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Ed Pawlowski
Jun 20, 2020, 5:19:45 PM6/20/20
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I invested in a business that I figured would make me a lot of money
fast. There is a gathering of 19,000 people there so I figured we could
sell maybe 15,000 face masks. How can you lose with a crowd like that?
The news showed some scenes of both inside and outside the gathering.
Looks like sales are a bust and we will be stuck with a bunch of masks
printed "Trump 2020". I did not see anyone wearing the masks.
Damn, thought I'd be rich!
fast. There is a gathering of 19,000 people there so I figured we could
sell maybe 15,000 face masks. How can you lose with a crowd like that?
The news showed some scenes of both inside and outside the gathering.
Looks like sales are a bust and we will be stuck with a bunch of masks
printed "Trump 2020". I did not see anyone wearing the masks.
Damn, thought I'd be rich!
micky
Jun 20, 2020, 6:06:00 PM6/20/20
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In alt.home.repair, on Sat, 20 Jun 2020 17:19:41 -0400, Ed Pawlowski
I'm glad I didn't invest when you asked me to.
"No one ever went broke underestimating the American public"
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/nobody_ever_went_broke_underestimating_the_intelligence_of_the_American_people
And a judge ruled that Bolton gets to publish his book. The story
implied that the one in print and distributed is NOT a censored copy.
The judge said Bolton gambled with US security and Trump called the
decision a victory, even though trump lost.
That reminds me of the dozens of girls I slept with in high school, even
though I didn't actually sleep with any of them.
"No one ever went broke underestimating the American public"
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/nobody_ever_went_broke_underestimating_the_intelligence_of_the_American_people
And a judge ruled that Bolton gets to publish his book. The story
implied that the one in print and distributed is NOT a censored copy.
The judge said Bolton gambled with US security and Trump called the
decision a victory, even though trump lost.
That reminds me of the dozens of girls I slept with in high school, even
though I didn't actually sleep with any of them.
dpb
Jun 20, 2020, 8:23:01 PM6/20/20
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On 6/20/2020 4:19 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
...
>
> The news showed some scenes of both inside and outside the gathering.
> Looks like sales are a bust and we will be stuck with a bunch of masks
> printed "Trump 2020". I did not see anyone wearing the masks.
...
Local ABC affiliate showed a dude and asked if was going to wear one
inside -- said didn't know but if did it would be -- and modeled the
above one...
So, at least one sold...
--
...
>
> The news showed some scenes of both inside and outside the gathering.
> Looks like sales are a bust and we will be stuck with a bunch of masks
> printed "Trump 2020". I did not see anyone wearing the masks.
Local ABC affiliate showed a dude and asked if was going to wear one
inside -- said didn't know but if did it would be -- and modeled the
above one...
So, at least one sold...
--
Jim Joyce
Jun 20, 2020, 9:45:31 PM6/20/20
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the TV screen says "Media blamed for lower than expected rally turnout."
The arena is apparently less than full, and what looked like the overflow
area is completely empty.
Ed Pawlowski
Jun 20, 2020, 10:11:47 PM6/20/20
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company did not get them mailed in time.
Jim Joyce
Jun 21, 2020, 1:33:06 AM6/21/20
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the bottom of it. Maybe there was a mix-up and most folks went to the wrong
arena.
gregz
Jun 21, 2020, 2:15:21 AM6/21/20
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Greg
Jim Joyce
Jun 21, 2020, 3:13:32 AM6/21/20
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FromTheRafters
Jun 21, 2020, 6:54:18 AM6/21/20
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Ed Pawlowski laid this down on his screen :
Maybe they just wanted tickets to sell at auction decades from now
mounted in a nice frame. This is bound to be historical.
mounted in a nice frame. This is bound to be historical.
FromTheRafters
Jun 21, 2020, 6:55:15 AM6/21/20
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Jim Joyce has brought this to us :
Half of them probably went to Tesla instead.
Bob_4
Jun 21, 2020, 7:35:56 AM6/21/20
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Cindy Hamilton
Jun 21, 2020, 8:44:25 AM6/21/20
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to wait until I can make more.
Cindy Hamilton
FromTheRafters
Jun 21, 2020, 8:44:50 AM6/21/20
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Bob_4 brought next idea :
Red on a flag is communist symbology. I will always have affection for
Old Glory's beautiful <redacted> White and Blue.
