Jonah Goldberg: Kayleigh McEnany’s Work
as Press Secretary ‘Indefensible and
Grotesque,’ ‘a Twitter troll’
Breitbart,
by
Pam Key
Original Article
Posted By: WhamDBambam,
5/25/2020 8:51:07 AM
Conservative syndicated columnist Jonah Goldberg slammed Kayleigh McEnany for her role as White House press secretary, calling her “grotesque” on this week’s broadcast of “Fox News Sunday.” After playing a clip of McEnany sparring with reporters, host Chris Wallace said, “Unmasking is pretty routine. It’s an effort by people in an administration to find out who a masked person is. It happens in the Trump White House. It happened I think 16,000 times the year before last. What’s a crime is leaking it, but unmasking isn’t. In addition to which, I have to say that if Kayleigh McEnany had told Sam Donaldson and me what questions we should ask, that would not have gone well.”
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
Southron 5/25/2020 8:54:27 AM (No. 421325)
I respect Kayleigh but not Jonah.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
MSUDoc 5/25/2020 8:55:55 AM (No. 421327)
Sorry, Jonah. But the name-calling and other ad hominems place you at the same level as the worst elements of today’s grotesque media. And it does absolutely nothing to advance your argument.
If we want our society to return to civility, it starts with the person in the mirror.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
chumley 5/25/2020 8:59:24 AM (No. 421335)
Seeing Jonah spiral down from respected journalist to a hack for the disloyal opposition is sad. He will never recover from this.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Safari Man 5/25/2020 9:01:41 AM (No. 421342)
I liked Kayleigh before, but this makes me like her all-the-more.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
hershey 5/25/2020 9:02:55 AM (No. 421345)
Tell me this jerkweed isn't related to Lucianne...
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Catfur27 5/25/2020 9:03:03 AM (No. 421346)
Correction to article ...it should read : Faux-Conservative, neo-Quisling, syndicated columnist Jonah Goldberg ....
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
Rock 5/25/2020 9:07:17 AM (No. 421352)
Her son, #5. His collapse under TDS has been stunning, a real inside look at how deep the deep state really extends. I use to be a huge fan of Jonah's, now I see him as a a science project gone bad, a new exhibit at the local zoo.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
spacer 5/25/2020 9:07:18 AM (No. 421353)
#5 son.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Ming 5/25/2020 9:07:21 AM (No. 421354)
Ace is going to have a day of days with this. I feel kind of sorry for Goldbrick.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
red1066 5/25/2020 9:08:54 AM (No. 421359)
I never got past the conservative Jonah Goldberg. Goldberg ceased being conservative when he started his Trump bashing. Now he's just another inside the beltway hack that sees nothing good about Trump.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
seamusm 5/25/2020 9:14:39 AM (No. 421369)
Jonah, while technically correct, as more often the case of late - you missed the point. It is precisely that leaks DID OCCUR during the Obama presidency and which were deliberately used to further political aims that so inflames us. I think leaks should be prosecuted under ANY administration. Jonah, please stop using your platform to make it more likely that Dems win the next election. Or is it your goal to make sure you have something new to talk about after November?
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
earlybird 5/25/2020 9:18:08 AM (No. 421375)
I used to read every column he wrote.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
Bazi 5/25/2020 9:18:54 AM (No. 421378)
Yeah. It's not pretty and precious. It's what fighting back looks like. But we need strong fighters now more than ever. Kudos to Kayleigh.
MAGA! KAG!
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
Dodge Boy 5/25/2020 9:21:13 AM (No. 421382)
Jonah, don't be acting up again unless you want Ms Lucianne to take you over her knee again for another whupin, son.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
Crusty_Rusty 5/25/2020 9:23:14 AM (No. 421384)
I bet Jonah's Mom would like to trade him for Keyleigh about now!
And he used to be Such a Nice Boy.......
