Posted on 01/22/2016 11:17:23 AM PST by jimbo123
Whatever you might think of National Review's Thursday night attack on Donald Trump is beside the point. That's not what I'm here to talk about. Just forget about The Establishment versus... Trump versus... This has nothing to do with politics and everything to do with tactics and media savvy. There are many fine people at National Review, smart people, which is why the incredibly lame and heavy-handed execution of this "broadside" against Trump is something worth talking about.
Conservatives cannot win elections, most especially national elections, living in the 19th century. If you are going to go to the trouble of building what you believe is a Nuclear Bomb - and a full issue of National Review devoted to annihilating Trump is obviously crafted with that in mind - you have to also build a 21st century delivery device.
All that time, all that work, all that effort, all that organization, and by noon the next day, because of a terrible launch platform, National Review's nuke has already belly-flopped and disappeared into the sea.
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This is 2016. Opinions are not changed with the drop of a magazine filled with Very Important Thinkers espousing Very Big Thinks about How We Should All Think. This approach only backfires because it looks self-important, stuffy and conceited from good people who are none of those things.
If I may paraphrase the Coen Brothers: Nobody likes the high hat.
Drudge doesn't issue proclamations.
BuzzFeed doesn't issue proclamations.
The Mainstream Media doesn't issue proclamations.
Hearts and Minds are changed through Narratives - narratives built over time and tested with carefully-crafted storytelling, characters, caricatures, tweets, Facebook posts, attention-grabbing headlines, pictures, videos, and yes, even gifs.
The only message coming out of this National Review issue today is that A BUNCH OF FAMOUS CONSERVATIVES PILED ON DONALD
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
The are vicious Rinos. They are both enemy of Trump. (EOT)
Lives no. Jobs maybe. Off to Florida retirement for the lot of you. Especially Megyn the Facilitator.
well done
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