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demmiblue

(36,751 posts)
Mon Jan 7, 2019, 07:50 PM Jan 2019

CBS News will take Donald Trump's address to the nation tomorrow.

.@CBSNews will take @realDonaldTrump’s address to the nation tomorrow. It will begin at 9:01:30PM EST & will run no longer than 8 minutes, according to the @WhiteHouse. Topics will be the partial government shutdown, crises on the border & midnight deadline for federal paychecks




I also saw that NBC will, too. Cowards.


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CBS News will take Donald Trump's address to the nation tomorrow. (Original Post) demmiblue Jan 2019 OP
Oh, this will be good. Xipe Totec Jan 2019 #1
free 8 minute political ad jcgoldie Jan 2019 #2
and what's to stop him talking for an hour? spanone Jan 2019 #6
If he's got a captive audience, he'll talk for an hour. You can bet on it. politicaljunkie41910 Jan 2019 #19
he just said it again Friday while the others around him nodded their ignorant heads spanone Jan 2019 #36
Aren't they the 'enemy of the people' don? spanone Jan 2019 #3
WTF can the Fraud say MontanaMama Jan 2019 #4
He won't speak for 8 minutes. Not with a captive audience he won't. He'll go on and on and on. politicaljunkie41910 Jan 2019 #22
Not watching. notdarkyet Jan 2019 #27
He could say that he was resigning for the good of the country... LakeSuperiorView Jan 2019 #25
I don't have the stomach for 8 min. of Trump. In fact I will avoid it like the flu. walkingman Jan 2019 #5
8 minutes??????...can't watch..Why?...Mr. Trump makes me sick Stuart G Jan 2019 #7
Once Trump Gets On The Tube He's Got The Networks By The Short Ones..... global1 Jan 2019 #20
Who do they think they're kidding? EIGHT MINUTES WON'T BE ENOUGH. n/t CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2019 #8
stormy says otherwise. unblock Jan 2019 #9
Oh hell yes, she would say that, lol!! CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2019 #12
i meant for him. unblock Jan 2019 #16
If no one watches, the networks will get low ratings, and the networks won't drool over covering the politicaljunkie41910 Jan 2019 #38
Don't let them get away with this! maxrandb Jan 2019 #10
Maybe les moonves can appear with him to share sexual harassment stories still_one Jan 2019 #11
So the rambling dotard just goes on and fucking on. They gonna cut away from this muthafucka? nt UniteFightBack Jan 2019 #13
Run no longer than no minutes. eom sprinkleeninow Jan 2019 #14
Boycott. Just don't watch it. Squinch Jan 2019 #15
Just putting this here, in case anyone missed it: demmiblue Jan 2019 #17
That's probably because Obama treated these info-tainment clowns with Guy Whitey Corngood Jan 2019 #32
Fuck them. smirkymonkey Jan 2019 #18
Leave a comment if anyone is so inclined: 212-975-5005 is CBS. rump says he wants to go around the UniteFightBack Jan 2019 #21
It's a presidential address pintobean Jan 2019 #23
No they don't. n/t demmiblue Jan 2019 #24
Wish they had told him no, No, a thousand times NO!!!!!!!! ailsagirl Jan 2019 #35
It would have been epic. demmiblue Jan 2019 #37
No, they don't. None of them carried Obama's speech on immigration. The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2019 #26
NO way he sticks to 8 mins. bluestarone Jan 2019 #28
Scrubbing his image and reinforcing that he has presidential power. Crutchez_CuiBono Jan 2019 #29
ESPN will still be having the post game for the college championship going on rurallib Jan 2019 #30
Who's advertising runs in that hour? LunaSea Jan 2019 #31
"It may not be good for America, but it's damn good for CBS." - former CBS CEO Les Moonves PSPS Jan 2019 #33
Well, I SURE won't be watching ailsagirl Jan 2019 #34

politicaljunkie41910

(3,335 posts)
19. If he's got a captive audience, he'll talk for an hour. You can bet on it.
Mon Jan 7, 2019, 08:12 PM
Jan 2019

I won't be a party to his lies. At his meeting a couple of weeks ago, he made the claim that they had already began building the wall and that they ran our of money. He claimed to have built quite a bit of it already. Later on DU I didn't see any reference to the "already built, almost finished' wall and I started questioning whether I had heard what I heard. Finally yesterday, someone mentioned it on TV and I was glad to know that I'm not crazy and that I did hear him say that. The man is such a liar that I wouldn't believe him if he said that the Sun rose in the East and set in the West.

