Now that Biden is seriously ill can Tapper STFU?

[macwriter]

And all the feckless dems who are currently stabbing him in the back?

[CTyankee]

1. tapper is an idiot. Why anybody can stand watching him, I don't know.

[McKim]

50. He Wants a Big Book Windfall!!!!

This book coming out now is not doing anything good for our country or the Democratic Party. Tapper wants royalties and TV interviews.
Also he is helping Trump with a wonderful distraction that will take more than a week to cycle out of the news echo sphere.

[flamingdem]

2. Will they finally

f*uck off!

Leave Joe and Jill alone. You know who you are pundits.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

3. Tapper's book needs to be seriously boycotted

I will not watch CNN or buy this crap book

[33taw]

47. I don't think an actual boycott is necessary. Democrats think it's nuts and Republicans rarely read.

[newdeal2]

4. Tapper will have a sad

He can't promote his scummy book anymore without looking like an ass. Maybe he will continue with the book tour anyway...

[MorbidButterflyTat]

34. He already looked like an ass to me

[malaise]

5. I never hear him but then IIt is a rare moment when I watch CNN

That is all

[vapor2]

6. I personally left feedback for CNN

AND took 2 of Tapper's book back to the bookstore without reading them

[kimbutgar]

7. Tappers book will end up in the dollar store like Sarah Palins did!

MAGAs don’t read big books with big words so the publisher and Tapper I are going to lose a lot of money!

Couldn’t happen to a better duo!

[WiVoter]

16. If people are willing to pay a dollar that is

[kimbutgar]

18. My late brother in law had the art of the deal book that when I was helping my sister clear out his stuff

The book made wonderful kindling in my fireplace one night!

In my senior move job of if we find a right wing book we throw them away to recycling and never donate them!

[senseandsensibility]

8. There is no way Tapper will back off

In fact, it is more likely that he will find a way to make himself the victim if anyone criticizes him.

[Vinca]

9. Apparently not. I happened to have CNN on when it broke and they couldn't just give the facts

of the announcement and maybe offer condolences, they had to go to "and in recent days he's been the subject of . . . " yada, yada, yada. I was so mad I was yelling at the television.

[Boomerproud]

22. I turned the channel when the anchor said something cynical about the timing

of the announcement. Cruel.

[yorkster]

10. Cancel the book tour. The damn book has

been unceasingly promoted for weeks.
No need for a tour. Many are already disgusted with Tapper and everyone else who's been pushing this book.

Hopefully the cheap shots from our side will cease.

[hlthe2b]

11. That "Crisis PR" person he hired is certainly not going to be enough...

Tapper needs to disappear for a year or two at least, IMHO>

[RockRaven]

12. There will be gross self-righteous "See? I told you so" behaviors.

[crimycarny]

31. Yep--already seeing those comments from Dems who kept bashing Biden for running in 2024

Was Biden old? Yes. So is Trump! Odds of getting cancer go up as you get older, we all get that, but people get cancer at all ages.

I can't stand the self-righteous "I told you so"' comments. If that is someone's first thought as how to react to Biden's cancer diagnosis, to pat themselves on the back, they can go to h*ll.

(NOTE: I'm not referring to DU when I'm talking about "I told you so" comments. I've seen some on bsky. I immediately blocked)

[Prairie Gates]

13. Tapper is a trashbag

He will double down.

[Oopsie Daisy]

14. --- "and all the feckless Dems" ... yes, thank you. Well put.

I'm sick of the treacherous betrayals, and back-stabbings.

Sending love and healing thoughts to Joe... and comfort, strength, and courage to his family.

He does NOT deserve this!!

[Quiet Em]

15. I am so very angry at what Tapper and the other jerk from Axios are doing to President Biden.

They are pathetic liars maliciously attacking him so they can make a buck.

President Biden is a wonderful man and one of the most acccomplished Presidents. He doesn't deserve any of that. Tapper can eff all the way off.

[Meowmee]

17. I doubt Tapper will, he is trying to sell his book etc.

Hopefully the others will... they will probably use this terrible turn of events against B imo maybe... I usually think the worst so, hopefully not.

What gets to me most maybe is they all(media etc.) helped psycho to get elected twice and helped him to run 3 times now and are still remaining silent that he is a dangerous psychopath etc.

[chowmama]

19. Not until the profits stop. nt

[StarryNite]

20. Those assholes are probably celebrating.

[Clouds Passing]

21. How about can tapper tap his way back to hell where he slithered out from?

[relayerbob]

23. To any Dem candidates out there reading this ....

Who have chosen to jump on the shit-on-Biden bandwagon in the last days, weeks or months, this is your notice. You've treated me (and many others) as ATM machines while furthering your own agendas, so from now on, go fund yourselves.

Joe Biden was the President we needed, and no matter what else, demonstrated exactly how a President should comport themselves.

