Yeah, ABC just did a hit job of the Bidens. It was scathing. They usually reserve this type of reporting for Trump or other Republicans. It seems like someone wants to take Creepy Joe out. He clearly doesn’t have the juice to take on Trump. Even Booker and Harris are blasting him.
https://abcnews.go.com/amp/Politics/...ry?id=63820806
Then there’s this today:
https://pagesix.com/2019/06/20/hunte...sas-woman/amp/
Goodnight Sleepy Joe!
- bambino
- 06-20-2019, 11:42 AM
- dilbert firestorm
- 06-20-2019, 09:50 PM
the dem oppo machine is brutal! lol!
- gnadfly
- 06-20-2019, 11:24 PM
We need Plugs Biden to suck the O2 out of the room. I bet Obama gave the order to take out loyal foot soldier Joe.
Anybody notice we didn't hear about the impeachment proceedings the last two days?
Anybody notice we didn't hear about the impeachment proceedings the last two days?
- The_Waco_Kid
- 06-21-2019, 06:47 AM
- friendly fred
- 06-21-2019, 06:47 AM
Even I don't publicly muse about missing the old segregationist Senators!
- oeb11
- 06-21-2019, 09:47 AM
The DPST radicals are targeting Biden - I don't think he has a prayer at the nomination.
Biden tried to make a point about cooperation between parties for the good of governing the Nation.
The intolerant DPST's are judging by their own hateful Plantation Politics standards, rather than standards of more than 50 years ago.
And no sign of any cooperation for anything by the DPST's - just "Impeach Trump" - their only objective.
Typical - let them flame each other to Ashes!
Biden tried to make a point about cooperation between parties for the good of governing the Nation.
The intolerant DPST's are judging by their own hateful Plantation Politics standards, rather than standards of more than 50 years ago.
And no sign of any cooperation for anything by the DPST's - just "Impeach Trump" - their only objective.
Typical - let them flame each other to Ashes!
- bambino
- 06-21-2019, 09:51 AM
The DPST radicals are targeting Biden - I don't think he has a prayer at the nomination.When the MSM attacks the Democratic front runner, the writings on the wall.
Biden tried to make a point about cooperation between parties for the good of governing the Nation.
The intolerant DPST's are judging by their own hateful Plantation Politics standards, rather than standards of more than 50 years ago.
And no sign of any cooperation for anything by the DPST's - just "Impeach Trump" - their only objective.
Typical - let them flame each other to Ashes! Originally Posted by oeb11
- Austin Ellen
- 06-21-2019, 11:34 AM
I agree. I just knew he was going to burn out and this is just the tip of the iceberg.
- bambino
- 06-21-2019, 11:54 AM
The NY Post and the Washington Examiner ran the stories today as well. Somebody wants Biden gone.
- Unique_Carpenter
- 06-21-2019, 12:37 PM
In today's world, a very large percent of business folks have business deals outside the US.
Thus, any politician with a decent side business can probably get smeared even if there's nothing illegal.
But, it is highly amusing.
And,
Didn't Pelisi have a thing with Visa a while back? One of her staffers became a lobbyist there.
My fav at the moment is the FEC asking AOC's PAC to explain several discrepancies in the PAC's payments to other PACs
Thus, any politician with a decent side business can probably get smeared even if there's nothing illegal.
But, it is highly amusing.
And,
Didn't Pelisi have a thing with Visa a while back? One of her staffers became a lobbyist there.
My fav at the moment is the FEC asking AOC's PAC to explain several discrepancies in the PAC's payments to other PACs
- bambino
- 06-21-2019, 01:14 PM
Wonder why Obama hasn’t defended Biden when Harris and Booker attacked him about his relationship with segregationist Senators? Interesting.
- The_Waco_Kid
- 06-21-2019, 09:06 PM
The powers that be are busy aren't they?
Creepy Joe is being handed his hat.
https://www.redstate.com/joesquire/2...ers-take-heed/
The Media’s Turn On Joe Biden Is Complete, But Will The Voters Take Heed?