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
TJ54 5/25/2020 9:27:22 AM (No. 421388)
Jonah is a complete and utter moron. I never read anything he writes and I certainly won't watch him
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With the press being combative constantly the press sec. has to alter the way they respond. Seems like that part of the equation is being lost to the critics of McEnany.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
HPmatt 5/25/2020 9:40:44 AM (No. 421403)
He reminds me of the mental decay that afflicted Chris "Hard Balls" Matthews.....I am not sure if it is something like Creutzfeldt-Jakobs brain disease that you get from eating squirrel brains or similar, but it is sad to watch the spiral...
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
zephyrgirl 5/25/2020 9:43:14 AM (No. 421405)
If the WH press corps didn't spend all their time and energy posing "gotcha" questions, Kayleigh wouldn't have to do what she does. Yeah, it may be undignified, but why not call out the childish and hostile behavior of the press? Why is the bile reserved for Trump and Kayleigh who fight back?
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
gop_guys 5/25/2020 9:48:07 AM (No. 421407)
Used to be a huge fan when Jonah took on liberals defending conservatives over at CNN. His latest book is resting on my shelf. His articles were always thoughtful and en enjoyable read. I’m not sure I’ll ever understand this hate for the president. However, when Jonah attacks Trump, he attacks me and my fellow Bible clinging, gun toting, smelly, deplorables!
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
F15 Gork 5/25/2020 9:52:55 AM (No. 421409)
Your momma should have spanked you growing up - chewing on a bar of Lifeboy soap would also have been good
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
planetgeo 5/25/2020 9:53:01 AM (No. 421410)
Sad. His book, "Liberal Fascism" was both brilliant and timely. Hard to say what happened. Tide pods? Might be a good time for him to re-read his own book.
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
Laotzu 5/25/2020 9:53:35 AM (No. 421411)
It's always a surprise when somebody who should know better doesn't.
You could see it coming in his book, Liberal Fascism. He would lay out the whole historic and factual argument for why modern Democrats are the progeny of Stalin and Hitler, and then walk it back like it was a conclusion that no sane person would ever reach. His heart is in the village of DC, "where all the women are strong, all the men are good-looking, and all the children are above average." And if we would just do what they want, we would be blessed with Utopian perfection -- in DC. The rest of us would be living in lawless squalor.
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
Strike3 5/25/2020 9:54:32 AM (No. 421412)
The first sentence was sufficient to encourage me to ignore the article. If Jonah Goldberg is a Conservative then I am a ninety pound ballet dancer with pointed ears and ruby slippers.
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Reply 25 - Posted by:
LesUNo 5/25/2020 9:54:50 AM (No. 421413)
What is Jonah’s problem? He is obviously not a Trump supporter and is becoming more and more churlish and spiteful. His disproportionate grudge has become truly tiresome. He will never impress Democrats and has becoming just an annoyance for Republicans.
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Reply 26 - Posted by:
D S Craft 5/25/2020 9:57:04 AM (No. 421418)
Yo, Lucianne - you need to do something about your son. He's giving you a bad name.
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Reply 27 - Posted by:
Butch 5/25/2020 10:00:03 AM (No. 421422)
I think that Jonah is wrong about Trump, but he says what he believes and I understand how people dislike the president and his many quirks. I think Trump is doing great, but he does rub a lot of people up the wrong way. I hope that Jonah can start to appreciate the things Trump has done, such as dealing with Rocketman. (Heard anything from him at all lately? When Trump arrived Rocketman was lobbing missiles over Japan, and testing ICBMs.) Trump deserves a LOT of credit for handling that and much else. I hope he can win over the Never Trumper -- at some point Trump´s success is undeniable.
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Reply 28 - Posted by:
Italiano 5/25/2020 10:06:29 AM (No. 421425)
Amazing. It took the George Wills and the Mona Charens decades to descend into petulant, foot-stomping irrelevance.
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Reply 29 - Posted by:
gramma b 5/25/2020 10:18:12 AM (No. 421435)
What Kayleigh does is respond appropriately to the indefensible and grotesque behavior of the media.
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Reply 30 - Posted by:
Sully 5/25/2020 10:22:37 AM (No. 421440)
What? Quasimodo thinks someone grotesque? Kayleigh is providing the truth tonic that Joe Nah should have been offering for 3 years now. That man was un readable before he was unhinged.
Sorry Lucianne, but at least you can enjoy your grandkids as being a putz may skip a generation.
