Assuming we have a non-fascist president after this, they should just retire this award. Whatever meaning it might have had at one time has been rendered a joke at this point (and not just because of Giuliani).
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It lost all meaning the moment Rush received it. Now, it's just a joke, as you've said
Hey Tom Sawyer is a classic masterpiece
Rush as in the Band? What was it for
No Rush as in that fat hateful piece of shit radio host. May he rest in piss.
Yeah, Rush got one. It's been forever soiled by that.
When we get there, can we introduce a Presidential Medal of Treason to nullify the mis-awarded Freedom ones?
The ribbon is razor wire?
It should be something high tech and fancy sounding, like semtex or c4.
Detcord could easily be shortened even more, to decor.
Or officially attach the name of the awarding president to each award, to disambiguate its value.
Or just revoke the ones done by Taco, since he's a felon.
"He survived a car crash, someone give him a medal!" -Trump could be heard as he was sitting on the toilet.
He's also into underage girls. Maybe that's the real reason, for Epstein's best friend Trump.
Let THAT be a Lesson to ANYONE who's Wanting to have SEX with someone they Think is a Child!
I think Roodles should lay down on a bed and adjust his zipper or whatever he claims he was doing while he gets the award.
Very nice!
Of course. Giuliani is in the pedo club. There's no such thing as bad press.
Fuck all of these degenerates
Giuliani is in the pedo club
Hey I saw that movie!
So the "medal of freedom" is a badge of shame. Got it.
The name is unbelievably cringe anyway.
Criminals loves things with freedom in the title.
A medal for getting plowed from behind? I can think of a lot more deserving people with that qualification.
It would cost a fortune to give one to every American.
He looks surprised that he’s still alive in every picture.
What the fuck.
The medal doesn't mean shit any more. Not after he gave one to that AM radio shit bird that spent his entire career giving his listeners lobotomies and anger herpes.
Maybe he can sell it to pay down some of his massive, massive debts.
And maybe some left over for that ceiling stain remover on his wishlist.
JFC.
I was expecting the next one to go to the Late, Great Hannibal Lecter
They are both traitors.
Medal of freedom to do whatever you want with underage girls without consequences.
"she is too old for you!"
This shit is on tape, that was played in theaters, world wide.
Every single conservative, Republican, Gop, what the fuck label they choose is a pedo. Even my family members. Lost half of my family cause of the maga mind virus.
Is he going to award a medal to Arnold Palmers cock next?
I bet Rudy would rather just be paid.
How long before the ghoul puts it up for sale on Facebook marketplace?
Verbatim the quote is: "ermerwardingrerdugerlianerthrprrsidenchelmerlerfreerdommmmm" followed by the sound of a senile piece of shit defecating in a diaper.
Defecating.
Unless he was rebelling. Not really his style, though...
Fucking autocorrect. Fixed
I dunno, I wouldn't be surprised if things started to turn for him that he would load af1 with top secret documents and take off to Russia.
Good damnit Rod Stewart!
The weak, old, confused, incompetent orange rapist, felon, pedophile, liar is elevating all likenesses of himself to positions of power and fame.
That guy is still alive?
He got rear-ended over the weekend? That's probably why this is happening, since Taco likely forgot all about him until then.
I meant Trump also
Sure, why not
Well if the medal had any meaning before, it’s sure shit now.
Post-Rush, no, it has very little meaning. Also, anything associated with Taco turns to shit.
If there is some way we can revoke things he did, any honors he doled out inappropriately should just be rolled back later. That's assuming we still have a country after this dickhead is gone.
Someone with the username charlesdarwin should know the answer to that.
Was Guliani rear-ended talking to a hooker?