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ShazzieB

(19,291 posts)
41. When was that show taped?
Sat Sep 21, 2024, 04:42 PM
Sep 2024

Stephens was a jerk, and Ruhle handled him brilliantly. My opinion of him may vary some fraction of a nanometer in one direction or another, depending on whether that show was taped before the Dana Bash interview, but not much more than that.

On second thought, I take back that fraction of a nanometer. Bret Stephens works for the NYT, which makes it pelucidly clear that he was speaking out of butthurt over the fact that Kamala has so far declined to sit down for a grilling an interview with him and his Gray Lady colleagues.

He wasn't really concerned about not knowing Kamala's stances on particular issues; he was just bent out of shape about not being given a chance to ask her a bunch of oddly specific "gotcha" questions of his own devising (such as the example he gave).

It's not THAT hard to find out what a candidate's stances on particular issues are, and he damed well knows it. He just feels entitled to grill her in granular detail on topics that go far beyond that, and he was sulking about not being able to (and not honest enough to admit it).

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If Bret Stephens doesn't know where Kamala Harris stands on anything, GoCubsGo Sep 2024 #1
Spot on! KS Toronado Sep 2024 #10
SR made Brad Stephens look like a complete fool prodigitalson Sep 2024 #16
Exactly!! wordstroken Sep 2024 #18
I agree with what you said about him, but his first name is Bret. Victor Shi got it wrong, and I've edited the OP highplainsdem Sep 2024 #23
Can you imagine the crazy if NYT actually did it's job to report the facts? Kid Berwyn Sep 2024 #2
It should have. highplainsdem Sep 2024 #39
"ME!" orthoclad Sep 2024 #3
Do not believe he wrote this. MorbidButterflyTat Sep 2024 #4
Agree. It reads like Steven Cheung to me nt ramen Sep 2024 #20
Ooh good guess not fooled Sep 2024 #25
Or Dan Scavino. . . DinahMoeHum Sep 2024 #37
Steven Miller Could Have Wrote the Post NonPC Sep 2024 #24
Yeah, TSF wrote that zorbasd Sep 2024 #28
Yep. Its written in his style but reads far too clean. yonder Sep 2024 #44
This is a man deep in dementia birdographer Sep 2024 #45
A Donald Trump insult is actually a high honor. gordianot Sep 2024 #5
There is more sense in Rhule's shit malaise Sep 2024 #6
She was outstanding in her takedown on Bill Maher's show spooky3 Sep 2024 #7
I stopped watching Maher years ago malaise Sep 2024 #9
That was where the linked clip was from. Nt spooky3 Sep 2024 #11
Glad it was posted malaise Sep 2024 #22
Same here, can't stand that pompous misogynistic prick. Dave Bowman Sep 2024 #32
Damn, Stephanie! That was truly LOL funny. Even Maher. hlthe2b Sep 2024 #8
He clearly knows dumb as a rock Danmel Sep 2024 #12
Who is Brad Stephens? Fla Dem Sep 2024 #13
Bret Stephens. Trump got the name right. I just noticed that Victor Shi got it wrong. Wikipedia: highplainsdem Sep 2024 #21
Trump is like Chauncey Gardiner. Swede Sep 2024 #14
But Chauncey Gardner wasn't malignant or hateful . . . hatrack Sep 2024 #36
well THIS woman will be happy when trump is dead and gone..and takes jd with him.. samnsara Sep 2024 #15
KNR! Coexist Sep 2024 #17
Stephanie Ruhle is a former senior director at Deutsche Bank BrianTheEVGuy Sep 2024 #19
Yeah, if you want to call any woman a "dumb as a rock bimbo" not fooled Sep 2024 #26
Unhappy without him? Warpy Sep 2024 #27
So far psycho Donnie has called strong women... agingdem Sep 2024 #29
A real world leader Traildogbob Sep 2024 #34
Can't think of anything to add. ShazzieB Sep 2024 #40
+1,000,000 highplainsdem Sep 2024 #42
The leader of the women-haters party, once again, demonstrates he's a woman-hater dlk Sep 2024 #30
Waa! Waa! Waawaawaa! paleotn Sep 2024 #31
Bats are getting sick Traildogbob Sep 2024 #33
"Trump derangement syndrome" Dave Bowman Sep 2024 #35
Wear it like a badge of courage, Stephanie! Baitball Blogger Sep 2024 #38
When was that show taped? ShazzieB Sep 2024 #41
Yesterday. And I agree with what you said about him. highplainsdem Sep 2024 #43
That's a TOTAL ghost-write. dchill Sep 2024 #46
She was brilliant last night - and not without humor! Rhiannon12866 Sep 2024 #47
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