https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/...edirect=on

"I recently watched the 1980 presidential debate between incumbent Democrat Jimmy Carter and his Republican challenger, former California governor Ronald Reagan. The debate is striking in retrospect, not because of memorable zingers (Reagan’s “There you go again” barely qualifies), but because of a tone and tenor that today’s audiences and TV execs would find downright tedious.

The members of the media panel didn’t interrupt the candidates or inject themselves into the debate. The candidates didn’t talk over each other, and neither accused his opponent of being a racist, a Russian agent, an anti-Semite, a baby-killer, a communist or a liar.

At one point, after a Reagan critique, Carter responded, “Governor Reagan is making some very misleading and disturbing statements.” Similarly, an allegation by Carter brought this rejoinder from Reagan: “The figures that the president has just used about California is a distortion of the situation there.” That’s as nasty as it got....


Pundits wonder why millions of Americans aren’t shocked by Trump. The shouting demagogues on cable news who bemoan our polarized politics and our lowered standards, and the producers and entertainers in Hollywood who curse his name, should come to terms with the fact that Trump is the progeny of their own talents and efforts...."

**THUMP**

Oh, I'm sorry, but that was the noise my jaw made when it hit the ground when I saw it was a WaPo piece. Which brings me to this question: Is WaPo changing its awful ways because they are afraid they will go the way of the dinosaur, which the President hinted at?

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**THUMP**

Oh, I'm sorry, but that was the noise my jaw made when it hit the ground when I saw it was a WaPo piece. Which brings me to this question: Is WaPo changing its awful ways because they are afraid they will go the way of the dinosaur, which the President hinted at?
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I don't recall who this person was, but I think he was a liberal. However, WaPo does sometimes have conservatives as long as they aren't Trump conservatives.

In any event, this article is not complementary of Trump. Its just saying there's plenty of examples of Trump like behavior in Hollywood and the media.

I think it's vice versa Bullet, unholywood was there before Trump and they've never played by the rules, well, not our rules but that of the enemy, all the way to McCarthy. They're (unholywood celebs) getting what they've wanted since then that is turmoil in America.

Not getting into the politics just the entertainment aspect.
I would like to see either a primary challenger or the democratic candidate escalate Trump's tactics.
Interrupt him and tell him to go wash his face he's a grown man.
Give him some silly nickname bring Stormy Daniels to the debate.
Just for the entertainment alone .

(08-23-2019 06:22 PM)CoastalVANDAL Wrote:  Not getting into the politics just the entertainment aspect.
I would like to see either a primary challenger or the democratic candidate escalate Trump's tactics.
Interrupt him and tell him to go wash his face he's a grown man.
Give him some silly nickname bring Stormy Daniels to the debate.
Just for the entertainment alone .

Rubio tried that. He promptly exited the race.