Trump decides to skip White House press dinner

Yeah, I know you mentioned Congress. This thread is about Trump and all the other 1A comments have been in regard to Trump. Whatever connection you drew to Congress is fine and dandy, that doesn't mean I can't bring the discussion back to Trump.

The Lying State media has made this about the 1st amendment, and it is NOT, NOT, NOT. And you're so partisan and so brainwashed by them, you still believe it IS.
 
I don't think he necessarily violated anything, it's just bad form. Kind of makes him look like a pussy.

You sound a bit unsure of yourself. This is very clear cut. What are you struggling with? Why don't you want to address what the 1a actually says and who it places restrictions upon? ... and you wonder why I brought up congress ... unbelievable :palm:
 
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Nonsensical and irrelevant to my comment ... you need to learn what the 1st amendment actually says.
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I didn't know there was any question.
No problem.

B. O. R. ARTICLE #1: Ratified December 15, 1791
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.


Capisce ?
 
I think it's simply a case of he's a humorless asshole.

Think about it... have you ever heard Trump make a joke or a witty or light-hearted remark?

Obama used to do it fairly often. So did Clinton and both Bushes.

Hell, even guys like Bob Dole and John McCain have been known to occasionally make a little pun here and there.

But not Trump. Never. Unless it's to make some disparaging comment about someone he doesn't like.

He can't stand to hear jokes made about him though.

Because he's a thin-skinned, insecure little man who has no sense of humor.

He's got work to do unf*cking BOs mess.
 
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This is interesting:

Dinner criticisms

The WHCD has been increasingly criticized as an example of the coziness between the White House press corps and the administration.[7] The dinner typically includes a skit, either live or videotaped, by the sitting president in which he mocks himself, for the amusement of the press corps.[7] The press corps, in turn, hobnobs with administration officials, even those who are unpopular and are not regularly cooperative with the press.[7] Increasing scrutiny by bloggers has contributed to added public focus on this friendliness.[7]

After the 2007 dinner, New York Times columnist Frank Rich implied that the Times will no longer participate in the dinners.[8] Rich said that the event is "a crystallization of the press's failures in the post-9/11 era" because it "illustrates how easily a propaganda-driven White House can enlist the Washington news media in its shows."[8]

In recent years, the dinners have drawn increasing public attention, and the guest list grows "more Hollywood".[3] The attention given to the guest list and entertainers often overshadows the intended purpose of the dinner, which is to "acknowledge award-winners, present scholarships, and give the press and the president an evening of friendly appreciation."[3] This has led to an atmosphere of coming to the event only to "see and be seen."[3] This usually takes place at pre-dinner receptions and post-dinner parties hosted by various media organizations, which are often a bigger draw and can be more exclusive than the dinners themselves.[9][10][11]

In February 2017, President Donald Trump declined to attend that year's dinner. He will be the first president to skip the dinner since Ronald Reagan in 1981, who missed the dinner while recovering from an assassination attempt, but still delivered remarks over the phone.[12] Vice-President Mike Pence and White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus will attend on his behalf.[13] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_House_Correspondents'_Association
 
True.

How "adversarial" could the media have been when it sat on stories about JFK's serial philandering?

If the same circumstances existed now, would the media similarly squash the stories?

No, today's "news media" is a hyper-partisan outfit, amounting to an unpaid public relations outfit for the DNC.
Imagine what would have happened if the public knew that both JFK and RFK were screwing Marilyn Monroe?

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To piss off snowflakes, bottom feeders and racists
 
I'm hearing that no 'left leaning' celebrities would participate in the festivities. trump probably didn't want to suffer another embarrassment like the one at his inaugural parties. Now that he won't be there, I hope the talent will line up to poke fun at the coward.
 
Agree. Did you see him at the Al Smith dinner? He can't read. And...nobody on his staff has a sense of humor, so who will write his material?

Couple his lack of a sense of humor, with the embarrassment he feels when he has to read in public, and you have a situation where the cowardly little orangutan would rather watch the event on t.v.

I wonder if he has dyslexia. Or maybe needs reading glasses but is too conceited to wear them.
 
True but I'm one who actually reads and studies history and tries to understand public policy instead of believing what I'm told like you.
no.....you're a mindless troll, posting lies like every other liberal on the board.....you just held out longer before you climbed down into the gutter with the rest of them.....you've joined the ranks of the ignorables...
 
For example, Trump pointing to the obvious fact that not all Mexicans who come here illegally eschew rape and robbery earns him the label of 'xenophobe'. And, by extension, his supporters as well. And it definitely had the desired effect: many people who planned on voting for Trump wouldn't admit it to pollsters for fear of being labeled a kind of bigot by their lemming friends and peers.

The way he worded his comment suggested that most who come here are criminals. If he had said "most are good people but some are criminals" he wouldn't have to fight being called a xenophobe.

“When Mexico sends its people, they’re not sending their best. They’re not sending you. They’re not sending you. They’re sending people that have lots of problems, and they’re bringing those problems with us. They’re bringing drugs. They’re bringing crime. They’re rapists. And some, I assume, are good people.”
 
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