Posted on 08/17/2016 4:39:46 PM PDT by Kaslin
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RUSH: Yeah, I've never seen the media so obsessed with somebody that is supposedly losing so bad. They are. They're literally obsessed with everything Trump does. They can't stop themselves, and they're analyzing everything Trump does as another nail in the coffin. I don't know. Maybe they think they're celebrating it or whatever. They can't help themselves.
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RUSH: The big news of the day is what is being labeled a Trump campaign shakeup, but I don't know if it's a shakeup 'cause nobody got canned. A couple of people were added to the roster. Steve Bannon, who's been running the Trumpbart website, has moved over now to executive chairman of the campaign. He's a former US Navy operator. He was chief of staff to somebody in the Pentagon, the Department of The Navy. He's a Harvard MBA. He was a banker at Goldman Sachs. And he was one of the early investors in the TV show Seinfeld, so he has acquired and amassed wealth.
He's known Trump for a while, and he's been running the Trumpbart site for -- well, I don't know, he's executive chairman at Trumpbart for what, Snerdley, a year or two? Something like that. So he's taking a leave of absence there and moving over to be the executive chairman of the Trump campaign. Kellyanne Conway is becoming the campaign manager. And of course the Drive-Bys are obsessed.
There's another story out there. We touched on this yesterday. Roger Ailes is providing formal advice to the Trump campaign on the upcoming debates. The Trump campaign, no matter who you talk to, is denying that. There's no formal arrangement with Ailes. There's no informal arrangement with Ailes. Ailes isn't doing anything with the Trump campaign according to a Trump spokesman on TV. It doesn't matter to CNN what the Trump campaign is saying because CNN is continuing to report that that's what's going on.
CNN also has put on their tinfoil hats, and what they see the campaign shakeup today meaning is this. That Trump knows he's gonna lose. All Trump is doing is setting up a future media empire to take on Fox News and CNN. This is the CNN theory. That when Trump loses the election, he's gonna have Steve Bannon and Ailes and they're gonna set up this brand-new news network to take everybody else out. They're gonna swamp Fox News. They're gonna swamp CNN. That's the CNN theory.
I know some of the players here. I've not heard a word of that. I can't do thumbs up or thumbs down on it. I have no idea whether any of that has any truth to it, if there's any validity. I do know that CNN's off the rails on this. They're acting paranoid and they've got their conspiratorial hats on and they're dreaming and imagines things. One thing, though, that needs to be pointed out here, and I'm not the first to do it. If you've been watching cable news all morning you no doubt have heard this. Trump was in Milwaukee last night, actually 45 minutes north of Milwaukee, and we've got the sound bites coming up.
He gave another good speech. Folks, it was a damn good speech. It was knockdown good, and you will hear how good it was by listening to the sheer panic in the aftermath of the speech from CNN, from their commentators and their Democrat strategists. So what did the Trump campaign do? They promptly gave the media an excuse to not report it. They promptly gave the media an excuse to ignore Trump's speech last night by announcing this campaign shakeup or change or whatever they're calling it. So that now is the news about the Trump campaign, meaning the two new hires, Bannon and Kellyanne Conway, and nobody is talking about the speech that Trump gave.
FULL: Donald Trump Speech West Bend, Wisconsin - FNN 8/16/16
You know, somebody there should have understood something here. You know, you gonna shake up the campaign, you gonna add some people to it. They're very insistent that it's not a shakeup 'cause nobody got fired and nobody's been reassigned. It's just a couple of people were added, whatever. You know, announce this Thursday or Friday. You know, announce it when I'm not here. That way you're guaranteed to sneak it under the radar and let the news of Trump's speech lead, because he took on the problems in Milwaukee, I mean, he dove head first into it.
We haven't seen anybody take on these cultural problems at all, particularly from the Republican side, and Trump did last night. But you don't know about it because the news is the campaign shakeup. It's an error. It's a tactical error. Look, it's not a long lasting thing. It doesn't mean win or lose. There was a smarter way of doing this, and I'm sure they know it.
Now, there's a new Reuters poll out that Hillary's lost a point. She's now only up six, 41 to 35. You know what the interesting point in that poll is to me? Hillary Clinton's only at 41%, after all this time, after all of this adoring, free media that she gets. She's buying a lot of spots, but it's anti-Trump stuff. The media, as you know, is her protector and they're doing everything they can to promote her and cover up whatever weaknesses she has and ignore whatever deficiencies. To only be at 41% after all this?
