The Biden campaign learned nothing from the debate about coverups. This is not confidence inspiring.
CBS News reports Biden campaign provided a list of approved questions for 2 radio interviews
President Biden’s campaign provided lists of approved questions to two radio hosts who did the first interviews with him after his faltering debate performance, both hosts said on Saturday.
Mr. Biden’s Thursday appearances on Black radio shows in the critical states of Wisconsin and Pennsylvania were his first chances to show he could answer questions and discuss his record after a debate in which the 81-year-old repeatedly struggled to complete sentences and press his case against former President Donald Trump.
Radio host Earl Ingram said Saturday that Mr. Biden’s aides reached out to him directly for his interview that aired Thursday and sent him a list of four questions in advance, about which there was no negotiation.
“They gave me the exact questions to ask,” Ingram, whose “The Earl Ingram Show” is broadcast statewide across 20 Wisconsin outlets, told The Associated Press. “There was no back and forth.“
Appearing with Ingram earlier on CNN, Andrea Lawful-Sanders — host of “The Source” on WURD in Philadelphia — said that she had received a list of eight questions, from which she approved four.
When asked about the set list of questions, Ingram — who has been in radio for 15 years and said he doesn’t consider himself a journalist — said that the notion of receiving a set list of questions for a guest gave him pause, but also presented a perhaps once-in-a-career opportunity.
“I probably would never have accepted, it but this was an opportunity to talk to the president of the United States,” he said.
Policy Change
The New York Times has a similar take minus the quote “They gave me the exact questions to ask,” adding an official denial but also an ambiguous statement that one can take either way (third paragraph below).
Lauren Hitt, a spokeswoman for the Biden campaign, said it was actually campaign aides, not White House officials, who had sent the list of questions. She said it is “not uncommon” for the campaign to share preferred topics, but added that campaign officials “do not condition interviews on acceptance of these questions” by the interviewer.
“Hosts are always free to ask the questions they think will best inform their listeners,” she said.
Later on Saturday, a person familiar with the campaign’s booking operation, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss internal matters, said that policy had changed, and that while interview hosts have always been free to ask whatever questions they please, the campaign would no longer offer suggested questions to hosts.
That appears to be a denial but is purposely ambiguous. Judging from CBS, the correct interpretation appears to mean the the list of questions is anything but a suggestion.
An alternative interpretation is “Mercy, we have been found out, and the new policy is don’t risk it.”
No matter which of those is correct. It doesn’t look good.
How Long Has This Been Going On?
If Harris Replaces Biden, She Will Deal With This
When the pack of lies starts unraveling, it is damn hard to contain them. Strike that. It’s impossible to contain them.
Who’s the Bigger Liar?
Democrats want you to believe they are the party of integrity while the press covered up everything about Hillary, Hunter, and Joe.
However, many of Trump’s lies are so preposterous no one in either party ever believed them. “Mexico will pay for the wall,” is a great example. “We will balance the budget with tariffs,” is another.
It would behoove Trump to not make such ridiculous statements but most are understood lies from the beginning.
For Democrats, the curtain has finally been pulled back. Biden and the press are unexpectedly caught in the same booth with their panties down.
That’s what voters are angry about. And it’s why Biden will pay a bigger price for his lies than Trump.
“It’s a Biden Question”
In case you missed it, please see “It’s a Biden Question” a Musical Tribute to the Stephanopoulos Interview
Was that a cream puff interview between George Stephanopoulos and President Biden? How did Biden do? What is the goal of the press now?
I address the question: Why Is the Press No Longer Covering Up for Biden?
biden will lose this election, period.
it’s over.
cover-up + lies + delusion = how dems cope… it’s their M.O. – expect nothing else.
French election results in an hour but the TV while not saying anything are implying that the Le Pen’s party did not get the majority and probably much less. If so then Maron’s gamble paid off.
Absolutely the worst result for Macron.
His party decimated and will attempt a coalition with the far left.
Perfect result for Le Pen to not win outright.
No one should want to be in charge when EU budget rules get invoked.
nailed it.
No he didn’t.
Not the best but he and his allied parties still retain more seats than the Left bloc or the Right one, which was his aim. Le Pen’s party clearly has a glass ceiling and is nowhere near what they had hoped. The Left is a weak coalition of the France Insoumise, a party that is antifa-like in word and deed and the Socialists who are not. The first strongly backs Hamas. The second is strongly pro-Israel and harbors most of the Jewish population. Even just before there was friction. Now those frictions will be easily exploited by Macron especially when he chooses a new government. In the meantime, if he wants, he can call new elections in one year and reshuffle the cards again.
