General Discussion
Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsKellyanne 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 hes not.
I dont remember any discussions ever being asked about President Obama or president-elect Obama eight years ago at this time, Conway said.
Well hes never spoken to the president of Taiwan. It is new so that is why im asking, Cooper explained.
Conway responded shes pretty sure President Obama made diplomatic calls as president-elect, adding she cant 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/
lapfog_1
(29,199 posts)or think the American People are really stupid.
Either way, we are so fucked.
Miles Archer
(18,837 posts)WHY do you not want America to be great again?
Thor_MN
(11,843 posts)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).
NOT Kellyanne's side:
Kellyanne's side:
Kellyanne's Efforts at Fruition:
.
erpowers
(9,350 posts)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)Muddy the water is a big part of what they have been doing and will continue ....... if allowed
LuckyLib
(6,819 posts)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)So the the American people are that stupid. At least in flyover country.
niyad
(113,302 posts)Dorian Gray
(13,493 posts)Kellyanne. Take ownership and be proud of the monster you created.
Nwgirl503
(406 posts)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.
Fast Walker 52
(7,723 posts)George II
(67,782 posts)Kathy M
(1,242 posts)panader0
(25,816 posts)randome
(34,845 posts)[hr][font color="blue"][center]Stop looking for heroes. BE one.[/center][/font][hr]
TeeYiYi
(8,028 posts)...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)....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)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)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. Bannons 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. Trumps presidential campaign.
Over more than half a decade, Ms. Mercers 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 partys 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. Trumps presidential bid. Mr. Trumps 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. Trumps 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. Trumps 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 Bannons 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)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)
ck4829
(35,075 posts)Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)well.
mahatmakanejeeves
(57,439 posts)Facts are an outdated concept. Get with the program.
putitinD
(1,551 posts)there for. Now that Drumpf "won" your job is over. They don't want to hear any lip from any women.
busterbrown
(8,515 posts)Silver Gaia
(4,544 posts)deminks
(11,014 posts)(there, Mom. I said something sort of nice if I said anything at all. I am done for the day)
turbinetree
(24,695 posts)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)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.
turbinetree
(24,695 posts)Ligyron
(7,632 posts)What era does he wish to move America back to I wonder?
Oh, wait, don't tell me! Somewhere to the right of ..errr...???
mnhtnbb
(31,388 posts)muriel_volestrangler
(101,314 posts)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)Trump just acts, he doesn't "consult" with the "experts" to "avoid" pissing off "nations" who have "nuclear" weapons.
UCmeNdc
(9,600 posts)Ford_Prefect
(7,896 posts)spanone
(135,831 posts)if anyone deserves trump it's this lady
lark
(23,099 posts)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.
MrScorpio
(73,631 posts)You can't fix evil either.
TicaTwo
(10 posts)I am 100% sure that Conway is trash.
FarPoint
(12,360 posts)Burn her OUT.
MrModerate
(9,753 posts)In other words, per usual, she's lying through her teeth. She works for Donald Trump, after all.
lonestarnot
(77,097 posts)GreenEyedLefty
(2,073 posts)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)deflection is going on.
ananda
(28,859 posts)nt
AgadorSparticus
(7,963 posts)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.
nini
(16,672 posts)My Gawd!!!!! She is a piece of work of epic proportions.
Gothmog
(145,222 posts)onecent
(6,096 posts)I have to mute my channel or change my channel......
Skittles
(153,160 posts)it was easy pimping trump for his brainless fans, but discussing ACTUAL POLICY DECISIONS?
bdamomma
(63,849 posts)President Obama never made a call.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(107,972 posts)Kellyanne thought they said pains and responded that she didn't need any.
JHB
(37,160 posts)GoCubsGo
(32,083 posts)At least not in this context. Now, it is commonplace.
We are so screwed.
milestogo
(16,829 posts)of a middle school Student Council. That's about her level.
pbmus
(12,422 posts)Hekate
(90,681 posts)....and the faster they're moving, the faster she's lying.
Does she have a new job title yet?
mainstreetonce
(4,178 posts)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?
LonePirate
(13,420 posts)Turbineguy
(37,324 posts)"5000 years of civilization wasn't wasted on us" response.
Besides, they'd probably want the money we owe them before doing anything rash.
DawgHouse
(4,019 posts)marybourg
(12,631 posts)media will be reporting that Obama did call Taiwan and the nice Publicans never mentioned it at the time.