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I promised to eat my column if Trump was nominated. What goes well with newsprint?
wapo ^ | 3/25/2016 | Dana Millbank

Posted on 04/28/2016 4:00:55 PM PDT by Signalman

Six months ago, I made a reckless vow. With Donald Trump dominating in polls, I said I’d eat a column — 18 column inches of toxic newsprint, wood-pulp, ink and all — if Trump won the Republican presidential nomination.

My rationale: “Americans are better than Trump,” and Republican primary voters wouldn’t nominate “a candidate who expresses the bigotry and misogyny that Trump has.”

his prediction still looks viable. More than 60 percent of Republican primary voters have rejected Trump so far, and there’s a decent chance Republicans can at least force the nationalist demagogue into a contested convention. They know his racism and xenophobia would be a recipe for disaster.

But, to be safe, I am in search of other recipes. With the help of one of the capital’s great chefs — and seeking the guidance of you, the reader — I am taking the prudent step of preparing to eat my words in case Trump secures the nomination.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


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To: Grampa Dave
A good Napa/Sonoma Cab will aid in digesting his column.

I was thinking more along the line of Ripple or Night Train....

21 posted on 04/28/2016 4:12:07 PM PDT by stboz
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To: Signalman

CROW!


22 posted on 04/28/2016 4:13:31 PM PDT by Don Corleone ("Oil the gun..eat the cannoli. Take it to the Mattress.")
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To: knarf

Obama’s peas.


23 posted on 04/28/2016 4:13:44 PM PDT by blackdog (There is no such thing as healing, only a balance between destructive and constructive forces.)
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To: bkopto

For one who’s made a living as a wordsmith, he certainly could have chosen a better word there, but the meaning comes out as you suggest. More Toxic Millbank.


24 posted on 04/28/2016 4:13:57 PM PDT by EDINVA
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To: Signalman

Lark’s vomit.


25 posted on 04/28/2016 4:14:26 PM PDT by freedomlover
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To: Signalman

Everything goes with ketchup.


26 posted on 04/28/2016 4:17:17 PM PDT by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults)
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To: stboz

Yeah why waste good wine with a liberal mediot.

Ripple, Thunderbird or Night train is better!


27 posted on 04/28/2016 4:18:36 PM PDT by Grampa Dave (When The Ballot No Longer Counts, Tshe Ammo Box Does! What's In Your Ammo Box?(US Conservative)!)
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To: Signalman

dead rotten fish and maggot infested chips.


28 posted on 04/28/2016 4:19:18 PM PDT by kvanbrunt2
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To: Signalman

I think I might work on a video of all the pundits and politicians who said that Trump will never be the nominee.. It will require a lot of work.. haha


29 posted on 04/28/2016 4:19:31 PM PDT by freespirit2012
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To: Signalman

30 posted on 04/28/2016 4:20:15 PM PDT by Dallas59 (Only a fool stumbles on things behind him.)
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To: Signalman

Lots of Sriracha sauce and crow droppings, Dana.


31 posted on 04/28/2016 4:21:06 PM PDT by jazusamo (Have YOU Donated to Free Republic? https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: Signalman

No one cares what you do, pencil dick. No one. You’re just a lib columnist.


32 posted on 04/28/2016 4:21:23 PM PDT by Lizavetta
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To: Signalman

Like anything from the Washington Post, it should be taken with a grain of salt.


33 posted on 04/28/2016 4:33:40 PM PDT by Jaxter (Si vis pacem para bellum.)
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To: Signalman
and Republican primary voters wouldn’t nominate “a candidate who expresses the bigotry and misogyny that Trump has.”

Well, the first part is true: Republican primary voters wouldn’t nominate "a candidate who expresses bigotry and misogyny".

That's why, Dana, we didn't nominate Obama.

As far as your second part, just a GD lie. Wanting to keep foreign aliens from ILLEGALLY entering the country is NOT bigotry, and disliking Rosie O'Doughnut and MeGyn Kelly is NOT misogyny.

34 posted on 04/28/2016 4:34:05 PM PDT by Alas Babylon!
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To: Signalman
Since he is a writer...

How about Mishima ...a life in 4 chapters....

Final Chapter

Video here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80uhCUcoiKs

35 posted on 04/28/2016 4:35:17 PM PDT by spokeshave (Somewhere there is a ceiling for Trump.....Yeah, it's called The Oval Office)
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To: Signalman

Whipped cow chip spread


36 posted on 04/28/2016 4:36:04 PM PDT by ChildOfThe60s (If you can remember the 60s, you weren't really there....)
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To: Signalman

Everything is better on a Ritz.


37 posted on 04/28/2016 4:40:39 PM PDT by MarMema ("if voting made any difference, they wouldn't let us do it" mark twain)
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To: Signalman

Crow?

Seriously, props for being a man of your word.


38 posted on 04/28/2016 4:42:14 PM PDT by null and void ("when authority began inspiring contempt, it had stopped being authority" ~ H. Beam Piper)
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To: Signalman
i suggest you use some drain cleaner to wash it down
39 posted on 04/28/2016 4:54:07 PM PDT by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -w- NO Pity for the LAZY - Luke, 22:36)
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To: Signalman

Whenever I read Milbank from WAPO, I hear the line from Ghostbusters: “There is no Dana, only Tool.”


40 posted on 04/28/2016 4:56:47 PM PDT by sportutegrl
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