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Post by Deleted on Aug 14, 2019 15:06:07 GMT
Bernie Sanders shares a trait with trump. It’s always someone else’s fault.
It was the DNC’s fault he didn’t win the nomination even though he lost to Hillary by 3M votes.
Now it’s the media’s fault.
Paul Waldman makes a case why it’s not the Media’s fault.
“Bernie Sanders’s real media problem”
“Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is not happy with his media coverage.
This gives him something in common with pretty much every candidate, not to mention every president. Because they’re human, they fixate on the stories that get something wrong or characterize something in ways they don’t like, and they lament it when the things they do and say don’t get the level of attention they believe they deserve.
But Sanders and his campaign are alleging that there is a broad bias against him, and he has aimed some of his displeasure at The Post in particular in recent days, suggesting that unsatisfactory coverage in The Post could be a result of his criticisms of Amazon (The Post is owned by Jeff Bezos, Amazon’s founder and chief executive.) Noting this week that he has been critical of the taxes Amazon pays (or doesn’t), Sanders said: “And then I wonder why The Washington Post — which is owned by Jeff Bezos, who owns Amazon — doesn’t write particularly good articles about me. I don’t know why. But I guess maybe there’s a connection.”
But if that analysis were correct, those getting savaged by The Post would include Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), who has proposed both breaking up Amazon and a wealth tax that Bezos would have to pay.
On Tuesday, Sanders clarified that he is not alleging that Bezos calls up the newsroom to dictate coverage about him, but instead was making a point about how his anti-corporate message won’t be received well in media largely controlled by corporations. The trouble is that there isn’t much of a case to be made that Sanders is getting singled out for mistreatment.
I’ve been closely observing media coverage of politics for a couple of decades, first as an academic and now as an opinion writer, and one of the things I concluded long ago is that while biases in news coverage abound, ideological bias is usually the least important. Non-ideological biases in favor of conflict between candidates, in favor of the new over the old, in favor of events over broader conditions and in favor of information that can be obtained quickly under intense deadline pressure all play a far more important role in shaping coverage than whether reporters’ personal preferences on abortion or tax policy are finding their way into stories.
But that is the charge Sanders is making: that because journalists have an issue with his anti-corporate message, they’re choosing to undercut his campaign. His aides even alleged that they are deciding how much coverage to give primary polls based on how Sanders does in each one. “The better the number is in the poll, the less coverage he's received, and the worse he does, the more it receives,” said one.
To prove that, they picked out a couple of polls out of the zillions that have been conducted since the primaries began, to say that they didn’t get the right amount of coverage. It’s not exactly a compelling case.
So let me offer an explanation of what Sanders’s real media problem is: Right now Sanders 2020 is suffering from the comparison with Sanders 2016, when his candidacy was a captivating new phenomenon that turned what could have been a dull coronation for Hillary Clinton into a real contest. That made him compelling to reporters — again, always drawn to what’s new and what creates conflict — who wrote story after story about this fascinating campaign, particularly the unlikely fact that a rumpled 74-year-old had become the hero of college students everywhere. They covered his policy proposals, but they also covered all the attendant human-interest sidelights such as people getting Bernie tattoos.
Sanders’s current candidacy doesn’t provide that same narrative interest. He’s just one candidate among many, running somewhere between second and fourth in every poll — a part of the big story, to be sure, but not the primary protagonist/antagonist, depending on the framing. If during the 2016 primaries he was getting something like half the coverage, most of it positive, now he can expect only to get a much smaller portion of a pie that has been sliced into many more pieces. Is that fair? Perhaps not, but you’d have to define what “fair” coverage would look like for all the candidates to say for sure.
It’s not as though Sanders is being ignored. I did a search on The Post’s website and found 28 articles and videos mentioning him that appeared just this Monday and Tuesday. FiveThirtyEight monitors the volume of cable news coverage of the candidates, and what you see is that coverage pretty well tracks poll standing: Joe Biden gets the most, followed by Sanders, Warren and Kamala D. Harris clustered together. You might be able to make a case for why that’s wrong, but you can’t say it’s particularly unfair to Sanders.