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Reply 31 - Posted by:
GoodDeal 5/25/2020 10:23:02 AM (No. 421441)
I believe Jonah is Lucianne's son. With all due respect he seems to have gone astray. Whutzupwitdat?
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Reply 32 - Posted by:
MuncsSister 5/25/2020 10:23:20 AM (No. 421443)
Jealousy is an ugly thing.
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Reply 33 - Posted by:
Canesplitter 5/25/2020 10:23:23 AM (No. 421444)
I'm afraid the time for high-mindedness ended sometime during the second Reagan administration. Some of us are just getting around to admitting it now. Some still think playing by the old rules is admirable, but it insures greater defeat. Maybe it's how things end. So be it.
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Reply 34 - Posted by:
Sandpiper 5/25/2020 10:25:11 AM (No. 421446)
Kayleigh must be devastatingly effective to draw such ire. Good job Kayleigh!
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Reply 35 - Posted by:
Sunhan65 5/25/2020 10:29:05 AM (No. 421452)
FTA: "Conservative syndicated columnist...."
Three things that are becoming increasingly untrue over time. He hasn't been recognizably conservative since Trump started doing what Jonah and the Wails at NR only ever talked about. He will be syndicated less over time as his arrogant and uncorrected errors become increasingly obvious even to former cruise ship fan boys and girls. And his latest venture in subscription-based stupidity will shut down as soon as Jonah and rest of the unemployables at the Dispatch finish burning through the rest of their seed capital.
It would be sad, if he didn't deserve it so.
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Reply 36 - Posted by:
mathman 5/25/2020 10:30:58 AM (No. 421453)
I guess Goldberg does not like press secretaries who defend their bosses.
I happen to like this a lot. The job of President includes lots of snipes. Defending against snipes is the job of any representative. When they fight, you fight back.
Goldberg continues to decline as a result of NeverTrump.
He was once worth a read. No more, though.
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Reply 37 - Posted by:
Tusker 5/25/2020 10:38:54 AM (No. 421461)
Goldberg: Your leftist infested mind is as unkempt as is your face.
Shave both.
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Reply 38 - Posted by:
montwoodcliff 5/25/2020 10:52:14 AM (No. 421476)
She must be doing something right! They didn’t like Sarah Huckabee either.
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Reply 39 - Posted by:
nhveritas 5/25/2020 10:53:21 AM (No. 421478)
I find her to be truthful and refreshing. I believe your opinion is affirming the doctrine of media untruth described in detail by Victor Davis Hansen....
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Reply 40 - Posted by:
rytwng 5/25/2020 11:07:47 AM (No. 421490)
He has become another useful idiot for the left.
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Reply 41 - Posted by:
starboard 5/25/2020 11:12:54 AM (No. 421496)
In Washington DC, Many old time Republicans belong to a select group called Country Club Republicans. aka conservative beltway elites. They are the Bill Kristols, and many other neo-cons you have been around the beltway for decades and are long time power brokers. If you're a neophyte you'll be scorned by those who think they the know it all. They are a big part of the swamp and are mired in their own ego and who never offer any solutions because and have no vision from that all the muck they live in.
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Reply 42 - Posted by:
TruthFetish 5/25/2020 11:16:00 AM (No. 421498)
What happened to the little nep? He seems to have turned left and followed Drudge. Maybe following a little too closely.
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Reply 43 - Posted by:
bighambone 5/25/2020 11:22:56 AM (No. 421500)
The problem is that most of the DC and New York centric media talking heads who gather up and report each other’s opinions, are in tune with the globalist investor class, and are out of touch with most of America, and the Americans who actually make the the country go.
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Reply 44 - Posted by:
JackBurton 5/25/2020 11:27:08 AM (No. 421507)
I can file this right next to some of his other comments.
You know, the ones about the abusive questions and comments and behavior of the pressies when they talk to the White House Spokesman or the President. He's been really vocal about their bad behavior.
s/off
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Reply 45 - Posted by:
Quigley 5/25/2020 11:30:12 AM (No. 421510)
Then jonah is a troll of twitter trolls making him a sub-troll.
