The game continues.
I have no love for Todd. I think he is a journalistic lightweight unwilling to do what needs to be done. Even in his retraction/apology he fails to grasp the issues in play. IMO.
It is disturbing that we cant get a clear discussion of what was said & perhaps
I have no love for Todd. I think he is a journalistic lightweight unwilling to do what needs to be done. Even in his retraction/apology he fails to grasp the issues in play. IMO.
It is disturbing that we cant get a clear discussion of what was said & perhaps
what point Todd was trying to make. Like how @DanRather
was kneecapped by a detail, while making a substantial point concerning GWBush, so here.
It is the essence of how the RightWing attacks and defeats facts and a clear airing of the issues.
Very Rovian.
Focus on a small
was kneecapped by a detail, while making a substantial point concerning GWBush, so here.
It is the essence of how the RightWing attacks and defeats facts and a clear airing of the issues.
Very Rovian.
Focus on a small
violation, and make it the story. Overwhelm the actual important point w a sideshow distraction...After which, there simply is no more energy left to deal w the facts.
A book could be written detailing this strategy and how effective it has been in the quasi victories of the
A book could be written detailing this strategy and how effective it has been in the quasi victories of the
last two "republican" presidents... The ones not elected by the citizenry, but appointed.
[Side point:Look no further than this to und McConnell/GOP court packing efforts. It will be their only handhold of survival after the citizenry figures this out votes them out of office]
[Side point:Look no further than this to und McConnell/GOP court packing efforts. It will be their only handhold of survival after the citizenry figures this out votes them out of office]
It strikes me that this is an issue of this nature.
My first draft thread in response to this issue.
There is more at issue, and at stake, than @chucktodd not airing Barr's unsubstantiated, & erroneous, assertion.
I wish we would dive into that.
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My first draft thread in response to this issue.
There is more at issue, and at stake, than @chucktodd not airing Barr's unsubstantiated, & erroneous, assertion.
I wish we would dive into that.
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Last on this thread:
It always interests me how absolute the cone of silence has to be for Trumpies to retain their concretized beliefs. As noted in prior posts, when you are defending a lie you have to cut off any and every contradiction to it.
You cannot discuss different
It always interests me how absolute the cone of silence has to be for Trumpies to retain their concretized beliefs. As noted in prior posts, when you are defending a lie you have to cut off any and every contradiction to it.
You cannot discuss different
points of view...differing opinions on a theme...No, like Trump, who so completely devastated his reputation trying to take on press conferences as surrogate campaign rallies, When anyone asked him to give account for his thoughts or actions he immediately went into "You are fake
"you are bad", "you are an enemy of the people", Next question...
So it is. Defending the indefensible leads to authoritarian trumping. It has always been the case. It is why the Constitution requires freedom of the press. However flawed it is.
So it is. Defending the indefensible leads to authoritarian trumping. It has always been the case. It is why the Constitution requires freedom of the press. However flawed it is.
This syndrome, when encountered in the "faithful", is concerning. It exemplifies why we are unable to bridge the gap between what is becoming extreme divisions in the country.
We are unable to talk.
To engage.
To reason together.
We are unable to talk.
To engage.
To reason together.
It is all warfare. And, as in war, and by the framing of the original post/thought of this thread, the only viable outcome is victory.
Trump & Co, are fighting for their life. They are quite aware if they lose the entire thing they have created unravels.
Thus Barr wants to win
Trump & Co, are fighting for their life. They are quite aware if they lose the entire thing they have created unravels.
Thus Barr wants to win
needs to win, so he can write the history.
That is my assertion.
This is my POV on this tempest in a teapot that Todd failed to air the last line of Barr's assertion, not argument.
IT is a larger issue in play.
That is my assertion.
This is my POV on this tempest in a teapot that Todd failed to air the last line of Barr's assertion, not argument.
IT is a larger issue in play.
When it comes to the rank & file, often they cannot bear even the simplest of engagements.
So this poster, who shot his wad w this post and then "blocked" any response.
The block is unimportant.
The inability to engage is.
So I'll put it here for the record.
So this poster, who shot his wad w this post and then "blocked" any response.
The block is unimportant.
The inability to engage is.
So I'll put it here for the record.
The point is: What is passing for the Airing of the Flynn issue is a fraction of what is, in fact, at issue.
Not the least is the simplified issue of Flynn accepting the one count of lying has obscured the many counts he was also guilty of.
Those will not be adjudicated, not
Not the least is the simplified issue of Flynn accepting the one count of lying has obscured the many counts he was also guilty of.
Those will not be adjudicated, not
under a Barr "justice" dept.
But they remain the more substantial details. They are the details that must be suppressed in the discussions to keep the foggery of the winners "history" intact.
But they remain the more substantial details. They are the details that must be suppressed in the discussions to keep the foggery of the winners "history" intact.
