Grisham figured out the job of Press Secretary...Never have any press briefings!The Sybian wrote: ↑Tue Apr 07, 2020 11:27 amMan, of all the early Trump supporters on the 24 hour news networks, she was the most ridiculous/least credible. So much so, she all but disappeared for several years. Can't believe how low standards for Press Secretary have fallen. Then again, it's not like Spicer of Huckabee-Sanders comported themselves with any dignity.DaveInSeattle wrote: ↑Tue Apr 07, 2020 10:59 am The new White House Press Secretary!
We are so fucking doomed...
Trump Admin Meltdown Thread Part V - All Hail King Donald, First of his name
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That being said it's gotta be one of the most difficult jobs you can get, particularly under King Donald I.
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More of her greatest hits...
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It's widely characterized, under any presidency, as the toughest PR position in the world. I have put myself in their position in the past, wondering how I'd fare. I think I would last about 2 weeks before I'd start getting tetchy with some conservative asshole.
But under Trump, it's not really a traditional role. Putting policy and ideology aside, the way he comports himself makes it a "throw your hands up, say fuck it" role that no real serious PR person would take.
Spicer is a joke, Sanders-Huckabee might not be a joke, but she's not taken seriously. And I honestly didn't even know he HAD a press secretary until this one got moved back to the first lady's office.
Seriously, that's an absolutely mortifying thing to have on your resume.
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It's a badge of honor to to the true believers/sycophants. It will be a gold star on their resumé in the future, when they get recruited to a company headed by other true believers.Nonlinear FC wrote: ↑Tue Apr 07, 2020 12:53 pm Seriously, that's an absolutely mortifying thing to have on your resume.
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Oh...and she's a birther/racist as well!
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King/Queen of the Idiots.sancarlos wrote: ↑Tue Apr 07, 2020 12:57 pmIt's a badge of honor to to the true believers/sycophants. It will be a gold star on their resumé in the future, when they get recruited to a company headed by other true believers.Nonlinear FC wrote: ↑Tue Apr 07, 2020 12:53 pm Seriously, that's an absolutely mortifying thing to have on your resume.
Have at it, Hoss.
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So the day after 1,900 Americans die, Trump gloats...
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So if the Fake News Media is covering his pressers, does that mean they're fake news?
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Republican logic, baby. It's fannnnntastic.
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Hilarious that the WH is now trying to strong-arm CNN into full coverage of the coronavirus pressers.
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The briefings from the people who daily preach to the rest of us the virtue of social distancing while standing shoulder-to-shoulder to get in the camera shot.
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"What a bunch of pedantic pricks." - sybian
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Are the homeless people still living in squares in the parking lots?
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No. They built temporary shelters.
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And as much as I love to pile on Trump the statement that “all of the Las Vegas hotels” is exceptionally nebulous. I doubt “all” is true even if it was limited to the Strip alone.
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This upcoming election is going to be a complete and total shit-show/farce...
New Trump attack ad appears to suggest Washington state’s former Asian American governor is a Chinese official
New Trump attack ad appears to suggest Washington state’s former Asian American governor is a Chinese official
And just for a throwback...here's Gov Locke at his finest:A new attack ad by President Trump’s campaign that portrays former vice president Joe Biden as too cozy with China to confront the country over the coronavirus pandemic includes an image of Gary Locke, a former governor of Washington state, that appears to falsely suggest he is a Chinese official.
Locke, who is Chinese American and was serving as U.S. ambassador to China at the time, is briefly depicted onstage at a 2013 event in Beijing with Biden, now the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee. The clip is interspersed with others of Biden toasting the country’s leader, Xi Jinping, and criticizing Trump as xenophobic for imposing a travel ban on China following the coronavirus outbreak in that country.
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Rasmussen is a GOP-leaning poll so this is absolutely bad news for Trump.
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If you want Trump to lose, you should be hoping for sports, especially football, to not start before the election. You know he will send the message that he helped "got football back" (see also: that conference call with commissioners from last week).
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It's Congress and the media's fault!
