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[–] renrenPDX@lemmy.dbzer0.com 93 points 10 months ago (4 children)

Yeah and if the CK thing was any indicator of how it’ll go, the administration will milk it for all it’s worth. It’ll be gross.

[–] Almacca@aussie.zone 91 points 10 months ago (8 children)

I hope he dies in the stupidest, self-owning way possible, like tripping over his own feet and falling down some stairs. Preferably on camera.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 41 points 10 months ago (1 children)

i want him to be eating on camera and then accidentally elvis himself

[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 58 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (4 children)

During one of his dumb speeches in front of a crowd of MAGA idiots ..... right in the middle of making one of his dumb statements, just suddenly stops, stares into space and falls over.

[–] TheseusNow@lemmy.zip 26 points 10 months ago

Preferably saying something stupid like "Folks, let me tell you something — if I’m wrong, if the Republican Party is wrong — and by the way, we’re not — but if we were wrong, then may God strike me down right now! But it’s not gonna happen, because we’re doing what’s right for America. Believe me."

Love to see how they would try to spin that being his last words.

[–] Frozengyro@lemmy.world 14 points 10 months ago

Preferably giving the mike a blowjob again?

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago

as long as there are elvises (heart attack while eating something nasty and then shitting oneself, then dying) involved and it's on camera, i'll win a bet

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 2 points 10 months ago

Because he is so awesome Lord Jaysus took him from us too soon.

[–] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 12 points 10 months ago

Trpping and falling down the steps of AF1. And then, as he's dying at the bottom, he shits himself.

[–] bender223@lemmy.today 9 points 10 months ago

I was thinking he could be so constipated from eating junk fast food that he farts himself to death sitting on the toilet. 🚽

[–] Dultas@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

What's the hight of the tail rotor on a Sea King?

[–] ieatpwns@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

Pop a vessel while shitting out his 3rd Big Mac of the day

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 3 points 10 months ago

Definitely on camera. I want that still shot of his twisted head at an unnatural angle, his tongue hanging out, and his lifeless eyes looking in two different directions.

Put THAT on on the cover of Time.

[–] Zink@programming.dev 2 points 10 months ago

Oh definitely the stairs, since that's the "frail old man" tell that he seems most afraid of. And with nobody anywhere near him, and on a beautiful clear day with no wind and no sun in his eyes.

It has to be clear as day that it was a failure of his body and not foul play or trickery.

[–] Flisty@mstdn.social 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] Almacca@aussie.zone 1 points 10 months ago

An escalator that's temporarily stairs? Nah, then they'll blame whoever turned it off.

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

CK was supposed to be the big Horst Wessel martyr that they could build support around, but nobody cared. They all played it up for a week or two, but once they stopped flogging it, it disappeared.

Their "Flood the Zone" strategy works when something sticks, and they can amplify it. But MAGA seems to have a systemic case of ADHD, so nothing lasts more than a week, before they are chasing the next outrage perpetrated by the Conservative Propaganda Machine.

Nobody even talks about his "assassination attempt" any more, but that's probably because it was obviously a hoax, and they don't want anyone pulling to hard on that thread.

[–] renrenPDX@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 10 months ago

But MAGA seems to have a systemic case of ADHD, so nothing lasts more than a week, before they are chasing the next outrage

Oh for real, and it's annoying as shit because it's so intense at the get go but gone soon after like a fart in the wind.

[–] postmateDumbass@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

A series of commemerative plates.

[–] renrenPDX@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 10 months ago

"And if you call right now, we'll send you not one, but two commemorative plates and a set of gold plate holders"