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CNN reporter: Donald Trump does not have to reach out to people who did not vote for him http://mm4a.org/2gsod1F
4:37 AM - 2 Dec 2016
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h/t https://theobamadiary.com/2016/12/02/the-president-and-nobel-prize-winners/#comments
Remember when the Media said Obama had to reach out to the gop?
What's up with Anderson Cooper? Why didn't he know the answer to that question?
File another one under M$M the Enemy Within
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)Bush is selected in 2000, immediately claims a mandate. Corporate media agrees.
Obama wins 365 Electoral College votes in 2008. Corporate media immediately talks about the need to reach out to the GOP. Nothing is said about a mandate.
Trump loses popular vote and has small Electoral College victory. Talk of a mandate will of course be promoted by corporate media.
Cha
(297,154 posts)a phony shout out to those who voted for Hillary.
Just pointed out the hypocrisy.. once again.
Thank you guillaumeb
suffragette
(12,232 posts)Cha
(297,154 posts)Mahalo!
suffragette
(12,232 posts)The right.
Tough and scary times ahead. Here's hoping that our left coast can push back some.
Cha
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Obama 365, McCain 173
Trump 306, Clinton 232
Obama 52.9% of popular vote
Trump 46.4% of popular vote
But Obama had to reach out to the GOP
Cosmocat
(14,564 posts)There are two different standards as you highlighted, and it gets more extreme as time goes on.
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)The media is so conservative, so one sided, that we can never depend on a balanced presentation of anything. And the more right wing the media becomes, the more the GOP talks about the lying liberal media.
JHan
(10,173 posts)Cha
(297,154 posts)Thank you, JHan
Cha
(297,154 posts)Schooley Verified account
@Rschooley
Obama 365, McCain 173
Trump 306, Clinton 232
Obama 52.9% of popular vote
Trump 46.4% of popular vote
But Obama had to reach out to the GOP
Thank you, JHan!
JHan
(10,173 posts)lastlib
(23,216 posts)We fought a world war to defeat the last bunch. I will fight a war to defeat this one!
pbmus
(12,422 posts)I rather like Mattis quote, "if you touch me, I'll kill ya.. " That's our new sec of defense
Cha
(297,154 posts)Schooley Verified account
@Rschooley
Obama 365, McCain 173
Trump 306, Clinton 232
Obama 52.9% of popular vote
Trump 46.4% of popular vote
But Obama had to reach out to the GOP
Big Blue Marble
(5,067 posts)The double standard lives. The "reconstruction of Trump'' continues.
Big Blue Marble
(5,067 posts)Dana Bash is in the tank for Trump. She is looking for inside access and getting it.
Her job is far more important than her country. She is no longer credible in what
she says. She is speaking for the Trumpsters.
Cha
(297,154 posts)Schooley Verified account
@Rschooley
Obama 365, McCain 173
Trump 306, Clinton 232
Obama 52.9% of popular vote
Trump 46.4% of popular vote
But Obama had to reach out to the GOP
Liberal Veteran
(22,239 posts)He's already told me where his hands have been.
ismnotwasm
(41,976 posts)Cha
(297,154 posts)Schooley Verified account
@Rschooley
Obama 365, McCain 173
Trump 306, Clinton 232
Obama 52.9% of popular vote
Trump 46.4% of popular vote
But Obama had to reach out to the GOP
Paladin
(28,253 posts)Cha
(297,154 posts)Schooley Verified account
@Rschooley
Obama 365, McCain 173
Trump 306, Clinton 232
Obama 52.9% of popular vote
Trump 46.4% of popular vote
But Obama had to reach out to the GOP
Paladin
(28,253 posts)Not after the shameful way the media went AWOL during the election, handing it to Trump.
Cha
(297,154 posts)bush2cheney until they couldn't hide the bodies anymore.
Paladin
(28,253 posts)Cha
(297,154 posts)Fuckers obviously don't believe in climate change but think a sexual predator is best for the job.
bdamomma
(63,837 posts)everyone is looking out for their own asses. They are holding on to their jobs. No I am not watching cable news or network news.
I just hope they will NOT take these sites away along with all the progressive on line stations or Democracy Now. They are my only sources of news and the truth.
Lotusflower70
(3,077 posts)He doesn't give a shit about us.
