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Tommy Carcetti

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1. I think Tapper's in it for himself. Which isn't an uncommon thing per se.

Reply to ificandream (Original post)

Fri May 23, 2025, 04:52 PM

May 23

I don't think he's a Trumpist or anything like that.

He's a journalist who wrote a book and now wants to sell it, come hell or high water.

The problem being, the notion behind his book is inherently flawed.

Joe Biden was old. Everyone knew that when we voted for him in 2020. It was a known quantity.

He talked and walked like an 80 year old person talks and walks.

That doesn't mean he was incompetent for his job. It just means he was old.

Big whoop.

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My thoughts on Jake Tapper and the efforts to "expose" Joe Biden. [View all] ificandream May 23 OP

I think Tapper's in it for himself. Which isn't an uncommon thing per se. Tommy Carcetti May 23 #1

Painful truth is there would have been no book had President Biden announced he wasn't running. Silent Type May 23 #2

Bless your idealistic heart, but there absolutely would have been. W_HAMILTON May 23 #4

What do you think it would have been about? Silent Type May 23 #6

Uhh, the exact same thing it's about now. W_HAMILTON May 23 #8

We might have had a chance to actually win, therefore no need for a book on Biden other than praise. Silent Type May 23 #9

No Rebl2 May 25 #19

Stop trying to normalize Jake the Snake Sewa May 23 #3

He's not. ificandream May 23 #5

The only thing Tapper is pushing for is his own ego and fame misanthrope May 23 #12

Which publisher told you that? ificandream May 25 #17

I called him Jake Hacker long before... lame54 May 23 #7

So did Trump. Coincidence, maybe? ificandream May 23 #10

From the descriptions of the book, where I have a problem is that it karynnj May 23 #11

Post removed Post removed May 24 #13

If anything, I think some of these discussions are more ageism than anything else ificandream May 25 #18

Yes, there is something clearly wrong with Trump, yet Tapper is writing about Biden. SunSeeker May 25 #14

Lol SocialDemocrat61 May 25 #15

Tapper is all about Tapper Patton French May 25 #16

Tapper's book sales are not doing well LetMyPeopleVote May 30 #20

But Tapper said worse than Watergate! cally May 30 #21

Tapper is a craven coward with no ethics Mysterian May 30 #22

tapper's tv ratings are also bombing LetMyPeopleVote Jun 1 #23