According to CNN, President Trump is using his progress in denuclearization of the Korean peninsula to distract from their fake news. pic.twitter.com/bM82jZyQRC
— Scott Adams (@ScottAdamsSays) February 27, 2019
February 27, 2019
"Distraction."
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CNN has its viewers.
How Forcing Michael Cohen To Divulge Attorney-Client Communications Damages The Rule Of Law
Wendy Sherman was on CNBC this morning saying the same thing. It was on the talking points memo for today.
I think the distraction talk is a distraction so people won't see how dumb the Democrats on the Financial Services Committee are when they question Fed Chairman Powell.
CNN doing just what Trump wants.
Is it just me or does anyone else find disturbing that a fool like Michael Cohen is being paraded in public by Congress while the US President is in Vietnam negotiating the denuclearization and future of NK? Do the Democrats really want to sabotage those talks which could do so much good for the world? Obviously yes. And will that benefit the Democrats? I can't see how it would.
It would be nice if all the peace-loving anti-war Democrats could at least be honest and support the president trying to finally end America's longest war with a peace agreement. Trump ragehate is so all-consuming for Democrats, Nevertrumpers and LLRs that they can't even support something they support. And their masters in the DNC-Media are shameless in their constant drumbeat against the very things they've sworn they are FOR so many times. This must really be confusing the young fascists in government education!
"Weren't we marching for peace just a few months ago?"
"Yep."
"Orangemanbad."
"Oh right!"
Brevity sure is the soul of wit, Scott baby.
Breathtaking.
Trump doesn’t need the Dems or Congress to deal with North Korea.
Congress doesn’t do much but authorizing spending and borrowing. They are just part of the Trump Show these days.
Yet another instance of projection by the Left. Stage a distraction while something actually important is happening; then accuse your opponent of causing a distraction.
And a large trade deal with Vietnam.
It's almost like the business of America is business.
Congress wants us to focus elsewhere.
https://publicpool.kinja.com/subject-travel-pool-report-4b-trade-deal-details-1832919576
How dare he attack the institution of the free press by suggesting that CNN isn't just doing straight-up, just-the-facts, this-is-an-apple journalism?
Fucking dumbass Adams.
It isn't "CNN" reporting that. It is a CNN "political analyst" offering up opinion and analysis. There is a top-line byline and identification of what it is.
It's not news. Just like Scott Adams "no longer cares about the fucking law."
Incidentally, Adams' indelible declaration of no longer caring about the fucking law came on the day that Cohen's home and office were subjected to the SDNY search warrants, and Trump freaked out in the cabinet room on live tv. I think Adams knew what Trump knew; it could be the beginning of the end of Trumpism, period.
Chuck said...
Fucking dumbass Adams.
The racist comes out with a pithy opener.
Chuck,
You having a bad day, buddy?
Adams just said “CNN” he didn’t say CNN news vs CNN opinion. Why are you calling him names? And why are you drawing distinctions that make no difference?
I think it’s a nice post and a great point. The optics are terrible for CNN, but YMMV...
Whenever I see that picture I re-salute the Marketing Dept at Texaco.
Chuck said...
Incidentally, Adams' indelible declaration of no longer caring about the fucking law came on the day that Cohen's home and office were subjected to the SDNY search warrants, and Trump freaked out in the cabinet room on live tv. I think Adams knew what Trump knew; it could be the beginning of the end of Trumpism, period.
Remember Chuck didn't care when Obama sold guns to Mexican Cartels to push his gun control narrative.
Chuck didn't care when Obama shipped billions of dollars to Iran and purposely hid the transactions from congress and the public.
Chuck doesn't care about the government/democrat party spying on the Trump campaign.
But yeah he cares about these laws.
You people are so transparent.
" it could be the beginning of the end of Trumpism, period."
Hasn't that already happened....EVERY. SINGLE. DAY. since the election?
After listening for an hour, the wife asked me what is the reason for this strange Cohen Hearing. What do they want? Is it to impeach trump?
No, it is to have a TV show for the Head-Dems-in Charge to spew lies. Exactly like the get Kavenaugh TV Show. The sole purpose is to get lies on TV.
