RaiGuy
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He would have still won lol. It would be a Weekend at Bernie's type deal, which is what we basically have now with Stephen Miller and oligarchs controlling the puppet.
Trump's Anniversary Assassination Attempt
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rodoheel
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“Controlling the puppet” isn’t the right way to think about a Trump presidency. Trump very much has a mind of his own and doesn’t let anyone pull his strings. It’s more like Trump is an angry bull stomping around and charging at things and people like Miller are waving red capes at him to get his attention.
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I’m going to avoid commenting on this thread so I don’t say what I’d like to say.
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In my lifetime there have been several presidential assassination attempts ...
I was a 12 yo 6th grader when JFK was assassinated. When the principal came in to inform us and escort us to the cafeteria to watch the tv news reports, one student stood up smiling and clapped. I was confused at the time, but as I came to know him as an adult, I realized he was a bigot and I have little doubt he is a Trumper today.
At 12 yo I could not appreciate the profound effect that JFK's assassination had on America and the death of Camelot. Obama revived Camelot but the revival ended when he left office.
I have no vivid recollection where I was when a Charles Manson loony tried to assassinate Gerald Ford. The news reporting focused more on Squeaky Fromme .
There was another attempt on Ford by a woman a couple of weeks later. She was a loon; the news reporting was short lived because that woman was an ordinary run of the mill loon unlike the Charles Manson loon.
The assassination attempt on Reagan was a big story in the media because Reagan was hit by a bullet and the would be assassin's motivation was to impress Jodie Foster. Reagan's press secretary, James Brady, was shot and received a severe brain injury.
His injury inspired his wife and others to push for control which led to passage of the Brady Bill ( no one referred as the Big Beautiful Brady Bill ) despite strong opposition from the NRA
The Trump assassination attempt would have had the same short lived news coverage as the two attempts on Ford back in the day, but Trump exploited the event throughout his campaign and kept the story alive.
For the record, I have not celebrated any presidential assassination attempt. Other than Trump exploiting the attempt on him, I am glad he was not made a martyr that day.
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I was a 12 yo 6th grader when JFK was assassinated. When the principal came in to inform us and escort us to the cafeteria to watch the tv news reports, one student stood up smiling and clapped. I was confused at the time, but as I came to know him as an adult, I realized he was a bigot and I have little doubt he is a Trumper today.
At 12 yo I could not appreciate the profound effect that JFK's assassination had on America and the death of Camelot. Obama revived Camelot but the revival ended when he left office.
I have no vivid recollection where I was when a Charles Manson loony tried to assassinate Gerald Ford. The news reporting focused more on Squeaky Fromme .
There was another attempt on Ford by a woman a couple of weeks later. She was a loon; the news reporting was short lived because that woman was an ordinary run of the mill loon unlike the Charles Manson loon.
The assassination attempt on Reagan was a big story in the media because Reagan was hit by a bullet and the would be assassin's motivation was to impress Jodie Foster. Reagan's press secretary, James Brady, was shot and received a severe brain injury.
His injury inspired his wife and others to push for control which led to passage of the Brady Bill ( no one referred as the Big Beautiful Brady Bill ) despite strong opposition from the NRA
The Trump assassination attempt would have had the same short lived news coverage as the two attempts on Ford back in the day, but Trump exploited the event throughout his campaign and kept the story alive.
For the record, I have not celebrated any presidential assassination attempt. Other than Trump exploiting the attempt on him, I am glad he was not made a martyr that day.
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