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Originally posted by Mountain Man View Post
The claim this was a 'bad earpiece' is hogwash. He said, and I QUOTE:
You 'logic' that says this was some sort of mistake because blah blah is flawed. He knew what was asked. He said the name David Duke, and he talked about WS. He heard them just fine and he was trying to pretend he didn't know anything about the fellow. IOW, He played to them to get elected. Just like he played to them in Charlottesville. Why he did that is anyone's guess, but he has consistently shown himself to be of similar stripe over the course of his presidency and does not mind having them in his base.
And of course, the broader point is that by doing this and the other things in my list from the earlier post for three years+, he has created an environment where people with these kinds of ideas feel themselves emboldened, feel they can speak their mind more freely. And they are.Last edited by oxmixmudd; 01-09-2020, 01:25 PM.My brethren, do not hold your faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ with an attitude of personal favoritism. James 2:1
If anyone thinks himself to be religious, and yet does not bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this man’s religion is worthless James 1:26
This you know, my beloved brethren. But everyone must be quick to hear, slow to speak and slow to anger; James 1:19
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Originally posted by DivineOb View PostFaulty ear pieces and the like seem to happen to Trump an awful lot. Don't they test these things before going live and verify that the participants can hear clearly (yes they do)?
Do they test them? Yes... and no. As someone who used to work in the world of television news, I can assure you that the business is a lot more rough and ready than a lot of people think, even at the national and international level. It's not exactly a slick, high tech production. Quite often the "test" for an ear piece is little more than the videographer or sound tech sticking it in his ear for a few seconds, saying, "Yeah, it's making noise," and then they hand it to the on-air talent. I can't tell you the number of times I did a field live shot with a reporter who complained afterwards that they couldn't clearly hear the studio. Sometimes it was a technical fault of the ear piece itself (those things tend to get beat to death in a field kit); other times it was simply poor fidelity audio being fed down the line. So I find Trump's explanation that he was given a faulty earpiece completely plausible.Some may call me foolish, and some may call me odd
But I'd rather be a fool in the eyes of man
Than a fool in the eyes of God
From "Fools Gold" by Petra
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Originally posted by Mountain Man View PostDoes Trump frequently complain about faulty ear pieces during interviews? I'm not aware that he does.
Do they test them? Yes... and no. As someone who used to work in the world of television news, I can assure you that the business is a lot more rough and ready than a lot of people think, even at the national and international level. It's not exactly a slick, high tech production. Quite often the "test" for an ear piece is little more than the videographer or sound tech sticking it in his ear for a few seconds, saying, "Yeah, it's making noise," and then they hand it to the on-air talent. I can't tell you the number of times I did a field live shot with a reporter who complained afterwards that they couldn't clearly hear the studio. Sometimes it was a technical fault of the ear piece itself (those things tend to get beat to death in a field kit); other times it was simply poor fidelity audio being fed down the line. So I find Trump's explanation that he was given a faulty earpiece completely plausible.
His response makes quite clear he heard the question, regardless of whether the earpiece was acting up.My brethren, do not hold your faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ with an attitude of personal favoritism. James 2:1
If anyone thinks himself to be religious, and yet does not bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this man’s religion is worthless James 1:26
This you know, my beloved brethren. But everyone must be quick to hear, slow to speak and slow to anger; James 1:19
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Originally posted by Mountain Man View PostDoes Trump frequently complain about faulty ear pieces during interviews? I'm not aware that he does.
What do you make of this?
Last edited by DivineOb; 01-09-2020, 01:42 PM.
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Originally posted by oxmixmudd View PostIt's not a lie. For some reason he acted in a way that gave the perception at least he was reluctant to alienate the WS/Neo-Nazi crowd as it related to the Duke endorsement.
I'm always still in trouble again
"You're by far the worst poster on TWeb" and "TWeb's biggest liar" --starlight (the guy who says Stalin was a right-winger)
"Overall I would rate the withdrawal from Afghanistan as by far the best thing Biden's done" --Starlight
"Of course, human life begins at fertilization that’s not the argument." --Tassman
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I think it's somewhat unfair to hold an entire party accountable for what one local leader shows, but at the same time I have little sympathy for anybody who takes umbrage given how extensively both sides do it. In my home county a few years ago, some county or city level Republican official made an offensive statement about black people, was quickly replaced by the local party, and everybody moved on without having to make a federal case out of it. That is how it should be."I am not angered that the Moral Majority boys campaign against abortion. I am angry when the same men who say, "Save OUR children" bellow "Build more and bigger bombers." That's right! Blast the children in other nations into eternity, or limbless misery as they lay crippled from "OUR" bombers! This does not jell." - Leonard Ravenhill
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Originally posted by KingsGambit View PostI think it's somewhat unfair to hold an entire party accountable for what one local leader shows, but at the same time I have little sympathy for anybody who takes umbrage given how extensively both sides do it. In my home county a few years ago, some county or city level Republican official made an offensive statement about black people, was quickly replaced by the local party, and everybody moved on without having to make a federal case out of it. That is how it should be.
I am amused how a vice chairwoman in a county with less than 200,000 people in the second smallest state in the country gets elevated to a "party leader."
I'm always still in trouble again
"You're by far the worst poster on TWeb" and "TWeb's biggest liar" --starlight (the guy who says Stalin was a right-winger)
"Overall I would rate the withdrawal from Afghanistan as by far the best thing Biden's done" --Starlight
"Of course, human life begins at fertilization that’s not the argument." --Tassman
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You've brought up the Central Park 5 case before, and my response then is that Trump believing them to still be guilty is no more racist than white people who remain convinced that OJ Simpson murdered his ex-wife and her boyfriend despite being acquitted.Some may call me foolish, and some may call me odd
But I'd rather be a fool in the eyes of man
Than a fool in the eyes of God
From "Fools Gold" by Petra
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Originally posted by Mountain Man View PostYou've brought up the Central Park 5 case before, and my response then is that Trump believing them to still be guilty is no more racist than white people who remain convinced that OJ Simpson murdered his ex-wife and her boyfriend despite being acquitted.
In any case we know Matias Reyes is guilty because he confessed and we have DNA evidence backing up his confession.
Why do you think Trump won't admit that the 5 didn't do it?Last edited by DivineOb; 01-09-2020, 02:34 PM.
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Originally posted by rogue06 View PostSomehow I'm not even the least bit surprised that is the perception you got.My brethren, do not hold your faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ with an attitude of personal favoritism. James 2:1
If anyone thinks himself to be religious, and yet does not bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this man’s religion is worthless James 1:26
This you know, my beloved brethren. But everyone must be quick to hear, slow to speak and slow to anger; James 1:19
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Originally posted by DivineOb View PostI present patient zero suffering from Trump Apologist Syndrome.
how fittingLast edited by oxmixmudd; 01-09-2020, 03:38 PM.My brethren, do not hold your faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ with an attitude of personal favoritism. James 2:1
If anyone thinks himself to be religious, and yet does not bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this man’s religion is worthless James 1:26
This you know, my beloved brethren. But everyone must be quick to hear, slow to speak and slow to anger; James 1:19
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