First, Get Ready To Be Attacked Just For Asking Questions... (Reply #31)

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Wed Mar 15, 2017, 05:09 AM

31. First, Get Ready To Be Attacked Just For Asking Questions...

Second, we are not watchers of Rachel for multiple reasons (too many to detail) including what occurred in this latest episode (from what we have heard).

When we're watching her (now 2 years removed -- with the exception of a video clip every now and then -- literally) she would DRAG OUT whatever the topic was in an attempt to keep you locked tight to the TV screen in front of you for the entire hour.

However, the story got repetitive and she repeats herself quite often. Way too often for our taste.

The point of this is the Tax Returns were a step up. It's obvious.

First, they're 12 freaking years old. How impactful would they be in TODAY's Crazy Times with Cheeto?

Next, it is equally obvious Trump and his Sheep Crew dropped the so-called "leak" - which wasn't - as their response was way too quick for them not to have done so.

Third, the producers should have done more FACT-CHECKING and asked MORE QUESTIONS before ever going full board press with this as the top story of their day.A great question would have been Why was this one (the '05 Tax Return) was "Leaked" and sure as Hell, Why Now?

Basically, Cheeto set Rachel up and she fell for it hook, line and sinker. Cheeto is stupid but he has more than displayed when it comes to playing the media for a fool, he's well tasked at how to do so.

Maybe next time, Rachel will ask more questions before running straight to the camera, reading a script. She got played on this one and was the only news program in the 9 pm ET hour to lead with this "leaked" story like it was for real, for real #BreakingNews.

