11-13-2018, 07:34 PM
(11-12-2018, 04:12 PM)Mike M (the other one) Wrote: Yes, you don't have to like or respect your boss, but if your boss wants something done and defines the parameters for getting it done. What happens if you ignore those parameters and try to do it your own way? Do you remain employed for much longer or does your boss start looking for an excuse to fire you?
Strange analogy. The president is not "our boss." He is supposed to work for the people, who value transparency. A president who dodges important questions is violating that expectation.
You keep constructing his relation to the press as authoritarian--as if his proper address were "Dear Leader"--and presenting the press as an out-of-line adversary with trick or loaded questions.
EVERY president has to deal with "loaded" questions, especially when the president's own policies and behavior have called them down upon himself. And till now--with the exception of the ethically challenged Nixon--they have chosen not to villify the press and generally opted to answer difficult questions, loaded or not.
Trump avoids difficult questions by claiming they are personal attacks and "fake news," and stonewalling or personally attacking reporters, or barring them from press conferences. How could anyone who values liberal democracy be down with that?
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