Gonna be a long day for Chuck.
I wonder what thing that Trump might do would be important enough to not be a distraction from a 2 year old fever by the two institutions at the bottom of the public trust stack: the Congress, and the Press.
https://news.gallup.com/poll/195542/americans-trust-mass-media-sinks-new-low.aspx
The more they do it, the less we trust them.
Wendy Sherman who negotiated the framework agreement, which gave Kim sr the opportunity to build up his arsenal.
The Dems don't care if the Norks have or don't have nuclear weapons.
The Dems don't care if the Norks launch missiles or don't launch missiles.
The Dems don't care if the Norks reach a deal with Trump or don't reach a deal with Trump.
The Dems care about 1 thing -- how the negotiations impact Trump politically.
If failing to reach a deal hurts Trump politically, well, the Dems will be happy.
If reaching a deal helps Trump politically, well, the Dems will be unhappy and criticize the deal (gave away too much or got too little).
That's how they roll. (This also includes NeverTrumpers).
Chuck said... "it could be the beginning of the end of Trumpism, period."
The "end of Trump" is something I'm sure you'd welcome. But the "ism" suffix indicates that you're referring to some sort of policy doctrine. So what, exactly, is Trumpism? Is it the appointment of Federalist Society members as federal judges? Is it a major reduction in the corporate income tax? Is it reining in the abuse of Title IX on college campuses? Perhaps it's securing the southern border of the US? Or the pursuit of a nuclear-arms reduction by North Korea?
Or is Trumpism the projection of your superiority complex onto a personally flawed, but relatively successful president?
This guy that ALWAYS has to use profanity to describe ANYONE said...
It isn't "CNN" reporting that. It is a CNN "political analyst" offering up opinion and analysis. There is a top-line byline and identification of what it is.
Are you saying that CNN doesn't stand behind what they put on their channel ?
Are you saying that something an organization says can be attributed to that organization?
WHY Are You using the word 'reporting' (which Scott Adams did NOT use)? You are putting words into his mouth (while using a bunch of potty words to describe him)
It almost seems like you're trying to damage the reputation of (someone) by false accusations; slander.
You know
smear
[smir]
VERB
damage the reputation of (someone) by false accusations; slander.
Unless Trump and Un sign something today, and celebrate by taking off their clothes and dancing together in a public fountain, the press will be all over the Cohen appearance in full coverage mode. They'll dress it up as a modern day viewing of John Dean's testimony. Except that it's not. Not by a long shot.
This is dirt. This is National Enquirer given full mode attention by the Dems in Congress who tend to be bottom feeders anyway.
It'll roil and bubble for days. Next weekends polls will show a sharp dip in Trump's acceptable range. Then it'll go away. They'll overstep it. Trump's approvables will rise again. And another round of 'Is There Nothing We Can Do?' articles will come out from all corners.
Chuck, disinvited racist fopdoodle, who admitted he only wants to damage the president by smearing him, thinks that somebody else's statement is disqualifying.
Hypocrisy personified.
Negotiating to prevent nuclear war. I wonder where that activity ranks among the things CNN finds important. I guess it depends on who is doing it. That's the important thing.
It is awesome watching Trump end these stupid wars one by one.
It is even better watching the American economy once again lead the world as Trump removes the shackles put on it by our own government.
It is great watching our government advocate for us again with other countries rather than sell us out to the CoC.
It is very enjoyable to watch the party of the KKK, Jim Crow, Slavery, Blackface, infanticide, and Rape get outed every day.
But most enjoyable is watching Trump pull the mask off the cuck wing of the democrat party. Watching the Romneys and Kasichs and Kristols pout in the corner while Trump turns all of their traitorous shit around.
"Republicans" in the congress like Murkowski are going to bat for open borders. Again. Selling out the American people is what they do.
But now we see you. We know who is on CNN's side.
Glenn Reynolds has repeatedly said that we currently have the worst class of politicians in American history. That is on full display today with the Democrats and the Cohen hearing.
Who used the correct word?
According: as stated by or in
Reporting: give a spoken or written account of something that one has observed, heard, done, or investigated.
