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Meme Magic: Donald Trump Is The Internet’s Revenge On Lazy Elites
Breitbart ^ | May 4, 2016 | Milo

Posted on 05/04/2016 7:16:41 PM PDT by monkapotamus

TV commentators often talk about Trump’s preternatural power to indelibly “brand” his opponents, from “low-energy” Jeb to “Little” Marco and “lying” Ted. No matter how crude and simplistic the labels, they always seems to stick, dumbfounding old-school political observers who are used to candidates competing for the “high road.”

The strategy of GOP bigwigs appears to be: “lose badly, but remain virtuous.”

The power of Trump’s branding is partly down to the media’s hunger for drama, and partly thanks to his business acumen — but it’s also in large part due to his internet supporters, who have an uncanny ability to create and popularise cultural tropes. Or, as we on the internet have come to know them, memes...

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TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: trump
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1 posted on 05/04/2016 7:16:41 PM PDT by monkapotamus
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GO MR. TRUMP, GO!!!

2 posted on 05/04/2016 7:19:06 PM PDT by onyx (You're here post so sign-up to DONATE MONTHLY! FR can't run on Jim's good looks alone!)
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3 posted on 05/04/2016 7:19:09 PM PDT by struggle (The)
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4 posted on 05/04/2016 7:19:55 PM PDT by struggle (The)
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To: monkapotamus

This is true.

And part of why Trump is so much fun.


5 posted on 05/04/2016 7:22:41 PM PDT by Utmost Certainty
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To: struggle

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8eVe0Skigo


6 posted on 05/04/2016 7:25:26 PM PDT by vladimir998 (Apparently I'm still living in your head rent free. At least now it isn't empty.)
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To: Utmost Certainty

To be fair and balanced,we need to mention ‘Crooked Hillary’.
Trump calls ‘em like the people see ‘em.
TWB


7 posted on 05/04/2016 7:26:58 PM PDT by TWhiteBear
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To: monkapotamus

Milo definitely gets it. While Rush calls the Indiana Trump supporters who took down Cruz ‘braindead,’ Cambridge-educated Milo saw the absolute hilarity in their quick verbal assaults. When Cruz tried video - that awful stunt of cooking bacon on a rifle - most people groaned at the doofusness of it.


8 posted on 05/04/2016 7:40:15 PM PDT by miss marmelstein (Richard the Third: With my own people alone I should like to drive away the Turks (Muslims))
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9 posted on 05/04/2016 7:45:22 PM PDT by dragonblustar
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You nailed it. I was listening to Rush when he tried explaining why that critic of Cruz wasn’t engaging in “dialogue” or something.


10 posted on 05/04/2016 7:50:25 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (MAGA! Make America Great Again)
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Rush needs to get off the dull tech blogs and come on to FR where the jokes and hilarious photoshops rule. Here, Cruz didn’t last a minute with the freeper Trump supporters.


11 posted on 05/04/2016 7:56:31 PM PDT by miss marmelstein (Richard the Third: With my own people alone I should like to drive away the Turks (Muslims))
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To: struggle

I like Milo a lot. This is very clever.


12 posted on 05/04/2016 8:06:27 PM PDT by unsycophant
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To: miss marmelstein

That’s what I like,

A little education and a lot of Humor.

The Graphics are excellent!


13 posted on 05/04/2016 8:07:19 PM PDT by Big Red Badger (UNSCANABLE in an IDIOCRACY!)
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To: miss marmelstein

Trump -
Cruz dad was with Oswald. ?!!

Hilarious!
Absurdly Humorous.

The talking heads took it Seriously,,WTH?!


14 posted on 05/04/2016 8:12:06 PM PDT by Big Red Badger (UNSCANABLE in an IDIOCRACY!)
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This topic is very important, I believe. I have noticed the same things among Trump supporters, especially the younger ones. Truly, some of the stuff produced is hilarious. Mocking is a time-honored political tool, because it works. I hope the energy of these folks can be turned on HRC in the general. An all-out assault is absolutely required to win. Energy cannot abate.


15 posted on 05/04/2016 8:12:51 PM PDT by The Continental Op
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Milo is AWESOME..!

Devastating..!

And I don’t like faggots, and I think that guy is GREAT..!


16 posted on 05/04/2016 8:13:08 PM PDT by gaijin
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17 posted on 05/04/2016 8:17:50 PM PDT by gaijin
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18 posted on 05/04/2016 8:22:33 PM PDT by gaijin
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hard to imagine any of this “magic” rubbing off on hillary.

impossible, actually.


19 posted on 05/05/2016 12:27:51 AM PDT by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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I saw the video of Cruz crossing the street to engage Trump supporters in dialogue/debate. But I hadn't seen the video from The Morning Joe, where EVERYONE on the panel was cracking up laughing at it!! This is hilarious!!

Trump Supporters Ask Cruz, "Are You Canadian?"

20 posted on 05/05/2016 12:34:30 AM PDT by BagCamAddict (Wolverines!! #NeverHillary)
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