Or is it simply a matter of corporate imperatives?
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I donât think itâs as much about excitement, although that certainly seems to be a component, as much as itâs about this idea of balanced coverage. Folks like Chuck Todd are extremely sensitive to criticism from the Conservative echo chamber and they feel they must churn out some negative story about Democrats to counterbalance all the negative coming out about Republicans. Whatâs the easiest trope to run with about the more disorganized of the two parties? Democrats in disarray. Itâs simple and they can always find examples to make their case. Sure, they could also find as many (or even more) within the Republican Party, but then theyâve already got all this negative stuff to report about Republicans. So, back to Democrats in disarray.
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Poor ol* Diaper Filler ------- the spotlight is going to move away from you .
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Truth is the enemy of tyranny. It doth follow, as the night the day, that truth is the enemy of Trump and his entire administration. From Trumpâs point of view, it is essential that the truth be stamped out, tweet by mendacious tweet.
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Particularly delicious is the incongruity of trying to stamp out the truth with something called a âtweet.â
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Someone, probably one of the remaining Adults in the WH, might offer the President some Basic American Civics and Constitution lessons. Remedial ones. Short texts, large print. But âEnemy of the Peopleâ and âOpposition Partyâ in the same sentence only show his total lack of understanding and qualification for his job.
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Back in the day, spokespeople were those with better-than-average public relations skills whose job included creating a positive spin and making their bosses look good. Terrible Tylerâs nasty tweet was just a Trumpalike potshot. Were he working for anyone else, heâd have been fired for it within 15 minutes.
God, I hate these peopleâŚ
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Care to clue us in on who that might be? I wasnât tracking on any remaining after last week with the rest of the Generalsâ Purge.
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White House Counsel maybe. Or someone on the kitchen staff perhaps, are probably well versed in Civics. And protocol.
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The White House Counsel is likely to be much too busy for the next two years to take charge of this program, which would doubtless be a long and arduous one.
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You could explain the Constitution to him every hour on the hour and it wonât mean a damn thing. He doesnât care. All he cares about is, âTheyâre saying bad things about me. Make them stop.â Thatâs it. He doesnât care how government is supposed to work. He doesnât care about the role of a free press. He only cares about himself.
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McGann left in October. And Melania fired the head chef shortly after the takeover in 2017âŚ
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Trump, in a pair of tweets on Saturday, coined a new term for the reporters who donât slather him with positive coverage: the âopposition party.â
previously on âThe Donald Trump Showâ
https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/826073437735100418?lang=en
https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/1030074380397752320
https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/1014105549624037377
ok, back to New Yearâs Dash.
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Somebody should tell that stupid fuckknuckle that thatâs the job of the press; speaking truth to power.
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Remember Nixonâs valet, Manolo Sanchez? To this day he still maintains that Nixon was framed!
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Yes, and while theyâre at it, they could remind the press as well!
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âNewâ in this context means 'not previously noticed by the author".
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this x infinity!
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'but, but, but it was twice in '18 and once in â17.â
I donât hate the tweets, because its where we are now and heâs the president, butâŚâsomewhat speechlessâ..
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