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Reply 46 - Posted by:
Fat Elvis 5/25/2020 11:43:59 AM (No. 421521)
Just join the democratic party already, Goldberg. Stop pretending to be a conservative.
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Reply 47 - Posted by:
Bur Oak 5/25/2020 11:45:06 AM (No. 421524)
I'll refrain from commenting out of respect for Lucianne.
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Reply 48 - Posted by:
NotaBene 5/25/2020 11:49:28 AM (No. 421538)
Jonah Goldberg plays for the other team. I am fed up with all these Conservative Constitutionalists on the payroll of Globalism. This is a decisive moment in history and Jonah stood against US and our rising star K McEnany. We have long memories.
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Reply 49 - Posted by:
NYbob 5/25/2020 11:56:55 AM (No. 421547)
Go away kid, you bother me. Where was all this keen insight when the BO press secretarys were spewing lie after lie? Not a word. I guess it is all about superficial nonsense with this guy. The lies are too big and the times too extreme to pretend that anyone in DC who comes from the swamp, is not an enemy of the rest of the nation.
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Reply 50 - Posted by:
DVC 5/25/2020 12:06:08 PM (No. 421561)
I no longer believe anything that Jonah says. This is sad, since I really thought he was a good spokesman and supporter of conservative causes in years past. It is difficult to see someone you used to respect go so sadly and totally 'off the rails', and at times it seems like an old relative who is taken with dementia - they are still alive - but not the same person at all any more.
Bye, Jonah. Best wishes for a recovery to sanity some day.
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Reply 51 - Posted by:
Chuzzles 5/25/2020 12:16:18 PM (No. 421574)
Cuckservatives and squishy libertarians are the enemy of decent people everywhere. They prefer the swamp and all the corruption that exists within. I am so sorry to see Jonah joining this bunch of TDS'ers and it will not end well for him or his career. He really needs to think about his future. That is, if he wants to have one.
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Reply 52 - Posted by:
Chuzzles 5/25/2020 12:17:40 PM (No. 421575)
He is #5. His spiral downwards is so very disappointing.
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Reply 53 - Posted by:
hershey 5/25/2020 12:18:21 PM (No. 421577)
Thanks for all the replies that he is Luciannes son...so has she started disinheriting him yet???
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Reply 54 - Posted by:
MindMadeUp 5/25/2020 12:22:49 PM (No. 421587)
New usage rule: The word "conservative" must always have quotation marks when used in reference to Jonah Goldberg.
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Reply 55 - Posted by:
RedWhite&Blue2 5/25/2020 1:02:03 PM (No. 421642)
Is he dating Ann Coulter now?
Two turncoats.
But ya gotta love Kayleigh!
I sure do!
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Bill Kristol, Mona Charen, Jonah Goldberg and now Ann Coulter .
What is it with the "conservative" commentariat that they all come to hate the president who has done the most conservative good since Ronald Reagan?
Is it his simple language? His rather comical hair? Or the sun lamp facials he does daily?
Hey, I know the guy's imperfect as hell, but he IS NOT HILLARY CLINTON and it will take four more years to completely erase the horrific legacy of the Kenyan so these so-called conservatives need to find something else to complain about unless they're hoping for a Stacey Abrams presidency.
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Reply 57 - Posted by:
jeffkinnh 5/25/2020 1:47:00 PM (No. 421679)
Jonah is one of the NeverTrump lost boys. They never want to grow up. It's amazing the path they have taken and their positions are beyond belief. They supported Hillary and are supporting Uncle Joe. That is how unhinged they are.
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Reply 58 - Posted by:
Submariner 5/25/2020 2:08:45 PM (No. 421692)
I vaguely remember a pundit named Jonah Goldberg. His mother however is a principled patriot I will never forget.
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Reply 59 - Posted by:
ROLFNader 5/25/2020 2:16:53 PM (No. 421694)
My gaydar pinged the first time I saw/heard Jonah on TV. Figured he wouldn't be fond of pretty girls.