French politics are very complicated seen from outside.
Bullseye
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Remember, Trump is a Real Estate salesman primarily. He is the brand not the product. He is semi-skilled in puffery but does confuse facts (historical info) with opinions (future looking projections).
Mexico paying for the wall was aspirational.
Not sure if that makes a good president … better at this point than a brain-addled one.
Legal Definition:
https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/puffery
Thanks for that description.
The entire Biden presidency has been a lie.
Including the 2020 election.
It’s the political end of the line for Biden. Nothing more to say. Either he is “exited” or he loses. At the convention there is virtually no way to remove both Biden and Harris from the ticket and replace them with two others that probably won’t be liked either. The Democrat leadership knowingly gave us a senile President and used him as a figurehead. It’s a nightmare of their own making and I hope they bitterly regret it every day for the next decade.
Agree – however, if B-H win, we all regret it. It’s not the Dem’s anymore, it’s the progressives/globalists that know best.
maybe Robert Dinero Shows-up. People seem to like him
The outrage never ends. Who is making the decisions
“Who is making the decisions”
Idiots. Of course.
Who else would it be? It’s America. After 50 years post complete flushing of every possible brain down the drain. There’s not a literate soul left anywhere, in any corner of any part of the “ruling” class. Idiots have all the wealth. Hence all the influence. And that’s idiots in the literal, formal sense. Not just figure-of-speech.
In the circles in which he is running, Biden is indeed top dog. The best around. The winner. The most “successful” of them all; as per the metric popular among the Fed enriched; hence empowered; retard classes currently handed the reigns of the country by was of completely unchecked debasement theft. First, there’s Biden. Then, the rest of then apes in DC, on “Wall Street” and in boardrooms and C-suites follow in declining order of intellectual ability.
It’s not just by accident that a bunch of commies are currently beating us at least 3 to 1; and increasing at an accelerating rate. And at absolutely every single darned thing; from industry to wealth to technology to science to basic freedoms.
None of which is due to communism being some form of great. But instead due to the brain-dead, useless rabble being handed the reigns to all of the US, being so singularly devoid of any competence at anything whatsoever, that even commies can’t help but just casually leave the morons in their wake without even trying.
Absolutely shameful and insane. These are very sick people and we can’t get them out of power fast enough.
Just so that we can get someone else in there, who will make no discernible changes whatsoever…
With the virtually GUARANTEED outcome that 4 years from now, debt will be even higher. The dollar further debased, hence Americans yet poorer and more enslaved. Even more of Americans’ ever declining wealth will be stolen from them in order to fund retards playing “statesman” by building the only thing American “industry” is still capable of building competitively: Bomb craters in pointless, faraway locations around the world. Americans will be less healthy, less wealthy, and less free. While being more homeless, more carless, more helpless and more (if even possible…) clueless. As well as having fallen even more generations behind a bunch of communists, at absolutely every darned possible thing. Without ANY exception. At all.
Not saying getting the Biden gang out is not good thing. It’s getting the other, in-no-way-at-all-different gang IN, which is the problem.
Oh, my, so they intend to stay in power and not put the country and our Citizens first?
What a revelation!
What is the definition of insanity?
Giving Biden the questions(and answers) and STILL expecting him to nail it.
The definition of insanity is for the ELECTORATE TO CHEER ON the old Feeble Corrupt prick.
His whole presidency is scripted. His handlers are scripted. The press is scripted. His resignation will be scripted. His presidency is nothing but a scripted sham.
Biden is a liar, so is Trump! A lot of commenters here seem to be making “excuses” for Trumps lies though!
Jim, pile on now, as I do: the definition of what it takes to be a Career Politician:
You must be adept at: LYING, CHEATING, STEALING, not KEEPING PROMISES and I am running out of other conditions.
It wasn’t that long ago that we had 40 something year-old presidents.
But, this tendency is still quite a bit younger than the old, senile, corrupt Prick who is in there now. I simply detest the Guy and STILL I cannot bring myself to identify with either party, since they are totally in Cahoots with anything that I truly care about as a Citizen.
“Mexico will pay for the wall,” is a great example. “We will balance the budget with tariffs,” is another.
