posted by gut

My guess is she was fired not for this nothingburger but for expressing or taking a political position that the station does not approve of.

The issue is she said something damaging about a Democrat.  Turn in your black card and, well, it's an all-black radio station...

Even at that, it's just her opinion. I get that she had a big audience, but her opinion maybe persuaded something like five people, maybe. Still a nothingburger imo. Her boss could have just told her to keep her political opinions to herself from now on.

posted by CenterBHSFan

So a woman who DJs for an all black radio station (WURD) was fired after a CNN interview. Apparently the Biden administration sent her 8 pre-approved questions and when it was her turn to have air time with the president, she asked the 4 questions she had picked from the list sent to her. Later, she went on CNN and said that the questions were sent in advance. 

Well, she no longer works at that station.

I don't see why this is a fireable offense. Isn't that a common practice?  I think it is and isn't some sort of secretive ancient technique lol!

My guess would be that the station powers-that-be support Biden and looked at this as a step on his road to performance recovery after the debate debacle. So having your employee tell everyone that it was him answering pre-planned questions kind of takes away from their "it was one night/he had a cold and he's actually still sharp as a tack" plans for promoting the interview.

Kind of one of those things where people (at least some of them; lot of dummies out there) might know how things work, but you still don't pull back the curtain and remove all the plausible deniability from the situation.

So I got into a FB discussion with an old friend (20+ years) who was continuing with her ongoing complaints about the Roe v Wade SCOTUS decision and saying it was all Trump's fault. 

So I replied to her with this:

And now she's got me blocked.

Unfriended!!! lol

"big boy conference"

posted by CenterBHSFan

So I got into a FB discussion with an old friend (20+ years) who was continuing with her ongoing complaints about the Roe v Wade SCOTUS decision and saying it was all Trump's fault. 

So I replied to her with this:

And now she's got me blocked.

Unfriended!!! lol

That is a very interesting way to look at it. lol 

posted by geeblock

That is a very interesting way to look at it. lol 

How do you see it?

And by the way, that old friend of mine isn't a bad person. Not at all. In fact, I'd be very adept at pretending she didn't do that. But Project 2025 is her fear porn. 

posted by CenterBHSFan

And by the way, that old friend of mine isn't a bad person. Not at all. In fact, I'd be very adept at pretending she didn't do that. But Project 2025 is her fear porn. 

Facebook is a great forum for old friends to get together and express strong political opinions.  It always ends with minds changed and people parting as closer friends than they already were.

Indeed! lol

posted by CenterBHSFan

But Project 2025 is her fear porn. 

The new boogeyman.

posted by geeblock

That is a very interesting way to look at it. lol 

What was said that wasn’t factual information? Were there a number of times that the Ds had power in Congress and POTUS and could have made abortion a federal law?

They said many times they were going to do it….

I didnt say it wasn't factual. If her argument was if it was "ALL" trumps fault i guess that would be a fair viewpoint.  But it's like blaming the homeowner for a break in because they left the sliding glass door open and not the burglar, if that makes sense.   Trump has went many multiple times  on TV and taken credit for getting rid of Roe Vs. Wade so its seems like just a way to blame everything on the dems.  

Things can be factual but also rarely the right answer to a topic i.e. "Democrats are the Party of Slavery"  for example.  Its not something i want to argue about, i just think you could ask 100 people who got rid of Roe Vs Wade and you wouldn't get 2 answers who say the democrats.   

posted by geeblock

I didnt say it wasn't factual. If her argument was if it was "ALL" trumps fault i guess that would be a fair viewpoint.  But it's like blaming the homeowner for a break in because they left the sliding glass door open and not the burglar, if that makes sense.   Trump has went many multiple times  on TV and taken credit for getting rid of Roe Vs. Wade so its seems like just a way to blame everything on the dems.  

Yes, he absolutely did, no doubt about it. And now he is playing a carefully crafted moderate role about it, basically saying safe, legal and rare. Your correct.

BUT

He only gets to do that now because Dems fucked around on it. 

Personally, I always just assumed it was a settled issue and nothing would ever change with it. I think it should be safe legal and rare. But now that SCOTUS has kicked it back to the states I'm okay with it. Activist types now have something to do. 

posted by iclfan2

The new boogeyman.

