Posted on 01/08/2019 4:48:37 PM PST by Sub-Driver
No one in the Trump administration has any credibility left
By Paul Waldman Opinion writer January 8 at 2:56 PM
Something curious is happening right now: The president of the United States will give a prime-time address on an urgent political controversy, and pretty much everyone acknowledges that in that address he is going to lie to the American people.
The TV networks, which often have aired such speeches when the president asks, are struggling to figure out how to handle it; they seem to have decided that allowing a Democratic response, plus some post-hoc fact-checking, will fulfill their journalistic responsibilities.
But there’s something else going on here, too. This administration is so morally and intellectually degraded that there is not a single major figure within it who retains credibility with the press or the public. In the midst of a political crisis, there is no administration official whose word we can take on anything.
For context, I want to look back on a relevant episode from the recent past. In 2002 and 2003, George W. Bush’s administration was waging one of the great propaganda efforts in U.S. history to convince the public that if we didn’t invade Iraq, Saddam Hussein would soon attack us with his fearsome arsenal of weapons of mass destruction. As Vice President Richard B. Cheney put it in a speech, “Simply stated, there is no doubt that Saddam Hussein now has weapons of mass destruction; there is no doubt that he is amassing them to use against our friends, against our allies, and against us.”
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Absolutely no one at the Washington post has any credibility. They are a bunch of lying propaganda scum. They make up stories and they make up sources. They are also the one and only organization that Sued Free Republic. There articles should not be allowed to be posted here or least if they are then should be posted in Conspiracy.
Nobody lies more and twists the truth than the Democrat run media. Pelosi and Schumer are both voices of Socialism.
“...and pretty much everyone acknowledges that in that address he is going to lie to the American people.”
Stopped right there.....What an imbecilic statement.
The Washington Post always lets you know what George Soros wants.
So says an a rear hole who works for an organization that has not had any credibility for at least 50 years or so.
Oh it goes BEYOND Socialism..Socialism is a treat compared to what the left really wants..Communism
If you like your doctor you can keep your doctor
Everyone will pay less
A MERE TWO EXAMPLES GIVEN:
“Trump’s lie that previous presidents told him they wished they had built a wall on the southern border”
TRUMP’S WORD VS W-BUSH’S WORD (LIKELY) - REALLY?!?!?!? PLUS, WhoTF CARES?
“...and the lie the administration is telling that thousands of suspected terrorists have been apprehended trying to come in from Mexico.”
LINK TO ABC ARTICLE FAILS. ALSO, IT’S TRUE!
I simply LOLed at the headline....pffft. No need to read further
/eyeroll
No one at the Bezos Propaganda and Sedition rag has had any credibility for many years.
So Trump manages to finally match the media in low credibility??? LOL!
Well, anything is possible. Except that the Washington Post would tell the truth. So I won’t lose any sleep over this.
No-one at the Washington Post has had any credibility in my lifetime.
That is a great example of the liberal lie. "Pretty much everyone" really means "a few of my fellow leftists" not any significant percentage of the American people.
The truth is that a few leftists, probably in coordination with the Democrats, decided to counter President Trump's speech by saying that "he is going to lie" - something they of course had now way of knowing ahead of time.
So we have a typical liberal opinion piece. Nothing more than lies strung together. Fake news, fake opinions, nothing new from the left.
Th Soros paid propaganda machine’s narrative of the day:
The Donald is not to believed. The Donald’s supporters are gullible.
When a big lie get’s repeated often enough, it becomes the truth. Not complicated.
we lived thru 8 years of no credibility
Whoever in the West Wing who thought that giving this speech was a good thing should be drawn and quartered. Talking is not going to work. Trying to make his case to the electorate is not going to work. The only thing that will work is action. So Trump should do, not talk. Declare his emergency and go from there.
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