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PoliGAF 2017 |OT6| Made this thread during Harvey because the ratings would be higher

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Dan

No longer boycotting the Wolfenstein franchise
sc0la said:
Was he already dead when they left? :/
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Based on reports, no. He activated his beacon after being left.

Lucky Forward said:
Well-oiled machine...

Blindsided Trump officials scrambling to develop opioid plan
Blindsided officials are now scrambling to develop such a plan, but it is unclear when it will be announced, how or if it will be done, and whether the administration has the permanent leadership to execute it, said two administration officials.
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Ron Howard: They don’t.
 
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Aaron Strife

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Box of Kittens said:
Trump at 35/60 in Gallup. This is his first time at 60 disapprove since the beginning of September.
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Just as well that it could bounce up tomorrow, but this stuff with the gold star families, Niger etc. is such unforced error clown shoes bullshit that I imagine a few Republicans are feeling sheepish.
 
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KingV

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Aaron Strife said:
Just as well that it could bounce up tomorrow, but this stuff with the gold star families, Niger etc. is such unforced error clown shoes bullshit that I imagine a few Republicans are feeling sheepish.
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I have noticed a lot of my friends and family that would say things like Trump will be good for this country are now sort of on their back foot when talking about him.

Like if push came to shove, they would probably say that they support him, but it is much more qualified than it was in the past. Like, they are mostly doing so because they don’t want to admit they were wrong.

IMO, his approval ratings may be sort of artificially high because of this. He’s been in the mid thirties for a while, but I’ve notices this rhetorical shift more recently, like mostly since September or August.
 
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iavi

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KingV said:
I have noticed a lot of my friends and family that would say things like Trump will be good for this country are now sort of on their back foot when talking about him.

Like if push came to shove, they would probably say that they support him, but it is much more qualified than it was in the past. Like, they are mostly doing so because they don’t want to admit they were wrong.

IMO, his approval ratings may be sort of artificially high because of this. He’s been in the mid thirties for a while, but I’ve notices this rhetorical shift more recently, like mostly since September or August.
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Same.

I’ve yet to meet a supporter at this point that doesn’t have some hesitation admitting they were for him/still for him, including people that were all for during election. Some have turned coat completely.
 
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Aaron Strife

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KingV said:
I have noticed a lot of my friends and family that would say things like Trump will be good for this country are now sort of on their back foot when talking about him.

Like if push came to shove, they would probably say that they support him, but it is much more qualified than it was in the past. Like, they are mostly doing so because they don’t want to admit they were wrong.

IMO, his approval ratings may be sort of artificially high because of this. He’s been in the mid thirties for a while, but I’ve notices this rhetorical shift more recently, like mostly since September or August.
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I think Nate Silver said we were seeing this a while back.

Basically a good deal of Trump’s support is moving from hard support (“Trump is great, fuck you!”) to soft support (“well, he’s ok, I guess, better than Hillary?”) whereas the disapproval is hardening. His movement is downward with every group, there’s not a significant amount of people who previously disapproved of him but have been won over.

Not making any new friends, losing the ones he’s already got. Sounds like Trump.
 
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RDreamer

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Aaron Strife said:
I think Nate Silver said we were seeing this a while back.

Basically a good deal of Trump's support is moving from hard support (”Trump is great, fuck you!") to soft support (”well, he's ok, I guess, better than Hillary?") whereas the disapproval is hardening. His movement is downward with every group, there's not a significant amount of people who previously disapproved of him but have been won over.
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Kinda weird. In my neck of the woods (Wisconsin) I actually saw a lot of the reverse. During the election it was all "Trump is better than Hillary, so I have no choice," but now it's full-throated defense of absolutely fucking everything the guy does no matter what. Like they made their choice and now cannot waiver even a little. In fact I can't actually think of someone I know that's got softer on support rather than harder.
 
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Aaron Strife

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RDreamer said:
Kinda weird. In my neck of the woods (Wisconsin) I actually saw a lot of the reverse. During the election it was all "Trump is better than Hillary, so I have no choice," but now it's full-throated defense of absolutely fucking everything the guy does no matter what. Like they made their choice and now cannot waiver even a little.
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I feel like there’s a difference between pre-election and post-election attitudes. A lot of people viewed supporting Trump as a social faux pas, so they couched their support as the lesser of two evils etc etc. But now he won, so they feel empowered being on the winning team.

I’m guessing those people were always behind him 100% and were too embarrassed to admit it.
 
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kirblar

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Aaron Strife said:
I feel like there’s a difference between pre-election and post-election attitudes. A lot of people viewed supporting Trump as a social faux pas, so they couched their support as the lesser of two evils etc etc. But now he won, so they feel empowered being on the winning team.

I’m guessing those people were always behind him 100% and were too embarrassed to admit it.
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Yup.
 
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Box of Kittens

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I remember when Republicans started expressing disappointment in Bush during his second term. The way you knew it was really bad for him was once they started denying they had ever supported him in the first place. Suddenly they started coming out of the woodwork to say they knew all along he wasn't a real conservative. Never mind that Republicans loved him until the point at which even they could no longer deny his incompetence.
 
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kirblar

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Box of Kittens said:
I remember when Republicans started expressing disappointment in Bush during his second term. The way you knew it was really bad for him was once they started denying they had ever supported him in the first place. Suddenly they started coming out of the woodwork to say they knew all along he wasn't a real conservative. Never mind that Republicans loved him until the point at which even they could no longer deny his incompetence.
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Ryan's "comedy" routine seems to be a test run of this, they're going to pretend Trump was a D all along.
 
