Moar CNN bias ...

[Hawkmoon]

... as if we needed more evidence.

http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/28/politics/donald-trump-russia-hacking-sarcastic/?iid=ob_article_organicsidebar_expansion

CNN's headline is "Trump walks back email hack comments, but damage lingers"

Here's how the article kicks off:

Donald Trump said Thursday that he was being sarcastic when he appeared to suggest that Russia should use espionage to find Hillary Clinton's deleted emails.

But he's finding out that presidents -- and by extension, presidential nominees -- don't get that luxury when the topic is national security.

The GOP nominee tried to dampen controversy over his apparent call Wednesday for Russia to either stage an espionage cyber hack to find Clinton's deleted emails or to publish information it had already stolen.

The problem is, to any objective observer Trump never suggested that Russia hack anything. Clinton's 30,000 "personal" e-mails have been deleted, the server has been taken down, and the hard drive has been long since turned over to the FBI. There's nothing there to hack at this point. Anybody not looking for axes to grind would view that remark in the context of "If Russia hacked Hillary's server, maybe this would be the time for Russia to release the 'missing' e-mails."

[RoadKingLarry]

Hell, at this point I wouldn't be surprised to see Comey and Lynch indict Trump for attempted espionage and terrorist activities.

[MechAg94]

The funniest thing about this is the Hilary campaign reacted with indignation as if it was supposed to be harmful to the country but forgot that these emails were supposed to be the ones that had NO intelligence value or classified material.  I heard a few conservative comments criticizing Trump for this, but the Democrat reaction is just priceless.  None Trump's supporters care anyway.  They got the joke.

Also, from what I understand, it is the media claiming Russians did the hacking.  I understood no one really knows.  

[Hawkmoon]

Also, from what I understand, it is the media claiming Russians did the hacking.  I understood no one really knows.  

At least, not for the record ...

https://ca.news.yahoo.com/u-intelligence-chief-not-ready-identify-behind-dnc-194319018.html

[HankB]

Trump should have replied with something along the lines of "Look, Hillary said the emails were deleted. But if the Russians have them, it means that the server she illegally used to handle CLASSIFIED data actually WAS compromised. And if that's the case, it means Hillary didn't just endanger national security, she actually COMPROMISED national security."

[MechAg94]

Trump should have replied with something along the lines of "Look, Hillary said the emails were deleted. But if the Russians have them, it means that the server she illegally used to handle CLASSIFIED data actually WAS compromised. And if that's the case, it means Hillary didn't just endanger national security, she actually COMPROMISED national security."

But he didn't have to.  Her own campaign essentially admitted it.  News media is too dense to notice.

[Ron]

Trump does seem to be going through this election cycle like a drunken kung fu master fighting a bunch of street thugs.

[MechAg94]

Trump does seem to be going through this election cycle like a drunken kung fu master fighting a bunch of street thugs.

And against an actual quality opponent, he would probably be in trouble.  However, Hilary is not the candidate the media would have us believe.

[Ron]

And against an actual quality opponent, he would probably be in trouble.  However, Hilary is not the candidate the media would have us believe.

I'm not so sure about that mech.

He's demolished every candidate in the Republican party and is even or ahead of the establishment candidate, while operating on a comparatively shoestring budget.

Trump seems to be the master of political Zui quan

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zui_quan

[MechAg94]

You might be right about that.  I tend to do the same thing the talking heads are doing and underestimating largely because he doesn't act like a typical politician.

Part of all this is the voters have been getting sick of slick talking politicians for decades now and they don't like what most of them are saying even when they do speak plainly. 

[Monkeyleg]

I watched the press conference, and it was funny. Rush Limbaugh is right when he says liberals have no sense of humor.

How anyone could take Trump's comment about the Russians and the emails seriously is beyond me.

[Hutch]

I watched the press conference, and it was funny. Rush Limbaugh is right when he says liberals have no sense of humor.

How anyone could take Trump's comment about the Russians and the emails seriously is beyond me.

Not to be an asshat (like I can actually turn that off). CNN purports to take it seriously in order to prop up Hillary's dismal campaign.  No other reason.  If the shoe were on the other foot, if Biden had said it, it would be told as a joke, and repeated at the Georgetown A-list cocktail parties.

We are going to learn a LOT about the electorate's true ability to discern and accept bullshit during this cycle.

[RocketMan]

We are going to learn a LOT about the electorate's true ability to discern and accept bullshit during this cycle.

Most of the electorate has no such ability.  Because of this, HRC's election is pretty much a given.

[Perd Hapley]

How anyone could take Trump's comment about the Russians and the emails seriously is beyond me.

It saddens me that some are being taken in by this. Only a very few, Kenneth Olbermann-level morons in the press really think Trump has gone over to the Russians. Most of them know exactly what Trump was saying. I mean, it's not like they're honest about anything else they say.

[grampster]

The outfit that does TV surveys showing how many watch particular programs announced that 90% of TV watchers did not watch Hillary last night.

I really think Trump is an interesting person and I'll admit I'm amazed that he captured the R nomination.  I believe interested Americans are angry.  In fact I believe anger is called for when we look at the state of the Union and our governance.  Four years of a Trump administration would be extremely interesting and not particularly any more dangerous, probably less dangerous, than the state of affairs we now have.  My personal view is that those who are going to not vote or cast a vote for a 3rd or 4th party, at this time, should reevaluate that decision for at least 4 years and help elect Trump for no other reason is he is really something different than the past.  One also should discount most of the BS being spread by the media regarding Trump.  What have they done lately to begin to give them any credibility?

[Blakenzy]

Hmm. Did CNN edit out all the Booos during Hillary's speech? Or did Hillary kick out all the Boooers, because I certainly heard none of the expected dissent when she took the stage. How did they manage that silence?

[griz]

When asked about the comment Trump should have replied "what difference, at this point, does it make?"

[MechAg94]

When asked about the comment Trump should have replied "what difference, at this point, does it make?"

[Chester32141]

Hmm. Did CNN edit out all the Booos during Hillary's speech? Or did Hillary kick out all the Boooers, because I certainly heard none of the expected dissent when she took the stage. How did they manage that silence?

But the real kicker: White noise machines were installed above the areas in which swaths of Sanders delegates were likely to be found.

http://legalinsurrection.com/2016/07/demexit-clinton-protests-that-dnc-tried-to-hide//#more

[Angel Eyes]

Meh . . . they're both hideous space reptiles:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4v7XXSt9XRM&feature=youtu.be

[MechAg94]

Whatever dissent and infighting the Republican party saw, it was nothing compared to this.  I am happy the Dems went last so this is not forgotten so quickly.