Posted at 4:00 am on June 21, 2019 by Joe Cunningham
Over the past few days, what we’ve seen is nothing short of a full-on media dogpile on Joe Biden.
His statements on James Eastland, a segregationist he served in the Senate with, were just the start. Then, it turned into a public feud with Corey Booker, who is also a candidate in the Democratic primary.
And now, we have stories with staffers saying they tried to warn Biden about making these statements and keeping him from making other problematic gaffes, more on his time with racists and segregationists in Washington, and even a piece at POLITICO titled “Grandpa Simpson runs for president.”
Chris Cuomo Had the Proper Reaction to Amy Klobuchar Saying Democrat Rallies are As Large as Trump's
As I’ve explained before, much of the mainstream media operates under a theory in the mass communications world that states the goal of the media is to set the agenda for the day through their coverage. They believe it is their job to tell us what’s important and what’s not. This is done in many ways, starting with the stories that lead the newscast and the stories that barely get mentioned. Then comes the framing of the story, the angle they take to tell it, and other editorial decisions like that.
Finally, it’s the presentation – how it all comes together.
At least, that is how it’s supposed to be. And, in fact, if you look at the leaked internal polling and the job approval polling for Trump, it is clear that the public does not seem to like him. When that polling comes out, it’s a major story. “Nobody likes Trump!” they scream.
But didn’t they say the same thing in 2016? The national polling showed Hillary would win. In fact, the percentages ended up being close to right. The problem is that no one focused on the state-level polling, and no one really got a feel of how the actual voters felt. We only knew what the numbers suggested.
So… what happened? Did the polls lie? I don’t think so, but I do think that polls focused on the wrong questions. It wasn’t a matter of whether or not you liked Trump over Hillary, but whether people were happy where the country was at the time – a time when Democrats ran it.
The answer, as it turned out, was “No.” And Trump won the election.
So the media’s narrative didn’t prevail there. And, in fact, people are still answering that question in the polling, just in a different way.
If you look at the RealClearPolitics average of the polling on the direction of the country, you see that way more people disapprove of the direction we’re headed than approve. But, if you look at the polling on Trump’s job approval, it’s not as bad – he’s holding his head above 50 percent for much of the polling that’s available.
Breaking down the job approval, you see that job approval on foreign policy is about as bad as the direction of the country polling. However, job approval on the economy is on top of the disapproval. When you have a nation of several million, and only a few of those million watch cable news and get their information from the agenda-setting networks, some of the messages won’t reach everyone.
But, the ability to get a job when you couldn’t before, get a bigger tax refund, pay less in interest, etc. does reach many millions more people. The media’s narrative doesn’t have that much of an impact when people can respond with “Yeah… but things for me are better than they were before him.” That is going to mean something over the next couple of years.
That’s why I have to wonder what the impact of Biden’s gaffes will be now. I’m not saying he won’t take a hit, but I don’t think it’s going to be as pronounced as the media are trying to make it out to be. Talking about how closely he worked with segregationists isn’t a good look, and people will not like that he’s bragging about it. Biden will see a gradual decline, but will still be a player in this primary as long as he wants to be, regardless of what the media class wants.
I have a hard time buying into the idea that the media’s ability to set the tone of the political debate is as strong as it was before. It still has some impact, but other media – partisan, social, etc. – are able to soften the blow of the bad news and pump up the good news (and vice versa!) with more ease than they had prior to, say, the Obama Administration.
That is going to mean something in 2020, but I don’t think many have figured that out yet.
Creepy Joe is being handed his hat.
https://www.redstate.com/joesquire/2...ers-take-heed/
The Media’s Turn On Joe Biden Is Complete, But Will The Voters Take Heed?
Posted at 4:00 am on June 21, 2019 by Joe Cunningham
Over the past few days, what we’ve seen is nothing short of a full-on media dogpile on Joe Biden.
His statements on James Eastland, a segregationist he served in the Senate with, were just the start. Then, it turned into a public feud with Corey Booker, who is also a candidate in the Democratic primary.
