Donald Trump refers to the White House as a "real dump."

Trump explaining to several club members why he frequently visits Bedminster: "That White House is a real dump." https://t.co/f3VYWxGMl5 pic.twitter.com/mL39uugMOE

— Peter Alexander (@PeterAlexander) August 1, 2017

Courtesy of Esquire: 

I mean, seriously. What if Obama said this?

A White House spokesperson issued a statement to Golf.com denying this happened, but it wouldn't matter if an Obama surrogate had, too. The coverage on Fox News would be apocalyptic. There would surely be calls for impeachment. Rush Limbaugh might call for his head. The Wall Street Journal editorial board would produce a tersely-worded op-ed about the shortcomings of liberal patriotism. The New York Post would plaster something unseemly-but-clever across its front page. The right-wing content farms would crank out listicles about Obama's 6 Most Anti-American Moments. All hell would break loose among the House Republican Batty Caucus, and Republican senators would pronounce themselves gravely concerned and disappointed. These are people who flipped out when he saluted a Marine while holding a cup of coffee, or when he put his feet on his own desk in the Oval Office, which the conservative Washington Times screamed "sent shockwaves around the world." 

Don't hold your breath waiting for Trump to be held to the same standard, or even a reasonable one. After all, Trump isn't bloviating about how often he gets away from The Dump House: According to The Washington Post's Philip Bump, who has been tracking the president's travel diligently, Trump has visited his own properties, like Bedminster, 57 out of the 193 days he's been in office—once every 3.4 days, or twice a week. He's visited every weekend day in July, except for one Saturday he was stuck on a flight back from Europe. He has visited his course in Virginia 15 times, and he's played golf once every 5.8 days of his presidency.

I have an idea.

If Donald Trump does not appreciate the prestige of living in the People's House he can simply move the fuck out.

We don't want his fat tangerine colored ass in there anyhow. 

POS!

I like to say that I received the MOH from @georgewbush #hestheman #repect #honor #ownit #ownthedash #throwbackfriday #hesmyhero

A post shared by Dakota Meyer (@dakotameyer0317) on May 5, 2017 at 11:33am PDT

Ungrateful POS is actually more descriptive.

President  Obama is the man who put the Medal of Honor around Dakota Meyer's unworthy neck, and this is how he thanks him.

George W. Bush was the man who started these unnecessary wars and sent thousands of American soldiers to their deaths based on a lie and an overreaction.

President Obama on the other hand worked tirelessly to bring these wars to an end and bring American fighting men and women back home to their families. The only reason he was not more successful is because the Republicans, who Meyer seems to identify with, sabotaged his efforts.

Fuck this guy!

Dakota Meyer's heartfelt plea for all of us to come together, and blame President Obama for police violence and racism.

President Obama giving Dakota Meyer the Medal of Honor.

A note from Dakota Meyer courtesy of Bristol Palin's possibly non-ghostwritten blog:

I’m tired. I’m tired of seeing my country divided and fighting itself. It has been tricked by the media and by this administration thinking that the enemy is us. Hitler used the common enemy approach prior to World War II to unite a splintered and struggling Germany. We used the common enemy of communism to unite our country for the 40 or so years that followed the end of that war. (So wait, we used Nazi tactics, and that is supposedly a good thing?) Then the wall came down and we lacked a true common enemy until September 11, 2001. (I'm going to guess that something this poorly written comes mostly from Meyer himself, with perhaps a little help with editing. But what I think he's trying to say is that we need somebody to hate in order to unite America. Which is pretty fucked up if you think about it.)

But then that faded and America was in a lull of sorts lacking unity. Then 8 years ago “Change” was brought to the White House and over the past 8 years I have seen that change. The media and the Obama administration have worked tirelessly and we are just about there now. We are not a nation as much as we have become groups of people fighting amongst one another because the enemy is us. (People standing up for their rights to be treated equally and justly is considered "fighting among ourselves?" Does Meyer think that was true during the Civil Rights marches, the rallies for women's rights, and the protests against war? You know what, he probably does.)

When did we become so ugly as a nation? Why are we ok with not being better human beings? I’m tired of watching people dying. I’ve seen too much of it. I’m tired of the anger over things that aren’t even understood. (Actually most of us DO understand it. And if you studied better so might you.)

