Discussion: Saudis Tried To Court CNN's Tapper, Fox News' Baier With Super Bowl Tickets, Flights

OK, Tapper and Baier said ā€œNo Thanksā€, who said ā€œThank you, pleaseā€ ?

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Hannity & Carlson for sure. Or maybe not, such a cheap dates donā€™t need superbowl tickets.

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OKā€¦how many congresscritters did they buy?

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To the Saudis Super Bowl tickets and plane rides are small things so in local parlance it would be ā€œbaksheeshā€ or ā€œGrease the palmā€ ā€¦ just a small side dish of corruption.

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Give that Congress critter a couple hundred thou and theyā€™re your friend for life.

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The hamhandedness of this is pretty ironic for a muslim nationā€¦

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After subtracting who and what their money can buy, itā€™d be interesting to see what, if anything, remains of the Saudi ā€œfriendship.ā€

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Journalist everywhere must be thinking that they have to avoid Saudi consulates and other distinct locations under their control.

And wondering how the ones that are taking the grease are going to deal with that.

So who didnā€™tā€™ say ā€˜noā€™? That seems like the real story.

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That a person would even be offered would be an insult and an attack on their credibility.

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Jared, Donald, and Lindsey were so easy that they got overconfident.

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So they were turned down. Who did they think they were dealing with,Trump cabinet officials?

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wait a second. Baier doesnā€™t like football?

Ummm, everyone else?

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Just thinking hereā€¦ If Jake Tapper or Bret Baier want to go to the Superbowl, thatā€™s probably pretty easy for them to do, right? I assume either one could make a phone call and have the tix in hand that afternoon.

one would guess Tom Friedman and David Ignatius

Graham feels betrayed, used by the crown prince. He must have loaded up on the bennies in the past.

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And, what other offers were accepted by Tapper and Baier?

New line from the Saudis, they were trying to stuff Super Bowl tickets in Khashoggiā€™s pocket and inadvertently killed him.

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