Why did Jim Acosta think he could take over the Presidents Press conference? (1454 views, 145 replies)
master
More and more people are starting to see it. Liberals are driving people away. They are killing their own party and there's no one to blame but themselves.
@BrunoAxemaker Haha. Yeah, that's why democrats easily took the House, and between the House and Senate, got almost 20 million more votes. Y'all are lucky that the system is rigged in your favor. Your policies, your opinions, are [SPOILER] with a good majority of individual voters.
@thesslazarus 'Easily' took the house. You just squeaked by with the majority
and the several voting discrepancies, in this election and 2016 were all Dems
But I know you don't believe that because your owners said otherwise. I've got no time to argue with someone that really thinks Democrats are growing
Good luck. You and your party are going to need it.
@BrunoAxemaker The turnout for democrats was the highest in 4 decades. They won nearly 40 seats in the House - the largest democratic House wave since Nixon. The seats Republicans won were in expected Red areas. Democrats on the other hand, flipped 29 red seats Blue. You've got no time to argue because we both know you just can't handle the truth. Baby Boomer numbers are thinning, and Millennials are now the majority. And I know it's got you worried as hell. Power mongers worry when their grip begins to slip.
Wanting all the votes counted isn't a discrepancy. Literally, the only reason you're saying there's a discrepancy is because your favorite politicians and media heads told you so, there is no factual basis for it. So to say I believe something because my owners said otherwise is a complete projection by you.
@thesslazarus Yes- the turnout was high, as well as the illegal votes that are now being uncovered
and a LOT more Boomers are blue than you would think. That's the problem.
I love you accusing me of projection when it is turning out that Dems are cheating.
Honestly, I've had enough trying to convince people like you. I've showed evidence before and you zombies still don't believe it.
Believe what you want and be happy in your stupidity. The blip that the Dems illegally won doesn't matter anyway. The SCOTUS is red for generations and Trump will get another term
The funniest thing is a few years ago I would have stood side by side with you but the piss poor liberal attitude has turned off me and millions of others. You're a failing party and you not admitting it or listening to reason is exactly the reason why.
I'm sure you'll argue that too- "Oh no no! Jon Oliver and CNN says differently!"
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top expert
Reckon the extremes on both sides are just as bad as each other. Has always been that way in politics. But for either extreme to prevail means them having to impose their will on unwilling others. The only ground where most people win is usually center.
Not sure that a rant full of your opinion of liberals = Truth in the strictest sense. Two sides to every coin, and each side shows a different perspective of the same thing. The extremes could / would not exist without each other to feed off.
But who represents the center ground in US politics?
p.s.
Still not liberal 😀
Don't hate you either 😁
senior master
Ouch! Ouch! Ouch! Answer: Because he wasn't finished with the mic. Next question please.
@---BOX--- LOL! He was finished. The President said he was. Now you're saying Liberals don't have to follow the rules that everyone else does. The President is the LEADER of the free nation. Ther is no higher authority, on earth.
@bondojoe How now, he wants to keep talking. It's okay to push a woman or ask the same question the president already answered.
That's not rude at all
That Trump continued to have him in the pool after acting this way for months shows how tolerant the President is
@bondojoe LOL. Is Trump your KING?
We'll never agree on whether the question was answered or not, that's for sure.
@Muspeljotn Trump is the commander in chief. He's also the President. He is what YOU would call the equivelant of a King...for the next 6 years.
@bondojoe you're a true idiot. you got pink floyd the wall as your profile pic and you want them to build the wall 2020. perfect example of a self loathing in denial truth fearing republican trumpophile to me. dummy
@Muspeljotn Acosta didn't come there to ask questions, he was there to start a confrontation and tell the President his opinion, which was the only correct opinion in Acosta's mind. He's not even a journalist, just a political hack. His behavior said a lot more about who and what he is, than it did about anyone else.
skilled
Looks like he tried to ask critical questions as it's his JOB to do so?
And principally, why judge millions of people on the actions of a few? Would you like to be judged this way?
The video is a series of out-takes obviously. No interest in the un-edited version? This doesn't bode well.
@Muspeljotn I've seen them both. They're both bad. Are you intemtionally obtuse? His job is not to be obnoxious. The President said..."that's enough."
