Sean Spicer off to a good start

[Rastapopoulos]

#alternativefacts is now the the #1 trend on Twitter...

 

[Denny Crane]

I think that's a false equivalency. It's fine to say you disagree with Obama's policies - of course. But you cannot find one instance where Obama sent his press secretary out
(a) to lie
(b) about TOTAL TRIVIALITIES like size of crowd
(c) to berate the press
(d) to walk off WITHOUT TAKING QUESTIONS!

And this was the FIRST EVER MEETING! And he's threatened to kick the press out of the White House altogether!
Honestly, this is unprecedented. (Or "unpresidented" to quote our President.)

The press should be berated. They're acting like they work for the national enquirer.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

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Nice picture. Where's your example? Or do you just know it in your heart?

 

[Rastapopoulos]

The press should be berated. They're acting like they work for the national enquirer.

Ironically, the only "paper" that endorsed Trump.

 

[Denny Crane]

Ironically, the only "paper" that endorsed Trump.

Doesn't change how the press are "doing their job."

 

[Rastapopoulos]

I honestly thought Denny was a bright guy. Until he became one of Trump's biggest apologists.

Still waiting for Denny to have this moment of clarity:

 

[Denny Crane]

I'm waiting for Rasta to have this moment of clarity:

 

[Spud147]

He said it and the press is all over him as they should be.

That said, CNN posted data that looks like Trump's crowd was bigger than I thought.

Something like 572,000 metro riders that day vs 1.1M in 2009 for Obama. If Obama's crowd was 1.8M, that would make Trump's 900,000+, or more than any president aside from Obama.

From the looks of it a lot of those metro riders were going to hotels and friends/friends of friends homes to spend the night so they could attend the women's march.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

That wasn't a press conference.

That was a here is some stuff for the Trump followers to tweet, facebook and reddit about conference.

And it worked.

The Trump followers without question now believe that was the biggest inauguration ever.

 

[riverman]

They're acting like they work for the national enquirer

All the millions of journalists on the planet say.....fuck off to this statement....this is the diplomacy we have to look forward to? Whew........you actually think they are all nat'l enquirer quality professionals? That's what your president calls them. Not a good thing for the country at all.

 

[riverman]

I think journalists are some of the heros of the modern day....often on the front lines of world tragedy in harms way....when a president starts a war with the press, he's really just building a wall around the white house.....on our dime

 

[Spud147]

"Never argue with a man who buys ink by the barrel"

 

[bodyman5000 and 1]

All the millions of journalists on the planet say.....fuck off to this statement....this is the diplomacy we have to look forward to? Whew........you actually think they are all nat'l enquirer quality professionals? That's what your president calls them. Not a good thing for the country at all.

You get journalists to keep their opinions in editorials and not regular articles and we'll listen. That ship has sailed.

 

[riverman]

That ship has sailed.

I certainly hope it hasn't sailed...I want journalists questioning politicians.....and I want to see politicians held accountable...bullying is not holding them accountable and Trump is used to bullying his way out of trouble

 

[oldfisherman]

The media is the right arm of anarchy. Dan Brown

 

[UncleCliffy'sDaddy]

You get journalists to keep their opinions in editorials and not regular articles and we'll listen. That ship has sailed.

I certainly hope it hasn't sailed...I want journalists questioning politicians.....and I want to see politicians held accountable...bullying is not holding them accountable and Trump is used to bullying his way out of trouble

Even though newspaper owners and editors have been used by politicians to sway the populace for centuries, I have to agree with @bodyman5000 and 1 on this one. I don't want to hear opinions from editors with agendas. I want the media to give an honest accounting of the facts regardless of what they might be and how badly they may make anyone look. It's not the job of newspapers to hold politicians accountable. It is the responsibility of the American citizen to hold politicians accountable. And we can't do that without the truth from the media. It is the responsibility of the editors to see that the truth is being represented fairly and that their journalists are held accountable for providing that truth. But as @bodyman5000 and 1 says (and my opening sentence paraphrases), that ship has sailed......but I must say that the rejection of Hillary Clinton, along with the worldwide events of yesterday aimed at Trump were an excellent start by the populace towards holding our politicians accountable.....

 

[Denny Crane]

From the looks of it a lot of those metro riders were going to hotels and friends/friends of friends homes to spend the night so they could attend the women's march.

 

[Denny Crane]

All the millions of journalists on the planet say.....fuck off to this statement....this is the diplomacy we have to look forward to? Whew........you actually think they are all nat'l enquirer quality professionals? That's what your president calls them. Not a good thing for the country at all.

I say they should fuck off or do their job. Not just me.

 

[Spud147]

What does this prove? I didn't say he didn't have people at his innaguration... I just said using the metro ridership numbers is misleading... There was no Women's March after Obama's.

 

[Denny Crane]

Trump:

Clinton 1997




Clinton 1993:



W 2005:



W 2000:

 

[Denny Crane]

What does this prove? I didn't say he didn't have people at his innaguration... I just said using the metro ridership numbers is misleading... There was no Women's March after Obama's.

The pictures seem to show a bigger crowd than the 800,000 that attended Clinton's 1993 inauguration.

 

[UncleCliffy'sDaddy]

Trump:

Clinton 1997


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Clinton 1993:

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W 2005:

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W 2000:

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I tried to count all the attendees, but I kept losing count and and having to start all over. So I finally said screw it.......

 

[SlyPokerDog]

I counted all the people in the pictures for Trump's inauguration and stopped after reaching 22 million.

Greatest gathering of people ever!

 

[Denny Crane]

I tried to count all the attendees, but I kept losing count and and having to start all over. So I finally said screw it.......

You might notice the people, or lack of them, toward the back. If you see wide open green spaces in some pictures but not others, the ones with the people there means MORE attended.

No need to count.

Though the pictures do back up what I've said. The crowd looks like about 1/2 Obama's, or 900,000. The difference in the pictures between his crowd and Clinton's in 1993 clearly look like Trump had the bigger crowd. It's claimed Clinton had a crowd of 800,000.

Not hard to figure it out.

No matter how you slice and dice it, it's far more than the 10,000 Rasta claimed were going to show up the night before.

 

[Sedatedfork]

So many invisible people

but honestly who cares?? Is this really what Trump wants to spend time on??? Jesus, start acting like a president and stop acting like a spoiled pouty My Sweet Sixteen star. Really your party was fabulous. No one was mocking you in the bathroom. Just go drive your car and quit crying or your mascara will run.

 

[Denny Crane]

 

[Denny Crane]

So many invisible people

but honestly who cares?? Is this really what Trump wants to spend time on??? Jesus, start acting like a president and stop acting like a spoiled pouty My Sweet Sixteen star. Really your party was fabulous. No one was mocking you in the bathroom. Just go drive your car and quit crying or your mascara will run.

 

[3RA1N1AC]

what is the point again Denny? That he had half as much as Obama?

Sounds about right. We are talking about cock size right?

 

[3RA1N1AC]

Seems like getting half as many people is pretty pathetic, but hey, spin away.

 

[Chris Craig]