My indictment of the so-called “conservative media” would be entirely different:
1) They completely failed to understand the Trump phenomenon-—what ISSUES he was appealing on, why those ISSUES were important, and why NO ONE else, even Cruz, really could be trusted on those ISSUES.
2) They have completely misread Trump’s “unfavorables” (see Stephen the idiot Hayes and his comments today on Twitter), and continue to do so. Since he is not a politician, traditional political “unfavorability” ratings are meaningless. He is a celebrity, and his “unfavorables” as the guy who says “You’re fired” must be viewed like those of Richard Petty, or J.R. Ewing, or “the Undertaker” in WWF-—characters you boo, who have “unfavorables,” who nevertheless are virtually adored. It’s because people understand a “character” and a real person. Trump the real person connects. There is absolutely NO other explanation for why his poll numbers are so incredibly high.
3) Only Rush Limbaugh, in ALL the “conservative media,” has really tried to get into what is happening and for the most part he’s doing a great job. He understands this isn’t about switching out guys at the top. This is a revolution against “the system” and the whole elite, “inside-the-club” way of doing things. Cruz is IN the club. He may be relegated to the cloakroom he’s so unpopular, but he is in the club.
4) ALL the conservative media except Rush and maybe Hannity and Levin face potential loss of serious dollars if Trump wins. Their “beltway” contacts would be useless, their “inside sources” wouldn’t be talking and they and their pals won’t get jobs in the White House press office (Dana Perrino). They see their $$ flying away.
“3) Only Rush Limbaugh, in ALL the “conservative media,” has really tried to get into what is happening and for the most part he’s doing a great job. He understands this isn’t about switching out guys at the top. This is a revolution against “the system” and the whole elite, “inside-the-club” way of doing things.”
Worth repeating
Interesting.
All four of your points are good. Well stated and perceptively informative. .
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Good points.
‘Transformation’ is a b*tch , huh? It takes an ‘Obammy/Carter’ to get us a Reagan, I reckun.. or in this case, a Trump.
Even Rush gets a good theory tossed at him from time to time by callers.. and it gives him a glimmer of hope for the future.
Obammy forgot that a pendulum that swings far left .. will eventually swing back the other way.. and when it does,, smash and scatter all the talking pinheads off their pedestals of virtue.