US Politics Thread

James

Here's a great article from the NY Post that Art posted on Crass Communication. It wont let me copy/paste so you'll have to click the link to read it.

http://nypost.com/2016/11/20/keep-cryin … al-crisis/

edit: bri if you have the time can you read that article? Since you're much closer to the situation obviously I'd love to see your thoughts on the media "crying wolf" on everything.

Smoking Guns

Hey, I have issues with Trump and I voted for him. He hasn't even been inaugurated yet. Let's see what actually happens before we declare him a total failure.

James

SG read the ^above article I just posted. They pretty much say the same thing.

mitchejw

James Lofton wrote:

I can be a moderate and find the Trump voter mentality shallow, narrow minded and ridiculous.
I never said you couldn't. The problem is that its an identical two way street....but you turn a blind eye to the exact same shit coming from the left. That is your god given right to do so but you shouldn't be surprised when people pick up on it.
Trump voters(a small minority) go around saying "death to niggers". You are outraged by this(and rightfully so). Hillary voters(a small minority) have said "kill all the whites" and you don't bat an eye.
I mentioned Scarlett Fakhar a couple pages ago. I don't know if you are aware of this story so I'll post it. As a moderate on political issues, I'd like to know how you feel about her firing.

Outrage as reporter is SACKED for praising Donald Trump and criticising Obama

A US reporter has been sacked after she praised President-Elect Donald Trump and criticised President Obama for making the “entire country hate one another”.

In a Facebook post that has since been deleted, Scarlett Fakhar, a Fox 26 Houston journalist, said “God had a hand” in the election and she could “barely sleep from how happy and relieved she was” after Trump’s election victory.
In place of the deleted post, Fakhar said: "Guess what fans!!?? FOX 26 Houston is trying to take my fan page down now! DON'T LET THEM! #FREEPRESS #FREESPEECH #FIRSTAMENDMENT"
http://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dyn … 727294.jpg
But the day after she was sacked, she added: “Fox 26 Houston fired me today for expressing my conservative views on my private Facebook page.
“That is all I will say for you. But I want you to know how much your support has gotten me through this. God Bless you all.”

A spokesman from the KRIV confirmed to a local US newspaper that the journalist was sacked, but declined to comment.
The former journalist claimed that US newspapers made her race an important part of the story.

She wrote: “The media has made this a race issue, when in reality the matter boils down to a difference in political philosophy.
“As a multiracial person myself, I never have been or never will be racist.

"I simply stated the fact that the media continues to misrepresent the factual realities that there is NO more white on black crime than there is black on black crime.”
Fakhar has worked on a number of stories surrounding the Republican, including exposing the violence Trump supporters have faced since his election.
The most recent focuses on a student who was attacked by his classmates for voting for Trump in a "mock" election.
http://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dyn … 727296.jpg
http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/734 … ter-sacked
To anyone who believes the story is bullshit due to the Express, you can go read about it at the NY Post or other media outlets. You can also go straight to the source and follow her story on twitter....
https://twitter.com/Scarlettontv
I've followed her on twitter for months(although I rarely use social media) and I never saw her post anything worthy of losing her job over. She's similar to another one I follow(Juliet Huddy) who has similar views and probably the only reason they haven't went after her(yet) is she's more high profile.
Off topic but Juliet is a GNR fan(also likes Slayer) and has checked out our site.
The media coverage of this election in general was a huge clusterfuck and the media is on the verge of a major backlash.

I thought you conservatives loved "at will" or "right to work" policies so that you can fire anyone you want for whatever reason you want.

Also, anyone find it hypocritical that a member of the media blames Obama
For racial tensions when in all likelihood she used the tensions to further her own career. You don't have to be racist to used racial tensions as a catapult for yourself. Hypocrisy at its finest.