My vote is the guy that makes bigly money selling books used the correct word.
"I wonder where that activity ranks among the things CNN finds important."
In that I think CNN is quite correct. The biggest issue on Earth is the American power struggle. It is the biggest global danger by far, adjusting for immediacy and likelihood. Whatever happens will affect more people in more profound ways than even a nuclear weapon on Seoul.
I am not exaggerating.
"Chuck said...
Fucking dumbass Adams.
It isn't "CNN" reporting that. It is a CNN "political analyst" offering up opinion and analysis. There is a top-line byline and identification of what it is."
What a steaming pile. The guys paid for analysis be CNN , and the Headline put up by CNN, not the author is "Watch Trump try to pull off the ultimate distraction."
He got India and Pakistan to stage a distraction too.
buwaya said...
"I wonder where that activity ranks among the things CNN finds important."
In that I think CNN is quite correct. The biggest issue on Earth is the American power struggle. It is the biggest global danger by far, adjusting for immediacy and likelihood. Whatever happens will affect more people in more profound ways than even a nuclear weapon on Seoul.
I am not exaggerating.
This is entirely correct.
The entire world is currently engaged in the conflict between the aristocracy and the proles.
And the US is the key bulwark in the fight for freedom.
CNN is just one soldier in the globalist's fight to get their serfs back.
"In that I think CNN is quite correct. The biggest issue on Earth is the American power struggle. It is the biggest global danger by far, adjusting for immediacy and likelihood. Whatever happens will affect more people in more profound ways than even a nuclear weapon on Seoul."
Probably right. Once this great experiment is over, there will be no place on earth to run to.
Ooohh, this one is interesting:
Not Sure said...
Chuck said... "it could be the beginning of the end of Trumpism, period."
The "end of Trump" is something I'm sure you'd welcome. But the "ism" suffix indicates that you're referring to some sort of policy doctrine. So what, exactly, is Trumpism? Is it the appointment of Federalist Society members as federal judges? Is it a major reduction in the corporate income tax? Is it reining in the abuse of Title IX on college campuses? Perhaps it's securing the southern border of the US? Or the pursuit of a nuclear-arms reduction by North Korea?
Or is Trumpism the projection of your superiority complex onto a personally flawed, but relatively successful president?
Yes, I'd be swilling champagne and smoking a victory cigar if and when Trump is forced out of office.
No, I don't regard Trumpism as any sort of "policy" or collection of "policies" at all. I think Donald Trump is a policy-free creature. He's been somewhat useful to what would otherwise be Republican goals. As you mention; judicial selection, taxes, Department of Education reform, some foreign policy.
What is funny is that a lot of the best of Trump Administration policy achievement has been accomplished by people like me who never supported Trump in the primaries. Besty DeVos never supported Trump in the primary and virtually every one of her longtime best friends in the Michigan Republican came to support Trump only unwillingly as a last resort. Ditto Mitch McConnell. Ditto Lindsey Graham. Ditto Ted Cruz. Ditto Elliott Cohen. Justin Amash and Fred Upton are both pretty clearly appalled by Donald Trump.
"Trumpism" as I use the term does not refer to any policy issue. I think "Trumpism" is the cult-of-personality wing of what now passes for the Republican Party. There are Trump fans like Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity who regularly attack Republican Party leadership. That is Trumpism. Trumpism was Donald Trump's intense desire to pass a "tax cut" and not "tax reform" in his big tax bill. Trumpism tolerates our massive and growing federal defecit. Trumpism opposes any reform of Social Security or Medicare. Trumpism wants to repeal Obamacare but doesn't have a clue about replacing Obamacare or actually performing a thoughtful reform of U.S. health care. Trumpism wants to build a great border wall on the southern U.S. border, and is willing to negotiate a lot of other immigration issues in order to do that so as to fulfill a crazy Trump campaign pledge.
Chuck, he’s using CNN’s logo. Until they don’t agree and pull it, they’re ok with it.
While India and Pakland heat up. He’s in the neighborhood, he should stop by.
