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The Washington Post just posted this to their Instagram account (Original Post) kpete Jun 2019 OP
Ugly trash - ugly inside and out dalton99a Jun 2019 #1
Why does "out" matter at all? Nt USALiberal Jun 2019 #24
I'll give that a try quickesst Jun 2019 #30
Ugly demeanor. Always sneering and scowling. octoberlib Jun 2019 #31
Yep The Bopper Jun 2019 #75
because she defends Trump's attacks on others JI7 Jun 2019 #34
What's on the inside Butterflylady Jun 2019 #39
"Out" as her effective actions outwardly NOT her appearance. StClone Jun 2019 #80
That's likely FAKE, people. That twitter account guy is a RIGHT WINGNUT. nt Honeycombe8 Jun 2019 #44
WP article: dalton99a Jun 2019 #46
That's a rightwingnut twitter account. Honeycombe8 Jun 2019 #47
Just a nut trying to rile the Trumpies. No biggie. nt Progressive Jones Jun 2019 #49
No. He IS a Trumper. It matters. Honeycombe8 Jun 2019 #52
Brutal! That's great. bitterross Jun 2019 #2
Did you look up the guy who tweeted that? He's a rightwingnut from The DailyWire. nt Honeycombe8 Jun 2019 #45
Perfect. Nt BootinUp Jun 2019 #3
Best way to fight the scourge of disinformation is with . . . peggysue2 Jun 2019 #4
The problem is NewJeffCT Jun 2019 #38
1000 👍thumbs up captain queeg Jun 2019 #5
Looks like they used a pic of her "good side." JDC Jun 2019 #6
Black ugly soul Sugarcoated Jun 2019 #7
This tweet is from the Koch-funded Daily Caller (Ryan Saavedra) EndGOPPropaganda Jun 2019 #8
! eggplant Jun 2019 #11
does that matter? stillcool Jun 2019 #55
Yes. Do NOT give air to Republican liars. EndGOPPropaganda Jun 2019 #87
So what? Hijack his Twitter account and have fun at his expense. (n/t) SMC22307 Jun 2019 #72
Condescending, hateful, lying fuckface! BigmanPigman Jun 2019 #9
Sarah with the smokey eyes! SCVDem Jun 2019 #10
Wolf referred to SHS's eyes in the singular pandr32 Jun 2019 #53
The term "smokey eye" is used in both the singular and the plural when referring to a certain Nitram Jun 2019 #66
It works either way! pandr32 Jun 2019 #83
Exactly. Wolf cannot be criticized if you have no evidence of her intention. Nitram Jun 2019 #84
Wolf is amazing pandr32 Jun 2019 #85
I agree. I thought it was a brilliant performance of speaking truth to power with some of the Nitram Jun 2019 #86
The Gaslighting Gas Bag of the GOP nt Xipe Totec Jun 2019 #12
In the future why would anyone trust her to be honest about anything. usaf-vet Jun 2019 #13
Super Christian Mike Huck raised a mighty fine liar in Sarah. keithbvadu2 Jun 2019 #14
His "boys" are real Scarsdale Jun 2019 #36
Very very sad vlyons Jun 2019 #15
She knows the harm to the country and doesn't care. SMC22307 Jun 2019 #70
Bye, Cyclops! smirkymonkey Jun 2019 #16
she went above and beyond, lying for a liar Skittles Jun 2019 #17
Back in, I say! robleb Jun 2019 #18
And she wants to be remembered exactly the opposite. She's young enough to show her exactly what UniteFightBack Jun 2019 #19
