traderdave wrote:

The Savior wrote:I think it’s fair to try not to cause a public panic. I just don’t think he and the admin did it with good intention.

And they certainly didn’t couple it with rationale, reasonable recommendations.

It is very fair to not want to cause a panic but not wanting to cause a panic and actively working against what you know to be true are very different things. It seems obvious but it is also possible to not cause a panic and be truthful. Bush managed it after 9/11. Roosevelt managed it after Pearl Harbor.

traderdave wrote:

The Savior wrote:I think it’s fair to try not to cause a public panic. I just don’t think he and the admin did it with good intention.

And they certainly didn’t couple it with rationale, reasonable recommendations.

It is very fair to not want to cause a panic but not wanting to cause a panic and actively working against what you know to be true are very different things. It seems obvious but it is also possible to not cause a panic and be truthful. Bush managed it after 9/11. Roosevelt managed it after Pearl Harbor.

Bucky wrote:trump chose not to believe that it was dangerous at that time. No doubt in my mind. Now that he is proven wrong, it's the 'ol "I knew it all along" line to try to save face. Nothing to do with panic or fear.

stevemc wrote:

Bucky wrote:trump chose not to believe that it was dangerous at that time. No doubt in my mind. Now that he is proven wrong, it's the 'ol "I knew it all along" line to try to save face. Nothing to do with panic or fear.

Except there are tapes back in February and March where he does point out it's dangerous as well as that children are susceptible to it and yet he goes out at the same time says it will miraculously disappear, it's just like the flu and liberate states and put kids back in school.

momadance wrote:He also retweeted this. #$!&@ idiot.

Monkeyboy wrote:The people on the edges of the administration seem to be going all in on stopping him. People are coming out of the woodwork with allegations. I assume they waited until now for maximum effect. It could be coordinated.

I hope they're successful because if they aren't there'll be nobody left to push back against him if he wins.

PhillieMooDo wrote:Is there really just one place to drop off ballots in Delaware County?

Augustus wrote:I've been trying to get my head around him willingly talking to Woodward so many times, and here's what I can come up with:

1. There is just no room in his world for any self-doubt of his own brilliance and competency.

2. He has probably heard of Woodward and knows he's a "top guy" in journalism. Trump is fixated on the whole "best people" thing and probably wanted Woodward's approval.

3. Going back to number 1, he believes he can work any journalist like he worked the New York tabloids in the '80s. He really thought he was going to win Woodward over.

Trump’s decision to cooperate was seen as partly based on his respect for the Watergate reporter as an institution, the officials said, a rite of passage ritual numerous other presidents have gone through. They compared it to his 1980s cultural mindset that put special value on Time magazine covers and The New York Times.

“Trump loves brands, and Woodward has been the gold standard for 50 years of investigative journalism around the presidency, so it's the same reason why he likes the Gray Lady, he likes The New York Times. It's the paper of record traditionally in his hometown, so even though both excoriate him, he's attracted to them the way a low-IQ small moth would be to a flame,” said Anthony Scaramucci, who briefly served as White House communications director under Trump. “Trump is always convinced that if he talks to the person, he is going to elucidate and enlighten that person and get them to like him.”

Trump thought he could curry favor and shape the coverage similar to the way he did in New York City in the 1980s and ’90s with the tabloids, one Republican close to the White House said, but “it’s different when you control the nuclear codes and when you are the most powerful man in the world. The stakes are higher.”

CalvinBall wrote:

PhillieMooDo wrote:Is there really just one place to drop off ballots in Delaware County?

Each municipality will have a drop box besides a few that voted against it. I do not believe those locations have been announced yet.

From my understanding too, ballots should be allowed to start printing today. Everyone was waiting on a lawsuit regarding the Green Party's presidential nominee her in PA.

thephan wrote:

Wolfgang622 wrote:

thephan wrote:Just so it does not get washed over by a fake video of Trump firing a fake Obama,

I mean I get it but I don't think I'm like the tabloid news reporter of BSG.

I was just making noise, not trying to poke at you, it just seems like the crazy has been turned to 11.

That said, I am now wondering, because no one should trust Cohen at all, if this was somewhat coordinated as a hamfisted attempt at a distraction with the news about his ignorance/uncaring about military & vets compounded by his statements about the DoD leadership wanting to make defense contracts happy and wealthy, while not recognizing the damage that the book(s) would be offering up (including on the recorded audio), the serious questions about the DOJ stepping up to act as a personal lawyer for the president, and the two whistle blower reports out of DHS (not actually sure if it is two, or if it is one with someone supporting/confirming to the press).