Posted on 09/17/2016 3:57:03 PM PDT by John Semmens
Democratic vice-presidential candidate Tim Kaine insists that Trump's multiple denunciations of the Ku Klux Klan and its former leader David Duke "are not enough. Neither Trump nor Pence will use the word 'deplorable' in their efforts to evade being pinned down on this issue."
CNN's Wolf Blitzer was similarly adamant about the GOP candidates' refusal to use the word "deplorable" as he badgered Pence in an interview. "Why not say deplorable?" Blitzer demanded to know, rejecting Pence's determination not to engage in name calling.
"We hear the Republicans saying they don't want the support of Duke and the Klan, yet they decline to take the logical step of labeling them 'deplorable,'" Blitzer observed. "The only conclusion I can come to is that they don't want to use the same terminology that Hillary Clinton used to denounce half of Trump's supporters. This allows them to continue to portray Mrs. Clinton as insensitive. That's pure politics aimed at heading off our attempt to neutralize her characterization by showing that both sides belittle those they disagree with."
CNN followed up the interview of Pence with the headline "Pence Won't Deplore Duke," a turn of phrase that Blitzer proudly called "ingenious. It doesn't really matter what Trump or Pence say or don't say. We control the narrative. The American people will see and hear what we want them to."
Meanwhile, CNN's Ashleigh Banfield and Dylan Byers declared that widespread popular distrust of the media "threatens democracy." Byers, citing a recent Gallup poll indicating that only 32% of Americans trust the media to report the news accurately, worried that "a loss of faith in the press could deal a mortal blow to the way the nation is governed. We are the voice of government. We have the awesome responsibility to ensure that its message gets through to the people. The scoffing and ridicule heaped upon us by the targets of our message runs the risk of severing this vital link."
Byers dismissed accusations that the media might bear a share of the responsibility for this loss of faith, saying "the people don't know enough to pass judgment on whether our reporting is accurate. It's like a parishioner doubting whether what his priest is relaying to him is God's will. Going down that path of disbelief endangers us all."
if you missed any of this week's other semi-news/semi-satire posts you can find them at...
http://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php?topic=225377.0
Has Kaine and Shrillary denounced the donations the KKK has made to the Dems and their endorsement of them?
Dems own the KKK. They founded the KKK.
The KKK is the old terrorists branch of the Demonicrats and BLM is the new one.
“only 32% of Americans trust the media to report the news accurately,”
Sure you don’t mean 3.2 %? haha
how about the blackkk lives matter terrorist. They are a lot worse than the “KKK”. I haven’t heard of the KKK in years. That is just a boogieman for the commies. The Terrorist are killing 200 a month!! Get tuned in folks.
They could just say that when D. Duke was in the Klan, he was then a Democrat.
The media hasn’t asked.
So say it ... Coyote Blitzer, you’re a deplorable never was journalist!
Of course they haven’t. They’re too busy brown-nosing the Dems.
They will milk this for every drop of BS blood they can. Trump followers are on to their game and are sick of it. Not working rats. Trump punches back.... for all of us.
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