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Old 07-19-2018, 11:07 AM   #12981 (permalink)
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Anyone that supports Trump at this point is either wilfully ignorant or just plain moronic. I mean...you look at the facts and that's a compliment. Not all Republicans are bad tho lemme say that.
No, they're not. Our Governor Hogan has been very critical of Trump and not just in an election year (Maryland is one of the bluest states in the nation), And of course there is McCain and Graham among others who have been quite critical, especially with the Russia dealings.

What really gets me is how the religious right has embraced Trump. He holds absolutely none of their values yet they praise him like he's the second coming of Jesus Christ. Maybe they're right about the anti-Christ but maybe they're the ones that are being fooled.
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Old 07-19-2018, 11:10 AM   #12982 (permalink)
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Old 07-19-2018, 04:46 PM   #12983 (permalink)
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Sorry Exo, but I disagree with you about Trump. The media's general hysteria with all things Trump related is a far bigger issue than the man himself.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-44892889

Trump never said he was going to do a trade with Russia of any kind. Trump did say that Putin made the offer and he thought it could be a good deal depending on the conditions (as in, no torture involved), but then all these media outlets ran with a story about Trump agreeing to it before anyone could get a word in edgewise.

We live in an era where stories, reactions and information travels so quickly that the story's relevancy is often made moot once we get more clarity or the situation develops a bit more. But because of the media's ADD, nobody ever gets the story "right" the first time and instead the market gets flooded with misinformation.
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Old 07-19-2018, 04:50 PM   #12984 (permalink)
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Sorry Exo, but I disagree with you about Trump. The media's general hysteria with all things Trump related is a far bigger issue than the man himself.
As if Trump isn't constantly exacerbating that hysteria.

I think that the current media's overall reflection of late stage capitalism and America's culture war is more worrisome than their Trump hysteria (which is, in fact, very real).
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Old 07-19-2018, 05:07 PM   #12985 (permalink)
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I have a dream that one day black and white, men and women, penis and vagina will come together and turn all the snowflakes yellow. Now that is a culture war i can get behind.
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Old 07-19-2018, 06:10 PM   #12986 (permalink)
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But Trump was considering allowing Putin to interrogate American intelligence officers. By accounts the offer was made during their behind doors meeting. It was only after the senate voted 98-0 against it that Trump did another flip flop.

Doesn't help him that he's publicly bashing every news agency except Fox as FAKE NEWS over and over again. Did you know that some of his ardent supporters have taken to verbally assaulting the press pools (except Fox) at his rallies?

Saw an interesting interview with a former white house stenographer. She was saying that previous administrations had a stenographer present pretty much all the time, so that if the president was called out on something he could simply reply "check the transcripts". Trump isn't using one the majority of the time. That way he can just cry FAKE NEWS when he gets called out.

He's simply his own worst enemy. The press is taking way too much heat for simply reporting on the things he does, says, or what their inside sources find out.
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Old 07-19-2018, 06:20 PM   #12987 (permalink)
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I don't have TV.
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Old 07-19-2018, 07:16 PM   #12989 (permalink)
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That’s a solid rebuttal.
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Old 07-19-2018, 07:22 PM   #12990 (permalink)
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That’s a solid rebuttal.
Been without it for almost 5 months now. Although I do miss that station with the 70s and 80s comedy re-runs.
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