Taking the day off
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@Klaus said in Taking the day off:
Where does this strange phrase "call a lid" suddenly come from?
It's not sudden, it's been part of White House journo speak since the start of the press corps.
It means that after the lid's called, the White House has no intention of releasing any kind of policy updates or other bullshit, so the journalists covering the White House can get to work on whatever stories they have without worrying about something more important being released later, to the extent possible.
It's good for the journalists because it allows them to plan better, and it's good for the White House because it's a way of controlling the news cycle on their end. So overall, it's very bad for journalism and it's another reason why the White House is actually a shit beat. You're either a glorified stenographer or a gossip columnist.
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@Aqua-Letifer said in Taking the day off:
@Klaus said in Taking the day off:
Where does this strange phrase "call a lid" suddenly come from?
It's not sudden, it's been part of White House journo speak since the start of the press corps.
It means that after the lid's called, the White House has no intention of releasing any kind of policy updates or other bullshit, so the journalists covering the White House can get to work on whatever stories they have without worrying about something more important being released later, to the extent possible.
It's good for the journalists because it allows them to plan better, and it's good for the White House because it's a way of controlling the news cycle on their end. So overall, it's very bad for journalism and it's another reason why the White House is actually a shit beat. You're either a glorified stenographer or a gossip columnist.
So, in simple terms, once the lid's been called there's no chance they'll need to drop the dead donkey.
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@Doctor-Phibes said in Taking the day off:
So, in simple terms, once the lid's been called there's no chance they'll need to drop the dead donkey.
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@Loki said in Taking the day off:
There is a nontrivial chance Biden wouldn’t make four years
Do you think that there is the same chance for President Trump? Both are in the 70+ years old. Neither seem to live a really healthy lifestyle (but I really dont know for sure).
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@taiwan_girl said in Taking the day off:
@Loki said in Taking the day off:
There is a nontrivial chance Biden wouldn’t make four years
Do you think that there is the same chance for President Trump? Both are in the 70+ years old. Neither seem to live a really healthy lifestyle (but I really dont know for sure).
It just goes to show the dreadful toll that the Presidency takes on a man. When elected, Donald Trump was the healthiest person to ever be US President, now, a mere four years later he's a fat old bloke.
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@Klaus said in Taking the day off:
Does this Hunter Biden thing get any real traction beyond those who would vote for Trump anyway?
If your big issue is “what if the kids make money off of Daddy’s presidency” you’d really have to vote third party.
DON’T let them eat cake.
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@jon-nyc said in Taking the day off:
If your big issue is “what if the kids make money off of Daddy’s presidency” you’d really have to vote third party.
Yeah, that's true.
OTOH, if your kids making money by diverting money to "The Big Guy" that's something different.
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@jon-nyc said in Taking the day off:
c). Running out the clock.
There’s no reason anyone but Donald Trump should be campaigning for Biden right now.
Any reasonable excuse to run out the clock should be taken.
“There’s a debate Thursday” is one such reasonable excuse.
Jon, you and I have the same thinking.
If you are on a sports team, and the other team keeps kicking the ball into their own goal, you will probably stand back and not do anything. Would not make sense to play otherwise. The fans may be mad, but team is just looking for the end result.
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@Klaus said in Taking the day off:
Does this Hunter Biden thing get any real traction beyond those who would vote for Trump anyway?
The only place I've seen anybody give a shit about it is here.
Obviously, I tend not to hang out in the kind of places where people get overexcited about this type of thing, so I'm probably missing a huge outpouring of something or other.