Old Glory's beautiful <redacted> White and Blue.
trader_4
Jun 21, 2020, 9:20:29 AM6/21/20
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for tickets with no intention of coming, just to screw Trump. So, if there
ever was a 1 mil number, that's part of it. And his ace digital campaign
couldn't figure out that people getting tickets from Florida or South Korea
were not likely to be real? No, they likely knew, just no one dared to
tell the emperor with no clothes the truth.
trader_4
Jun 21, 2020, 9:21:27 AM6/21/20
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That was a good start.
Jim Joyce
Jun 21, 2020, 11:54:00 AM6/21/20
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On Sun, 21 Jun 2020 06:21:23 -0700 (PDT), trader_4 <tra...@optonline.net>
wrote:
Yes, and during the rally Trump doubled down on his claim that the US has
done more testing than the rest of the world combined, and says he told his
people to slow down on the testing to reduce the number of cases. "When you
test, you get cases.", he said. Maybe he's on to something. This pandemic
could be over tomorrow if we just stopped all testing. *smack*
wrote:
done more testing than the rest of the world combined, and says he told his
people to slow down on the testing to reduce the number of cases. "When you
test, you get cases.", he said. Maybe he's on to something. This pandemic
could be over tomorrow if we just stopped all testing. *smack*
Jim Joyce
Jun 21, 2020, 12:05:22 PM6/21/20
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On Sun, 21 Jun 2020 06:20:24 -0700 (PDT), trader_4 <tra...@optonline.net>
wrote:
That's hilarious, but I'm just a bit skeptical. Teenagers stepped away from
Twitter and FB long enough to do that? Most of the teens that I know
wouldn't have bothered, but I like the story and hope it's accurate.
> And his ace digital campaign
>couldn't figure out that people getting tickets from Florida or South Korea
>were not likely to be real? No, they likely knew, just no one dared to
>tell the emperor with no clothes the truth.
True, but I still think Trump arrived at the million figure because it
sounded good. It never needed to have any basis in reality, but it sure set
unreal expectations. He shoots himself in the foot on a regular basis.
wrote:
Twitter and FB long enough to do that? Most of the teens that I know
wouldn't have bothered, but I like the story and hope it's accurate.
> And his ace digital campaign
>couldn't figure out that people getting tickets from Florida or South Korea
>were not likely to be real? No, they likely knew, just no one dared to
>tell the emperor with no clothes the truth.
sounded good. It never needed to have any basis in reality, but it sure set
unreal expectations. He shoots himself in the foot on a regular basis.
Jim Joyce
Jun 21, 2020, 12:08:56 PM6/21/20
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when he initially came down the escalator. Money might help folks show up.
I enjoyed the video this morning of the Trump crew tearing down the
overflow stage when they realized that there wasn't going to be an overflow
crowd. Oops.
micky
Jun 21, 2020, 12:57:41 PM6/21/20
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In alt.home.repair, on Sun, 21 Jun 2020 11:05:19 -0500, Jim Joyce
What I read, in advance, didn't mention teen-agers, just people having
fun. Or, the author of the article thought, there were reserved seats
and they'd take up all the seats. According to the author, they were
outsmarted by the Reps giving the seats first come first served, but I
don't think there were any reserved seats in the first place. The point
of online registration was to get them to release the Reps from
liability when they get sick.
BTW, you could get up to 2 tickets and I don't see how any checkbox that
one guy checks off can sign away the rights of the other guy who uses
the other ticket.
fun. Or, the author of the article thought, there were reserved seats
and they'd take up all the seats. According to the author, they were
outsmarted by the Reps giving the seats first come first served, but I
don't think there were any reserved seats in the first place. The point
of online registration was to get them to release the Reps from
liability when they get sick.
BTW, you could get up to 2 tickets and I don't see how any checkbox that
one guy checks off can sign away the rights of the other guy who uses
the other ticket.
>
>
>> And his ace digital campaign
>>couldn't figure out that people getting tickets from Florida or South Korea
>>were not likely to be real? No, they likely knew, just no one dared to
>>tell the emperor with no clothes the truth.
>
>True, but I still think Trump arrived at the million figure because it
>sounded good. It never needed to have any basis in reality, but it sure set
>unreal expectations. He shoots himself in the foot on a regular basis.
Of course, and of course.
>
>> And his ace digital campaign
>>couldn't figure out that people getting tickets from Florida or South Korea
>>were not likely to be real? No, they likely knew, just no one dared to
>>tell the emperor with no clothes the truth.
>
>True, but I still think Trump arrived at the million figure because it
>sounded good. It never needed to have any basis in reality, but it sure set
>unreal expectations. He shoots himself in the foot on a regular basis.
philo
Jun 21, 2020, 1:08:04 PM6/21/20
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with one hand.
