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Miles Archer

(18,837 posts)
Sat Dec 3, 2016, 08:15 AM Dec 2016

Kellyanne Conway DEMANDS to know why President-Elect Obama wasn't grilled over HIS Taiwan call...

...you know, the one he NEVER MADE.





Conway later insisted the president-elect is “well aware of the U.S. policy,” scolding Cooper for presuming that he’s not.

“I don’t remember any discussions ever being asked about President Obama or president-elect Obama eight years ago at this time,” Conway said.

“Well he’s never spoken to the president of Taiwan. It is new so that is why i’m asking,” Cooper explained.

Conway responded she’s “pretty sure” President Obama made diplomatic calls as president-elect, adding she “can’t imagine” the press was as outraged as they are presently to Trump.

http://www.rawstory.com/2016/12/cooper-hammers-kellyanne-conway-on-trumps-taiwan-flub-obama-never-spoke-to-the-president-of-taiwan/
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Kellyanne Conway DEMANDS to know why President-Elect Obama wasn't grilled over HIS Taiwan call... (Original Post) Miles Archer Dec 2016 OP
these people are either really stupid lapfog_1 Dec 2016 #1
But she's "pretty sure" he did it Miles Archer Dec 2016 #2
It's both. They are so stupid that they don't know they are stupid. Thor_MN Dec 2016 #27
She "can't imagine?" She's the personification of Imaginationland, and not the good side of the wall TheBlackAdder Dec 2016 #28
She Is Not Stupid erpowers Dec 2016 #47
Yes , totally agree with above ...... Kathy M Dec 2016 #57
This is it. She just slings shit out there, knowing full well it will stick somewhere in LuckyLib Dec 2016 #64
Well Trump is President-elect. nycbos Dec 2016 #52
welcome to du niyad Dec 2016 #55
You did this Dorian Gray Dec 2016 #3
I can't wait for her buyer's remorse Nwgirl503 Dec 2016 #9
she slept with the devil all right... and now has to live in his hell Fast Walker 52 Dec 2016 #11
As they say, when you sleep with dogs you get fleas. George II Dec 2016 #38
LOL ..... I thought the above when she started working with campaign ....... Kathy M Dec 2016 #59
Which six? panader0 Dec 2016 #18
Pick any six at random and you'll have your answer. randome Dec 2016 #24
I had to look them up... TeeYiYi Dec 2016 #61
I doubt she'll ever have buyer's remorse. She has no conscience, but she and her husband... George II Dec 2016 #31
If he doesn't screw her over Nwgirl503 Dec 2016 #34
Trump isn't really Kellyanne Conway's boss....she is on loan from Robert Mercer, as is Steve Bannon Tanuki Dec 2016 #44
welcome to du--buyer's remorse not likely to happen in her case. she is too invested in the bs. niyad Dec 2016 #56
Another day in the post-fact era. ck4829 Dec 2016 #4
Summing it all up so very Sherman A1 Dec 2016 #8
Please, there are no "facts" anymore. mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2016 #5
Kellyanne, you just worry about pouring coffee for the men in your party. That is what you are putitinD Dec 2016 #6
Perfect! n/t busterbrown Dec 2016 #7
So true! Ligyron Dec 2016 #14
ACK! ARGH! That is all. Silver Gaia Dec 2016 #10
If her job is to muddy the waters, she comes by it naturally. deminks Dec 2016 #12
You know fascist CONway maybe before you go onto any show to spew your right wing turbinetree Dec 2016 #13
Rule 36: "If you feel like you are being played, you probably are" Wounded Bear Dec 2016 #39
With the crowd they blew past Rule 36, there up to Rule No. BS 24/7 turbinetree Dec 2016 #50
He wants to move the American Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem and now this. Ligyron Dec 2016 #15
We've already heard there are no "facts" anymore. Just make $hit up. Whatever. mnhtnbb Dec 2016 #16
Obama made diplomatic calls; Trump makes undiplomatic calls muriel_volestrangler Dec 2016 #17
That's a real big part of it gratuitous Dec 2016 #46
The Trump people always try to deflect blame. They will lie to say not me! UCmeNdc Dec 2016 #19
Just another day in Oceania, watching the wall watch back. Ford_Prefect Dec 2016 #20
her condescension is disgusting, i truly can't watch her. spanone Dec 2016 #21
Kellyanne is such a lying tool, just as bad s her boss. lark Dec 2016 #22
You can't fix stupid. MrScorpio Dec 2016 #23
I'm not "pretty sure"... TicaTwo Dec 2016 #25
Let's hold her to the fire 24/7... FarPoint Dec 2016 #26
She's "pretty sure." She "imagines." MrModerate Dec 2016 #29
"Jane you ignorant slut." lonestarnot Dec 2016 #30
It's clear Cooper is not the parent of a teenager. GreenEyedLefty Dec 2016 #32
Yes! They are so easily derailed and so chicken about making it obvious that the LuckyLib Dec 2016 #65
Ermm.. because he never made one, idiot asshole! ananda Dec 2016 #33
You can blame the media. These assholes would never be able to get on national tv AgadorSparticus Dec 2016 #35
I thought this subject line was a joke nini Dec 2016 #36
Conway is a very stupid person Gothmog Dec 2016 #37
This CONWAY girl MAKES me sick!!!!! onecent Dec 2016 #40
LOL, she is in WAY over her head Skittles Dec 2016 #41
stupid bitch bdamomma Dec 2016 #42
When they were passing out the brains Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Dec 2016 #43
Not sure if they're gas lighting, or just lighting farts JHB Dec 2016 #45
I never even heard the term "gas-lighting" before this election happened. GoCubsGo Dec 2016 #49
She should manage a campaign for President milestogo Dec 2016 #48
Such a twit...an outright fabricator of the worst kind... pbmus Dec 2016 #51
"Gish Gallop" is Kellyanne's middlename. If her lips are moving, she's lying.... Hekate Dec 2016 #53
The campaign is over mainstreetonce Dec 2016 #54
She must have read it on Facebook. LonePirate Dec 2016 #58
The Chinese gave their Turbineguy Dec 2016 #60
She is an easy liar. DawgHouse Dec 2016 #62
By tomorrow morning all of the RW marybourg Dec 2016 #63

