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John King of CNN just said (Original Post) OldHippieChick Feb 2017 OP
k&r uppityperson Feb 2017 #1
K&R! gademocrat7 Feb 2017 #2
Heard that, it's true... but he was talking to his uninformed base NotThisTime Feb 2017 #3
No, he was talking to everybody, and we all heard what he said. MoonRiver Feb 2017 #6
tRump supporters are loving it. Link Bernardo de La Paz Feb 2017 #10
They're not the majority. His favorability seems to be about 40%. MoonRiver Feb 2017 #11
Just drove by a roadside flea market booth selling DK504 Feb 2017 #14
Actually he was talking at everybody but to his base lunatica Feb 2017 #15
his base is about 25% of the voting public. the rest hate him. samnsara Feb 2017 #22
I just came here to post that.. HipChick Feb 2017 #4
His disorder was so prominently displayed. lagomorph777 Feb 2017 #5
Must be that "fine-tuned machine" working for him, 'eh? calimary Feb 2017 #33
If this is true, then this is it.... Stuart G Feb 2017 #7
Note, Trump has already recieved a public rebuk from high ranking Senator... Stuart G Feb 2017 #8
Another one called it a "Rodney Dangerfield" type of performance grantcart Feb 2017 #9
So who was it, Mr. King? gratuitous Feb 2017 #12
I agree. He did say it was a Senator who has never been OldHippieChick Feb 2017 #13
He would lose his contacts very quickly if he made the names public lunatica Feb 2017 #17
Does King have some standing "off the record" agreement with every Senator? gratuitous Feb 2017 #19
Most reporters have "off the record" relationships with Congress lunatica Feb 2017 #20
Of course there are protections for sources gratuitous Feb 2017 #23
How long do you think he'd be receiving them if he told on them? lunatica Feb 2017 #24
Nonsense; this is a cutesy-poo game King is playing gratuitous Feb 2017 #27
Nope, that's not the way it works tavalon Feb 2017 #31
? have you never heard of keeping sources confidential? Skittles Feb 2017 #34
See my posts above gratuitous Feb 2017 #35
I don't think they care hibbing Feb 2017 #16
They're praying they can continue to do that lunatica Feb 2017 #18
Yep, I think so, too. They're going along with things as long as possible, but they'll dump him manicraven Feb 2017 #21
Alec Baldwin hurple Feb 2017 #25
OMG ... that is actually perfect etherealtruth Feb 2017 #26
If it is a republican then do their job. This is getting downright alarming still_one Feb 2017 #28
In the same vein TubbersUK Feb 2017 #29
I wish I could rec your post!!! Lifelong Protester Feb 2017 #30
Whoa! is right! nt Honeycombe8 Feb 2017 #32
Yeah, but as long as they let him do what he does because they Dark n Stormy Knight Feb 2017 #36
Precisely Sherman A1 Feb 2017 #37

MoonRiver

(36,926 posts)
6. No, he was talking to everybody, and we all heard what he said.
Thu Feb 16, 2017, 03:49 PM
Feb 2017

Something has to be done to get this maniac under control.

MoonRiver

(36,926 posts)
11. They're not the majority. His favorability seems to be about 40%.
Thu Feb 16, 2017, 04:40 PM
Feb 2017

I think the next round of polls will put him about 35%.

DK504

(3,847 posts)
14. Just drove by a roadside flea market booth selling
Thu Feb 16, 2017, 04:54 PM
Feb 2017

all things tRump. Granted I live in Gulf Coast Mississippi, but wow.

Of course, I had to slow down rolled down my window and started yelling at them. Couldn't help myself...they are so damn dumb.

lunatica

(53,410 posts)
15. Actually he was talking at everybody but to his base
Thu Feb 16, 2017, 04:57 PM
Feb 2017

His base is all he has and he hopes they'll keep him in power, so he does the dog whistle thing for them. He already knows no one else is going to support him anymore so he's hanging on to his base by the skin of his teeth.

