Trump decides to skip White House press dinner

Micawber said:
It seems to me from your description that they were being ironic and poking fun at your type. News should always have the responsibility to critique power. That will generally appear to favor the have nots which a conservative will find irritating.
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they were making fun of those who claim liberal bias while inadvertently proclaiming the fact here is another source of liberal bias for you to subscribe to.
 
iolo said:
What fascinates me is that the fartman considers that the BBC, a corporation with world-wide responsibilities, has nothing to do but join a plot against a ludicrous poseur.
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The BBC was notoriosly pro-remain in the campaign. UKIP members hold them in the same contempt as we do cnn.
 
regarding this. At the start of the general the media pretty much declared war on Trump in their effort to get clinton elected. There is nothing to gain by pretending you are friends with them and legitimizing them as non-partisan by going to this event.
 
"At the start of the general the media pretty much declared war on Trump in their effort to get clinton elected." t #66 quotation #1

t #66:

I claim no supernatural powers. But I'm guessing wildly you preferred Trump to Clinton. Correct?
OMG! How was I ever able to figure that one out?

"There is nothing to gain by pretending you are friends with them and legitimizing them as non-partisan by going to this event." t #66

You could not POSSIBLY be more wrong on this! ABSOLUTELY not possible!

Presidential power of the People can be thwarted by the determined will of the People. The U.S. War in Vietnam wasn't lost in Vietnam. The U.S. War in Vietnam was lost at the dinner table, when news anchor Walter Crankcase delivered the bad news about it 5 days a week. And at one point Walter Cronkite was deemed the most trusted man in America.
LBJ refused to seek re-election. And Nixon never completed his second term.
Keep your friends close, your enemies even closer.
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At this venue, the media would be giving Trump YET MORE free publicity.

And if you are right, the he could and should rip them to shreds.

So one of two things is true. Either "quotation #1" above is true, and Trump is such a coward he's not willing to show them FROM THE START who is boss; so he won't have any more trouble with them for the next 4 years. - OR -

"Quotation #1" above is not true.

Pick one.
Enjoy the race.
 
he will hae trouble with the press no matter what. the best move is to promote new press sources by giving them exclusive access reducing everyonnes market share.
 
Micawber said:
No, that was part of her delusion. Reality. Get back to reality. You live in a complete fantasyland with your own fake news, information stifling Potus, imaginary enemies, glitsy Fox propaganda machine made up religion with supercreatures and echo chamber.
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Lol....you sound like some idiot behind a curtain somewhere....
 
Mott the Hoople said:
Well if you don't want to be compared to fascist stop acting like one. It would be one thing if your so called solutions work but they don't. Their not intended to. They're intended to hurt people. That doesn't make you interested in sound governance. It makes you a sadist. Biggest political joke in my life time is the notion of a compassionate conservative.
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You really are a stupid cunt....
 
"he will hae trouble with the press no matter what. the best move is to ... t #68

Trump's best move is to prove his boast about his great big hands. Show a little testicular fortitude Donald! Run-&-hide is hardly the behavioral model billions of us want to see in the leader of the free world.

"the best move is to promote new press sources by giving them exclusive access reducing everyonnes market share."

For a military commander, indeed a sensible approach.
For a president of the United States, sworn by oath (Art.2 Sect.1-7) to uphold the Constitution, including our First Amendment, executing on your suggestion would be an impeachable offense, a perjuring of his oath of office.
 
sear said:
"he will hae trouble with the press no matter what. the best move is to ... t #68

Trump's best move is to prove his boast about his great big hands. Show a little testicular fortitude Donald! Run-&-hide is hardly the behavioral model billions of us want to see in the leader of the free world.

"the best move is to promote new press sources by giving them exclusive access reducing everyonnes market share."

For a military commander, indeed a sensible approach.
For a president of the United States, sworn by oath (Art.2 Sect.1-7) to uphold the Constitution, including our First Amendment, executing on your suggestion would be an impeachable offense, a perjuring of his oath of office.
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presidents and thier staff are not bound by the constitution to give exclusive interviews to everyone
 
"presidents and thier staff are not bound by the constitution to give exclusive interviews to everyone" t

I'm so glad you agree with me on that.

And to our agreed upon premise I would add:
B. O. R. ARTICLE #1: Ratified December 15, 1791
Congress shall make no law ... abridging the freedom of ... the press ...
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Please spare me the sophomoric civics lesson.

I KNOW the exec. is not the legislative.

BUT !!

What I know that you either know or don't; is that the United States of America has centuries of stare decisis precedent that this wording is interpreted to apply to U.S. federal government in general, and not just congress.

And by taking the white house briefing out of the briefing room, and holding it in the white house press secretary's office, deliberately selectively excluding reporters from NYT & CNN is PRECISELY "abridging the freedom of the press" and will almost surely NOT withstand a court challenge.

LOOKIT!!

I don't care which side it's on. I'd oppose this no matter what president did it.
"Sunlight is the best disinfectant". Louis D. Brandeis
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For me it's a matter of principle, NOT partisanship.

No U.S. presidential administration has the legal right to select which news reporting agencies are allowed to attend, and which are not; and to make the distinction based upon perceived political bias.

I'm ASTOUNDED that I have a countryman that's willing to defend this !
 
Apparently, some stupid liberal cunts think Congress violated the 1st amendment.
 
Mr.Badguy said:
I don't think he necessarily violated anything, it's just bad form. Kind of makes him look like a pussy.
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Nonsensical and irrelevant to my comment ... you need to learn what the 1st amendment actually says.
 
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.
 
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