Surely This Scares Even Democrat Voters…

 

Republican presidents endure press conferences with insulting accusations screamed at them from all angles.  But it’s different for Democrat presidents.

President Biden was photographed at his press conference today with a crib sheet, with a photograph of the “journalist” he was supposed to call on first, her name (with pronunciation), and the question she was going to ask.  Sure enough, he called on her first, and she asked the question on the crib sheet.  And sure enough, his answer still made no sense.  But not for lack of trying with the coordinated efforts of the “media” and the Biden administration.

Democrats are the party of centralized government power.  And the “media” and every bureaucratic organization from the FBI to the CDC supports the party of centralized government power however they can.  Surely this gives even Democrat voters the creeps.  The coordination of the propaganda media, the power of all the federal agencies, federal control of social media, etc. – all in lockstep.  Holy crap.  This is scary, scary stuff.  No matter what side you’re on.  Surely this scares even Democrat voters.  Surely…

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  1. Bryan G. Stephens Thatcher
    Bryan G. Stephens
    @BryanGStephens

    Democrats won’t care. 

    They don’t care about anything. 

    No matter what, they will vote Democrat. It does not matter what they do. They will never stop. 

     

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  2. navyjag Coolidge
    navyjag
    @navyjag

    Usually the optimist Dr. B. But not on this issue. Think Bryan is right.  Dems want power. The progressives want to grind us d0wn real quick. See the idiot Sec. Granholm talking about make US tanks electrical by 2030.  The liberals less so but like the benefits.  Private jets, drinks with John Kerry in Davos, etc. 

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  3. Dotorimuk Coolidge
    Dotorimuk
    @Dotorimuk

    My girlfriend, can I say that at this age, was part of the Korean business delegation there with President Yoon, and the talk among the Koreans was how the heck did this guy get elected?

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  4. Randy Weivoda Moderator
    Randy Weivoda
    @RandyWeivoda

    OK, so the journalists give the questions beforehand and Biden’s staff writes the answers?  What is the point of having an in-person press conference?  It seems like this could have all been handled through email.

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  5. Seawriter Contributor
    Seawriter
    @Seawriter

    Nah. It  does not scare Democrats. It’s only scary if you think about it. If they could think they would not be Democrats. 

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  6. Sisyphus Member
    Sisyphus
    @Sisyphus

    Randy Weivoda (View Comment):

    OK, so the journalists give the questions beforehand and Biden’s staff writes the answers? What is the point of having an in-person press conference? It seems like this could have all been handled through email.

    It is all about pretense and appearences.

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  7. Saint Augustine Member
    Saint Augustine
    @SaintAugustine

    Dotorimuk (View Comment):

    My girlfriend, can I say that at this age, was part of the Korean business delegation there with President Yoon, and the talk among the Koreans was how the heck did this guy get elected?

    Still unclear, but whatever happened it sure did involve more than double the Biden margin of victory in illegally cast or counted votes in multiple swing states.

    And . . . that Deep State/Big Tech thing.

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  8. Percival Thatcher
    Percival
    @Percival

    Randy Weivoda (View Comment):

    OK, so the journalists give the questions beforehand and Biden’s staff writes the answers? What is the point of having an in-person press conference? It seems like this could have all been handled through email.

    It hides the fact that Brandon is a potted petunia at this point.

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  9. navyjag Coolidge
    navyjag
    @navyjag

    And might still win next year.  What a world. Guess it could be worse.  Maybe he gets pulled to the sidelines with a mini stroke and Cacklin’ Kamala takes charge. 

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  10. Django Member
    Django
    @Django

    If it keeps The Orange One away from the oval office, Democrat voters are OK with it. The real question is: Exactly how far would they be willing to go? 

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  11. Scott Wilmot Member
    Scott Wilmot
    @ScottWilmot

    I don’t think it scares them. They want power and they know they can keep it by re-electing this windsock. It is mind-boggling though.

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  12. Terry Mott Member
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    @TerryMott

    Django (View Comment):

    If it keeps The Orange One away from the oval office, Democrat voters are OK with it. The real question is: Exactly how far would they be willing to go?

    Not just The Orange One.  Any Republican.  He’s just the current Hitler.

