In Which The Kennedy Center Stars As The Empty House In 'The House On The Hill'

[erronis]

https://www.wonkette.com/p/in-which-the-kennedy-center-stars
Gary Legum

Pretty soon there will be no one left who wants to perform there. Maybe the Osmonds.

Ah, the Kennedy Center. Longtime jewel for Washington DC. The premier performing arts space in America. Upon its boards have trod some of the world's greatest performers. It has hosted production after production of some of the greatest plays ever written. Kings and queens have been entertained within its walls. It has enriched its surrounding community with classes and outreach, sowing seeds for future generations of artists.

And at the rate it has been shedding performers since the current president took it over, it might be emptier than Donald Trump's brainpan by March. That's really empty. Like a boundless void.

. . .

In other words, it was Trump, it is always Trump, he's poison, everything he touches dies, no one wants anything to do with a Kennedy Center defiled by that boor and imbecile. Not performers, not audiences, not donors. Hell, at this point we'd be surprised if the Center's head and least charming psychopath on any cell block, Ric Grenell, could get a pizza delivered.

. . .

At the risk of beating a dead horse here, may we suggest to the MAGA-fied Kennedy Center that its leaders refrain from being such dicks? That's why no one wants anything to do with you, it's not your immoral politics. Well, it is your immoral politics. But also the part about being dicks. So long as you keep that up, we're all just marking time until three years from now when can chisel the atrocity that is the name Donald Trump off your precious building.

[lapfog_1]

1. HELD OVER for 50 weeks... KID ROCK and TED NUGENT!!!

Not enough ticket sales after opening night to even cover the cost of printing the tickets.

[Vinca]

2. "least charming psychopath"

Among an entire administration of psychopaths.

[eShirl]

3. "Shit Midas" strikes again.

(Everything Trump touches dies.)

[no_hypocrisy]

4. It started with The Stones in Atlantic City

The night the Rolling Stones fired Donald Trump: Keith Richards once pulled a knife to get the GOP-frontrunner out of Atlantic City venue

"One of us is leaving the building," said Keef of the billionaire villain-turned-politician, "either him, or us"

The final show, at the Boardwalk Hall (f.k.a Convention Center), aired on pay-per-view and — like the Miss America Pageant, also held at the Hall — was to be sponsored by the adjacent Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino.

Even in the late-‘80s, however, The Stones didn’t want to be associated with Trump. So they cut a deal with him, stipulating he wouldn’t be involved in any promotional capacity outside of Atlantic City and, amazingly, wouldn’t be allowed at the show itself.

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“One of two things is going to happen,” Cohl told Trump. “You’re going to leave the building and, at 6:40, The Rolling Stones are going to speak on CBS News, or you’re not going to leave the building and I’m going to go on and do an interview to explain to the world why the pay-per-view was canceled”

Then, while literally telling Donald Trump “You’re fired,” Cohl noticed Trump’s “three shtarkers he’s with, in trench coats, two of them are putting on gloves and the other one is putting on brass knuckles.”

https://www.salon.com/2016/03/17/the_night_the_rolling_stones_fired_donald_trump_keith_richards_once_pulled_a_knife_to_get_the_gop_frontrunner_out_of_atlantic_city_venue/

[erronis]

5. Wow - what a story. Same old, same old.

[Figarosmom]

9. Well this shows what it takes to fire the ass

Guys with tire irons and hockey sticks.

[Maru Kitteh]

11. Charming.

Piggy has always been the avatar of cringe.

[UTUSN]

6. K&R

[usonian]

7. Don't miss the upcoming art display.

[Figarosmom]

8. The Kennedy's should have a fundraiser

To build another new Kennedy Memorial Center and hold compete control in the family.
The original has been corrupted and desecrated. It will never be the same.

[erronis]

10. Good idea, but best to wait until he and his ilk have been disposed of.