“Actually, Trump and his administration, do need us. I believe that they’re keeping up with what conservatives are thinking and saying and doing. I’m pretty sure that they take good ideas from the internet to revise and issue policy. I’m under the impression that FR and other conservative sites have been influential with helping government direction.”
I agree. It really does seem that way, especially the “revise” part. We’ll see an initial proposed policy or trial balloon, and in a day or two, there are revisions that bring things more in alignment with the majority of commentary here.
One recent example was when Trump originally announced he wasn’t going to release the Dem memo. I posted here that was a bad move because the Dems could then claim a coverup, non-transparency, unfairness as well as whatever they wanted to pretend was actually in the memo. I suggested Trump redact the classified parts and release it. The next day, Trump went one better and said he WOULD release the memo if the Dems THEMSELVES fixed the problems!
I’ve also DEFINITELY seen Hannity, et. al. repeat themes and even phrases here word for word, especially before the 2016 election. Now of course the FNC conservatives have more red meat than they know what to do with.
It really does seem like influential people are listening to us. It’s one reason I take care to frequently express lengthy opinions and not JUST one-liners that so many post here.