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Is tweeting acceptable for a sitting President?

Is tweeting acceptable for a sitting President?

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AlbqOwl said:
His so-called 'sound bites' are not the least bit vague to me. They are only vague to snowflakes and/or other flaky or dishonest types who want to make anything he says into something they can presumably legitimately attack. And in the process they make themselves increasingly dishonest.
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:lol: I'm sure they're not.

Please then, tell us, in exacting and precise detail, what he meant here...
"...considering how eerily Trump’s keep-’em-guessing approach to war planning resembles a teaser for sweeps week: “Maybe it’s the calm before the storm.” What storm, Mr. President? “You’ll find out.”

Corker?s Alarm About Trump Is Spot-on ? and Overdue
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The parts in red.
 
radcen said:
:lol: I'm sure they're not.

Please then, tell us, in exacting and precise detail, what he meant here...

The parts in red.
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He didn't intend to say anything specific there. That is the way many of us communicate and one thing people who care actually like about the President. He talks and communicates like a real person does that instead of as a professional partisan poll tested scripted politician who says it properly and what some want to hear instead of what he actually thinks and means. And he is a master at keeping people's attention on things that matter by teasing them with lines like that. The left goes ballistic and pitches silly hissy fits over it which makes them look petty and mean spirited and the media goes nuts trying to put some meaning on it that almost never turns out to be accurate.

He's smarter than the whole lot and they haven't figured out yet how much they have been played. Meanwhile people who don't hate his guts and who do like his goals and objectives and support much of his agenda and want it to succeed are loving it.
 
radcen said:
Is tweeting acceptable for a sitting President? Or, even a good idea.

For the purposes of this thread, completely ignore specific content of the tweets. It is a new form of communication, and is it appropriate for a President to do it?

ETA: I will add that a person's answer should be the same regardless who the current President is, and should be the same when the WH switched parties.
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I'd say yes and no. Yes in that it allows a president to communicate directly with his constituents without needing to be in front of a camera, and it can really help the population get to know the actual person of the president, not just the teleprompter reading prepared-speech giving president. No in that 140 (I don't use Twitter, it's 140 characters, right) is not a lot to fully express an idea and breaking it down into multiple tweets can seem hectic and disorganized. All in all I don't see a huge problem with it.
 
I just invented the term "Bat**** Crazy!" but I might have been inspired by Trump. I don't remember it though.
 
Jetboogieman said:
By real person do you mean maniac?

I dunno who you surround yourself with mate.
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I surround myself with mostly business and professional people who are actually in the real world talking about real things. I detest politicians who poll test and polish everything they say and they say what they think people want to hear instead of what they actually mean. They promise us the moon and stars and peace and prosperity and all that to get elected, and they do it in silvery, grand, politically correct oratory that turns out to be quite empty once they are safely elected. The only difference between the political parties that make up the permanent political class is the constiuencies they look to for votes. They use the rhetoric that their constituency wants to believe.

The President is neither partisan nor polished politician nor ideologue. He is a businessman who reached the top of his game personally and decided to see if he could do something good for the country too. He has been wrong at times, made mistakes, and just like a real person, he thinks and adjusts and adapts as he goes along--very unprofessional politically but very realistic when you intend to actually do something. He has the right vision, the right objectives, the right goals and there are many millions of us who support almost all of that.

And the petty, mean spirited, sour grapes folks are crucifying him because he refuses to be that poll tested, polished politician who says everything right and accomplishes very little.
 
AlbqOwl said:
I surround myself with mostly business and professional people who are actually in the real world talking about real things.
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So then I'm confused as to why you find Trump so appealing considering he has a habit of... Making **** up out of thin air.


I detest politicians who poll test and polish everything they say and they say what they think people want to hear instead of what they actually mean.
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Again, very confused as to why you find Trump appealing as he constantly lies and never says anything he means... "Better hope there are no tapes?" Anyone?

They promise us the moon and stars and peace and prosperity and all that to get elected, and they do it in silvery, grand, politically correct oratory that turns out to be quite empty once they are safely elected.
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Did Trump not make promises?

The only difference between the political parties that make up the permanent political class is the constiuencies they look to for votes. They use the rhetoric that their constituency wants to believe.
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Things like "Tax Cuts for the Wealthy are a good thing and will help you".

Yeah I know.

