Trump Visits Troops

RoseRed

American Beauty
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I freely admit, I haven't been sitting in front of the TV this morning (or any morning). I always put on Channel 4 about 615, catch some local while making coffee, the weather, then it flows into The Today Show until I leave for work. Just kinda in the background.

In and out, feeding animals, emptying the dishwasher, checking the internet, getting ready to get out the door.

I haven't caught one mention of this surprise trip from the TV. Nada.

Guess I need to find another morning news to have on in the background. Had I not turned my computer to the good ole' SOMD forums this morning, I'd have never known our president did this for our troops.
Well, it is NBC...
 

vraiblonde

Board Mommy
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Trump doesn't make fools of the press; they do that themselves and he just uses it to his advantage. Now they're all pissed off and real Americans are going, "Wait....how can you be pissed at our President for visiting the troops on Thanksgiving??"
 

Bann

Doris Day meets Lady Gaga
PREMO Member
Trump doesn't make fools of the press; they do that themselves and he just uses it to his advantage. Now they're all pissed off and real Americans are going, "Wait....how can you be pissed at our President for visiting the troops on Thanksgiving??"

Exactly!

Trump and the press is like Lucy and the football with Charlie Brown. They NEVER LEARN! :jet:


:killingme
 

Bann

Doris Day meets Lady Gaga
PREMO Member
I'm beginning to think they're truly sick and can't help themselves. Look at Transporter on here - so filled with hatred and ugliness. Can you imagine living your life like that?
Nope! Even when Obama was POTUS.FOR.EIGHT.LONG.YEARS did I have that much hate & ugliness.

And that was including enduring all the Facebook friends' and families' (inlaws, included) constant adoration (like a freaking IV DRIP) of him.
 

Yooper

Up. Identified. Lase. Fire. On the way.
Another political post made on Thanksgiving...you people really need a life.
The #TDS is strong with this one....

Sad that you can't find anything positive in this "Thanksgiving surprise," but to be expected, I guess.

Here's the difference between you and me: you can't let your hatred of Trump allow for the possibility of extending grace while I will applaud the President (of either party) when he/she does something worthy of praise. And supporting the troops (who have volunteered to serve our country during "The Never Ending War"TM) is something worthy of praise. So feel free to go all dark about this, but I join others in understanding politicians will be politicians but appreciate it when a politician actually shows some leadership.*

As far as rhetorical technique goes, giving a little (here in this post) would have given you a better chance of gaining a little in your other posts. However, in confirming your indiscriminate hatred of Trump you undercut (once again) any possibility of being seen as a credible critic (of Trump specifically, but also in general).

Nevertheless, "Happy Thanksgiving" weekend.

* EDIT: Just saw this at PJMedia. Speaks to my point. Stephen Kruiser wrote:
President Trump has an extraordinary devotion to American troops. It is easy to see in his face in every interaction with them. He may come off as a cold New Yorker most of the time, but he has nothing but unrestrained love for those who put their lives on the line to defend liberty.

Commander-in-Chief is a daunting and serious role. Lives are at stake.

This president values and respects those lives quite openly.

Adam Schiff doesn’t get how much that means to the American voters.

Here's the link:

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WingsOfGold

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Shortly after Nancy appeared she was hot because she couldn’t get accommodations for her and her entire staff to fly between coasts.A C-130 was offered and she was supposedly way less than pleased. Apparently jump seats weren’t up to her standards, someone “forgot” to reconfigure with passenger seating before her arrival.
I imagine a Herky Bird would be a bit too spartan and noisy for her standards, on the plus side it can get in and out of some primitive fields like one might find in sub Saharan Africa. A perfect place to drop the bitch off at.
 

WingsOfGold

Well-Known Member
Not only do you people need a life, you need to get some concept of reality.

None of you see this for what is was?

Trump is in the midst of an impeachment. Career civil servants are testifying against him. His own "hand picked best of the best" people are testifying against him. There is no China deal. There won't be a China deal of any consequence. Iran is moving towards a nuclear weapon and North Korea fired another missile yesterday.

This was a cheap political stunt to deflect the attention of the cult.

None of you watched Trump "speak" to the troops? The man made the most basic of points...and he had to read it from a piece of paper.

Oh and then there's this story from last year to put a finer point on things:

Trump’s reluctance to visit troops in war zones is an aberration, historian says

But you people are all weepy and proud.....unbelievable.
Life's a bitch then you die.... NEXT.
 

BOP

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I imagine a Herky Bird would be a bit too spartan and noisy for her standards, on the plus side it can get in and out of some primitive fields like one might find in sub Saharan Africa. A perfect place to drop the bitch off at.
Strap the old hag in facing aft for a JATO take-off...watch her face stretch away from her skull.
 

BOP

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Yooper

Up. Identified. Lase. Fire. On the way.
Here's Sharyl Attkisson's take on the media re: this event (a VERY good read):

Here's a snip (the closing paragraphs) about journalistic standards (but do her and yourself a favor and click over for the entire article/post):
I often hear people retort that Trump lies more than the media. The implication is that somehow the media’s mistakes are justified because of what we believe the flawed moral character of the target to be.

These are dangerous arguments, in my opinion, from a journalistic standpoint. Our obligation is to cover our subjects fairly and to maintain the same standards even when we don’t like them– especially, perhaps, when we don’t like them.

Otherwise, why have standards?

The way we cover those we perceive as the enemies of our own views helps define how good we are at the job we’re entrusted to do: covering the news.

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Grumpy

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She got suckered from what I read, Trump left Mar-a-lago in an unmarked generic vehicle while a motorcade headed to the golf course, easy mistake (assumption) to make. Her biggest mistake was getting snarky on twitter, maybe this mistake will make her reevaluate her journalistic values. The whole trip was well planned and executed, I'm sure every journalists was fooled if they were covering Trump in Mar-a-lago.
 

SamSpade

Well-Known Member
She got suckered from what I read, Trump left Mar-a-lago in an unmarked generic vehicle while a motorcade headed to the golf course, easy mistake (assumption) to make.

That's the part I like - admittedly, this was supposed to be a surprise visit, but this is what Presidents have been doing. He knew they'd take the bait, and they never disappoint. And they refuse to learn from it, either.
 

Bann

Doris Day meets Lady Gaga
PREMO Member
She got suckered from what I read, Trump left Mar-a-lago in an unmarked generic vehicle while a motorcade headed to the golf course, easy mistake (assumption) to make. Her biggest mistake was getting snarky on twitter, maybe this mistake will make her reevaluate her journalistic values. The whole trip was well planned and executed, I'm sure every journalists was fooled if they were covering Trump in Mar-a-lago.
True. Getting fooled is one thing - POTUS has to do that for safety reasons.

Kwong's tweet notwithstanding, I agree with Sheryl that she could have reported the story differently. I don't think some of these "journalists" will ever do that. They are too busy interjecting their own opinions and view into the stories they write.
 
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