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madaboutharry

(40,248 posts) Mon Jun 18, 2018, 02:03 PM Jun 2018

Katy Tur on Melania's statement

Katy Tur "Melania's statement didn't push back. It straddled the fence."

I have been thinking this all morning. Melania's comment, through her spokesperson, was mealy mouth and a hedge. Melania can't have it both ways. You either see this as immoral and wrong or you don't. There is no middle.

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Katy Tur on Melania's statement (Original Post) madaboutharry Jun 2018 OP

Not her, either tazkcmo Jun 2018 #1

I agree she straddled the fence...... CatMor Jun 2018 #2

Exactamundo! oasis Jun 2018 #3

I thought it was pablum. riversedge Jun 2018 #4

"fence" - new nickname for donny? NRaleighLiberal Jun 2018 #5

Kathy Griffin's take of Melania's statement: ..."feckless, complicit piece of shit" Tanuki Jun 2018 #6

she blamed both sides - it was crafted by the WH. melania probably never saw it. maxsolomon Jun 2018 #7

Much better at excavating precious metals gibraltar72 Jun 2018 #8

She needs to walk out of the White House in protest... lame54 Jun 2018 #9

tazkcmo

(7,306 posts)

1. Not her, either

Reply to madaboutharry (Original post)

Mon Jun 18, 2018, 02:05 PM

Jun 2018

It was a spokesperson. No credibility.

CatMor

(6,212 posts)

2. I agree she straddled the fence......

Reply to madaboutharry (Original post)

Mon Jun 18, 2018, 02:06 PM

Jun 2018

I'm surprised she's being praised for nothing.

oasis

(49,492 posts)

3. Exactamundo!

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Mon Jun 18, 2018, 02:06 PM

Jun 2018

riversedge

(70,475 posts)

4. I thought it was pablum.

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Mon Jun 18, 2018, 02:07 PM

Jun 2018

NRaleighLiberal

(60,040 posts)

5. "fence" - new nickname for donny?

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Mon Jun 18, 2018, 02:07 PM

Jun 2018

Tanuki

(14,931 posts)

6. Kathy Griffin's take of Melania's statement: ..."feckless, complicit piece of shit"

Reply to madaboutharry (Original post)

Mon Jun 18, 2018, 02:14 PM

Jun 2018

https://nypost.com/2018/06/18/kathy-griffin-calls-melania-a-feckless-complicit-piece-of-s-t/

"Kathy Griffin took aim at Melania Trump as a “feckless complicit piece of s—t” in President Trump’s immigration policy that’s been separating thousands of families at the border.

The standup comedian — who torpedoed her career last year after posing with a likeness of Trump’s bloody, severed head — tweeted her profanity-laced message Sunday.

“F–k you, Melanie,” she wrote, apparently misspelling the first lady’s name the same way her husband did recently. “You know damn well your husband can end this immediately… you feckless complicit piece of s–t.”...(more)