If meeting to end a 70 year stalemate with denuclearizing isn’t important, I’m not interested in what the Progs have to say about the Koreas anymore.
I attack the GOP leadership no matter who is president because they’re the heads of the stupid party. I’ve been doing that for 2-3 decades now. That’s not Trumpism.
Oh, the complaint seems to be he’s not doing what I want or how I want it.
Congress doesn’t do much but authorizing spending and borrowing.
To the extent it hasn't delegated that money stuff, too. Taking positions on stuff is hard, and it's much easier to keep your job if you mostly delegate it to the bureaucracy.
"In that I think CNN is quite correct. The biggest issue on Earth is the American power struggle."
That's like saying the sun coming up is news becuase it's important.
You think CNN is concentrating on it becuase it's important. I don't. If Obama was the target of these hearings and was negotiating with Kim, they would completely ignore the hearings. The news could be 24/7 Trump accusations from the start of his administration till the end, and that would be responsible reporting? The power struggle is important, but the daily soap opera of liars is just that until something real is presented.
Lifelong Eddie Haskell republican Chuck: " ,Trumpism" as I use the term does not refer to any policy issue."
"Trumpism" as you use the term is precisely similar to how every leftist committed to smearing Trump and republican voters uses the term
Precisely.
To your credit, you admitted as much explicitly and have demonstrated it conclusively over the last 3 years.
Your objective: return all levers of govt to the democrats.
This is clear to everyone which is why you were called out and disinvited from this blog for your dishonest posting. And rightfully so.
Agree, this is terrifying...
And what is worse is organizations I would expect to be livid at this, are supporting it.
This is definitely ripping the masks off a lot of fakers and liars, people/organizations that don't walk the talk. That are so partisan and crazy, they will do anything to destroy Trump. And don't care about the institutional damage they are doing.
> Dickin'Bimbos@Home said...
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> How Forcing Michael Cohen To Divulge Attorney-Client Communications Damages The >Rule Of Law
Chuck: It isn't "CNN" reporting that. It is a CNN "political analyst" offering up opinion and analysis. There is a top-line byline and identification of what it is.
Lol.
Chuck, you should try to differentiate yourself from the retard-level twitter parrots. Or at the very least stay current. It's been several weeks now since the cadres were out in force spamming this particular party-line-of-the-day defense of the MSM's grotesque bias and not-fit-for-purpose silliness. ("There's nothing wrong with it if it's not actual *reporting*; *educate* yourselves about the difference between opinion and reporting you dumb Trumpkins!")
Not that anyone expects you to understand why the stale (failed) talking point you're still obediently retailing is so laughable.
" the best of Trump Administration policy achievement has been accomplished by people like me"
Which would have been quite impossible without Trump in office in the first place.
This is the general issue with, well, unwise partisans, or theoretical politicians.
One cannot lead where none will follow. And you cannot lead if you are incapable of leading.
And the reason Trump grabbed the leadership in the first place is that the rest were terrible politicians, terrible leaders. One must be able to inspire. To inspire you must first understand the people. To understand the people one must have the skill of not merely listening, but understanding. This is not so common, because the sort of person brought up through the American cursus honorum has very little connection to the masses.
Fortunes are paid to specialist outfits running focus groups. This is a very artificial attempt to gauge the public mood. It is a fundamentally cynical matter, because the thing cares not a bit about the nature of the people, generally, but about technical matters such as details of wording, or "issues". It grants no continuing insight to the people, what they WOULD think about things that have not been tested in focus groups. A true talent in politics needs no focus groups.
The Republicans, with few exceptions, were all working in this artificial mode because they, isolated from their own voters, were reduced to consultants and PR firms, as above. They are foreigners in their own country.
Leadership is an undefinable, spiritual matter, a skill that can be taught only with practice, if at all, if one has the capacity for it.
I guess the era of Althouse Ass Kissing Chuck is over.
Back to Angry Asshole Chuck.
But Chuck, how could we have had any of Yrumps policy success w/o Trump?
Seeing Red said...
Chuck, he’s using CNN’s logo. Until they don’t agree and pull it, they’re ok with it.
