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CurtOne

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« Reply #4530 on: September 16, 2020, 06:24:49 pm »
He was pretty slick last night.  Being able to lie in the face of video proof is extraordinary.  No wonder people believe him; he is amazingly convincing with his performance.

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« Reply #4531 on: September 16, 2020, 07:28:26 pm »
So I’m supposed to believe the Trump knows more than the head of CDC about when a vaccine and how effective masks are?

Unless the US is sitting on 600 million doses of each of the of the leading vaccine candidates it is going to be a rolling distribution of the vaccine with likely only healthcare workers getting it in 2020. Why 600 million because all but one of the vaccines are going to be a series of 2 shots and they can’t manufacture enough for 300 million people in 1 week. I mean my practice is worrying about running out of syringes to give flu shots.

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« Reply #4532 on: September 16, 2020, 11:09:11 pm »
Don't worry, he said on ABC that Coronavirus would go away because of herd mentality.

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« Reply #4533 on: September 17, 2020, 01:06:11 pm »
So I’m supposed to believe the Trump knows more than the head of CDC about when a vaccine and how effective masks are?

Unless the US is sitting on 600 million doses of each of the of the leading vaccine candidates it is going to be a rolling distribution of the vaccine with likely only healthcare workers getting it in 2020. Why 600 million because all but one of the vaccines are going to be a series of 2 shots and they can’t manufacture enough for 300 million people in 1 week. I mean my practice is worrying about running out of syringes to give flu shots.

CBJ, you're supposed to believe Trumps knows more about everything than everyone. He's regularly stated he knows more about the military than the generals, the economy than leading economists, trade than anybody, etc.

It's classic, textbook narcissistic personality disorder, and potentially of the more dangerous malignant subtype.

Jack Birdbath

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« Reply #4534 on: September 17, 2020, 01:41:02 pm »
CBJ, you're supposed to believe Trumps knows more about everything than everyone. He's regularly stated he knows more about the military than the generals, the economy than leading economists, trade than anybody, etc.

It's classic, textbook narcissistic personality disorder, and potentially of the more dangerous malignant subtype.

The rule of thumb with Trump is that when he says he knows all about something, he knows nothing.  When he claims to know nothing, he knows a lot (and it’s always very damaging to him).

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« Reply #4535 on: September 17, 2020, 05:32:12 pm »
It's difficult to decide which is more terrifying:  the level of Donald Trump's reality-impairment or the fact that his approval rating is still around 40%.  Rubes.

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« Reply #4536 on: September 17, 2020, 05:54:10 pm »
It's difficult to decide which is more terrifying:  the level of Donald Trump's reality-impairment or the fact that his approval rating is still around 40%.  Rubes.
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« Reply #4537 on: September 17, 2020, 05:55:35 pm »
COVID has one good thing going for it, I don't have to shake hands with all those disgusting people.  -- Donald Trump

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« Reply #4538 on: September 17, 2020, 06:31:03 pm »
Deplorable didn’t even begin to describe these people.   It’s going to be nauseating when everyone starts talking about unity and working together when Trump is out. F that. These people are horrible and there is nothing about the way they want to run the country that is worth considering. 

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« Reply #4539 on: September 17, 2020, 06:37:45 pm »
It's difficult to decide which is more terrifying:  the level of Donald Trump's reality-impairment or the fact that his approval rating is still around 40%.  Rubes.

Not for me. The latter is far more terrifying, since they are not going away after January.
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« Reply #4540 on: September 17, 2020, 07:56:49 pm »
Not for me. The latter is far more terrifying, since they are not going away after January.

Neither is Trump, unless he's dragged out by the hair.

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« Reply #4541 on: September 17, 2020, 09:19:02 pm »
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The latter is far more terrifying, since they are not going away after January.

Yeah, you're right.  Imagine if Trump were competent rather than a delusional imbecile.  Tucker Carlson.  Or Tom Cotton, maybe.

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« Reply #4542 on: September 17, 2020, 10:16:25 pm »
I think the Woodward tapes reveal that there's more calculation and less delusion there than most people credit.  Though there's certainly plenty of both.

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« Reply #4543 on: September 18, 2020, 12:18:50 am »
Think that Trump perhaps is the greatest marketer of a target audience who ever lived.

Before Trump, I would have said PT Barnum, but not even close anymore. To be so great at this, one has to be calculated and skillful in reaching and convincing the audience in that targeted group. Trump is without peer at that.

Think he also is very aware of how the anti and non-Trumpers operate too. He doesn’t bother to convince folks he knows are not his supporters. Doesn’t care. But, he has a keen sense of what they’re doing. And, he uses that to encourage his supporters—-of course with lies, gross exaggerations, slurs of all kinds. He is a master of playing to the fears of that targeted audience. Everybody has fears of some kind. It’s human nature.

Hoping that his targeted audience is going to be outnumbered in November by enough folks that don’t fall for his act. But, this guy is a marketing genius at what he does.

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« Reply #4544 on: September 18, 2020, 09:10:49 am »
I know he scares a lot of people, but Trump mostly bores me.  No ideas.  No point in listening to what he says since it's almost impossible to extract the few things that might be true.  He's a typical bully and an attention seeker.  Hopefully, he will soon go back to reality TV which is where he belongs.