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hlthe2b

(102,297 posts)
5. Yes, but have to admit Stephanie Ruhle ("never met a Wall Street robber baron she couldn't support")
Thu Oct 28, 2021, 11:46 AM
Oct 2021

is on my nerves as much or more. Uggh, what she thinks passes for "Devil's Advocacy" doesn't fool anyone-- and yes, her voice, inflections, tone get on my last nerve.

hlthe2b

(102,297 posts)
3. I was at best equivocal about her when she was on MSNBC. I can't say I'm surprised.
Thu Oct 28, 2021, 11:43 AM
Oct 2021

I try hard to support female reporters, anchors, pundits on the news channels, but there is no pass for this kind of reporting.

senseandsensibility

(17,066 posts)
4. I was just going to post something about this.
Thu Oct 28, 2021, 11:45 AM
Oct 2021

Remember, after the shellacking Larry Elder got in the California recall, Hunt proclaimed that this was bad news for DEMOCRATS. Yes, I'm screaming. She seems to be so inept that she can't even follow the stale "both sides do it" playbook that has been laid out for her by beltway colleagues. She has to yell that everything is the Dems fault at the top of her lungs.

ret5hd

(20,501 posts)
9. Just think how much our...
Thu Oct 28, 2021, 01:02 PM
Oct 2021

chocolate rations would go up if they would just pass the bill making broccoli taste like chocolate!!! Who could be against that???

madaboutharry

(40,212 posts)
10. She is a mediocre person who thinks she's clever.
Thu Oct 28, 2021, 01:06 PM
Oct 2021

She did a rather good job as a Capital reporter, but she then began to demonstrate that was her limit and started failing upward. Another example of the Peter Principle.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
11. In Hunt's formulation, I'd bet a nickel that by "suburban women" she means . . .
Thu Oct 28, 2021, 01:09 PM
Oct 2021

Her immediate circle of friends who have gently tried to tell her how bad Republican governance is for women. And, based on her stubborn refusal to see Republicans as the enemy of women, that circle of friends is considering some kind of intervention: "Kasie, everyone here loves you and wants the best life for you, but it's unavoidably clear that you're suffering delusions, and you have to see how it's hurting us and hurting you."

2naSalit

(86,650 posts)
13. I always saw her as...
Thu Oct 28, 2021, 01:28 PM
Oct 2021

The new kid at the network who never really could get her shit together enough to pull her weight at her job when she was on MSNBC.

Mr. Sparkle

(2,935 posts)
14. Strange Tweet. Its almost like she is making a threat!
Thu Oct 28, 2021, 01:38 PM
Oct 2021

I cant believe CNN hired her, shes awful. I think she Will end up at Fox at some stage.

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