    As for how far they’ll go?  There’s no limit.

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  13. Red Herring Coolidge
    Red Herring
    @EHerring

    Dotorimuk (View Comment):

    My girlfriend, can I say that at this age, was part of the Korean business delegation there with President Yoon, and the talk among the Koreans was how the heck did this guy get elected?

    Did the media call them MAGA idiots for asking that?

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  14. Red Herring Coolidge
    Red Herring
    @EHerring

    Django (View Comment):

    If it keeps The Orange One away from the oval office, Democrat voters are OK with it. The real question is: Exactly how far would they be willing to go?

    Trump isn’t as conservative as his base. Tells you what the Dems think of us.

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  15. Jim McConnell Member
    Jim McConnell
    @JimMcConnell

    Randy Weivoda (View Comment):

    OK, so the journalists give the questions beforehand and Biden’s staff writes the answers? What is the point of having an in-person press conference? It seems like this could have all been handled through email.

    Better yet, via snail mail (USPS) so fewer people would be exposed.

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  16. Dotorimuk Coolidge
    Dotorimuk
    @Dotorimuk

    Red Herring (View Comment):

    Dotorimuk (View Comment):

    My girlfriend, can I say that at this age, was part of the Korean business delegation there with President Yoon, and the talk among the Koreans was how the heck did this guy get elected?

    Did the media call them MAGA idiots for asking that?

    They’re too polite to let the Americans hear them.

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  17. kedavis Coolidge
    kedavis
    @kedavis

    Dr. Bastiat:

     

     

    Better.

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  18. Fake John/Jane Galt Coolidge
    Fake John/Jane Galt
    @FakeJohnJaneGalt

    The Democrats believe that the non Democrats are evil, mean, hateful, racist.  That the Democrats are the side of all that is good.  The Democrats will win 2024 just like they did the 2020 one.  For the same reasons.  

     

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  19. Victor Tango Kilo Member
    Victor Tango Kilo
    @VtheK

    Dr. Bastiat: Surely this gives even Democrat voters the creeps. 

    No, it doesn’t. Democrats accept that the president is a mere figurehead; a placeholder for the will of the party. 

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  20. The Reticulator Member
    The Reticulator
    @TheReticulator

    The Democrats are largely government or government-adjacent. Why would they want to give up their position on top of the heap?  

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  21. Mackinder Coolidge
    Mackinder
    @Mackinder

    What these photos do not capture is that the President was also reading scripted answers to the submitted questions. If you watch the video of the press conference, you will notice it. For much of his responses, he is clearly reading from something on the podium. The fact that he is outside and wears his ridiculous tough guy Ray Bans allows them to mask the movement of his eyes, but you can see the reflection of the script in front of him in the glasses! 😂 If we still had an independent press corps, they would refuse to participate in an arrangement where they are required to submit their questions to the White House in advance, knowing that this will allow the staff to script a response to their questions. Exhibit #1,284,932 in “Imagine if (Insert Republican President) did this!”

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  22. namlliT noD Member
    namlliT noD
    @DonTillman

    Courtney Subramanian, the reporter featured in that photograph, posted a tweet this morning and got totally ratioed.  Check out the replies:

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  23. CarolJoy, Not So Easy To Kill Coolidge
    CarolJoy, Not So Easy To Kill
    @CarolJoy

    Nah, the Dems are not scared.

    They have believed since Jan 2017, if  not before then, that Trump was ultimate evil.

    His very few supporters in the media are labeled as being White Supremacists. (As one example: those are the  words used inside Tucker Carlson bio on wikipedia.)

    By extension anyone who is a Republican deserves to be scrutinized. Those Republicans who entered the US Capital Building on Jan 6th 2021 have endured SWAT teams visiting their homes, outright arrests, being held in prison for months without having a trial and then having their case heard by a kangaroo court. Some are now held for lengthy sentences – including up to seven years for minor activities that were trumped up to unreasonable charges.

    So yes as you eloquently state “Democrats are the party of centralized government power. And the “media” and every bureaucratic organization from the FBI to the CDC supports the party of centralized government power however they can. Surely this gives even Democrat voters the creeps. The coordination of the propaganda media, the power of all the federal agencies, federal control of social media, etc – all in lockstep”  — this is indeed happening.

