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A brief history of the Republican Party in Statues

Posted: Sun Feb 28, 2021 7:20 pm
by MeDotOrg
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Re: A brief history of the Republican Party in Statues

Posted: Sun Feb 28, 2021 11:13 pm
by canpakes
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Re: A brief history of the Republican Party in Statues

Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2021 12:32 am
by Gunnar
MeDotOrg wrote:
Sun Feb 28, 2021 7:20 pm
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What a stunning contrast between Abraham Lincoln, the first Republican President and arguably the greatest of all American Presidents, and Donald Trump, the latest of Republican Presidents and arguably the worst, most corrupt, most incompetent and most dishonest of all American Presidents. Even more stunning and heartbreaking to me is how this "Golden calf idol" of a president is effectively worshiped by such a disturbingly large proportion of Republican voters. The only real competence Trump has is his ability to scam others into supporting him by directly appealing the latent racist, religious and other forms of bigotry that still exists in the hearts and minds of the worst of us.

Re: A brief history of the Republican Party in Statues

Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2021 3:24 pm
by Some Schmo
Nothing about the current GOP says "smart voters."

We know GOP voters aren't that bright. If they were, voting GOP would be debilitatingly embarrassing for them.

Re: A brief history of the Republican Party in Statues

Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2021 7:38 am
by Moksha
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Republican statues would not turn out well.

Re: A brief history of the Republican Party in Statues

Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2021 4:52 pm
by huckelberry
canpakes wrote:
Sun Feb 28, 2021 11:13 pm
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I am curious about what this image is. I certainly reminds me of Trump but the head does not look like him at least to my eyes. It looks like an art object by Jeff Koons, (?). That would be my guess based upon style.

Re: A brief history of the Republican Party in Statues

Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2021 6:05 pm
by Chap
huckelberry wrote:
Tue Mar 02, 2021 4:52 pm
I am curious about what this image is. I certainly reminds me of Trump but the head does not look like him at least to my eyes. It looks like an art object by Jeff Koons, (?). That would be my guess based upon style.
I think the people are 'human statues' - real people who hold a pose while sprayed with metallic paint, in this case gold paint. The idea, presumably, is that Trump is driving his golf-cart through a cemetery.

Are those the tombstones of COVID victims? Or of 'loser' soldiers who got themselves killed? Could be either ...

Re: A brief history of the Republican Party in Statues

Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2021 8:36 pm
by Some Schmo
huckelberry wrote:
Tue Mar 02, 2021 4:52 pm
I am curious about what this image is. I certainly reminds me of Trump but the head does not look like him at least to my eyes. It looks like an art object by Jeff Koons, (?). That would be my guess based upon style.
I suspect it's supposed to be a parody of this:

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Re: A brief history of the Republican Party in Statues

Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2021 3:02 am
by Doctor CamNC4Me

Re: A brief history of the Republican Party in Statues

Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2021 9:24 pm
by huckelberry
Doctor CamNC4Me wrote:
Wed Mar 03, 2021 3:02 am
https://www.trumpstatueinitiative.com/

- Doc
Well thank you Doc, that clarifies a bit. I should not have thought Koons would leave his trademark vapidity behind.