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misanthrope

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12. The only thing Tapper is pushing for is his own ego and fame

Reply to Sewa (Reply #3)

Fri May 23, 2025, 11:56 PM

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I've seen other journalists get infected with the same thing at various levels. I had a newspaper publisher/journalist tell me once their longterm goal was to have "powerful people be afraid of me when I walk in the room." They want the same power politicians crave but without the vulnerability of being voted out of office.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

No Rebl2 Sunday #19

Stop trying to normalize Jake the Snake Sewa Friday #3

He's not. ificandream Friday #5

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

Which publisher told you that? ificandream Sunday #17

I called him Jake Hacker long before... lame54 Friday #7

So did Trump. Coincidence, maybe? ificandream Friday #10

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

Post removed Post removed Saturday #13

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

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

Lol SocialDemocrat61 Sunday #15

Tapper is all about Tapper Patton French Sunday #16