Stuart G

(38,419 posts)
7. If this is true, then this is it....
Thu Feb 16, 2017, 03:52 PM
Feb 2017

If this Republican Senator really said this, it means that they (Republican Senators) are watching him..Evaluating him...How many? who knows? ..Most. I am guessing..and gradually deciding if he really is nuts., as most people are saying. To go nuts at a press conference, (I did not see it) as people are saying, on a Thursday..a month into the new administration, is extremely dangerous..
.If ten are thinking this, well...maybe this country does have a chance. It may be sooner than people think when they act..(they being the Republican Senators....) But, it will be fast..very fast..and, they are watching him....

Stuart G

(38,419 posts)
8. Note, Trump has already recieved a public rebuk from high ranking Senator...
Thu Feb 16, 2017, 04:01 PM
Feb 2017
http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/319714-mcconnell-trump-makes-own-goals-harder

Mitch McConnell said two days ago, that Trump should remain on topic, and if he did he would be 10 to 15 points higher in standing....Hit the link..see for yourself..Trump has been warned, for all to see, to get it together and stay focused.....

As I said earlier, he is being watched.......by his own people...

from the article above:
_________________________________________________________________________________________

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell

(R-Ky.) says President Trump’s public remarks and tweets are complicating his ability to enact his agenda.

“[It’d be] 10 to 15 points higher if he allowed himself to stay on message,” McConnell told the Weekly Standard Wednesday, referencing Trump’s approval rating. "What he’s saying makes everything harder. [They make it] harder to achieve what you want to achieve.”

McConnell said he had repeatedly urged Trump to tone down his rhetoric, especially on his Twitter account.
“He doesn’t always take my advice,” he said, noting the president is the “most criticized person in the world.”

He said he does not object to Trump’s tweets but “what you say with the tweet” instead. McConnell said Trump creates a “theater aspect” when he publicly tackles certain issues, creating fodder for the media “on a daily basis.”

The Kentucky senator insisted he has “a really good relationship” with Trump despite his remarks, citing an hour they spent together at the White House last week.

_____________________________________________________________________________________

and added point....paragraph 3...very important.....................................

McConnell said he had repeatedly urged Trump to tone down his rhetoric, especially on his Twitter account. "He doesn’t always take my advice,” he said, noting the president is the “most criticized person in the world.”

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
12. So who was it, Mr. King?
Thu Feb 16, 2017, 04:48 PM
Feb 2017

When a Senator sends you a text of his own volition, he doesn't get to unilaterally decide it's off the record or that he doesn't have to reveal his identity. Is King just playing the same kind of cutesy-poo games that have eroded public confidence in the media, or was there a real Senator behind this text he said he got? It's really time to start getting people lined up for the good of the country. Put this Senator on the record, by name.

OldHippieChick

(2,434 posts)
13. I agree. He did say it was a Senator who has never been
Thu Feb 16, 2017, 04:53 PM
Feb 2017

a fan of the Trumpster, so my thought was perhaps Flake.

lunatica

(53,410 posts)
17. He would lose his contacts very quickly if he made the names public
Thu Feb 16, 2017, 04:59 PM
Feb 2017

Reporters keep their mouths shut about their sources. Otherwise they might as well find another way of making a living

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
19. Does King have some standing "off the record" agreement with every Senator?
Thu Feb 16, 2017, 05:16 PM
Feb 2017

I mean, as long as we're getting into journalistic ethics. There's no indication that King solicited the unnamed Senator's opinion. Why would the Senator have an expectation that his identity would be shielded?

lunatica

(53,410 posts)
20. Most reporters have "off the record" relationships with Congress
Thu Feb 16, 2017, 05:19 PM
Feb 2017

That's how they get the news. Leaks. That's one word they use. It means they aren't going to say who it is.

It's like the police having informants. They protect them by not telling on them.

It's a time honored practice.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
23. Of course there are protections for sources
Thu Feb 16, 2017, 05:44 PM
Feb 2017

But those are negotiated before someone starts talking to a reporter (or a cop) or says anything of substance. An unsolicited text message to a reporter doesn't carry an expectation of protection, or at least it shouldn't.

