a sImP tRuMp BoOtLiCkEr!!!"

Does that sound like conversation among adults?

Not when You capitalize every other letter like that.

Yet the content is the same, whether bolded, italicized, or "spongebob memed" for different types of emphasis.

The pedantry begins.

Has TSherbs ever met or spent any time around Marco Rubio? Has he seen him lick Trump's boot?

don't know, but I do know that Trump requires absolute loyalty.

And now the irrelevant deflection.

Of course not. It's juvenile nonsense. It's irrational. It's derangement, because Trump.

Because sometime Trump is juvenile, irrational, and/or deranged at times?

Trump doesn't post here.

More deflection.

Here's another:

"hE sAiD hE WiLL bE A dIcTaToR!!!"

He may have meant the "except on day one" thing as tongue in cheek, but we shall see. As far as I am concerned, the jury is out. I do hope he does not try to be a dictator, as he would not face much resistance.

If you don't like hearing "TDS" repeatedly, don't demonstrate it repeatedly.

Has anyone here said that phrase recently? You throwing around "he said he will be a dictator", with every other letter capitalized is also getting to be a broken record.

Pedantry intensifies. Are we going to argue the exact phrasing vs the characterization? or quibble about "recently"?

Here you are less than a month ago, still asserting it.

As for your dislike for a "broken record", it still hasn't occured to you that I post "TDS" when I point out the symptom is being displayed. The incessant, juvenile whining about all things related to Trump is the broken record. So again, if you don't like it, don't do it. You can also ask others to stop, rather than complain about way I point it out; because that's also unlikely to change.

One may criticize a nominee like a rational adult. I'm not a fan of Tulsi, because she seems a bit disingenuous and a bit of an opportunist. She defied the party and was ostracized, and labeled a "Russian asset" by Hillary - which is still repeated by Democrats. That's ridiculous. She left that party, sought refuge with MAGA, but has flip-flopped on key positions (e.g.: 2A), with no explanation of why she believes her previous position was incorrect. One may compare that to Vance's criticisms of Trump, and call him an opportunist; but he also went on record with the reason for the change of opinion - which revolved around Trump's performance during his first term.

I still think Tulsi doesn't have the background nor experience to be the DNI - mainly because she has no real executive experience.

I didn't like Gaetz as the AG nominee, because of his "firebrand" baggage. That's fine for soundbites from a hearing, but not for the AG job.

I still don't think Hegseth should be SECDEF, for reasons mentioned previously as well as others. I doubt he gets Senate confirmation.

Do you see the difference in tenor?

[TSherbs]

Trump doesn't post here.

This is one of the weakest things you have written here in a long time. This illustrates just how capricious and biased your thinking is, despite all your bragging and chest-thumping about how reasonable and neutral and analytical you are.

"Trump doesn't post here."

That's fucking awesome!

[dneal]

Trump doesn't post here.

This is one of the weakest things you have written here in a long time. This illustrates just how capricious and biased your thinking is, despite all your bragging and chest-thumping about how reasonable and neutral and analytical you are.

"Trump doesn't post here."

That's fucking awesome!

See? just mentioning the orange one triggers TSherbs' TDS and his constructing yet another narrative that he can't substantiate.

Herr Forumscheisser strikes again.

[Warbler]

Indeed, but "TDS" isn't a broken record. It plays back what it hears.

Examples:

"hE iS a sImP tRuMp BoOtLiCkEr!!!"

Does that sound like conversation among adults?

Not when You capitalize every other letter like that.

Yet the content is the same, whether bolded, italicized, or "spongebob memed" for different types of emphasis.

The pedantry begins.

Ah here we go with the broke record of me being pedantic again. So sorry that I think the small details are important.

Has TSherbs ever met or spent any time around Marco Rubio? Has he seen him lick Trump's boot?

don't know, but I do know that Trump requires absolute loyalty.

And now the irrelevant deflection.

It is not irrelevant, since Trump requires absolutely loyalty, it stands to reason that Rubio had to do a fair amount of butt kissing and boot licking.

Here's another:

"hE sAiD hE WiLL bE A dIcTaToR!!!"

He may have meant the "except on day one" thing as tongue in cheek, but we shall see. As far as I am concerned, the jury is out. I do hope he does not try to be a dictator, as he would not face much resistance.

If you don't like hearing "TDS" repeatedly, don't demonstrate it repeatedly.

Has anyone here said that phrase recently? You throwing around "he said he will be a dictator", with every other letter capitalized is also getting to be a broken record.

Pedantry intensifies. Are we going to argue the exact phrasing vs the characterization? or quibble about "recently"?