What an embarrassment.
rbowman
Jun 21, 2020, 1:26:42 PM6/21/20
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Second Coming. I didn't bother going to a Trump rally that was held
about three miles away as the crow flies.
I did go to an Obama performance in 2008. As he strode about the stage I
was reminded more of a stand up comic than a president but anything
would be better than Bomb Bomb Iran...
Jim Joyce
Jun 21, 2020, 1:33:24 PM6/21/20
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glass onto the floor. His fake annoyance with the media was hilarious.
>What an embarrassment.
True that.
Peeler
Jun 21, 2020, 2:45:26 PM6/21/20
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On Sun, 21 Jun 2020 11:26:40 -0600, lowbrowman, the endlessly driveling,
troll-feeding, senile idiot, blabbered again:
> Wise choice. I've been in Tulsa and wouldn't go back there for the
Oh, no! Yet another lengthy senile Yankie BULLSHIT STORY, by the endlessly
gossiping senile Yankietard! LOL
troll-feeding, senile idiot, blabbered again:
> Wise choice. I've been in Tulsa and wouldn't go back there for the
gossiping senile Yankietard! LOL
gfre...@aol.com
Jun 21, 2020, 3:26:05 PM6/21/20
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https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/16/politics/tiktok-trump-tulsa-rally-trnd/index.html
OTOH the tickets are already on Ebay
<https://www.ebay.com/itm/Make-America-Great-Again-Tickets-Rally-Tulsa-OK-DONALD-TRUMP-JUNE-20th-RARE/293620827573?hash=item445d2a45b5:g:1E8AAOSwyVZe7i5y>
gfre...@aol.com
Jun 21, 2020, 3:33:57 PM6/21/20
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On Sun, 21 Jun 2020 12:33:21 -0500, Jim Joyce <no...@none.invalid>
wrote:
Trump is a made for TV guy.
He just wants people to watch and he got you looking.
I never saw a second of it.
I think his biggest audience is democrats, looking for something to
bitch about, much like Rush, Hannity and Carlson.
wrote:
He just wants people to watch and he got you looking.
I never saw a second of it.
I think his biggest audience is democrats, looking for something to
bitch about, much like Rush, Hannity and Carlson.
Ed Pawlowski
Jun 21, 2020, 3:38:05 PM6/21/20
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Rod Speed
Jun 21, 2020, 3:38:52 PM6/21/20
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<gfre...@aol.com> wrote in message
news:h9dveft64h193plbe...@4ax.com...
Nothing better to do with their time.
Jim Joyce
Jun 21, 2020, 3:44:32 PM6/21/20
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>OTOH the tickets are already on Ebay
>
><https://www.ebay.com/itm/Make-America-Great-Again-Tickets-Rally-Tulsa-OK-DONALD-TRUMP-JUNE-20th-RARE/293620827573?hash=item445d2a45b5:g:1E8AAOSwyVZe7i5y>
rear view mirror.
Peeler
Jun 21, 2020, 4:07:41 PM6/21/20
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On Mon, 22 Jun 2020 05:38:42 +1000, cantankerous trolling geezer Rodent
Speed, the auto-contradicting senile sociopath, blabbered, again:
<FLUSH the trolling senile asshole's latest trollshit unread>
--
FredXX to Rodent Speed:
"You are still an idiot and an embarrassment to your country. No wonder
we shipped the likes of you out of the British Isles. Perhaps stupidity
and criminality is inherited after all?"
Message-ID: <plbf76$gfl$1...@dont-email.me>
Speed, the auto-contradicting senile sociopath, blabbered, again:
<FLUSH the trolling senile asshole's latest trollshit unread>
--
FredXX to Rodent Speed:
"You are still an idiot and an embarrassment to your country. No wonder
we shipped the likes of you out of the British Isles. Perhaps stupidity
and criminality is inherited after all?"
Message-ID: <plbf76$gfl$1...@dont-email.me>
Jim Joyce
Jun 21, 2020, 4:07:51 PM6/21/20
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>He just wants people to watch and he got you looking.
doing.
>I never saw a second of it.
>I think his biggest audience is democrats, looking for something to
>bitch about, much like Rush, Hannity and Carlson.
Clare Snyder
Jun 21, 2020, 4:34:22 PM6/21/20
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Reports of teenagers across the country with hundreds of tickets - -
- - each.
