It was a softball question. As softball questions go, it doesn't get more softball than this.
NBC's Peter Alexander gave Cadet Bone Spurs the opening all political leaders crave. He asked him, "What do you say to Americans watching you right now who are scared?".
This was his Fireside Chat moment, his "Nothing to Fear but Fear Itself" moment, his "Shining City on the Hill" moment. It was his opportunity to bring all Americans together, to rally around the flag and we are all Americans moment. It was the opportunity to shine and let all Americans rally around the effort to beat back the coronavirus. It was the chance to be proud for a moment.
Instead...
What does he say to Americans watching right now who are scared?
"I say you are a terrible reporter. I think it's a very nasty question, and I think that's a very bad signal that you're putting out to the American people. The American people are looking for answers and they're looking for hope. And you're doing sensationalism, and the same with NBC and Comcast. I don't call it Comcast, I call it Concast, for whom you work. Let me just tell you something. That's really bad reporting, and you ought to get back to reporting instead of sensationalism. Let's see if it works It might and it might not. I happen to feel good about it, but who knows? I've been right a lot. Let's see what happens".
And then while a reporter was asking him the next question, he told Mr. Alexander "You ought to be ashamed of yourself", signalling, if nothing else, that he was not paying attention to the question being posed to him even though he had called on the reporter to ask it.
He was given the chance to shine and took it to make gratuitous insults and say a softball question is nasty. We can only imagine how he would answer hard questions. On the other hand, we have already seen how he does with those.
Don't believe me? Watch the clip. And watch the fact that nobody in the background bats an eye when he comes up with this drivel.
Leader of the free world, my ass.
https://www.aol.com/article/news/2020/03/20/trump-responds-to-question-about-coronavirus-fears-by-bashing-the-media/23956487/
Friday, March 20, 2020
Tuesday, March 17, 2020
something not political or coronavirus...
My wife tells me if I post something today, it should be entertaining and not so political, coronavirus, or just a downer in nature.
Soooooooo....
This one was originally published in the Daily Pennsylvanian, my college newspaper, some time around 1978 or so. I do not remember who wrote this. He/she is an immortal in my opinion. I may not get it exactly right, but so what? I am now a senior citizen, eligible for social security, if the GOP does not ravage it (oops...). When I finish with this, I am going to the kitchen. My wife will tie a bib on me, and she will try to spoon feed oatmeal to me...
A cow is standing in a pasture, minding its own business, when a rabbit walks up to him and challenges him to a race to the fence on the other side of the pasture and back. Knowing he cannot beat a rabbit in a footrace, the cow declines, but the rabbit persists (not unlike Elizabeth Warren, but then again, I digress...).
"Mr. Cow, I am a good sport and I know you need something to make you feel better. I will let you win the race". With that, the cow and the rabbit take off. Sure enough, they get to the fence on the other side of the pasture and the rabbit is letting the cow lead. They turn around an head to the start/finish line. Just before they get to it, the rabbit puts on a burst and finishes just ahead of the cow.
Dismayed and utterly (I avoided saying udderly. Oh wait, I just did...) heartbroken, the cow runs across the pasture where the old mare is munching on some hay. Upon reaching the horse, the cow lets out his heart.
"Oh Ms. Horse. The rabbit told me he would let me win a race from to the fence and back, but at the last moment, he ran past me! He cheated! He lied! Just like the president (oops again...) I cannot believe he would do that to me!!! What can I do?"
The mare looks up from her pile of hay, looks at the cow, and says...
"That's funny. A talking cow"...
You're welcome. I am ready for my oatmeal...
Soooooooo....
This one was originally published in the Daily Pennsylvanian, my college newspaper, some time around 1978 or so. I do not remember who wrote this. He/she is an immortal in my opinion. I may not get it exactly right, but so what? I am now a senior citizen, eligible for social security, if the GOP does not ravage it (oops...). When I finish with this, I am going to the kitchen. My wife will tie a bib on me, and she will try to spoon feed oatmeal to me...
A cow is standing in a pasture, minding its own business, when a rabbit walks up to him and challenges him to a race to the fence on the other side of the pasture and back. Knowing he cannot beat a rabbit in a footrace, the cow declines, but the rabbit persists (not unlike Elizabeth Warren, but then again, I digress...).
"Mr. Cow, I am a good sport and I know you need something to make you feel better. I will let you win the race". With that, the cow and the rabbit take off. Sure enough, they get to the fence on the other side of the pasture and the rabbit is letting the cow lead. They turn around an head to the start/finish line. Just before they get to it, the rabbit puts on a burst and finishes just ahead of the cow.
Dismayed and utterly (I avoided saying udderly. Oh wait, I just did...) heartbroken, the cow runs across the pasture where the old mare is munching on some hay. Upon reaching the horse, the cow lets out his heart.
"Oh Ms. Horse. The rabbit told me he would let me win a race from to the fence and back, but at the last moment, he ran past me! He cheated! He lied! Just like the president (oops again...) I cannot believe he would do that to me!!! What can I do?"
The mare looks up from her pile of hay, looks at the cow, and says...
"That's funny. A talking cow"...
You're welcome. I am ready for my oatmeal...
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