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BumRushDaShow

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5. I have been streaming the cable shows (haven't even turned the TV on)

Reply to ResistantAmerican17 (Reply #4)

Tue Oct 6, 2020, 06:40 AM

Oct 2020

and kept yelling CUT IT OFF! CUT IT OFF! JUST CUT IT OFF!

But see, if they did, from their perspectives, what would be left for them to talk about because it would mean that their own jobs would be on the line?

It is just like when all the sports were shut down. That meant that all the sports reporters and broadcasters were suddenly without material to justify their jobs. It's the same thing with these "infotainment" programs. Remove the "entertainment" and they suddenly have nothing to "talk about".

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'A slap in the face': Families of COVID-19 victims slam president's downplaying of his diagnosis [View all] groundloop Oct 2020 OP

Yes, while Trump is busy screwing the constitution and trying to get rich breaking the emoluments mdbl Oct 2020 #1

They'd have to remove VP Frank Burns too. CaptYossarian Oct 2020 #15

Can this latest outrage finally put to rest ANY idea that this bawbag is ever going to change? ResistantAmerican17 Oct 2020 #2

Yet even as recent as yesterday afternoon as the fiasco was unfolding BumRushDaShow Oct 2020 #3

You nailed it. STOP. BROADCASTING. HIS. SHIT!!!! ResistantAmerican17 Oct 2020 #4

I have been streaming the cable shows (haven't even turned the TV on) BumRushDaShow Oct 2020 #5

Hmmmm... so the networks are accomplices more than victims... ResistantAmerican17 Oct 2020 #6

Remember this? BumRushDaShow Oct 2020 #9

I can honestly say I never watched one single second of that shit. But your point is crystal clear. ResistantAmerican17 Oct 2020 #12

I have never seen an episode nor have I watched ANY "reality show" whatsoever BumRushDaShow Oct 2020 #13

Damn, you takin' me to school this morning. Thank you! I never watched Larry King, ResistantAmerican17 Oct 2020 #14

LOL Sorry - This was all to say that his "past" explains why he did what he did yesterday BumRushDaShow Oct 2020 #16

No need for an apology. Unlike a magat, I live to learn and learn to live. ResistantAmerican17 Oct 2020 #17

He "learned" nothing Martin Eden Oct 2020 #7

Nice gesture.... Maxheader Oct 2020 #8

He had the very best care... reACTIONary Oct 2020 #10

Not a slap in the face but quite literally a spit in the face. TNNurse Oct 2020 #11

trump keeps playing to a smaller and smaller audience Bayard Oct 2020 #18