Just stop. 

We know better than to act like this. Guns are not evil. Police are not evil. It is people who have become ugly and cruel to one another. It is people who have accepted the easy way out. They’ve chosen to be afraid and angry. They’ve chosen to blame other people for their problems. It is easy to be angry and blame someone else than to take responsibility for yourself. We need to just stop. Stop blaming other people and start now making ourselves better as human beings. (Okay black folks do you hear that? You have "chosen" to be afraid and angry and all you have to do is stop being angry and just accept that you will be harassed by the police and shot dead for having a legal firearm in your possession.)

It is time to be done with being bound by a common enemy and instead be bound by the commonality that we are all Americans. I am saddened by what happened this evening and the events leading up to it. My heart and my prayers go out to the families of the officers who were shot in Dallas tonight. (But not for the young black men who were shot by the police?) This isn’t what I want to leave for my daughter when I die and I will be dammed if I am going to sit here and do nothing.

So instead of doing nothing you attack the man who awarded you the medal without which nobody would even know your fucking name?

You know Dakota is right about one thing, the violent racism DID bubble to the surface when President Obama was elected.

However he didn't cause it, he was the target of it.

And ever since the first black man was elected President, and the racists stormed out of the shadows to attack him, we are seeing more and more black and brown people refusing to stay quiet about the institutional racism which has been present since the founding of this nation, and which many white folks seem to be learning about for the first time.

That is not tearing us apart, that is educating us.

And by the way Dakota, asking people in pain to stop sharing that pain publicly because it makes you uncomfortable demonstrates to most of us that the hero who earned that medal in Afghanistan is light years away from the man who was tricked into marrying a member of the Palin family.

Now you are a puppet being used to spread ignorance in the guise of wisdom.

Now you are helping to fund attempts to stifle a family's 1st Amendment rights.

Now you are an embarrassment to all of the others before you who have worn that medal which President Obama so graciously put around your neck.

Is THAT what you want to leave for your daughter when you die?

Joe Miller is not the ONLY Sarah Palin endorsee who is creating distance between them and the "Grizzled Mama."

From the LA Times:

U.S. Senate candidate Carly Fiorina was boosted by Palin's endorsement in the Republican primary. But now that the general election is underway, Fiorina is opting to keep her distance. [Updated 4:00 p.m.] A spokesman for Republican gubernatorial nominee Meg Whitman confirmed that Whitman would also skip the Oct. 16 rally with Palin.

"“It is a national [Republican National Committee] fundraiser and we are unable to attend because we have another campaign event scheduled,” said Whitman spokesman Tucker Bounds.
Fiorina’s spokeswoman said the Republican Senate candidate has other events scheduled on the day of Palin’s appearance in Orange County.

At a tooling plant in Huntington Beach Wednesday, Fiorina said she was “happy” to have Palin’s endorsement and noted “there are all sorts of people who have endorsed me that I don’t appear with.” (She cited moderate Republican Sen. Olympia Snowe of Maine as one example).

“Look, Sarah Palin is here for important reasons of her own, and meanwhile I have 27 days left to talk to the people of California about the issues that matter in this race and so that’s what I’m going to go do,” Fiorina said speaking to reporters Wednesday. “I’m happy to accept the endorsement of many, many folks who have been supportive of my campaign—whether they are people like Sarah Palin or Democrats or Independents.”

This was what was predicted by a number of political pundits, as well as myself.  Palin may be good at attracting the rabid right wing voter, but NO serious candidate can have  her anywhere near them in the general election.

And that by the way should serve as a wake up call to Palin about her OWN political aspirations.  But I guarantee you that it will not stop her from throwing her hat in the ring, UNLESS some ginormous scandal forces her away from the media spotlight. (And yes of course I am working on that thing.)

I am still not sure whether or not the Miller campaign purposefully leaked that e-mail from Todd, but I do know that Joe's last interview with Fox News was NOT in Palin's Wasilla studio, but at the local KTUU studio instead.  So THAT, combined with his abject refusal to endorse Sarah and Todd's obvious irritation with that, gives a fairly good indication that Sarah Palin may soon become familiar with the undercarriage of the bus her own darn self.

Have I told all of you just how much I LOVE karma sometimes?