And here’s the thing: I’m sure Sanders knows how this all works. He’s a smart guy, and he has been around for a long time. In most of the comments he and his aides make on this topic, you can tell they understand the incentives and proclivities of the media perfectly well.
That’s why I suspect that these complaints are really about “working the refs,” a long-standing strategy pioneered by conservatives: Complain that you’re the victim of media bias, and reporters will respond by bending over backward to show they’re being fair to you, leading to more favorable coverage, at least for a while. Sanders might also be looking to energize his supporters, who see him as a rebel fighting an establishment that is terrified of him and will do anything to stop him. Four years ago it was the Democratic National Committee. Today it’s the media. Either way, it helps tell a story that gives Sanders’s candidacy a heroic character.
You can’t blame Sanders for wishing he could be covered more the way he was in 2016. But in a primary this crowded, that was never in the cards.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 14, 2019 16:22:52 GMT
Ana Navarro-Cardenas...
”I’m done w/“@joebiden gaffe narrative. Trump: -invents words- #covfefe - calls Charles, “Prince of Whales”🐋 - thinks kidney is part of heart - calls Tim Cook, “Tim Apple” - has lied +12k times - spews hatred - fosters division - peddles racism There. Is. No. Damn. Comparison.”
I’m not a big fan of Biden but she does have a valid point.
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Aug 14, 2019 18:08:53 GMT
I’m not a big fan of Biden but she does have a valid point. Biden is trying to cover a lot in a short time.... partly because if his late start. dt not only has numerous gaffes, he is deliberate in his name calling and abuses of others!!
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Post by lucyg on Aug 14, 2019 18:15:29 GMT
The fact is, Biden is in his late ’70s. He is NOT as sharp as he once was. Almost no one is at that age. However, what we older people lack in sharpness, we (hopefully) make up for in experience and wisdom.
In any case, he would make a much better president than Trump.
I don’t care who the Democrats run. I don’t need to like him or her. As long as that person can beat Trump. That’s all I care about.
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Aug 14, 2019 19:36:08 GMT
The fact is, Biden is in his late ’70s. He is NOT as sharp as he once was. Almost no one is at that age. However, what we older people lack in sharpness, we (hopefully) make up for in experience and wisdom. Hey!! I resemble that!!
ETA: actually I am pretty sharp, I just don't walk so well these days!
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Post by casii on Aug 14, 2019 19:57:12 GMT
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Post by lucyg on Aug 14, 2019 21:05:33 GMT
The fact is, Biden is in his late ’70s. He is NOT as sharp as he once was. Almost no one is at that age. However, what we older people lack in sharpness, we (hopefully) make up for in experience and wisdom. Hey!! I resemble that!!
ETA: actually I am pretty sharp, I just don't walk so well these days!
So do I!! (resemble that remark) I’m not quite that old yet, but my mind is definitely going. I still know I want Trump GONE, though, and preferably in prison.
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Aug 14, 2019 21:50:58 GMT
Hey!! I resemble that!!
ETA: actually I am pretty sharp, I just don't walk so well these days!
So do I!! (resemble that remark) I’m not quite that old yet, but my mind is definitely going. I still know I want Trump GONE, though, and preferably in prison. I am that old.
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Aug 14, 2019 21:56:39 GMT
He has serious primary challengers... And an excellent democratic contender who hopefully will win!
Time for some DNA tests to see how pure white aryan they think they are!!