Rudeness and obnoxiousness intensifies. I’ve stopped using the phrase, I have admitted he may have meant it tongue in cheek. But if. You want me to act like there isn’t a huge concern that he might abuse his power when he talks about terminating the Constitution, and with his history of pressuring Georgia to fine more votes and his attempts to set up fake sets of electors and his attempt to get Pence to block election confirmation and the riot he incited, I won’t. Especially when you throw in the lack of anyone or anything to keep him in check this time around.

Here you are less than a month ago, still asserting it.

As for your dislike for a "broken record", it still hasn't occured to you that I post "TDS" when I point out the symptom is being displayed. The incessant, juvenile whining about all things related to Trump is the broken record. So again, if you don't like it, don't do it. You can also ask others to stop, rather than complain about way I point it out; because that's also unlikely to change.

What you are doing when you say “TDS” is insulting us instead of showing us as how we are wrong. The “TDS” thing is itself juvenile. I could just as easily throw around “TWS” everytime you defend Trump, but I don’t.

[Warbler]

One may criticize a nominee like a rational adult. I'm not a fan of Tulsi, because she seems a bit disingenuous and a bit of an opportunist. She defied the party and was ostracized, and labeled a "Russian asset" by Hillary - which is still repeated by Democrats. That's ridiculous. She left that party, sought refuge with MAGA, but has flip-flopped on key positions (e.g.: 2A), with no explanation of why she believes her previous position was incorrect. One may compare that to Vance's criticisms of Trump, and call him an opportunist; but he also went on record with the reason for the change of opinion - which revolved around Trump's performance during his first term.

I still think Tulsi doesn't have the background nor experience to be the DNI - mainly because she has no real executive experience.

I didn't like Gaetz as the AG nominee, because of his "firebrand" baggage. That's fine for soundbites from a hearing, but not for the AG job.

I still don't think Hegseth should be SECDEF, for reasons mentioned previously as well as others. I doubt he gets Senate confirmation.

Do you see the difference in tenor?

I see a tenor here that you do not use with us and yet you expect us to use it with you.

[TSherbs]

Trump doesn't post here.

This is one of the weakest things you have written here in a long time. This illustrates just how capricious and biased your thinking is, despite all your bragging and chest-thumping about how reasonable and neutral and analytical you are.

"Trump doesn't post here."

That's fucking awesome!

See? just mentioning the orange one triggers TSherbs' TDS and his constructing yet another narrative that he can't substantiate.

Herr Forumscheisser strikes again.

You are going kind of crazy now, dneal. You ok? My post wasn't about Trump; it was about you making the suggestion that one shouldn't express strong feelings about a president's statements because he doesn't post them here at FPG.

That's....just....nonsense.

As far as I can recall, no politician that ever gets our criticism or praise here actually posts here. So...you doing ok? Or is it your EOC derangement syndrome that has caused you to strike out at Warbler willy-nilly with such a weak criticism?

If you suspect that Warbler is EOC, why do you ever respond to him? Why pick away at him with repetitive nonsense and the same label time after time? If he is actually just a dude from Jersey and has a liberal (but at times not) leaning, why are you such an asshole mutt to him, pissing on all his posts with your faux-rational urine? Why don't you just fuck off and let him rant occasionally (or express his fears) in a thread likely to contain some ranting?

[dneal]

You are going kind of crazy now, dneal. You ok? My post wasn't about Trump; it was about you making the suggestion that one shouldn't express strong feelings about a president's statements because he doesn't post them here at FPG.

That's....just....nonsense.

As far as I can recall, no politician that ever gets our criticism or praise here actually posts here. So...you doing ok? Or is it your EOC derangement syndrome that has caused you to strike out at Warbler willy-nilly with such a weak criticism?

If you suspect that Warbler is EOC, why do you ever respond to him? Why pick away at him with repetitive nonsense and the same label time after time? If he is actually just a dude from Jersey and has a liberal (but at times not) leaning, why are you such an asshole mutt to him, pissing on all his posts with your faux-rational urine? Why don't you just fuck off and let him rant occasionally (or express his fears) in a thread likely to contain some ranting?

More narratives you can't substantiate.

We ought to rename this sub "TNT, We Got Drama".

Note posts 1-9 (exempting 5), where Warbler and I were conversing civilly, and compare it to post #10, where Herr Forumscheisser leaves the first deposit.

[dneal]

Ah here we go with the broke record of me being pedantic again.

If you don't like me pointing it out, don't create the opportunity.

[TSherbs]

One may criticize a nominee like a rational adult. I'm not a fan of Tulsi, because she seems a bit disingenuous and a bit of an opportunist. She defied the party and was ostracized, and labeled a "Russian asset" by Hillary - which is still repeated by Democrats. That's ridiculous. She left that party, sought refuge with MAGA, but has flip-flopped on key positions (e.g.: 2A), with no explanation of why she believes her previous position was incorrect. One may compare that to Vance's criticisms of Trump, and call him an opportunist; but he also went on record with the reason for the change of opinion - which revolved around Trump's performance during his first term.

