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NanceGreggs

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4. No matter what they get ...
Fri Dec 8, 2017, 04:47 PM
Dec 2017

... it doesn't change the fact that people who are literally paid to defend Trump in the media can't even fake doing it anymore.

The new poll numbers, with Trump at a 32% approval rating, was where they really lost it. In the past, they'd launch into, "Well, ya know, these numbers always fluctuate. They'll be back up by this time next week," etc.

But every question about those numbers were immediately met with, "But what about that time that Bill Clinton said ...," or, "Why did Obama once claim ..."

It's obvious they're running out of even "fake answers", and can't be bothered to fire-up the ol' propaganda catapult anymore.

Can't blame them. Imagine how exhausting it's been trying to come up with excuses for Trump every single day for almost a year. Even when Dubya was in office, the RWers kept up the facade for eight years. Trump's not even one year into it, and they're already burned out.

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