As ugly on the inside as COLGATE4 Jun 2019 #20
SUBLIME EveHammond13 Jun 2019 #21
LOL! lindysalsagal Jun 2019 #33
It's uncanny, everyone who comes into contact with Trump is eventually destroyed sop Jun 2019 #22
This message was self-deleted by its author geralmar Jun 2019 #28
That is interesting since the only way to go is up. Peter Principle of slime mold in action. erronis Jun 2019 #42
Reince Priebus? Control-Z Jun 2019 #62
Amazingly enough he was just in the news... reACTIONary Jun 2019 #68
Honestly? Control-Z Jun 2019 #71
Yep, he is, and it isn't easy... reACTIONary Jun 2019 #76
Thanks, reACTIONary. Control-Z Jun 2019 #78
"everyone who comes into contact with Trump is eventually destroyed" No, I'd say the seeds of their Nitram Jun 2019 #65
I guess this means Trump is actually Beelzebub sop Jun 2019 #67
Ouch! Glimmer of Hope Jun 2019 #23
Well, that didn't take long...Trump is already throwing Sarah under the bus sop Jun 2019 #25
ABC was promoting the interview on 20/20 DeminPennswoods Jun 2019 #35
"Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely".... KY_EnviroGuy Jun 2019 #26
Absolute power also reveals. brush Jun 2019 #59
Good point - power made naked. KY_EnviroGuy Jun 2019 #60
I was speaking of character being reveal but the points you make also apply. brush Jun 2019 #74
Wow Stinky The Clown Jun 2019 #27
A buzzard could land on that bottom lip. Tactical Peek Jun 2019 #29
Wow. Just wow. lindysalsagal Jun 2019 #32
Stephen Miller bdamomma Jun 2019 #37
Sarah Huck is not doing the job she is paid to do. She is doing the job she was hired to do. keithbvadu2 Jun 2019 #40
? What will we find out Smackdown2019 Jun 2019 #41
Think she'll write a show-all/tell-all book? Maybe the "Art of the Lie"? erronis Jun 2019 #43
How could anyone believe anything it said? FiveGoodMen Jun 2019 #57
Evidence the "Power of the Word", saidsimplesimon Jun 2019 #48
That damned paywall! I'd love to read the whole thing but can't. Sigh! machoneman Jun 2019 #50
That's gotta sting! LOL... tell how you really feel! nt procon Jun 2019 #51
So DU is now using rightwing Trumpers as sources for information. Honeycombe8 Jun 2019 #54
the Washington Post... stillcool Jun 2019 #56
It advertises the rightwingnut, who now has a bigger audience. Honeycombe8 Jun 2019 #58
Is it a fact that the Washington Post published a piece titled "The Queen of Gaslighting?" ZZenith Jun 2019 #61
Yes. My point is..do we really need to advertise a rightwingnut,... Honeycombe8 Jun 2019 #63
"So DU is now using rightwing Trumpers as sources for information." ZZenith Jun 2019 #69
So what? I'm a big girl and can handle Tweets from a MAGAT. SMC22307 Jun 2019 #73
Thank you for your service to the country! ZZenith Jun 2019 #81
LOL Yeah, I'm a true *patriot.* SMC22307 Jun 2019 #82
KICK! Cha Jun 2019 #64
Hopefully, her replacement wont lie, wont be obese, and will be a little easier on the eyes! Nt VarryOn Jun 2019 #77
This message was self-deleted by its author Freelancer Jun 2019 #79

