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Laura PourMeADrink

(42,770 posts)
Mon Oct 22, 2018, 03:21 PM Oct 2018

Press giving Trump free campaign time to love up on Ted and trash Dems.

Right now, with the typical helicopters whirling in the background. (Which I think is by design so people can't hear what the reporters are asking).

Sickening.

We need to change this..
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Press giving Trump free campaign time to love up on Ted and trash Dems. (Original Post) Laura PourMeADrink Oct 2018 OP
I guess that is the power of being an incumbent. Didnt Obama get this extra time? lancelyons Oct 2018 #1
Yup...I'm just so sick of his cockiness now - like he thinks he's invincible. And he's too Laura PourMeADrink Oct 2018 #2
 

lancelyons

(988 posts)
1. I guess that is the power of being an incumbent. Didnt Obama get this extra time?
Mon Oct 22, 2018, 03:26 PM
Oct 2018

I guess that is the power of being an incumbent. Didnt Obama get this extra time?

I know that Obama didn't frequently berate conservatives or conservative voters like trump does to democrats.

 

Laura PourMeADrink

(42,770 posts)
2. Yup...I'm just so sick of his cockiness now - like he thinks he's invincible. And he's too
Mon Oct 22, 2018, 03:31 PM
Oct 2018

coward to face the press where the American public can actually hear the questions.

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