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senseandsensibility

(20,256 posts)
Mon Feb 19, 2024, 03:40 PM Feb 2024

Gee, I wonder why Jake Tapper and CNN are

presenting a series on "scandals" which seems to treat the whole topic as a light-hearted, not too serious, but "interesting" phenomenon with lots of mugging by Tapper.

It's curious that the first two episodes go way back in time to feature Democrats. One is about John Edwards and the other about that Governor from Illinois who took bribes. I've also seen promos for Elliott Spitzer (also a Dem). Nothing about R's.

I guess Hastert (and of course) cheato, are not interesting enough for Tapper or CNN.

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Gee, I wonder why Jake Tapper and CNN are (Original Post) senseandsensibility Feb 2024 OP
Hmmm... Mike Nelson Feb 2024 #1
At least they don't have those idiotic prison shows and celebrity documentaries anymore. nt Gore1FL Feb 2024 #2
That's true! Mike Nelson Feb 2024 #5
Example: Not one word about this GOP thief, or his buddy Governor Mike Dewine. SalamanderSleeps Feb 2024 #3
Yes, I've never heard of it. senseandsensibility Feb 2024 #9
Behavior use to have consequences pwb Feb 2024 #4
Bad behavior still has political consequences liberalmediaaddict Feb 2024 #6
Especially since they never go out of the rightwing bubble senseandsensibility Feb 2024 #10
They must remind the public that both sides do it. -nt CrispyQ Feb 2024 #7
Bingo! senseandsensibility Feb 2024 #8

Mike Nelson

(10,248 posts)
1. Hmmm...
Mon Feb 19, 2024, 03:55 PM
Feb 2024

... thought I saw the Sanford guy who "hiked the Appalachian trail" in a promo. I don't like these taped docs. I think they are running one on Martha Stewart. My interest in her in zero... MSNBC on weekends and holidays is the worst.

Mike Nelson

(10,248 posts)
5. That's true!
Mon Feb 19, 2024, 04:07 PM
Feb 2024

... they were truly wretched. The prison ones... awful awful awful... naked child predators... rerun endlessly... made me watch FOX.

SalamanderSleeps

(663 posts)
3. Example: Not one word about this GOP thief, or his buddy Governor Mike Dewine.
Mon Feb 19, 2024, 04:02 PM
Feb 2024

Former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder, 64, of Glenford, Ohio, was sentenced in federal court here today to 240 months in prison for leading a racketeering conspiracy to receive nearly $61 million in bribes to pass and uphold a billion-dollar nuclear plant bailout.

Link:
https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdoh/pr/former-ohio-house-speaker-sentenced-20-years-prison-leading-racketeering-conspiracy#:~:text=CINCINNATI%20%E2%80%93%20Former%20Ohio%20House%20Speaker,billion%2Ddollar%20nuclear%20plant%20bailout.

Larry Lee Householder was convicted in the largest bribery corruption scandal in Ohio’s history.

He is a member of the Republican Party, the party of privilege.

pwb

(12,156 posts)
4. Behavior use to have consequences
Mon Feb 19, 2024, 04:05 PM
Feb 2024

for both sides. Now pukes commit real crimes they just deny or ignore them and they go away.

liberalmediaaddict

(917 posts)
6. Bad behavior still has political consequences
Mon Feb 19, 2024, 04:11 PM
Feb 2024

Just not for Donald Trump. No scandal will cause his supporters to ever abandon him.

At least the courts are making his life as stressful as possible.

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