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Message started by bogarde73 on Nov 11th, 2016 at 5:50am

Title: The climbdowns begin
Post by bogarde73 on Nov 11th, 2016 at 5:50am
Both Canada & Mexico have already signalled a willingness to renegotiate NAFTA, the trade pact that Trump sees as having on balance destroyed jobs.
Beginning to look as if just getting elected will get half the job done for him.

Title: Re: The climbdowns begin
Post by bogarde73 on Nov 11th, 2016 at 2:28pm
Newsweek Magazine was so sure that Hillary would win the election that they rushed out copies of their new issue with Hillary on the cover and the headline ‘Madam President.’





They’ve now issued a recall on those issues and hurried out a new cover featuring Trump.

The New York Post reported:





National recall after Newsweek misfires with Clinton cover

A national recall went out Wednesday for the special “Madame President” issue of Newsweek that was prematurely shipped to stores and newsstands across the country.

At the same time, the publisher of the magazine will rush the “President Trump” version of the commemorative issue to press on Thursday — so it will get to stores next week.

“Like everybody else, we got it wrong,” said Tony Romando, CEO of Topix Media, the Newsweek partner which produces special issues under the popular brand.





Both a Clinton and a Trump commemorative issue were designed and laid out in advance, but Topix Media, believing late last week that Clinton was likely to win, shipped only the Clinton issue.

Newsweek is blaming Topix Media for the decision:

Title: Re: The climbdowns begin
Post by bogarde73 on Nov 11th, 2016 at 2:29pm
Don't you love the way they absolve themselves of responsibility by saying everybody got it wrong.

Bubble Children!

Title: Re: The climbdowns begin
Post by greggerypeccary on Nov 11th, 2016 at 2:30pm

bogarde73 wrote on Nov 11th, 2016 at 2:28pm:
Newsweek Magazine was so sure that Hillary would win the election that they rushed out copies of their new issue with Hillary on the cover and the headline ‘Madam President.’





They’ve now issued a recall on those issues and hurried out a new cover featuring Trump.

The New York Post reported:





National recall after Newsweek misfires with Clinton cover

A national recall went out Wednesday for the special “Madame President” issue of Newsweek that was prematurely shipped to stores and newsstands across the country.

At the same time, the publisher of the magazine will rush the “President Trump” version of the commemorative issue to press on Thursday — so it will get to stores next week.

“Like everybody else, we got it wrong,” said Tony Romando, CEO of Topix Media, the Newsweek partner which produces special issues under the popular brand.





Both a Clinton and a Trump commemorative issue were designed and laid out in advance, but Topix Media, believing late last week that Clinton was likely to win, shipped only the Clinton issue.

Newsweek is blaming Topix Media for the decision:


Old news, Bogie.

Cods already alerted us to that.

Meanwhile: "The election is absolutely being rigged".  Donald Trump, 2016

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