@Muspeljotn There were no outakes or editing, the first time he brushes her forearm away with a light touch of his left hand. The second time, he blocks her reach by raising his left elbow and forearm to try and prevent her reaching across to the microphone in his right hand. No one is calling it assault, just boorish bad manners. Like a three year old refusing to give up another child's toy.
@Muspeljotn That's just it, he didn't want to hear the President's answers, he wanted to school the President with his own agenda, of which was very rude and disrespectful. Acosta has a chip on his shoulder. The things people will do for money is obnoxious.
master
He tries every press conference...the man assaulted a woman and deserves to be banned. To quote the left...#BelieveHer
@MarkRowley I don't even consider it assault
However, if the circumstances were reversed the left definitely would.
If they brush this off they would lose more women that are already sick of the way they were used during Kavanaugh's hearing.
@MarkRowley Assaulted ?! Not wanting to argue with you or anything . All due respect He did not assault her
@Joe1975 Kavanaugh never assaulted anyone either but it didn't stop CNN saying he did...what's good for the goose as they say. Though he should not have tried to man handle a female intern,but if it had of been a fox news male reporter doing the same thing on an Obama intern then the protests would be deafening.
skilled
Why do conservatives think they can walk up to someone and put their hands on them? Why do conservatives think it's okay to doctor a video so they can claim to be victims? Why do conservatives want to censor the media? Why is Trump so afraid of non-softball questions? That last question is rhetorical. Since Trump doesn't know the words to the National Anthem and answers everything with, "it's really good" or "it's really bad", of course he's afraid of serious questions that require real answers.
@thesslazarus Go see the footage from every news outlets....it's the same footge just in a repeat loop at the point of Acosta's assault. Do you scream "fake footage" when an important pass or penalty is repeated during a live football broadcast? you need a cloth for that egg on your face? 😂
@MarkRowley All the footage is the same except for the doctored footage that the white house shared, which Infowars sped up. That's the footage you saw. This isn't an opinion. It's amazing how wrong you are, yet, how confident you are. The fact that you would resort to an insult is proof that I am right and you are wrong. You're a grown man, start acting like it.
@thesslazarus Change your diaper baby, your sh*t is getting boring along with your tantrums.
God
America is in better shape than it's been in in 60 years...thanks to President Trump. That all I need to say, as the only thing you have to offer is hate. Complaining in the face of success, and prosperity. Liberals have nothing to offer but accusations.
@bondojoe Judging by the lefty snowflakes post directly above I'd say they have drugs to offer as well as accusations.
@bondojoe americas economy is worse than the roman empire's was amidst it's decline. you are dumb.
@bondojoe The US added more jobs in Obama's final 21 months, then it did in Trump's first 21 months. Funny how y'all say Obama's the worst president ever as you brag about the economy that Trump inherited. It's quite comical, indeed.
@thesslazarus No one likes obama anymore. He can't even pull a crowd...of Liberals. Everyone sees what a phony he was...now. No President EVER had a slower economic recovery...look it up. The economy started improving during his last months because everyone knew he was leaving...and that we NEVER vote in the same party three terms in a row!
@thesslazarus That comparison in job creation numbers is not accurate.
I have read many articles from journalists praising President Obama by pointing out the jobs created during his time in office. But this is a silly spin job to convince the gullible. Job creation is only part of the equation for real job growth. An honest evaluation considers jobs created vs. jobs shed by the economy during the same period. If 100,000 jobs were created but 80,000 jobs were shed during the same month, real job growth was only 20,000 jobs. President Obama’s real job growth was the worst of any president since FDR. Also, the percentage of part-time jobs vs. full-time jobs was the highest ever since FDR. www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/2...
I don’t blame President Obama and certain journalist for touting his job creation numbers to spin 8 years of a bad economy. ...
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@thesslazarus The few jobs that began with Obama, was as far as it could go, due to the sanctions that were in place, put there by other Presidents as well as Obama. They couldn't have gone any higher until Trump took them out of legislation. This shows how the "Recession," was manufactured, it was never real. It would be good to remember this, because it will happen again in the future after Trump completes his time there. It's part of the Globalist Plan to take this country down.
skilled
I never said it was fake. But I do think it's fair not to edit situations like this. I watched the un-edited version and it does make a difference.
All presidents before him have felt uncomfortable when asked critical questions. It's just part of the job to face that. Question is how you handle it.
