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OMG. What a morally reprehensible and physically repulsive man. Just ick, ick, ick. If DJT absolutely had to be the
first US President distracting the US with an arrest and a mug shot -
Could he not have looked quite so angry/evil for the photo? Google it and see if you can keep the contents of your stomach down.
A photo speaks 1,000 words. Rob
It is pretty crazy!
Potshots at the physical appearance of a 77 year old man detract from the issues. You can do better.Quote:
Originally Posted by gimmethesimplelife
Like pointing out that he’s so dishonest that he can’t even tell the truth about his weight?Quote:
Originally Posted by bae
Personally I found the mugshot hilarious. I can’t wait for the courtroom sketch artist renditions of him during his trials. Someone once asked me what was the first news story that I remembered. It was the Patty Hearst trial. Every day Walter Chronkite would tell us what had happened at the trial that day and they would show the drawings from court that day. As a nine year old the story was riveting. And the name Symbionese Liberation Army? Awesome name for a group of bad guys! the fact that Walter told it with pictures every day was even more awesome. I couldn’t wait for each night’s installment and without the illustrations I doubt it would have captured my interest the way it did.
I was wondering about that. The bit of news I caught said, 6'3" 215 pounds. He looks more like 250 or 260. He does cover it up well.Quote:
Originally Posted by jp1
My first thought is he or his MAGA folks might leverage that defiant-look mugshot to use on "revolution"-style campaign swag.
Yeah, I don’t think that picture is going to work against him in the long run.Quote:
Originally Posted by catherine
For me it's not how he looks it's that he is there, in a mugshot, that he did things, allegedly, as president of the United States that resulted in him having a mugshot taken.
I thought Ms. Ells' mugshoot was unusually cheery.
I absolutely love that he was arrested! Since there’s 19 defendants some are going to turn into state witnesses for leniency and he will go down.
I think the only purpose of a mugshot for one of the most photographed persons in the world is to make a statement and perhaps rub someone's nose in it. That said, I think it was a mistake to do so. If he's elected next year, I'll blame the media and a politicized justice system for their years long efforts against him and, by extension, his supporters.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tybee
That's what Jake Tapper was saying, and I agree. As happy as I am that he's being held accountable, I'm not sure that mugshot was necessary.Quote:
Originally Posted by Alan
There’s a big market for schadenfreude.Quote:
Originally Posted by catherine
People underestimate how easily Trump will be able to use it to his advantage.Quote:
Originally Posted by LDAHL
And to my point:
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Exactly. I’m surprised they let him get away with that face. I suppose when one little police department technician is photographing the former President of the United States, he can’t really tell the President to relax his face and “act normal “. For anyone who thinks The Donald didn't know exactly what he was doing, I have a bridge to sell you.Quote:
Originally Posted by catherine
For all of the Robs in the world who are all atwitter about The Donald Face, there are anti-Robs ALSO atwitter about The Face. It all works on the rachet gear of publicity for our former President.
I'm surprised at the horrible lighting used. It's not all that hard to do it correctly.Quote:
Originally Posted by iris lilies
Five seconds spent in Lightroom properly bringing up the shadows and balancing the highlights provides a much more usable image even from that, but still, you'd think the photographing station would have correct lighting. I take more care when taking a photo of my cup of coffee.
On edit: a moment with Google reveals lots of offical "best practices" for taking mugshots from various state/local agencies, and indeed, it's not rocket science...
The US is an entertainment industry, otherwise, the mugshot wouldn't even be public.
Let's now talk about non-important divisive stuff for the next week or so.
If governmental entities are going to worry about photo quality one would think they might start with drivers' licenses since far more people have pictures taken for that than for mug shots.
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Truth! I renewed my drivers license during covid lockdown and for the first time ever wasn't allowed to wait the few minutes at the DMV and take my new license home with me. Had to leave with the promise I would receive it in the mail. What I got a week or so later was a license with a black & white, highly pixelated photo. I hardly recognized myself.Quote:
Originally Posted by jp1
If you people think you’re going to trick me into showing you my drivers license picture, do you have another think coming! Haha.
People are saying that mug shot is beautiful. No one has had a more beautiful mugshot. Its a thing of beauty. I'm the only president who has had four, yes four indictments. Putin called me and we had the perfect conversation. Kim called me from North Korea, can you believe that? We are in love and he is sending me letters. I should be respected like they are. People should bow to me. I'm doing this all for the American people.
My mug shot can be on a coffee cup, t-shirt, or beer could made especially for you. On beautiful items made in China. Ivanka has connections you know.
I'm very very busy these days working on my campaign to be your favorite president once again. Plus my health care plan that is coming out in two weeks.
