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Post by PaulKay on Oct 31, 2019 10:42:05 GMT -5
The Borowitz reportWASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)—In an interview with NBC’s Lester Holt, Donald Trump boasted that, if he is impeached, the television ratings will be higher than those of any other impeachment in history. “Everywhere I go, people tell me that if I am impeached, they’re going to watch it,” he said. “The ratings are going to be through the roof.” He said that he expected his impeachment ratings to be “many, many times” the size of the audience for Bill Clinton’s impeachment, in 1998. “It’s not even going to be close,” Trump said. “The ratings for Bill Clinton’s impeachment were a joke.” Asked about the recent impeachment of the former South Korean President Park Geun-hye, Trump said, “Did anyone even watch that one? That was Korea. Nobody cares.” As for the impeachment of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, he said, “I didn’t hear about that one. I don’t follow Brazil. I like Argentina. I saw ‘Evita’ many, many times. Andrew Lloyd Webber did a great job. Millions and millions of people loved it. But that was a Broadway show, not an impeachment.” Even though he anticipates “just terrific” ratings for his impeachment, Trump said that he did not expect the media to provide an honest accounting of his audience size. “They’re going to lie and say that a lot of people who watched my impeachment didn’t watch, and that’s going to be very bad and unfair, but it’s not going to change the fact that my impeachment will be a great impeachment, a really beautiful impeachment,” he said.
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Post by lar on Oct 31, 2019 10:55:40 GMT -5
Trump's TV ratings are certain to be higher than Andrew Johnson's. And everybody knows it.
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Post by coachdoc on Oct 31, 2019 10:56:24 GMT -5
;-))
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Post by david on Oct 31, 2019 14:32:44 GMT -5
This is real? I thought it was an article from "The Onion"!
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Post by billhammond on Oct 31, 2019 14:43:13 GMT -5
This is real? I thought it was an article from "The Onion"! Never heard of Mr. Borowitz?
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Post by david on Oct 31, 2019 14:45:19 GMT -5
This is real? I thought it was an article from "The Onion"! Never heard of Mr. Borowitz? No. Is he Onionesk?
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Post by billhammond on Oct 31, 2019 14:48:12 GMT -5
Never heard of Mr. Borowitz? No. Is he Onionesk? Yes.
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Post by fauxmaha on Oct 31, 2019 16:08:53 GMT -5
Shouldn't that be "Onionesque"? Surprised that got past you, Bill. Everything ok? You feeling a little under the weather today?
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Post by Russell Letson on Oct 31, 2019 16:16:20 GMT -5
Onion-husk.
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Post by epaul on Oct 31, 2019 16:17:44 GMT -5
Sometimes a column writes itself.
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Post by epaul on Oct 31, 2019 16:21:08 GMT -5
In addition to his weekly column gig, Borowitz has a spot on a PBS show, Retro Report.
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Post by epaul on Oct 31, 2019 16:52:42 GMT -5
This is real? I thought it was an article from "The Onion"! Trump is a tricky bit of business for satirists. How can a reader reliably separate the satirist's exaggerated and absurd Trump from the day to day Trump normal? My only clue that this was satire was my familiarity with the author, Andy Borowitz. Failing that, the body of the piece consisted of, while clearly absurd, typical Trumpisms. The line separating "real Trump" from "satirical Trump" is a faint narrow one; a very faint, very narrow line; a needs electron microscope to be seen kind of line.
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Post by billhammond on Oct 31, 2019 16:55:34 GMT -5
Shouldn't that be "Onionesque"? Surprised that got past you, Bill. Everything ok? You feeling a little under the weather today? I let David go free on that one in case I ever need some pro bono legal help.
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Post by brucemacneill on Oct 31, 2019 17:29:33 GMT -5
Trump is "Normal" in the New York sense of humor sense. Non nor'easters don't get it is all.
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Post by John B on Oct 31, 2019 17:29:53 GMT -5
It's like "lede" or "hed." Editors get leeway.
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Post by TKennedy on Oct 31, 2019 17:44:47 GMT -5
How can you possibly insult or damage a cartoon. You could drop a safe on him and he’d just pop back into shape.
It’s a fooking nightmare.
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Post by Village Idiot on Oct 31, 2019 17:49:47 GMT -5
Will he get higher TV ratings than Andrew Johnson?
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Post by millring on Oct 31, 2019 19:37:42 GMT -5
Borowesque
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Post by david on Oct 31, 2019 22:54:17 GMT -5
Sometimes I feel a great kinship with Todd.
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Post by Rob Hanesworth on Nov 1, 2019 12:49:24 GMT -5
This is real? I thought it was an article from "The Onion"! Borowitz' columns carry a heading "Satire from the Borowitz Report."But, as others point out, Trump and satire are basically indistinguishable.
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