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mcar

(46,057 posts)
1. It's all spin to them
Sun Oct 1, 2017, 06:25 PM
Oct 2017

People are suffering, dying and all they care about is the image.

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It's all spin to them mcar Oct 2017 #1
Exactly! Rhiannon12866 Oct 2017 #2
Fucking bastards. tymorial Oct 2017 #10
+1 iluvtennis Oct 2017 #23
After reading about the "spin" and the "upbeat 'themes'" in Bossert's memo . . . Petrushka Oct 2017 #17
Never was spin more necessary to keep the citizenry from Dark n Stormy Knight Oct 2017 #22
They executed that spin precisely oberliner Oct 2017 #3
Brock Long, Trump's FEMA appointee, recited ALL of this almost verbatim on Chris Wallace's show anneboleyn Oct 2017 #6
Trump's Katrina . Americans get it The Republicans/Trump just didn't give a shit rockfordfile Oct 2017 #20
So, the Trump administration is planning on running a con to deceive Americans. procon Oct 2017 #4
They have already been lying -- using vague phrasing, unchecked assertions, playing down anneboleyn Oct 2017 #7
Of course they're running a con. Still In Wisconsin Oct 2017 #15
I posted Brock Long's spin earlier (head of FEMA, Trump appointee). It's "their fault" as they anneboleyn Oct 2017 #5
People who believe only what they want to are easy suckers. I read about Hortensis Oct 2017 #8
I wonder if San Francisco or Seattle would get much help in a disaster... pangaia Oct 2017 #19
BIG point! Assuming an event was isolated there, they'd get lots, regardless of Hortensis Oct 2017 #21
Remember when America couldn't be stopped by logistics? Taking care of sinkingfeeling Oct 2017 #9
Send Geraldo Rivera to Ciales n/t B Stieg Oct 2017 #11
When is the media going to go to these little towns DK504 Oct 2017 #12
Becaus then they would have no food, no water, no shelter or basic medical care. Volaris Oct 2017 #13
The moment that these asshats start talking SonofDonald Oct 2017 #14
Of course you see that this memo has SonofDonald Oct 2017 #16
The buck stops over there somewhere. calimary Oct 2017 #18
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