| New York Times, Associated Press named names in government showdown. Democrats panicked on social media Saturday after mainstream media outlets like The New York Times and the Associated Press blamed them for an ongoing government shutdown, rather than Republicans and President Donald Trump. The White House did its best to label the shutdown, which began after Democrats whipped votes to filibuster a continuing resolution funding the government, offered by Republicans, as the "Schumer Shutdown," after Democratic minority leader Chuck Schumer.
To Democrats' chagrin, the name stuck, and as they petitioned to keep the government out of working order over their commitment to illegal immigration, mainstream media outlets, who might typically be on their side, turned on Democratic leadership. In their rundown of the Friday night vote, The New York Times dared to suggest Democrats were to blame for failing to keep the government open. "Senate Democrats blocked passage of a stopgap spending bill to keep the government open," the paper's app blared in its mobile notifications. That single text message sent Democrats and activists into a panic. Dan Pfeiffer, a former Obama official and co-host of the podcast, "Pod Save America," that encouraged activists to pressure legislators for the shutdown, was visibly agitated on Twitter after seeing the message.
Others spent much of the day Saturday attempting to "refute" the NYT's assessment by suggesting that by not acquiescing to Democratic demands which, for a time included an amnesty program for DACA recipients' parents, it was the Republicans who were at fault for the shutdown.
But the public relations campaign failed before it even began. Left-leaning blog, Slate, agreed with The New York Times that ultimately a 51-person Republican majority could not have overridden a Senate filibuster requiring 60 votes to terminate. Bloomberg news ran with the headline, "U.S. Shutdown Starts as Senate Democrats Block GOP Funding Plan,” and the Associated Press declared, “Senate Democrats derail bill to avert shutdown.” By Saturday night, both parties were beginning to agree, tentatively, on some terms to end the shutdown, including a possible longer-term spending bill that would fund the CHIP children's health care program for the next six years. That bill, however, avoids the immigration issue altogether, hinging passage on a mere commitment to handle the DACA issue sometime before February 8. |
Poster Comment:
Bloomberg, Slim's Slimes, WaPo, Associated Press and even Slate have deserted Shutdown Schumer in his hour of need.
Sucks to be Chuck.
#1: Hondo68 To: Tooconservative, Muh Roads, Dont Panic (#0)
Your roads will be restored to their former splendor soon!
Everything's going to be alright, there are rumors that Chuckie Schumer is negotiating with jello to end the gov shutdown.
Hondo68 posted on 2018-01-21 14:56:24 Reply Private Reply
#2: buckeroo To: hondo68 (#1)
And to think that my life could be otherwise better without these assholes in the first place.
buckeroo posted on 2018-01-21 15:13:36 Reply Private Reply
#3: sneakypete To: Tooconservative (#0)
The typical 2 dollar crack whore has more personal integrity and right to self-respect than Scarborough does.
sneakypete posted on 2018-01-21 15:39:58 Reply Private Reply
#4: sneakypete To: Tooconservative (#0)
sneakypete posted on 2018-01-21 15:42:13 Reply Private Reply
#5: Tooconservative To: sneakypete (#4)
Reading tea leaves, there are signs from even some of the hardcore Dems that they are willing, contrary to what they say, to build the wall.
What they're determined to prevent is the end of chain migration and diversity visas.
Tooconservative posted on 2018-01-21 16:26:21 Reply Private Reply
#6: no gnu taxes To: sneakypete (#3)
I hear this guy who used to be at least somewhat conservative has become Mika's cuckold. I don't know if it's true or not, but it certainly seems like it.
no gnu taxes posted on 2018-01-21 17:29:20 Reply Private Reply
#7: Tooconservative To: no gnu taxes (#6)
It's far worse than that. Didn't they both get divorces so they could become a couple?
Tooconservative posted on 2018-01-21 18:13:17 Reply Private Reply
#8: no gnu taxes To: Tooconservative (#7)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/04/business/media/morning-joe-engaged.html
The timelines wouldn't suggest that any relationship between the two was the reason for their divorces.
Cuckold and skank have been pretty silent on the issue.
no gnu taxes posted on 2018-01-21 18:50:21 Reply Private Reply
#9: Tooconservative To: no gnu taxes (#8)
Some things can't be unseen.
Tooconservative posted on 2018-01-21 19:04:47 Reply Private Reply