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When He Goes Low, They Go … Where? The Left Mulls How to Resist Trump
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/14/us/politics/democrats-donald-trump.html ^ | 2017-01-14 | Jonathan Martin

Posted on 01/14/2017 6:54:36 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum

Edited on 01/14/2017 7:37:05 PM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: antitrump; haters; theleft; trumptransition
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This is what swamp-draining looks like.
1 posted on 01/14/2017 6:54:37 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

...nuts.


2 posted on 01/14/2017 6:57:46 PM PST by txrefugee
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
'Rats are going to have to become more causally oriented, fact based or they are going to end up on the Ashheap of Trump.

They need to give up on Marxist Analysis.

3 posted on 01/14/2017 6:59:15 PM PST by Paladin2 (No spellcheck. It's too much work to undo the auto wrong word substitution on mobile devices.)
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To: txrefugee

“F” them!!


4 posted on 01/14/2017 6:59:43 PM PST by WENDLE (5000 BIKERS FOR TRUMP GOING TO MARSHALL PARK!! Like your TEETH?)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Lewis called him a bastardized president. Trump hit back by pointing out FACTS.

GET USED TO IT SLIMES.


5 posted on 01/14/2017 7:00:06 PM PST by SoFloFreeper (Isaiah 25:8)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

The Left is already on the run and Trump has not even been sworn in yet.

Amazing.


6 posted on 01/14/2017 7:00:31 PM PST by joshua c (Cut the cord! Don't pay for the rope they hang you with.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
They go away.

Works for me.

7 posted on 01/14/2017 7:01:33 PM PST by TChad (Propagandists should not be treated like journalists.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I think what Left is saying is their standard playbook is ineffective against Trump.

And that is all they have.


8 posted on 01/14/2017 7:02:33 PM PST by joshua c (Cut the cord! Don't pay for the rope they hang you with.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Ask Clarence Thomas about how low the Democrats can go. Or Herman Cain.

Ask Donald Trump how low Democrats can go. How many fake sexual abuse, fake sexual assault, fake perversion, fake rape, and fake exploitation accusations did the Democrats try to smear him with?

What a ridiculous headline. Another day, another insult to my intelligence.


9 posted on 01/14/2017 7:05:45 PM PST by Steely Tom (Liberals think in propaganda)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

HAHA! They have NOTHING! NOTHING in their old playbook works anymore, and they don’t know what to do! They’ll have to fall back on their REALLY old playbook— murdering people. Maybe they can ask Bill and Hillary Clinton.


10 posted on 01/14/2017 7:05:55 PM PST by backwoods-engineer (Trump won; I celebrated; I'm good. Let's get on with the civil war now.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Notice how all the left talks about is fighting, rousing up radical minorities, making personal attacks to destroy anyone not a democrat, and schemes and scams on how to get what they want no matter the legality or morality.

We never hear serious talk about working to do what is best for America.

And any concerns about honesty, truth, or moral and ethical behavior are nonexistent.

Prime example - all the furor over the Wikileaks release of the DNC/Podesta eMails.

Their interest is in burning whoever they think is responsible.

They do not care that the information disclosed was factual and demonstrated how democrats behind the scenes engaged in dishonest behavior to rig the election in Hillary’s favor.


11 posted on 01/14/2017 7:07:10 PM PST by Iron Munro (If Illegals voted Rebublican 50 Million Democrats Would Be Screaming "Build The Wall!")
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Trump doesn’t go low he goes to realty. Leftists are freaked out by it as they’re freaks.


12 posted on 01/14/2017 7:07:44 PM PST by Vision (Evil is powerless if the good are unafraid - Reagan)
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To: backwoods-engineer

We are truly witnessing History in the making. I am so GLAD I’ve been allowed to live this long to see the demise of the Socialist Democrat Party!

They’ve got NOTHING! WHO is on their bench? No one! And I find it VERY hard to believe that after the DISASTER of 0bama that some ‘upstart’ that just shows up out of nowhere with a few ‘Present’ votes in the Senate will sway anyone to vote for them in future elections.

Man, if we can manage to defeat the RINOs as well, we’ll be in High Clover for decades to come.

But, I digress...We The People, for WHATEVER reason, seem to be really, REALLY good at giving away the FREEDOMS that our Founding Fathers set in motion for us.

I’ll never understand our suicide tendencies, but let’s hope that with REAL Leadership, we can postpone the demise of America for a while longer! ;)


13 posted on 01/14/2017 7:13:22 PM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set!)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Donald Trump did not attack John Lewis, he counter-punched. If they don’t attack Trump, he won’t counter-punch. He will ignore them which won’t do them any good either. They are totally played out, totally failed.


14 posted on 01/14/2017 7:13:25 PM PST by gspurlock (http://www.backyardfence.wordpress.com)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Well said......


15 posted on 01/14/2017 7:18:57 PM PST by JBW1949 (I'm really PC....PATRIOTICALLY CORRECT!!!!)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin
But, I digress...We The People, for WHATEVER reason, seem to be really, REALLY good at giving away the FREEDOMS that our Founding Fathers set in motion for us.

Ignorance is bliss. And the left is/produces ignorance by NOT teaching the principles of our constitutional republic. So a lot of people simply don't know any better. They're leftists, not out of stupidity, but out of ignorance. They simply don't know any better.

16 posted on 01/14/2017 7:19:04 PM PST by meyer (The Constitution says what it says, and it doesn't say what it doesn't say.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

In any battle of wits, the left is unarmed.


17 posted on 01/14/2017 7:20:08 PM PST by Rastus
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To: Vision
Trump doesn’t go low he goes to realty.

Bringing up reality is fighting dirty, to Liberals.

Bringing up reality is not accepting their premises, it's rejecting their assumptions and signaling that you're not going to play their game.

They react to this by calling you stupid. If you haven't done or said anything demonstrably stupid, they make something up, as they did with the "I can see Russia from my house" quote, which was falsely attributed to Sarah Palin.

When that stops working, the accuse you of doing something that they're doing. This happened two months ago with the "fake news" meme, which got traction for about 48 hours, but then got inexorably turned back against them, until finally they were running away from it in a state of panic. Last week, the New York Times, which was the inventor of the expression, officially forbade its employees from ever again using those two words in conjunction.

Have you noticed that when Trump says something (like he did today with his answer to John Lewis), there is an initial period of outrage, followed by a slow push-back, which accelerates, and in a few days or weeks the whole discussion has pivoted as the truth of his observation becomes obvious and is accepted by ordinary people? The hysteria of the MSM is shoveled into the memory hole like a pile of hot ashes, but the damage is done, and they move on to the next attack, but from a slightly weaker position.

18 posted on 01/14/2017 7:23:11 PM PST by Steely Tom (Liberals think in propaganda)
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To: gspurlock

If they have something to say to Trump, perhaps they ought to avoid the media and actually meet with him in person. Things seem to actually get done when people talk “man to man” with Trump.

Backstabbing and slandering will not work. 14 Republican candidates, some very good, already lost to him. The liberals, even with MSM ownership, will not fare any better.


19 posted on 01/14/2017 7:23:21 PM PST by meyer (The Constitution says what it says, and it doesn't say what it doesn't say.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
It's awfully hard to win a tweet contest your side is dead wrong all of the time.

Trump can tell you what is wrong in 130 characters. Jeb could not tell them what was wrong in a 45 minute harangue, but he could stand on tippy toes and ask his audience to clap for him.

20 posted on 01/14/2017 7:25:50 PM PST by AndyJackson
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