The President is neither partisan nor polished politician nor ideologue.
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Yeah he's squarely a lunatic with no clear guiding principle at all.

He is a businessman who reached the top of his game personally and decided to see if he could do something good for the country too.
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That is either wishful thinking or plain dishonest.

He has been wrong at times, made mistakes, and just like a real person, he thinks and adjusts and adapts as he goes along--very unprofessional politically but very realistic when you intend to actually do something. He has the right vision, the right objectives, the right goals and there are many millions of us who support almost all of that.

And the petty, mean spirited, sour grapes folks are crucifying him because he refuses to be that poll tested, polished politician who says everything right and accomplishes very little.
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The words of a blind, obedient and useful follower in the weirdest cult of personality in the modern era.
 
Jetboogieman said:
So then I'm confused as to why you find Trump so appealing considering he has a habit of... Making **** up out of thin air.




Again, very confused as to why you find Trump appealing as he constantly lies and never says anything he means... "Better hope there are no tapes?" Anyone?



Did Trump not make promises?



Things like "Tax Cuts for the Wealthy are a good thing and will help you".

Yeah I know.



Yeah he's squarely a lunatic with no clear guiding principle at all.



That is either wishful thinking or plain dishonest.



The words of a blind, obedient and useful follower in the weirdest cult of personality in the modern era.
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Sorry but I don't respond to chopped up posts that destroy context thus changing the intent of the post. Thanks for understanding.
 
AlbqOwl said:
Sorry but I don't respond to chopped up posts that destroy context thus changing the intent of the post. Thanks for understanding.
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The typical response of the Trump supporter, so utterly devoted to their fatherly leader that any and all criticism is met with simple dismissal.

The Cult of Personality is strong with you.
 
Jetboogieman said:
The typical response of the Trump supporter, so utterly devoted to their fatherly leader that any and all criticism is met with simple dismissal.

The Cult of Personality is strong with you.
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Where that might play a part, it's probably more the lack of concentration that makes it difficult to understand a point by point response.

To the extent that such a generally accepted form of response is deemed to be destructive of context.

Being constantly surrounded by business and (other) professional people can do that to somebody as I've found, especially after extensive Martini lunches.

Nobody ever replied to anything that was mentioned before until the merits of Perrier water were finally imposed.

;)
 
AlbqOwl said:
He didn't intend to say anything specific there. That is the way many of us communicate and one thing people who care actually like about the President. He talks and communicates like a real person does that instead of as a professional partisan poll tested scripted politician who says it properly and what some want to hear instead of what he actually thinks and means. And he is a master at keeping people's attention on things that matter by teasing them with lines like that. The left goes ballistic and pitches silly hissy fits over it which makes them look petty and mean spirited and the media goes nuts trying to put some meaning on it that almost never turns out to be accurate.

He's smarter than the whole lot and they haven't figured out yet how much they have been played. Meanwhile people who don't hate his guts and who do like his goals and objectives and support much of his agenda and want it to succeed are loving it.
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:lol: That's a really long-winded way of admitting you don't know, either.
 
Jetboogieman said:
The typical response of the Trump supporter, so utterly devoted to their fatherly leader that any and all criticism is met with simple dismissal.

The Cult of Personality is strong with you.
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You couldn't be more wrong. But the cult of blind hatred and/or refusal to see truth is very strong in some. And it hates people like me. Good thing? Bad thing? Who knows.
 
radcen said:
:lol: That's a really long-winded way of admitting you don't know, either.
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In a way that's true. But at least I escape the blind hatred of the man while I can see the purpose in much of what he saids and how he gets the Trump haters to use misrepresentation to attack him. Personally, he annoys me quite a bit. But setting aside my gut reaction, and looking at it from a big picture perspective, I can see a method to what somebody like you might call madness. In many ways he is brilliant.

He has you talking about it doesn't he. And no doubt has the MSM misrepresenting all sorts of things about it which he will use to his advantage to discredit a dishonest and ideologically prejudiced media even as they provoke people to talk about it.
 
trouble13 said:
It's not only acceptable but desirable as well. It gives the potus unfettered acess to speaking to the electorate without the press filtering his message.

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God forbid he starts Skyping us all next.
 
Twitter is a communications platform, it's largely neutral in terms of acceptability of use. Yes, if a president behaved presidential on Twitter, it would probably be fine.