My love for America is YUUUUGE! GINORMOUS! Topped only by my love for myself.Quote:
Originally Posted by flowerseverywhere
haha
I can picture that in a SNL skit ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by flowerseverywhere
But we know it won't be what you actually look like! After all, in real life I don't look like I've got a major sunburn going on.Quote:
Originally Posted by iris lilies
I'm interested in knowing what you think his chances are to be nominated and elected. Too soon to answer?Quote:
Originally Posted by Alan
Six months ago I thought there wasn't a chance in hell, but now I'm not so sure. The more time the media, the politicized justice system and Democrats in general spend trying to make him un-electable, the more he appears as a martyr to a growing number of Republicans and Independents.Quote:
Originally Posted by Simone
In the run-up to the 2016 election, the media and Democrats made him a rock star in the belief that he'd get the nomination but then lose in the general. They were only half right, and it appears to me they haven't learned from their mistakes.
Do you think he still has the support of Fox News? And how important is it if he does not?Quote:
Originally Posted by Alan
Will his popularity survive criminal convictions, assuming they occur before the election?
I think Fox News gave up on him, but at least they've done so before the primaries or general election. Last time, MSNBC waited until the moment he was elected to stop promoting him.Quote:
Originally Posted by Simone
I don't think it matters if Fox supports him or not, his future support is being supplied by all the liberal networks attempts to discredit him.
I'm not sure what effect any convictions may have but suspect if they don't happen before the election, and he wins, the charges will go away because they will not have achieved their desired result.
I think he has the nomination sewn up, unless something even more extraordinary happens to stop it.
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Originally Posted by Alan
While both sides will use the mugshot for different reasons, can you name any case where someone wasn't given a mugshot (all equal under the law)?
That seems to be part of the whole thing about this case.
Something I find interesting about DJT - he has brought up issues that the Founding Fathers could not have forseen back in 1776. Such as - can he run for President with unresolved charges? Can he pardon himself? If incarcerated, can he still win if remaining on ballots and getting enough votes?
For these questions alone, if I was rich I'd be in Atlanta for his unprecedented trial. Can you imagine all the buzz in Buckhead during the trial? Rob
The founding fathers never envisioned that there would ever be a political party that failed to convict a president that was impeached for trying to overthrow the government. Or that a majority of the supporters of that political party would find both the overthrow attempt and the failure to convict to be perfectly acceptable. But yet, here we are.Quote:
Originally Posted by gimmethesimplelife
I agree--yet we lionize our own Founding Fathers for rejecting the wrongs that they perceived were inflicted by King George III. We have revolution in our blood, and I think those that defend January 6, for right or wrong, feel justified on the basis of what they think is their version of the Boston Tea Party.Quote:
Originally Posted by jp1
And, as a musical theatre lover, I'll take this opportunity to share a relevant piece of American history via Hamilton:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERYukmba5Vg
This from Politico:
If Donald Trump wants to be on the ballot next year in all 50 states, he might first have to win an unprecedented courtroom battle over the “insurrection clause” of the 14th Amendment.
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/0...trump-00113790
The insurrection clause is under review in New Hampshire. Let's see if the secretary of state and the attorney general are willing to invoke it.
I think those plotting ways to keep any individual off ballots at any level should give due consideration to whatever precedent they may achieve. Could someone like Chuck Schumer be next for standing on the steps off the Supreme Court and shouting "We're coming for you Roberts", or various and sundry Democrats on record declaring the 2016 election as invalid or stolen?
I'd like to see Trump just fade away but think an awful lot of folks are going about this in methods almost guaranteed to prevent it. But, maybe that's on purpose?
It worked, as far as it went, with Cawthorn, but not with Greene. Admittedly, they're small time players compared with Trump. Neither of them seems remotely capable of inspiring a riot. Nor, of course, does Schumer.Quote:
Originally Posted by Alan
I don't think the proponents, many of whom are Rs, hope to deliberately fail. I suspect they're desperate to keep Trump off the ballot. They consider him to be that dangerous to the country.
I actually agree with Alan. These never trumper republicans who claim it to be obvious that he can be blocked from the ballot via the 14th amendment just because we all saw the traitorous actions live on tv are being naive. It’s far better to let his legal proceedings work themselves out and then after he’s convicted get him blocked from the ballot.
https://youtu.be/tIsemTMgyO0
He made interesting points mixed with all nonsense told for effect. He's the type of guy that you don't like very much, but you know he got what it takes to take care of your interests. He has common sense, and believes in very little. Not having common sense, is what we have across the globe. Here's an example: today I was watching Euronews; Germany is investing in geothermal energy, which means they can extract 1/4 of their energy, specially for heating houses, from this system. They want this full force by 2030. Right after comes the commentary from some left wing extremists saying Germany should quit all fossil fuels. Now, this individual doesn't care that the costs of such polices would be unthinkable to common people, this individual does not care, he only cares about ideologies, not common sense. These individuals are not working providing technologies advancements to invent and transform what we have, so it can be a more affordable alternative to fossil fuels, their main focus is complaining.
Wait, what?Quote:
Originally Posted by Portuguese John Here
Whose interests has Donald Trump worked for?
If my interests are Donald Trump then you can bet he will work toward my interests.Quote:
Originally Posted by bae