President Trump: The NEW one and only politics thread

It was family lore. You never know how these things start. For instance, I heard that you wear the ties you wear just in case you come across a table that wants for a cloth.

 

Going back to Donald, when I posted earlier about someone feeding him the Pershing thing he tweeted today I had no idea he used that one on the stump.

How did I miss that!?

Pershing didn't do what Donald says he did, but if it ever would have taken place IT WOULD BE A WAR CRIME.

But hey, it must've worked on the stump, so whatevs.

Our president.

 

I honestly thought the bubble tea fad hit its peak about three or four years ago.

 

Another thing I missed, this bubble tea.

What the hell am I doing with my life?

 

I'm going to find a place that sells it and try one.

Do we have any flavors or kinds to recommend, sj.com?

 

I'd love to hear any defense of this statement:

“I have lived in a family that has talked about Native America, talked about tribes, since I’ve been a little girl,” she said. “I still have a picture on my mantle at home, and it’s a picture of my mother’s dad, a picture of my grandfather, and my Aunt Bee has walked by that picture at least a 1000 times, remarked that her father, my Pappa, had high cheekbones, like all of the Indians do, because that’s how she saw it, and your mother got those same great cheekbones, and I didn’t. And she though this was the bad deal she had gotten in life. Being Native American has been a part of my story, I guess since the day I was born, I don’t know any other way to describe it.”

Elizabeth Warren struggles with response to Native American questions (again)

 

She had an Aunt Bee?

 

We always pronounced it "ant."

The other way felt pretentious for some reason.

I come from simple folk.

Stunner, huh?

 

Same here, I still knew about bubble tea though.

 

You understand she was quoting someone there, right?

 

Taro milk tea, with boba (the tapioca balls) for the full experience. Look for them in Chinese neighborhoods if you have one.

 

I don't know. I can see your general point, but in this particular instance -- in which someone has pretty obviously fraudulently laid claim to a heritage so as to ride the identity politics gravy train -- his lampooning doesn't strike me as over the top. Especially since the name he chose is all but universally held in esteem across the U.S. I doubt the choice was deliberate, mind you ...

In my book, it would be wrong to refer to Nkechi Amare Diallo (or anyone else for that matter) as "Aunt Jemima," as that draws on and perpetuates some terribly ugly stereotypes. Calling Ward Churchill "Sequoyah" ... which is essentially what Trump did here ... that wouldn't bother me so much.