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malaise

(269,118 posts)
Sun Jul 21, 2019, 11:27 AM Jul 2019

A responsible media would have torn the Con to shreds over his interpretation

of the Al Green impeachment resolution.

A responsible media would also expose his lies re what was said by the four Democratic Congresswomen.

I have a theory that the Con rules by threat of blackmail.

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A responsible media would have torn the Con to shreds over his interpretation (Original Post) malaise Jul 2019 OP
I have thought this for some time.. HipChick Jul 2019 #1
He learned a lot from David Pecker (and undoubtedly others). Golden Raisin Jul 2019 #2
A responsible media would not have missed the biggest story in a generation in October 2016. N/T lapucelle Jul 2019 #3
True malaise Jul 2019 #4
Blackmail and extortion. GoCubsGo Jul 2019 #5
He tried using both on Amazon's Bezos malaise Jul 2019 #6
What access? murielm99 Jul 2019 #15
"Access" as in the privilege of being able to shout those questions to him. GoCubsGo Jul 2019 #17
wonder how many media folks were buddies of jeffie. mopinko Jul 2019 #7
I expect some big names malaise Jul 2019 #9
cuz everybody how tough prison is for pedos. wink wink. mopinko Jul 2019 #13
You got it malaise Jul 2019 #14
This is how he controls his supporters... kentuck Jul 2019 #8
Precisely - that also how they dealt with the Mueller Report malaise Jul 2019 #10
The amazing part of the story is that 95 Democrats believed he should be impeached because... kentuck Jul 2019 #11
+1.000 malaise Jul 2019 #12
Intel from Putin among other sources? BSdetect Jul 2019 #16
A responsible media NewJeffCT Jul 2019 #18
True malaise Jul 2019 #20
I agree. It's embarrassing how they all scream for a question like a bunch of groupies... spanone Jul 2019 #19
It's sickening malaise Jul 2019 #21
Driving in today I almost had to pull over I was so fugging pissed rufus dog Jul 2019 #22

GoCubsGo

(32,086 posts)
5. Blackmail and extortion.
Sun Jul 21, 2019, 12:00 PM
Jul 2019

The latter is what he's using on the media. He's threatening to cut off their access to him and the rest of his administration if they report anything negative about him. If he were blackmailing them, he'd be holding compromising information over their heads. Like he's doing to Lindsay Graham and others.

murielm99

(30,754 posts)
15. What access?
Mon Jul 22, 2019, 03:45 PM
Jul 2019

Shouted questions just before he boards the helicopter to go off golfing again?

They should be rebelling against that right now.

GoCubsGo

(32,086 posts)
17. "Access" as in the privilege of being able to shout those questions to him.
Mon Jul 22, 2019, 04:13 PM
Jul 2019

Not that they'll ever get an answer. And, I agree. They should be rebelling. They are pathetic.

mopinko

(70,175 posts)
7. wonder how many media folks were buddies of jeffie.
Sun Jul 21, 2019, 01:16 PM
Jul 2019

i am watching w interest just how much of the epstein mess is actually going to come out. i think a few sacrificial lambs, big names, will be tossed under the bus, but that will be about it.
if i am right, i may have to despair.

if 50 old white guys dont go down, it's all a fucking sham.

mopinko

(70,175 posts)
13. cuz everybody how tough prison is for pedos. wink wink.
Sun Jul 21, 2019, 04:21 PM
Jul 2019

yeah, somehow this is not going to go big.

kentuck

(111,106 posts)
8. This is how he controls his supporters...
Sun Jul 21, 2019, 01:22 PM
Jul 2019

Most of them know there was an impeachment vote the other day. They heard it on FOX News. They know that "only" 95 Democrats voted for impeachment. Trump knows his people.

So Trump tells them there was nothing to impeach him for and even most Democrats voted not to impeach him.

Nobody discusses what the article of impeachment was for?

malaise

(269,118 posts)
10. Precisely - that also how they dealt with the Mueller Report
Sun Jul 21, 2019, 01:32 PM
Jul 2019

The key words were that the Con was not exonerated for obstruction of justice but M$Greedia played that down and went along with the Con's and Barr's lies.

kentuck

(111,106 posts)
11. The amazing part of the story is that 95 Democrats believed he should be impeached because...
Sun Jul 21, 2019, 01:34 PM
Jul 2019

..he is "unfit" for the office.

That's a pretty good start at getting rid of him, in my opinion.

NewJeffCT

(56,828 posts)
18. A responsible media
Mon Jul 22, 2019, 04:18 PM
Jul 2019

would have torn him to shreds when he came down the escalator in 2015 to announce that Mexico was sending drugs and rapists to the US and his campaign would have been over and we'd likely have had Jeb Bush or Ted Cruz vs Hillary

spanone

(135,857 posts)
19. I agree. It's embarrassing how they all scream for a question like a bunch of groupies...
Mon Jul 22, 2019, 04:22 PM
Jul 2019

and then they allow him to lie. Lie after lie.

 

rufus dog

(8,419 posts)
22. Driving in today I almost had to pull over I was so fugging pissed
Mon Jul 22, 2019, 04:53 PM
Jul 2019

Andrea starter her show with the comments, she and her guests were spinning it into a positive for the motherfucker.

Read his tweet, played Miller clip, let some talking head ramble. It was five minutes in before any push back what so ever. And never a mention that he is flat out fucking lying about what the Squad had said.

Only comments that tRump has turned the issue into Dems being too far left.

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