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Donald Trump “Pwns” the Media
The American Spectator ^ | September 16, 2016 | Melissa Clauthier

Posted on 09/16/2016 5:44:03 PM PDT by Kaslin

onald Trump called a press conference today to address some concerns he wanted to share. The Press showed up to the press conference because overnight, they’d been marinating in a Trump Mea Culpa hope: Trump will finally admit he’s a racist and apologize for the Obama Birther fight. As conservatives groaned about the stupidity of the birther garbage being revisited and then further groaned that Trump would have a press conference (no good could come of that), the media slavered with anticipation.

Once again, Trump surprised everyone. John Hinderaker of Powerline shares the result:

Sometimes you really have to hand it to Donald Trump. The press has been after him recently about whether he believes the Hillary Clinton campaign’s claim that Barack Obama was not born in the U.S. For years, the press has obsessed on “birtherism,” considering it to be a major issue on a par, at least, with a lousy economy and pitiful defense policy. Last night the Trump campaign released a statement to the effect that “Mr. Trump believes that President Obama was born in the United States.”

This morning, Trump himself tweeted:

I am now going to the brand new Trump International, Hotel D.C. for a major statement.

Reporters assumed the statement would be about Obama’s birthplace, and, sensing an opportunity to halt Hilary’s decline in the polls, hurried to the Trump International en masse, with camera crews in tow. The cable news networks cleared time to broadcast the anticipated Trump humiliation live.

Instead, they were treated to 20 minutes of military figures endorsing Trump. Live, on CNN and MSNBC!


(Excerpt) Read more at spectator.org ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: birther; birtherism; dc; laivebymedia; masterstroke; media; msm; trump; washingtondc
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To: exDemMom

No matter what slang terms are used, Trump has the press eating out his hand anticipating he may, just may slip and then the can print their “gottchas”. He’s living in their heads and having a ball while the press is too dumb to realize it.


21 posted on 09/16/2016 6:09:49 PM PDT by DaveA37
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To: atc23

Pig In A Pant Suit.

(I only looked that one up a few days ago.)


22 posted on 09/16/2016 6:11:25 PM PDT by exDemMom (Current visual of the hole the US continues to dig itself into: http://www.usdebtclock.org/)
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To: Larry Lucido
"pwned!" supposedly is derived from an excited gamer typing the word "owned!" after defeating an opponent.

Note that "o" is next to "p" on the keyboard.

It evolved to "pwn3d" in further iterations.

[Note that "e" is next to "3" on the keyboard.]

23 posted on 09/16/2016 6:11:27 PM PDT by kiryandil (Hillary Clinton is not sophisticated enough to understand the Bill of Rights, either.)
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To: Kaslin

HOORAY Trump


24 posted on 09/16/2016 6:12:19 PM PDT by PGalt
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To: ctdonath2

thx
i had no idea


25 posted on 09/16/2016 6:12:50 PM PDT by Karoo
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To: Kaslin
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26 posted on 09/16/2016 6:18:42 PM PDT by TornadoAlley3 ( I'm Proud To Be An Okie From Muskogee.)
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To: Bryanw92

http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/owned-pwned

Here ya go. BE EDUCATED WITH UNIMPORTANT INFORMATION.

Having said that, I would definitely say that what Trump did to the media was definitely worthy of ‘PWNED!’


27 posted on 09/16/2016 6:28:03 PM PDT by Luircin (Stomp Hillary, build wall, stop Islam. Any of the above are good reasons to vote. Trump 2016)
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To: Mad Dawgg

Words ending in -ed
When forming a past participle ending in -ed, the Leet user may replace the -e with an apostrophe, as was common in poetry of previous centuries, (e.g. “pwned” becomes “pwn’d”). Sometimes, the apostrophe is removed as well (e.g. “pwned” becomes “pwnd”). The word ending may also be substituted by -t (e.g. pwned becomes pwnt).

OK. Clear as mud/


28 posted on 09/16/2016 6:28:23 PM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
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To: Larry Lucido

What I love is all the supposed “racists” using Pepe, a Mexican frog, as a mascot / icon.


29 posted on 09/16/2016 6:29:54 PM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: tumblindice
"OK. Clear as mud/"

LOL you haven't even broken the surface of the muddy pool.

Here is blurb about Trump's Media play in normal speak (but using just a couple of leetspeak terms):

Trump pwned the main stream media with his leet strategy.

Now here is the same sentence translated into TRUE Leetspeak:

7RUMp pWn3D 7h3 M41N s7R34m m3d14 W17 h12 L337 s7r4739Y.

30 posted on 09/16/2016 6:40:13 PM PDT by Mad Dawgg (If you're going to deny my 1st Amendment rights then I must proceed to the 2nd one...)
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To: Kaslin

I think this is awesome. If this is the type of out-of-the-box thinking Trump will bring to the table, he’s going to make a great president.


31 posted on 09/16/2016 7:03:27 PM PDT by Fast Moving Angel (It is no more than a dream remembered, a Civilization gone with the wind.)
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To: Kaslin

Those reporters should never ‘assume’. There are three words in ‘ass-u-me’.


32 posted on 09/16/2016 8:06:45 PM PDT by Parmy (II don't know how to past the images.)
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To: Principled

In this case they belong to Trump


33 posted on 09/16/2016 8:24:14 PM PDT by Nifster (Ignore all polls. Get Out The Vote)
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To: Kaslin

What the heck is “pwn”?


34 posted on 09/16/2016 8:46:40 PM PDT by TBP (0bama lies, Granny dies.)
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To: eyeamok

Not just him but Shep Smith, the GAY, ALSO LIED!!!


35 posted on 09/17/2016 8:20:49 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: exDemMom

Hoist on their own petard.

“Someone set them up, the Trump.”


36 posted on 09/17/2016 8:25:06 AM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: tet68

The media are so predictable.... Trump owns them.


37 posted on 09/17/2016 8:27:14 AM PDT by KSCITYBOY
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