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n2doc

(47,953 posts)
Sat Apr 8, 2017, 07:37 AM Apr 2017

Samantha Bees message for liberals: Ivanka Trump is not your secret buddy

In January, Samantha Bee inducted President Donald Trump’s adviser Kellyanne Conway to the “Great Feminists in Feminism Herstory Hall of Lady Fame.” After Ivanka Trump’s latest White House promotion, the “Full Frontal” host is ready to welcome a new entrant.

“Wishful thinkers are hoping [she’ll be a] secret progressive buddy,” Bee quipped. Indeed, some in the media have even suggested that the first daughter will make climate change her signature issue after meeting twice with Leonardo DiCaprio.

But as the “Full Frontal” host observes: “Meeting with Leo DiCaprio is not a sign that you care about climate change, it’s a sign that you were a teenager in the ‘90s.”

As for Ivanka organizing a summit between her father and Al Gore, Bee is certain “she’s not going to convince her dad climate change isn’t a Chinese hoax.”

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http://www.salon.com/2017/04/08/samantha-bee-has-a-message-for-liberals-who-want-to-believe-ivanka-is-their-secret-buddy_partner/

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Samantha Bees message for liberals: Ivanka Trump is not your secret buddy (Original Post) n2doc Apr 2017 OP
Ivanka Trump has so cultivated an image madaboutharry Apr 2017 #1
Affectation and fakeness Stinky The Clown Apr 2017 #2
Ivanka has a chance to be a positive influence. Kath2 Apr 2017 #3
Complicit. Corrupt use of position for profit, complicit in authoritarian crimes. sharedvalues Apr 2017 #4
The only reason people say she "could be" is her physical appearance. gordianot Apr 2017 #5
Don't know why anyone thought Wharton School Barbie was any less loathsome than her dad. HughBeaumont Apr 2017 #6
She Did Not Answer the Question erpowers Apr 2017 #11
I never did think she was a friend in disguise. dubyadiprecession Apr 2017 #7
Don't Tell Me Twice erpowers Apr 2017 #8
I despise her, I always have. smirkymonkey Apr 2017 #9
Never thought she was Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 2017 #10

madaboutharry

(40,212 posts)
1. Ivanka Trump has so cultivated an image
Sat Apr 8, 2017, 08:28 AM
Apr 2017

of herself that she doesn't seem like a real person, rather she seems like a programmed walking mannequin.

Listen to her talk, even her speaking voice is part of her image.

Stinky The Clown

(67,808 posts)
2. Affectation and fakeness
Sat Apr 8, 2017, 08:35 AM
Apr 2017

Nails on a blackboard to me with that breathy, over annunciated, "perfect" diction. But if you listen, all you hear is platitudinous word salad.

Kath2

(3,074 posts)
3. Ivanka has a chance to be a positive influence.
Sat Apr 8, 2017, 08:38 AM
Apr 2017

But there is no sign she will use it. Liked her a lot more before Cheato Hitler took office.

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gordianot

(15,238 posts)
5. The only reason people say she "could be" is her physical appearance.
Sat Apr 8, 2017, 08:59 AM
Apr 2017

She is as hideous as her Father, brothers, and everything Trump. If she had any conscience she would disappear.

HughBeaumont

(24,461 posts)
6. Don't know why anyone thought Wharton School Barbie was any less loathsome than her dad.
Sat Apr 8, 2017, 09:06 AM
Apr 2017

Ever see her on CNBC or Faux? She's a bootstrapper and a "class envy" spewer who could give a shit about the plights of the poor. Magically, all footage of her on CNBC that could be deemed negative toward the middle/working/poor has been scrubbed. Guess what, I watch that station a lot and she was on there a lot prior to her dad's "Hold My O'Douls" moment that we're sadly all paying for. I heard her boilerplate Republican comments on why raising the minimum wage "could be damaging to the very people it's trying to help".




Also, not very "progressive" on maternity leave or gender equality.

erpowers

(9,350 posts)
11. She Did Not Answer the Question
Sun Apr 9, 2017, 11:32 AM
Apr 2017

Notice how in the Tucker Carlson interview she did not answer the question when Carlson asked her if she had any friends who had voted for Obama, but later regretted that decision. She just continued with saying the rhetoric coming from the Obama White House was misguided. I think that tells you her and Carlson's did not have the facts to back up their talking points.

dubyadiprecession

(5,714 posts)
7. I never did think she was a friend in disguise.
Sat Apr 8, 2017, 10:23 AM
Apr 2017

It would be great if someone in the trump clan would join our armed forces in the middle east. Ya know, put their privileged lives on hold for once and defend America.

erpowers

(9,350 posts)
8. Don't Tell Me Twice
Sat Apr 8, 2017, 11:14 AM
Apr 2017

You/she does not have to tell me that twice. I have never bought into this idea that Jared and Ivanka Kushner were secret liberals. They seemed to be the ones pushing the most right wing agenda of the group. They were not acting as a check on Trump; they were just trying to have things both ways. Pushing a right wing agenda while not being punished by liberals.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
9. I despise her, I always have.
Sat Apr 8, 2017, 12:29 PM
Apr 2017

I could always see through her bullshit. She is no better than her father, just a bit more polished.

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