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... He thought he was going to be King of FOX after O'Reilley crashed... but Tuckums usurped him!
Yeah, that's gotta suck. Just imagine being upstaged by someone like Tucker Carlson! 
But they're already spinning this into "proof," if only to themselves, of huge corruption by Biden. Can't project without targets of course, and they constantly have to.
They've gotten so use to all this mud-slinging, that they think they can say anything and turn it into a scandal. It is the way they present it and their gullible audience gasps and says, "My God, that is horrible!"
The viewers aren't even listening anymore to what is actually being said, they are conditioned to respond to the tone of voice and certain visuals that tell them this is something totally outrageous. Example: The Tan Suit!
Hey, how have you been?
whenever we return from looking out though. I mostly avoid election coverage, for my own sake; do some calling to people on Democratic call lists to vote early, but ignore polls.
So true about the viewers. I remember how Limbaugh would often tease his dittoheads by starting out like, "Folks, you won't believe what the Democrats are doing now: They claim the sun is going to rise in the morning!" Making them wait eagerly for his explanation of why they're to be outraged.
Now they're MAGA voters, trained long ago to view everything that happens as providing a ball to run for the team. Their silence between an event and receiving the lies they await is as predictable as what happens when they do.
Lol, echoes of your Obama's "tan suit": at this point I'm remembering the dutiful (but flagrantly sincere!) outrage when Michelle suggested people feed their children more salad. Must aggravate their handlers no end that they haven't gotten that kind of traction with Jill.
without sounding racist. To me, the feeding children more healthy food or Barack's tan suit criticisms were code for "uppity".
You are right. These people have been programmed for many years, some going back to the 1990s. They are conditioned to be outraged whenever they hear, "Folks, you won't believe__________". Outrage can become addictive and I've even found myself falling into that trap at times. The only difference of course is my outrage is based on real facts and evidence. Still it is not healthy to live like that. I've learned to ration my outrage so it doesn't totally consume me.
I'll be happy when this election is over. I try to avoid campaign ads, but they keep finding me. Some of them are more ridiculous and misleading as ever. I really hate seeing my fellow Americans as intentionally deceitful and manipulative in a quest for power at any cost. I don't want to become a bitter old cynic. I need to indulge in more creative outlets. That often works for me.
some larger and/or more dominant at any time. But I really thought a solid majority were mostly good -- and sensible. I didn't think so many people could become so indifferent to truth and prone to blowing off democracy when it gets in their way (most without even coming close to realizing what they're doing). Dreadful weaknesses for a democracy.
As you say. And now my version is I'm going to go reread a sweet old romance that was a favorite 40 years ago, set in another century whose problems were settled so long ago they're only mentioned to put the hero in a dazzling uniform. Gotta tell my husband to stop reading the AJC's voter guide to me, though. 
I could accept that there were areas of disagreement, but I felt that most people were basically good and decent. Of course, there were some total assholes, but they seemed so few and far between and for the most part, it was easy to avoid them if you were lucky enough not to have to work with or for one.
I still can't absorb all this and I'm not sure if I ever will. I mean, these are the people who are rooting for the bad guys in the movie, but they don't realize it. The republicans are Mr. Potter for Christ's sake and Trump is not Jimmy Stewart!
I like period pieces and watch a lot of British television. Great escapism. I haven't been reading too much the past few weeks as I've been working on photos, but I try to mix it up - novels, science fiction, classics, biographies, and an occasional current events or political book. I am resisting the temptation to read "Confidence Man" right now.
Ha, ha, ha - "Gotta tell my husband to stop reading the AJC's voter guide to me." 
of reading to listening, and many cost money.
Rachel's is history and definitely intriguing. And (critically) it's free. 
MSNBC's Rachel site also provides a transcript, so I just automatically started reading that instead, but I wanted to hear what Father Coughlin and others sounded like on the little clips of old broadcasts people were hearing then.
the other day was in a paperback when it didn't work.
"a cognitive mess." Steele dossier. Out of control crime in NY.
Everything but Biden's message to Hunter, but he'll get back to it. They're already spinning it as proof that Biden was conspiring with him to pocket millions from China.
And now leaving the bottom of the slough for the light...
This was actually a call he made in 2018 (apparently) but it has only recently been made public. It was probably leaked but we don't know who leaked it. Anyway Hannity thought he had this big scandal about the Bidens and Hunter's drug addiction problems, when it all backfired on Hannity.
Many people were incensed that Hannity invaded the Biden family's privacy, while others were touched by the sincerity of Joe's message to his son. Almost everyone in America knows someone with a drug problem, even in their own family. So many Americans are sympathetic to Joe Biden's problem.
Now Hannity realizes that it was all a mistake to reveal this private message and he's trying to walk it back, I guess. I wouldn't know because I never watch his show, nor do I read his tweets. It's just what I have gathered from comments made on DU this morning.
