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hoolstoptheheels

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No actually, because none of that is true.


There was lots of criticism about Obama. Obama simply doesn't provide the fodder for it that Trump does. Neither does Bush, or Clinton, or HW, or Reagan. Etc, etc.

This disgust with "sources said". That's also a Trump and Trumpie creation. Journalists have relied on unnamed "sources" since there have been journalists. They in fact have legal rights to protect confidentiality. Yet in the age of Trump it has been this major problem. Because it is a whole lot easier to attack "confidential sources" than the story itself.

The Tillerson friction was called "fake news" just two or three months ago. And now Trump fired him, even admitting lots of friction for a period of time. Yet somehow you see the likely truth of all this as the news of the friction in the first place was fake, and then everything changed just 90 days later or so.

Your posting in this thread is like an instruction manual in the defense of demagogues.

(In response to this post by Hoodafan)

Posted: 03/13/2018 at 11:34AM



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So long Rex. Welcome Mike Pompeo. ** -- Hoodafan 03/13/2018 08:46AM
  Gee . . . never saw that coming. Who's next? ** -- graycalhoo 03/13/2018 10:59AM
  Mildly bummed...I liked Rex and his rugged Texas -- Tuckahokie 03/13/2018 10:33AM
  Well, saves on paperwork? ** -- FfxStationHokie 03/13/2018 11:30AM
  Not fired - he is moving to other career opportunities ** -- FfxStationHokie 03/13/2018 10:54AM
  Wait, I thought Russia was our friend? ** -- FfxStationHokie 03/13/2018 10:45AM
  Just read that. Very interesting timing. -- WahooMatt05 03/13/2018 10:40AM
  Just another coincidence I'm sure ** -- wahoo138 03/13/2018 10:37AM
  Bumping PA-18 as tomorrow's top story. ** -- DanTheFan 03/13/2018 10:09AM
  Tilly Tilly! ** -- jackethoo 03/13/2018 09:57AM
  He could not get clearance.... -- ConnHoo 03/13/2018 09:53AM
  Mitt Romney wanted the position so bad -- ConnHoo 03/13/2018 09:35AM
  ***** -- DanTheFan 03/13/2018 09:41AM
  Romney: Never Trumpist -- ConnHoo 03/13/2018 09:47AM
  Changing tunes -- DanTheFan 03/13/2018 09:51AM
  I love their apple turnovers ** -- FfxStationHokie 03/13/2018 09:34AM
  Not your most credible spun. ** -- Shenhoo 03/13/2018 09:46AM
  Wow. This is an orange blooded defense if ever there was one. -- hoolstoptheheels 03/13/2018 09:40AM
  Sad...................... -- Chuck Taylor 03/13/2018 10:45AM
  It truly is a 1984 world more than ever. ** -- HoosWillWin 03/13/2018 10:00AM
  Donald disagrees. -- Chuck Taylor 03/13/2018 09:33AM
  SMH ** -- hooshouse 03/13/2018 09:31AM
  Lol. Sure hooda. This just "popped up" outta nowhere -- wahoo138 03/13/2018 09:29AM
  If Sarah is credible, yes. ** -- Shenhoo 03/13/2018 09:25AM
  No worries then. ** -- wahoo138 03/13/2018 10:38AM
  Are we going to get the Rex vs Trump IQ tests or not? ** -- hokie in cville 03/13/2018 09:18AM
  Madness ** -- wahoo138 03/13/2018 09:16AM
  Nm** -- WahooMatt05 03/13/2018 09:10AM
  Well that was different ** -- FfxStationHokie 03/13/2018 09:15AM
  *sigh* SO TIRESOME! -- Beerman 03/13/2018 09:40AM
  Tillerson was against sanctions for Putin -- ConnHoo 03/13/2018 09:25AM
  "black site" CIA prison -- Hooddihsm 03/13/2018 09:11AM
  Very Zero Dark Thirty ** -- wahoo138 03/13/2018 09:15AM
  Shitshow ** -- hooshouse 03/13/2018 09:00AM
  Yep. ** -- wahoo138 03/13/2018 09:13AM
  Although apparently he was asked to resign on Friday -- Hooddihsm 03/13/2018 09:06AM
  FAKE NEWS -- wahoo138 03/13/2018 09:28AM

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