White House revokes CNN's Jim Acosta's press credentials

[MDC 5,890]

Whoopdedoo that it went down, but if it is a big deal Obama did it.

I didnt say Obama did it. I said it had been falling for years. Thats a fact. Sorry it makes you sad.

[avoiding injuries 1,220]

Sorry - 1%. It was falling for years before he took over.

 

Are there other accomplishments Im missing? You guys act like these results are so staggering we can only get them if we elect a toddler who pays hush money to horsefaced hookers. Thats the price we pay for outside the box ideas like tax cuts and deficit spending.

No problem, you only cut it slightly more than half the actual amount.

Dont mind the trade agreements and deregulation that brought companies and jobs back to America. Trump only waived a magic wand for that.

[drobeski 3,061]

 

I just glanced at a transcript. It doesn't list names beside the questions, but.........it looks like Trump talked for a long time, then when he went to questions, Acosta was 4th or so out of the 50-60 people he took questions from. It's somewhat difficult to be 100% sure because the questions don't have names beside them, but it seems obvious which ones were the same person asking a follow up, etc.

 

https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/transcript-trump-raucous-press-conference-midterm-election/

 

That said, how quickly he went to Acosta isn't the main point. I don't think very much of Trump's intelligence, but I do think he knows exactly how to bate the media (in this case CNN).... and I think this CNN story has been good for him this week, as it has gotten more coverage than others that may not play as well with his base.

you know acosta didnt ask a question to begin with, right ? He gave his biased fake news opinion on a situation.

That is not the job of the press.

[MDC 5,890]

No problem, you only cut it slightly more than half the actual amount.

Dont mind the trade agreements and deregulation that brought companies and jobs back to America. Trump only waived a magic wand for that.

Ive read a bunch of anecdata about companies coming back. Going by unemployment weve got a 1% improvement - yippie. Meanwhile real wages are down and we are running a trillion dollar deficit.

 

What is Trump going to hang his hat on when unemployment goes up again? The border wall and healthcare policy he never rolled out?

[iam90sbaby 2,125]

Ive read a bunch of anecdata about companies coming back. Going by unemployment weve got a 1% improvement - yippie. Meanwhile real wages are down and we are running a trillion dollar deficit.

 

What is Trump going to hang his hat on when unemployment goes up again? The border wall and healthcare policy he never rolled out?

 

One percent of of 325,000,000 is 3+ million people working that weren't before. One percent is a large number when you are talking about that high of a population. What would have been good for you? 5%? 2%? I don't think you understand how impossible that would be.

 

5% would be 16,000,000 which is nearly the population of Florida.

 

Even if those are all low paying jobs at 25k a year that is an extra 81 billion dollars. You're just a hater.

[RLLD 3,455]

Ive read a bunch of anecdata about companies coming back. Going by unemployment weve got a 1% improvement - yippie. Meanwhile real wages are down and we are running a trillion dollar deficit.

 

What is Trump going to hang his hat on when unemployment goes up again? The border wall and healthcare policy he never rolled out?

 

I hate the deficit issue, always have, I really appreciated Clinton's efforts to fix that back in the 90's.

 

I would not dwell too long on real wages, the types of jobs being added can impact this measure, and it is more typical to add lower wage jobs at first.

[Patriotsfatboy1 1,432]

The deficit is a big problem.

 

Unemployment numbers are great right now. To say that 1% is not material is silly. It is a big number.

 

The problem we will have is that there is going to be a correction like we had in 2008-2009 that is coming at some point. Whether we are able to withstand that is going to be affected by our deficit because we still have all of that debt service.

 

In looking at changes that have happened over the last couple of years, we just have to hope that the good things are here to stay and that the negatives are just short-term. I still think that our spending vs. revenue is bad regardless of how good the economy is doing and it is going to bite us in the ass really hard.

[MDC 5,890]

 

One percent of of 325,000,000 is 3+ million people working that weren't before. One percent is a large number when you are talking about that high of a population. What would have been good for you? 5%? 2%? I don't think you understand how impossible that would be.