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Aug 14, 2019 23:59:06 GMT
A few days ago we talked about this... Good ole Moscow Mitch!! WaPo: Russia company invests in US after McConnell kills sanctionswww.cnn.com/videos/politics/2019/08/14/moscow-mitch-mcconnell-russia-wapo-foreman-pkg-vpx-lead.cnnThe Lead A Russian company with ties to the Kremlin made a major investment in a new mill in Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's home state of Kentucky weeks after McConnell killed sanctions on Russia, according to the Washington Post. Source: CNN
ETA: Lawrence O'Donnell and Sen Bennet talking........ Moscow Mitch has blocked at least 8 bills about Russians, sanctions, voter stuff etc while doing 'business' with Deripaska for the aluminum factory .. May be the most serious corruption ever in Senate.....
Hickenlooper is expected to drop out of presidential race and run for Senate from Colorado!
Winning the Senate could be REALLY BIG!!
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Aug 15, 2019 12:06:58 GMT
FOX news poll!!!
In the wake of two mass shootings, overwhelming and bipartisan majorities of voters favor background checks on gun buyers and taking guns from people who are a danger to themselves or others, according to the latest Fox News Poll. Two-thirds also support a ban on “assault weapons,” although that majority is largely driven by Democrats. But asked to choose one or the other, voters would rather live in a country where gun ownership is legal than one where guns are banned. The poll was conducted August 11-13, about a week after mass shootings involving assault-style weapons in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio. The alleged El Paso shooter reportedly penned an anti-immigrant manifesto. The motive of the alleged Dayton shooter is unknown. An equal number, 56 percent, place a great deal of blame for mass shootings on easy access to guns and a lack of services for mentally ill people with violent tendencies. Four in 10 blame expressions of white nationalism (40 percent) and inadequate parenting (39 percent). About a third point to sentiments expressed by President Trump (34 percent) and anti-immigrant sentiment (33 percent). Less than a quarter say violent video games (23 percent) and sentiments expressed by Democratic political leaders (15 percent).
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Post by Deleted on Aug 15, 2019 14:05:27 GMT
Phillip Rucker...
”With some voters wearied and exhausted by Trump, Dem candidates are promising a return to normalcy. @clevewootson & @ashleyrparker on the Make America Boring Again movement #MABA”
I can get behind that.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 15, 2019 14:08:11 GMT
trump...
”It would show great weakness if Israel allowed Rep. Omar and Rep.Tlaib to visit. They hate Israel & all Jewish people, & there is nothing that can be said or done to change their minds. Minnesota and Michigan will have a hard time putting them back in office. They are a disgrace!”
Dan Pfeiffer...
“It seems like Trump has really internalized the lessons of the last few weeks about the dangers of inflammatory rhetoric flowing from the Oval Office.”
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Post by Deleted on Aug 15, 2019 14:12:03 GMT
trump...
”If President Xi would meet directly and personally with the protesters, there would be a happy and enlightened ending to the Hong Kong problem. I have no doubt!”
Well if that is the case, why doesn’t trump “meet directly and personally with the protesters” in this country instead of hiding from them?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 15, 2019 14:21:18 GMT
ABC News..l
”U.S. Rep. Steve King defended his call for a ban on all abortions by questioning whether there would be "any population of the world left" if not for births due to rape and incest.”
trump...
”It would show great weakness if Israel allowed Rep. Omar and Rep.Tlaib to visit. They hate Israel & all Jewish people, & there is nothing that can be said or done to change their minds. Minnesota and Michigan will have a hard time putting them back in office. They are a disgrace!”
While he is quick to attack the Squad, he is silent about what Steve King said.
Why is that? Does he agree with King?
