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Well said Patti ... well said
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The verbal sparring between my father and Sam Donaldson of ABC, or Helen Thomas of UPI, is well documented. But there was never vitriol, there was never name-calling, and if anyone had attacked a journalist, my father would have been the first to stand in the way.
I've tried to imagine what my father would have done if people attending a political speech of his had turned to the press and raised their middle fingers, hurled obscenities or physically menaced the reporters there doing their jobs. I found it difficult to conjure the image, and then I realized why. It simply wouldn't have happened. The person on the podium, the person everyone has gathered to see, sets the tone.
President Donald Trump has quite successfully set today’s tone. He expertly stirred up the anger that was already simmering in the people who support him, and then he lit a match to it. He gave them an enemy — always a useful tactic. And naming the press as the enemy has precedents: Many tyrants have employed it to their advantage. Trump may not read much, but I’ll bet he knows that.
Those of us who are horrified by the vilification of the news media, those of us who cringe at the sight of angry mobs jeering at the cordoned-off journalists at Trump rallies, far outnumber those who are swept up by this ugly passion. We are still in the majority. But if we are silent, if we don't speak up, if we don't raise our voices and say, "This is not America," it won't matter that we are in the majority.
Silence didn't create this country; brazen, unwavering commitment did. And one of those commitments was to a free press - one not controlled or hampered by a demagogue who has a good day only when he's being flattered.
Patti Davis: My father, Ronald Reagan, would never have stood for this
The "enemy" is whoever Trump doesn't agree with.While her father was unfairly attacked it was nothing like the press has done to Trump, the administration and even the citizen voters.
The press is the enemy. Not principally of Trump either. The press is the enemy of whoever doesn't agree with the press.
The so called press have attacked not Trump, but Americans who elected Trump in a free and fair election. They lost and have been trying to undermine the president we the people elected ever since. THAT'S what's been going on.
Earth to Blues - It was NOT a "free and fair election"
Grow the fuck up and open your eyes
What was not free or fair about it?
While her father was unfairly attacked it was nothing like the press has done to Trump, the administration and even the citizen voters.
The press is the enemy. Not principally of Trump either. The press is the enemy of whoever doesn't agree with the press.
Trump would not have won without help from Russia. He is not really a legitimate President.The so called press have attacked not Trump, but Americans who elected Trump in a free and fair election. They lost and have been trying to undermine the president we the people elected ever since. THAT'S what's been going on.
Earth to Blues - It was NOT a "free and fair election"
Grow the fuck up and open your eyes
What was not free or fair about it?
meGotcha. You're not an actual Marxist, you just play one on message boards
We should take a poll. How many USMB members who constantly spew leftist crap are not really Democrats.
42% of American voters are Independents
And most of those 42% often take the liberal side of things.
Democrats just love saying, I'm not a Democrat, but wow, the Democrats are right on every issue ...
It's amazing how many of these non-Democrats never side with conservatives or Republicans. But they're Independents.
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Well, racist. Funny how they're voting like last timemeWe should take a poll. How many USMB members who constantly spew leftist crap are not really Democrats.
42% of American voters are Independents
And most of those 42% often take the liberal side of things.
Democrats just love saying, I'm not a Democrat, but wow, the Democrats are right on every issue ...
It's amazing how many of these non-Democrats never side with conservatives or Republicans. But they're Independents.
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Most indies can't stand the dude anymore.
Well, racist. Funny how they're voting like last timeme
42% of American voters are Independents
And most of those 42% often take the liberal side of things.
Democrats just love saying, I'm not a Democrat, but wow, the Democrats are right on every issue ...
It's amazing how many of these non-Democrats never side with conservatives or Republicans. But they're Independents.
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Most indies can't stand the dude anymore.
Well hopefully you do pick up state seats since Obama cost you guys like 1000s of them. how many congressional ones.....who was the guy in Ga you guys touted for months.....oh Jon Osoff........is he in congress now?Well, racist. Funny how they're voting like last timeAnd most of those 42% often take the liberal side of things.
Democrats just love saying, I'm not a Democrat, but wow, the Democrats are right on every issue ...
It's amazing how many of these non-Democrats never side with conservatives or Republicans. But they're Independents.
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Most indies can't stand the dude anymore.
Huh? - You are losing your asses in special elections - believe we're up to 50 against 4 on flipped seats.