I am posting my opinions as comments on Althouse's blog; it does not mean that Althouse is "ok [sic] with it." My opinions are mine, under my name. There's no confusion about my being a reporter, or speaking for Althouse.
Colin Kaepernick knealt during the National Anthem while wearing a 49ers uniform and with the NFL logo on his jersey. He wasn't speaking for the Niners or the League.
Donald Trump wrote an op-ed for the Wall Street Journal not too long ago. He doesn't speak for the Journal.
CNN, FNC, MSNBC; they all employ a whole range of opinion writers and viewpoint hosts. Left, right and center.
Another commenter just above wondered if I thought that dumb Trumpkins had failed to understand the basic difference between opinion column writing and news reporting. And yes, that is exactly what I think.
I am posting my opinions as comments on Althouse's blog; it does not mean that Althouse is "ok [sic] with it." My opinions are mine, under my name. There's no confusion about my being a reporter, or speaking for Althouse.
Putting aside the number of times Althouse has asked you to leave; you don't post as "Chuck, Althouse Political Analyst", yet Julian Zeltzer's byline includes "CNN Political Analyst". I wouldn't advise posting as "Chuck, Althouse Political Analyst" on her website or anywhere else.
Leland pointed out...you don't post as "Chuck, Althouse Political Analyst"
Also, I kinda think that CNN isn't PAYING you to post here; though as sleazy as they are (And, as SLEAZY as YOU) maybe they do?
"I think "Trumpism" is the cult-of-personality wing of what now passes for the Republican Party. There are Trump fans like Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity who regularly attack Republican Party leadership. That is Trumpism."
I keep seeing "cult-of-personality" accusations being leveled against anyone who supports Trump. That is just silly. Just because one
a) agrees with the results of Trump's presidency and / or
b) enjoys watching him punch back against the venal political class that we have allowed to metastasize in the US
does not mean that you are guilty of a cult-of-personality. Personally I think Trump is a thin-skinned vulgar human being. I wouldn't want him dating my daughter or (given his age) my mother.
But I like his results which, frankly, pushes the conservative agenda forward in a way that I haven't seen since Reagan. You could argue that in some respects he has accomplished more than Reagan.
And his tearing the masks off of the left and establishment Republicans has been delicious. I mean we always knew they were liars, but now everyone can clearly see it.
I don't always like Trump's tweets or statements. But he gets stuff done. I don't think it could be done with the more "refined" methods of the standard Republicans. We needed someone who just didn't give a crap what the press, Dems, Hollywood, etc, said.
Sometimes you just need a General Grant who will go in and kill the enemy even at great cost.
How does that make me part of a cult-of-personality for Trump? You want a cult-of-personality? Look at the Obama worship from the past 10 years. Trump? He's a crass operator, but he's our crass operator.
well I discount much of this, take mitt romney they called him short of being a murderer of his employees, a tax cheat, funder of death squads in south America, was the last card, and he was like a basenghi, he's learned his lesson though,
that Bolton who was the only official who tried to challenge the framework was on board, counts in his favor,
The literal "wet streets cause rain" story, per the Gell-Mann Amnesia effect.
CNN: "Trump's Pretend Summit is a distraction from Congressional Trial of the Century"
Reality: "Congressional Show Trial is a distraction from Historic Peace Summit"
Hamlet's Fool said...
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... Personally I think Trump is a thin-skinned vulgar human being. I wouldn't want him dating my daughter or (given his age) my mother...
Super. We're off to a good start, agreeing with each other!
I not only wouldn't want anyone close to me to date Trump (who has unusual ideas about what "date" means, by the way); I wouldn't want to do business with him. I wouldn't loan Trump money if I were a bank. Most U.S. banks came to that conclusion long ago. I wouldn't want to be his business partner. Trump has few if any real business partners. Trump's thing is licensing his name. And I wouldn't want to play golf with him. At least not for money, unless we had a match referee, which is unheard of outside of tournament golf. Because he's such a known cheater. I think most of the Winged Foot membership came to that conclusion a long time ago too.