quickesst

(6,280 posts)
30. I'll give that a try
Sat Jun 15, 2019, 02:40 AM
Jun 2019

If she were a decent person, without deceit and hate in her heart, her outward appearance would undoubtedly be more pleasant to gaze upon. When I see her on the podium with the ever-present disdainful sneer as she is lying and deceiving the American public, it shows.

The Bopper

(185 posts)
75. Yep
Sat Jun 15, 2019, 08:37 PM
Jun 2019

That’s kind of mean although it’s a proven fact that lying makes you less than pretty. Look at Trunpolini, in a younger day he was a 4, now he is a negative 6.

dalton99a

(81,539 posts)
46. WP article:
Sat Jun 15, 2019, 10:03 AM
Jun 2019
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/sarah-sanders-was-the-disdainful-queen-of-gaslighting/2019/06/14/d6eb36c8-8e8d-11e9-adf3-f70f78c156e8_story.html

Sarah Sanders was the disdainful Queen of Gaslighting
By Margaret Sullivan
Media columnist
June 14 at 9:37 AM

When Sarah Sanders said Thursday that she hopes to be remembered for her transparency and honesty, the first impulse was to laugh.

But lying to citizens while being paid by them really isn’t all that funny.

Sanders took on an impossible job when she became President Trump’s spokeswoman, a job that’s about to reach a welcome conclusion.

She would claim to represent the truth on behalf of a president who lies.

She did it disrespectfully and apparently without shame or an understanding of what the role of White House press secretary should be.

She misled reporters or tried to, and through them, misled the American people. And all with her distinctive curled-lip disdain.

....

Honeycombe8

(37,648 posts)
52. No. He IS a Trumper. It matters.
Sat Jun 15, 2019, 11:50 AM
Jun 2019

It's an "example" of the "lyin' press" per this guy. You're looking at it through the eyes of his opposition.

There are other sources, like direct sources, of things. No need to use rightwingnut sources.

People need to get more discriminating on where they get their info from. I've seen several things here that are fake, and no one even questioned it. Aren't we critical of Trumpers for being gullible and not checking sources directly; they just automatically believe anything negative about the opposition?

 

bitterross

(4,066 posts)
2. Brutal! That's great.
Fri Jun 14, 2019, 10:26 PM
Jun 2019

Now, can they just start using the same word for Trump? No more white-washing his lies as "misleading" or "false-hoods."

peggysue2

(10,836 posts)
4. Best way to fight the scourge of disinformation is with . . .
Fri Jun 14, 2019, 10:38 PM
Jun 2019

a strong dose of truth. Sarah Huckabee Sanders will be remembered.

But not in a good way!

to the Post.

NewJeffCT

(56,828 posts)
38. The problem is
Sat Jun 15, 2019, 07:08 AM
Jun 2019

that the Team Trump is bringing the Firehose of Falsehoods to the battle and the Washington Post has the squirt gun of truth on their side.

JDC

(10,130 posts)
6. Looks like they used a pic of her "good side."
Fri Jun 14, 2019, 10:40 PM
Jun 2019

'Cause that pic does not do justice to that woman's inner black soul and pure dishonesty.

stillcool

(32,626 posts)
55. does that matter?
Sat Jun 15, 2019, 12:11 PM
Jun 2019

Obviously, he and his kind think it's a horrible thing the Post has done. Does it change the intent, or content of what the Post did?

EndGOPPropaganda

(1,117 posts)
87. Yes. Do NOT give air to Republican liars.
Mon Jun 17, 2019, 08:10 PM
Jun 2019

They’ll only bite you in the hand later.
Just post the Post tweet and ignore the middleman liar.

pandr32

(11,595 posts)
53. Wolf referred to SHS's eyes in the singular
Sat Jun 15, 2019, 11:55 AM
Jun 2019

"...she burns facts and then she uses that ash to create a perfect smokey eye" shows only one of the two looked perfect. The other--not so much. Wolf had also made fun of Sarah's looks and not just her demeanor--a two for one joke reflecting that Sarah is as crooked on the outside as inside.

Nitram

(22,840 posts)
66. The term "smokey eye" is used in both the singular and the plural when referring to a certain
Sat Jun 15, 2019, 06:23 PM
Jun 2019

makeup technique. Wolf's reference did not single out one of Sanders' eyes.

pandr32

(11,595 posts)
85. Wolf is amazing
Mon Jun 17, 2019, 01:59 PM
Jun 2019

I wouldn't dream of criticizing her and was very sorry that others did after her performance at the White House Correspondents Dinner. She rocked.

Nitram

(22,840 posts)
86. I agree. I thought it was a brilliant performance of speaking truth to power with some of the
Mon Jun 17, 2019, 05:30 PM
Jun 2019

most subtle satire that I've ever seen. I think that's why many people missed her point.

usaf-vet

(6,190 posts)
13. In the future why would anyone trust her to be honest about anything.
Fri Jun 14, 2019, 11:11 PM
Jun 2019

Just think how difficult it would be for her to defend alleged wrongdoing by one of her kids.

By definition, she IS a liar. A proven on videotape LIAR!

I would predict that her kids will suffer in any conflict because their mother would have no credence in defending them.