lapfog_1

(29,199 posts)
1. these people are either really stupid
Sat Dec 3, 2016, 08:20 AM
Dec 2016

or think the American People are really stupid.

Either way, we are so fucked.

 

Thor_MN

(11,843 posts)
27. It's both. They are so stupid that they don't know they are stupid.
Sat Dec 3, 2016, 10:40 AM
Dec 2016

They assume they are smarter than everyone else. The condescending tone used to trying explain away monumental gaffes is a giveaway.

TheBlackAdder

(28,193 posts)
28. She "can't imagine?" She's the personification of Imaginationland, and not the good side of the wall
Sat Dec 3, 2016, 10:50 AM
Dec 2016

.


NOT Kellyanne's side:









Kellyanne's side:









Kellyanne's Efforts at Fruition:









.

erpowers

(9,350 posts)
47. She Is Not Stupid
Sat Dec 3, 2016, 05:25 PM
Dec 2016

Kelly Ann Conway is not stupid; she knows exactly what she is doing. Just by saying President Obama made a call she has muddied the water. This is for the Trump supporters. They will say Anderson Cooper is lying because he is a part of the lying liberal media that protects President Obama and other liberals.

I am pretty certian someone at Fox News will repeat Conway's claim. Next, someone on twitter will repeat the claim. That tweet will be retweeted numerous times. Next, the claim will be repeated multiple times on right wing radio. As a result, millions of people will think President Obama called the President of Taiwan without the media making a fuss about the issue.