Nope, no hate. Just because you fail to see the point of a criticism doesn't mean it's hate. You always seem to be judgemental. Pretty scary. And why are you talking about your opinion of America as a whole? I thought the question here was Acosta?
Still un-answered. Why judge millions of people on the actions of a few, or in this case one? IMO he had legitimate questions. But principally this is important.
If I vote for someone I don't stop being critical of him/her. That's just dangerous.
@Muspeljotn Sure...Trump COULD have just LIED to him, as all other Presidents have done.
@Muspeljotn Acosta got two questions answered, when it's usually only one. It was someone else's turn. Most all other reporters there know this is the way it's done, but Acosta wanted to hog the mic and make it all about him. He was grandstanding and wanted to get into an argument with the President. I've seen a video of Obama having reporters removed for less.
member
This is just Trump's third press conference in two years. Just the third, folks. Instead of answering Acosta's question, he was evasive, insulted him, bragged, and like an emperor, instructed him to stop seeking clarification. Acosta, like any hard hitting journalist, persisted.
Faced with a similar situation, Obama, Bush Jr. Clinton and Bush Sr. all managed to handle similar situations deftly. Especially Obama and Bush Jr., who were consistently interrupted during many of their press conferences in the White House and on the road. Obama even had a GOP legislator yelling "Liar!" during a speech, while an Iraqi journalist threw a shoe at Bush Jr.
Now the alt-rights and conservatives are incensed that Acosta didn't bow down to Trump, and they expect others to feel the same way. What they don't understand is (which they would, if they get out of their bubble), most people viewed Trump's behavior as boorish, and they actually supported Acosta.
If they really wanted to stop Acosta talking, one of the engineers on duty could have cut off the mic with a flick of a switch. They didn't. Instead Sarah Sanders gestured to an aide, who automatically and promptly understood what she needed to do, and tried to wrestled the mic away from Acosta. The aide looked at Sanders and Trump when Acosta refused to let go of the mic.
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@Couch_Potato Trump adresses the nation on Youtube, because when he does it LIVE, people act like Acostas.
@bondojoe Trump is afraid to face the press, because when he lies and make things up, as he always does, they seek clarification.
Trump is a pathological liar who lies constantly. Since he came into office, he's lied over 4,000 times.
This is why he avoids press conferences and attacks journalist when they question him.
@Couch_Potato Trump has America in better shape than it's ever been. He doesn't have to answer to a liberal. THEY idn't vote for him. He's NOT THEIR President....right? That's what they say. THEY are the ones that publish fake news.
@bondojoe Buddy, Trump is well on his way towards becoming the worst American president in history. You guys just don't see it yet.
He's taking credit for Obama's economy, but the massive tax cuts passed in Congress earlier this year will slow down the pace of the economy - just like the Bush tax cuts did in 2001.
The argument for the tax cuts is, businesses will reinvest the savings into the economy. Alas, as the Reagan and Bush tax cuts have shown (even the Kobach tax cuts in Kansas), businesses will just pay out dividends and carry on as usual.
The tax cuts will reduce the federal government's income, and will lead to a massive spikes in the federal deficit. I know you don't believe me, but please, wait for the new budget to be unveiled, and watch them try to balance the budget by cutting healthcare, Social Security and welfare spending. The deficit will probably be the highest in history.
@Couch_Potato LOL! I guess we'll see! I know what Obama's economy was like. Maybe you should look at some news stories about 2012-13.
@Couch_Potato Maybe you could research who has held more press conferences in their first two years....Trump or Obama. You'd be surprised and might even enjoy eating that humble pie.
@MarkRowley Maybe you should do the research? In his first year in office alone, Obama held 11 press conferences. In his eight years in office, he held 65 press conferences.
You were talking about humble pies?
@Couch_Potato So you've researcheddar and found out Obama did more press conferences? Can we have that source please or are you going full left wing tantrum mode again with your fingers in your ears crying "lalalalalala"😂
@MarkRowley I don't have to 'research'; this is not rocket science. It's common knowledge. The question is, why did you have to lie about it in the first place, Mark, and then proceeded to make infantile attacks on me when you were corrected?
www.presidency.ucsb.edu/statisti...
@Couch_Potato Dude, isn't it crazy? The guy told you to do research as though he new that Trump held more press conferences. You do the research, and the facts show that Obama did many, many more, and it turns out that Mark has no idea how many press conferences there have been. And then, of course, accuses a "leftist" of doing exactly what he did. Man, these people are weird.
