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Spoken, yeah dubya. But written was GWB.
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I've literally never heard Bush referred to in speaking as GWB. FDR, JFK, LBJ are all how everyone refers to them in speaking though.
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I dont know posted:Was it Rob Smith how had a weird rant about how AOC hasn't earned having three names like, for example, JFK? https://twitter.com/RobSmithJr/status/1084492537266614274 In which thread Bobby Smith demonstrates that he's one of either the dumbest or the most disingenuous humans to ever draw breath.
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Besesoth posted:https://twitter.com/RobSmithJr/status/1084492537266614274 Why can't he be both?
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the_steve posted:Why can't he be both? You're right, I should not have implied an exclusive "or".
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Usually I start with the assumption that media talking heads know better, or ought to know better but I think Rob Smith is really that dumb
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Fister Roboto posted:Politicians are basically demons, the more names they have the more powerful they are. George Herbert Walker Bush, the most powerful of foes
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Jan 14, 2020 05:46
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The Wiggly Wizard posted:What a lovely thing to say about a cartoonist with JRRose lite opinions. Post the welfare queen cartoons, because all I've ever seen are Congress, dear reader, need I say more? 
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Jan 14, 2020 05:54
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Fister Roboto posted:Politicians are basically demons, the more names they have the more powerful they are. Unless it’s the Kill Six Billion Demons ruleset, of course.
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Jurgan posted:I agree, but I think it would be better if they showed conservative assholes shouting down the "dreamers" in the first three panels. Sort of a "we beat them before, we can beat them again" message. Teddy hated that nickname and liked to go by TR
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Jurgan posted:I've always wondered why FDR, JFK, and LBJ are the only presidents with a three-letter nickname. There were other Kennedi, a famous prior Roosevelt, and Johnson's just such a bland name that the acronym was just easier for casual identification. And a lot of the old timey presidents had bitchin names that were a blast to say and woulda been a shame to cover up with an acronym. USG is nowhere near the portmanteau monument of excellence encompassed by US Grant. RBH removes from us the experience of throwing out Rutherford. Acronyms are strictly a post 1920s invention to mitigate lamer names.
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Jan 14, 2020 08:25
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My Fox News watching conspiracy addled grandmother used to refer to Obama as "The big BO" does that count?
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Regalingualius posted:Unless it’s the Kill Six Billion Demons ruleset, of course. Of course, that's why Republicans commonly invoked Obama's secret middle name, to drain his power 
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Teriyaki Hairpiece posted:My Fox News watching conspiracy addled grandmother used to refer to Obama as "The big BO" does that count? Was she talking about the dog?
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Jan 14, 2020 08:58
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Fister Roboto posted:I've literally never heard Bush referred to in speaking as GWB. FDR, JFK, LBJ are all how everyone refers to them in speaking though. I did see Bush referred to in writing as GWB up to about 9/11, after which he was always Dubya. As for the others, there had already been Presidents Roosevelt and Johnson so there was some slight need to keep them distinct (although LBJ was certainly coat-tailing JFK; also nobody could spell "Lyndon") and with JFK his brothers were also heavily involved in politics. I'm not up enough on my history to know if Kennedy was JFK prior to Ted joining the Senate in 1962, though. DJT, though, I have never heard or seen anywhere. I can still imagine it being used, mainly by his idiot fans trying to paint him as a Republican Kennedy.
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Jan 14, 2020 09:31
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Amoeba102 posted:Spoken, yeah dubya. But written was GWB. Actually GWB stands for "Gulf War's Back!" Harry S Truman preferred to go by his middle name.
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Jan 14, 2020 10:02
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Fister Roboto posted:Politicians are basically demons, the more names they have the more powerful they are. Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso should have run for office.
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Jurgan posted:I agree, but I think it would be better if they showed conservative assholes shouting down the "dreamers" in the first three panels. Sort of a "we beat them before, we can beat them again" message. LBJ did it on purpose to imitate FDR. It's why his wife, daughters, and dogs also had the initials LBJ.
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Ague Proof posted:LBJ did it on purpose to imitate FDR. It's why his wife, daughters, and dogs also had the initials LBJ. Yes, just like FDR’s wife Felanor Delanor Roosevelt. i get what you mean but I couldn’t resist
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Anyone within two hours of the New York metro area will know GWB stands for the George Washington Bridge.
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Jan 14, 2020 14:00
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lmao this is the guy who developed senile dementia right
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Ague Proof posted:LBJ did it on purpose to imitate FDR. It's why his wife, daughters, and dogs also had the initials LBJ. He probably regretted it when hippies rhymed it with “how many kids did you kill today?” He should have stuck to impressing people with his giant dong.
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I was just in the LBJ presidential library recently and it was bizarre how much it emphasized his habit of talking down to people, like it was something to be proud of. It had this one display that was like "get the LBJ experience" and there's a picture of him on the wall larger than life, angled downward and pointing his finger at someone below him, and you can stand there and get your picture taken. it's the only presidential library I've been to so far but it was a really weird experience.
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Jan 14, 2020 14:29
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LBJ leaning on people is like his most famous personal trait, and a pretty benign one compared to everything else he did.
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Cowcaster posted:lmao this is the guy who developed senile dementia right
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Jedit posted:DJT, though, I have never heard or seen anywhere. It really should be IDJIT.
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Cat Mattress posted:It really should be IDJIT.
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Jan 14, 2020 15:22
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 1 2 3Prickly City is reruns this week, so I'm not posting it.
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Apple Pie Hubbub posted:Prickly City is reruns this week, so I'm not posting it.
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As a note, I've done some pruning on the 2020 Gaybies categories. Here's the revised list:
"Terrorism" includes mass shootings. This should make it easier both to nominate and to vote at the end of the year; this year's categories are a bit unwieldy! Also,  voting in the Gay Abortions thread closes in about 24 hours!
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Jedit posted:DJT, though, I have never heard or seen anywhere. I can still imagine it being used, mainly by his idiot fans trying to paint him as a Republican Kennedy. The only place I've ever seen Trump called that is on FreeRepublic.com, except they also initialize the "President" part of President Donald J Trump so he's PDJT to them. 
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Jan 14, 2020 17:57
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Don’t know how to break this to you Robby, but that’s not Trump’s natural skin tone.
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Jan 14, 2020 19:09
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Smear on Bernie. Bad comic.
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Jan 14, 2020 19:11
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Not every old man is Bernie Sanders.
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Jan 14, 2020 19:16
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Yeah, defiantly Murdoch.
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Okay, fine, I take it back, Payne is #2 to Rob on 'dumbest political cartoonist'.
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 "Degeneration Gap"
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