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Post by hop2 on Aug 15, 2019 14:29:28 GMT
Newsweek.. “TRUMP'S SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE TELLS JOKE ABOUT WHINING FARMERS TO ROOM FULL OF FARMERS, GETS BOO'D”“President Donald Trump's Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue cracked a joke that American farmers "whine" about Trump's trade war with China and got laughs as he intended but also boo's from audience members that seemingly found it insensitive. "I had a farmer tell me this in Pennsylvania," Perdue said at a farm show in Minnesota last Wednesday, according to Agri-Pulse. "He said, 'What do you call two farmers in a basement?' I said 'I don't know, what do you call them?'" Perdue said the farmer said: "A whine cellar." There was laughter but boo's came as some members of the crowd did not find Perdue's joke funny, just two days after China declared it would no longer buy any American agricultural products to hit back at Trump for imposing an additional 10 percent tariff on Chinese goods. Perdue made the joke at the end of a back-and-forth with farmer Mike Peterson of Northfield, Minnesota. Peterson said that a June Acreage report by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)'s National Agricultural Statistics Service was "speculative," which Perdue denied by saying the officials "are professional." Petersen then complained that the data has been released several weeks after farmers were surveyed and joked, "the show American Idol can tabulate how many votes in the course of an episode?" “ Trump's tariffs on China have led to farmers filing bankruptcy at never-before-seen rates. Minnesota Corn Growers Association President Brian Thalmann said farm producers are not "starting to do great again" and that "things are going downhill very quickly." American Soybean Association member Joel Schreurs expressed concern about export markets with the ongoing trade war and predicted the markets are "just not going to come back in a day or two." But Perdue stood by Trump's pressure on China and belief that the United States will come out on top in the end. "China is going to buy where they see the best value, when we get the trade resolution done," Perdue said. "We're working on markets in India, Thailand, Indonesia, and Malaysia to develop other markets." Come out on top at what cost? Plutocracy Guess who will buy up those farms? Hmmmm? Corporate giants. We are headed directly for the modern ages feudal society a plutocracy. Are you the mega rich? No? well then don’t expect laws to protect you
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Post by Deleted on Aug 15, 2019 14:38:03 GMT
Paul Waldman..
”Passing gun legislation would require navigating sensitive negotiations and a thorough understanding of the incentives and risks facing members of Congress.
The idea that Donald Trump is up to that task is laughable:”
From his column in The Washington Post..
“Trump says he wants to pass gun legislation. But he’s not up to the task.” “Though Donald Trump has done many things as president that have pleased Republicans, he does not have a single meaningful legislative accomplishment to his name. He has signed some bills, the most important of which was a huge tax break that went mostly to corporations and the wealthy, but that didn’t exactly require deft legislative maneuvering on Trump’s part. Republicans had full control of Congress, and they would have cut taxes for corporations and the wealthy even if a meteor capable of wiping out out all life on Earth was set to hit the planet a week later.
But as pressure builds for the federal government to take action on guns in the wake of a string of mass shootings, Trump is now saying that he wants legislation passed. “I think a lot of really meaningful things on background checks will take place, including red flags, including a lot of other very, very important items. And the Republicans are looking at it very seriously,” he told reporters last week.
Trump has been talking to senators from both parties about legislation, including Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and Pat Toomey (R-Pa.), who co-sponsored a universal background check bill in 2013 after 20 children were massacred in Connecticut. (That bill fell to a Republican filibuster.) But Trump has also had multiple conversations with National Rifle Association CEO Wayne LaPierre, who no doubt made clear the NRA’s opposition to expanded background checks. As Trump promised the NRA not long after taking office, “You came through for me, and I am going to come through for you.”
So in the White House, uncertainty reigns:
What President Trump has not done yet is the kind of arm-twisting of Republican senators wary of gun control legislation that will be necessary to force a bill through Congress, according to interviews with White House officials and congressional aides. He has shown no interest so far in a major address to ensure that public opinion is behind such a move. And he and his aides have yet to settle on what he will actually propose.
But they have commissioned a poll through his campaign to assess where his supporters are on different gun control measures, and they will have the results by September, when the Senate returns from summer recess, according to three people briefed on the plans.
They commissioned a poll! Now that is leadership.
It’s safe to assume that Trump has no genuine beliefs about the gun issue, at least none he particularly cares about. As on other issues, he has expressed some liberal positions in the past, but when he ran for president, he became more conservative. But Trump’s feeling pressured in both directions. Public eagerness for action on guns is intense, and Trump would love to be able to say he did something that other presidents couldn’t do. On the other hand, his highest priority is always doing what his base wants, and it’s widely assumed that his base will reject any real limits on guns.