@thesslazarus I blame the right wing media, Lazarus. Since Reagan repealed the Fairness Doctrine, right wing media have abandoned truth in favor of indoctrination. As a result, you have an entire generation of right wingers who have been taught to hate everything and everyone that disagrees with them.
I mean, just look at Trump. He lies and lies and lies, but has anyone at Fox (aside from Shep Smith) ever called him out on the lies? Frequently, they simply doubled down on the lie.
Mark probably got his info from Sarah Sanders, who last week claimed that Trump has been the most open president in history. It was another bold faced lie from Sanders, but no one from the right wing media challenged it.
It's a terrifying bubble they are living in.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FCC_fairne...
@Couch_Potato First, no one wants to take credit for the worst economy in US history since the FDR presidency. I fail to see what President Obama's economy has contributed to the current economic growth. It certainly wasn't the Affordable Care Act. Secondly, if tax cuts are the cause of government debt, why did the national debt increase from 10 trillion to nearly 20 trillion from 2008 to 2016 when no tax cuts were passed?
Tax cuts are not the issue. It is the amount of tax revenue generated by an economy vs. the runaway spending by the government that causes debt. If the federal government continues its spending binge, we will all pay for it dearly.
@realwood Obama inherited the worst American economy since the Great Depression in the 1930s owing to the subprime mortgage crisis, which triggered a global recession. When he took office, the country was losing over 700,000 jobs a month. The automotive sector was on the verge of collapse. The banking system nearly suffered a cataclysmic meltdown (a joint Bush-Obama intervention in November 2008 prevented that).
Obama's American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 stimulus program stabilized the economy, despite the opposition from the GOP and condemnation from right wing media. However, the country still had to take care of nine million Americans who lost their jobs due to the economic crisis. The bill for unemployment benefits, food stamps, welfare, etc. went up. The debts left behind by Bush cost the economy over $400 billion a year in interest. The two credit card wars in Afghanistan and Iraq drained hundreds of billions from the government coffers. That is why the national debt exploded. These are all facts that the right wing media never speak of.
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@Couch_Potato You did a good job quoting the spin from left wing writers. In fact, you even used keywords to explain the poor economic record. How do I know this? Because I read both left and right wing sites daily, but with a healthy amount of skepticism.
“Obama inherited the worst American economy since the Great Depression…”. That would explain the first two years of his economic record but not the last six, 2010-2016.
“Obama's American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 stimulus program stabilized the economy…”. In terms of stopping the tide of job losses, it did. But a high percentage of those jobs created were either temp or part-time. Nevertheless, they counted those jobs as part of the job creation the act generated. I don’t blame them for doing that, as all administration do it to make their job creation numbers look better. In terms of continued job creation and economic growth, it was a failure. Monthly, at least 200,000 jobs need to be created to keep pace with the young population entering the job market. From 2010 to 2016, only an average of 187,000 jobs was added monthly and annual GDP stayed below 3%. The lowest since FDR. The economy "stabilized" to a bad jobs market with anemic economic growth from 2010 to 2017 (this includes the first year of Trump because every president inherits the economic policies of his predecessor his first year).
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@realwood Fella, you accused me of "quoting the spin", yet that is exactly what you are doing to counter the FACTS I wrote. You're merely using right wing talking points to reshape reality.
1. The impact of the Great Recession did not end conveniently in just two years. It's ridiculous to suggest otherwise.
2. The economy became progressively better with every passing year of Obama's term. His job creation record is better that Bush Jr. and Bush Sr. combined, despite, among others, inheriting an 8% unemployment market. In fact, job creation number in his last two years in office is better than Trump's first two years in office (2.4% vs 2.1%).
3. "But a high percentage of those jobs created were either temp or part-time." - This accusation is entirely made up by right wing media to diminish Obama's achievement. It has been debunked repeatedly. Here's one of them: www.politifact.com/virginia/stat...
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@Couch_Potato W dodging the shoe was the best thing he did during his presidency. Honestly, it was the only moment I was proud of him.
Say what you want about W, but guy was in shape. Can't say that for most presidents.
@BrunoAxemaker lol. You know, my top Bush moment was the day after 9/11. His speech was powerful and inspiring. Although it went downhill after that, that speech was something to be proud of (for me at least).
