Media/Journalism Cringe Megathread - Hot off the Presses

[LordSunhawk]

He wasn't popular at all, he only got in because at the time there was a strong tradition of the runner up in the last primary season getting the nod the next time up. Dole/Kemp was the most boring and uninspired ticket ever... and I worked for the man on the campaign. In the primaries I was a supporter of Steve Forbes, who was kind of a kinder gentler Trump LOL.

 

[The Whispering Monk]

Dole was an empty suit to run in opposition to a popular President. That's how he got the nod.

 

[Rocinante]

Didn't Ross Perot siphon off a bunch of would be republican votes as well?

 

[The Whispering Monk]

Pretty sure

Didn't Ross Perot siphon off a bunch of would be republican votes as well?

No, that was in the '92 election with Bush Sr. vs Clinton where he did that.

 

[Bear Ribs]

The 1996 election had the lowest voter turnout since 1924, and Bob Dole still lost hugely. Nobody liked Dole enough to bother getting out of bed.

 

[bintananth]

Pretty sure

No, that was in the '92 election with Bush Sr. vs Clinton where he did that.

Perot was also a better candidate than Bush Sr. was if my teenage memories are right.

 

[Rocinante]

Pretty sure

No, that was in the '92 election with Bush Sr. vs Clinton where he did that.

Oh okay thanks. I was six at the time so it's fuzzy

 

[The Whispering Monk]

Oh okay thanks. I was six at the time so it's fuzzy

and NOW I feel old.

 

[Zachowon]

As one of thr youngest members here.

My first presidential election I could vote in was 2020.
I grew up in the south and went to public school.
Majority if those I went to school with and most of the generation of kine I have talked to.
Are more independent

 

[S'task]

Mike Pence? I know people who voted for Trump just to get rid of Pence. He calls his wife "Mother", and that's not cool.

Uhh? That's pretty normal in married life once you have children? I call my wife "Mom" all the time in front of our kids, someone who's more formal and tends to not use the diminutives "Mom" or "Mommy" wouldn't surprise me to see them call their wife "mother"... My parents did the same thing, calling each other "Mom" and "Dad" to each other all the time.

 

[Zachowon]

Yeah I have heard mothers and fathers call each other variations of that to each other when in front of the kids or just because it was on the top of thier mind

 

[bintananth]

Yeah I have heard mothers and fathers call each other variations of that to each other when in front of the kids or just because it was on the top of thier mind

I do it with my teenage daughters and only when specfically referring their mother. These days it's usually along the lines of "Go talk to mom" because Princess has probably already said "no" and I ain't overriding Princess because if she ain't happy, no one is happy.

If I ever call out for "mother" when referring to my wife the way Pence does ... please shoot me and I'll be more than happy to provide you with the gun and the bullet.

 

[Typhonis]

Who gives a care what that RINO says?

 

[Urabrask Revealed]

Who gives a care what that RINO says?

It's not what they say, it's what they do.

 

[Bacle]

Wow...

 

[PsihoKekec]

There has been talk of him stepping down for something like half a year. His replacement will most likely be just as woke and pro-pedophilia.

 

[Cherico]

Wow...

 

[Husky_Khan]

In case you Millenials weren't aware, the New York Times would like to remind you this is the first time you've experienced such instability in the financial markets.

 

[Urabrask Revealed]

In case you Millenials weren't aware, the New York Times would like to remind you this is the first time you've experienced such instability in the financial markets.

It's like they are trying to race to bankruptcy as fast as possible.

 

[Sobek]

Inflation makes saving money hard. It makes buying and owning things hard.

Quite useful if you want to push a "you will own nothing and be happy" system