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  • an odd bit of political history, and a Modest Proposal

    From David Weinshenker@21:1/5 to All on Sun Jan 29 09:43:50 2017
    In "Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72", Hunter S.
    Thompson mentioned a "story about one of Lyndon Johnson's
    early campaigns in Texas. The race was close, and Johnson
    was getting worried. Finally he told his campaign manager
    to start a massive rumor campaign about his opponent's
    life-long habit of enjoying carnal knowledge of his own
    barnyard sows. 'Christ, we can't get away with calling
    him a pig-fucker,' the campaign manager protested.
    'Nobody's going to believe a thing like that.' 'I know,'
    Johnson replied. 'But let's make the sonofabitch deny it.' "

    I wonder if Mr. Trump could be similarly targeted. See if
    we can convince him thit there's a rumor going around to
    the effect that everyone thinks he's hung like a hamster.

    He won't be able to resist making an insistent public
    rebuttal. Most likely on Twitter. With pictures: "Even
    the President of the United States sometimes must have
    to stand naked."

    -dave w

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  • From The Millennium Wombat@21:1/5 to David Weinshenker on Tue Jan 30 06:23:08 2018
    On Sunday, 29 January 2017 17:45:58 UTC, David Weinshenker wrote:
    In "Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72", Hunter S.
    Thompson mentioned a "story about one of Lyndon Johnson's
    early campaigns in Texas. The race was close, and Johnson
    was getting worried. Finally he told his campaign manager
    to start a massive rumor campaign about his opponent's
    life-long habit of enjoying carnal knowledge of his own
    barnyard sows. 'Christ, we can't get away with calling
    him a pig-fucker,' the campaign manager protested.
    'Nobody's going to believe a thing like that.' 'I know,'
    Johnson replied. 'But let's make the sonofabitch deny it.' "

    I wonder if Mr. Trump could be similarly targeted. See if
    we can convince him thit there's a rumor going around to
    the effect that everyone thinks he's hung like a hamster.

    He won't be able to resist making an insistent public
    rebuttal. Most likely on Twitter. With pictures: "Even
    the President of the United States sometimes must have
    to stand naked."

    -dave w

    And there was me thinking Usenet was a Trump-free corner of the internet.

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  • From David Weinshenker@21:1/5 to The Millennium Wombat on Tue Jan 30 18:34:58 2018
    On 01/30/2018 06:23 AM, The Millennium Wombat wrote:

    And there was me thinking Usenet was a Trump-free corner of the internet.

    Sorry...! :(

    -dave w

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