Posted on 02/24/2017 8:36:05 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Former CBS News anchor Dan Rather called President Trump a “threat to our democracy” after his actions Friday banning some media from a press gaggle. He authored a scathing note on his Facebook account and sent it out via Twitter Friday evening.
(TWEET-AT-LINK)
“The time for normalizing, dissembling, and explaining away Donald Trump has long since passed,” the post began.
The barring of respected journalistic outlets from the White House briefing is so far beyond the norms and traditions that have governed this republic for generations, that they must be seen as a real and present threat to our democracy. These are the dangers presidents are supposed to protect against, not create.
For all who excused Mr. Trump’s rhetoric in the campaign as just talk, the reckoning has come. I hope it isn’t true, but I fear Mr. Trump is nearing or perhaps already beyond any hope of redemption. And now the question is will enough pressure be turned to all those who enable his antics with their tacit encouragement.
Rather goes on to castigate Republicans and even Democrats who have given Trump an “wall of unbending support,” saying that “talk is cheap” in reference to those who criticize Trump’s action but do nothing about them.
“What are you going to do about it?” He demands....
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DAN RATHER is right...TALK IS CHEAP...and he proved that a long time ago when he made up Fairy Tales about President GW Bush...
Rather lied...and Americans have not forgotten that...plus now at 85 plus he is no longer able to put 2 and 2 together...he is senile and in a dementia stage of life...
LET’S MOVE ON FROM THESE HAS BEENS..
Dan, pound out your protest on your IBM Selectric.
What typically happens is the select few ask questions they were told to ask. Then all the rest write their stories based on the fake answers given. Now a of a sudden EVERYONE is getting to ask a question and the Big shots are confused.
This, coming from the ORIGINATOR of MSM FAKE NEWS.
Wasn’t that his forte ? That he could read the news off a piece of paper in a monotone and emotionless voice ?
Rather destroyed any credibility he had. Which wasn’t much to begin with. Now he is shooting his mouth off again? Give us a break, Dan. Give us a break.
What is frightening is the amount of money we spent to get this stupid.
>>>”The US isn’t a democracy,”<<<
Dan Rather aside, why do you think the US isn’t a democracy?
A democracy means:
“a system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives.”
General Democratic Principles:
“legal equality, political freedom, freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom of assembly, and rule of law have been identified as important characteristics. These principles are reflected in all eligible citizens being equal before the law and having equal access to legislative processes.”
Is the US a Federal (Democratic) Republic, or an Authoritarian Republic?
““What are you going to do about it?” “
Is he using his position in the ‘press’ to call for rioting and violence ?
So Dan Rather is on Glen Beck’s website now. I bet each of them is worrying that they have lowered their standards too much.
Yeah yeah yeah. Well, as you just said, Danny Boy, “talk is cheap.” Let’s hear what you want to do about it. No beating about the bush. We want details. Specifics. Goals, objectives, and then a tactical plan. Time to put up or shut up.
Well, he didn't really mean 'democracy'. He meant 'a threat to our illegal power structure'. Democracy is just easier to say.
‘eff off, Rather, you ridiculous has been.
You were past your due date decades ago.
I believe it was Larry Ellison of Oracle who gave a speech at a broadcast news convention. In his speech he said in the future people would get their news from the internet and pick and choose the sources. When he finished, Dan Rather was there to get in his face and say, “WE determine what’s news and what’s not!”
There may be a threat to America but it is not President Trump. You and your media friends, along with liberals, many Democrats and some Republicans should just look in a mirror. That is the threat.
Jake, Wolf, bow down to the founder of fake news.
Rather is a retired Fake News expert.
Who is Dan Rather?
So you decide who gets to see the president, who is legitimate and who is not?
Pfffttt!!!
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