 

5% would be 16,000,000 which is nearly the population of Florida.

 

Even if those are all low paying jobs at 25k a year that is an extra 81 billion dollars. You're just a hater.

Was unemployment dropping for years before Trump took office? Are real wages stagnant despite Trump handing out millions in corporate tax breaks?

 

Simple yes / no answers will do.

[drobeski 3,061]

Was unemployment dropping for years before Trump took office? Are real wages stagnant despite Trump handing out millions in corporate tax breaks?

 

Simple yes / no answers will do.

did they become more stagnant?

[MDC 5,890]

did they become more stagnant?

Yes / no answers Sloth.

[Voltaire 4,558]

If CNN somehow wins this court case, I'll drive through Detroit looking in dumpsters until I've rounded up three dozen homeless people with mental disorders, sign them up at footballgays, make one post, and have them all apply for White House press passes.

[Mike Honcho 4,027]

If CNN somehow wins this court case, I'll drive through Detroit looking in dumpsters until I've rounded up three dozen homeless people with mental disorders, sign them up at footballgays, make one post, and have them all apply for White House press passes.

 

You may want to read the things I've posted earlier before going all in on this stance. HTH.

 

ETA: Judge Andrew Napolitano, the top legal analyst on Trump's favorite network, Fox News, said the same thing on Tuesday. "I think this will be resolved quickly," he said, adding "I think it will either be settled or CNN will prevail on motion."

[12th Man 884]

Unemployment was low and moving in this direction when Trump took office. Naturally when it goes up again the Trumpers will blame Congressional Dems.

 

Also youre mixing metaphors - nobody smashes things woth a broad sword.

MDC the new Sho. Wow. Just wow.

[MDC 5,890]

MDC the new Sho. Wow. Just wow.

Another Trumper stumped by facts.

[12th Man 884]

Another Trumper stumped by facts.

Even using Shos favorite word: facts .

[MDC 5,890]

Even using Shos favorite word: facts .

I bet you know Shos favorite color food and tv show too

[TBayXXXVII 2,116]

If Obama wants to take credit for the unemployment rate, then maybe GW should take credit for it, because things were going in the right direction until the Dems took congress. In 2001, Bush's first full year, we had 9/11 and the unemployment rate was a 5.7%. It went up to 6.0% in 2002 and from then until 2006 (when the Dem's took over the house and senate), it went down every year. The Dems limited what Bush was able to do and unemployment went up. For the most part, under Bush, the inflation rate averaged around 3%. When Obama took over, the unemployment rate jumped on almost 10% and the inflation rate got to as high as 3% (after being around 1.5% over the prior couple years [average]). Something of note, welfare recipients SKY ROCKETED during this time frame. So, what happened in 2012 to make the numbers come down, the Republicans took over the house and senate and blocked the garbage that Obama was doing. There really weren't any policies Obama put in place that helped the economy, it was the Republican house and senate that stopped him from destroying the country.

 

Since January 23, 2017...

 

Welfare is at it's lowest in 50 years. https://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=96074&page=1

 

The number of people on food stamps has fallen. https://www.newsweek.com/people-food-stamps-snap-decline-participation-640500

 

Unemployment is around 3.5% with the inflation rate is around 2%. (others have posted links for this)

 

Stock market is up (that's obvious to everyone).

 

Unfilled jobs is at an all-time high. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2018/05/08/the-u-s-now-has-a-record-6-6-million-job-openings/?utm_term=.b09b0e959b01

 

Since 2000 (when opened jobs were being tracked), this is the first time that there have been more jobs available than people on unemployment. http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-job-openings-workers-20180605-story.html

 

Under Trump, there currently isn't a need for people to unemployed.

[EternalShinyAndChrome 2,515]

They're pretty close to that already.

 

Trump does even less than gwb i believe.

