Posted on 02/20/2017 12:15:48 AM PST by Kaslin
The sequel to that stupid mommy porn bondage movie is now in theaters, giving naughty thrills to bored housewives whose liberal husbands cant cut it manwise, but the real festival of S&M was in the White House as President Trump unleashed his iron discipline on the media. Call it Fifty Shades of Orange.
It wasnt a press conference it was a kinky dungeon session where masochistic journalists eagerly sought out the delicious pain Master T was dealing. Hack after hack stepped up, tried to play gotcha. and ended up whimpering in the fetal position. The best part was CNNs Jim Acosta, fresh from whining about how conservative outlets now get to ask questions too, basically handing Trump the cat-o-nine tails. Dude, next time keep from talking yourself into more public humiliation by biting down on the ball gag.
The medias safe word is Objectivity, but none of them uttered it.
The wonderful thing about Trump and the thing that sets the Fredocons and wusspublicans fussing is that he gives exactly zero damns about the medias inflated and ridiculous self-image. He doesnt pay lip service to their lie that they are anything but what Instapundit calls Democratic Party operatives with bylines. Trump called them the the enemy of the American People, to which normals responded with Yeah, sounds about right.
Trump sees them as the enemy, which they are, and he calls them what they are, just like he calls radical Islamic terrorists radical Islamic terrorists instead of generic extremists who shout Allah Akbar! as they commit acts of workplace violence whose motives remain elusive and unknowable. It would be ironic that the media hates it when a politician tells the truth, except no one still believes the media is in the truth business.
The press conference provided a great excuse for one of the medias periodic freakouts about pretend oppression. After all, the best press is Threatened by Fascism Press, where the pampered members of the Fourth Estate get to play the heroic resistance to huge, shadowy forces intent on stilling their voices and suppressing truth and justice. Except the media might come off as a bit more sincere about freedom of speech if it spared even a fraction of its ostentatious current concern for itself for the conservatives being silenced and beaten at Berkeley while the police stood back, under orders to let it happen. Oh, and it would be more convincing if the media did not eagerly support overturning a Supreme Court ruling that said that the government could not stop people from showing a movie critical of Hillary Clinton. Im not saying my novel Peoples Republics depiction of a lapdog press serving the liberal fascist elite in post-secession blue America represents the medias desired end-state, but all the evidence supports that the medias desired end-state is totally to serve as the lapdog of a liberal fascist elite in a post-secession blue America.
Only a fevered hive mind, poisoned by unearned self-regard and a delusional sense of its own moral superiority, could seriously equate a politician pointing out the obvious fact that todays reporters are mostly lying, incompetent jerks with Hitlerian press censorship. Tell you what Ill believe you when the National Guard shows up to shut down CNN by padlocking the makeup room.
Except, according to the AP, the National Guard is busy preparing to be unleashed upon the photogenic honor student dreamers who the press tells us make up the undocumented friend community when they arent murdering us or voting, which our ink-stained guardians assure us totally never ever happens, and Trump lies, plus youre a racist. Another day, another example of Fake News. My favorite part of this particular press foot-shoot was getting lectured on the intricacies of the Posse Comitatus Act by 25-year old media savants whose military experience consists of pestering their dorm mates about Call of Dutys cartoon guns being phallocentric and how the game is insufficiently welcoming to the trans perspective.
In any case, the whole National Guard v. Aliens story was yet another giant lie in that seemingly endless series of giant lies we call the News, but dont think it made the press go into spasms of reflection or self-criticism. No, those bloodhounds pivoted right back to the important stuff, like sniffing out whether someone in the West Wing might have uttered some vaguely complimentary words about Ivankas line of shoes. In the meantime, this lie opened the floodgates and released a horde of mouth-breathing liberals slandering our National Guard warriors as Nazis on Twitter. Thanks, media nothing I love better than seeing my former troops reputations made collateral damage of your quest to bring down a president you resent because he was elected without your approval.
Its all so pathetic, and the clichés are so hackneyed. As always, there was the Will You Denounce X? Guy, rolling out the usual demand that Trump denounce some misbehavior he has nothing to do with in what everyone who isnt an utter moron or in Congress sees as a cheesy ploy to associate the innocent respondent with said misbehavior. The day after Israels leader rhapsodized about Trumps friendship for the Jewish people, Trumps somehow obligated to concede the implicit charge that hes secretly ant-Semitic? Its stupid, its a lie, and its wonderful that Trump refused to play along with this tired, hack tactic.
Then theres the Russians/Flynn nonsense, a non-story that America non-cares about. Oh, theres a real story there, but the press isnt interested in that. Heres the real story the intelligence community under the Obama administration was obviously eavesdropping on Trumps campaign in violation of practically every law ever written. Whether it was direct tapping of phones and emails, or illegally accessing the communications swooped up by the NSA in its nets, its clear that Obamas people were spying on Obamas political opponents. The transcript excerpts of Flynns phone call with the Russian diplomat leaked because it could be played off as targeting the Russian, though this was still an outrageous disclosure of American spying capabilities. What these criminals cant do is release the communications between Americans that they possess because doing that confirms what we all know that Obamas people spied on his political opponents like his IRS persecuted them. The only question really is what did Obama know, and when did he know it interestingly, on his way out the door, Obama made it easy to hide the source of the leaks by opening up access to the information across a bunch of agencies. Theres your story, a scandal that makes Watergate seem microscopic, and the mainstream media will not touch it because it would destroy the medias political allies.
