Me too.
NYT: Republicans close to Trump say he's "exhausted, frustrated and bewildered"
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Me too.
He's going off on twitter again this morning, saying the media is the reason he's losing. All according to keikaku to set up Trump News after he loses.
The "failing" nytimes.
Did trump always use adjectives for all his adversaries like this? Lyin Ted. Little Marco. Crooked Hillary. Definitely some brainwash type psychology here to get terms to stick. Really fascinating
Glad I'm not the only one who thought the same as soon as I started reading the linked article.
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it's genuinely impressive this dude has functioned in society for 70 whole years this way.
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I'm all for going in on Trump, that that's just coming up with easily digestible and repeatable soundbites. Such is the strategy of someone that has worked in television and uses the media to prop himself up.
If you are born into immense wealth and privilege and continually bailed out of your own incompetence by other stupid people, or by nouveau riche desperately seeking the glittery appearance of "class" then you can not only act like a jerk your entire life with few ramifications, it's almost to be expected.
I just don't like the lack of cleverness of it. Most times, to get an effective soundbite, you need some kind of smart spin on it. With Trump, everything is just so banal and brainless. He just thinks of random negative adjectives and attaches them to whoever he doesn't like, and that's the soundbite. Crooked Hillary just sounds bad and awkward. Crooked Clinton would atleast have been alliterative. It's like a terrible and unfunny meme that only got popular because a small group was really determined to repeat it endlessly.
In some ways, that's what bothers me most about this election. It's so stupid on every facet.
Brian Stelter on CNN this morning was about the media's relationship to Trump and it was really interesting. I didn't know the press were penned off at his rallies. One female AP reporter was talking about how it's unusual and they feel a little like they're in a zoo with supporters coming in and looking at them, taking their pictures etc. She said they feel increasingly nervous and are fearing more for their safety. Being called traitors and getting the bird flipped at them is becoming more common.
She also talked about positive experiences with supporters too, like people being just interested to talk with them or wanting to use their plugs for their chargers. It's got to be a little scary when he singles you out and his riled up crowd turns it's back on him and starts hurling insults and anger in your direction.
She also talked about positive experiences with supporters too, like people being just interested to talk with them or wanting to use their plugs for their chargers. It's got to be a little scary when he singles you out and his riled up crowd turns it's back on him and starts hurling insults and anger in your direction.
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You make this observation in the same dank timeline where G.W. Bush was president for 8 years?
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Well, Trump knows his audience.
RPGCrazied
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I can't wait for the day he loses, man the salt will be on another level.
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I don't know, he's already preparing to sound like he doesn't care. I wouldn't be surprised if his spin was he didn't really want it anyway.
He's going off on twitter again this morning, saying the media is the reason he's losing. All according to keikaku to set up Trump News after he loses.
Big, passionate rallies clearly worked out for Sanders.
RPGCrazied
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He might not, but his base will.
SoundofSilence
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Reposted from another thread...
I don't think there's been a more accurate statement this entire election.
He still had to build and maintain relationships with politicians and businessmen. He cultivated media relations. He was able to get people to work with him. And yet now he's on stage in front of thousands on live broadcasts having meltdowns as if he is a small child. It amazes me that a person like that could have ever been able to achieve what he has, even if his wealth is exaggerated, even if he had aid from his father.
Yeah. He meant 'disenchanted'.
Disenfranchisement is what he wants to happen to other Americans.
It's an easy mistake to make.
My girlfriend was watching The Little Rascals movie yesterday, and I completely forgot he played Waldo's dad.
Yes, yes he does.
This is the dumbest way to get your point across. All your vote shows is that you agree with Trump.
Whiskeymatt
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We desperately need to start teaching logic in school at an early age.
civilstrife
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The silver lining to all this is that when he loses, that strategy will rightly be political anathema for a long time.
it's IRL gaslighting
NotTheGuyYouKill
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Jake Tapper's interview with Manafort this morning was great. You can tell Tapper is reaching his limit.
What platform are you using?
SoundofSilence
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In the segment after that, Tapper cracked. You can see the exhaustion of having to cover the insane ramblings of a 5 year old every minute of every day for the last year starting to creep in.
Snowman Prophet of Doom
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PoliGAF |OT| "You've formed a conclusion about a man because he told you that!"