It’s The Great Replacement Theory Part II

posted by Dr Winston O'Boogie

It’s The Great Replacement Theory Part II

How so?

posted by CenterBHSFan

How so?

As in an election cycle boogeyman.  

If I were KJP I'd step down right now, write my book and then go on my book selling speaking tour. She'd be making much more money and a lot less stress. 

I don't know how anybody would want that position, regardless of political affiliations. Just the worst!

posted by CenterBHSFan

If I were KJP I'd step down right now, write my book and then go on my book selling speaking tour. She'd be making much more money and a lot less stress. 

I don't know how anybody would want that position, regardless of political affiliations. Just the worst!

It isn’t like she’s the sharpest knife in the drawer. 

lol did Biden really introduce Zelensky as Putin?

This media turn is one of the craziest things I’ve seen. They tried so hard to pretend it wasn’t happening and then after one bad debate they all start spiraling. More people are coming out who were at the Juneteenth thing and saying he was clearly off there as well (as well as other events). You really can’t hate the media enough.

posted by iclfan2

It isn’t like she’s the sharpest knife in the drawer. 

lol did Biden really introduce Zelensky as Putin?

This media turn is one of the craziest things I’ve seen. They tried so hard to pretend it wasn’t happening and then after one bad debate they all start spiraling. More people are coming out who were at the Juneteenth thing and saying he was clearly off there as well (as well as other events). You really can’t hate the media enough.

It's all performative, too, CNN being the worst actors. Well, the Oscar would go to Joe Scarborough who in two months:

- F you if you can't handle the truth. This Joe Biden is the best there ever was!

- It's time for Biden to consider his age and ability and think about if he can make it another 4 years.

- I fully support Joe Biden to save our democracy, fuck yeah!

Good god, just shut it down already. 

He reminds me of talking to my 78yo father in law. Coincidentally we visited him in the hospital last month and he repeatedly called our daughter by my wife’s name despite us correcting him every time. Maybe he can run for president, too. 

We collectively pinched our noses and voted for one of these clowns four years ago thinking surely it’ll be better/different in 2024 and instead ended up right back here again. 

Can’t believe there’s no one younger and/or less weird to be leader of the country.

posted by friendfromlowry

We collectively pinched our noses and voted for one of these clowns four years ago thinking surely it’ll be better/different in 2024 and instead ended up right back here again. 

Can’t believe there’s no one younger and/or less weird to be leader of the country.

Well, Biden was supposed to be "transitional", but hard to let go of the power I guess.

Irony is we've had to tolerate 4 years of Biden, and we're probably STILL going to end up with another 4 years of Trump, anyway, which means it was all for nothing.

posted by CenterBHSFan

It's all performative, too, CNN being the worst actors. Well, the Oscar would go to Joe Scarborough who in two months:

Funny watching them all try to pat themselves on the back for "holding our leaders accountable".  Bullshit, they were gaslighting us right up until the debate.  It's only when it became clear Biden will most likely lose the election that they started discussing the obvious.

LOL, and in other news that same media is trying to distract us with the "2025 Project" or whatever the heck you call it.  Funny how all this stuff is supposed to be "mainstream", but if not for the liberal media I wouldn't know it because I haven't seen anything on Fox or WSJ.

Then there someone apparently just started making shit up about Trump and Epstein, except the court records were just released and there's no a single mention of Trump.

Also, I saw 3 lead prosecutors in the Russia Collusion investigation, along with Fusion GPS (the manufacturers of The Dossier) have a book coming out.  Pretty impressive to score a book deal for blatant lies and propaganda.  But I suppose no different than Trump hocking bibles and sneakers to suckers.

posted by iclfan2

It isn’t like she’s the sharpest knife in the drawer. 

lol did Biden really introduce Zelensky as Putin?

This media turn is one of the craziest things I’ve seen. They tried so hard to pretend it wasn’t happening and then after one bad debate they all start spiraling. More people are coming out who were at the Juneteenth thing and saying he was clearly off there as well (as well as other events). You really can’t hate the media enough.

Just wait another 2-3 weeks when they do another 180 after accepting that Biden won’t step down.  By August we should hear about how fit Biden is to be president.