King should identify the Senator who sent him that text, or I call it nonsense, even if I would like it to be true.

lunatica

(53,410 posts)
24. How long do you think he'd be receiving them if he told on them?
Thu Feb 16, 2017, 05:48 PM
Feb 2017

Besides, he's a Washington pundit from way back. He used to be in the Presidential press pool for years and years. He's done his fair share of traveling with the Presidents during their campaigns and on their trips around the world. All he does is politics in Washington. He has to protect his sources if he wants to continue.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
27. Nonsense; this is a cutesy-poo game King is playing
Thu Feb 16, 2017, 05:54 PM
Feb 2017

Either he got that text or he didn't. I'd like to think he did. The Senator who texted him voluntarily shouldn't have any a priori expectation that a member of the press is going to shield his identity. This is King showing off his insider-ness, nothing more. There's nothing in the text that's privileged or classified, it's not a whistle-blower exposing corruption. It's one Senator's opinion, freely offered to a member of the press (if it truly happened), and King is protecting the Senator's identity for no other reason than to show off his own clubby access.

This isn't a game, this isn't gotcha. This is some serious shit happening in our country, people are at risk of their lives, liberty and property because of the out-of-control maniac squatting in the White House. I don't care about King's "access" or "politics" or any of that. He has an obligation to the public to disclose who texted him. That's why the press gets special constitutional protection, so they can inform we the people.

tavalon

(27,985 posts)
31. Nope, that's not the way it works
Thu Feb 16, 2017, 07:21 PM
Feb 2017

If the media gave up their sources, they would never work again.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
35. See my posts above
Thu Feb 16, 2017, 08:27 PM
Feb 2017

King doesn't owe confidentiality to a Senator who texts him out of the blue. As far as I'm concerned, King's announcement is nothing more than grandstanding for himself: Lookit the Kewl Kidz I run with! If this is just a private little tee-hee between a Senator and one of his pet reporters, King should have kept it to himself and not announced on the air.

I'd love for the text message to be 100% true, but by not identifying his source, King's blurb lacks credibility. I hated that Pumpkinhead Russert's default setting when he picked up the phone was "off the record." Time has not improved my attitude toward reporters who don't tell us who's telling them things. This isn't a matter of national security. There's nothing classified about a Senator's opinion. And an unsolicited text doesn't automatically carry a confidential stamp just because King doesn't want to put his good buddy on the spot. This ain't beanbag; people are suffering and dying because of that maniac in the White House. We need people to put their sacred honor on the line against him, not tell us years from now that they bravely sent an anonymous text message to some cable reporter.

hibbing

(10,096 posts)
16. I don't think they care
Thu Feb 16, 2017, 04:59 PM
Feb 2017

They just want to keep pushing papers in front of him to sign and are drooling at the upcoming tax cuts for their ruling class masters.


Peace

manicraven

(901 posts)
21. Yep, I think so, too. They're going along with things as long as possible, but they'll dump him
Thu Feb 16, 2017, 05:21 PM
Feb 2017

once he becomes too toxic, which shouldn't be too much longer! Trump sure seems to be declining.

hurple

(1,306 posts)
25. Alec Baldwin
Thu Feb 16, 2017, 05:51 PM
Feb 2017

NAILED it this afternoon during that press conference sketch! It was almost like it was actually Trump up there.

What?

TubbersUK

(1,439 posts)
29. In the same vein
Thu Feb 16, 2017, 06:08 PM
Feb 2017



Joe Scarborough ✔ @JoeNBC
FWIW, Republicans on the Hill were panicked behind the scenes by Trump's performance today.
9:55 PM - 16 Feb 2017

Dark n Stormy Knight

(9,760 posts)
36. Yeah, but as long as they let him do what he does because they
Thu Feb 16, 2017, 11:19 PM
Feb 2017

can get some of their pet destructive policies enacted, they are scum, and just as bad as him. Maybe worse, because they know he's nuts. He thinks he's a fucking martyr/genius.

Sherman A1

(38,958 posts)
37. Precisely
Fri Feb 17, 2017, 06:53 AM
Feb 2017

The media will always follow the bright shiny object and they can unravel so many things that people need and depend upon with no one watching.

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