Posted on 08/02/2016 5:41:55 AM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest
Trump has briefly responded to them a couple of times on the subject, which perhaps he shouldn’t have, but don’t confuse what the press is doing with what Trump is doing. He’s not done anything at all to “cede the movement.” The press, on the other hand, is trying to drown out any coverage of the movement with a ton of their own propaganda. I do think Trump needs to devise a better strategy of dealing with the press’s manipulations, distortions, and very partisan spin though.
It isn't all media. I'm not going to follow Trump into indefensible territory by looking aside. Change is needed with the campaign and the candidate, or we are going to lose. We can have a great big bonfire and blame it on the media afterward, or we can execute a strategy to win. I want the latter, which is why I believe Trump needs to hear voices like mine.
Contrary to the PC attempt to ruin his reputation, Jackson was a great leader.
Can't disagree with you on this. While I believe Trump is employing an intelligent strategy in exposing the rigged system, it is going to fall on deaf ears of those who don't/won't spend the time to fully understand his narrative - and the media most certainly won't give him any assistance.
Trump needs to understand this but, sadly, I think his personality will not allow him to change. He simply is who he is. Hopefully, it will be enough to overcome...
“It’s the issues, stupid”
I agree that Trump talks about too many not-important things.
There’s another post in here detailing what Trump said about the Kahn family. He said absolutely nothing offensive toward them.
“Trump has a thin skin.”
Trump has been roasted on comedy central for about 4 hours. A thin skinned person can’t take that much intense public ripping. He should have a thick skin like the Bushes and never lower himself to defending.
“That’s why Shrillary’s campaign said they are going to go full bore after him personally and get him to lose his cool.”
I still haven’t seen him lose his cool.
“For a while, he was keeping his cool, but he’s making serious unforced errors now.”
What on earth is an “unforced error”? Is there a such thing as a forced error?
“His response to the Kahn family should have”
Every day now, “Trump SHOULD do this” “Trump NEEDS to do that” concern crap. Stop shoulding all over Trump and take some time to actually praise hime for bashing Crooked H and DNC tactics every day.
“He’s losing Independents with these antics. This is reality.”
This is a conjecture without any basis in reality.
By the way, A couple of class of 98’s got zotted a few days ago, no one is safe.
“Scarborough and some others just can’t keep up with Trump’s ability cover a lot of subjects quickly.”
No kidding. Trump speaks at several rallies a day too, but they cherry pick a sentence and say “why is he talking about that? it’s so unfocused!”
No Joe only you are talking about Trump’s mental health. You are dating Mike Breszinski so STFU about mental health.
These polls don’t have Jill Stein. Quite a few Bernouts are going to her. Any Hillary lead needs to be downgraded by about 3 points.
The *Gang of Five* is having a hissy fit. What did the Police find that they were able to exonerate the illegal alien.
Sounds like the snowflake mentality is permeating FR. “No soup for you.”
Never forget that Scarborough still has that dead intern hanging over him...
Wow, she sure is. I’m suprised and appreciate the information. I haven’t watched TV news in weeks and there has been a lack of polling articles here lately. Now I understand why.
“I’m not going to follow Trump into indefensible territory by looking aside.”
Could I ask what specifically Trump said that you find “indefensible” and why? The press keeps saying that Trump “attacked” the Kahns, but I didn’t see him do anything of the sort. I think a lot of people are believing this narrative because they didn’t bother listening to what Trump actually said, think that he must have made additional comments that were actually belligerent, or they simply buy whatever line the press feeds them.
Trump made two mildly snarky comments that were not even attacks on the Kahns, and one of which only served to remind people that Islamic Sharia law (that Mr. Kahn has a history of promoting in print) oppresses women. It’s just a “coincidence” I’m sure that of all the many parents of dead children who appeared at the conventions, it just happened to be the Muslim woman and the wife of a promoter of legal discrimination against women who was the one who stood there silently. Is it really so wildly outrageous under those circumstances for someone to question whether she was allowed to speak? How is that in any way an attack on her, as the leftists and the media are claiming, to remind people that Muslim women should also be allowed to speak (but often aren’t)?
Trump is being attacked mercilessly for fighting openly and without PC against Islam’s oppression of women (and of course against it’s violent jihadi elements—which the press believe don’t exist so long as you can find a tiny handful of Muslims who died for the country). Nobody is ever supposed to mention this aspect of Islamic culture and beliefs. He broke a taboo, and the primary reason the press is going crazy is because he had the gull to suggest women in Islam often don’t have the same rights to express themselves as men (which is a fact). You’d think from the way the press reacted that Trump attacked their son’s sacrifice, but no, Trump called him a “hero” and only praised him. This is about deflecting and defending Islam from any criticism of its oppressive or violent aspects. If it had anything to do with defending parents of fallen vets, then the outrage would have been much greater when Hillary actually attacked Pat Smith and called her a liar.
Not everything is brilliant, not everything is above reproach. Whoopee, they said Trump hasn't sacrificed. Trump stepped in it, pure and simple. And personally, I think he stepped in it because of selfishness and not being able to take as good as he gives. If this doesn't change he will lose the election.
Since I don't want Trump to lose, I think it is reasonable to let him know what his supporters think about certain things and where the boundaries are. He shouldn't assume that he can just drag me wherever he wants to go in his tweets and personal attacks and have me bring up the rear with all those I touch in my daily life. As I said before, I want to vote "for", not "against". I sure hope Trump can keep things together in a way that prevents him from being my "lesser of two evils" choice. He has me wondering though.
Scarborough is ruining and shredding any semblance of credibility with his jealous loathing of Trump’s success. Until Trump ran, Scarborogh thought he and Donald were more or less equals. Under the law, perhaps; but seriously, Joe?
I still don’t see how saying that the mother should have been allowed to speak too is an attack on the mother. I’m left wondering if the rationale for the claim is that an attack on the (worse parts of the) mother’s religion is an attack on the mother too, precisely because it’s her religion and she wouldn’t want to be associated with such an attack, even though it wasn’t negative against her? Is that really the issue, not that he ever attacked her personally (if anything he defended her), but that he used her presumably against her will to attack Islam in a way that’s viewed as improper?
Or is it that Trump’s tone should have been politer and more positive, instead of a little sarcastic (even though Kahn radically misrepresented Trump’s positions on the stage of the DNC)? A question of tone hardly seems worth making a federal case over. It’s how people from Queens talk. I’m still trying to understand where all this outrage is coming from. At any rate I guess we’ll just have to agree to disagree.
I will say I think it would be a good idea if Trump would do more to anticipate questions from the press and try to figure out the ways the press might distort, exaggerate, or cherry pick his words in order to avoid falling into their traps.
Five people listen to Joe Scarborough’s show, including his two mommies.
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