Cha
(297,154 posts)Schooley Verified account
@Rschooley
Obama 365, McCain 173
Trump 306, Clinton 232
Obama 52.9% of popular vote
Trump 46.4% of popular vote
But Obama had to reach out to the GOP
Lotusflower70
(3,077 posts)It just seems all the rules have gone out the window with Trump.
Cha
(297,154 posts)We are damn angry, pissed, frustrated.. but it's not over by a long shot.
Lotusflower70
(3,077 posts)No it's only just getting started. I am disgusted by what is going on but I am doing my best to channel that into something good instead of curling up in a ball. This is my country too damn it and I refuse to give up on it.
Cha
(297,154 posts)I'm angry and trying also to channel it productively..
We're worth it..
Frustratedlady
(16,254 posts)How is he going to know who did not vote for him, anyway? That's a stupid comment.
As far as I'm concerned, I certainly did not vote for him and he can save his energy where I am concerned. I have no interest in his "reach" and will try to survive the next 4 years on my own. Just tell him to stay out of my little space in the world and we'll co-exist just fine...not happily, but fine.
kentuck
(111,079 posts)He's just "unconventional".
bdamomma
(63,837 posts)NORMALIZE
fuck that, normalize shit. The KKK is riding through NC is that normal, white supremacists are having a ball terrorizing people, and the Media is covering this disgusting man. This is not normal.
Standing Rock will be the first but not the last confrontation we will be fighting. We will leave our social media outlets and rise up. Just wait and see, how much more are the american people going to take.
Sorry I am just venting
niyad
(113,272 posts)will be a lie, anyway.
Cha
(297,154 posts)Schooley Verified account
@Rschooley
Obama 365, McCain 173
Trump 306, Clinton 232
Obama 52.9% of popular vote
Trump 46.4% of popular vote
But Obama had to reach out to the GOP
Mahalo for the K&R, niyad
niyad
(113,272 posts)obama was supposed to bow down to the pukes.
Cha
(297,154 posts)niyad
(113,272 posts)underpants
(182,776 posts)62Million morons voted for him. That's about 1/5 of the total population.
Cha
(297,154 posts)Schooley Verified account
@Rschooley
Obama 365, McCain 173
Trump 306, Clinton 232
Obama 52.9% of popular vote
Trump 46.4% of popular vote
But Obama had to reach out to the GOP
treestar
(82,383 posts)then.
Cha
(297,154 posts)Baitball Blogger
(46,700 posts)Last edited Sat Dec 3, 2016, 10:54 PM - Edit history (1)
Dana Bash is an idiot. Trump does not have a mandate.
Cha
(297,154 posts)Schooley Verified account
@Rschooley
Obama 365, McCain 173
Trump 306, Clinton 232
Obama 52.9% of popular vote
Trump 46.4% of popular vote
But Obama had to reach out to the GOP
treestar
(82,383 posts)The media is ridiculous, they should be discussing the anomaly of his losing the popular vote at length.
We if he does not "reach out" or even if he did, he is going to get total opposition from the majority.
Cha
(297,154 posts)Schooley Verified account
@Rschooley
Obama 365, McCain 173
Trump 306, Clinton 232
Obama 52.9% of popular vote
Trump 46.4% of popular vote
But Obama had to reach out to the GOP
Mahalo,
treestar
(82,383 posts)I wasn't already used to Republican hypocrisy!
Cha
(297,154 posts)from those who brought us the War on Iraq and the sexual predator elect.
niyad
(113,272 posts)MFM008
(19,806 posts)minority guy. Nearly 3 million votes down. Its an outrage we have to endure this maggot ass wipe racist bigot fat freak.
Im through with the media to. Occasionally I catch a few minutes of Rachel or Lawrence but otherwise the creature doesn't exist in my world.
loyalsister
(13,390 posts)Like a lot of us who are underrepresented and devalued? Is that really something you want to use disparagingly? It's not a terrible thing to be a minority and using the word to slam Trump is going to alienate people. Lakeoff was so far off base on that one.
Bobbie Jo
(14,341 posts)He'll never be my president. Fuck this guy and his freak show.
Cha
(297,154 posts)Schooley Verified account
@Rschooley
Obama 365, McCain 173
Trump 306, Clinton 232
Obama 52.9% of popular vote
Trump 46.4% of popular vote
But Obama had to reach out to the GOP
I know it's a losing battle so far.