Now, yeah, there's some of the third and fourth party candidates that are getting significant numbers here. But that's... Even so, how in the world...? Now, she can win with 41%; that's the unfortunate thing. You know, Bill Clinton never got 50% of the vote in either his two presidential campaigns, 'cause third-party candidates came in there and took votes. In the first campaign, he won 43% and won the presidency. He got the electoral votes, and it's all that matters.
But Hillary Clinton continues to be beatable. Hillary Clinton is maybe not a sitting duck, but she's not invincible. She has glaring weaknesses. She has many vulnerabilities. She is not a good candidate. Everybody talks about how Trump's not a good candidate. He's not this, he's not that, he's not this. She's not a good candidate in the sense that she doesn't excite people. She has no charisma. She doesn't light a fire, creates no energy. She doesn't have a connection with most of the people voting for her.
That's party loyalty more than it is to Hillary. And, as such, she's very vulnerable. But they're gonna have to go after her. They're gonna have to start that pretty soon, because, folks, as many in the Drive-By Media have excitedly pointed out today, early voting starts pretty soon. Six weeks in some states. Here we are in August and early voting starts -- and you know what early voting is. I mean, it's a scam. It's a scam the Democrats run.
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Maybe one Trumpbart but many? Clinton has vulnerabilities he says but then doesn’t take her apatt?
Me thinks Rush is getting quickly on board as the Trump train leaves the station. This is much like that human waste, Peter King did today on his knees before the great America, Donald Trump, at the national security Conference, with 30 top advisors in Trump tower. Did you see that sniveling “Never Trump” bastard, (Peter King) bowing and scraping. I just heard on texting that Rick Perry is 18% ahead of cruz in the Senatorial race in Texas primary!!! You “ never Trump” jack asses will be politically annihilated. Trump WINS!!
Rush is finally right on something. It was a tactical error to announce campaign changes and hires the day after that great speech. The “shakeup” is the only news I have seen on all media. That drowned out the great speech.
Rick Perry is running against Cruz in Texas? That is very good news. The Canadian should be sent back to the frozen tundra.
I have to question how well his speech would’ve been reported anyway. Unfortunately, the campaign didn’t even allow time to find out.
Even the MSM pimps and pimpettes don’t believe the fantasy polls ... they’re getting scared and mean!
Hillary is not polling above 41% and Reuters warns her lead is soft!
And we’re led to believe she has it in the bag.
Usually a candidate polling below 50% usually loses and the MSM meme is the Trump campaign is the one sinking.
Yeah, sure.
You are correct on both your points.
The TV networks must be scared to death.
Trump isn’t buying commercials.
The networks make a lot of money off of elections.
If Trump shows that the networks aren’t important, it’s going to really cripple them.
An “incumbent” polling under 50% usually loses.
Hillary is not, strictly speaking, an incumbent.
Rush has been on the “Trump Train.” Not new.
Hillary is running for Obama’s third term, so strictly speaking, she is the incumbent.
No , he is not . That is just a hypothetical put out by The Hill .
they are giving him tons of free press , they cant be too unhappy hes not buying ads yet.
I have said many times here, till I get tired of it, that Rush has been effectively pro-Trump from day 1.
As much as I appreciate those unabashed partisan Trumpists like Ingraham and even Hannity, I think Rush has done more than almost anyone to aid Trump. That is because he has been a bridge to the rest of the Republican Party.
For those who have listened regularly (as I usually do over part of my lunch break from work), it should be clear that Rush’s entire approach has been “Explaining Trump.”
Now that may not be the cheerleading that some Trumpists prefer, but it is ultimately MUCH MORE VALUABLE—again, in building the bridge for others to gradually come on board. Remember: Trump had to build support little by little.
So Rush has been INVALUABLE to the Trump movement, and continues to do a great service for our country.
Its one speech! Trump has lots of speeches and get lots of free airtime everytime!
What the media can’t understand is that Trump won’t “prepare” for the debates in the way they expect, and the way that inferior candidates prepare and sweat it out.
Trump will be himself.
And he will be awesome.
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