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Rhiannon12866

(217,657 posts)
Fri Jul 19, 2024, 10:31 PM Jul 19

'Cognitively diminished, old vaudeville performer': Joy on Trump's rambling RNC speech - The ReidOut - MSNBC



Donald Trump's rambling Republican National Convention speech has called into question his cognitive acuity and suggests his apparent cognitive decline, critics say. Why Democrats should not be afraid of Trump and should support Joe Biden is opined on by Joy Reid. - Aired on 07/19/2024.
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'Cognitively diminished, old vaudeville performer': Joy on Trump's rambling RNC speech - The ReidOut - MSNBC (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 Jul 19 OP
Joy Reid is a national treasure. BComplex Jul 19 #1
Cognitivaly diminished carnival huckster. The Unmitigated Gall Jul 19 #2
Old vaudeville performer? That's kind of close but at least those performers had an act to sell. I suppose TSF did in captain queeg Jul 19 #3
His shtick reminds me of snake oil salesmen in the old Wild West, wnylib Jul 20 #5
Well said Ms. Reid Miami Blue Jul 19 #4

The Unmitigated Gall

(4,319 posts)
2. Cognitivaly diminished carnival huckster.
Fri Jul 19, 2024, 10:39 PM
Jul 19

Intent on stealing the dollar you'd spend on cotton candy for your little daughter.

captain queeg

(11,696 posts)
3. Old vaudeville performer? That's kind of close but at least those performers had an act to sell. I suppose TSF did in
Fri Jul 19, 2024, 10:39 PM
Jul 19

2016 but it hasn’t changed since. The crowd has sunk lower and lower to the point they are on the same level. A friend of mine always calls him the carnival barker and that seems pretty apt.

wnylib

(23,693 posts)
5. His shtick reminds me of snake oil salesmen in the old Wild West,
Sat Jul 20, 2024, 07:36 PM
Jul 20

selling fake cure-all "medicine" from a covered wagon.

Miami Blue

(144 posts)
4. Well said Ms. Reid
Fri Jul 19, 2024, 11:06 PM
Jul 19

Because of the constant bashing of President
Biden on MSNBC, the broadcasting has become so unwatchable.
I have decided to watch only the two most
credible and fair journalists on the network.
These two journalists are Ms. Joy Reid and
the great Lawrence O’Donnell.

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