From a '97er...
Posted on 10/07/2015 6:54:14 PM PDT by Mariner
All signs point to the nation numbing to Donald Trump’s shtick. His poll numbers are in a holding pattern and his favorability among Republicans is slipping. His pranks aren’t as good as they used to be. He isn’t tossing out entertainingly insane Trumpisms at the pace he used to—or if he is, fewer people are paying attention.
“Mr. Trump’s ability to command both voter and news media attention simply by being his outlandish, bombastic self is starting to wane,” the New York Times reported on Wednesday. The Times points to ebbing social media chatter about Trump’s hijinks as well as a dip in mentions and appearances on conservative talk radio shows.
Trump’s campaign has lived off a strategy of constant free media exposure—something he earned, we should note, by expressing many “newsworthy” opinions that a not-insignificant number of human beings found oddly compelling in a presidential candidate. That’s how he has been able to dominate the race after only spending a couple million dollars of his own money. The problem with Trump’s strategy, though, is he’s created exceedingly high expectations for himself: Unless he keeps upping the ante of bombast, he’s going to see a cratering or even collapse in his media coverage.
(Excerpt) Read more at slate.com ...
He is man. I have decided to move on.
100%
The New York Times, whose "reporters" took a break from feasting on Barack Obama's feces, offered these "insightful" observations...
Only about $80 from me.
You win. I have decided to cede FR to you. My opposition is no longer being supported, The site is yours.
bfl
It’s an opinion site. You have one or you do not.
If you dislike the candidacy of someone, just say so.
Going all Alan Alda will not do.
Plus the fact is, Trump doesn’t need to attack Hillary because she’s got enough scandals she’s toast.
Hillary would be the ideal candidate for practically any Republican (I’m sorry, I meant Conservative, Jeb will probably do a McCain and say “she’s a fine lady.)
With Trump my feeling is this. The man definitely has name recognition, he’s very flamboyant and obviously very street smart. When we hung out on the corner and cracked jokes on each other, Trump is the guy that if you thought you had a good one on him and spit it out, he’d follow up with something so funny you would want to hide somewhere.
Never thought I'd see the day a '98er diss a guy - one of the only ones on the American political scene - who wrote, and stated in public:
The Constitution doesn’t create that [Second Amendment] right – it ensures that the government can’t take it away.
Uniparty scum work all day to "repeal" the Second Amendment. Trump comes armed with two 2nd Amendment cream pies.
If you don't like the first one, he'll jam the second one in your face, too...
Agreed. They ALL need to eat Obama and die.
But make no mistake whatsoever with Cruz the 2nd Am. will be off limits. PERIOD
The ‘98er got to pick between Bill and George and touts their conservative credentials.
Keep that in mind.
Ummm...methinks the media will be talking about Trump after the next debate.
He didn't before he did. But go ahead and believe him. I'm going away.
Well, between Al and George anyway.
I started voting with Reagan and had to keep up since McGovern with Dad, he was a democrat.
Todays process is crazy. Instant communications is not something that results in instant remedies to anything.
It creates confusion.
I think it is Cruz or Trump or no vote.
You are correct. He didn’t know what the 2nd meant, nor did he care.
He was working on that 2nd billion.
Who believes leftist Slate?
From a '97er...
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