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herding cats

(20,049 posts)
Sat Jan 21, 2017, 06:44 PM Jan 2017

Spicer is stammering and yelling.

The take away is Trump had YUGE crowds, and he's lying about the metro totals, and his ratings on TV.

TV Ratings: Trump Inauguration Sinks 18 Percent From Obama in 2009
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/tv-ratings-trump-inauguration-sinks-obama-2009-966745

This is pretty crazy, folks.

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Spicer is stammering and yelling. (Original Post) herding cats Jan 2017 OP
Why do they have such a hard-on for cilla4progress Jan 2017 #1
Trump is a vindictive ass. herding cats Jan 2017 #8
Probably. truebluegreen Jan 2017 #30
The lies! Just like his boss! apcalc Jan 2017 #2
They made a big mistake delaying so long before he came out. herding cats Jan 2017 #4
All he needs is a Nazi outfit... unitedwethrive Jan 2017 #3
Right? herding cats Jan 2017 #6
He really was foaming at the mouth. Incredible! nolabear Jan 2017 #11
I've never witnessed anything like that. herding cats Jan 2017 #14
Some one hand him a paper bag, quick, the whiner is Guilded Lilly Jan 2017 #5
He was beginning to hyperventilate. herding cats Jan 2017 #7
Absolutely. It wouldn't have been a surprise if he had turned blue and Guilded Lilly Jan 2017 #16
I'm beginning to wonder who has the gig as the WH meth dealer. herding cats Jan 2017 #19
Let him pass out. Maybe he'll hit his head and his IQ will go up. nt Ilsa Jan 2017 #34
If Comrade Spice Boy is baldface lying to the press about small shit like this Achilleaze Jan 2017 #9
First day underpants Jan 2017 #12
Haha! herding cats Jan 2017 #15
Thank you. I'd been meaning to look up ratings. underpants Jan 2017 #10
Thanks for that info! herding cats Jan 2017 #13
So, we have to listen to this bellyacher, Spicer, sniveling all the time now. blue neen Jan 2017 #17
He read a prepared statement. herding cats Jan 2017 #21
He had a complete meltdown mcar Jan 2017 #18
That he did. herding cats Jan 2017 #22
They will obsess over every little detail. Rex Jan 2017 #20
It was the white plastic! herding cats Jan 2017 #23
Well you can only do so much with tiny baby hands. Rex Jan 2017 #25
it was a pretty disturbing display fishwax Jan 2017 #24
Well, I know I found it disturbing. herding cats Jan 2017 #29
Actually it was disturbed to infiniti lunatica Jan 2017 #36
did anyone bring up the fact onethatcares Jan 2017 #26
They might have herding cats Jan 2017 #31
Why isn't the media calling out the lies? Oh that's right.. Cha Jan 2017 #27
I can report from my sofa... herding cats Jan 2017 #32
Oh good.. they called out spicer a bit on his presser? Cha Jan 2017 #35
Exactly! herding cats Jan 2017 #37
What if they gave a briefing and nobody came? Guilded Lilly Jan 2017 #39
Keep poking and prodding this lying bloated ass until he quits !!!! SamKnause Jan 2017 #28
Spicer will be the first to quit. herding cats Jan 2017 #33
Press Sec.'s don't usually last long underpants Jan 2017 #38
Or if his blowhard boss makes it a year. Guilded Lilly Jan 2017 #40

cilla4progress

(26,525 posts)
1. Why do they have such a hard-on for
Sat Jan 21, 2017, 06:45 PM
Jan 2017

OBAMA? Is this still about the 2011 Correspondents' Dinner FFS?????

 

truebluegreen

(9,033 posts)
30. Probably.
Sat Jan 21, 2017, 07:20 PM
Jan 2017

A reporter called him "a short-fingered vulgarian" in 1988 and Cheeto is STILL pissed about it.

herding cats

(20,049 posts)
4. They made a big mistake delaying so long before he came out.
Sat Jan 21, 2017, 06:49 PM
Jan 2017

The media was prepped with facts before he ever spoke.

They're being brutal on his BS.

herding cats

(20,049 posts)
6. Right?
Sat Jan 21, 2017, 06:51 PM
Jan 2017

Except he seemed like he was absolutely out of control. He came across as an angry, hysterical liar.

herding cats

(20,049 posts)
14. I've never witnessed anything like that.
Sat Jan 21, 2017, 07:01 PM
Jan 2017

Trump is so insecure he's unstable.