Kathy M

(1,242 posts)
57. Yes , totally agree with above ......
Sat Dec 3, 2016, 07:32 PM
Dec 2016

Muddy the water is a big part of what they have been doing and will continue ....... if allowed

LuckyLib

(6,819 posts)
64. This is it. She just slings shit out there, knowing full well it will stick somewhere in
Sat Dec 3, 2016, 09:57 PM
Dec 2016

the blogosphere. It doesn't have to be true at all. Just out there. They are master manipulators and have found their sheep -- idiot Americans who don't read, don't listen, and have no critical thinking skills.

nycbos

(6,034 posts)
52. Well Trump is President-elect.
Sat Dec 3, 2016, 06:54 PM
Dec 2016

So the the American people are that stupid. At least in flyover country.

Nwgirl503

(406 posts)
9. I can't wait for her buyer's remorse
Sat Dec 3, 2016, 08:44 AM
Dec 2016

It's gonna happen. He's not called Don the Con for nothing. She's gonna get fucked, and not in a good way, and I would break probably 6 of the 10 Commandments just to be a fly on the wall and see the moment the realization sinks in for her.

For the rest of her life she's going to have a footnote under her name. After Trump dumps her (fingers crossed he stiffs her pay too just for added insult), if she makes it into the news, her headline won't be "first female to successfully lead a presidential campaign" or some shit. It'll be "disgraced and discarded former Trump campaign manager..."

Dinner party convos will be "Kellyanne Conway? That fucking psycho mouth piece Trump ran over with a Tweet-dozer? Ya...I think I remember her." This is one I'm positive I'll live to see karma get.

 

randome

(34,845 posts)
24. Pick any six at random and you'll have your answer.
Sat Dec 3, 2016, 10:05 AM
Dec 2016

[hr][font color="blue"][center]Stop looking for heroes. BE one.[/center][/font][hr]

TeeYiYi

(8,028 posts)
61. I had to look them up...
Sat Dec 3, 2016, 08:08 PM
Dec 2016

...to figure it out. Still not sure... Possibly 6 and 3...and, depending on what day it is... 4?

Don't have other gods besides the main God.
Don't make and worship false idols.
Don't take the Lord's name in vain.
Don't work on Sunday.
Honor your father and mother.
Don't murder.
Don't commit adultery.
Don't steal stuff.
Don't lie about your neighbor, behind his back.
Don't covet your neighbor's stuff, especially his wife.

TYY

George II

(67,782 posts)
31. I doubt she'll ever have buyer's remorse. She has no conscience, but she and her husband...
Sat Dec 3, 2016, 10:56 AM
Dec 2016

....have much more money than they'll ever need and won't have to worry about anything like 99% of Americans do.

The only time she may have buyer's remorse is when a nuclear missile is about to land on her roof.

Nwgirl503

(406 posts)
34. If he doesn't screw her over
Sat Dec 3, 2016, 11:09 AM
Dec 2016

I can definitely see her not getting there. But I feel pretty confident he will. She just needs to piss him off enough. He's rash. He doesn't make calculated decisions. He leaves people in the dust at the drop of a hat.

Maybe I'm just reverting back to the Anger stage of grief, but it warms my black heart to think of her getting hers.

Tanuki

(14,918 posts)
44. Trump isn't really Kellyanne Conway's boss....she is on loan from Robert Mercer, as is Steve Bannon
Sat Dec 3, 2016, 05:11 PM
Dec 2016

Unfortunately, as long as Mercer and his equally evil daughter Rebekah are pleased with her, she will be around to make us miserable.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/19/us/politics/robert-mercer-donald-trump-donor.html?_r=0

..."Mr. Bannon’s ascension on Wednesday — urged on Mr. Trump by Ms. Mercer, among others — shows how a cadre of strategists, “super PACs” and political organizations quietly nurtured by her family have emerged to play a pivotal role in Mr. Trump’s presidential campaign.