Trump is a Birther, a Truther and a Vaxxer. Or at least he was, unless and until he reversed himself. And there is no one in public life in America who is more awful in belatedly reversing himself but blaming everyone else in the process.
So we agree; Trump is an awful excuse of a human being.
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...And his tearing the masks off of the left and establishment Republicans has been delicious. I mean we always knew they were liars, but now everyone can clearly see it.
I always had a hard time with people who claim that they are better Republicans than a NeverTrumper (not exactly, but close enough) like me, but who find it "delicious" when establishment Republicans are attacked. Maybe you could fill me in on who exactly are the good Republicans versus the bad Republicans.
Re "cult of personality"
That is a propaganda term. It is meaningless on its own. Its been used against all sorts of people, including those where "personality" as an attractive force is a hard sell - Lee Kwan Yew and Francisco Franco to name two. In both cases of course this was because of their personal leadership and status as the national figurehead. In the case of Franco, also because the state did try hard to promote his image in spite of everything (ubiquitous portraits, declarations of loyalty), to no avail.
The problem here is that any leadership depends on "personality". An effective leader, who is obeyed, can be propagandized against. Of course it is just that, propaganda, a circular argument in three words.
25 years of double talk has got us to this point, the framework the subsequent limbo.
From the country most directly affected:
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/asean-plus/30364867
Sorry, I don't care what the agenda behind publicizing Cohen's testimony is, when even Diane Feinstein is dismissing it because of a "credibility problem", it's clearly not an actually credible effort at advancing that agenda. It accordingly is way down on the list of things worthy of airtime or column inches, and that under a headline like "Twain's Aphorism Equating Idiots and Congressmen Proved True Again."
On the other hand, a summit between two nuclear powers (US/NK), technically at war with each other for seven decades? Or aerial combat between two nuclear powers (India/Pakistan) that have been enemies of each other for seven decades? Those are, in fact, real stories.
"Those are, in fact, real stories."
Reality rarely intrudes into internecine power struggles, unless the external intrusions are of sufficient magnitude to make the obsessed fighters fear a greater danger (and that takes a lot), or if they can be used as ammunition against the other.
someone said... Maybe you could fill me in on who exactly are the good Republicans versus the bad Republicans.
ooh! ooh! let me! let me!
Good Republicans accomplish things Republicans want, like judges, taxes, employment, etc.
Bad Republicans work with Democrats to make sure those things don't happen
Yeah he should be home apologizing for being the target of an unfair spying operation that was started because Hillary paid for a fake dossier.
Chuck said...
I always had a hard time with people who claim that they are better Republicans than a NeverTrumper (not exactly, but close enough) like me, but who find it "delicious" when establishment Republicans are attacked. Maybe you could fill me in on who exactly are the good Republicans versus the bad Republicans.
Good republicans care about what their voters want. More jobs, higher wages, America and Americans first. Ending stupid neocon wars.
Bad Republicans push open borders, "free" trade, and endless wars.
Really bad republicans push Romneycare, medicare part b, and cap and trade.
Then there are the Republicans that voted for Hillary. And the ones that want a democrat to win in 2020 by primarying Trump.
Nobody likes traitors.
Chuck, the CNN banner *says* he is part of CNN. It does not say Political Analyst. It says CNN Political Analyst. The Trump column did not label Trump CNN President.
Leys deal with the substance of his writing. Lol.
https://www.theatlantic.com/author/julian-e-zelizer/
I agree with bagoh20, not buwaya this time. The CNN coverage does not represent a judgment of importance. It is a tactic in the struggle buwaya talks about.
No buwaya, cult of personality has a meaning. If you look at its origins, it was used by the left to deride those who stray from the (ever changing) orthodoxy by placing their own judgment above that of the party — replacing the iron logic of history with personality. Zinoviev was accused of it for instance.
Its rarely used against the left, because the cult is so strong in key sectors.
Well, the summit turned into a whole lot of nothing. No signed commitment of anything, just a bunch of words from one of the most duplicitous and brutal dictators in power.
I trust the Norks as much as I trust Iranian mullahs.
That's been the custom with much of these deals girbachev wanted thr end to sdi at reychaVik.
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