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78 replies	Author	Time	Post
Could Rachel actually be a republican? [View all]	brettdale	Mar 2017	OP
Her mistake was in hyping it 90 minutes beforehand on twitter....	scheming daemons	Mar 2017	#1
True	brettdale	Mar 2017	#3
She Tweeted it was from 2005.	WinkyDink	Mar 2017	#68
Did you pay attention to what DC Johnston said	The Velveteen Ocelot	Mar 2017	#2
Rachel is going to run off with Van Jones	True Dough	Mar 2017	#6
Every Republican wants to eliminate the AMT	oberliner	Mar 2017	#58
.............	JHan	Mar 2017	#4
Some of these threads tonight...	BannonsLiver	Mar 2017	#5
Rachel is just a slave to ratings like everyone else on TV news	world wide wally	Mar 2017	#7
It was probably hyped more than it deserved to be,	The Velveteen Ocelot	Mar 2017	#8
My whole point	brettdale	Mar 2017	#12
It wasn't "nothing."	The Velveteen Ocelot	Mar 2017	#13
Not in a 100 million trillion years	Justice	Mar 2017	#9
I believe her heart is in the right place.	DemocratSinceBirth	Mar 2017	#10
I am more interested in what his source of income is.	lapfog_1	Mar 2017	#11
And that's why we need the complete tax returns.	The Velveteen Ocelot	Mar 2017	#16
Even then, his tax attorneys are smart enough not to name a source of income 'Russian Bribes."	Hoyt	Mar 2017	#33
74% of the public wants to see full returns....	bettyellen	Mar 2017	#47
You talking about the August 2016 poll? He still got elected, they must not cared much. Heck,	Hoyt	Mar 2017	#50
Nope- Rachel and I are talking about why we need to see his income sources and who he's is debt to	bettyellen	Mar 2017	#56
You are correct, there was also a poll in January. But he was still elected, so I will stick with	Hoyt	Mar 2017	#61
That's why Rachel did a show on why we should care, silly.	bettyellen	Mar 2017	#72
Would love to be wrong. But even if someone connects all those dots, Trump's supporters won't care.	Hoyt	Mar 2017	#74
It doesn't matter what they think. It matters that there's huge support growing to subpoena his	bettyellen	Mar 2017	#75
.	BainsBane	Mar 2017	#14
What the wha...?	pnwest	Mar 2017	#15
I'm glad that i dropped csble.	CentralMass	Mar 2017	#17
Sorry that everybody didn't get a cookie.	longship	Mar 2017	#18
Well, no, she only announced that after Twitter went wild over her first tweet.	Azathoth	Mar 2017	#19
I saw it too.	longship	Mar 2017	#20
Donald got a big cookie	Azathoth	Mar 2017	#21
Nice try.	longship	Mar 2017	#24
Eh, Trump also 'disagrees' with the CBO	Azathoth	Mar 2017	#25
Adorable spin	leftynyc	Mar 2017	#35
That's quite the unsupported allegation you call a fact, regardless of your impressionism...	LanternWaste	Mar 2017	#55
really? take a look on the internet.....anywhere	frankieallen	Mar 2017	#71
I love that song.	Warren DeMontague	Mar 2017	#29
This sounds like something from trumpland	rockfordfile	Mar 2017	#22
No. Give it time. Rome was not built in a day. It's the first step. Watch and wait. And keep	caroldansen	Mar 2017	#23
I know folks feel some kind of way but this is the funniest thing I've read in a while.. lol . lol.	JHan	Mar 2017	#26
I just think people are not thinking about the full import	underthematrix	Mar 2017	#27
I guess it was up to someone to post the stupidest OP of the day.	JTFrog	Mar 2017	#28
+1000	Pachamama	Mar 2017	#43
She suggested he leaked them himself, but she overhyped.	Alice11111	Mar 2017	#30
First, Get Ready To Be Attacked Just For Asking Questions...	LovingA2andMI	Mar 2017	#31
That's a ridiculous post from someone who admits to not having watched her show for the last	OnDoutside	Mar 2017	#32
Huh umm....	LovingA2andMI	Mar 2017	#34
Ummm Rachel DID enhance the story, by putting it in context, in a step by step manner. It is not	OnDoutside	Mar 2017	#36
Like the DNC emails on Wikileaks?	BainsBane	Mar 2017	#41
Your bias is both creative and imaginative...	LanternWaste	Mar 2017	#57
And such a "Bias"...	LovingA2andMI	Mar 2017	#60
Rachel is a Republican.....	DFW	Mar 2017	#37
I think she's a liberal who became a well paid television personality	DefenseLawyer	Mar 2017	#38
No, she is not. How silly.	cwydro	Mar 2017	#39
I have serious doubts as to weather	GWC58	Mar 2017	#40
She is a very firm progressive. always has been.	sarah FAILIN	Mar 2017	#42
yeah that is probably a big part of it	Kimchijeon	Mar 2017	#44
2016 returns	NewRedDawn	Mar 2017	#45
She is a member of NBC and THEY gave us Trump more than any other network. They want RATINGS	LaydeeBug	Mar 2017	#46
No and these threads are getting ridiculous	TNLib	Mar 2017	#48
LOL!	mcar	Mar 2017	#49
Well, Trump is not the billionaire he claims to be	C_U_L8R	Mar 2017	#51
Ah, now I understand some of the other posts I've been seeing today.	herding cats	Mar 2017	#52
WTF?	Ilsa	Mar 2017	#53
Seems she didn't have time to review it. Must've gotten a call it was coming...	brush	Mar 2017	#54
Does green cheese smell better on Mercury, and is it as wonderful to bathe in as alleged?	LanternWaste	Mar 2017	#59
She works for a huge corporate media conglomerate-NBC-which is owned by Comcast.	jalan48	Mar 2017	#62
True. But no. She is trying to turn the world around on a string show. It was overplayed.	The Wielding Truth	Mar 2017	#78
What a dumb post	Dem2	Mar 2017	#63
She may have hyped it..but the asshole in the WH had to responded to it....	Historic NY	Mar 2017	#64
Wow.	DemocratSinceBirth	Mar 2017	#65
lol no	fishwax	Mar 2017	#66
So shooting yourself in the foot is a GOOD thing now? You're going to dis the	Squinch	Mar 2017	#67
Ratings. They must of been Huge	frankieallen	Mar 2017	#69
Could liberals go for more than a day without shooting themselves in the foot?	Paladin	Mar 2017	#70
Could some DUers actually be that dumb?	Hekate	Mar 2017	#73
This was not a non-story	Zambero	Mar 2017	#76
She wanted to get people to watch	TexasBushwhacker	Mar 2017	#77

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