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32. It's all about access!

Fri Dec 29, 2017, 02:29 PM

Dec 2017

If someone in the media actually were to stand up and call Trump a liar to his face, that network would lose its access, not only to the administration but to his allies in Congress!

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Why Doesn't Anyone Stand Up To Trump To His Face?..... [View all] global1 Dec 2017 OP

Someone/many need to stand up to him in front of his face and say FUCK YOU!!! I still say RKP5637 Dec 2017 #1

At least call him a liar to his face RussBLib Dec 2017 #23

That's for sure! Dan Rather wouldn't have caved to this guy. calimary Dec 2017 #37

Neither would have Jack Anderson, back in the day. n/t RKP5637 Dec 2017 #59

No kidding! calimary Dec 2017 #61

Hell, just ask him what the nuclear triad is... JHB Dec 2017 #2

He already failed that one. kairos12 Dec 2017 #45

Thats the point of asking... JHB Dec 2017 #57

he surrounds himself with yes men. no one can get close enough. Takket Dec 2017 #3

Why the interviews exboyfil Dec 2017 #30

They dont want to hurt his feelings. Shipwack Dec 2017 #51

He's a mean, petty, vindictive bully RazBerryBeret Dec 2017 #4

He's a classic bully. Everyone close to him is afraid of him. Binkie The Clown Dec 2017 #5

So How Do You Intimidate An Intimidator?..... global1 Dec 2017 #10

The same reason no one Phoenix61 Dec 2017 #6

think reporters like their paychecks dembotoz Dec 2017 #7

Ahhhh, Wellstone ruled Dec 2017 #12

Have you ever tried to confront a narcissist, face to face? Siwsan Dec 2017 #8

Yes, I have done it with a narcissist and it is a worthless exercise marylandblue Dec 2017 #14

The one I worked with found loopholes where nobody knew loopholes existed Siwsan Dec 2017 #18

AMEN The Blue Flower Dec 2017 #47

He just walks out of the room. greymattermom Dec 2017 #9

Yeah, he posts the stupid look, as usual, on his face, says "Thank you very much" and walks RKP5637 Dec 2017 #11

He Is Making A Mockery Of The Presidency, This Country And The American People......nt global1 Dec 2017 #15

How we went from Obama to this POS is startling. n/t RKP5637 Dec 2017 #20

If We Got To Where We Are So Fast And So Startling.... global1 Dec 2017 #22

Yeah, that's my greatest fear now. Will it stop and if not, how far will it go. And, could we RKP5637 Dec 2017 #39

We are being isolated. bdamomma Dec 2017 #26

That is when you get in the gutter exboyfil Dec 2017 #33

IMO that's what the dems need to do. Get in the gutter with him, fight fire with fire. n/t RKP5637 Dec 2017 #41

Confront Him in A Situation That He Can't Walk Away From.... global1 Dec 2017 #13

Why didn't the NYT Reporter do this? exboyfil Dec 2017 #34

There is nothing I would love to see more than somebody stand up to him in public. smirkymonkey Dec 2017 #16

Because they take him seriously janterry Dec 2017 #17

My theory: His butt tastes just like cotton candy. Buns_of_Fire Dec 2017 #19

Yeah, and whipped cream too. n/t RKP5637 Dec 2017 #21

because they are a gutless bunch of cowards, more interested in keeping their jobs niyad Dec 2017 #24

He is only one person bdamomma Dec 2017 #25

Reporters and TV mouths are careerists. Above all they want access, and they tblue37 Dec 2017 #27

Maybe because it is in full view of the world? loyalsister Dec 2017 #28

Money... Mike Nelson Dec 2017 #29

I tweet him every day and call him a fat fuck..among other things... samnsara Dec 2017 #31

It's all about access! atreides1 Dec 2017 #32

It's pointless Turbineguy Dec 2017 #35

If you really want to get to him Orange Free State Dec 2017 #36

Welcome to DU, Orange Free State! calimary Dec 2017 #40

Thanks for the welcome Orange Free State Dec 2017 #49

He would HATE that! annabanana Dec 2017 #60

They are cowards nt doc03 Dec 2017 #38

What we have is each other Soxfan58 Dec 2017 #42

Al Franken was the man to do it and that is why he was the target of a right-winger hit job!!! FreeStateDemocrat Dec 2017 #43

This is true. Oppaloopa Dec 2017 #50

C O M P L I C I T. dchill Dec 2017 #44

Holder and Yates: L. Coyote Dec 2017 #46

These replies to the Dumpster need to be visible everywhere. Two very well respected law LuckyLib Dec 2017 #52

That's the only Faux pas Dec 2017 #48

because they know he is a vindictive bully Skittles Dec 2017 #53

I so agree. Even Schmidt's NYTs interview... Laffy Kat Dec 2017 #54

There Was Only One Person Who Could Interrupt chumpy Leith Dec 2017 #55

It is the same everywhere in the country... WyattKansas Dec 2017 #56

democrats dont want him to resign AlexSFCA Dec 2017 #58