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Are we watching a real life Wag The Dog?

Posted on 10/27/2018 7:46:56 AM PDT by detective

I feel like I am watching a version of the movie Wag the Dog.

In the movie it looks like an election in a few weeks is going to be lost.

A massive media campaign about a fake war in Albania is used to sway the public. The public is easily deceived by an orchestrated false narrative and the election is won.

This is almost exactly what is happening today.

The current false narrative is about fake devises that look like crude pipe bombs and are sent to leading Democrats and actor Robert DeNiro. The person identified as the "bomber" is an ex male stripper. He is bankrupt and has been living in his van. He has a history of criminal activities and an extensive arrest record.

Almost on cue the Democrats turn on a dime and stop encouraging violence. They parrot talking points claiming that Trump and his supporters are violent and that Democrats and the media are virtuous victims.

In this


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To: cuban leaf

Damn Rather? Is that old squirrel still collecting nuts? /s


21 posted on 10/27/2018 8:14:13 AM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: fireman15

Wag the Dog was a case where - in trying to generically attack a white male Republican-looking Presidential figure - Hollywood accidentally gave away major Democrat game plans. :)


22 posted on 10/27/2018 8:15:07 AM PDT by Mr. Jeeves ([CTRL]-[GALT]-[DELETE])
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To: oldbrowser
At some point the coincidences seem beyond belief.

It's called evidence.

A crazed criminal idiot loser living in his van making bombs that don't work? No way!

The Post Office, the place where dedicated observant professionals gather to put in a hard days work forget to cancel some stamps? No Way!

And yet if he had Bernie stickers on his crazy van and wore a Bernie hat you would completely accept the evidence.

You just can't accept that someone with a MAGA hat and stickers can't be a crazed criminal idiot loser out of the millions that voted for him.

23 posted on 10/27/2018 8:15:13 AM PDT by Snickering Hound
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To: gaijin

Is that from the actual movie script?


24 posted on 10/27/2018 8:15:30 AM PDT by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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To: lee martell

They have yelled FIRE in a crowded theatre too many times. Not working on us anymore.


25 posted on 10/27/2018 8:15:51 AM PDT by Shady (We WON the Battle, Now let's WIN THE WAR!!!!)
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To: Snickering Hound
You just can't accept that someone wearing a MAGA hat and has some stickers can't be a crazy criminal idiot so you have to concoct conspiracy theories.

Like the Russian dossier, like Mrs Ford's testimony, like Hillary's saintly public service....

The Democrats have never lied to the American people.

Never, not Once!

They have never tried to sway elections, they have never stolen ballots, never tried to get illegals to vote, never tried to use dead vote. The Dems are totally virtuous.

Being suspicious of this event, especially so close to the election and without cause, ( because the Democrats are so innocent) makes you people look silly..../s

26 posted on 10/27/2018 8:15:56 AM PDT by dragonblustar (I love reading Trump tweets in the morning.)
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To: detective

That movie really opened my eyes. The fact that it came out during the Clinton years cemented it.


27 posted on 10/27/2018 8:16:31 AM PDT by McGruff
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To: dragonblustar
Like the Russian dossier, like Mrs Ford's testimony, like Hillary's saintly public service....

Red herring.

The Democrats have never lied to the American people.

Red herring.

They have never tried to sway elections, they have never stolen ballots, never tried to get illegals to vote, never tried to use dead vote. The Dems are totally virtuous.

Red herring.

28 posted on 10/27/2018 8:18:12 AM PDT by Snickering Hound
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To: Shady

Or as Pelosi implies——they cried WOLF in a crowded theater.

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29 posted on 10/27/2018 8:18:13 AM PDT by Mears
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To: gaijin

4 min YouTube, Wag The Dog

Hollywood studio team rapidly assembles “girl under sniper fire” scene:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNDmDZi05dY


30 posted on 10/27/2018 8:19:00 AM PDT by gaijin
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To: Snickering Hound

+. Crazy doesn’t make sense to the sane.


31 posted on 10/27/2018 8:19:13 AM PDT by mad_as_he$$
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To: detective

The past couple of years have been real-life Wag the Dog.


32 posted on 10/27/2018 8:20:56 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Democracy dies when Democrats refuse to accept the result of a democratic election they didn't win.)
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To: Jane Long

I approximated from memory.

In post 30 below I retrieved that actual scene.


33 posted on 10/27/2018 8:22:58 AM PDT by gaijin
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To: Snickering Hound
It's called evidence.

The democrats have established a behavioral pattern.

You just can't accept that someone with a MAGA hat and stickers can't be a crazed criminal idiot loser out of the millions that voted for him.

Red herring.

34 posted on 10/27/2018 8:24:02 AM PDT by dragonblustar (I love reading Trump tweets in the morning.)
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To: Snickering Hound

It’s the timing that makes it look so orchestrated


35 posted on 10/27/2018 8:25:07 AM PDT by oldbrowser (The government did not create the people. The people created the government.)
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To: Snickering Hound

I said from day one, it will be a lone nutcase.

It usally is.

Is the media milking it for all it’s worth? Yup.

Does it surprise me? Nope.

My only curiosity in the matter was how much evidence was produced for public consumption so quickly.

Normally none of these details, means or methods would be released during an investigation.

Any details released would be done in a way to goad the suspect into revealing himself, and maybe that is just what they did, but this guy might as well had a red neon sign and search lights on top of the MAGA Mobile declaring “I DONE IT!!”


36 posted on 10/27/2018 8:26:02 AM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: mad_as_he$$
Crazy doesn’t make sense to the sane.

A lunatic idiot living in a van who can't get people to pay attention to his crazy opinions and ideas decide one day to start mailing bombs so people will pay attention to him doesn't make sense?

37 posted on 10/27/2018 8:27:06 AM PDT by Snickering Hound
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To: dragonblustar

My boy Chester, Never stole NOTHING!, From NOBODY, Hardly ever..


38 posted on 10/27/2018 8:28:47 AM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: gaijin
An athlete..! No, a MUSCLEMAN..! NO..! A muscleman STRIPPER Trump fan..! No, better..!! Wait, I got it..! A muscleman, stripper, INDIAN Trump fan..!!

with far less than a 1/1000th percent chance of be elizabeth warren's cousin

39 posted on 10/27/2018 8:30:10 AM PDT by TheRightGuy
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To: Snickering Hound
No it doesn't if you intend to harm others. Make no mistake the devices may have been duds but there are traumatized people at the reception point.
40 posted on 10/27/2018 8:30:48 AM PDT by mad_as_he$$
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