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Reply 60 - Posted by:
athina 5/25/2020 2:23:34 PM (No. 421696)
I just find his comments inexplicable. He seems to be completely oblivious to the inane, hostile questions she fields, which easily explains the reaction to point out what they could/should be asking. These are questions that at least half the country would like answers to! How can he not see that?
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Reply 61 - Posted by:
stablemoney 5/25/2020 2:41:52 PM (No. 421716)
Kayleigh is the best press secretary Trump has had. She is highly effective, which is why the left won't her gone. It ain't happening. The WH press corp will have to do their homework assignments. It will be the first work they have ever done.
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Reply 62 - Posted by:
Timber Queen 5/25/2020 2:47:06 PM (No. 421725)
#59 - Your "gaydar" needs to be thrown in the trash. Jonah is married and has children. As an aside, I'm interested in knowing what your "gaydar" has to say about Ric Grennell?
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Reply 63 - Posted by:
anniebc 5/25/2020 2:57:49 PM (No. 421736)
He sounds jealous.
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Reply 64 - Posted by:
kono 5/25/2020 3:13:13 PM (No. 421750)
My deepest sadness about Jonah's turn from erudite Conservative commentator to nattering NeverTrumper is the deluge of derision directed at him on this site, which his gracious mother endures every time another column by him is posted here.
God Bless Lucianne and her whole family, especially the relationships that are currently troubled. And God rest the souls of all our dearly departed, especially those who gave their lives fighting to defend our founding ideals of liberty and justice.
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Reply 65 - Posted by:
Opsimath 5/25/2020 4:29:53 PM (No. 421797)
This is how it works: the more a person or news organization criticizes, disparages, or hates on Kayleigh or the President only serves to fortify my admiration and loyalty for them. Spread it thick, haters, it's like political Marmite!
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Reply 66 - Posted by:
Bailey 5/25/2020 5:45:23 PM (No. 421830)
Sorry, but I remember reading a lot of negative articles about Trump right here during the GOP primaries and debates before Trump got the nomination. It turned me off for a while. They may have been written by Jonah, and some others I can't recall.
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Reply 67 - Posted by:
Italiano 5/25/2020 5:57:48 PM (No. 421833)
A lot of us had concerns about Trump during the primaries. He came through, in some cases amazingly well.
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Reply 68 - Posted by:
Aud 5/25/2020 6:18:35 PM (No. 421846)
A few weeks ago, I happened to accidentally tune-in to the PBS Newshour, and heard Jonah say President Trump is a sociopath!
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Reply 69 - Posted by:
MickTurn 5/25/2020 6:32:59 PM (No. 421865)
Well lookie here, one of the Head RINO Anti Trumpers...and he has an opinion.
Where's the barf bag!
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Reply 70 - Posted by:
czechlist 5/25/2020 6:34:59 PM (No. 421868)
Funny thing, Chrissy, I recall that obnoxious, worthless Sam Donaldson during the Reagan admin but I don't remember you being there at all. You're a legend in your own mind.
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Reply 71 - Posted by:
Gazela 5/25/2020 8:36:50 PM (No. 421949)
I don’t think Jonah’s career is coming back. I guess he could try pulling a David Brock, but his days as a trusted conservative commentator are over.
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Reply 72 - Posted by:
JimBob 5/25/2020 10:13:28 PM (No. 421982)
It seems to me that there is a group of 'Republican' media yakkers who at heart a simply losers.
What they like best is when they are the losing party, out of power, but they have their comfy little bureaucratic niche from which the make a very nice living as they pontificate and complain, as the Left drives America into the Sewer of Communism.
This worked as long as Obama was in power, but then President Trump got elected and actually started standing up for America and fighting back against the Swamp, the comfy ride for this bunch came to a jolting stop.
Jonah, Bill Kristol, Ann Coulter and their ilk are, today, about as useful as teats on a boar.
It's too bad.... If they would 'Get with the Program' they might could do some good.
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Reply 73 - Posted by:
doctorfixit 5/26/2020 12:16:23 AM (No. 422017)
Goldberg is an insufferable vat of hatred and bigotry. He should be banned from any serious discussion of anything.
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Comments:
He fits in so well at the new FOX and responds like a trained seal to Wallace's introductory lie. Seems increasingly bitter, though.