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Smart people on TV are STILL saying they can't understand why . . . . . (Original Post) Stinky The Clown Apr 2018 OP
Maybe they are afraid he will sue them for slander. BigmanPigman Apr 2018 #1
He used the Russians to install him into the WH!!! triron Apr 2018 #2
they tap dance around his obvious mental illness the same way. barbtries Apr 2018 #3
We can't expect them to see the forest with all those trees blocking their view. nt Atticus Apr 2018 #4
Those fucking money trees ChubbyStar Apr 2018 #5
Just how smart can they be? BobTheSubgenius Apr 2018 #6
It took them forever to find the courage to call him a liar dalton99a Apr 2018 #7
"deferential" Spider Jerusalem Apr 2018 #8
"deferential". tRump does not understand Differential Calculus. . . .nt Bernardo de La Paz Apr 2018 #9
He is a Russian ass, he is a Russian ass, he is a Russian ass, he is a Russian ass...... notdarkyet Apr 2018 #10
Drives me nuts, too. Eyeball_Kid Apr 2018 #11
Exactly. iluvtennis Apr 2018 #12

barbtries

(28,799 posts)
3. they tap dance around his obvious mental illness the same way.
Mon Apr 16, 2018, 11:09 PM
Apr 2018

why is he acting like this? well he can't help it goddammit. he isn't going to change.

what they should be doing is hounding the republicans in congress day and night asking them how long they will let this go on.

BobTheSubgenius

(11,564 posts)
6. Just how smart can they be?
Tue Apr 17, 2018, 12:48 AM
Apr 2018

People have known this for some time now. These people are supposed to be professionals, aren't they? Don't they do this kind of thing for a living?

Must be the easiest gig ever.

dalton99a

(81,526 posts)
7. It took them forever to find the courage to call him a liar
Tue Apr 17, 2018, 12:54 AM
Apr 2018

after fucking around and running out of synonyms in the thesaurus

 

Spider Jerusalem

(21,786 posts)
8. "deferential"
Tue Apr 17, 2018, 12:57 AM
Apr 2018

and because Russian money kept him afloat when he couldn't get loans from Western banks. You don't piss off the guy who signs your checks.

Eyeball_Kid

(7,432 posts)
11. Drives me nuts, too.
Tue Apr 17, 2018, 01:15 AM
Apr 2018

The whole media world is gasping for the right word, but just can't seem to work up the nerve to say it.

Yes, it's "Russian asset." Everyone's afraid because any descriptor that comes close to that will be met with horror and righteous indignation, before the writer gets farmed out to assignments like, "Gardening in the Mariana Trench."

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