Posted on 10/20/2024 12:08:01 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
When the history of the 2024 election is written, one of the iconic images illustrating it will surely be the mug shot taken of Donald J. Trump after one of his four indictments, staring into the camera with his signature glare. It is an image not of shame but of defiance, the image of a man who would be a convicted felon before Election Day and yet possibly president of the United States again afterward.
Sometimes lost amid all the shouting of a high-octane campaign heading into its final couple of weeks is that simple if mind-bending fact. America for the first time in its history may send a criminal to the Oval Office and entrust him with the nuclear codes. What would once have been automatically disqualifying barely seems to slow Mr. Trump down in his comeback march for a second term that he says will be devoted to “retribution.”
In all the different ways that Mr. Trump has upended the traditional rules of American politics, that may be one of the most striking. He has survived more scandals than any major party presidential candidate, much less president, in the life of the republic. Not only survived but thrived. He has turned them on their head, making allegations against him into an argument for him by casting himself as a serial victim rather than a serial violator.
His persecution defense, the notion that he gets in so much trouble only because everyone is out to get him, resonates at his rallies where he says “they’re not coming after me, they’re coming after you, and I’m just standing in the way.” But that of course belies a record of scandal stretching across his 78 years starting long before politics. Whether in his personal life or his public life,...
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
Operative Word: "Accused"
Have they no decency?
By the way....has anyone seen or heard from Hunter Biden lately?
THAT guy is scandalous.
I don’t read the rag but people publish the NY Times articles here - there must be at least seven negative articles on Trump daily and not a single NYT negative on Kamala.
Desperate they are.
When the history of the 2024 election is written, one of the iconic images illustrating it will surely be President Donald J Trump serving hamburgers at a McDonalds drive through.
So says the hypocrite Peter Baker of the lying, traitorous New York Times.
Someone yesterday criticized the posting of these NYT articles, but I welcome it. It’s amazing to me how they just churn out their mindless propaganda every single day. Good thing nobody reads it. The scary thing is I bet almost all of them actually believe their own BS
The handwringing from NY Times op eds is painful to watch. The projection, the deep desire that they could control the narrative, the realization that no one believes them after the last 8 years (and realistically decades) of lies. The mask is off, the NY Times is garbage and is no more legitimate than the National Enquirer.
The NYT has officially replaced the National Enquirer as the most dishonest, sleaziest paper in the country.
If Musk bought the NYT would he keep ANYONE?
The reason why no scandal defeats Trump is because, unlike other traditional politicians, Trump actually DEFENDS Americans and their values.
We know what his faults are yet he continues to put his wealth and security at risk for us.
All others are pretenders who pander to voters without meaning to do anything.
Trump 2024
Is there an alternate source for the Slimes articles you’re fond of posting? I try to click on the link provided but “The Force” keeps pushing my finger away from doing that.
“For Trump, a Lifetime of Scandals “
Name one.
“an image not of shame but of defiance,”
Why do you think that is bright boy?
Some people’s kids.
Short answer: No.
Yeah, but this rag doesn’t even try to fool anyone.
I always wondered about bat boy.
But this nonsense? SMDH.
They are scared.
Excellent.
5.56mm
we have 4 years of on the job performance to judge him by. That’s why I have already voted for trump.
What truly is scandalous, is the treatment Trump has been subjected to by his enemies, and by their blatant use of government resources and the American judicial system to carry out their vendetta’s against him... And even more scandalous than that... Is the blatant ignorance and conspiratorial nature of the mainstream media in covering up this scandalous behavior.
Because they are all contrived.
Right - we believe the NYSlimes
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