Clare Snyder
Jun 21, 2020, 4:43:03 PM6/21/20
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On Sun, 21 Jun 2020 11:05:19 -0500, Jim Joyce <no...@none.invalid>
wrote:
Too bad he's got such a good aim. Maybe he need s one of these:
https://www.ebay.com/p/2159443315
They sell pretty cheap and are generally very lightly used !!!!!!!
wrote:
https://www.ebay.com/p/2159443315
They sell pretty cheap and are generally very lightly used !!!!!!!
Clare Snyder
Jun 21, 2020, 4:48:04 PM6/21/20
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On Sun, 21 Jun 2020 11:26:40 -0600, rbowman <bow...@montana.com>
wrote:
I was in Tulsa for the better part of a week back in 1976 - at the
Tulsa State Fair Grounds - for the American Street Rod Nationals.
Didn't see much more of Tulsa than the fair grounds.
wrote:
Tulsa State Fair Grounds - for the American Street Rod Nationals.
Didn't see much more of Tulsa than the fair grounds.
micky
Jun 21, 2020, 5:03:01 PM6/21/20
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In alt.home.repair, on Sun, 21 Jun 2020 15:33:46 -0400,
Nor did I.
>I think his biggest audience is democrats, looking for something to
Not me. When they play a clip of him on the news, I change the station.
When his picture is on a webstie, I scroll past it as fast I can. He
makes me want to vomit
>bitch about, much like Rush, Hannity and Carlson.
There is plenty wrong with him that's for sure.
>I think his biggest audience is democrats, looking for something to
When his picture is on a webstie, I scroll past it as fast I can. He
makes me want to vomit
>bitch about, much like Rush, Hannity and Carlson.
micky
Jun 21, 2020, 5:10:17 PM6/21/20
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In alt.home.repair, on Sun, 21 Jun 2020 16:43:00 -0400, Clare Snyder
Looks dangerous. Does it work?
micky
Jun 21, 2020, 5:11:43 PM6/21/20
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In alt.home.repair, on Sun, 21 Jun 2020 10:53:58 -0500, Jim Joyce
That's what he told his wives, too.
"It wouldn't be cheating if you'd stop paying attention."
"It wouldn't be cheating if you'd stop paying attention."
Jim Joyce
Jun 21, 2020, 7:40:43 PM6/21/20
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Clare Snyder
Jun 21, 2020, 9:36:11 PM6/21/20
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Clare Snyder
Jun 21, 2020, 9:38:37 PM6/21/20
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Ed Pawlowski
Jun 21, 2020, 10:21:51 PM6/21/20
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there were 3 other offers.
Oh no, I just checked and my offer was declined. I'm so hurt. I had a
frame picked out for it too.
A couple have been sold and you can get them now for $19.99.
micky
Jun 21, 2020, 11:05:04 PM6/21/20
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In alt.home.repair, on Sun, 21 Jun 2020 22:21:48 -0400, Ed Pawlowski
That's probably not a discount because he charges $2 for shipping.
Even though it's email.
Even though it's email.
Bob F
Jun 22, 2020, 12:21:49 AM6/22/20
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This is Mr. "biggest-inauguration-ever" after all.
FromTheRafters
Jun 22, 2020, 10:41:45 AM6/22/20
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It happens that Jim Joyce formulated :
I can just imagine them running around trying to find the best camera
angles to make it look big too.
angles to make it look big too.
Scott Lurndal
Jun 22, 2020, 1:07:39 PM6/22/20
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Jim Joyce <no...@none.invalid> writes:
>On Sat, 20 Jun 2020 19:22:57 -0500, dpb <no...@none.net> wrote:
>
>>On 6/20/2020 4:19 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>>...
>>
>>>
>>> The news showed some scenes of both inside and outside the gathering.
>>> Looks like sales are a bust and we will be stuck with a bunch of masks
>>> printed "Trump 2020". I did not see anyone wearing the masks.
>>...
>>
>>Local ABC affiliate showed a dude and asked if was going to wear one
>>inside -- said didn't know but if did it would be -- and modeled the
>>above one...
>>
>>So, at least one sold...
>
>The big breaking news headline continuously scrolling across the bottom of
>the TV screen says "Media blamed for lower than expected rally turnout."
>The arena is apparently less than full, and what looked like the overflow
>area is completely empty.
>
>
To borrow a phrase commonly attributed to Trump supporters:
>On Sat, 20 Jun 2020 19:22:57 -0500, dpb <no...@none.net> wrote:
>
>>On 6/20/2020 4:19 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>>...
>>
>>>
>>> The news showed some scenes of both inside and outside the gathering.
