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mcar

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14. She set up a straw man

Reply to zipplewrath (Reply #11)

Wed Jun 16, 2021, 02:22 PM

Jun 2021

Biden never said he was "confident" Putin would change his behavior. She knew that. She was acting as if she was catching some blowhard leader (sound familiar) in an exaggeration.

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Usually I like Kaitlin Collins from CNN, but her last question trying to paint this meeting as [View all] JohnSJ Jun 2021 OP

I didn't care for the framing of her question. LiberalFighter Jun 2021 #1

Same here. What I appreciated was that the CNN commentators didn't jump to their JohnSJ Jun 2021 #2

I think you meant they "didn't" jump to her defense. Treefrog Jun 2021 #16

Thanks. That is exactly what I meant. I think quicker than I type JohnSJ Jun 2021 #17

I do it all the time. I was pretty sure you mistyped it lol! Treefrog Jun 2021 #20

+++ JohnSJ Jun 2021 #21

She was terrible mcar Jun 2021 #3

Yes, and the President handled perfectly JohnSJ Jun 2021 #5

The usual suspects on Twitter (read far left) are pitching a hissy over it mcar Jun 2021 #10

Yeah, poor things.. they snatch Cha Jun 2021 #32

Getting Navalny freed would never have happened , anyway. JoanofArgh Jun 2021 #4

The question was a mischaracterization of what President said JohnSJ Jun 2021 #7

I don't particularly care for watching CNN. Too many idiots. LiberalFighter Jun 2021 #6

It wasn't CNN that I was critical of, it was the particular reporter's incorrect framing of a JohnSJ Jun 2021 #8

Got it. LiberalFighter Jun 2021 #13

She has tried to make herself the news before tavernier Jun 2021 #9

She's a bit ham handed. Easy to see through her. Dream Girl Jun 2021 #12

Yes she has. Glad I'm not the only one who noticed. lamp_shade Jun 2021 #25

She is trying to make her place after Acosta, Bev54 Jun 2021 #29

Kinda her job zipplewrath Jun 2021 #11

She set up a straw man mcar Jun 2021 #14

He apologized zipplewrath Jun 2021 #27

I know. He's a class guy mcar Jun 2021 #30

She indicated President Biden said something he didn't JohnSJ Jun 2021 #15

Joe just referred to that before getting on the plane. nolabear Jun 2021 #18

Saw it. It was perfect JohnSJ Jun 2021 #19

Her Daily Caller.... OneBlueDotS-Carolina Jun 2021 #22

Don't trust her FelineOverlord Jun 2021 #23

Not the first time Collins asked ChrisF1961 Jun 2021 #24

Alabama grad. Xoan Jun 2021 #26

Putin would grant safe conduct to Navalny more readily Harker Jun 2021 #28

She wants so hard to seem "balanced." budkin Jun 2021 #31

I was thinking that jet lag may be a culprit. Politicub Jun 2021 #33