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4. And even if it's total bunkum (and it is)

Reply to scarletwoman (Reply #1)

Mon May 11, 2020, 04:22 PM

May 2020

There will be no shortage of media commentators who will twist Trump's assertions into an inverse Moebius strip of logic and discover that if you squint your eyes just right and hold your mouth just so, then what he said is kinda-sorta true, if he'd said it differently.

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The asswipe just blatantly lied (again) [View all] garybeck May 2020 OP

It doesn't really matter. His fans will believe him with no question, and he knows that. scarletwoman May 2020 #1

That's exactly how it works. Solomon May 2020 #2

depends on what you mean by "matter" garybeck May 2020 #3

"we can't just sit there and let him lie." Who is the "we" that can do anything about it? scarletwoman May 2020 #6

the press yes, but we are the media too. garybeck May 2020 #7

And even if it's total bunkum (and it is) gratuitous May 2020 #4

Iran was one from start so concerned about, and looking different. But, I guess it is all in the LizBeth May 2020 #5

He made a comment that cases were in rapid decline in many states Shermann May 2020 #8

i think the US on a whole is on a decline in terms of new cases per day garybeck May 2020 #9