>>> Looks like sales are a bust and we will be stuck with a bunch of masks
>>> printed "Trump 2020". I did not see anyone wearing the masks.
>>...
>>
>>Local ABC affiliate showed a dude and asked if was going to wear one
>>inside -- said didn't know but if did it would be -- and modeled the
>>above one...
>>
>>So, at least one sold...
>
>The big breaking news headline continuously scrolling across the bottom of
>the TV screen says "Media blamed for lower than expected rally turnout."
>The arena is apparently less than full, and what looked like the overflow
>area is completely empty.
>
>
"It's a nothingburger".
Bob F
Jun 22, 2020, 1:29:19 PM6/22/20
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On 6/21/2020 6:20 AM, trader_4 wrote:
> On Sunday, June 21, 2020 at 1:33:06 AM UTC-4, Jim Joyce wrote:
> On Sunday, June 21, 2020 at 1:33:06 AM UTC-4, Jim Joyce wrote:
>> On Sat, 20 Jun 2020 22:11:43 -0400, Ed Pawlowski <e...@snet.xxx> wrote:
>>
>>> On 6/20/2020 9:45 PM, Jim Joyce wrote:
>>
>>> On 6/20/2020 9:45 PM, Jim Joyce wrote:
>>>> On Sat, 20 Jun 2020 19:22:57 -0500, dpb <no...@none.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 6/20/2020 4:19 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>>>>> ...
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The news showed some scenes of both inside and outside the gathering.
>>>>>> Looks like sales are a bust and we will be stuck with a bunch of masks
>>>>>> printed "Trump 2020". I did not see anyone wearing the masks.
>>>>> ...
>>>>>
>>>>> Local ABC affiliate showed a dude and asked if was going to wear one
>>>>> inside -- said didn't know but if did it would be -- and modeled the
>>>>> above one...
>>>>>
>>>>> So, at least one sold...
>>>>
>>>> The big breaking news headline continuously scrolling across the bottom of
>>>> the TV screen says "Media blamed for lower than expected rally turnout."
>>>> The arena is apparently less than full, and what looked like the overflow
>>>> area is completely empty.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> On 6/20/2020 4:19 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>>>>> ...
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The news showed some scenes of both inside and outside the gathering.
>>>>>> Looks like sales are a bust and we will be stuck with a bunch of masks
>>>>>> printed "Trump 2020". I did not see anyone wearing the masks.
>>>>> ...
>>>>>
>>>>> Local ABC affiliate showed a dude and asked if was going to wear one
>>>>> inside -- said didn't know but if did it would be -- and modeled the
>>>>> above one...
>>>>>
>>>>> So, at least one sold...
>>>>
>>>> The big breaking news headline continuously scrolling across the bottom of
>>>> the TV screen says "Media blamed for lower than expected rally turnout."
>>>> The arena is apparently less than full, and what looked like the overflow
>>>> area is completely empty.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> That can't be right. A million people wanted tickets. Maybe the ticket
>>> company did not get them mailed in time.
>>
>> I'll check the news tomorrow with full confidence that someone will get to
>> the bottom of it. Maybe there was a mix-up and most folks went to the wrong
>> arena.
>
>>> company did not get them mailed in time.
>>
>> I'll check the news tomorrow with full confidence that someone will get to
>> the bottom of it. Maybe there was a mix-up and most folks went to the wrong
>> arena.
>
> Part of the story is that teenagers used social media to organize and apply
> for tickets with no intention of coming, just to screw Trump. So, if there
> ever was a 1 mil number, that's part of it. And his ace digital campaign
> for tickets with no intention of coming, just to screw Trump. So, if there
> couldn't figure out that people getting tickets from Florida or South Korea
> were not likely to be real? No, they likely knew, just no one dared to
> tell the emperor with no clothes the truth.
>
So what! That would not have stopped anyone from getting in. There were
> were not likely to be real? No, they likely knew, just no one dared to
> tell the emperor with no clothes the truth.
>
plenty of seats. Nobody was denied a ticket.
Grumpy Old White Guy
Jun 22, 2020, 1:57:04 PM6/22/20
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FWIW, the moderates I know are fed up with the demolitioncrats and are going to vote for Trump too.
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Demolitioncrats are destroying America!
Muggles
Jun 23, 2020, 12:28:53 PM6/23/20
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could have gone, been there, but don't NEED to go because I already am
sure of who I'll vote for come November. I don't like crowds mostly
because I don't hear well in noisy places.
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Maggie
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