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RDreamer

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Aaron Strife said:
I feel like there’s a difference between pre-election and post-election attitudes. A lot of people viewed supporting Trump as a social faux pas, so they couched their support as the lesser of two evils etc etc. But now he won, so they feel empowered being on the winning team.

I’m guessing those people were always behind him 100% and were too embarrassed to admit it.
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My dad openly called Trump a fucking moron and a democratic plant leading up to the election. Had to vote for him because he's better than Hillary (and because Pence...). Now? Not a single word against him ever. Not even a little. Unwaivering support for everything and criticism of the other side at every opportunity no matter what.
 
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Aaron Strife

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Box of Kittens said:
I remember when Republicans started expressing disappointment in Bush during his second term. The way you knew it was really bad for him was once they started denying they had ever supported him in the first place. Suddenly they started coming out of the woodwork to say they knew all along he wasn't a real conservative. Never mind that Republicans loved him until the point at which even they could no longer deny his incompetence.
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Yeah I remember my cousin in 09/10 complaining about Obama and remarking “well McCain sucked too!” Oh gee, I bet you really thought that going into the polling booth.

The losers always suck and are dumb and it’s entirely their fault. I don’t think this is even a partisan thing, like who is honestly going to say Richard Nixon was a better choice (or at least more honest and respectable) than McGovern or Humphrey? Or that Bush was better than Kerry or Gore? Sure, you can contextualize those wins historically, but those presidential losers are still viewed in retrospect with mockery and derision. Can’t just be that the American people were fooled by charisma (Bush) and race-baiting scare tactics (Nixon).

RDreamer said:
My dad openly called Trump a fucking moron and a democratic plant leading up to the election. Had to vote for him because he's better than Hillary (and because Pence...). Now? Not a single word against him ever. Not even a little. Unwaivering support for everything and criticism of the other side at every opportunity no matter what.
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That’s because your dad thought he was going to lose. Trump was every Republican’s dream candidate, they just thought he was unelectable (and didn’t want to admit that it was due to being so right-wing and racist). To be fair, so did I.
 
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BlastProcessing

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@maggieNYT
But WH has successfully turned debate into referendum on Wilson as opposed to how Gold Star family feels about POTUS

Habermann needs to fucking stop. She needs to acknowledge the difference between a pundit and a reporter. She's acting like some sort of detached observer talking about how Trump is manipulating the media while she is simultaneously being manipulated. All because she would rather spit hot takes to try to show twitter how savvy she is.

@maggieNYT
Video of Wilson's speech that Kelly mischaracterized

Fucking mischaracterized?

Fuck. Off. And. Do. Your. Fucking. Job.
 
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daedalius

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BlastProcessing said:
@maggieNYT
But WH has successfully turned debate into referendum on Wilson as opposed to how Gold Star family feels about POTUS

Habermann needs to fucking stop. She needs to acknowledge the difference between a pundit and a reporter. She’s acting like some sort of detached observer talking about how Trump is manipulating the media while she is simultaneously being manipulated. All because she would rather spit hot takes to try to show twitter how savvy she is.

@maggieNYT
Video of Wilson's speech that Kelly mischaracterized

Fucking mischaracterized?

Fuck. Off. And. Do. Your. Fucking. Job.
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What the fuck, this isn’t the way a “journalist” should talk ever....
 
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studyguy

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Shifting the narrative 2 inches to the left while leaving your generals credibility in a smouldering heap seems like the poorest win. Inevitably things are going to shift back to gold star families.
 
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Box of Kittens

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Yeah, I really don't think this story is going away, and it's hard to see it as a win for Trump unless you're a member of the media echo chamber marveling on how much you've allowed yourself to be played.
 
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kirblar

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daedalius said:
What the fuck, this isn’t the way a “journalist” should talk ever....
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She's basically a paid puppet for the admin. It's ridiculous.
Brock Reiher said:
Wtf is going on with Scaramucci Post
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The twitter feed is a complete mess. It's the twitter version of a spectacularly awful powerpoint presentation. The person running it doesn't understand how to use twitter, is treating the company twitter account like it's a personal one, and doesn't understand how much they don't understand about how they're handling the screw up and the follow up.
 
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Agent Icebeezy

Welcome beautful toddler, Madison Elizabeth, to the horde!
A lot of the media is kowtowing for continued access. Take a stand and do your jobs. Never in my years at home growing up did my parents say I misrepresented something. Something is either truth or it isn't truth. Anything that wasn't the truth was a lie. Full Stop, they are treating adults as fucking kids. I hate this.
 
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kirblar

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Agent Icebeezy said:
A lot of the media is kowtowing for continued access. Take a stand and do your jobs. Never in my years at home growing up did my parents say I misrepresented something. Something is either truth or it isn't truth. Anything that wasn't the truth was a lie. Full Stop, they are treating adults as fucking kids. I hate this.
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For many of them, it's not even about kowtowing for access, it's deliberately not holding both sides to the same standards. (Jamelle Bouie's point that Journalism is a very "white" industry is an important one.)
 
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Suikoguy

I whinny my fervor lowly, for his length is not as great as those of the Hylian war stallions
kirblar said:
Ryan's "comedy" routine seems to be a test run of this, they're going to pretend Trump was a D all along.
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That's a bold strategy for the first year of the first term.
 
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nature boy

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