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wishstar

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14. Yup, they got the ratings while he used it for campaign platform plus fundraising

Reply to Palisade (Reply #12)

Tue Jan 8, 2019, 10:13 PM

Jan 2019

Impeachment hearings will bring in some even better ratings too, I'm hoping

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Networks got snookered into thinking he was going to announce something big [View all] wishstar Jan 2019 OP

This is how he got all that free publicity during the campaign. This is an old trick and they fall Squinch Jan 2019 #1

Lucy and the football again? Hermit-The-Prog Jan 2019 #9

Every single time! Squinch Jan 2019 #13

They "fall for it"? Did they ever object? unblock Jan 2019 #20

Yes, but they live here too. That is the scam. He makes them profits, then he makes their lives Squinch Jan 2019 #24

They have a duty to report the news, and Trump Hortensis Jan 2019 #32

They managed not to cover Obama's immigration speech. Squinch Jan 2019 #33

He got called in his lies before and after his speech though. Good to fact check him that fast. uppityperson Jan 2019 #2

It was a pr disaster but he did sneak some fundraising in C_U_L8R Jan 2019 #3

Yep flying rabbit Jan 2019 #4

When CBS was the first to Wellstone ruled Jan 2019 #5

I wonder if some Fux news bot said ... IggleDuer Jan 2019 #6

Yes, just like the fake press conference he pulled at the Trump DC hotel in 2016. SunSeeker Jan 2019 #7

The whole thing was a dupe. MontanaMama Jan 2019 #8

MF45!! Hahahaaahhaahahahhahaaa! lunatica Jan 2019 #16

Right? MontanaMama Jan 2019 #18

So many DUers are wonderfully imaginative and creative! lunatica Jan 2019 #19

The whole thing was one big FAT Texasgal Jan 2019 #10

A nothingburger smothered in velveeta flibbitygiblets Jan 2019 #27

It was 1) a vanity project, and 2) a distraction from Mueller investigation. nt Ilsa Jan 2019 #11

They didn't get snookered, they're in on the grift Palisade Jan 2019 #12

Yup, they got the ratings while he used it for campaign platform plus fundraising wishstar Jan 2019 #14

True those un-American pos gave trump a free campaign free rockfordfile Jan 2019 #15

BUT ......HE SEND OUT EMAILS TO ALL HIS TRUMPY-LOVERS ASKING FOR MONEY !!!!! trueblue2007 Jan 2019 #17

The question is whether his lackluster monotone reading the teleprompter badly speech helped karynnj Jan 2019 #21

How many times are these ass clowns gonna get "snookered"? At some point Guy Whitey Corngood Jan 2019 #22

Trump always promises more than he can deliver... Wounded Bear Jan 2019 #23

If no one had watched (and those of us who didn't missed nothing) it would not happen again. Squinch Jan 2019 #25

Many fell for it here too lol. cwydro Jan 2019 #26

True. SammyWinstonJack Jan 2019 #29

He conned the networks duforsure Jan 2019 #28

Nixon used to do this. murielm99 Jan 2019 #34

Distraction from Mueller investigation and all that pesky news about Democrats in the House flibbitygiblets Jan 2019 #30

This message was self-deleted by its author elocs Jan 2019 #31