    But the Lefties don’t care. This new totalitarian state is  exactly what they believe will protect them from the possibility of having their feelings hurt.

    Plus even more importantly, this totalitarian state will ensure that we never again  have a president who undertakes sensible activities that enhance the economy and ensure we have decent lifestyles.

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  24. EODmom Coolidge
    EODmom
    @EODmom

    navyjag (View Comment):

    Usually the optimist Dr. B. But not on this issue. Think Bryan is right. Dems want power. The progressives want to grind us d0wn real quick. See the idiot Sec. Granholm talking about make US tanks electrical by 2030. The liberals less so but like the benefits. Private jets, drinks with John Kerry in Davos, etc.

    The amount of stupid that is being produced and promoted is accelerating in volume and quantity daily. The slowly boiling frog is now the wrong metaphor: it’s more like the old beat up V8 sedan madly running people down in the street. 

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  25. EODmom Coolidge
    EODmom
    @EODmom

    CarolJoy, Not So Easy To Kill (View Comment):

    Nah, the Dems are not scared.

    They have believed since Jan 2017, if not before then, that Trump was ultimate evil.

    His very few supporters in the media are labeled as being White Supremacists. (As one example: those are the words used inside Tucker Carlson bio on wikipedia.)

    By extension anyone who is a Republican deserves to be scrutinized. Those Republicans who entered the US Capital Building on Jan 6th 2021 have endured SWAT teams visiting their homes, outright arrests, being held in prison for months without having a trial and then having their case heard by a kangaroo court. Some are now held for lengthy sentences – including up to seven years for minor activities that were trumped up to unreasonable charges.

    So yes as you eloquently state “Democrats are the party of centralized government power. And the “media” and every bureaucratic organization from the FBI to the CDC supports the party of centralized government power however they can. Surely this gives even Democrat voters the creeps. The coordination of the propaganda media, the power of all the federal agencies, federal control of social media, etc – all in lockstep” this is indeed happening. But the Lefties don’t care. This new totalitarian state is exactly what they believe will protect them from the possibility of having their feelings hurt.

    Plus even more importantly, this totalitarian state will ensure that we never again have a president who undertakes sensible activities that enhance the economy and ensure we have decent lifestyles.

    I will ask again: consider how things would be different if the entire GOPestablishment had not decided in 2016 to hobble and subvert the first Trump administration and support Dem activities to attack him; and instead worked to further conservative principles and American interests. 

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  26. Jimmy Carter Member
    Jimmy Carter
    @JimmyCarter

    Jim McConnell (View Comment):

    Randy Weivoda (View Comment):

    OK, so the journalists give the questions beforehand and Biden’s staff writes the answers? What is the point of having an in-person press conference? It seems like this could have all been handled through email.

    Better yet, via snail mail (USPS) so fewer people would be exposed.

    Nah, They couldn’t risk having an additional 37,000 envelopes magically appearing that seems to just so happens for democrats.

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  27. Chowderhead Coolidge
    Chowderhead
    @Podunk

    Absolutely terrifying. This should be in every ad against every democrat candidate. Every so called journalist in attendance should be fired for incompetency. Even the Babylon Bee can’t make this more satirical than it already is. 

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  28. Dr. Bastiat Member
    Dr. Bastiat
    @drbastiat

    Chowderhead (View Comment):

    Absolutely terrifying. This should be in every ad against every democrat candidate. Every so called journalist in attendance should be fired for incompetency. Even the Babylon Bee can’t make this more satirical than it already is.

    That’s the scary part.  It’s not incompetency.  It’s something much more sinister, and much more terrifying.

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  29. Dr. Bastiat Member
    Dr. Bastiat
    @drbastiat

    You folks will be shocked to learn that this story has not hit the CNN website yet.

    I’m looking forward to reading their interpretation of these events…

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  30. EODmom Coolidge
    EODmom
    @EODmom

    namlliT noD (View Comment):

    Courtney Subramanian, the reporter featured in that photograph, posted a tweet this morning and got totally ratioed. Check out the replies:

    When I was in grad school and we were studying our brains out for PhD comps for months the EdD crowd got their questions in advance. I still don’t think it’s a real degree. 

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