Red Mosquito

McParadigm wrote:

Simple Torture wrote:

McParadigm wrote:

I suppose we could "classic B" you for this, since it was on the last page, but it probably deserves to be on the top of every page.

Imagine how "far off" 538 would've been if you take away those millions of illegal votes. Yowzah!

E.H. Ruddock wrote:Is it true that he is declining daily intelligence briefings?

http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show ... takes-pass

wth

After his election in 2008, President Obama took part not only in regular intelligence briefings but also scheduled “deep dives” on key subjects including Iran’s nuclear program and covert CIA operations, including the accelerating campaign of drone strikes in Pakistan.

“During the transition, President Obama was an avid consumer of intelligence,” said retired Lt. Gen. Michael V. Hayden, who was CIA director when Obama was elected.

President George W. Bush’s first briefing was delayed until Dec. 5 because of the Florida election recount. But Bush, whose father had served as CIA director, asked for daily briefings for the remainder of the transition.

President Bill Clinton got his first post-race briefing on Nov. 13, 1992 — 10 days after the election. He received daily intelligence briefings almost every working day of the rest of the transition time in Little Rock.

E.H. Ruddock wrote:Is it true that he is declining daily intelligence briefings?

http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show ... takes-pass

wth

BurtReynolds wrote:I'd prefer it if trump delegates national security matters to professionals, as well as pretty much everything else really.

BurtReynolds wrote:I'd prefer it if trump delegates national security matters to professionals, as well as pretty much everything else really.

BurtReynolds wrote:I'd prefer it if trump delegates national security matters to professionals, as well as pretty much everything else really.

BurtReynolds wrote:Best case scenario right now is that he spends his days watching tv and getting into Twitter wars while other people do all the work.

tragabigzanda wrote:Trump may turn the very role of the US President into a sort of reality TV thing. The way he plays with Twitter, Mitt Romney, etc, and the media plays back with him.

One of two scenarios need to happen to ensure our country doesn't start getting its political coverage from Perez Hilton:

1. The conventional outlets need to stop giving prime headline real estate to those sorts of stories, and need to start getting way more bullish on the nuts and bolts of his policies (and then of course the populace needs to become far more interested in that sort of stuff);

2. There would have to be some sort of political-journalism movement wherein earnest, hard-working reporters pursue those stories, with a consistently high level of factual accuracy, while being willing to work for free/peanuts.