@Couch_Potato Was that the one where he encouraged people to go out and spend money? I thought that was a weird thing to suggest at that time.
I was also upset that he took so long to show up and say something. I understand he's the president and they want him to be safe but even the Clintons were at Ground Zero before he was.
@BrunoAxemaker lol. No, that was a year later, I think.
I was referring to this one.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbqCquDl...
senior guru
@El_Bart0420 OMG you're adorable!! 
You'll be telling me to talk to the hand next!! LOL!! 
@RandomOne 89 to be exact, but are very comonly associated with the 90's cause the ran that sh*t. don't crap you aspergers brand diapers there mr. anal retentive
@El_Bart0420 87 To be super exact, first aired on the Tracey Ullman show but hey when you're wrong you're wrong right lol
@RandomOne is that your Ex-Boyfriend? that's why you're so mad he voted for hillary and you just couldn't look him in the face anymore?
@RandomOne that's smarter than trumps mentality...honestly b_random i grow sooo bored with you. it's like in mice and men when they kept trying to train the retard but it was all to no avail and they finally just had to put on in his brain. ya know.
@El_Bart0420 OMG I know exactly what you mean... like EXACTLY!!
Couldn't have described it better myself.
Later tater!
expert
Donald trump is pathetic. everyone of his supporters is a moron. republicans think economy only means one thing. i suggest you look up the definition of the word. America has the exact opposite of an economy. Republicans are becoming the party of the internet trolls. sad pathetic barely alive human beings that can't think beyond their own field of vision and feel good about making others feel crappy. Go ahead and believe the words of the worlds biggest con man so far. I can't get sucked into this anymore. if you believe trump you are an idiot, probably a racist, probably a sexist, and are probably greedy as hell. and i want nothing to do with any trump supporter. so Fuck off trumpophiles
Jim Acosta did that because he wanted to get kicked out. he was sick of having to listen to the demented ramblings of a compulsive liar who is ruining the country. oh if you don't think trump is bad we have nazis again and are holding infant trials.
@RandomOne i love racism. it's great to celebrate our differences through comedy. but hate mongering is an entirely other thing. see me in 2020 see if you have the same tune
@El_Bart0420 member when your meme said about getting offended then i totally pissed you off.
@RandomOne back to what i said previously about being pathetic. I'm all you have now.
@El_Bart0420 You're all he has 'cause he puts everyone else that doesn't agree with him on block LOL
He's someone who likes to dish it out, but then retreats to the safety of his bat-cave when someone dents his delicate ego.
@El_Bart0420 You ARE coming onto me!!
I'm flattered but no thanks, I'm a 8 and you're a 5... it just wouldn't work.
@Julio72 Love trumps hate (even tho i hate Trump0. Dude i think you misunderstood me. I love racial humor. I'm no nationalist or nazi. but whatever telling people not to be racist is fascism so be as hateful as you want man. I'm honestly just trolling this one jerk cause i think trump supporters are idiots, but to be honest I don't care that much to keep up this fight. later man.
expert
you one third of the population that actually voted for trump are the worst sore winners the country has ever seen. this president is a joke and so is everyone who supports him. think about this. 2 thirds of the population is really pissed off at you right now. We're coming for you so you better hope that Adolf Trump takes over the world. Cuz i'm personally out there to go f**k some repub wives and F*ck up some repub lives. Democrats = Democracy. Republicans = Republic dummies
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God
Did you notice all of the riots that we DIDN'T have, when Democrats won the House? LOL! Not ONE protest, speech, or march from Republicans. They just accepted the loss, and said..."next time."
God
Gov. Mike Huckabee
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@GovMikeHuckabee
What would the federal judge do if Acosta "challenged" him in his courtroom and argued and wouldn't shut up when judge told him to and refused to give up mic when bailiff tried to retrieve it? Asking for a friend. And for half of America.
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God
Why did Acosta hang on to the mic after the President said that's enough? Why didn't he hand it back to the girl reaching for it? What makes Liberals think they are above the rules? Why do they think they can do whatever they want to? Why are they ALWAYS whining, and playing the "race card" everythime they open their mouths? Why do people think it's OK to act this way? When they LOSE a race...why can't they act like a human, and congratulate the other person, insted of crying foul? Why are they such haters? Will they hate ME for pointing out the truth?