MontanaMama

(23,242 posts)
4. WTF can the Fraud say
Mon Jan 7, 2019, 07:52 PM
Jan 2019

in 8 minutes? Jesus what a shit show. The Fraud says jump and the media wonders how high.

politicaljunkie41910

(3,335 posts)
22. He won't speak for 8 minutes. Not with a captive audience he won't. He'll go on and on and on.
Mon Jan 7, 2019, 08:18 PM
Jan 2019

So I hope no one watches. I don't intend to. I don't want to give him that power knowing if he says it, we will come. We know he's just going to lie because he told us last week that he had already started construction on the wall, but ran out of money.

Stuart G

(38,365 posts)
7. 8 minutes??????...can't watch..Why?...Mr. Trump makes me sick
Mon Jan 7, 2019, 07:54 PM
Jan 2019
sorry..just had to add these to the mix....

global1

(25,168 posts)
20. Once Trump Gets On The Tube He's Got The Networks By The Short Ones.....
Mon Jan 7, 2019, 08:13 PM
Jan 2019

he'll go on beyond 8 minutes and the networks will not cut away from him. He'll take advantage of them and just keep on going.

politicaljunkie41910

(3,335 posts)
38. If no one watches, the networks will get low ratings, and the networks won't drool over covering the
Mon Jan 7, 2019, 09:50 PM
Jan 2019

next one. The man will not tell us anything we haven't heard already at least a dozen times. Don't feed his ego by giving him the captive audience he so desperately craves. He told us just about a week ago that he had already started construction of the wall but ran out of money. He said he spent all the money he already had on the wall, yet he hasn't decided yet whether he's building a concrete wall, or a wall that you can see through that the Border Patrol wants.

Having worked in Contracting for the Federal Government, I know that there are procurement rules you are required to follow when you're spending Government money. The very first thing you have to do is prepare a well defined Statement of Work (SOW) to make sure that your plan is feasible for the size and type of structure you plan to build and for which you can use to go out and solicit competitive bids for anything that you are procuring for the Government. This may involve including Engineers and sometimes Scientists at the beginning of the project if you're working with special materials or surfaces that might present unique problems since they would be expected to have the expertise in this area.

If you are working with materials you have never worked with before, you might have to consult with or hire people who do have such expertise. It doesn't matter if you are the POTUS, you have to follow the rules. The purpose of the SOW is that you don't start spending money on a concrete wall, only to have the Border Patrol tell you at a later date, that the wall needs to be transparent so that you can see what is happening on the other side of the wall/fence/structure. You also want to make certain that your initial cost estimate is reasonable. The last thing you want to do is start a project only to get half way through it and find out you underestimated the cost and don't have adequate resources to finish it.

maxrandb

(15,192 posts)
10. Don't let them get away with this!
Mon Jan 7, 2019, 07:58 PM
Jan 2019

Call, write, turn the fucking tube off and make it clear that they will pay a fucking price for airing this shitshow.

The networks act as if they aren't the God damned reason we are living in this seventh circle of hell

They need to hear from us loud and clear, or come 2020, they'll again give us hours and hours of a fucking empty podium disguised as "breaking news"

Guy Whitey Corngood

(26,483 posts)
32. That's probably because Obama treated these info-tainment clowns with
Mon Jan 7, 2019, 09:13 PM
Jan 2019

respect. I guess if he would've behaved like a think skinned dictator. They would've french kissed his ass like they do for this waste of baboon jizz.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
18. Fuck them.
Mon Jan 7, 2019, 08:11 PM
Jan 2019

Do not tune in. Starve him the attention that he so craves. And punish the media that would give this asshole a platform.

 

UniteFightBack

(8,231 posts)
21. Leave a comment if anyone is so inclined: 212-975-5005 is CBS. rump says he wants to go around the
Mon Jan 7, 2019, 08:16 PM
Jan 2019

media....WELL LET HIM THEN. OMG I am sooooooooooooooooooo pissed they are carrying this..I must calm down.

demmiblue

(36,751 posts)
37. It would have been epic.
Mon Jan 7, 2019, 09:28 PM
Jan 2019

I have no problem with them airing Presidential addresses, but this is such an obvious political stunt.

Crutchez_CuiBono

(7,725 posts)
29. Scrubbing his image and reinforcing that he has presidential power.
Mon Jan 7, 2019, 08:54 PM
Jan 2019

When nobody says different, he does what he wants. Please mr mueller......take your ever loving time. groan.

rurallib

(62,346 posts)
30. ESPN will still be having the post game for the college championship going on
Mon Jan 7, 2019, 08:59 PM
Jan 2019

I'll watch that.

There is plenty of stuff to watch on youtube and I don't want to break my YV by throwing something at it.

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