MSNBC’s Town Hall With Donald Trump Was Disgraceful

Slate ^ | 2/17/16 | Isaac Chotiner

[don-o]

Is Donald Trump in trouble? After facing hostile questions from Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski Wednesday night--they comprehensively laid out his flip-flops, presented him with damning videotape, and asked him to explain the inconsistencies in detail--Trump was confronted by hostile audience members at MSNBC's televised town-hall forum. When a Muslim questioner got up to ask why he had said such bigoted things about minorities, Trump seemed to struggle while Scarborough forced him to respond. The candidate looked uncomfortable, unhappy, and somewhat lost. It could be a turning point.

If only. Of course, none of this actually occurred Wednesday night, just like it hasn't occurred once this entire campaign season. Instead, Scarborough and Brzezinski hosted what appeared to be a rehearsed and "safe" town hall, in which American voters asked the candidate such hard-hitting questions as "Why did you decide to run for president?" and "how will you set yourself apart" from other Republicans? It was completely worthless television, except in one sense: The program highlighted the many ways in which the media's coverage of Trump has been soft, insufficient, and without substance.

[DoughtyOne]

Would it make a difference to you? No.

Carville? Is that you?

[JediJones]

Let’s see, which candidate are the Democrats going to have an easier time portraying as a wealthy, big-business elitist who’s been screwing over the little guy for years and is racist and sexist to boot. After being defeated by the Romney playbook, why do we want to give them an even easier target to rerun it on?

[huldah1776]

Nothing has changed much...NYT 1983

"His alternating skills of charming some individuals and riding roughshod over others has earned Donald Trump a reputation in some quarters as someone not to be trusted. He reneged, for example, on a promise to donate to a museum the Art Deco bas- reliefs on the facade of Bonwit Teller's - bulldozed to make way for Trump Tower. It was a sin deemed unforgivable by landmark preservationists. But the only negative comments about Donald Trump these days are given off the record."

http://www.nytimes.com/1983/08/07/business/the-empire-and-ego-of-donald-trump.html?pagewanted=all

why? might have something to do with lawyers...He thinks suing people is fun.

[huldah1776]

Which is why they don’t do their own research and why they are following the master of marketing (he did lose his eminent domain case in Scotland recently where he built “the greatest golf course in the world” but he lost money on it for the last three years and QUIT developing it because of windmills put up by the Scot fed government and then he lost THAT lawsuit).

[huldah1776]

You are so right. Why have to know policy when the “Reagan Democrats” will vote for you?

[huldah1776]

Well we do have to admit he treats women equally in his tirades.

[stratboy]

Or waste your time on a radio show where the host gushes daily over your opponent?

[huldah1776]

“Average Americans think they’re smarter than average Americans

YouGov poll shows 55 percent of Americans think they possess above average intelligence. A relief for the future of tech, surely.”

...And so it is that a YouGov survey published this week has revealed more evidence of this self-confidence — coupled, I believe, with some hope for tech’s future. It seems, you see, that 55 percent of Americans believe they’re more intelligent than, well, the average American.”

http://www.cnet.com/news/average-americans-think-theyre-smarter-than-average-americans/

[huldah1776]

Yes they do exist. In PHILADELPHIA. My brother works in a blue collar business and they are for the death penalty, defending their home, and against partial birth but vote democrat

BECAUSE THEY ARE UNION.

[huldah1776]

And we bust on millenials for not being able to read or having length of concentration being 15 seconds...

And others wonder why people follow the “leader” blindly.

Second paragraph ABOVE...

“If only. Of course, none of this actually occurred Wednesday night, just like it hasn’t occurred once this entire campaign season.”

[monocle]

The depth of your analysis is beyond comprehension.

[Balding_Eagle]

Women have asked for decades to be treated equally, which Trump has done within his organization for decades.

Rosie, whom I think you may be referring too, has been one of the cheerleaders for equal treatment. She got what she championed for.

[apocalypto]

What’s wrong with Levin? I used to think he was fair.

[huldah1776]

She wrote a fair article about Trump and the only two things she said about him were about him changing and I quoted that and the other was the democrat filled last paragraph which had nothing to do with HOW he works but what she is afraid he will bulldoze.

[EveningStar]

What Republican watches MSNBC?

Trumpoids, you know, those who echo the Leftist "Faux News" meme.

[kiryandil]

...Trump will probably continue to get away with the free media ride.

Trump isn't getting a free ride from the Media.

He knows how to handle them, and they're scared to death of him.

AND, he's "ratings". They have to do a delicate two-step through a minefield to close with him at close quarters, where they can do some damage.

He's taught his proteges well, too. Here's one of his padawan learners handling five (5!) FOX Bidness Channel talking heads at once:

click on the pic: ~ 5 minutes.

They were a greasy smear after she got done with them. :)

Former Trump 'Apprentice' Omarosa Manigault Brings Up Fox Business Channel Contributor's "Big Boobs"
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3398030/posts

[kiryandil]

This leftist didn’t get the Journ-o-list memo that the media’s game plan is to let Trump sail to the nomination to make sure he’s set up as a sure loser against the Dems. They know Cruz will defeat them if nominated, but Trump will collapse from self-inflicted wounds or be destroyed by stacks of videotape of past problematic statements he’s made that they’ve been stockpiling over the last few months.

You keep whistling past the graveyard there, JJ. :)

[Balding_Eagle]

What Republican watches MSNBC?

Which Republicans watch CNN?

[norwaypinesavage]

"Trumps opponents, including Cruz, aren't smart enough to use it against him."

Cruz is using it quite effectively.....in ads. It's the media that's ignoring it, for now. Just wait until after the nomination, though.

[norwaypinesavage]

"what exactly is your point?"

Trump is a target rich environment compared with the others.