Over more than half a decade, Ms. Mercer’s father, the New York investor Robert Mercer, has carved an idiosyncratic path through conservative politics, spending tens of millions of dollars to outflank his own party’s consultant class and unnerve its established powers. His fortune has financed think tanks and insurgent candidates, super PACs and media watchdogs, lobbying groups and grass-roots organizations.

Many of them are now connected, one way or another, to Mr. Trump’s presidential bid. Mr. Trump’s new campaign manager, Kellyanne Conway, is a veteran Republican pollster who previously oversaw a super PAC financed by the Mercers. Mr. Bannon oversaw Breitbart, an outlet that has often amplified Mr. Trump’s message and attacked his perceived enemies. Mr. Mercer reportedly invested $10 million in Breitbart several years ago, and most likely still has a stake: A company sharing an address with Renaissance Technologies, the hedge fund Mr. Mercer helps lead, remains an investor in Breitbart, according to corporate documents filed in Delaware.

Mr. Trump is also relying on Cambridge Analytica, a voter data firm backed by Mr. Mercer, whose staff members are working with Mr. Trump’s vendors to identify potential Trump supporters in the electorate, particularly among infrequent voters. A Mercer-backed super PAC supporting Mr. Trump is now being shepherded by David Bossie, a conservative activist whose own projects have been funded in part by the Mercers’ family foundation, according to tax documents.

Mr. Bannon has worked particularly closely with the family in recent particularly closely with the family in recent years.
“I think they have complete confidence, and rightly so, in Steve Bannon’s decisions and what he brings to the table politically,” Mr. Bossie said. “He has been smart and successful in running these different political operations. And those things have come to the Mercers’ attention."....

niyad

(113,302 posts)
56. welcome to du--buyer's remorse not likely to happen in her case. she is too invested in the bs.
Sat Dec 3, 2016, 07:26 PM
Dec 2016

remember, she attacked a 17-year old girl who asked her an obvious and reasonably question (the 17-y/o also happens to be the daughter of david corn of mother jones)

putitinD

(1,551 posts)
6. Kellyanne, you just worry about pouring coffee for the men in your party. That is what you are
Sat Dec 3, 2016, 08:34 AM
Dec 2016

there for. Now that Drumpf "won" your job is over. They don't want to hear any lip from any women.

deminks

(11,014 posts)
12. If her job is to muddy the waters, she comes by it naturally.
Sat Dec 3, 2016, 08:49 AM
Dec 2016

(there, Mom. I said something sort of nice if I said anything at all. I am done for the day)

turbinetree

(24,695 posts)
13. You know fascist CONway maybe before you go onto any show to spew your right wing
Sat Dec 3, 2016, 09:12 AM
Dec 2016

horse****, just maybe you should do some research, it's really not that hard.

"Pretty Sure"----------------either he did or he didn't--------------the record shows he didn't, your Alex Jones history s*** is just that over at Inforwars and Breitbart are just made up horse****.

But since your ilk likes to "blame" others for your propaganda of hypocrisy and then when you get caught in your lies for what a complete ass your serial predator in chief does and while he sits on his golden throne in the bathroom (tweeting) trying to figure out if he should or should not eat the big white mint sitting at the bottom of the toilet bowel.

Go back and try something else. The records shows that your "guy" (the serial predator) has no clue on what he is doing and he is fascist fraud and a complete ass


Wounded Bear

(58,653 posts)
39. Rule 36: "If you feel like you are being played, you probably are"
Sat Dec 3, 2016, 11:54 AM
Dec 2016

It's all part of the dodge. Nobody offers a direct answer to a question. Nobody says anything specific. Always answer a question with a pivot to another issue, preferable one only tangentially connected, if that.

Ligyron

(7,632 posts)
15. He wants to move the American Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem and now this.
Sat Dec 3, 2016, 09:20 AM
Dec 2016

What era does he wish to move America back to I wonder?

