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global1

(25,243 posts)
Thu Sep 6, 2018, 10:31 PM Sep 2018

What Is Really Disturbing Me About The NYT OpEd Is That The MSM.....

is fixated on learning who Anonymous is - instead of focusing on the gravity of the accusations about Trump being unfit to serve as president which the OpEd was written about.

It's almost like the MSM is making a game out of the naming of this person.

This is not a game folks. This is serious stuff when you have to have someone on the inside crying out for help from Congress to do something about this criminal in the WH. This fake of a president has his hand on the Nuclear Codes. When is Congress going to do something? When Trump fires off some nuclear missiles or nukes some country or starts some war.

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lapfog_1

(29,199 posts)
1. process stories
Thu Sep 6, 2018, 10:34 PM
Sep 2018

plus it is a "who dunit" mystery. So endless speculation.

Re-read Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and see what the philosophers decided (with the help of Deep Thought) when they learned that the answer to "Life, the Universe, and Everything" was, in fact, 42.

The gravy train rolls on.

HipChick

(25,485 posts)
3. He might push the button...but it sounds like the Military are not carrying out
Thu Sep 6, 2018, 10:38 PM
Sep 2018

any Presidential orders..

Grasswire2

(13,569 posts)
6. and Woodward's book is getting short shrift...
Thu Sep 6, 2018, 10:42 PM
Sep 2018

...and so is the Kavanaugh evidence.

It seems too strategic for me. Too Rovian.

Princess Turandot

(4,787 posts)
11. The quotes from it not withstanding, Woodward's book has not actually been released...
Thu Sep 6, 2018, 11:37 PM
Sep 2018

It is expected to ship on 9/11/18. That will likely cause an uptick in interest.

KentuckyWoman

(6,679 posts)
8. MSM - willing dupes or in on it? I hypothesize, you decide.
Thu Sep 6, 2018, 10:55 PM
Sep 2018

I've decided this is nothing but a calculated diversion. Sheer BS.

Someone from the most inner circle from the beginning and still there ... claiming to be putting country first. Yeah right.

1. The R's are in serious deep shit coming November. The mantra "don't worry he's crazy but we are protecting you" is just dog whistles to the not completely insane wing of the R faithful that they will do whatever it takes to keep the flow of money going to rich white men.

2. Diverts from Mueller and Kavanaugh media wise.

3. Gets the batshit wing of the R's all fired up so they turn out the vote.

Yes it's only Sept but they needed the extra time. Fundraising needs to be done.

Media is either in on it or else willing dupes. This is why there is no conversation about the substance of the letter.

My hypothesis. Flame away.

TreasonousBastard

(43,049 posts)
10. Relax-- this is what they do. And it's worked for over 200 years...
Thu Sep 6, 2018, 11:28 PM
Sep 2018

The simple fact is that nobody really cares about what was said in the editorial. Whatever was said is said and done so the next shiny thing is who said it.

Ya also got Woodward's book out there no one is talking about.

Short attention span and all that.

tenderfoot

(8,426 posts)
13. I'm disturbed that it's being taken seriously to begin with
Thu Sep 6, 2018, 11:47 PM
Sep 2018

Whoever wrote it is totally FOR everything Trump has done. They just don’t like him.

I think it was written by Jeff Flake.

Rhiannon12866

(205,320 posts)
14. I completely agree
Fri Sep 7, 2018, 01:36 AM
Sep 2018

The MSM has "normalized" his OTT bizarre behavior - that we never would have stood for from any POTUS in the history of this country.

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