Comments on: The brilliantly orchestrated news drop

By: Ymarsakar

Ymarsakar — Thu, 20 Oct 2016 21:48:46 +0000

They pale in scale and scope to what is brought against trump, some of which trump brings on in real time — e.g. talking over clinton in the debait — adding to his bully image.

he’s a 70 yo Democrat robber baron. They’re not much different than Ted Kennedy or MPAA or the Democrats that looted the housing crash.

By: Ymarsakar

Ymarsakar — Thu, 20 Oct 2016 21:47:24 +0000

The Left preferred Trum as a puppet to beat, because the last time they tried to make stuff up, Dan Rather AWOL caught up with them.

See, the BEST propaganda is 99% truth. It’s not 99% deceptive false lies.

The Left has probably figured that out. Has the rest of America?

By: Big Maq

Big Maq — Thu, 20 Oct 2016 14:23:35 +0000

Right. There is a difference between lies that are exaggerations and/or are demonstrably false, and using the candidate’s own words and behaviors to make the case against him/her.

Recall that the “demonization” of Romney were nowhere near the depths of issues that they pillory trump on.

47%, bullying 40+ years ago a fellow student, dog on crate atop their car, binders of women, etc.

They pale in scale and scope to what is brought against trump, some of which trump brings on in real time – e.g. talking over clinton in the debait – adding to his bully image.

By: neo-neocon

neo-neocon — Wed, 19 Oct 2016 18:36:19 +0000

fiona: But as I've said many many many times, Trump was uniquely vulnerable, and it didn't require much digging, and all the bad stuff was extremely believable, and some of it was in his own words and already in the public domain. There is no analogy. None. Of course, the press would have tried to work its negative magic on any GOP nominee, as they always do. Trump gave them a golden opportunity. I wrote an entire post about this recently. Please read it.

By: fiona

fiona — Wed, 19 Oct 2016 17:50:06 +0000

Any press that successfully demonized Romney could pull it ou out on any Republican. Truth is irrelevant. If there is nothing they will simply make it up out of whole cloth and keep repeating it.
Rubio just cautioned against trusting Wikileaks because it might be disinformation. It makes me wonder what they have on him. Luckily I have not voted in the Florida elections yet.
I eagerly await the next Wikileak – there must be a lot there for Kerry to have leaned on Ecuador to shut him down.

By: Big Maq

Big Maq — Wed, 19 Oct 2016 15:00:03 +0000

@Bill – that was Ace from AOS website, who then “recanted” (by action, not by words, unless I missed them), and excoriates conservatives who cannot bring themselves to vote trump.

He’s been one of those I categorize as “talk like a loud know it all” bloggers / media personalities – this seems to work to gather followers / audience.

IRL, that has been a red flag for someone to be wary of. Since 2012 that has become a red flag for me on “conservative” media as well.

That probably works because people realize they each don’t have all the answers, so they gravitate to someone who sounds like they do.

Con Man is short for Confidence Man.

By: Bill

Bill — Wed, 19 Oct 2016 02:38:21 +0000

“Maybe the Right should start trying to level the playing field by making liberal “journalists” disappear mysteriously.”

As someone said a few months on his blog (I can’t remember if he repudiated again and went back to Trump) – I didn’t join the conservative movement to become a fascist.

I hate this election season. It has poisoned everything.

By: Walter Duranty

Walter Duranty — Tue, 18 Oct 2016 23:23:38 +0000

Maybe the Right should start trying to level the playing field by making liberal “journalists” disappear mysteriously.

By: Big Maq

Big Maq — Tue, 18 Oct 2016 14:18:05 +0000

At RCP today, as it stands, clinton has four paths (three of which are mutually exclusive) to victory with these swing state results:

1) Win FL
2) Win NC
3) Win MN, NV
4) Win MN, NH, ME

On the flip side trump must come close to running the table on the swing states (can only afford to leave 12 ec votes on the table – e.g. MN and ME)

By: neo-neocon

neo-neocon — Tue, 18 Oct 2016 13:49:04 +0000

geokstr: So you say that the media covering Trump is equivalent to picking him? I don't think so. No, his voters chose him. A plurality of people who voted in the GOP primaries. The media didn't twist their arms.