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Snake Plissken

(4,103 posts) Wed Jul 1, 2020, 07:07 AM Jul 2020

If someone told you on the day after the election in 2016 that in four years ...

We would have a record setting deficit, an addition $7 trillion dollars of debt, a negative GDP, double digit unemployment and 130,000 Americans would die in three months from a pandemic that Trump called a hoax ... nobody would have been surprised.

The experiment of electing a failed frozen steak salesman turned reality TV game show host turned out exactly as expected,

So why does the media continue to act surprised at how much of a disaster Trump's failed Presidency is? Did they think that somehow it accidentally wouldn't have been a complete disaster?

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If someone told you on the day after the election in 2016 that in four years ... (Original Post) Snake Plissken Jul 2020 OP

It may be with elections coming.. Maxheader Jul 2020 #1

Because a lot of them are craven Cha Jul 2020 #2

There's a club and you ain't in it... JHB Jul 2020 #3

We managed to run on auto-pilot for 3 years before doc03 Jul 2020 #4

This is so true Johnny2X2X Jul 2020 #5

tRump bdamomma Jul 2020 #6

I knew it would be bad, but couldn't imagine THIS bad. tinrobot Jul 2020 #7

I honestly never imagined it could get this bad either. smirkymonkey Jul 2020 #8

Maxheader

(4,374 posts)

1. It may be with elections coming..

Reply to Snake Plissken (Original post)

Wed Jul 1, 2020, 07:14 AM

Jul 2020

it's like imprinting..ad agencies use it..My self? I've not seen that much..

Cha

(298,030 posts)

2. Because a lot of them are craven

Reply to Snake Plissken (Original post)

Wed Jul 1, 2020, 07:48 AM

Jul 2020

idiots like Van Jones.

Not all of them, of course.

ETA.. the "media" made trump.. don't want to admit their complicity.

JHB

(37,166 posts)

3. There's a club and you ain't in it...

Reply to Snake Plissken (Original post)

Wed Jul 1, 2020, 07:58 AM

Jul 2020

...but for those who are, the surest, fastest path out of the club is to drop the "both sides" pretense and clearly identify where the problems are coming from -- Republicans and conservative zealotry.

Just ask Norman Ornstein.

As for why that is, ask the people who sign the contracts of the people who act surprised.

doc03

(35,445 posts)

4. We managed to run on auto-pilot for 3 years before

Reply to Snake Plissken (Original post)

Wed Jul 1, 2020, 09:32 AM

Jul 2020

the shit storm happened. But I don't think anyone could imagine how bad it could get. If he gets four more years this country is doomed.

Johnny2X2X

(19,271 posts)

5. This is so true

Reply to doc03 (Reply #4)

Wed Jul 1, 2020, 09:37 AM

Jul 2020

The first 3 years of Trump's presidency were as un-challenging as any President in our nation's history. he inherited an economy that was humming along, major conflicts worldwide for the US were under control, and things were just all around pretty good.