That might not actually be true, however. The measures being discussed are quite modest: Enhanced background checks (which even Fox News polls show at 90 percent support among the public) and “red flag” measures that would allow guns to be temporarily taken from people believed to pose a risk of imminent violence are the two mentioned most often. It’s a sign of how afraid they are of taking bold steps that one of the suggestions the White House is reportedly considering is mandating the death penalty for mass shooters. Perhaps they’ll throw in the death penalty for suicide bombers as well, since that would have about as much practical effect.
But this is all almost certain to fail for one key reason: It depends on Trump. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has made clear that he won’t allow anything to be considered by the Senate unless it has Trump’s full support. His members will only risk sticking their necks out on guns if they know that Trump is there to tell their voters not to punish them for it. As one Republican Senate aide told The Post’s Jacqueline Alemany, “It’s sort of one of those issues that only Trump could give Republicans the cover that they need to make this politically viable.”
Will the senators trust him to do that? They’ve seen how he has retreated from promises on guns when the NRA objects. They’ve seen how he will take one position, then reverse himself if he gets criticized in conservative media.
Even worse, getting a bill passed will require complex and delicate negotiations involving an understanding of the different incentives and risks faced by members of Congress from both parties. Does anyone seriously think Trump could pull this off?
Look at his legislative record over the past two and a half years. He signed a few bills that Democrats and Republicans in Congress came together to agree on, on issues like opioids and criminal justice reform. But what he hasn’t done is participate in any meaningful way in a legislative effort that required any negotiating skill, to navigate through tricky competing interests and arrive at a solution on a controversial issue where the outcome was uncertain. He tried and failed to repeal the Affordable Care Act and to get his border wall funded. He shut down the government. He proved again and again that he is, in fact, the world’s worst negotiator.
So if we want anything real to happen on gun safety at the federal level, we’ll need someone else is in the Oval Office.
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Post by hop2 on Aug 15, 2019 18:07:45 GMT
Paul Waldman.. ”Passing gun legislation would require navigating sensitive negotiations and a thorough understanding of the incentives and risks facing members of Congress. The idea that Donald Trump is up to that task is laughable:” From his column in The Washington Post.. “Trump says he wants to pass gun legislation. But he’s not up to the task.” “Though Donald Trump has done many things as president that have pleased Republicans, he does not have a single meaningful legislative accomplishment to his name. He has signed some bills, the most important of which was a huge tax break that went mostly to corporations and the wealthy, but that didn’t exactly require deft legislative maneuvering on Trump’s part. Republicans had full control of Congress, and they would have cut taxes for corporations and the wealthy even if a meteor capable of wiping out out all life on Earth was set to hit the planet a week later. But as pressure builds for the federal government to take action on guns in the wake of a string of mass shootings, Trump is now saying that he wants legislation passed. “I think a lot of really meaningful things on background checks will take place, including red flags, including a lot of other very, very important items. And the Republicans are looking at it very seriously,” he told reporters last week. Trump has been talking to senators from both parties about legislation, including Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and Pat Toomey (R-Pa.), who co-sponsored a universal background check bill in 2013 after 20 children were massacred in Connecticut. (That bill fell to a Republican filibuster.) But Trump has also had multiple conversations with National Rifle Association CEO Wayne LaPierre, who no doubt made clear the NRA’s opposition to expanded background checks. As Trump promised the NRA not long after taking office, “You came through for me, and I am going to come through for you.” So in the White House, uncertainty reigns: What President Trump has not done yet is the kind of arm-twisting of Republican senators wary of gun control legislation that will be necessary to force a bill through Congress, according to interviews with White House officials and congressional aides. He has shown no interest so far in a major address to ensure that public opinion is behind such a move. And he and his aides have yet to settle on what he will actually propose.
