There will better dressed street performers in DC after Friday.
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It’s too bad my band, The GOBs, never made it off the ground (our big hit was going to be I’ve Made A Huge Mistake).
I’m not predicting anything. Whoever is paying to beg random Facebook people to attend (whether Orange Caesar or some of his Tribunes) is predicting. We’re just hoping and imagining the possibilities.
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If he still needs a band, are the Piss Shivers busy?
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Dude. He had his staffers stand to the side and cheer for him at his first press conference. Everyone in that room could see who was doing the cheering. In a press briefing room. Where neither audiences or cheering are a thing.
He doesn’t care if it gets called out. As it did with the lobby stunt. Or the many rally’s where he repeatedly claimed the press wouldn’t shoot his “yuge crowds”, so they did. And the room was empty.
He cares about seeing a bunch of people cheer for him at all times, regardless of motivation. And later using out of context clips of the bunch of people to “prove” something.
He’ll have staged crowds. The press will call him out. He’ll shout “fake news”. My conservative neighbors will feel smug. And it’ll have no effect.
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It might not be an intentional modification. I’m not sure he can speak in anything other than word salad anymore.
Hey, remember when Obama stumbled over a bit of the oath of office and the conservatives freaked out? But of course Trump will just be too busy thinking about … important president things, when he does.
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It wasn’t even Obama who stumbled it, it was Roberts. Because he decided to wing it and do it from memory, rather than just read it off a stupid card.
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Fortunately I have to work that day so I can’t possibly watch the Inauguration. (Praise Eris!) If I was going to be home, I think I’d put on my Blazing Saddles DVD instead. Or I’m hoping I’ll be able to borrow Bernie’s Our Revolution book from the library via my Kindle. I’d much rather read that than watch the Giant Traffic Cone get sworn at in.
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Oooh that’s right! I misremembered that because, well, everything is Obama’s fault, right?
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It sort of feels the same to me. I can understand the reluctance of performers to show up, because of the death threats and such, but people attend such events just to be part of the event. Unless there is going to be a bombing or chemical weapons attack. I could even see gawkers showing up just to say they were on the grassy knoll when the shots rang out.
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Maybe go with a little low-rider salute to the Confederate Flag in the parade and draw out the Alt-Whites.
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I wish I could afford to join you at the main march in Washington DC. Somewhat envious, but at least we’ll be attending a local sister march. I shipped 11 pussyhats for the DC march.
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What a coincidence! After work, I’ll be swinging by the animal shelter to brush the kitties.
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That would be a neat trick, and largely ineffectual even if he could pull it off. NPR receives -zero- Fedbucks directly for operations; the <10% they get from federal sources is via the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), created by Congress. If he tries to mess with CPB he’ll be pissing off part of his base, since CPB gives most of its money to Public Television, a favorite of the older, white, male demo. Bullying the States into shutting down their 8% or so might work in some Red States, but I imagine NPR members would replace that lost income rather quickly.
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Don’t despair my fellow smooth-pated happy mutant, There’s always options for a plausible hair-based excuse.
Grow a beard, say you’re washing that. If you can’t grow a beard, grow armpit hair, say you’re braiding it. If you can’t…etc
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I managed to timetravel into the future and obtain some of the photos of the crowd at Drumpf’s rally … er, inauguration. I share them with you now:
You can tell they’re totally legit because of the hair.
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Worked for these guys:
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My combover is totally NOT MY EAR HAIR.
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Animal-shelter volunteering gets ALL THE UP-VOTES.
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I have a beard, which I can easily trim into a John Bolton mustache. Then Trump will want nothing to do with me!
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