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Surya Gayatri

(15,445 posts)
Mon Apr 11, 2016, 07:01 AM Apr 2016

Obama Explains Trump's Rise To Fox: 'Republicans Have Their Own TV Station'



President Barack Obama on Sunday linked Fox News, which he suggested was a "Republican news channel," to the success of Donald Trump as a presidential candidate.

During an interview on Fox News Sunday, host Chris Wallace asked the president if he felt responsible for the angry voters supporting GOP hopeful Donald Trump and Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders.

"There's no doubt that I feel frustrated about it," the president said. "Number one, we're still shell shocked from what happened in 2007-2008... People lost homes, lost jobs, lost life savings and they still don't fully know how that happened and was the system fixed in a way they can have confidence in."

Wallace wondered why Obama had not "fixed that in eight years."

"The perception is going to be changing over time as people see results," Obama replied. "But -- and this is the big but -- nobody is going to be 100 percent satisfied in a democracy like ours with every outcome."

"And I think the danger both among Republicans and among Democrats who just listen to each other or they just listen to people that already agree with them -- you know, Republicans have their own TV station," he noted.


http://crooksandliars.com/2016/04/obama-explains-trumps-rise-fox

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Once again, the only adult in the RW playpen tells them clearly what they really are.
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Obama Explains Trump's Rise To Fox: 'Republicans Have Their Own TV Station' (Original Post) Surya Gayatri Apr 2016 OP
Only one station? avebury Apr 2016 #1
He was speaking in polite generalities... Surya Gayatri Apr 2016 #2
He had to keep it simple for the audience alfredo Apr 2016 #5
Never forget that the average Fox viewer has the Surya Gayatri Apr 2016 #6
You're too generous alfredo Apr 2016 #7
Are you suggesting they can't count above one? Bad Dog Apr 2016 #11
Oh, the more clever ones can make it to 10...LOL! Surya Gayatri Apr 2016 #17
Those would be the rich ones. Bad Dog Apr 2016 #25
Oh, Trump voters hate Fox now. Megyn Kelly asked a semi-hard question!! 7962 Apr 2016 #3
That keeps being my question NewJeffCT Apr 2016 #12
Sarah Palin couldn't handle Katie Couric... Wounded Bear Apr 2016 #22
There ya go. 7962 Apr 2016 #28
Exactly. Thats the stupidity of the whole blowup!! 7962 Apr 2016 #27
Excellent alfredo Apr 2016 #4
No one did anything to keep people in their homes. fasttense Apr 2016 #8
And this response has exactly what to do BlueMTexpat Apr 2016 #9
Obama's words quoted in the OP... Fumesucker Apr 2016 #14
OK, granted ... BlueMTexpat Apr 2016 #15
Thanks for pinch-hitting with the BS, Blue. Surya Gayatri Apr 2016 #18
That needs a lot t of documentary proof treestar Apr 2016 #32
And yet Trump trashes Fox News and praises CNN oberliner Apr 2016 #10
Too subtle for most right wingers Democat Apr 2016 #13
Obama had not "fixed that in eight years." Grins Apr 2016 #16
The consummate gentleman... Surya Gayatri Apr 2016 #20
That was good.. mountain grammy Apr 2016 #19
PBO was very good. I expect to see him doing more of this Surya Gayatri Apr 2016 #24
He's been doing this for 7 years, but he's getting better. mountain grammy Apr 2016 #26
Just how was he supposed to 'fix that in 8 years' with a GOP controlled legislature that sinkingfeeling Apr 2016 #21
Oh, you, expecting a Fox shill to bring facts into his shilling? Dream on! LOL! Surya Gayatri Apr 2016 #23
But Obama and Hillary and MSM like the Fox NY poll. ViseGrip Apr 2016 #29
Hey, thanks for the kick. Surya Gayatri Apr 2016 #30
H says the politic, right thing treestar Apr 2016 #31
k UTUSN Apr 2016 #33
 

7962

(11,841 posts)
3. Oh, Trump voters hate Fox now. Megyn Kelly asked a semi-hard question!!
Mon Apr 11, 2016, 07:49 AM
Apr 2016

So immediately they're bought and paid for by "the establishment"

NewJeffCT

(56,828 posts)
12. That keeps being my question
Mon Apr 11, 2016, 08:53 AM
Apr 2016

If Donald Trump can't handle Megyn Kelly, how will he do against Putin, Isis, North Korea, China, etc?