I mean, those aren’t lies but promises. That they were unlikely to be kept doesn’t make them “lies” as such. Most of Trumps actual lies are a result of him winging it every time he opens his mouth. It’s careless, but it’s not the same thing as a coordinated team-led effort to deceive.
Lets just build the damn wall and deport them all instead of quibbling over Trump’s words.
I dunno: I promised my wife to be ONLY HERS and to have then had an affair makes me a liar.
“ It’s careless, but it’s not the same thing as a coordinated team-led effort to deceive.”
perfect description. I also like the link above to puffery.
Trump needs his mike muted more often…. who’s going to tell him?
Who is the biggest liar, it is simple, Ask Perplexity. AI
Which president of US has told more lies than any other in history.
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Based on the available evidence, Donald Trump appears to have told more lies than any other U.S. president in history.Key points supporting this conclusion:
It’s important to note that while quantifying lies across presidencies is challenging due to differing media environments and scrutiny levels, the sheer volume and persistence of Trump’s false claims set him apart in the historical record of presidential dishonesty.
I don’t doubt this. But how many of those are outright laughable?
Biden’s deception and coverups are arguably far more damaging.
Trump is an understood liar. Biden has been unmasked and the media along with him.
Biden coverups more damaging?
If we go back to Jan. 2020 when this site and a few more were aware of the upcoming pandemic. (the Trump administration was well aware of what was going on even before this) Trump only cared about his reelection and instead of informing the public. About 1.1 million lives were lost in the US, could more lives been saved with the truth? Look I do not care for the choices we have president, this is the best we can come up with.
I saw an internet ad today for the Washington Post. It referred to “independent journalism.” The WP is not independent journalism. How many official narratives has the Washington Post parroted?
Dave Chappelle said it nicely, Trump is an honest liar.
“Mexico will pay for the wall,” is a great example. “We will balance the budget with tariffs,” is another.
Id put those in the category of a salesman’s wishful thinking. Thats quite differrent than saying “Putins invasion of Ukraine was unprovoked.”
Indeed.
Mexico put a division of it’s army on the border to contain the dramatic surge in illegals making their way to the border in high profile processions. That was worth more in effect and cost than any direct financial contributions. Instead of a few million, Trump got the Mexican Army assisting on the border instead. Either way, Mexico is paying for the security at the wall. The only people who are really concerned about the difference in accounting are people who are opposed to increased border security.
The economic theory is that money from the tariffs and the extra tax revenue from the consequent expanded domestic economy will dramatically impact the budget. It is not ridiculous but likely not as dramatic as the theory suggests. For one thing it assumes a theory related perfect world, where taxes are not raised on investment out of general principles despite other revenues flowing in. It assumes that policies will support import substitution and low energy prices much like Russia does now.
No one goes to a rally to hear a lecture on economics. Nor do they expect to see charts showing charts complete with an x axis and a y axis. At a political rally they want and expect to hear broad outlines of policies that they think will help them in life. They don’t want to hear about the velocity of money or subordinated debentures. There are plenty of surrogates who will happily go into detail for those that are interested.
Trump doesn’t speak the Standard American Politician dialect of English. Plans are always “comprehensive”. “Blue ribbon panels” are used to shuffle an issue off to die. All questions are “important”. Etc. Most of us expect national level politicians to speak this dialect.
Many people want politicians to speak this SAP dialect.
Some people need them to speak it.
Trump runs as an outsider. And so… The only time I’ve heard him speak SAP is his acceptance speech in ’16.
What’s kind of cute is that people who need SAP seem unable to hear Trump joking! It’s weird. But if you watch Reagan, you’ll notice when he told a joke he had a big grin. He let everyone know he was joking. Trump should probably do this. Deadpan just doesn’t cut it with a lot of people.
A good bet Biden’s answers were prerecorded, cut, and spliced after many takes.
Highly doubt it. Very highly.
Whoever spliced it would know. The risk alone that someone would tell is strong enough to stop it from happening. But I agree it should have been live.
I don’t think the people that have been happily running interference for Biden these 4 years would be all that concerned about such risk – the are likely still fully convinced of their ability to manipulate perception despite a few ‘hiccups’ like Biden’s debate failures.
The media has been covering for Biden for years so I don’t put ANYTHING past them. Also, Jill is the only one in control right now. She decides what Joe does or doesn’t do.