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60 minutes releases trailer (Original Post) kpete Oct 2020 OP
For those not informed, it is a great interview. patricia92243 Oct 2020 #1
Do not watch... 5X Oct 2020 #2
they arent his ratings. they are stahl's ratings. mopinko Oct 2020 #4
I hope to watch. I want to know babylonsister Oct 2020 #5
My gut feeling is he refused to answer a question and Lesley kept asking it. KS Toronado Oct 2020 #25
Or he soiled his depends shelshaw Oct 2020 #26
His ratings, what's left of them, will plummet. TheCowsCameHome Oct 2020 #6
Biden and Hatris will be on the same program. Drunken Irishman Oct 2020 #7
Biden and Harris are part of the same interview program obamanut2012 Oct 2020 #8
LOL, are you serious?? How could this help him?????? nt USALiberal Oct 2020 #9
I won't watch, nothing to be gained by watching the idiot. 5X Oct 2020 #10
Do not watch? WTF? MineralMan Oct 2020 #13
Yeah, you're right there. The whole walking off thing makes Trumpy look PatrickforO Oct 2020 #23
LOL BannonsLiver Oct 2020 #21
HOW DARE YOU CONTRADICT THE GREAT AND POWERFUL TRUMP? Mr. Ected Oct 2020 #3
not a "trip" unfortunately..... getagrip_already Oct 2020 #11
I don't think that chart is an accurate counterpoint. thesquanderer Oct 2020 #12
Except even pre pandemic it wasn't greatest. Statistical Oct 2020 #14
Of course. But if you use a meaningless phrase, it means whatever you want it to mean. thesquanderer Oct 2020 #15
Everything he says is nebulous. You are right, you can't argue with him, but you can sure as hell KPN Oct 2020 #24
Is it really economic growth if the average Americans income is flat, their debt is rising and NoMoreRepugs Oct 2020 #16
China... Historic NY Oct 2020 #17
Yep EndlessWire Oct 2020 #27
I will wait for the highlights. pwb Oct 2020 #18
"They should have never let this plague out of China"? dubyadiprecession Oct 2020 #19
Kick dalton99a Oct 2020 #20
Typical narcisist. Blames others for their mistakes and gets defensive about it. ffr Oct 2020 #22
Hahaha! EndlessWire Oct 2020 #28

5X

(3,972 posts)
2. Do not watch...
Thu Oct 22, 2020, 09:00 AM
Oct 2020

he deserves no ratings and it will be typical lying dotard. Nothing new.

He probably walked out knowing the controversy would drive ratings.

babylonsister

(171,060 posts)
5. I hope to watch. I want to know
Reply to 5X (Reply #2)
Thu Oct 22, 2020, 09:13 AM
Oct 2020

why he walked out, whether it was the conversation or solely for attention.

obamanut2012

(26,068 posts)
8. Biden and Harris are part of the same interview program
Reply to 5X (Reply #2)
Thu Oct 22, 2020, 09:16 AM
Oct 2020

So, should we not watch them and give them ratings, too?

MineralMan

(146,288 posts)
13. Do not watch? WTF?
Reply to 5X (Reply #2)
Thu Oct 22, 2020, 09:35 AM
Oct 2020

You know that Biden an Harris are also interviewed in that upcoming program, right? You know that Trump walked off?

No, I'll be watching. We'll all be watching except, perhaps, you. You should watch, too, I think.

PatrickforO

(14,572 posts)
23. Yeah, you're right there. The whole walking off thing makes Trumpy look
Thu Oct 22, 2020, 10:51 AM
Oct 2020

like the emotional five-year-old he actually is.

60 minutes is a venerable show with a big viewership. It's been around so long my parents used to watch it in the 'way back when,' in 1968 when I was just ten years old, and I'm nearly 62 now.

No, walking off 60 minutes because his feet are being held to the fire - that's priceless. You can BET Biden and Harris would, neither of them, do that.

I'll be watching.

Mr. Ected

(9,670 posts)
3. HOW DARE YOU CONTRADICT THE GREAT AND POWERFUL TRUMP?
Thu Oct 22, 2020, 09:01 AM
Oct 2020

Talk about being on a power trip of all power trips.

