Acosta vs Trump is a fight that has no winners

Gone to Texas ^ | Nov. 8, 2018 | John David Powell

[John David Powell]

Acosta needs to put on his big-boy pants and be something other than an attention grabber working to strengthen his position for the next round of contract negotiations. Trump needs to realize he is the president of everyone and is above the pettiness of petulant journalists. And both of them need to realize rolling in the mud with the pigs may be fun, but in the end, you all become sausage.

[tiki]

Did you see him step out from behind the podium, I bet he wanted to deck that pig. I certainly wanted to.

[metmom]

Trump won.

Acosta choose poorly and lost.

[tiki]

BS

[kanawa]

Yep
Daddy said no more Jimmy.

[wastoute]

Not everyone posting here is one of us. It used to be worse.

[BlueLancer]

Ladies and gentlemen, I'll be brief. The issue here is not whether we broke a few rules, or took a few liberties with our female party guests—we did. [winks at Dean Wormer]

But you can't hold a whole fraternity responsible for the behavior of a few, sick perverted individuals. For if you do, then shouldn't we blame the whole fraternity system? And if the whole fraternity system is guilty, then isn't this an indictment of our educational institutions in general?

I put it to you, Greg: isn't this an indictment of our entire American society? Well, you can do what you you want to us, but we're not going to sit here and listen to you badmouth the United States of America. Gentlemen!

[IC Ken]

The only fault of our President was he gave Acosta too much rope. Should have barred him months ago.

[BlueLancer]

Acosta needs to be bared from the press room.

Stripped, tarred, and feathered on national TV!

[1Old Pro]

Acosta needs to be barred, he’s a repeat offender.

Second, no more follow-ups and or banter or discussions - they state their question, give back the mic, then it is answered.

[editor-surveyor]

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Wrong!
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A president that would allow his presence to be a vehicle for propaganda is no president at all. He has to control the dialogue in the room.

Acosta is no journalist, and CNN is not a provider of objective news.
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[scottinoc]

CNN is getting maximum clicks from this, which is their goal. Don’t give them any clicks. This is CNN corporate doing this crap, not Jim Acosta.

[Electric Graffiti]

“Trump should not engage these reporters like he did. It’s what they want.”

That would be kinda hard to hold a briefing then. No, Trump did absolutely the right thing humiliating these leftist punk b!tches. They just need to learn that there will be consequences for their behavior. ‘Press’ passes REVOKED.

[Migraine]

This is a horse sheet opinion piece. Not worth the dynamite to blow it to hell.

[Electric Graffiti]

lolol...perfect.

[Migraine]

This is CNN corporate doing this crap, not Jim Acosta.

I'd call it a team effort, and epic fail.

[metmom]

I have no intention.

[RitaOK]

The Day of the White House Press Briefing is archaic, produced to serve another era.

To use it today is worthy of ridicule for both the Press and for the White House, as a tool to use one another for political ends and battery practice is too ridiculous for words.

The Media Complex is the well known ARM of the Democrat Party, and the Democrat Party is wholly owned by ememies of the state, foreign and domestic.

To entertain the ANTIFA Reporters in the White House, the People’s House, is on the White House.

If the White House wants to look like the battered wife, and believes that doing so somehow floats their boat, well then, go ahead and set that low standard. Knock yourself out.

As for those of us bothering to watch the damn thing, we’re obviously voyeurs, viewing a car wreck and feigning shock that there is blood on the scene.

White House can put a STOP to the Chinese wrestling. It’s embarrassing.

[Jonny7797]

To clarify, I meant Trump should not engage them when they go all irate like Acosta did there. At that point, Trump should simply have him removed.

Engaging a raving lunatic over and over again is unproductive at best.

[sport]

You see this one?

[RitaOK]

Thanks, scott! We’re all getting sooo played.

Eventually we have to look at “us”, for subjecting ourselves to the train wreck briefings at all, and also for then propping up the delivery of the CNN reports from the $scene.