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onecaliberal

(32,489 posts)
Sun Aug 7, 2016, 11:38 AM Aug 2016

The media is so apoplectic about trump plunge in the polls they've dragged out the email story

Yet again. Nevermind trump insisting this week over and over he saw non existent video. His statements on the exchange of money demonstrates he clearly is out of his league on these matters.
When will our elected leaders do something about media liars.

On edit: Why aren't they talking about Melania vanilli's illegal immigration story. How she worked in the US while she was NOT legally allowed to?

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The media is so apoplectic about trump plunge in the polls they've dragged out the email story (Original Post) onecaliberal Aug 2016 OP
Ah, yes. TrishaJ Aug 2016 #1
Have to be "balanced"! jcgoldie Aug 2016 #2
Who cares? Demsrule86 Aug 2016 #3
My wife is a strong Clinton supporter... brooklynite Aug 2016 #4
Comey said she didn't lie to the FBI. Look she wasn't my first choice, but the way onecaliberal Aug 2016 #6
And they will continue to do so LoverOfLiberty Aug 2016 #5
"A man you can bait with a tweet, has no business with nuclear codes" -HRC onecaliberal Aug 2016 #7
You get no arguments from me LoverOfLiberty Aug 2016 #8

brooklynite

(93,873 posts)
4. My wife is a strong Clinton supporter...
Sun Aug 7, 2016, 11:49 AM
Aug 2016

...she's maxed out to the campaign, will go into the field to work for her, and would like to work in her Administration.

And she HATES the way Clinton has handled the email story. The reason this has been "dragged out" again is because Clinton decided to do a Fox News interview, KNOWING that the issue was going to come up, and gave another clumsy, legalistic answer.

Polling shows that Clinton's one major flaw as a candidate is "trustworthiness"; not finding a way to explain and dispose of the email story is going to continue to exacerbate that assessment. This only good news about the email story is that most people have already factored their opinion into their voting choice.

onecaliberal

(32,489 posts)
6. Comey said she didn't lie to the FBI. Look she wasn't my first choice, but the way
Sun Aug 7, 2016, 12:01 PM
Aug 2016

Our media handles the two candidates differently couldn't be more stark. Can you imagine if Hillary said she saw a video that didn't exist twelve times, or if she made an ad saying trump said are when he really said aren't?
The email story is done, they keep beating a dead horse because they literally have nothing to call out on our side while a psychotic liar is running on theirs.
I made donations, I will walk precincts and drive voters in November 8. Trump is NOT acceptable and we have to do something about the media. They made him possible.

LoverOfLiberty

(1,438 posts)
5. And they will continue to do so
Sun Aug 7, 2016, 11:58 AM
Aug 2016

From Karl Rove came this story last month (I won't link to Fox News)

Karl Rove: Why Hillary’s email problem is not going away.

Because it fits their narrative that she is dishonest.

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