Jim Acosta! n/t

[mobeau69]

Last edited Mon Mar 30, 2020, 08:50 PM - Edit history (1)

[HipChick]

1. Keep asking those 'Nasty' questions..

[Roland99]

2. Hunh??

[mobeau69]

11. Quoted trump's bullshit right back at him.

It was sweet.

[FarPoint]

33. I heard it on SiriusXM

I was driving..Make me SMILE..

[Leghorn21]

3. Hahahaaaa

[smirkymonkey]

4. What about him?

Care to elaborate?

[mobeau69]

8. Asking the nasty questions.

[jberryhill]

62. Hunter S. Thompson!

[smirkymonkey]

66. Jim Acosta is Gonzo?

[lunatica]

5. Please put in some relevant information.

[KewlKat]

6. The con says to him let's give it a go...then he tears into him

[mobeau69]

9. That's the highlight (so far).

[cornball 24]

7. Go Jim!

[Kingofalldems]

10. WHAT DID HE ASK!

Jesus.

[mobeau69]

15. Asked rump about all of his stupid Covid predictions

[Kingofalldems]

17. Okay thanks.

[Totally Tunsie]

12. Acosta started reading Chump's quotes about minimizing the virus

back to him, and you could see Chump getting edgier by the second.

"On March 4, you said..."

"Then again on March 10, you said..."

"What do you say to the people who are concerned..."

The blood was draining from Chump's face as Acosta queried.

[Roland99]

13. Thank you for the context. Good to see reporters are not letting up!

[Totally Tunsie]

19. Jim Acosta is a gem, probably one of the best out there, working for us.

You're welcome - definitely needed some context in the thread.

[Just_Vote_Dem]

14. Thanks

I shut it off because I had enough of it but wondered what was going on.

[cwydro]

18. Thanks for the info.

Many of us don’t watch that madman and his clown circus.

[Totally Tunsie]

20. Just happened to cut over in time to see Acosta's moment

and the vile creature's answer. It was all I could take.

[MontanaMama]

34. Nope. I refuse to gratify him

with any ratings from my house. He only cares about ratings.

[Missiris]

43. A great discovery

The mute button until it's over.

[John Fante]

21. How did Gump respond?

[Totally Tunsie]

23. Angry, of course; berating as usual.

Never comes close to answering questions of that sort, but it's always entertaining to watch the reporters go after him. He quickly shifted to calling on someone else.

[John Fante]

37. Thanks.

[smirkymonkey]

26. Thanks for the detail Tunsie!

Much appreciated! It drives me crazy when people assume that we are all glued to the television and/or to the particular channel they are on all day, every day.

Appreciate the context.

[Totally Tunsie]

30. Anything for you, smirky!

[SharonClark]

41. Yep, I just love context.

[Cha]

29. TY for that, TT!! Good despcription for those

who aren't watching and don't even have a tv.

[Totally Tunsie]

32. It was really the same ol', same ol' at this point.

There are some questions where any one of us could write the answers. We've heard it, or not heard it (as the case may be), so many times over.

[eleny]

16. They have him on the ropes!

[npk]

22. I am surprised tRump even let him speak

Probably just so he could later rant about how mean the media is to him.

[spanone]

24. Here's the video...

Link to tweet

[mobeau69]

25. Thanks a lot!

[Srkdqltr]

27. That question is about as real as it gets.

[underpants]

28. Trump thought today was going to be a big old Trump parade

Watching later

[Totally Tunsie]

35. Thanks...there was much more to Chump's answer than I remembered,

but I tend to tune him out after a few seconds.

[smirkymonkey]

36. What an insufferable prick!

He is SUCH an asshole! He's not keeping people calm. He's denying the fact that we even have a problem and minimizing it to the point where people are not going to take it as seriously as they should.

He is a complete and utter failure as a president and a disgrace as a human being.

[SammyWinstonJack]

39. What an insufferable sorry ass excuse for a human being.

[SharonClark]

42. Thanks. Too bad the poster didn't include it.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

45. Hmm. Good question but he handed him a softball he

Easily batted back IMHO. When you have no racket anymore ( no follow up allowed). Trump was waiting with his prepared bullshit. You can tell because he let Acosta finish asking uninterrupted.

[Aviation Pro]

46. "Let's give it a shot."

My question(s) would have been:


"Why don't you go fuck yourself, you fat sack of shit? How's that for a shot?"

[OAITW r.2.0]

50. "It's going to get better."

Yeah, but Accosta's question is - at what cost? How many lives did you condemn to infection and death by your lies and deflections when action could have made a huge difference?

[misanthrope]

52. Trump's declaration that "it will go away"

is pretty much a guarantee that COVID-19 is here to stay.

[malaise]

60. He'll soon hand out the questions like he does to the OAN hacks

He's a fucking lunatic

[spanone]

71. free time to lie his ass off day after day after day after day...

[Judi Lynn]

72. So glad to get the chance to see it, after having heard it today on MSNBC streaming, only audio.

So much better seeing Jim Acosta. He is a real journalist.

It's funny Trump started calling reporters, starting with Yamiche Alcindor yesterday, "snarky." He just picked up a new word to use, and he won't stop. He thinks that's really going to sting, the dumb ####.

Acosta was totally honed, and the reporter following him headed right for the bogus charge of accusing hospital personnel of stealing vital supplies.

It's WONDERFUL seeing people starting to bear down on this black hole in a baggy suit.