 

I wrote about the 'open outcry' somewhere. I wouldn't do it either.

 

But I would do maybe a weekly one on one with rotating press.

 

You're going to have to provide a link, because he's actually done MORE than Obama or Bush and is way more accessible than Obama or Bush ever was. On top of that, he'll typically hang around until all questions are answered and even prompt reporters if they have any more questions.

[EternalShinyAndChrome 2,515]

Another Trumper stumped by facts.

 

Except you're not using facts.

[EternalShinyAndChrome 2,515]

If Obama wants to take credit for the unemployment rate, then maybe GW should take credit for it, because things were going in the right direction until the Dems took congress. In 2001, Bush's first full year, we had 9/11 and the unemployment rate was a 5.7%. It went up to 6.0% in 2002 and from then until 2006 (when the Dem's took over the house and senate), it went down every year. The Dems limited what Bush was able to do and unemployment went up. For the most part, under Bush, the inflation rate averaged around 3%. When Obama took over, the unemployment rate jumped on almost 10% and the inflation rate got to as high as 3% (after being around 1.5% over the prior couple years [average]). Something of note, welfare recipients SKY ROCKETED during this time frame. So, what happened in 2012 to make the numbers come down, the Republicans took over the house and senate and blocked the garbage that Obama was doing. There really weren't any policies Obama put in place that helped the economy, it was the Republican house and senate that stopped him from destroying the country.

 

Since January 23, 2017...

 

Welfare is at it's lowest in 50 years. https://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=96074&page=1

 

The number of people on food stamps has fallen. https://www.newsweek.com/people-food-stamps-snap-decline-participation-640500

 

Unemployment is around 3.5% with the inflation rate is around 2%. (others have posted links for this)

 

Stock market is up (that's obvious to everyone).

 

Unfilled jobs is at an all-time high. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2018/05/08/the-u-s-now-has-a-record-6-6-million-job-openings/?utm_term=.b09b0e959b01

 

Since 2000 (when opened jobs were being tracked), this is the first time that there have been more jobs available than people on unemployment. http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-job-openings-workers-20180605-story.html

 

Under Trump, there currently isn't a need for people to unemployed.

 

Oh, DAYUM!!!

 

MDC with egg on his face, once again. Not surprising - he's a hater of the highest order. Always spinning great news for America into some fake "america doing bad" nonsense.

[12th Man 884]

I bet you know Shos favorite color food and tv show too

I dont. But Im sure you will tell us

[MDC 5,890]

I dont. But Im sure you will tell us

Pink

Cotton Candy

Handmaids Tale

[RaiderHaters Revenge 3,579]

Obama has the most people on food stamps ever, but hes helping

 

Trump has less than Obama but its Obama's doing why less people are on Welfare

 

logic MDC, admit when the opposite side does something right.

 

I will have no problem admitting if the left ever does anything good

[wiffleball 4,639]

He only deserves some credit for the economy and on most other issues we arent close to where weve been in the past. Ok

If the economy had made some sudden huge jump or acceleration during his tenure so far, then he deserve a lot more credit. But just sitting in the same bus seat of a bus that's already going 75 miles an hour doesn't really mean diddly .

 

In fact, in order to keep it going, Trump is incurred a record deficit and is falsely feeding the market with that deficit by paying various American Industries 12 billion dollars to make up for Trump's failed economic Wars.

 

I hope you'll be so anxious to assign Trump credit when his policies really start to settle in.

[wiffleball 4,639]

Obama has the most people on food stamps ever, but hes helping

 

Trump has less than Obama but its Obama's doing why less people are on Welfare

 

logic MDC, admit when the opposite side does something right.

 

I will have no problem admitting if the left ever does anything good

Do you have links for this stuff? Because maybe when Obama came in and the economy was having its second worst period In history, but I'd be very surprised to see the numbers you're talking about being for example, 2014 or 2015.

