Posted on 08/17/2016 7:58:47 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
Donald Trump's hiring of Breitbart News executive chairman Steve Bannon is a signal that nothing is off-limits between now and November 8.
Bannon, a former Navy officer and Goldman Sachs investment banker, has been a conservative media executive for years. Now, suddenly, he is the Trump campaign's CEO, making him one of Trump's top advisers. The appointment formalizes what has been an informal and beneficial relationship between Breitbart.com and the campaign.
The far-right Breitbart website, founded by the late Andrew Breitbart, publishes a dash of news with a heavy dose of conservative opinion. It has been an unapologetic booster of Trump, critic of Republican establishment figures like Paul Ryan, and attack dog against Hillary Clinton.
Breitbart has celebrated moments when Trump's rhetoric has hewed closely to the site's editorial position.
"Trump Echoes Breitbart: Battle with Islam 'Like The Cold War,'" read one headline earlier this week.
It has also advocated for Trump's populist, nationalist policy positions. Last month the site started selling "Breitbart Border Wall Construction Co." T-shirts.
Breitbart has also touted conspiracy theories about Clinton's health and published dozens of stories about Bill Clinton's alleged treatment of women, with headlines like "The Secret Sex Abuse Victims of Bill Clinton."
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His harnessing of media megaphones led Bloomberg to call him "the most dangerous political operative in America" in a profile last year.
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The hiring of Steve Bannon as campaign CEO is a REALLY BIG DEAL. Bannon is a self-described honey badger.
Doesn’t Breitbart have one of the mega GOP donors behind it? Not Adelson.
Brietbart is honest enough to admit who they are, unlike CNN who claims to be a news site and is a propaganda mill for the left without the journalistic integrity of Brietbart.
Robert Mercer.
I don't know if this is a good thing. We're about 84 days until Election Day, wand some states start early voting in late September. I hope and pray It works...
Wait a minute... Fox News now says Trump promoted pollster Kelly Anne Conway to campaign manager... Bannon as Chief Executive Officer.
YOUR DAYS ARE NUMBERED!!!
You think Trump is a ‘street fighter’ you haven't seen ‘street fighting’ yet, but your about to...
Hillary is over, the DNC and everyone else knows this, she is going through the stages, Trump has the biggest voting block in history right now, and he built it, he went out day after day after day and brought in over 13 million new members, has raised more money than any other candidate in history of the party...Trump has done this, and now Bannon is going to make sure that the ‘house that Trump built’ will be in the White House to Make America Great Again...
Oh yes, the other side is quaking in their beds right now, watch the media from today on, they will do ANYTHING and EVERYTHING to tear Trump down and try to use Bannon to do this...this is the time to get the popcorn...
Yes, Robert Mercer. He’s a bazillionaire...I read Trump hired another funded outfit Cambridge Analytica which uses specialized targeting of audiences for Trump to get message to people who would be intrested in what he is selling...which is what a campaign is...
Sundance at Conservative Treehouse says Mercer is a mainstreet guy and not a wall street guy...which is good for Trump
And I think Bannon who has the reputation of an Irish Street fighter will get along fine with the lad who grew up in Queens...I think we are watching history being made in a great and new way
Freegards and Blessings!
WHERE IS THE AD BLITZ???
11 weeks to Election Day. It’s time to start spending that money.
I expected something more harsh from CNN, the hiring must have caught them by surprise.
“The far right Britebart...” as opposed to the far left CNN?
It appears that Bannon will be responsible for getting the message into the media. And for killing Hillary.
That's what he does.
It sounds as though the Broad Shouldered man is bringing in some big guns to clean up the west. Trump has been
identified with a star, that must make him the new sheriff in town.
TRUMP will TRiUMPh
Love these quotes.
First from the GOPe Egg McMuffin spokesman, Rick Wilson...
“If you were looking for a tone or pivot, Bannon will pivot you in a dark, racist and divisive direction. It’ll be a nationalist, hateful campaign,” Wilson said. “Republicans should run away.”
Then from WaPo’s Robert Costa, on what to expect from Bannon...
“Huge rallies. Gloves off. Brutal fights with Clinton. Heavy emphasis on nationalism and populism. That’s the Bannon strategy.”
Goldman Sachs doesn't usually get much love in these parts.
How come none of the left-wing rags are labeled as far-left?
“a signal that nothing is off-limits between now and November 8. “
Excellent! I am sure Hillary will use everything, including dirty tricks. Trump also needs to pull out all the stops and do everything to win and defeat Hillary.
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