[Granny Blue]

24. Not just Tapper,

Beto got a few licks in today and I haven’t been able to watch the late night comedians since they started beating him like a rented mule to drive him out of the campaign last year. He was the best president we had in many a long year. I come from a family of Irish Catholic immigrant union organizers, and I recognize the culture in his unceasing efforts to help alleviate suffering and exemplify the best of the Catholic Social Justice movement. I wept when he was hounded out of the race. I would have campaigned for him and voted for him again.

[Granny Blue]

25. And another thing,

I haven’t set foot in a church since I turned 16. Religion really has nothing to do with it, it’s the expression of brotherhood, human kindness, I saw in the man. Everyone is capable of that, but few are willing to act on it.

[PatSeg]

27. Same here

I've given up on all late night television probably forever. What I saw them do to Biden was appalling. The endless ageism jokes were horrible and certainly never funny. Meanwhile, they only fed the right-wing propaganda machine. I suppose I can forgive, but I certainly will never forget.

I didn't know about Beto, but I suppose I'm not terribly surprised.

[MustLoveBeagles]

40. Very disappointed in Beto

During the 2020 primaries I was one of the few Beto supporters. Thought ught he was treated very unfairly. Maybe people saw something in him I missed. Never imagined he could kick someone when they were down. Deeply disappointed.

[PatSeg]

42. Though Beto was better than any republican,

I have to say I wasn't a huge fan. I found him rather exhausting, but I figured he would mellow over time. I never expected this.

Politics certainly isn't for the faint of heart. I know I could never survive the cruelty and disloyalty. I am amazed that such a good and decent man like Joe Biden lasted for 50 years.

[Paladin]

32. Well said, Granny Blue.

On his very worst day, Biden was ten times better a president than trump will ever dream of being. The brain-dead Biden critics have a whole lot to answer for.

[Tribetime]

39. Beto's career is over....he spoke out at the worst time

Why attack President Biden in the first place...8 months after the Election...what a joke

[Joinfortmill]

46. My question to Beto. What have you done lately?

[agingdem]

26. If I was Tapper and I authored a nasty little screed about Joe Biden

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I would be praying the earth swallow me up...

[PatSeg]

28. Maybe he should consider a career change

I read Bob Woodward's book War and I didn't encounter anything in that book like what Tapper claims.

[agingdem]

37. whatever credibility Tapper has left

is swirling the proverbial toilet..he may fancy himself a journalist but he is nothing more than a bitter little man teetering on the edge of retirement with a personal ax to grind...

[PatSeg]

41. The sooner he retires the better

Anyone with half a brain can see what a crisis we are all facing and he takes the time to write hit piece on Joe Biden. I really thought he was more reasonable than that, but I never watch CNN, so I can't be sure. I am pleased, however, to see the backlash he's gotten for that book.

[HereForTheParty]

29. Short answer is "no"

nm

[BidenRocks]

30. I stand by my name!

Best wishes Mr. President,
Ya done good!

[Doodley]

35. Why is he even allowed to remain on CNN if he promotes R/W conspiracy theories.

[Bettie]

38. Because CNN is an arm of the Republican party

these days.

[tavernier]

36. Oh no, he has a fictional book to sell.

He might even make up some more bullshit for the second printing.

[yorkster]

43. Even the BBC was joining in. One reporter

couldn't refrain from mentioning the timing,
perception of "cognitive problems", etc.
Switched to something else.
Disgusting.

[MustLoveBeagles]

53. That is surprising

I expected better from them.

[yorkster]

54. At times I hear more conservative voices

from them than I expected. BBC World News is what I get with my "limited" 15 channel subscription.

[valleyrogue]

44. Jake the Jerk always was an insufferable ass.

It goes way back to the days when he wrote stupid pieces for Salon.

He is a typical spoiled brat private school/Ivy League dipshit. In his Wiki bio, he was said to have been a spokesman for Hooters early in his career.

That tells me all I need to know about him.

[Joinfortmill]

45. We can hope, but I doubt it. Tapper sucks!

[LuvLoogie]

48. But Tapper HAD to prop up trump.

He was trying to save the country from Joe.

The media does not want to answer for their trump licking ways of the past 10 years.

Rather than having to admit they normalized a racist criminal traitor and his fascist crew, they scape goat Joe and his supporters.

Fuck tapper and all the rest.

[ShazzieB]

49. Unfortunately, Tapper's book is coming out tomorrow, so there will be publicity about it for a while yet.

I'm afraid the best we can hope for is that the health news will put a little bit of a damper on the media's feverish enthusiasm for the book. But even if that doesn't happen, it will be old news before long. For now, we'll just have to hang on tight and try not to let it get us down.

[Tranquil72]

51. I think Jake is pissed at Biden's illness

For taking the spotlight from his book release. It’s just not fair.

[twodogsbarking]

52. I think Joe's medical condition is his business. I wish him nothing but the best.

There are those who wish him harm. He is retired so eff off.

[NNadir]

55. Being an asshole, probably not.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

56. Naomi Biden just SLAMMED Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson's book about Joe Biden. Really well written.

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