I love IDs posts. I agree with a lot of what he says. Trump is the ultimate hypocrite. He rides into office saying things that role up racial tensions and uses that energy for his own selfish means. Now Mr. Change rolls into office and appoints career politicians into positions of power. Mitch McConnel and Paul Ryan are exactly what Trump was supposed to be against. Now they're all buddies.

And even as president-elect, he still has time to tweet about SNL like a fucking child. He's not a leader of men. He's a divider. Divide and conquer.

He's got major problems to deal with and he's worried about a people making fun of him.

Smoking Guns

James Lofton wrote:

SG read the ^above article I just posted. They pretty much say the same thing.

Yes, good read.... I agree.. If you over analyze every fucking thing when a real issue arises we will be numb to it because of the trivial shit they bitch about.

Smoking Guns

mitchejw wrote:

James Lofton wrote:
I can be a moderate and find the Trump voter mentality shallow, narrow minded and ridiculous.
I never said you couldn't. The problem is that its an identical two way street....but you turn a blind eye to the exact same shit coming from the left. That is your god given right to do so but you shouldn't be surprised when people pick up on it.
Trump voters(a small minority) go around saying "death to niggers". You are outraged by this(and rightfully so). Hillary voters(a small minority) have said "kill all the whites" and you don't bat an eye.
I mentioned Scarlett Fakhar a couple pages ago. I don't know if you are aware of this story so I'll post it. As a moderate on political issues, I'd like to know how you feel about her firing.

Outrage as reporter is SACKED for praising Donald Trump and criticising Obama

A US reporter has been sacked after she praised President-Elect Donald Trump and criticised President Obama for making the “entire country hate one another”.

In a Facebook post that has since been deleted, Scarlett Fakhar, a Fox 26 Houston journalist, said “God had a hand” in the election and she could “barely sleep from how happy and relieved she was” after Trump’s election victory.
In place of the deleted post, Fakhar said: "Guess what fans!!?? FOX 26 Houston is trying to take my fan page down now! DON'T LET THEM! #FREEPRESS #FREESPEECH #FIRSTAMENDMENT"
http://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dyn … 727294.jpg
But the day after she was sacked, she added: “Fox 26 Houston fired me today for expressing my conservative views on my private Facebook page.
“That is all I will say for you. But I want you to know how much your support has gotten me through this. God Bless you all.”

A spokesman from the KRIV confirmed to a local US newspaper that the journalist was sacked, but declined to comment.
The former journalist claimed that US newspapers made her race an important part of the story.

She wrote: “The media has made this a race issue, when in reality the matter boils down to a difference in political philosophy.
“As a multiracial person myself, I never have been or never will be racist.

"I simply stated the fact that the media continues to misrepresent the factual realities that there is NO more white on black crime than there is black on black crime.”
Fakhar has worked on a number of stories surrounding the Republican, including exposing the violence Trump supporters have faced since his election.
The most recent focuses on a student who was attacked by his classmates for voting for Trump in a "mock" election.
http://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dyn … 727296.jpg
http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/734 … ter-sacked
To anyone who believes the story is bullshit due to the Express, you can go read about it at the NY Post or other media outlets. You can also go straight to the source and follow her story on twitter....
https://twitter.com/Scarlettontv
I've followed her on twitter for months(although I rarely use social media) and I never saw her post anything worthy of losing her job over. She's similar to another one I follow(Juliet Huddy) who has similar views and probably the only reason they haven't went after her(yet) is she's more high profile.
Off topic but Juliet is a GNR fan(also likes Slayer) and has checked out our site.
The media coverage of this election in general was a huge clusterfuck and the media is on the verge of a major backlash.
I thought you conservatives loved "at will" or "right to work" policies so that you can fire anyone you want for whatever reason you want.
Also, anyone find it hypocritical that a member of the media blames Obama
For racial tensions when in all likelihood she used the tensions to further her own career. You don't have to be racist to used racial tensions as a catapult for yourself. Hypocrisy at its finest.
I love IDs posts. I agree with a lot of what he says. Trump is the ultimate hypocrite. He rides into office saying things that role up racial tensions and uses that energy for his own selfish means. Now Mr. Change rolls into office and appoints career politicians into positions of power. Mitch McConnel and Paul Ryan are exactly what Trump was supposed to be against. Now they're all buddies.
And even as president-elect, he still has time to tweet about SNL like a fucking child. He's not a leader of men. He's a divider. Divide and conquer.
He's got major problems to deal with and he's worried about a people making fun of him.