 

7962

(11,841 posts)
27. Exactly. Thats the stupidity of the whole blowup!!
Mon Apr 11, 2016, 10:38 AM
Apr 2016

And Kelly even told Trump, you know if hillary is the nominee she's going to bring this up. And the RW STILL went nuts. And theyre even worse now, because Kelly hasnt budged and has come out on top without even trying!

 

fasttense

(17,301 posts)
8. No one did anything to keep people in their homes.
Mon Apr 11, 2016, 08:01 AM
Apr 2016

The banks still own over 700,000 foreclosed homes. Most people went from good paying jobs to minimum wage jobs. Yet Wall Street, the banks, corportions and foreign countries were all bailed out. The rest of us had to suffer through capitalism.

Yea when are we going to fix this?

BlueMTexpat

(15,369 posts)
9. And this response has exactly what to do
Mon Apr 11, 2016, 08:37 AM
Apr 2016

with the OP??

Why don't you start an OP for yourself on these topics? They are arguably worthy ones. But rather than simply rant, why don't you look at what actually has been done to mitigate these situations so far and propose some solutions that might continue to help them.

Or was this all simply another excuse to trash Prez O for not immediately turning around the incredibly awful situations he inherited in 2008?

Fumesucker

(45,851 posts)
14. Obama's words quoted in the OP...
Mon Apr 11, 2016, 09:16 AM
Apr 2016
People lost homes, lost jobs, lost life savings and they still don't fully know how that happened and was the system fixed in a way they can have confidence in."

BlueMTexpat

(15,369 posts)
15. OK, granted ...
Mon Apr 11, 2016, 09:26 AM
Apr 2016

but it still seems to me that the responder was criticizing Prez O for that - rather than Faux Noise - when the clear intent of the OP was to point out the active role that Faux has played in creating the GOP of today.

Prez O was a Senator when the 2008 crisis occurred. He has worked tirelessly to remedy abuses and mitigate consequences of that crisis since even before he entered office and has been adamantly and constantly obstructed by the GOP at every point. So why the responder focused only on that part of the OP has left me mystified.

treestar

(82,383 posts)
32. That needs a lot t of documentary proof
Mon Apr 11, 2016, 08:58 PM
Apr 2016

Most people?

I have personally seen the new programs designed to keep people in their homes.

Grins

(7,218 posts)
16. Obama had not "fixed that in eight years."
Mon Apr 11, 2016, 09:37 AM
Apr 2016

The bastard spawn of Mike Wallace: “So you’ve fixed that in eight years?”

Congratulations to the President for the patience to not kick that bastard right in the teeth.


mountain grammy

(26,624 posts)
19. That was good..
Mon Apr 11, 2016, 10:02 AM
Apr 2016

it got to me. Did it get to the haters? Doubtful. And, speaking of the economy, I saw a sign outside a Walmart in Denver: Starting pay, $10.20/hour, $12 for nights. The free market at work, conservatives will say, and in a sense, they're right, but workers are just pawns in the game. Unions are the only good answer. Oh, and of course, raise the goddam minimum wage now!

 

Surya Gayatri

(15,445 posts)
24. PBO was very good. I expect to see him doing more of this
Mon Apr 11, 2016, 10:12 AM
Apr 2016

"re-setting of the clock" (as the French say) before he leaves the WH.

mountain grammy

(26,624 posts)
26. He's been doing this for 7 years, but he's getting better.
Mon Apr 11, 2016, 10:24 AM
Apr 2016

his weekly radio addresses are good, but so few of us were listening. Certainly not fox or any of the mainstream for that matter.

sinkingfeeling

(51,460 posts)
21. Just how was he supposed to 'fix that in 8 years' with a GOP controlled legislature that
Mon Apr 11, 2016, 10:04 AM
Apr 2016

refuses to do anything?

treestar

(82,383 posts)
31. H says the politic, right thing
Mon Apr 11, 2016, 08:55 PM
Apr 2016

As always. Total class. As for me the whiners who feel "left out" only have to get off thei asses and PARTICIPATE. sine they don't, they are left out.

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