But wait, what about Trumps bathrobe? Better flood the zone, stat!
Now, the media could try something new, like being objective and covering issues people care about. It could stop making every single question some sort of gotcha ploy designed to generate a viral clip. Normals tire of these antics; they want information that affects their lives. How about a question like Mr. President, the market is up 10 percent since the election. Where do you expect it to go from here and why? Thats not a softball question just because it recognizes that Trump has a success; it seeks information that every American with an IRA or 401(k) wants to know. Sexy? No. Useful? Yes. Oh, and it also totally undercuts Trumps ability to make the question about the press I actually wonder how he would respond to a non-hostile, reasonable question because, outside of Katie Pavlich, Ive never seen him asked one.
But the media wont learn, which is why it needs to die and be reborn as something that isnt the hacky lackey of one of the political parties. Until then, the mainstream media will just keep on begging Thank you Mr. President, may I have another? and Trump will happily keep on delivering.
Trump needs to elevate the alternative media.
Give long interviews to outlets like Breitbart.
Never call on MSM at press conferences.
Switch from manipulating Twitter to GAB.AI
Have a well-heeled friend start a competitor to Google/Youtube and promote it heavily.
Ditto for a Facebook replacement.
Only go on One America News...never CNN/FOX/NBC/CBS/ABC
Regularly appear on conservative radio like Rush, Hannity, Savage.
Hit them in the pocketbook....let them know that when they shape up he will again work with them.
This money shot punch line should have been at the end of the article:
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“Only a fevered hive mind, poisoned by unearned self-regard and a delusional sense of its own moral superiority, could seriously equate a politician pointing out the obvious fact that todays reporters are mostly lying, incompetent jerks with Hitlerian press censorship. Tell you what Ill believe you when the National Guard shows up to shut down CNN by padlocking the makeup room.”
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THAT is good writing.
Kudos to author Kurt Schlichter
Kurt Schlichter (Twitter: @KurtSchlichter), Senior Columnist for Townhall.com, was personally recruited to write conservative commentary by Andrew Breitbart. He is a name partner at a growing Los Angeles trial law firm, a retired Army Infantry colonel with a masters in Strategic Studies from the United States Army War College, and a former stand-up comic.
Schlichter suffers no fools. I have a dream that he will someday, cigar in mouth, be the next WH press secretary.
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Very good writing. Now my question is. Is he single :D
I’ve watched the following scenario in EVERY PRESS CONFERENCE I EVER SAW:
The Pundit from MSM: Mr. BlahBlah, (rest of question follows)
The Respondent: Well, (then he goes on for about seven more words and...)
The Pundit interjects: But what about something else yada yada
It happens ALL THE TIME! Watching a press conference is USELESS because you never get to hear the responses! As soon as the person being interviewed starts answering the press, the press interrupts with a modified question.
ALL media outlets are guilty of the above!
And today I keep hearing about “Freedom of the press...” on the tube, I almost gag on that one, freedom to ask a question and then before it gets answered, freedom to butt in and ask another one... over and over and over and over!
‘Master T’...ROTFLMAO!
Trump’s enemy of the people tweet seems to have driven the fakestreamers completely over the edge. Every thing else is third page this morning. Trump really hit a nerve.
Stop inviting baddies to your press conferences. Let them compete to get in. No reserved seats for the hostile press haters, None!
Trump understood early on that the media is basically an extension of the Democratic Party, and by treating them as such he won the election. By continuing the battle, he is not only improving his chances for re-election, but hopefully changing the dynamic of how American voters receive news.
Those who controlled the masses with fake news, and the beneficiaries of that control of the masses, should be alarmed; this is a game-changer.
The press has been schlictered
kinda raw coming from townhall... this is a first. could have been a little more professional about it. Ill check out a womans bod in a heart beat, but don’t really need the verbage when I read an article on politics. 2 thumbs down...
The press conferences with Obama had a very different tone.
“Mr. President, please beat me”, sighed Little Jim Acosta.
the MSM should have to register as a political action committee.
“Have a well-heeled friend start a competitor to Google/Youtube and promote it heavily...Ditto for a Facebook replacement.”
When, within the first 100 or 200 days? Unfortunately, I don’t think he could do it during his first four years.
These are supposed to be press conferences, where reporters ask questions. They are not debates. Too many times the reporters shouted back talking points to Trump's answers. Ask the questions and shut up. If you don't like the answers, too bad.
I would love to see Trump put on a little video presentation at his next presser. Show some of the puff questions Obama used to get.
“the MSM should have to register as a political action committee”
For all intents and purposes, that’s exactly what they seem to be.
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