Mahalo
Bobbie Jo
(14,341 posts)Double standards, false equivalence, hypocritical BS...the "Press" is an utter failure.
world wide wally
(21,740 posts)Cha
(297,154 posts)reach out to the gop.. trump doesn't have to 'cause he the gd monster king of the world.
Schooley Verified account
@Rschooley
Obama 365, McCain 173
Trump 306, Clinton 232
Obama 52.9% of popular vote
Trump 46.4% of popular vote
But Obama had to reach out to the GOP
sheshe2
(83,746 posts)Cha
(297,154 posts)Schooley Verified account
@Rschooley
Obama 365, McCain 173
Trump 306, Clinton 232
Obama 52.9% of popular vote
Trump 46.4% of popular vote
But Obama had to reach out to the GOP
Thanks, she
sheshe2
(83,746 posts)Thanks for the Op Cha.
Cha
(297,154 posts)You're Welcome, she
47of74
(18,470 posts)I sure as fuck would never reach out to him for anything.
SeattleVet
(5,477 posts)he'll be working against the almost 80% of eligible voters that DIDN'T vote for him, and pandering to only the ~20% that did.
Not a great way to make any headway at all in the federal environment...and I'm guessing that the rest of the repukes that want to keep their jobs in the midterms will also be trying to reign him in at some point.
Cha
(297,154 posts)by fake news.
Just the damn hypocrisy needs highlighting..
Schooley Verified account
@Rschooley
Obama 365, McCain 173
Trump 306, Clinton 232
Obama 52.9% of popular vote
Trump 46.4% of popular vote
But Obama had to reach out to the GOP
Madam45for2923
(7,178 posts)Rethinking the media! They are lazy people regurgitating into each others' mouths!
DISGUSTING!
Cha
(297,154 posts)had dump's former campaign manager and cheerleader on staff. Be ok if he told the truth but as usual is a gd LIAR.
Compare that shite to this shite..
Schooley Verified account
@Rschooley
Obama 365, McCain 173
Trump 306, Clinton 232
Obama 52.9% of popular vote
Trump 46.4% of popular vote
But Obama had to reach out to the GOP
Mahalo Madam
Madam45for2923
(7,178 posts)Cha
(297,154 posts)mcar
(42,302 posts)At this point, it's about a mile underground.
Cha
(297,154 posts)Schooley Verified account
@Rschooley
Obama 365, McCain 173
Trump 306, Clinton 232
Obama 52.9% of popular vote
Trump 46.4% of popular vote
But Obama had to reach out to the GOP
mcar Mahalo
mcar
(42,302 posts)I turned off cable news after election night and have watched no TV news since. They sicken me.
Cha!
Cha
(297,154 posts)I did it in Nov 2002.. and never looked back.
As I see by tweets and online reporting they're only exponentially worse!
To better days!
meow2u3
(24,761 posts)Why is it that a Republican president can act like a dictator, imposing his will on Democrats despite not getting the majority of votes, but a Democrat who wins by a landslide has to suck up to repukes who not only want to obstruct him or her, but also kill said President? It's time to put an end to the GOP crime wave and the MSM enablers!
bdamomma
(63,837 posts)have noticed is how many of us are turning away from the cable and network news this has to make an impact on their ratings don't you think. They are spewing too much deception and lies. But we need to keep other avenues of news open to us such as progressive radio online sites, KO, Democracy Now, Free Speech TV, The Nation, Raw Story, Truthout and others.
still_one
(92,153 posts)media though are a bunch of double standard hypocrites.
Most of them are a bunch of sexist assholes. "Hillary was shrill, Hillary was defensive, Hillary looks angry". Screw them
The media doesn't have to be our friend, but damn it, they are supposed to be fair, and that does NOT even exist anymore
Thanks Cha for exposing more evidence of the sham that the media in this country has become
Cha
(297,154 posts)Damn them to hell..
The US m$m is bought and sold by the fascist party.. and now there's a huge chance they can take away our free internet access, too.
Here they are on Pres Obama in case you didn't see it..
Schooley Verified account
@Rschooley
Obama 365, McCain 173
Trump 306, Clinton 232
Obama 52.9% of popular vote
Trump 46.4% of popular vote
But Obama had to reach out to the GOP
Thank you!