skinsmarydu Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 If Nikki Haley wants to do something worthwhile for SC, she needs to get out there and repair I-85. That stretch through her state is a ****in' nightmare. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
China Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 On 2/13/2023 at 5:04 PM, Simmsy said: Goddammit! I'm still cracking up at "Meatball Ron", I guess I'm voting for Trump next time. 4 hours ago, TradeTheBeal! said: Nikki is in for the same reason Tim is in…as a token. I need Trump to really lean into this and start calling him “Captain Calzone”. The Real Reason Trump Is Calling DeSantis ‘Meatball Ron’ For Donald Trump, the first step is always to label his victim. Indeed, assigning a good bad nickname appears to be a sine qua non in the Trump playbook. Once he gets that part right, the job is half-done. For example, “Crazy Joe” (which gave way to the superior “Sleepy Joe”) never resonated the way “Crooked Hillary” (or Lyin’ Ted, “Low Energy Jeb,” and Lil’ Marco) did. And now that “Meatball Ron” has become his leading moniker for Ron DeSantis, Trump might have landed on another keeper. Back in 2016, when Trump first started gaining traction, a few outlets dug into why his nicknames were working. Some people saw it primarily as a symptom of the coarsening of discourse and dirty political fighting he reveled in; but others spotted an evil genius at work. One theory argued that our attention spans are getting shorter and shorter, and Trump understood how to succinctly capture the most negative framing of a person’s fundamental nature. “Trump realizes campaigns, especially for president, aren’t about issues—they’re all about personalities, especially for independent voters,” Brad Bannon, a Democratic strategist, told Roll Call. Evan Siegfried, a Republican strategist, concurred, saying, “The bottom line is: Trump’s nicknames stick.” The good news for DeSantis is that this specific technique is not currently being used on him (stay tuned for “Groomin’ Ron”). But what does “meatball” even mean? The New York Times calls it “an apparent dig at [DeSantis’s] appearance,” which I take to suggest a shorter, pudgier frame—while hinting at a lock of social grace. But “meatball” is also a slur against Italian-Americans (all eight of DeSantis’ great-grandparents came here from Italy). Click on the link for the full article How about we give Donald Trump a nickname that sticks, something like Treasonous Trump? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinsmarydu Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 Certain elements of the company I work for is "Meatball Mafia". 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooked Crack Posted February 15, 2023 Share Posted February 15, 2023 Snowflakes can't handle the name Meatball Ron 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TradeTheBeal! Posted February 15, 2023 Share Posted February 15, 2023 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Evil Genius Posted February 15, 2023 Share Posted February 15, 2023 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Wiggles Posted February 15, 2023 Share Posted February 15, 2023 (edited) Her poll numbers might get a small bump from the neo Confederate crowd once they see that. 🤣 Edited February 15, 2023 by Captain Wiggles 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hail2skins Posted February 15, 2023 Share Posted February 15, 2023 3 hours ago, Cooked Crack said: Snowflakes can't handle the name Meatball Ron If you ever refer to Levin as the hack that he is, his fanboys always replay "But.....but....but......he's a constitutional lawyer" What a moron. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
88Comrade2000 Posted February 15, 2023 Author Share Posted February 15, 2023 Haley announcing right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
@DCGoldPants Posted February 15, 2023 Share Posted February 15, 2023 1 hour ago, 88Comrade2000 said: Haley announcing right now. If a Haley announcement happens and nobody really cares? Does it make a sound? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hail2skins Posted February 15, 2023 Share Posted February 15, 2023 Lot of "fake news" sources cited in this Trump email attacking Haley:  1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Wiggles Posted February 15, 2023 Share Posted February 15, 2023 Quote "Nork Korea" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fergasun Posted February 15, 2023 Share Posted February 15, 2023 Brilliant. Trump is going to knock out the entire GOP field over Social Security and Medicare cuts. And then Trump is going to act like he didn't propose cutting Medicare or Social Security either in his FY19, FY20, and FY21 budgets. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Evil Genius Posted February 15, 2023 Share Posted February 15, 2023 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Wiggles Posted February 15, 2023 Share Posted February 15, 2023 Can't wait to see what nickname Trump gives Nimrata. It's gonna be way more racist than meatball methinks. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmirOfShmo Posted February 16, 2023 Share Posted February 16, 2023 3 hours ago, Captain Wiggles said: Can't wait to see what nickname Trump gives Nimrata. It's gonna be way more racist than meatball methinks. I'm waiting for the GQP reaction when they realize her name is Nimrata & she's of Indian descent. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooked Crack Posted February 16, 2023 Share Posted February 16, 2023 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Wiggles Posted February 16, 2023 Share Posted February 16, 2023 As if either one has any actual policies. 🤭 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TradeTheBeal! Posted February 16, 2023 Share Posted February 16, 2023 4 hours ago, Captain Wiggles said: Can't wait to see what nickname Trump gives Nimrata. It's gonna be way more racist than meatball methinks. Little Nikki Biryani. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCB Posted February 16, 2023 Share Posted February 16, 2023 Nikka Tikka Masala? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Evil Genius Posted February 16, 2023 Share Posted February 16, 2023 What a ****. 11 hours ago, TradeTheBeal! said: Little Nikki Biryani. 9 hours ago, JCB said: Nikka Tikka Masala? Too hard for Trump to pronounce. It will be something dumb like Nimrod Nikki. Or he will say she did something something something bad every speech and call her Naughty Nikki. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooked Crack Posted February 16, 2023 Share Posted February 16, 2023 When going woke goes wrong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadySkinsFan Posted February 16, 2023 Share Posted February 16, 2023 Hagee is an awful person. A fascist for sure, misogynist, white supremist, and more. Probably thinks he's Hitler reborn and uses religion as a grift. Truly horrible. Haley trying to out Trump Trump. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Posted February 16, 2023 Share Posted February 16, 2023 4 hours ago, LadySkinsFan said: Haley trying to out Trump Trump. Has anybody ever lost a Republican primary, (or failed to get media attention, for that matter), by being too far Right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadySkinsFan Posted February 16, 2023 Share Posted February 16, 2023 31 minutes ago, Larry said: Has anybody ever lost a Republican primary, (or failed to get media attention, for that matter), by being too far Right? Not in the past couple of decades. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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