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By now you’ve all seen the replays of Joe Biden’s response to the man at the town meeting who accused him and his son of wrongdoing, and Nancy Pelsosi’s taking the reporter to task.
If you’ve been in a coma here are the stories: '”You're a damn liar': Biden has heated exchange with audience member on Ukraine, his age” and “Pelosi Snaps At Reporter Who Asked If She ‘Hates The President’."
In both the Biden and Pelosi incidents the people that led to their response had a pro-Trump bias. Obviously the man who attacked Biden had his own agenda. The reporter who tried to put Pelosi on the spot works for the right wing pro-Trump Sinclair TV News which has bought 40% of local news stations.
Both of these men could have been planted shills for the Democrats because they gave two of Trump’s primary nemeses a chance to show that they are not to be trifled with.
It is one thing to express morale indignation as part of a set piece but this isn't Pelosi’s style. The Sinclair reporter pushed her to step out of character, and she did so with just the right combination of anger and class.
The town hall man (THM) might as well have had his lines scripted by the Biden team:
THM: “You on the other hand sent your son over there to get a job and work for a gas company and [who] had no experience in natural gas. You’re selling access to the president just like he is.”
BIDEN: “You’re a damn liar, man. That’s not true. And no one has ever said that,”
Biden walked up to him menacingly. A staffer tried to take the man’s microphone. But Biden waved him away and he let the man keep the mic.
BIDEN: “Let him go. Let him go… the reason I’m running is because I’ve been around a long time and I know more than most people know and I can get things done. And that’s why I’m running. Let’s do push-ups together here, man. Let’s run. Let’s do whatever you want to do. Let’s take an IQ test.”
For Biden this was a perfect second act to follow the ad featuring the world leaders at the NATO meeting who were laughing at Trump:
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You just can’t plan for this kind of publicity. These stories have made Fox News and Trump supporters will see them. Even though Hannity covers them with his own spin he shows them and viewers with any semblance of an open mind will see them and perhaps a few of them will come to their own conclusion differing from Hannity’s.
I know Kos readers hate to give a Fox show a click, but in this case give it a watch and take the poll.
Trump and his supporters are a gift that keeps on giving.
Friday, Dec 6, 2019 · 7:28:48 PM +00:00 · HalBrown
“Nancy Pelosi Lays A Smackdown With The Power Of The Holy Spirit” ELLE
Excerpt:
I know that technically, this occurred in real life, but spiritually this was written and produced by Shonda Rhimes. What's best about this clip is that Pelosi was almost to the door when she got the question, which means that she had some distance to travel as she laid the fiercest, most loving, prayer-focused smackdown on this reporter.
As you see in the video, she's on an absolutely enormous platform with only one set piece—her podium—and she's dressed in a white pantsuit that positively glows under the lights. This may be a press room somewhere in Congress, but if you told me it was a blackbox theater trying out a sequel to Heidi Schreck's play What the Constitution Means to Me, I'd believe you. Cuz, honey, Madame Speaker is serving you dramatics. Continued