Scarsdale

(9,426 posts)
36. His "boys" are real
Sat Jun 15, 2019, 06:36 AM
Jun 2019

prizes, too. One found a stray dog, took it into the woods, tortured it then skinned it alive. The other tried to board a commercial flight with a loaded gun. These Southern preachers really know how to raise kids, don't they? Seems like Sarah was the pick of that litter. No kidding, REALLY the pick of the litter.

vlyons

(10,252 posts)
15. Very very sad
Fri Jun 14, 2019, 11:25 PM
Jun 2019

She does not even know the harm that she has done to herself, her family, the country.

May the dark delusions of sentient beings be dispelled.
May all beings enjoy profound brilliant glory.

SMC22307

(8,090 posts)
70. She knows the harm to the country and doesn't care.
Sat Jun 15, 2019, 08:03 PM
Jun 2019

None of these right-wing blowhards care. They've got theirs and the hell with everybody else.

 

UniteFightBack

(8,231 posts)
19. And she wants to be remembered exactly the opposite. She's young enough to show her exactly what
Fri Jun 14, 2019, 11:27 PM
Jun 2019

history is going to think of her.

sop

(10,220 posts)
22. It's uncanny, everyone who comes into contact with Trump is eventually destroyed
Fri Jun 14, 2019, 11:53 PM
Jun 2019

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I cannot think of anyone who has gone on to bigger and better things, with their reputation intact, after being associated with Trump.

Response to sop (Reply #22)

Control-Z

(15,682 posts)
62. Reince Priebus?
Sat Jun 15, 2019, 04:01 PM
Jun 2019

He seemed to get out as unscathed as possible. Perhaps he's just smart enough to keep a low profile for a few years?

Though, I can't honestly say. I haven't heard his name for a while. That's my only evidence of his possible success.

reACTIONary

(5,770 posts)
68. Amazingly enough he was just in the news...
Sat Jun 15, 2019, 07:26 PM
Jun 2019

... he volunteered for and was accepted into the Navy . Perhaps he is trying to make amends?

Control-Z

(15,682 posts)
71. Honestly?
Sat Jun 15, 2019, 08:04 PM
Jun 2019

Whoa. If nothing else it sounds like he's had a spiritual crisis of some sort. And yes, possibly a way to make amends. But I have to say that doesn't appear very Republican like.

Isn't he a bit old to be joining the navy?

reACTIONary

(5,770 posts)
76. Yep, he is, and it isn't easy...
Sat Jun 15, 2019, 08:44 PM
Jun 2019

... at his age. He had to make a special and very competitive application in which he had to explain his motivation. He apparently had some exposure to naval personal while in the white house and was inspired by them.

Google it. I read it in WaPo I think.

Nitram

(22,840 posts)
65. "everyone who comes into contact with Trump is eventually destroyed" No, I'd say the seeds of their
Sat Jun 15, 2019, 06:19 PM
Jun 2019

destruction are in their blind devotion to Trump, along with their hunger for status and power. He just give them free rein to fully express their darkest side. Sanders didn't "change," she just let her inner demons out.

sop

(10,220 posts)
67. I guess this means Trump is actually Beelzebub
Sat Jun 15, 2019, 06:47 PM
Jun 2019

You're right, all these folks knowingly made a Faustian Bargain with Trump, the Devil's Spawn. They lost their souls in the process.

sop

(10,220 posts)
25. Well, that didn't take long...Trump is already throwing Sarah under the bus
Sat Jun 15, 2019, 12:42 AM
Jun 2019

CNN just reported that "WH aides" are blaming Sarah Sanders for Trump's disastrous interview with George Stephanopoulos.

DeminPennswoods

(15,286 posts)
35. ABC was promoting the interview on 20/20
Sat Jun 15, 2019, 05:39 AM
Jun 2019

last evening. One part ABC teased was the beginning where Stephanopolous is already in the limo and Trump opens the door and says to his aides (or whoever was around) "Look who it is!". It was like a delighted child who just found out that one of his/her favorite TV stars showed up at the door just to hang out with him/her for a day.

