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 ...
I've figured out what this is all about. MONEY
Every time Trump is on a program, ratings skyrocket. NRO wanted their little piece of the pie.
Here's the future storyline as the Trump train continues to roll, and they jump onboard:
Our firm stance was essential, because it forced Trump to reevaluate his positions and embrace conservatism. Now we can support him unreservedly.
I bet you.
they all look ticked off to me.
And if I were them I’d be ticked off too! They are about to lose the power they crave, Trump is their downfall, and they know it.
I used to like the gun lady, smart and savvy, but she proves to be a real Becker, willing to throw away a lot to perform as a useful idiot for his connections.
I like the article but must disagree with the assertion that, “The Mainstream Media doesn’t issue proclamations.” They do. Constantly. Endlessly.
Sorry, never mind. I failed to read the smaller print on the cover.
Imagine if they were this animated about stopping the advancement of Obama’s agenda.
VERY excellent question. Hacks is the right term.
However, McCain and Romney didn't win. Are we going to just sit by and let the GOP nominee get farther to the left each year? The last three election cycles the front runner has been increasingly farther to the left.
Exactly. These holier-than-thou conservatives need to stop blowing smoke up each others ass. It is going to ruin their autopsies. They are a dying breed.
Why... who sent money to Hillary?
fight Obamacare? they proposed it! Obamacare is nothing more than a plan put forward by this exact bunch prior to Obama proposing it.
fight the bailout? lol it was THEM that proposed the bailouts! BUSH was in charge during the bailout, and BUSH was THEIR guy!
Get rid of Bonner? lol they PUT Bonner there! and he was doing EXACTLY what they wanted him to do.. SHUT OUT CONSERVATIVES and work with the left to pass the lefts agenda!
What is that logo? Buckley’s coat of arms? Rich Lowry’s? What a bunch of stuffed-shirt Hampton clones in their topsiders and khaki slacks! When does the polo match start?
I knew about Derbyshire because I was still going to NR at that time. I had read the article in question and thought it just a parody of something a black LA Times reporter had written about the "talk" she gave to her son. Well, NR immediately fired him, pretty sure the LA Times kept the fellow who wrote a very offensive article basically saying that minority (black) kids have to be warned about those evil white folks.
Anyway, I stopped going to NR immediately, and we did not renew our subscription to NR magazine. Haven't returned since.
I was not aware, however, that Mark Steyn had gotten the same treatment. What did he write that got him booted?
I think people are missing the big picture. This isn’t about Trump nor is it about Cruz. It is about the scorched earth tactics the establishment Republicans are taking in order for them to stay in power.
If Trump or Cruz win the nomination, that means it is down ticket and many of the establishment candidates will be primaried out before the general election. The only thing that will keep them in power is a Republican loss.
Bottom line is establishment Republicans not up for reelection and Democrats up for reelection want to keep the status quo with the only change in who bangs the gavel in the senate. The Trump/Cruz war is a media generated war to destroy the republican party.
And they are succeeding.
Michael Medved...... Is there a more spineless, RINO kiss up on the radio?
This will backfire on NR, because it’s worth about two or three news cycles of talking almost exclusively about Trump. People who wouldn’t normally think about voting for a republican will see how the republican establishment are in desperate and full-blown panic mode, that they will now consider voting for Trump just to strike back at the republican establishment.
Anyone with a bit of sense knows that any publication that gives someone as loony as Glenn Beck space has no credibility.
Exactly what I was thinking. Dana = paycheck over principles.
My GYN kelly is total history. Haven’t watched he in months.
Haven’t watched her since she got that horrendous haircut...
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