[RaiderHaters Revenge 3,579]

Do you have links for this stuff? Because maybe when Obama came in and the economy was having its second worst period In history, but I'd be very surprised to see the numbers you're talking about being for example, 2014 or 2015.

 

sure I guess your goggle doesn't work

 

http://www.trivisonno.com/food-stamps-charts

 

http://www.trivisonno.com/wp-content/uploads/Food-Stamps-Yearly.jpg

 

Obama's high was in 2014

 

in 07-09 they were nowhere close to what they were in 12-16

 

but you will probably point to the down trend in 15-16

[Big Guy 1,400]

Throwback Thursday.......

 

[RLLD 3,455]

Throwback Thursday.......

 

 

 

But, rest assured, the SJW leftists will claim that this instance was "different"..... of course....

[Big Guy 1,400]

 

 

But, rest assured, the SJW leftists will claim that this instance was "different"..... of course....

 

of course

[MDC 5,890]

 

 

But, rest assured, the SJW leftists will claim that this instance was "different"..... of course....

Did Obungler accuse the reporter of assault?

[RLLD 3,455]

Did Obungler accuse the reporter of assault?

 

Exhibit A......lol

[MDC 5,890]

 

Exhibit A......lol

Is that a no?

[Big Guy 1,400]

Did Obungler accuse the reporter of assault?

 

Um no, because there wasn't any

[Big Guy 1,400]

 

Exhibit A......lol

 

[RLLD 3,455]

Is that a no?

 

I am swimming away from your obvious wind up to justify Obama's behavior while attacking Trump's. There are distinctions between the two, but they are NOT different in reality. I would no more justify Trump than I would Obama, they are either both wrong or they are both right. JMHO

[MDC 5,890]

 

Um no, because there wasn't any

So that seems to be one difference between that event and this one. Its a tip that nobody here gives a fock that the reporter was thrown out.

 

HTH. You and Ray may now return to your regularly schedule victim / persecution complex.

[MDC 5,890]

 

I am swimming away from your obvious wind up to justify Obama's behavior while attacking Trump's.

Except I never attacked Trump for revoking Acostas credentials, only for claiming he assaulted that poor poor intern.

 

HTH!

[RLLD 3,455]

Except I never attacked Trump for revoking Acostas credentials, only for claiming he assaulted that poor poor intern.

 

HTH!

 

Both men were absolutely within their rights to remove the individuals, each may have had a different justification, and we may or may not agree with that justification, but that does not matter.

 

Obama was fine to have his person removed, Trump was fine as well. You cannot be philosophically honest and play with duality on this one.

[Mike Honcho 4,027]

 

 

But, rest assured, the SJW leftists will claim that this instance was "different"..... of course....

 

Snopes

 

This clip documents an incident which took place at a July 2015 event at the White House in honor of LGBT Pride Month. President Obama was delivering a speech (not taking questions at a press conference) when a protester (not a reporter) interrupted and shouted at him to demand an end to the deportation of LGBT immigrants:

An activist interrupted President Obama at a White House event celebrating L.G.B.T. Pride Month to demand an end to the deportation of L.G.B.T. immigrants. The activist was escorted from the room amid a chorus of boos and jeers from the assembled guests.

The activist, Jennicet Gutiérrez, who is transgender and says she is in the country illegally, interrupted Mr. Obama shortly after he began speaking, calling from the back of the room, “President Obama, release all L.G.B.T.Q. immigrants from detention and stop all deportations!”

President Obama displayed little patience with the heckler, telling her, “You’re in my house” before having her removed.

 

 

Once again another false equivalence. Not a press conference, not a reporter.

[Mike Honcho 4,027]

 

Both men were absolutely within their rights to remove the individuals, each may have had a different justification, and we may or may not agree with that justification, but that does not matter.

 

Obama was fine to have his person removed, Trump was fine as well. You cannot be philosophically honest and play with duality on this one.

 

Based on previous cases(provided in this thread) Trump was not within his rights to have Acosta removed. At 3ish a judge will make a ruling on this.