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Post by cardiological on Aug 24, 2024 20:40:05 GMT -6
Cry me a river. The liberal MSM has been manufacturing smears for 10 years straight. I recall the media going after Sarah Palin and her disabled son, along with all of her other children too. As I posted earlier elsewhere, probably half the threads at this forum devolve into whataboutism. Including this one. Reckless reporting - and certainly a smear regarding a disabled child - is wrong regardless of the source.
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Post by DJ Davis on Aug 24, 2024 20:59:21 GMT -6
Walz has too much Walter Mitty in him. He reminds me of a goofy character who would have fit in well in the movie Fargo. That was Harris's first big mistake. Her second big mistake was not learning from 2020 and adjusting her economic platform. She's toast. You may very well be right on all counts. But that doesn’t excuse this blatant misrepresentation. I’m not blaming DJ, but rather that lying idiot Langman. That wasn’t the only post that pointed it out, it’s just the first one I found to share here. Go ahead and blame me. Did you think I just blindly posted the tweet without watching the video and making my own assessment of what I saw? I’m not convinced that the other explanation snopes linked to is “the truth” and that other interpretations are “smears.” Different people can watch this and come to their own conclusions. Walz wasn’t even looking the direction of the prompter and it didn’t look to me like the son was going to run into it. Further, Walz’s body language when his son hugs him seems strange to me. Thats all I’m going to say. I agree with BJD, this isn’t the paramount issue to focus on with Walz, but he seems like an asshole to me, and the body language in both clips is odd. I thought it was worth sharing.
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Post by Nano on Aug 24, 2024 21:16:05 GMT -6
You may very well be right on all counts. But that doesn’t excuse this blatant misrepresentation. I’m not blaming DJ, but rather that lying idiot Langman. That wasn’t the only post that pointed it out, it’s just the first one I found to share here. Go ahead and blame me. Did you think I just blindly posted the tweet without watching the video and making my own assessment of what I saw? I’m not convinced that the other explanation snopes linked to is “the truth” and that other interpretations are “smears.” Different people can watch this and come to their own conclusions. Walz wasn’t even looking the direction of the prompter and it didn’t look to me like the son was going to run into it. Further, Walz’s body language when his son hugs him seems strange to me. Thats all I’m going to say. I agree with BJD, this isn’t the paramount issue to focus on with Walz, but he seems like an asshole to me, and the body language in both clips is odd. I thought it was worth sharing. Don't know him at all. He doesn't seem like an asshole to me -- he has basically spent his whole life in service -- but he is definitely an odd duck.
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Post by cardiological on Aug 24, 2024 21:44:03 GMT -6
You may very well be right on all counts. But that doesn’t excuse this blatant misrepresentation. I’m not blaming DJ, but rather that lying idiot Langman. That wasn’t the only post that pointed it out, it’s just the first one I found to share here. Go ahead and blame me. Did you think I just blindly posted the tweet without watching the video and making my own assessment of what I saw? I’m not convinced that the other explanation snopes linked to is “the truth” and that other interpretations are “smears.” Different people can watch this and come to their own conclusions. Walz wasn’t even looking the direction of the prompter and it didn’t look to me like the son was going to run into it. Further, Walz’s body language when his son hugs him seems strange to me. Thats all I’m going to say. I agree with BJD, this isn’t the paramount issue to focus on with Walz, but he seems like an asshole to me, and the body language in both clips is odd. I thought it was worth sharing. Well, DJ, it’s interesting that the video was chopped immediately after the “tug” and failed to show Walz continuing to hold his son’s hand (after steering him away from the teleprompter) and raising it in a triumphant, warm and bonding moment. But then Langman obviously had a partisan agenda to pursue. So, the creative editing is hardly surprising. I have no idea whether Walz is a closet asshole or not. But nothing I have seen or heard so far suggests it.
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Post by gotmewrong on Aug 25, 2024 6:29:09 GMT -6
Yeah but the conservative press has about 1/100th the clout of thr liberal press. Maybe before. Not sure that's true anymore. The Right has mastered the use or social media, podcasts, alt sites, etc. The so called main stream media isn't main stream anymore. When is the last time you clicked on NBC news for news or opinions? I can say never for me. They have taken advantage of social media/podcasting/youtube/etc. But the left still control digital print and television. I see left-wing articles on my MSN browser all day, every day. Almost every morning show on basic cable and the afternoon garbage (the view, etc.) are skewed wildly to the left.
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Post by Nano on Aug 25, 2024 8:29:07 GMT -6
Maybe before. Not sure that's true anymore. The Right has mastered the use or social media, podcasts, alt sites, etc. The so called main stream media isn't main stream anymore. When is the last time you clicked on NBC news for news or opinions? I can say never for me. They have taken advantage of social media/podcasting/youtube/etc. But the left still control digital print and television. I see left-wing articles on my MSN browser all day, every day. Almost every morning show on basic cable and the afternoon garbage (the view, etc.) are skewed wildly to the left. Yeah thats true of Yahoo as well. I think people these days gravitate toward the sites that confirm their world view
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Post by thegunplumber on Aug 28, 2024 8:39:16 GMT -6
That wasn’t the only post that pointed it out, it’s just the first one I found to share here. Go ahead and blame me. Did you think I just blindly posted the tweet without watching the video and making my own assessment of what I saw? I’m not convinced that the other explanation snopes linked to is “the truth” and that other interpretations are “smears.” Different people can watch this and come to their own conclusions. Walz wasn’t even looking the direction of the prompter and it didn’t look to me like the son was going to run into it. Further, Walz’s body language when his son hugs him seems strange to me. Thats all I’m going to say. I agree with BJD, this isn’t the paramount issue to focus on with Walz, but he seems like an asshole to me, and the body language in both clips is odd. I thought it was worth sharing. Well, DJ, it’s interesting that the video was chopped immediately after the “tug” and failed to show Walz continuing to hold his son’s hand (after steering him away from the teleprompter) and raising it in a triumphant, warm and bonding moment. But then Langman obviously had a partisan agenda to pursue. So, the creative editing is hardly surprising. I have no idea whether Walz is a closet asshole or not. But nothing I have seen or heard so far suggests it.
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Post by cardiological on Aug 28, 2024 15:54:02 GMT -6
Well, DJ, it’s interesting that the video was chopped immediately after the “tug” and failed to show Walz continuing to hold his son’s hand (after steering him away from the teleprompter) and raising it in a triumphant, warm and bonding moment. But then Langman obviously had a partisan agenda to pursue. So, the creative editing is hardly surprising. I have no idea whether Walz is a closet asshole or not. But nothing I have seen or heard so far suggests it.Are you capable of posting actual evidence or just silly photos?
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