[MyNameGoesHere]

31. Mort Zucker!

That's all you get.

[jberryhill]

56. Chet Brinkley!

[iluvtennis]

38. And the trumpty dumpster then attacked Yamiche Alcindor again. What an arsehole. nt

[DenverJared]

40. I loved it

Go Jim Acosta and show other media the way

[flibbitygiblets]

44. The press needs to have each other's backs more. Next reporter called needs to follow up and say

"WHY is that a nasty question? You said it, and now you're saying something different. YOU may not take responsibility, but it's our JOB to hold you responsible."

We all know exactly what a "fair and balanced" question that would have been considered if a Democratic president had made false or misleading predictions. rump would be ripping up the twitter machine, calling for Obama's head on a pike.

[OldManTarHeel]

47. This, exactly . . !

tRump hates to be called out in his own words, he can't spin it in any other way other to attack the reporter framing the question. Jim Acosta is so much smarter than the POS we have as our current Prez.
Drive him nuts, Mr. Acosta . . !

[TeamPooka]

49. The press needs to ask: "Don't you remember saying it? Are you having memory problems?"

[flibbitygiblets]

78. I like it!

[Bernardo de La Paz]

48. Hey you! mobeau69: Read this thread:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100213204623

Yes, you.

[mobeau69]

51. Sorry, I should've tagged "n/t" to the title as I only intended it for those watching. n/t

[jberryhill]

54. Buzz Aldrin!

[jberryhill]

53. Dizzy Gillespie!

[Rebl2]

55. What?

You need to tell us what he said. Stop posting without any context. I’m not 24/7 watching news.

[jberryhill]

57. Twice! Not just once, but twice!

[mobeau69]

59. 24. nt

[nini]

58. Pat Paulson

[jberryhill]

61. BB King

[nini]

63. good one

[Judi Lynn]

73. The Professor.

[nini]

76. Lol

Loved him 🙂

[Shermann]

64. I'm going to have to be the respectful voice of dissent here

Trump was on the best behavior he can muster today and is back in line with Fauci's scientific guidance. His scripted statements passed CNN's fact check, and he even praised the healthcare workers on the front lines which he hasn't been great about. He was well-prepared with a lot of concrete numbers as well.

As far as this crisis goes, we all want him to succeed and he's struggling. I'd like to hear questions and answers that focus on how we move forward, especially when he's more or less in the zone where we need him to be.

Obviously he couldn't have been more wrong about the 15 cases disappearing to zero early in this crisis. That statement and all the other issues he was on the wrong side of will stick with him and haunt him in November. Now is not the time to dredge it up, it simply isn't the most pressing news of the day.

[SunSeeker]

68. I'm not letting this go. If we drop it, people will forget.what he said by November.

This is like complaining that we shouldn't talk about gun control right after a mass shooting.


No, we need to make sure as everyone is going through their own personal hell right now that they know who made this so much worse than it had to be, who it is that probably cost their loved ones their lives.

[Shermann]

69. More like not talking about gun control while there's still an active shooter

[SunSeeker]

70. Talking about his lies is not keeping us from doing what we need to address the situation.

Indeed, talking about the lies Trump is telling and told will help us address the situation. Trump's insufficiently rebutted happy talk about how everything is under control is how we got in this mess.

[lunatica]

75. Not holding him accountable is how he's gotten away with all his grift

and crimes. So he finally gets a clue and everyone is just supposed to let it go? Do you believe in accountability? He’s a grown man who should be able to answer to the American people for putting us in such danger on nothing more than his ignorant whim. Or because he wants to get even, or because he feels slighted and criticized rightfully? People have and will die directly because of him.

What is the press for in our Democracy? It holds the unofficial title of being the Fourth Estate. It’s job is the pursuit of truth and facts no matter who they need to go after. You can’t just decide that because they’re embarrassing you that you can shut them up or throw them out. Especially not if you’re the President of the US. Presidents don’t get the privilege of having their crimes ignored. The President isn’t our boss. He’s our employee.

[Shermann]

79. It's cutting off the nose to spite the face

We're at war. And as the adage goes, you go to war with the army you have, not the army you wish you had. I'd rather Biden were in there planning our next move, but Trump's our general at the moment. So it's not about skirting accountability, it's about taking a war footing.

Biden and Sanders appear to be doing this. There have been a few swipes here and there, but they aren't on the front page bashing Trump every day. Think about it.

Trump can wave his hand with the DPA and accomplish things that all the governors combined cannot.

[lunatica]

80. Evidently you think the press should keep us ignorant.

They’re job is to tell us the truth. War footing or not. And if you think war is so sacred that no one should ever criticize warmongering leaders then you must believe Democracy is conveniently malleable for the sake of momentary misguided expediency.

Every President has been hounded by the press. Almost all of them took it pretty well though they were obviously uncomfortable. Except Trump who attacks and whines and gets even and bans and insults on a personal level.

If you or anyone prefers to be polite during war rhetoric by all means you, as an American who has that freedom, hold your criticism until some false moment when you allow yourself the right to criticize. Of course when the war is over what good does it do to speak out about it?

[nini]

77. Would any other president in history get as much rope as him?

No.

He doesn't get his own scale because he's so crappy. Judge him as any other president should be.

He is a colossal failure.

[amuse bouche]

65. Why start a thread with no context?

[cwydro]

67. Dolly Parton!

[mobeau69]

74. And the great Carnack opens the envelope.

Whose children have stretch marks around their mouths?