I agree, Trump needs to mature... We need to look at Trump on the macro level, and not micro analyze everything he does..

James

This is interesting....

So is this....

I guess Trump may finally be getting sick of the media being at DEFCON 1 continuously and riling people up. I hope he's been made aware of Scarlett's situation.

President-elect Donald Trump exploded at media bigs in an off-the-record Trump Tower powow on Monday, sources told The Post.

“It was like a f—ing firing squad,” said one source.

“Trump started with Jeff Zucker and said I hate your network, everyone at CNN is a liar and you should be ashamed….

“The meeting was a total disaster. The TV execs and anchors went in there thinking they would be discussing the access they would get to the Trump administration, but instead they got a Trump-style dressing down,” the source added.

A second source confirmed the encounter.

“The meeting took place in a big board room and there were about 30 or 40 people, including the big news anchors from all the networks…,” the source said.

“Trump kept saying, ‘We’re in a room of liars, the deceitful dishonest media who got it all wrong. He addressed everyone in the room calling the media dishonest, deceitful liars. He called out Jeff Zucker by name and said everyone at CNN was a liar, and CNN was network of liars.

“Trump didn’t say Katy Tur by name, but talked about an NBC female correspondent who got it wrong, then he referred to a horrible network correspondent who cried when Hillary lost who hosted a debate – which was Martha Raddatz who was also in the room.

The stunned reporters tried to get a word in edgewise to discuss access to a Trump Administration.

rest of the article:

http://nypost.com/2016/11/21/donald-tru … ing-squad/

While I have no problem with him criticizing the media for the way this election was handled, I really hope he doesn't go too far with this. Like I said before, media is gonna have to start calling things down the middle like they used to and stop pushing these various agendas. Too many people are waking up to the scam.

James

For racial tensions when in all likelihood she used the tensions to further her own career.

I look forward to your explanation on how she used racial tension to further her career. Unfortunately I'll be waiting until doomsday because its not even remotely close to the truth. YOur statement was nothing but a partisan attack on a journalist you literally know nothing about.

I thought you conservatives loved "at will" or "right to work" policies so that you can fire anyone you want for whatever reason you want.

Funny. THis is why these extremely partisan discussions become a merry go round. Because you disagree with something I post, you automatically feel the need to lump me into the red category since you are in the blue category. Had Rachel Maddow been fired for calling a spade a spade, I would have been pissed off about that as well. So would you if it had been her instead.

I love IDs posts.

I don't have any problems with ID either.

Smoking Guns

I don't have an issue with ID either. I don't have an issue with anybody here.

mitchejw

James Lofton wrote:

For racial tensions when in all likelihood she used the tensions to further her own career.
I look forward to your explanation on how she used racial tension to further her career. Unfortunately I'll be waiting until doomsday because its not even remotely close to the truth. YOur statement was nothing but a partisan attack on a journalist you literally know nothing about.
I thought you conservatives loved "at will" or "right to work" policies so that you can fire anyone you want for whatever reason you want.
Funny. THis is why these extremely partisan discussions become a merry go round. Because you disagree with something I post, you automatically feel the need to lump me into the red category since you are in the blue category. Had Rachel Maddow been fired for calling a spade a spade, I would have been pissed off about that as well. So would you if it had been her instead.
I love IDs posts.
I don't have any problems with ID either.

You're right I dont know who she is...."right to work" is a conservative staple.

The media is privitized and it's sole job is to sell units.

I said as a member of the media...it's possible to not be racist and take advantage of race issues.

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