I still think Tulsi doesn't have the background nor experience to be the DNI - mainly because she has no real executive experience.

I didn't like Gaetz as the AG nominee, because of his "firebrand" baggage. That's fine for soundbites from a hearing, but not for the AG job.

I still don't think Hegseth should be SECDEF, for reasons mentioned previously as well as others. I doubt he gets Senate confirmation.

Do you see the difference in tenor?

I see and tenor here that you do not use with us and yet you expect us to use it with you.

You can do what you want, of course, but I freely ignore dneal's "requests" and denigrating tactics to try to force people to respond in the manner he would prefer and engage in faux-rational arguments with him. Even if you conform to his desires, he'll just denigrate you later, anyway.

[TSherbs]

Ah here we go with the broke record of me being pedantic again.

If you don't like me pointing it out, don't create the opportunity.

Are you unable to curb your urge to criticize others who emote? No one is asking you to do this, here. The rules don't say you should. We are not saying, help us not to emote. You have assigned yourself the role of shitting on emotions when directed at politicians.

Who the fuck wants you to do that? And what for? Is this some need of your own? You think you are doing some sort of service for others? For the forum? Or is it just for your own perverse jollies?

[TSherbs]

Is this because you are still trying to make us libs pay for what you perceive is our having driven out your discussion buddies years ago? You resentful? You now getting even? You being...emotional?

[dneal]

I freely ignore dneal's "requests" and denigrating tactics to try to force people to respond in the manner he would prefer and engage in faux-rational arguments with him.

Word salad admitting you can't substantiate your opinions other than that's the way you feel. This is just your latest variation. Formerly, it was "I can, but choose not to".

Are you unable to curb your urge to criticize others who emote? No one is asking you to do this, here. The rules don't say you should. We are not saying, help us not to emote. You have assigned yourself the role of shitting on emotions when directed at politicians.

Who the fuck wants you to do that? And what for? Is this some need of your own? You think you are doing some sort of service for others? For the forum? Or is it just for your own perverse jollies?

Another narrative that mischaracterizes, which can't be substantiated. Nice job with the shifting of blame/gaslighting.

If we just "emote" at each other, it would devolve to:

"Fuck You!"
"No, FUCK YOU!"

But one may see in bold that Herr Forumscheisser is already headed there.

[TSherbs]

You are just as triggered as anyone around here, you just express it differently. You can't even let go of one of Warbler's little rants where he expresses anxiety around Trump. Godsake, you are easy to pull on a string, dneal. I just gotta write anything, and you will follow up with "narrative" this or "TDS" that or smartzenhausen schnitzel. The mirror needed isn't the one in front of Warbler; it's the one in front of you.

[724Seney]

TSherbs increasing use of the "F word" is a harbinger of things to come.

The old same drill of a crescendo of F bombs followed by a statement of exasperation / intention to ignore and shortly thereafter by departure announcements.
Maybe even a notice or two that he has filed a "report."

Then, some sweet silence as he heads off for another tune-up in Rehab.

Prepare yourself Mini-Me, you'll soon be flying solo. That will be interesting to watch once there is no one around to defend your ignorance and utter stupidity.

[dneal]

You are just as triggered as anyone around here, you just express it differently. You can't even let go of one of Warbler's little rants where he expresses anxiety around Trump. Godsake, you are easy to pull on a string, dneal. I just gotta write anything, and you will follow up with "narrative" this or "TDS" that or smartzenhausen schnitzel. The mirror needed isn't the one in front of Warbler; it's the one in front of you.

And yet another bizarre narrative, this time invoking the "we all do it" excuse.

What's particularly amusing is that my "express[ing] it differently" is that it remains unemotional and factual, where yours devolves to a string of F-bombs.

[TSherbs]

You used to provide decent content more often than not. But now you proclaim that you are some "mirror" whose duty it is to denigrate emotional and anxiety-based posts, or nearly all posts criticizing the behavior and character of politicians (even though they don't post here-- haha).

I'll repeat: Hegseth is a wackjob. He has been odd and disturbing for years, what I would deem as unfit for high leadership positions of any kind. I would NEVER vote for him.

On the flip side, it is likely that I would NEVER vote for Al Franken if he were to run for president (first name that popped into my head). But he isn't running for president nor is he nominated for a cabinet position. But Hegseth is, so he gets my downvote.

If you don't like the way I express my disdain for this choice (by Trump), then too bad. It was a bad choice, and I will say so in the manner I see fit. It's not a comment against any member here, and is based entirely on the information that we know about the man and his background. Others may like that choice, fine. But *I* don't.