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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM

Parable Since: Aug, 2009
#340401: Nov 20th 2020 at 3:12:40 PM

Mentioned that about half a page up.

Another presidential predictor down the drain with this election: Ohio didn't vote for the winning candidate for the first time since JFK.

AlleyOop Since: Oct, 2010
#340402: Nov 20th 2020 at 3:18:21 PM

Donald Trump Jr. has tested positively for COVID. Depending on how long temporary immunity lasts, if they're sufficiently stupid enough Trump may catch it yet again.

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#340403: Nov 20th 2020 at 3:21:03 PM

If Don Sr. truly cares about Don Jr., he would make sure they both stay quarantined away from each other. Of course, I'm inclined to doubt that he actually does.

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#340404: Nov 20th 2020 at 3:30:56 PM

And on Hannity yesterday night, we've got Rudy Giuliani saying "{Democratic Leadership} is so corrupt, somebody better cut their head off". He was then promptly cut off by Fox after making that statement.

Like seriously, Conservatives are soon going to be beheading people because of creeps like Giuliani and Bannon...

Edited by DingoWalley1 on Nov 20th 2020 at 6:31:52 AM

Draghinazzo (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: I get a feeling so complicated...
#340405: Nov 20th 2020 at 3:33:01 PM

The projection is very strong with this one. Also YIKES.

LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#340406: Nov 20th 2020 at 3:34:09 PM

I'm more surprised by Fox cutting him off than him saying it.

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#340407: Nov 20th 2020 at 3:40:00 PM

From what it seems they've been doing it more recently, making it clear they decided to wash their hands in regards to this administration.

Resileafs I actually wanted to be Resileaf Since: Jan, 2019
I actually wanted to be Resileaf
#340408: Nov 20th 2020 at 3:46:36 PM

Murdoch, the owner of the network Fox News is part of, is no longer on friendly terms with T****. He can no longer count Fox among his allies who parrot whatever he says.

Edited by Resileafs on Nov 20th 2020 at 6:46:51 AM

CookingCat Since: Jul, 2018
#340409: Nov 20th 2020 at 3:47:30 PM

[up]x5 And these guys hate Muslims? Because they're acting like Saudi Arabia.

Edited by CookingCat on Nov 20th 2020 at 3:48:25 AM

Xopher001 Since: Jul, 2012
#340411: Nov 20th 2020 at 3:52:52 PM

What exactly did Trump do that made Murdoch of all ppl decide to no longer endorse him?

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#340412: Nov 20th 2020 at 3:54:53 PM

I think it had something to do with Fox declaring Arizona for Biden first?

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Parable Since: Aug, 2009
#340413: Nov 20th 2020 at 3:56:05 PM

More Republican senators have caught Covid than have acknowledged Joe Biden as president elect.

Resileafs I actually wanted to be Resileaf Since: Jan, 2019
I actually wanted to be Resileaf
#340414: Nov 20th 2020 at 3:57:07 PM

[up][up]That's what's been reported in this thread, yes. T**** called Murdoch to complain about Fox calling Arizona so early and Murdoch refused to retract that call. T**** then went on a Twitter tirade complaining about Fox and now they're not friends anymore.

Edited by Resileafs on Nov 20th 2020 at 6:57:15 AM

Draghinazzo (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: I get a feeling so complicated...
#340415: Nov 20th 2020 at 3:58:31 PM

Yeah, Fox calling Arizona for Biden was taken as a personal insult to the point either Kushner or Trump (don't remember which) tried to call Murdoch to whine about it, at which point he told them to suck a cactus.

I don't think Murdoch ever actually liked trump much in the first place, he just saw him as a means to an end.

CharlesPhipps Since: Jan, 2001
#340416: Nov 20th 2020 at 4:00:03 PM

Ailes was Trump's friend and Trump whined repeatedly about his firing.

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Parable Since: Aug, 2009
#340417: Nov 20th 2020 at 4:20:40 PM

Biden's lead has grown to six million over Trump.

Gilphon (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#340418: Nov 20th 2020 at 4:23:28 PM

I mean, Fox did call Arizona for Biden way earlier than the other networks, and most pundits were saying that Arizona was still looking like it could go either way at the time.

So despite the fact that the call ended up being accurate, I can't entirely dismiss the idea that the knowledge that Trump was watching Fox rather than any other network might've factored into the decision to call it.

Parable Since: Aug, 2009
#340419: Nov 20th 2020 at 4:26:17 PM

Joe Biden's birthday is today.

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#340420: Nov 20th 2020 at 4:38:50 PM

@Resileafs: What's with censoring Trump's name?

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Draghinazzo (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: I get a feeling so complicated...
#340421: Nov 20th 2020 at 4:40:35 PM

[up]It's a way Stephen Colbert came up with to belittle Trump after his prolonged temper tantrum upon losing to Biden.

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#340422: Nov 20th 2020 at 4:44:16 PM

@Gilphon: Not sure I follow - are you suggesting Fox may have called Arizona early specifically to piss Trump off?

sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#340423: Nov 20th 2020 at 4:46:25 PM

More they didn't retract the early call to appease him.

Resileafs I actually wanted to be Resileaf Since: Jan, 2019
I actually wanted to be Resileaf
#340424: Nov 20th 2020 at 4:52:04 PM

[up][up][up][up],[up][up][up] Yup, and I felt like immitating since it sounds like a good idea.

LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#340425: Nov 20th 2020 at 5:08:56 PM

Yeah, the implication seems to always be that conservatives have no real interest in reaching out or understanding the needs of the rest of the country so it's basically all up to everyone else to cater to them and their needs.

Which is...more than a little tiresome.

This was from a few pages back, but I actually do have something I want to add on to it.

I think a large part of this comes from the fact that liberals/progressives are supposed to be for tolerance/acceptance (I've seen various people try and use that as a sort of gotcha against those who point out the wrongs Republicans though), and thus it only fits their rhetoric more to be the ones to reach out.

Of course, that's a tactic acknowledgement that being tolerant and accepting of others isn't a general conservative principle in which case 1) why aren't you thinking about what that actually says about them and 2) why do you think reaching out to them would mean anything.

There's the general (likely willful) inability to understand that it's possible to fairly and genuinely be able to evaluate positions that differ from your own, and still come to the conclusion they have no merit.

The Democrats, as a rule, do not just reject everything Republicans want just because Republicans want it. The same cannot be said for Republicans.


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