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I say, if you want to compare Trump with anyone, compare him with Dubya, since he was the last Republican president to occupy the White House. Better yet, think about the last time the GOP (or any party) controlled two-thirds of our government and what happened as a result.

Frankly, I'm done with comparing Trump to Obama...and I'm done with comparing him to Bill and Hillary Clinton, too.

"Agree" here as well.

Well, I can't say the press doesn't have it coming, after the lengths they went to throughout the election to normalize Trump and make Hillary out to be some combination of Mrs. Lovett and the Sheriff of Nottingham. Nevertheless, it scares me to think TrumpCo. is one step closer toward shutting down the press and eradicating free speech for good. Agree.

Yep, lol. But you know what they say: "God will take your bad situation and turn it into good." The "bad" was Trump insulting Rep. Lewis on Twitter, but the "good" will be people learning about a Civil Rights pioneer whom they probably didn't even know existed beforehand. Agree. Trump didn't learn a damn thing and never will. Chances are, too, before he's finished, he'll have alienated every person in the country and beyond. I know y'all disagree (which is fine) but I still believe the government (save for those "ride or dies" who will follow Trump no matter what) will tire of the man eventually. If they don't impeach him, then they'll just start doing whatever the hell they want to and ignore whatever Trump has to say about it. IOW, Trump will be a leader who isn't really leading anyone.

Well, if it helps people like me become more educated about Rep. Lewis and other men and women who marched for my ignorant Black ass, then for once, Fat Orange Bastard did America a favor.

Wacky hijinks?

She says she is doing it for "the people of America." I have to respect Jennifer Holliday's motives for consenting to perform at the inauguration, even if I don't necessarily agree with them, or if I find them suspect. But if what I read here is correct and she didn't know she'd get such strong reactions for her decision to perform at the installation of someone who will be most divisive president on record, then she's being more than a little naive.

Marian Anderson? Oh, Effie. This time you've REALLY gone too far. Republicans want only two things from minorities: to die, and to go back to being slaves.

But Cheryl, through her reps, said the Twitter account was a fake. That's according to billboard and people.com. Good Lawd. No wonder I stay away from Twitter. (It figures, though, that it's become Trump's de-facto presidential hotline.)

Well, now I'm confused. According to the billboard article, Carl, the Cheryl Lynn on Twitter isn't even the real Cheryl Lynn.

Say what? LOL!! Why, in the world, would anyone go after Anita Baker? Yep.

I'm disappointed in Cheryl Lynn's response as well. If you disagree with JH's decision to perform at the inauguration, that's fine. But I think we can question that decision without having to mock her struggles with MS. That, IMO, goes too far. (BTW, am I the only one surprised to learn CL is still alive? Because I could have sworn I heard she had passed away several years ago.) Agree. No other incoming president in my lifetime has inspired as much outrage. We're all in for a very scary ride. True, a growing number of voters are at that point already. However, I figure it'll take at least a year for it to really sink into people's heads what we have done by voting for Trump, voting for a third-party candidate, or in my case, not voting at all. In the meantime, though, I expect Trump Nation, by and large, to give him a free pass.

As someone who, by her own admission, owes much of her longevity in her industry to the LGBT community, Jennifer Holliday should have known when she accepted the gig that it was bound to cause this amount of controversy. Frankly, I'm disappointed.

Trump Nation has to be the biggest bunch of fools on Earth not to see hypocrises such as this coming from their leader. I mean, it's the most blatant [!@#$%^&*] I've ever seen. But, instead of holding Trump accountable, what do they do? They look away and mumble the same old jive about "Crooked Hillary" and us needing to "get over it." Frankly, I'm beginning to see that stuff like the fact that Trump is just as much in Wall Street's pockets as Hillary (if not more so) never mattered at all to Trump Nation. All they ever cared about was getting a President who wasn't Black or a woman. Point blank, period. Otherwise, what working class individual in his or her right mind would believe a(n alleged) billionaire who's married to an ex-supermodel and lives in a penthouse has their best interests at heart?

All I can say is... "Don't come for me, Uncle Ben, unless I send for you."

Plus, Gary Tomlin, in tandem with HWs Lorraine Broderick and Christopher Whitesell, convoluted the hell out of the Jessica/Natalie kidnapping and baby switch, probably because the audience was onto their original intent with that story from the get.

Barry and Joe, this one's for you: Please tell me those ten minutes weren't during Trump's Wrestlemania Press Conference?

I wish there were something I could say to or do for you, dragonflies. I'm just so sorry (and so angry) that this country is ready to disappoint you and a great many others.

So which list is longer: the number of people Billary allegedly had killed, or the number of people whose careers and reputation have been tarnished thanks to Trump and this rotten election? Don't assume he will, dragonflies. This could all end in nothing.

To quote the great Michael McDonald: "They say it's a hopeless fight, but I say I gotta try."

Fox News anchors, both male and female, come a dime a dozen. As soon as one is gone, another always arrives to take his or her place.

Hm, Shepard must be ready to leave the network. IKR? But he speaks the truth. No one will take Trump (or the U.S.) seriously for as long as he is in office; and Vladimir Putin, for one, is pleased about that. At this point, I'm just praying that God keeps up safe for the next four years. So much discord and peril awaits us, and it's likely that whatever Trump does or doesn't do, it'll take the next several presidents to fix it. But as long as it doesn't end in a nuclear blast, then we'll be alright...I hope.

Ah, I see your point. On the one hand, Carl, I agree with you. We don't NEED to know what Clinton likes to do with his cigars or what Trump (allegedly) enjoys doing on hotel room sheets, because 1) it's really no one's business, 2) it serves only to desensitize and distract us from the REAL issues at hand. Ergo, you COULD exercise some restraint when it comes to disseminating information to the media and the public. However, exercising restraint and such works only up to a point. After that, people will inevitably read your discretion as deception and demand disclosure of all facts, no matter how tawdry. That's when you have to go on ahead and tell 'em about Monica's dress and Trump's curious way of reenacting Gene Kelly's solo from "Singin' in the Rain" (...allegedly).

Oh, the irony. Agree. With all due respect, Carl, what else can we do (but tell jokes)? We know we're fucked. We know there's nothing we can do to extricate ourselves from this mess or change Trump Nation's minds. We HAVE to look for the humor if only to remain sane. Otherwise, we might as well follow Blanche Deveraux's lead, slip into a hot tub, and pop open a vein.