But they have commissioned a poll through his campaign to assess where his supporters are on different gun control measures, and they will have the results by September, when the Senate returns from summer recess, according to three people briefed on the plans.They commissioned a poll! Now that is leadership. It’s safe to assume that Trump has no genuine beliefs about the gun issue, at least none he particularly cares about. As on other issues, he has expressed some liberal positions in the past, but when he ran for president, he became more conservative. But Trump’s feeling pressured in both directions. Public eagerness for action on guns is intense, and Trump would love to be able to say he did something that other presidents couldn’t do. On the other hand, his highest priority is always doing what his base wants, and it’s widely assumed that his base will reject any real limits on guns. That might not actually be true, however. The measures being discussed are quite modest: Enhanced background checks (which even Fox News polls show at 90 percent support among the public) and “red flag” measures that would allow guns to be temporarily taken from people believed to pose a risk of imminent violence are the two mentioned most often. It’s a sign of how afraid they are of taking bold steps that one of the suggestions the White House is reportedly considering is mandating the death penalty for mass shooters. Perhaps they’ll throw in the death penalty for suicide bombers as well, since that would have about as much practical effect. But this is all almost certain to fail for one key reason: It depends on Trump. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has made clear that he won’t allow anything to be considered by the Senate unless it has Trump’s full support. His members will only risk sticking their necks out on guns if they know that Trump is there to tell their voters not to punish them for it. As one Republican Senate aide told The Post’s Jacqueline Alemany, “It’s sort of one of those issues that only Trump could give Republicans the cover that they need to make this politically viable.” Will the senators trust him to do that? They’ve seen how he has retreated from promises on guns when the NRA objects. They’ve seen how he will take one position, then reverse himself if he gets criticized in conservative media. Even worse, getting a bill passed will require complex and delicate negotiations involving an understanding of the different incentives and risks faced by members of Congress from both parties. Does anyone seriously think Trump could pull this off? Look at his legislative record over the past two and a half years. He signed a few bills that Democrats and Republicans in Congress came together to agree on, on issues like opioids and criminal justice reform. But what he hasn’t done is participate in any meaningful way in a legislative effort that required any negotiating skill, to navigate through tricky competing interests and arrive at a solution on a controversial issue where the outcome was uncertain. He tried and failed to repeal the Affordable Care Act and to get his border wall funded. He shut down the government. He proved again and again that he is, in fact, the world’s worst negotiator.
So if we want anything real to happen on gun safety at the federal level, we’ll need someone else is in the Oval Office.You’ll need someone else in the senate because Mitch won’t bring anything bipartisan to a vote.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 15, 2019 19:07:56 GMT
trump...
”Our Great Farmers know how important it is to win on Trade. They will be the big winners!”
Really?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 15, 2019 19:14:00 GMT
trump...
”Representatives Omar and Tlaib are the face of the Democrat Party, and they HATE Israel!”
Can someone explain to me why we all in the United States must love Israel over any other foreign country? That it is some requirement that one must love Israel to be patriotic. I mean I understand the US will come to Israel’s aid if the Arabs get testy but I’m not understanding why we must love Israel.
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Post by dewryce on Aug 15, 2019 19:25:08 GMT
trump... ”Representatives Omar and Tlaib are the face of the Democrat Party, and they HATE Israel!” Can someone explain to me why we all in the United States must love Israel over any other foreign country? That it is some requirement that one must love Israel to be patriotic. I mean I understand the US will come to Israel’s aid if the Arabs get testy but I’m not understanding why we must love Israel. I'm not sure how anyone in the Republican Party has a leg to stand on when talking about hate. Especially Trump. He is this country’s poster child for bullying and hate. And the majority of them just sit back quietly.
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Post by femalebusiness on Aug 15, 2019 19:34:03 GMT
Corporate takeover of family farms is what it is all about. I saw what corporate takeovers did to the farmers in the 70’s and 80’s in the Central Valley in California. People who had farmed their land for generations were wiped out and big agri business moved in.
