Don't worry, Gary. Some of us still have a sense of humor left. 

What, me worry?  (with an attribute to Alfred E. Neumann)

I get so sick of hearing and reading that.  Last night my in-laws repeated that during a birthday party I was throwing for one of them.

From USELESS A Today:
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/02/24/donald-trump-cpac-media-enemy-of-the-people/98347970/

Just by slightly twisting a phrase and leaving out a critical part they manage to make Trump look stupid.  The media in general is not the enemy of the people; but the FAKE news people are.

As we all know, this is just one example, but it is the one that got me going last night to the point I may have succeeded in keeping my in-laws away for quite a while! 

I agree completely that the media takes joyful glee in criticizing the President, much more than I can remember from the past.  All of the recent press on the replacement of Justice Department attorneys is a good example – as Anthony pointed out, this is a common occurrence – but the press covers it as though this is a horrible new thing.

That being said, the President (and his Administration) isn’t a blameless victim.  The President is a longtime fan of truthful hyperbole and utilizes it, as well as deflection, to its fullest.

The President is quite adept at manufacturing his own “fake news”.  From his support of the birther theory (when it was useful to him) to his denunciation (when it no longer was), through the size of the inauguration crowds; millions of illegal votes were cast (what ever DID happen to that promised investigation?); the pretty serious charge that a past President wiretapped his phones, to the current claims that TrumpCare will be wonderful - the best health plan ever devised, the President lays these things out there and the press just can’t help but show the  inaccuracies. 

His spokespeople then have the un-enviable task of trying to clean up and clarify just what the President meant.  Neither Mr. Spicer (love the recent quote about unemployment figures used to be bogus, but now they aren’t, possibly a bad joke?) or Ms. Conway (who has extraordinary skill at not answering the question) are particularly helpful, they just add fuel to the fire.

The President was pretty clear when he accused the entire CNN network as fake news.  As long as the Administration keeps throwing out the red meat, the wolves in the press will continue to have a field day, it’s great for ratings.

PS - the ratings thing is applicable to the press across the political spectrum!

When you think about it, it makes perfect sense.

To back her up, a new bestselling book is out called Reasons to Vote for Democrats. The book consists of blank pages.

Reviews are stellar.

Good one!

Hmmmm...   Problem was, most Republicans complained it was too long and took too many days to read.   

So I looked at the Bill Paul Ryan is proposing on healthcare, and what a piece of crap.

How can that be?  Can you clear up the confusion caused by your panning of TrumpCare©

The President was very clear in his message that TrumpCare© was wonderful! 

Donald J. Trump
✔
‪@realDonaldTrump
Our wonderful new Healthcare Bill is now out for review and negotiation. ObamaCare is a complete and total disaster - is imploding fast!
7:13 AM - 7 Mar 2017

“It’s an unbelievably complex subject. Nobody knew health care could be so complicated.”

"There's many different ways, by the way. Everybody's got to be covered. This is an un-Republican thing for me to say because a lot of times they say, 'No, no, the lower 25 percent that can't afford private'… I am going to take care of everybody. I don't care if it costs me votes or not. Everybody's going to be taken care of much better than they're taken care of now."

“We’re going to have insurance for everybody,” Mr. Trump said. “There was a philosophy in some circles that if you can’t pay for it, you don’t get it. That’s not going to happen with us.”

Perhaps the President was ill-informed, unaware of the contents of the bill or mis-spoke?  The President is the leader of the country and the Republican party.  How can this be only the Ryan bill?

That being said, I do agree that the TrumpCare© bill is amazingly underwhelming. 

Similarly to ObamaCare, it does very little to nothing concerning actual health care costs.
Shifts the burden of health care insurance to the poorer folks and the elderly folks.
Provides an impressive tax cut to the wealthy.
Will likely cause 10-15 million people to lose their health care insurance
Puts the states in a very uncomfortable position of figuring out how to pay for Medicaid.

(1)  The contact was after the election.  You must be listening to that FAKE news.

Not sure we really know the full timing of the different conversations, they clearly were before the President was sworn in.  General Flynn should have known better (if he didn't, thats a whole different discussion).  Haven't seen the transcript, for all we know, the contacts could have been completely innocuous.  The FBI certainly knew about them and they were enough for the FBI to brief the President.  It does seem that General Flynn was not honest and forthcoming in his informing the President and Vice-President on the substance of the conversations.. I can understand the President with his "eroding of trust" comment.  He put both in a very uncomfortable position.

I do have a problem with who ever released the information that the transcripts existed.  To me that is theft.  Leaks are a way of life in Washington, every President has been vexed by them and they are exceedingly difficult to control. 

(2)  I have not called you stupid.   Yet.

Would hope that you don't, because he isn't.

Your circular argument is liberal bullshit.

    LOL!!!   

Then you should be able to logically refute the entire arguement!

Gimp beat me to it with the "Most Hilarious Laugh Ever".

Don't know of a single  person that has said no voting fraud occurs.  Any system will have fraud, there just isn't a perfect system.  That being said, all the evidence that exists confirms that the rate of voting fraud is so low to be barely measurable.

So.. this tread has identified 3 instances of voting fraud.  Keep those examples coming until we hit the 3 million... I'll wait. 

It's important to have checks and balances.

This... The President is not a dictator.