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I don't put too much stock in what Hollywood elites say/think (even Luke), they are pretty clueless to real life issues of the middle class etc. Although the DNC did put on a pretty good "show" for their convention, too bad there was no substance though.
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1 hour ago, Daisy4RN said:
I don't put too much stock in what Hollywood elites say/think (even Luke), they are pretty clueless to real life issues of the middle class etc. Although the DNC did put on a pretty good "show" for their convention, too bad there was no substance though.
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Even Fox News liked the DNC convention. Thursday night -- I watched their commentary live!
The Wrap 8/20/2020
Fox News Panelists Give Biden’s DNC Speech Rave Reviews: ‘A Home Run’ (Video)
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Chris Wallace, Dana Perino and Bret Baier all offered effusive praise for Biden’s speech at the DNC Thursday night
The stable of panelists Fox News has had providing commentary on the Democratic National Convention this week continued to offer high praise for DNC speakers Thursday night — former Vice President Joe Biden got rave reviews from these Fox personalities for his 25-minute speech in which he formally accepted the Democratic nomination for president.
After the speech, the Fox News panelists discussed their immediate reactions, and it sounds like Biden’s words made a pretty big impact on Chris Wallace, Bret Baier Donna Brazile and Dana Perino.
Dana Perino, who was White House Press Secretary under George W. Bush, offered probably the most glowing evaluation of any member of the group.
“The other night I said that Michelle Obama stuck the landing. I think keeping with that theme that Joe Biden just hit a home run in the bottom of the ninth,” Perino said.
“He had pace, rhythm, energy, emotion and delivery. I think if he looks back, he’s got to say that was probably the best speech of his life. He really just took the moment, and I love that.”
Perino did offer a little bit of criticism, however, saying that Biden’s speech had “a little bit of incoherence” in terms of policy.
Chris Wallace, meanwhile, had some thoughts about what Biden’s excellent performance Thursday means for Donald Trump’s depiction of Biden as “sleepy.”
“I thought it was an enormously effective speech. Remember, Donald Trump has been talking for months about Joe Biden as mentally shot, a captive of the left. And I guess Biden was reading from a teleprompter in a prepared speech, but I thought he blew a hole, a big hole, in that characterization,” Chris Wallace said.
Yes, Fox news is indeed fair and balanced in their reporting, just like real news and journalists should be. Too bad CNN, MSN, Washington Post, New York times etc are incapable of doing that also! Just bc Biden was having a good day and was able to read the teleprompter doesnt really mean anything though, IMO. By no substance I meant nothing good for we the people but instead a far left agenda that is not good for America. Joe has been in politics for ~50 years (and not done too much I might add) so giving speeches/reading speeches is (of course) second nature at this point. Lets see him actually answer tough questions by real journalists and see how he does!!
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52 minutes ago, Daisy4RN said:
Yes, Fox news is indeed fair and balanced in their reporting, just like real news and journalists should be. Too bad CNN, MSN, Washington Post, New York times etc are incapable of doing that also! Just bc Biden was having a good day and was able to read the teleprompter doesnt really mean anything though, IMO. By no substance I meant nothing good for we the people but instead a far left agenda that is not good for America. Joe has been in politics for ~50 years (and not done too much I might add) so giving speeches/reading speeches is (of course) second nature at this point. Lets see him actually answer tough questions by real journalists and see how he does!!
Most media analysis disagrees with your assessment of Fox News' impartiality and reporting. https://www.adfontesmedia.com/
Should I preparing to hear that the analysis is just leftist nonsense, or something similar?
Also, have you heard Trump attempt to answer tough questions? The fellow only calls the journalist a name, says the question is nasty, or just talks about himself in hyperbolic and grandiose terms.
Not sure where you got some info but Trump has stated either all or partial support of, and in some cases already worked and changed things in support of some you marked as not (drug prices, DACA, criminal juctice reform).
Trump is not my all time favorite but voting for Biden is not an option IMO because he obviously has cognitive issues that make it impossible for him to run his household much less the entire country. So, big question is who will be, maybe Kamala, maybe not, who knows. And that is the point, who knows!
He did support legislative action on DACA, until he didn't. He was even offered, and agreed to, his full $25 billion border wall funding request in exchange for DACA, and then changed his mind and turned the deal down.
Your post is BS. Trump did prison and justicereform and prescription drug act . Stop being a fake news left wing promoter and stick to truth. This is sooooo disappointing. Lies lies lies
On 8/14/2020 at 12:30 PM, Daisy4RN said:
Trump has been talking about lowering drug prices for awhile. Congress has not acted so he did. Of course he is getting pushback from big pharma, and Dems who push back on anything and everything Trump (even at the expense of the American people).
I'm no fan of Biden either, and I was optimistic about Trump's policies before he took office, but it's easy to lose that optimism when he then does the opposite of every reasonable policy position he once held.
As Trump pointed out in December of 2016 "Americans could save hundreds of billions of dollars if Medicare were allowed to negotiate prices directly with drug companies. “We don’t do it,” he said. “Why? Because of the drug companies.” He also said the U.S. must “create new bidding procedures for the drug industry.” He added: “Pharma has a lot of lobbies and a lot of lobbyists and a lot of power, and there’s very little bidding on drugs.”
He was correct that the only reliable way to lower prescription drug prices is to allow CMS to negotiate prices, Congress (the House) then passed a bill to just that, which McConnell refuses to take up in the Senate since Trump has signaled he wouldn't sign such a bill.
His recent EO on drug costs doesn't appear to have anything actionable in it. It requires insurers to pass on drug rebates but only if that wouldn't increase federal costs, which a Trump administration study last year already found it would do, so that section was effectively moot as soon as it was written. It allows for the reimportation of drugs, which is already legal, and isn't really workable on a larger scale since drug manufacturers aren't going to supply countries with many times the volume of drugs their population uses so that they can be sold back to the US. The order requires sliding scale costs to those at or below poverty level, which is already the law.
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6 hours ago, Daisy4RN said:
Yes, Fox news is indeed fair and balanced in their reporting, just like real news and journalists should be..... Lets see him actually answer tough questions by real journalists and see how he does!!
"Axios on HBO" interview with President Trump discusses his handling of the coronavirus pandemic, the upcoming election with National Political Correspondent Jonathan Swan.
Fox News Sunday interview with Chris Wallace -- no questions off limit
One can watch “The Ticket: The First Interview,” a special edition of “20/20,” airing Sunday, Aug. 23 at 8 p.m. ET on ABC, in which “World News Tonight” anchor David Muir and “Good Morning America” co-anchor Robin Roberts conduct the first joint interviews with Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and his running mate Sen. Kamala Harris.
Dark tone, LOL, I guess you saw the media bobbleheads talking points memo. Funny the media say the RNC was dark when all the DNC did was keep up the hate rhetoric. Coming from the bias media, what else would you expect
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13 minutes ago, Daisy4RN said:
Dark tone, LOL, I guess you saw the media bobbleheads talking points memo. Funny the media say the RNC was dark when all the DNC did was keep up the hate rhetoric. Coming from the bias media, what else would you expect
I heard the negative tone and inaccurate statements many made..... my 32yo son asked me to turn off CSPAN as upset over "their lying".
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I don't put too much stock in what Hollywood elites say/think (even Luke), they are pretty clueless to real life issues of the middle class etc. Although the DNC did put on a pretty good "show" for their convention, too bad there was no substance though.