You probably missed that.
Democrats flip 43rd state legislative seat since Trump took office - CNNPolitics
If Reagan were around today he would be considered a RINO or worse in their eyes. That is how far Republicanism has deviated from its modern foundations.
Well, racist. Funny how they're voting like last timeAnd most of those 42% often take the liberal side of things.
Democrats just love saying, I'm not a Democrat, but wow, the Democrats are right on every issue ...
It's amazing how many of these non-Democrats never side with conservatives or Republicans. But they're Independents.
View attachment 211526
Most indies can't stand the dude anymore.
Huh? - You are losing your asses in special elections - believe we're up to 50 against 4 on flipped seats.
You probably missed that.
Democrats flip 43rd state legislative seat since Trump took office - CNNPolitics
Well, racist. Funny how they're voting like last timeDemocrats just love saying, I'm not a Democrat, but wow, the Democrats are right on every issue ...
It's amazing how many of these non-Democrats never side with conservatives or Republicans. But they're Independents.
View attachment 211526
Most indies can't stand the dude anymore.
Huh? - You are losing your asses in special elections - believe we're up to 50 against 4 on flipped seats.
You probably missed that.
Democrats flip 43rd state legislative seat since Trump took office - CNNPolitics
First of all, racist, to take isolated races and draw a national conclusion is just flat out stupid. And 1,000 seats flipped from blue to red under Obama, a few flipping back is certainly to be expected.
The only thing you got right is how badly libertarians lose elections. Not sure what your racist point is it though. Just your hatred of black people?
Well, racist. Funny how they're voting like last timeIt's amazing how many of these non-Democrats never side with conservatives or Republicans. But they're Independents.
View attachment 211526
Most indies can't stand the dude anymore.
Huh? - You are losing your asses in special elections - believe we're up to 50 against 4 on flipped seats.
You probably missed that.
Democrats flip 43rd state legislative seat since Trump took office - CNNPolitics
First of all, racist, to take isolated races and draw a national conclusion is just flat out stupid. And 1,000 seats flipped from blue to red under Obama, a few flipping back is certainly to be expected.
The only thing you got right is how badly libertarians lose elections. Not sure what your racist point is it though. Just your hatred of black people?
I've voted for two libertarians in my life, dozens of Rs - Yes, probably more Ds than anything.
Iffin' I was you, I'd grab my water wings or my surfboard.
So when republicans flipped a thousand, you called that a tsunami, racist? Why do you hate black and brown people so much?
So when republicans flipped a thousand, you called that a tsunami, racist? Why do you hate black and brown people so much?
Jesus what an idiotic response.
1. I called it what Obama called it - a "shellacking". Learn the word, you'll be needing it soon
2. This thread has nothing to do with race Pee Wee
Well said Patti ... well said
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The verbal sparring between my father and Sam Donaldson of ABC, or Helen Thomas of UPI, is well documented. But there was never vitriol, there was never name-calling, and if anyone had attacked a journalist, my father would have been the first to stand in the way.
I've tried to imagine what my father would have done if people attending a political speech of his had turned to the press and raised their middle fingers, hurled obscenities or physically menaced the reporters there doing their jobs. I found it difficult to conjure the image, and then I realized why. It simply wouldn't have happened. The person on the podium, the person everyone has gathered to see, sets the tone.
President Donald Trump has quite successfully set today’s tone. He expertly stirred up the anger that was already simmering in the people who support him, and then he lit a match to it. He gave them an enemy — always a useful tactic. And naming the press as the enemy has precedents: Many tyrants have employed it to their advantage. Trump may not read much, but I’ll bet he knows that.
Those of us who are horrified by the vilification of the news media, those of us who cringe at the sight of angry mobs jeering at the cordoned-off journalists at Trump rallies, far outnumber those who are swept up by this ugly passion. We are still in the majority. But if we are silent, if we don't speak up, if we don't raise our voices and say, "This is not America," it won't matter that we are in the majority.
Silence didn't create this country; brazen, unwavering commitment did. And one of those commitments was to a free press - one not controlled or hampered by a demagogue who has a good day only when he's being flattered.
Patti Davis: My father, Ronald Reagan, would never have stood for this
Apples to oranges. They never attacked Reagan like they do to Trump.
Perhaps that is because Reagan wasn't an ASSHOLE?
Ya - Prolly