And now, we have stories with staffers saying they tried to warn Biden about making these statements and keeping him from making other problematic gaffes, more on his time with racists and segregationists in Washington, and even a piece at POLITICO titled “Grandpa Simpson runs for president.”
As thunderbolts crash around him, Joe Biden is facing an urgent question: What exactly is the rationale for his presidential candidacy?While it’s nice to see it happen to a Democrat for a change, it does raise some very interesting questions about the effect the media’s coverage will have on the voters. It’s a question that is being raised by some right-leaning elections analysts on Twitter, many of whom were also burned by the “Hillary Clinton is gonna win” polling of 2016.
The answers given by Biden sympathizers usually are rooted in character and personal history. Here is a decent man who has lived long and seen a lot, through setbacks and tragedy, and knows enough to understand and defend the timeless virtues that are so absent but also so needed in modern Washington. Late in life, the man and moment are in harmony at last for a heroic final chapter.
The hope is that voters will embrace Biden as a kind of American Churchill.
The past 24 hours raise, not for the first time, a more painful possibility: Grampa Simpson is running for president.
Chris Cuomo Had the Proper Reaction to Amy Klobuchar Saying Democrat Rallies are As Large as Trump's
As I’ve explained before, much of the mainstream media operates under a theory in the mass communications world that states the goal of the media is to set the agenda for the day through their coverage. They believe it is their job to tell us what’s important and what’s not. This is done in many ways, starting with the stories that lead the newscast and the stories that barely get mentioned. Then comes the framing of the story, the angle they take to tell it, and other editorial decisions like that.
Finally, it’s the presentation – how it all comes together.
At least, that is how it’s supposed to be. And, in fact, if you look at the leaked internal polling and the job approval polling for Trump, it is clear that the public does not seem to like him. When that polling comes out, it’s a major story. “Nobody likes Trump!” they scream.
But didn’t they say the same thing in 2016? The national polling showed Hillary would win. In fact, the percentages ended up being close to right. The problem is that no one focused on the state-level polling, and no one really got a feel of how the actual voters felt. We only knew what the numbers suggested.
So… what happened? Did the polls lie? I don’t think so, but I do think that polls focused on the wrong questions. It wasn’t a matter of whether or not you liked Trump over Hillary, but whether people were happy where the country was at the time – a time when Democrats ran it.
The answer, as it turned out, was “No.” And Trump won the election.
So the media’s narrative didn’t prevail there. And, in fact, people are still answering that question in the polling, just in a different way.
If you look at the RealClearPolitics average of the polling on the direction of the country, you see that way more people disapprove of the direction we’re headed than approve. But, if you look at the polling on Trump’s job approval, it’s not as bad – he’s holding his head above 50 percent for much of the polling that’s available.
Breaking down the job approval, you see that job approval on foreign policy is about as bad as the direction of the country polling. However, job approval on the economy is on top of the disapproval. When you have a nation of several million, and only a few of those million watch cable news and get their information from the agenda-setting networks, some of the messages won’t reach everyone.
But, the ability to get a job when you couldn’t before, get a bigger tax refund, pay less in interest, etc. does reach many millions more people. The media’s narrative doesn’t have that much of an impact when people can respond with “Yeah… but things for me are better than they were before him.” That is going to mean something over the next couple of years.
That’s why I have to wonder what the impact of Biden’s gaffes will be now. I’m not saying he won’t take a hit, but I don’t think it’s going to be as pronounced as the media are trying to make it out to be. Talking about how closely he worked with segregationists isn’t a good look, and people will not like that he’s bragging about it. Biden will see a gradual decline, but will still be a player in this primary as long as he wants to be, regardless of what the media class wants.
I have a hard time buying into the idea that the media’s ability to set the tone of the political debate is as strong as it was before. It still has some impact, but other media – partisan, social, etc. – are able to soften the blow of the bad news and pump up the good news (and vice versa!) with more ease than they had prior to, say, the Obama Administration.
That is going to mean something in 2020, but I don’t think many have figured that out yet.