While all of the fools are worried about big government, big corporations are taking over our country and our government and they have no accountability. The citizens cannot vote them out. Soon we the people will have no control at all. We have control of our government if we value and use our vote but there us no way we have any control over corporations now that all of the safeguards and anti-trust laws have been removed.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 15, 2019 19:48:23 GMT
trump...
”The Fake News Media is doing everything they can to crash the economy because they think that will be bad for me and my re-election. The problem they have is that the economy is way too strong and we will soon be winning big on Trade, and everyone knows that, including China!”
He is just plain nuts.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 15, 2019 19:51:54 GMT
A tweet trump responded to..
“Sleepy Joe has been on the wrong side of nearly every foreign policy decision he has ever made. He loves China, and has been a big softy when it comes to holding them accountable - maybe because his family has close financial ties to their government. Bad for America! #KAG 🇺🇸”
His response..
“Biden doesn’t have a clue! I will solve the China problem.”
😀 Yea right..
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Post by hop2 on Aug 15, 2019 20:09:04 GMT
Corporate takeover of family farms is what it is all about. I saw what corporate takeovers did to the farmers in the 70’s and 80’s in the Central Valley in California. People who had farmed their land for generations were wiped out and big agri business moved in. While all of the fools are worried about big government, big corporations are taking over our country and our government and they have no accountability. The citizens cannot vote them out. Soon we the people will have no control at all. We have control of our government if we value and use our vote but there us no way we have any control over corporations now that all of the safeguards and anti-trust laws have been removed. well, at least I’m not the only ‘crazy’ one thinking that exact thing. I’m amazed that the victims are the ones that basically willingly handed it all over to them. I have an acquaintance who told me I was a conspiracy wacko when I told them this exact thing. I even explained how the stock market can be doing well while ‘they’ squeeze out family farms & mom& pop Main Street. In fact the Republicans seem to have made a targeted attack at family farmers this time riling Trump up to his trade war.
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Post by crimsoncat05 on Aug 15, 2019 20:55:38 GMT
trump... ”Our Great Farmers know how important it is to win on Trade. They will be the big winners!”Really? tell that to the widows and family members of the farmers who have committed suicide. They'll love hearing it. Newsweek.com story May 2019"I work with suicidal farmers. It's becoming too much to bear." (story from April 2019) Both of these stories were from BEFORE China said there weren't going to buy ANY of our agricultural goods... and harvest season is just around the corner. What are all these family farmers going to do when they get paid peanuts for their crops? Who's going to buy all of their crops, anyway? ETA: why in the HELL can Trump use his position as President to so VERY BLATANTLY further his OWN PERSONAL political re-election agenda? What he said about them has NOTHING to do with the US's current official stance re: Israel, and EVERYTHING to do with DT's own personal agenda. Every president probably did it to some extent... but come on- really?!? IT says right in the story-- "to badmouth his political opponents" and it has nothing to do with the US's official position. They are sitting Congresswomen; they should NOT have been denied entry.
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Post by Just T on Aug 15, 2019 20:56:40 GMT
This has got to be unprecedented--an American president badmouthing senators/congress to the point that a foreign country will not allow them to visit. Has this ever happened before?
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Post by femalebusiness on Aug 15, 2019 21:01:27 GMT
This is sickening especially coming from Israel. The Jews know what it feels like to be considered not good enough and discriminated against. I lose respect for anyone who follows what trump demands. Israel should be better than that.
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Post by artgirl1 on Aug 15, 2019 21:18:26 GMT
This has got to be unprecedented--an American president badmouthing senators/congress to the point that a foreign country will not allow them to visit. Has this ever happened before? well NO! but this isn't a president. It is a dictatorship. And ironically, if you ever watch the Congressional Hearings on Cspan, the members are always admonished not to say derogatory comments about other member or 'the president'
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