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"Roll" LOL!
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Why does he think citing some random businessman's political opinion gives it greater weight? He is the fucking President!
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No... it's Fauci's fault. (Read some of the comments)
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thanking the network that said covid-19 was created in a lab in north carolina is quite the unwitting self-own here
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I don't think any politician took this seriously in February. It was like the Mayor in JAWS keeping the beaches open and telling people to get into the water.
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Here's one:degenerasian wrote: ↑Mon Apr 13, 2020 1:55 pm I don't think any politician took this seriously in February. It was like the Mayor in JAWS keeping the beaches open and telling people to get into the water.
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Things weren’t closed yet here in February, but the “stay six feet apart” social distancing was certainly a part of our life.degenerasian wrote: ↑Mon Apr 13, 2020 1:55 pm I don't think any politician took this seriously in February. It was like the Mayor in JAWS keeping the beaches open and telling people to get into the water.
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I actually heard my Trump-loving parents give a lot of praise to California last night during our weekly family Zoom happy hour.sancarlos wrote: ↑Mon Apr 13, 2020 2:04 pmThings weren’t closed yet here in February, but the “stay six feet apart” social distancing was certainly a part of our life.degenerasian wrote: ↑Mon Apr 13, 2020 1:55 pm I don't think any politician took this seriously in February. It was like the Mayor in JAWS keeping the beaches open and telling people to get into the water.
People were absolutely taking it seriously in February and California is the perfect example of how this country's experience with this virus could've been a lot better had most of the rest of the country done the same.
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I don't remember our client really giving a shit about it when I got there in March (and they closed their retail locations while keeping corporate open with contractors on site while I was still there). One of the two restaurants I ate at allowed you to sit anywhere while the other (the following night) capped how many people they could seat at one time due to a new law (for lack of a better word).sancarlos wrote: ↑Mon Apr 13, 2020 2:04 pmThings weren’t closed yet here in February, but the “stay six feet apart” social distancing was certainly a part of our life.degenerasian wrote: ↑Mon Apr 13, 2020 1:55 pm I don't think any politician took this seriously in February. It was like the Mayor in JAWS keeping the beaches open and telling people to get into the water.
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If you back to page 3 of the original Captn Trips thread, it’s clear a lot of people took it very seriously in latter part of February, but certainly not everybody.DSafetyGuy wrote: ↑Mon Apr 13, 2020 2:32 pmI don't remember our client really giving a shit about it when I got there in March (and they closed their retail locations while keeping corporate open with contractors on site while I was still there). One of the two restaurants I ate at allowed you to sit anywhere while the other (the following night) capped how many people they could seat at one time due to a new law (for lack of a better word).sancarlos wrote: ↑Mon Apr 13, 2020 2:04 pmThings weren’t closed yet here in February, but the “stay six feet apart” social distancing was certainly a part of our life.degenerasian wrote: ↑Mon Apr 13, 2020 1:55 pm I don't think any politician took this seriously in February. It was like the Mayor in JAWS keeping the beaches open and telling people to get into the water.
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An actual journalist- bless her for doing her job well:
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Why can't all media types do that all the time?
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Access, as in they need it to do their jobs/advance their careers, or at least some journalists feel like they have to have it and act accordingly (sometimes they do need it, such as staying on a newsmaker's good side to get info, and, of course, the subjects being reported about will treat them accordingly.)
Of course, there are also the stupid who don't know any better (pretty faces on TV!) and the lazy who don't put in the work to know better.
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"beautiful, with an exotic-yet-familiar facial structure and an arresting gaze."
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"beautiful, with an exotic-yet-familiar facial structure and an arresting gaze."
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There really needs to be a John Oliver Last Week Tonight takedown of this guy and his bullshit.
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Yeah. I follow some Deadspin writers now on Twitter after never doing so when the site was alive. He's excellent.brian wrote: ↑Thu Apr 16, 2020 2:33 pm I would read anything David Roth writes about Trump.
Another great new piece today.
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This mystifies me too.
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