I'm actually losing my protest buzz after seeing that bit of insanity.

Guilded Lilly

(5,591 posts)
5. Some one hand him a paper bag, quick, the whiner is
Sat Jan 21, 2017, 06:50 PM
Jan 2017

about to pass out!

This is the childish boob we will be dealing with. A neener neener cry baby.

Cripes

Guilded Lilly

(5,591 posts)
16. Absolutely. It wouldn't have been a surprise if he had turned blue and
Sat Jan 21, 2017, 07:04 PM
Jan 2017

fallen off the podium.
The reporters who had been waiting for an hour looked rightfully disgusted to the core. I can only imagine their off the record comments.

herding cats

(20,049 posts)
19. I'm beginning to wonder who has the gig as the WH meth dealer.
Sat Jan 21, 2017, 07:09 PM
Jan 2017

Because, that person is going to be able to retire before the first year is over.

Achilleaze

(15,543 posts)
9. If Comrade Spice Boy is baldface lying to the press about small shit like this
Sat Jan 21, 2017, 06:53 PM
Jan 2017

then the freakin flaccid press has to realize he is lying to their faces and to all of America all the time about important shit.

Hello media: do your freakin jobs. This is America. You are supposed to be journalists. Tell the freaking truth. Check the facts. Tell it like it is.

Do your freakin jobs.

underpants

(196,495 posts)
10. Thank you. I'd been meaning to look up ratings.
Sat Jan 21, 2017, 06:53 PM
Jan 2017

BTW Jan 20, 2009 was on a TUESDAY. Figure that into both TV ratings and crowd size (1.8 million in 2009).

blue neen

(12,465 posts)
17. So, we have to listen to this bellyacher, Spicer, sniveling all the time now.
Sat Jan 21, 2017, 07:08 PM
Jan 2017

Well, I guess he's doing what his boss, the Groper-in-Chief, tells him to do.

Make America Great Again? Ha, more like Make America Gripe Again.

 

Rex

(65,616 posts)
25. Well you can only do so much with tiny baby hands.
Sat Jan 21, 2017, 07:13 PM
Jan 2017

I swear that one will never get old!

herding cats

(20,049 posts)
29. Well, I know I found it disturbing.
Sat Jan 21, 2017, 07:19 PM
Jan 2017

I hope the media takes him to task over this gross abuse of a WH press meeting.

onethatcares

(16,992 posts)
26. did anyone bring up the fact
Sat Jan 21, 2017, 07:15 PM
Jan 2017

there was no wait to use the porta potties from Dons' Jons?

maybe it would have brightened his day.

herding cats

(20,049 posts)
31. They might have
Sat Jan 21, 2017, 07:22 PM
Jan 2017

But, Spicer hauled butt out of there like he was suffering a bathroom emergency!

herding cats

(20,049 posts)
32. I can report from my sofa...
Sat Jan 21, 2017, 07:24 PM
Jan 2017

I did see some outrage, smirks, and debunking on both CNN and MSNBC.

Yeah, I broke my cable news boycott. These are truly that strange of times!

Cha!

herding cats

(20,049 posts)
37. Exactly!
Sat Jan 21, 2017, 07:52 PM
Jan 2017

They fed the ratings machine to rip President Obama apart over BS topics. Then there's how they legitimized Trump, and harped on Hillary's emails. They're responsible, too. Thus my boycott. But, in my defense of my lapse, right now they haz a small sadz over the Dictator in Chief they helped elect. Which is kind if interesting to watch, in a voyeuristic way. In extremely small doses.

I'm know I'm being selfish, but I can't wait for the Obama's to get back from vacation. I hope they deeply enjoy their well deserved time off, but I can only come up with so many suggestions for the direction we need to move their foundation, and the future. Plus, I miss them so much already. More even today than yesterday.

Guilded Lilly

(5,591 posts)
39. What if they gave a briefing and nobody came?
Sun Jan 22, 2017, 11:31 AM
Jan 2017

Though I honestly don't understand how, after being played for easy fools (or is it tools?) by the Cretin forever, these journalists can can expect to be respected by anybody in this new administration.

It is one gigantic bad joke.

herding cats

(20,049 posts)
33. Spicer will be the first to quit.
Sat Jan 21, 2017, 07:26 PM
Jan 2017

Spicer has bitten of way more than his mouth can handle with this gig. Way more!

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