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    Hello evince,

    Quote Originally Posted by evince View Post
    News interviewers need to say that to him while interviewing him
    That's a toughie. How many times have you been watching a news interviewer ask a politician tough questions and the politician completely evades the question?

    It is often so blatant as to be absurd.

    A question that can really be answered only with a 'yes' or 'no' answer sets the politician talking for 5 minutes about anything BUT the question.

    Makes you want to cry.

    I used to get so angry watching such interviews, shouting at the screen: "ANSWER THE QUESTION!!!"

    I no longer get angry. I was only stressing myself out over nothing.

    I get it now.

    If interviewers were to press the point, call them out on evasive answers, they would gain a reputation for doing so and quickly find that nobody would agree to be interviewed by them.

    It must be tough to be one of those interviewers. You want to ask the tough questions, hold their feet to the fire, but then you also have a job to do and you can't do it if nobody will talk to you.

    So they have to be very careful about how they word their questions and they have to let the person have their say.

    They can't all be like Rush Limbaugh, who needs to follow none of those rules, simply refuses to even talk to those who would spill the truth, and if anyone even gets close, he just cuts them off and rants for 5 minutes, tosses out all kinds of conspiracy theories and accusations, then cuts to a commercial.
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    Quote Originally Posted by PoliTalker View Post
    Hello evince,



    That's a toughie. How many times have you been watching a news interviewer ask a politician tough questions and the politician completely evades the question?

    It is often so blatant as to be absurd.

    A question that can really be answered only with a 'yes' or 'no' answer sets the politician talking for 5 minutes about anything BUT the question.

    Makes you want to cry.

    I used to get so angry watching such interviews, shouting at the screen: "ANSWER THE QUESTION!!!"

    I no longer get angry. I was only stressing myself out over nothing.

    I get it now.

    If interviewers were to press the point, call them out on evasive answers, they would gain a reputation for doing so and quickly find that nobody would agree to be interviewed by them.

    It must be tough to be one of those interviewers. You want to ask the tough questions, hold their feet to the fire, but then you also have a job to do and you can't do it if nobody will talk to you.

    So they have to be very careful about how they word their questions and they have to let the person have their say.

    They can't all be like Rush Limbaugh, who needs to follow none of those rules, simply reuses to even talk to those who would spill the truth, and if anyone even gets close, he just cuts them off and rants for 5 minutes, tosses out all kinds of conspiracy theories and accusations, then cuts to a commercial.
    I also have no patience for such softball interviews. I would have a rep for holding tough interviews and if a person declined to be honestly questioned, I would label them a wuss and/or liar. I see no value in an interview that allows for evasiveness and deception.

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    Donald Trump is the abomination of the male human species.

    He has fucked up everything he has ever touched- or groped!

    Worst excuse of a man I ever knew of.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Adolf_Twitler View Post
    Donald Trump is the abomination of the male human species.

    He has fucked up everything he has ever touched- or groped!

    Worst excuse of a man I ever knew of.
    I am SO glad I am not a conservative Republican Trump fan. It must be stressful to have to defend such support, pretending to not know what is so well known about the man.

    He is a liar, a racist, a cheat and a CONMAN.
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    Quote Originally Posted by PoliTalker View Post
    Hello evince,



    That's a toughie. How many times have you been watching a news interviewer ask a politician tough questions and the politician completely evades the question?

    It is often so blatant as to be absurd.

    A question that can really be answered only with a 'yes' or 'no' answer sets the politician talking for 5 minutes about anything BUT the question.

    Makes you want to cry.

    I used to get so angry watching such interviews, shouting at the screen: "ANSWER THE QUESTION!!!"

    I no longer get angry. I was only stressing myself out over nothing.

    I get it now.

    If interviewers were to press the point, call them out on evasive answers, they would gain a reputation for doing so and quickly find that nobody would agree to be interviewed by them.

    It must be tough to be one of those interviewers. You want to ask the tough questions, hold their feet to the fire, but then you also have a job to do and you can't do it if nobody will talk to you.

    So they have to be very careful about how they word their questions and they have to let the person have their say.

    They can't all be like Rush Limbaugh, who needs to follow none of those rules, simply refuses to even talk to those who would spill the truth, and if anyone even gets close, he just cuts them off and rants for 5 minutes, tosses out all kinds of conspiracy theories and accusations, then cuts to a commercial.
    YEP, 100% correct....... One of the reasons I don't bother much either.........

    & one of the reasons I do like someone like Chris Wallace, Sam Donaldson etc that can ask some tough questions.... I think that Acosta sometimes as well, but honestly I don't watch much TV & when I do it isn't anything about politics etc
    "There is no question former President Trump bears moral responsibility. His supporters stormed the Capitol because of the unhinged falsehoods he shouted into the world’s largest megaphone," McConnell wrote. "His behavior during and after the chaos was also unconscionable, from attacking Vice President Mike Pence during the riot to praising the criminals after it ended."



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    Quote Originally Posted by PoliTalker View Post
    I am SO glad I am not a conservative Republican Trump fan. It must be stressful to have to defend such support, pretending to not know what is so well known about the man.

    He is a liar, a racist, a cheat and a CONMAN.
    If you really wanna know, listen to this, you may not like it, but it's the truth.... I selected a few minutes you can browse... You might find it interesting & enlightening......
    "There is no question former President Trump bears moral responsibility. His supporters stormed the Capitol because of the unhinged falsehoods he shouted into the world’s largest megaphone," McConnell wrote. "His behavior during and after the chaos was also unconscionable, from attacking Vice President Mike Pence during the riot to praising the criminals after it ended."



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    Quote Originally Posted by PoliTalker View Post
    I am SO glad I am not a conservative Republican Trump fan. It must be stressful to have to defend such support, pretending to not know what is so well known about the man.

    He is a liar, a racist, a cheat and a CONMAN.
    The Republicans wanted a hateful idiot- they got one- and now the whole ship of hateful fools is sinking!

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    Trump is stupid and head of the Republican party, what does that say about his followers or the party? And he is a proud molester of women and a rapist. This is who rightys want for president. They are conned so badly that nothing he does can make them reevaluate Daffy.
    Mueller is testifying in public next month. That should be interesting. Barr has to find a way to stop it.
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