Trump on the other hand, is a complete moron. Trump ignores every rule associated with acceptable behavior for most adults, even children, and especially as related to being president. The way he uses Twitter like a petulant, dangerous, stupid child, is no different.

It's obviously Trump, and not Twitter. Same with everything lese.
It's Trump, not the media, for example.
 
Just another platform to spread his lies and insanity.
 
AlbqOwl said:
In a way that's true. But at least I escape the blind hatred of the man while I can see the purpose in much of what he saids and how he gets the Trump haters to use misrepresentation to attack him. Personally, he annoys me quite a bit. But setting aside my gut reaction, and looking at it from a big picture perspective, I can see a method to what somebody like you might call madness. In many ways he is brilliant.

He has you talking about it doesn't he. And no doubt has the MSM misrepresenting all sorts of things about it which he will use to his advantage to discredit a dishonest and ideologically prejudiced media even as they provoke people to talk about it.
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In some ways he certainly is brilliant. In a manipulative and duplicitous way. Maybe it's just me, but that's not a positive trait to laud.
 
Parrish said:
Just another platform to spread his lies and insanity.
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Yeah.... everybody knows Twitter is supposed to be where liberals spread their own lies and insanity. How dare he appropriate their platform !!!!!! The audacity of the man !!!! :)
 
Rogue Valley said:
Some future presidents could tweet when necessary addressing the entire country, keeping it respectful and presidential.

Trump cannot seem to comprehend this decorum ... or honor and abide by it.

Trump uses Twitter as a political weapon, as a whipping post, and as a secret-squirrel handshake with his narrow base.
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What is funny is that the Trump fans that I know never had a twitter account until Trump was President.
 
Who has the time, or the need to pontificate endlessly?

PIPEWRENCH said:
I think it is awesome to here from the president directly instead of trying to sift through all the bias media truth twisting and deception.
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I'm sure that the president has help/advice/some flunky looking over his shoulder & advising him what will sell with his supporters. Given that the messages all seem to be throwing raw meat to his most fervent followers, I expect that the apparently spontaneous Tweets are just cogs in another well-oiled machine, trying to nudge popular opinion in directions that favor the president's agenda.

The Founding Fathers who went on to become president would have been too busy with real issues to spend any time on merely social media. (Nor would they have seen any advantage - those men were not interested in being popular, nor particularly well-liked - it wasn't that kind of time. & the electorate they were trying to reach were serious WASP men - similarly located at the apex of the existing power structures.)

What sitting executive of a big enterprise has the time to fritter away on social media? Time & attention are precious - & the presidency & the administration have life-or-death issues to consider & act upon. Budget, foreign policy, domestic versus military concerns, health care, education, the aging of the population, keeping regional balances, environment, manufacturing policy, science & technology policy, the list is endless & they're all interconnected. A rational administrator would save his/her attention for bigger fish.
 
It's fine provided it's used in an appropriate manner. For example using it to announce or justify policy or to explain something is wrong. You simply can't do that in 150 characters unless you're speaking to simpletons.
 
Goshin said:
I'm not keen on it. The very name "tweet" does not lend itself well to Presidential dignity. Also the format seems to lend itself to casual, short (and often ill considered) comments.

I would rather they didn't. Or at least, not often.
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Commie censorship!!! :mrgreen:
 
radcen said:
Is tweeting acceptable for a sitting President? Or, even a good idea.

For the purposes of this thread, completely ignore specific content of the tweets. It is a new form of communication, and is it appropriate for a President to do it?

ETA: I will add that a person's answer should be the same regardless who the current President is, and should be the same when the WH switched parties.
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I mean, it can be, if used wisely and with discretion and decorum. Though I suppose that could be said of tweeting in general.

It can certainly open up avenues of communication, though with all the people sending tweets to the President, I don't know if he sits down to read them all. there's likely a person who does that.
 
radcen said:
Is tweeting acceptable for a sitting President? Or, even a good idea.

For the purposes of this thread, completely ignore specific content of the tweets. It is a new form of communication, and is it appropriate for a President to do it?

ETA: I will add that a person's answer should be the same regardless who the current President is, and should be the same when the WH switched parties.
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Obama tweeted and it wasn't a problem then. What's being communicated is more relevant the mode of communication.
 
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