Not presidential. Not even human.

getagrip_already

(14,742 posts)
11. not a "trip" unfortunately.....
Thu Oct 22, 2020, 09:31 AM
Oct 2020

Our constitution gives the potus real and tangible power. With the senates acquiescence, it is virtually unlimited. Constrained only by those that would execute it.

All he needs is willing agents, and they seem to be in abundance. He can quite literally get away with murder while potus.

It is we who are on a trip - through hell.

thesquanderer

(11,986 posts)
12. I don't think that chart is an accurate counterpoint.
Thu Oct 22, 2020, 09:31 AM
Oct 2020

Trump claims best economy UNTIL the pandemic hit. I think the chart refelects POST pandemic figures, so is not itself a contradiction, even *IF* you equate the nebulous (and nearly meaningless) phrase "greatest economy" with the one with "best job growth."

If you asked Trump how he defined greatest economy, he'd probably say highest stock market, and then he'd be right. Or he'd say the highest number of full-time employed people, and again, he'd be right. That's the problem with arguing about nebulous phrases that can mean whatever someone wants them to mean.

Statistical

(19,264 posts)
14. Except even pre pandemic it wasn't greatest.
Thu Oct 22, 2020, 09:38 AM
Oct 2020

Prior to the pandemic 5 million jobs were added under Dumpy term. That is pretty solid but nowhere near the best two Presidents in modern history Carter and Clinton.

Highest number of full time people is dubious. The population grows. In 30 years there will be more employed people even if the economy is in the tank. The stock market growth has been good but nowhere near the best years in US history. So no by no possible metric did he create "the great economy".

Personally I think the economy grows or falls largely due to influences outside the WH but even if we pretend it is the result on the President AND we give Dumpy a mulligan on the last year he still didn't preside over the greatest economy.

thesquanderer

(11,986 posts)
15. Of course. But if you use a meaningless phrase, it means whatever you want it to mean.
Thu Oct 22, 2020, 09:56 AM
Oct 2020

Yes, highest # of full time employed is a dubious stat, because indeed, population keeps getting bigger. But that still doesn't make it a lie for Trump to say that more people were employed in "his" economy than ever before.

Yes, stock market *growth* has been exceeded at other times, but in absolute figures, it reached its highest point under Trump. Again, its a dubious-at-best measure of "greatest economy", but it's not a lie to say stock market was never higher under anyone else.

So arguably, "greatest economy ever" is not a lie, it's spin. It depends on the metrics, and he can pick metrics to support his statement. Even if they're dubious ones.

KPN

(15,643 posts)
24. Everything he says is nebulous. You are right, you can't argue with him, but you can sure as hell
Thu Oct 22, 2020, 11:06 AM
Oct 2020

point out facts and tear him a new one with them. The point of counterpoints, whether they are relevant to nebu-lies or not, is to make him look like what he is -- a lying sack of shit for brains and embarrassment to all of us. We should all feel mortified that this worthless nematode is our president -- then maybe everyone would vote against him.

NoMoreRepugs

(9,418 posts)
16. Is it really economic growth if the average Americans income is flat, their debt is rising and
Thu Oct 22, 2020, 09:56 AM
Oct 2020

the deficit climbs? I certainly don't think so.

EndlessWire

(6,526 posts)
27. Yep
Thu Oct 22, 2020, 11:58 AM
Oct 2020

And remember, at some point he asked China to help him get dirt on Hunter Biden, but they refused. Shortly thereafter they became the enemy.

dubyadiprecession

(5,708 posts)
19. "They should have never let this plague out of China"?
Thu Oct 22, 2020, 10:03 AM
Oct 2020

Hey Dumbass! You let the plague into the U.S., because you don’t know how to basically do your fucking job!!

ffr

(22,669 posts)
22. Typical narcisist. Blames others for their mistakes and gets defensive about it.
Thu Oct 22, 2020, 10:37 AM
Oct 2020

Sorry there Drumpf, I gave you your walking papers over two weeks from the election. YOU'RE FIRED!

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