Oh, wait, don't tell me! Somewhere to the right of ..errr...???

muriel_volestrangler

(101,314 posts)
17. Obama made diplomatic calls; Trump makes undiplomatic calls
Sat Dec 3, 2016, 09:26 AM
Dec 2016

Even Dubya knew enough to use advisers about how to handle delicate situations, and didn't cause any incidents before he was ever fucking President.

(And, officially, Donald Fucking Trump is going to be Fucking President. For Fuck's Sake.)

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
46. That's a real big part of it
Sat Dec 3, 2016, 05:19 PM
Dec 2016

Trump just acts, he doesn't "consult" with the "experts" to "avoid" pissing off "nations" who have "nuclear" weapons.

lark

(23,099 posts)
22. Kellyanne is such a lying tool, just as bad s her boss.
Sat Dec 3, 2016, 10:02 AM
Dec 2016

She knows goddamn well the difference. Obama wasnt calling seeking personal gain from a country, that's all don the con is doing. It's nothing about good relations, its how he can personally profit and making sure the other governments know the terms, make drumpf personally rich or fuck off.

 

MrModerate

(9,753 posts)
29. She's "pretty sure." She "imagines."
Sat Dec 3, 2016, 10:52 AM
Dec 2016

In other words, per usual, she's lying through her teeth. She works for Donald Trump, after all.

GreenEyedLefty

(2,073 posts)
32. It's clear Cooper is not the parent of a teenager.
Sat Dec 3, 2016, 11:03 AM
Dec 2016

This is classic deflection. Teenagers do it all the time. Media people need to stop defending themselves and bring the subject back to the here and now, not what so and so did x number of years ago.

All Cooper had to say was "I'm talking about Donald Trump, not President Obama."

LuckyLib

(6,819 posts)
65. Yes! They are so easily derailed and so chicken about making it obvious that the
Sat Dec 3, 2016, 10:07 PM
Dec 2016

deflection is going on.

AgadorSparticus

(7,963 posts)
35. You can blame the media. These assholes would never be able to get on national tv
Sat Dec 3, 2016, 11:13 AM
Dec 2016

And talk irrationally as they do if the media held them accountable. But the media lets them get away with it because that is who they ultimately support.

It is dangerous. We don't have a real media in this country. We have 24/7 propaganda that is designed to control the masses.

Skittles

(153,160 posts)
41. LOL, she is in WAY over her head
Sat Dec 3, 2016, 04:43 PM
Dec 2016

it was easy pimping trump for his brainless fans, but discussing ACTUAL POLICY DECISIONS?

Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,972 posts)
43. When they were passing out the brains
Sat Dec 3, 2016, 05:02 PM
Dec 2016

Kellyanne thought they said pains and responded that she didn't need any.

GoCubsGo

(32,083 posts)
49. I never even heard the term "gas-lighting" before this election happened.
Sat Dec 3, 2016, 05:39 PM
Dec 2016

At least not in this context. Now, it is commonplace.

We are so screwed.

Hekate

(90,681 posts)
53. "Gish Gallop" is Kellyanne's middlename. If her lips are moving, she's lying....
Sat Dec 3, 2016, 06:57 PM
Dec 2016

....and the faster they're moving, the faster she's lying.

Does she have a new job title yet?

mainstreetonce

(4,178 posts)
54. The campaign is over
Sat Dec 3, 2016, 07:14 PM
Dec 2016

Are we going to be subjected to four years of listening to this biotch speak for Trump,or does he ever have to speak for himself?

Turbineguy

(37,324 posts)
60. The Chinese gave their
Sat Dec 3, 2016, 07:56 PM
Dec 2016

"5000 years of civilization wasn't wasted on us" response.

Besides, they'd probably want the money we owe them before doing anything rash.

marybourg

(12,631 posts)
63. By tomorrow morning all of the RW
Sat Dec 3, 2016, 09:18 PM
Dec 2016

media will be reporting that Obama did call Taiwan and the nice Publicans never mentioned it at the time.

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