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Midnight Writer

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14. I remember the Press giving W Bush a pass on his gaffes, because they were so frequent

Reply to still_one (Original post)

Sun Feb 14, 2021, 05:42 PM

Feb 2021

they were no longer considered newsworthy.

I think Trump simply flooded the zone with so many lies that it would take a full time media conglomerate to report them all.

Karl Rove pushed this. He was constantly "testing" to see just how much crap we would swallow.

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Absolutely agree with you. niyad Feb 2021 #1

It's Politico. 'Nuff said. Cirque du So-What Feb 2021 #2

+1. Remember Al Franken dalton99a Feb 2021 #6

Doesn't it just mean drumpf loved scumbags soothsayer Feb 2021 #3

What Politico is saying is what we already knew. Mattgoetznolovefromm Feb 2021 #4

The aide's behavior is not tolerable, however we all know this would slide in the Trump admin. n/t servermsh Feb 2021 #5

Thanks for clarifying still_one Feb 2021 #10

. dalton99a Feb 2021 #7

The guy has stage 4 lung cancer....they suck on all level...right wing median anyway...and those Demsrule86 Feb 2021 #8

Their 'reporters' went to Karl Rove School of Journalism and Character Assassination dalton99a Feb 2021 #9

What's she saying? peggysue2 Feb 2021 #11

It's a higher standard than some on here think it should be, apparently. WhiskeyGrinder Feb 2021 #12

Politico...say no more!! Crappy site Thekaspervote Feb 2021 #13

I remember the Press giving W Bush a pass on his gaffes, because they were so frequent Midnight Writer Feb 2021 #14

That's exactly what she's saying. radius777 Feb 2021 #15

Oh Lordy.. We've got legions of White Supremacists, and Crazy Q's infiltrating the Pentagon, msfiddlestix Feb 2021 #16