Had no idea Stephanopolous spent 30 hours tagging along with Trump. Don't know how he kept a straight face the whole time. Stephanopolous served in the Clinton WH so he knows how "presidenting" is supposed to be done.

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,492 posts)
26. "Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely"....
Sat Jun 15, 2019, 12:50 AM
Jun 2019
Lord Acton
Member of Parliament for Bridgnorth, UK
1834-1902

So does money which provides and controls power, and it matters not whether it comes from the offering plate, stock market gains, bribes or taxation.

KY.........

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,492 posts)
60. Good point - power made naked.
Sat Jun 15, 2019, 02:17 PM
Jun 2019

Unfortunately, exposure in time mostly reveals the physical and not so much the financial power. We have a long way to go toward transparency in both.

Democrats will always at least try.

Smackdown2019

(1,188 posts)
41. ? What will we find out
Sat Jun 15, 2019, 09:16 AM
Jun 2019

Like all of those in the Trump Swamp, what will we find what she did?

Is it monetary?
Is it getting dirty with some young press intern?
Is it selling out our country?

What ever is it, WE WILL FIND OUT!

erronis

(15,313 posts)
43. Think she'll write a show-all/tell-all book? Maybe the "Art of the Lie"?
Sat Jun 15, 2019, 09:44 AM
Jun 2019

I'm sure with a sufficient advance many book publishers will jump at the chance.

The advance from Huck to the publishers, of course.

At remainder shelves, everywhere!

Honeycombe8

(37,648 posts)
54. So DU is now using rightwing Trumpers as sources for information.
Sat Jun 15, 2019, 12:03 PM
Jun 2019

Instead of getting the information from a neutral, news, or liberal source.

Got it. DU sure has changed. Now it's giving Trumpers a platform to get a bigger audience.

Here's this guy's twitter account. He's the DailyWire.com, too. A Trumper. He has hit tweets on CNN, Hillary Clinton, etc.

https://twitter.com/RealSaavedra

stillcool

(32,626 posts)
56. the Washington Post...
Sat Jun 15, 2019, 12:21 PM
Jun 2019

put something on instagram. Someone tweets it. Someone else sees it. It appears here. I don't get your problem.
https://www.instagram.com/washingtonpost/?hl=en

Honeycombe8

(37,648 posts)
58. It advertises the rightwingnut, who now has a bigger audience.
Sat Jun 15, 2019, 01:27 PM
Jun 2019

It also puts trust in a rightwingnut. NO ONE verified the Wash Post Instagram. (Yes, I saw it separately)

This is not the only time. This is happening more and more often in this forum. Citing a Trumper source. Twice before it was FAKE. The thing is...if people like what it says, that's good enough for them. They don't verify, don't even care who the source is. Like a shark feeding frenzy.

It's disappointing. Most DU members are a little better at keeping to facts and appropriate sources.

One of the things I 've liked most about DU is its reliance on facts, and real information cited to valid, legit sources.

Honeycombe8

(37,648 posts)
63. Yes. My point is..do we really need to advertise a rightwingnut,...
Sat Jun 15, 2019, 04:07 PM
Jun 2019

in order to say what the Washington Post said?

People seem perplexed that there's an issue with citing to a rightwingnut source. Isn't there a rule against that?

Well, "whatever, Martha."

ZZenith

(4,125 posts)
69. "So DU is now using rightwing Trumpers as sources for information."
Sat Jun 15, 2019, 07:53 PM
Jun 2019

The source of information is the Washington Post. That it was posted to Twitter by a right-wing loon is irrelevant and making a fuss about that just distracts from the information in the Washington Post.

SMC22307

(8,090 posts)
73. So what? I'm a big girl and can handle Tweets from a MAGAT.
Sat Jun 15, 2019, 08:11 PM
Jun 2019

In fact, I'm going to head on over to the little shit's Twitter account and have many laughs at his expense. How helpful of you to post the link right to him...

ZZenith

(4,125 posts)
81. Thank you for your service to the country!
Sat Jun 15, 2019, 10:10 PM
Jun 2019

And I mean that sincerely. We’re in a battle for the heart and soul of America and it’s all hands on deck.

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