UnluckyKate
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He's going off on twitter again this morning, saying the media is the reason he's losing. All according to keikaku to set up Trump News after he loses.
Damn these corrupted liberals educated journalists doing their fact checking jobs
This has to be my favorite post ever on GAF, it fucking slayed my wife and I.
I'm confused as to any person having this rhetoric. America currently has more people leaving than going in, our est numbers on illegal citizens is at all time lows, wealready have a wall via George w bush and building a mini wall caused big issues for people who have houses on the borders, politically correct = excuse for being racist/fascist/offensive rather than admitting you hurt someone,etc.I'm plenty honest. Here's how honest i am, I'll list out all the areas i agree and disagree with trump.
Agree:
* build the wall
* America is too politically correct
Disagree:
* pretty much everything else
I admit, while everyone else is running around picking apart every little thing he says and going nuts over it, I'm just over here laughing at what this country has become. I mean eventually things get so screwed up that all you can really do is laugh about it, and that's where i am. Who knows, maybe after you put a few more years on you'll be there too
And btw, I got the name because I requested "Donald Trump Building a Wall" (see agree point #1 above) and a mod thought it would be funny to pwn me.
I got the tag because I said i was so disenfranchised that I'd be willing to let someone come in and do whatever the hell they wanted even if I didn't agree with them. /shrug
He already had ins with many higher ups bus his father since trumps business already had poltical ties before he ran it, he just became a celebrity because he put himself out there after he got money. People believe what he says because he is a celebrity who says controversial things that are offensive (he says offensive things that others think)
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Nah. Bush at least had some charm and wasn't going off the deep end every fucking day. I hate how Bush ran his presidency or more accurately how Cheney ran the country, but the man at least had a soul and you could actually relate to him in some ways.
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This man is going to break down soon. I don't know how Trump will survive the Political Debates against Hillary.
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He's going off on twitter again this morning, saying the media is the reason he's losing. All according to keikaku to set up Trump News after he loses.
Good strategy. If Americans love one thing, it's a whiner.
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i thought donald trump was supposed to be a winner, not a whiner.
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What in the living fuck is wrong with these people.
My feel on Giuliani is that he's a stone racist on the level of Strom Thurmond or Jesse Helms. He would have had the NYPD just hunt down and kill all minorities if he could have gotten away with it. He's actually worse than Trump and probably worse than even Cruz.
I don't get it. If Republicans will never vote for a Democrat, and there are no third party options, why do Republicans even have to take hard lines on things like gay marriage or repealing Roe V. Wade, or allowing people on the no-fly-list to buy guns. If they just said "gay marriage doesn't undermine straight marriage, ignore it," "abstinence education," "some people should be prevented from owning guns," will the NRA go and fund Democrats? Will Republicans start voting Democrat? There's no third party. What do the Republicans worry about? The Democrats are waging war and doing domestic spying and eroding consumer rights/commercial competition, and Democratic voters are still supporting them because they know they have nowhere to go.
As much as Trump jokes that he could shoot someone in the street and not lose a vote, Hillary is in a similar position. The only thing that matters are the independents, and if independents cared that much about the highly partisan issues, they wouldn't be independent. As much as foreign policy or economic policy is nuanced and features overlap, if all you care about is the 2nd amendment, the dividing lines between the parties is clear, so if one party moves to the middle, they're not going to leave behind the people on the fringes because those people are never going to flip to the complete other side.
edit: How do we know Trump's not a Muslim? I've seen Obama's pastor, I heard him sing Amazing Grace in a Church. What's Trump's favourite hymn? If Obama's lying, at least he's faking it. Trump, put in some effort, show us something.
As much as Trump jokes that he could shoot someone in the street and not lose a vote, Hillary is in a similar position. The only thing that matters are the independents, and if independents cared that much about the highly partisan issues, they wouldn't be independent. As much as foreign policy or economic policy is nuanced and features overlap, if all you care about is the 2nd amendment, the dividing lines between the parties is clear, so if one party moves to the middle, they're not going to leave behind the people on the fringes because those people are never going to flip to the complete other side.
edit: How do we know Trump's not a Muslim? I've seen Obama's pastor, I heard him sing Amazing Grace in a Church. What's Trump's favourite hymn? If Obama's lying, at least he's faking it. Trump, put in some effort, show us something.
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