• OccamsTeapot@lemmy.world
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    He is scared and coming across like a bitter asshole. The mic deep throating would have been arguably “funny” but the whole mood was sour because all he was really doing was removed and whining about them not setting up his mic properly. Surely even Trump voters must wonder how he could manage an actual problem if he turns into an absolute manbaby at the most minor of hiccups

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      Mic deep throating is funny on late night comedy TV.

      Simulating oral sex live in front of children is not.

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        That was just bizzare.

        Can you think of the leader of any other country where that would slide? I mean, not even Boris would have been that crass. Even keeping it within the States, is there a past president who would have?

        It really made me think of elderly flashers, who act that way because they have degenerative neurological disorders associated with age.

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            If you are referring to Clinton, he was so private that he lied to Congress so as to not have to say it in public.

            So no, there is no past president, in the US or any country in the world, that simulated oral sex in public. Trump did it in front of his own 17 year old grand daughter.

            And two days later, not a peep about it from anyone in the press.

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              You’re overthinking it. I was referring to Trump himself, because at the moment he is a past president, and he would have done this because, well, he just did it. It was just an attempt at humor based on the fact that Trump himself is technically in the “former president” category and not some deeper dig at Clinton.

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          I’ve made this comment before just above this one but I’m going to say it again. You want to know something I’ve never seen a drag queen do once even at a drag show…

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        Yeah I mean let’s not resort to pearl clutching. Look at the guy in the replies doing the “groomer” routine and ask if you want to be that guy.

        It’s just a joke, the kids who were in the audience (and probably shouldn’t have been) will be fine.

        There are many things to insult Trump for, no need for this ridiculous Puritanism. Personally the overt racism bothers me a lot more than a blow job joke that a kid would probably not even get

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          Republicans talked about Michelle Obama for a week because she wore a dress that bared her arms.

          You win by addressing issues that are important to the voters. It’s why Fox didn’t cover Trump’s simulated oral sex. They know that’s what’s important to their viewers.

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      Remember when saluting with a coffee in your hand would make the national news because it lacked decorum?

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          Don’t forget the colossally catastrophic fist-bump with his wife. That was quite the national embarrassment as we all can remember.

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            Do you remember that time Biden rode a bike? With a helmet of all things? So weak. Not like that Putin fellow who rides HORSES without a helmet OR EVEN A SHIRT. So stronk. Much manly.