Posted on 02/10/2017 8:10:27 AM PST by LS
During the 2016 election, Showtime ran a series called "The Circus" featuring the (liberal) "journalists" Mark Halperin, Mark McKinnon, and John Heilemann. Using documentary footage from the campaign, sprinkled with a few "backstage interviews" (very few with Cankles, a couple with Trump, a LOT with Roger Stone), the series concluded the week after the election.
Now, it has been turned into a documentary film, "Trumped: Inside the Greatest Political Upset of All Time." Except it should be entitled "Trump Won but We Can't Begin to Tell You Why, Nor Do We Want To".
Although a few non-white Trump supporters are shown, the film goes out of its way to show almost EVERY Cankles supporter as a minority or woman. Its clips from the primaries and the general election are as expected biased against Trump by selecting every negative incident (a fight at a Trump rally, Chicago mobs shouting "we stopped Trump") and showing almost no negative Cankles coverage -- certainly never explaining why the FBI/server issues were so critically important.
The film ends on election night with the depressed Halperin and Heilemann (who were with Cankles' campaign) ridiculing the rubes who really believe the early election NUMBERS when they, of course, have the more important EXIT POLLS. Only later does it dawn on them that the numbers are in fact right. Not once do they mention Wisconsin. They mention Michigan only in passing. They never discuss the fact that Cankles was absolutely creamed in Ohio--by far more than even I predicted in "How Trump Won." They do focus some on Pennsylvania, but by then the election was over and Trump had won.
There is one key scene, though, that people should take note of. In July, right after Trump won the primaries, Halperin and Heilemann were at a restaurant with Robby Mook (Cankles' campaign manager) and John Podesta (the Evil Emperor). The Politico guys were saying, in essence, "Well, Trump surprised everyone, but you guys know how to get him right? RIGHT????" Mookie of course was sunshine pumping, but Podesta, even at this early date was extremely concerned. He said, in essence, that traditional attacks that worked on other Republicans had not and would not work on Trump, that he was a master of the media.
I think, even then, Podesta knew they were in deep trouble and that the Republicans had nominated the one guy they possibly couldn't beat. Of course, neither of the Politico guys picked up on it.
After the election---and watching election night at the Javits Center with the suicidal snowflakes is worth the time of the rest of the show---Heilemann ascribed Trump's victory to people saying "He's risky, but what we've been doing for 20 years is risky" and that Americans wanted to throw a bomb into Washington and "see where the rubble lands."
Never once is there a serious attempt to understand Trump's appeal, his issues, his voters, why he took three blue states in the heart of the Midwest, or to note, as we point out in the book, that but for 510,000 votes, Trump would have ALSO won ME, NV, CO, NH, MN, VA, and NM!!
There is one scene from the TV series that did not make it into the documentary and I think that's a shame. It's the night before the election, after Cankles' last rally, and Halperin has Podesta again, asking "So, you guys are pretty confident, right?" And again, Podesta delects and dodges, says something about numbers, but absolutely does NOT give a "Yah, sure, we'll win this going away" answer.
Again, I think this is good evidence that Podesta knew, while Moookie was still believing the fake polls. A documentary about what really happened awaits.
No. Not worth it.
I don’t believe for a minute that Warren could have beaten Trump. I don’t even think she would have beaten Cruz or Rubes.
Cankles had that Clinton loyalty that has built up for 20 years. Warren would have been viewed as the leftist that she (and Cankles) really was.
I think their problem is that they all suffer from delusions of Grandeur .... Idiots!
They will never learn because the operate from the delusion that they are always right and everyone else is wrong. Their brains have truly fallen out, I knew Trump was going to win because he was speaking with and listening to the real majority of Americans who were disgusted with Obama’s America (and Clintons). The people they chose to ignore did them in and it will continue to be so because they are so narrow-minded by due to their Blind belief that “Socialism” is the answer.
I remember Pelosi coming on very early and acting like Hillary winning was a done deal and basically saying "Well, we have to go through the formality of counting the votes first".
I've reviewed virtually all the coverage from election night, and the extreme bias is plain for all to see.
Fox was probably the least biased, but that's not saying much, of course...
By the way, for sheer apocalyptic hysteria, nobody could ever outdo Richard Engel, chief foreign correspondent of NBC news. His raw malice and unhinged fear-mongering on election night were just breathtaking. The guy is a total piece of liberal sh!t.
I’ve watched most of the coverage and you’re right; only Fox makes a try at being neutral. Katie Couric is on the Yahoo! News extended coverage with a group of left wing nuts. “Sargent” Shultz headlines Bloomberg’s eight hours and there is this bizarre extended coverage of Never Trump conservatives led by Glenn Beck sitting around in a mockup of the Oval Office and saying inane things far beyond their bed times. Actually, BBC has some of the best coverage, even though it is tilted, the lead commentator, one Andrew Neil, tries to be mostly objective although he is surrounded by some bawling left wing loons. Some of the worst commentary comes from the “Republicans” the networks have as pundits: Steve Schmitt from McCain’s staff, Stuart Stevens (who ran Romney’s campaign), and a few outliers who are nasty but whom I was never acquainted. CNN at least had Jeffrey Lord on. It was also fun to watch the dour George Will sitting there stone faced and stone mouthed on Fox. All on Youtube.
That line reminded me of this Ogden Nash bit:
The camel has a single hump;
The dromedary, two;
Or else the other way around.
I'm never sure. Are you?
Was guessing that. :/
Katie Couric stooped to having some kids on who were coloring the national map red or blue. Her staffer interviewed two young girls who said Trump was “mean”. There is no balance, whatever - the only Republicans are grumblers from the Bush Administration or neverTrumpers. Frank Luntz is on during the 7:00 hour saying how Trump went wrong with his emphasis on immigration which is why Hillary will be doing so much better and he will lose. Ha!
Richard, you just described my public school education in a liberal city. I didn’t know another point of view existed, not really. Because their method incapcitates a young mind.
“From each according to his ability, to each according to his need.”. or
Laissez-Faire Capitalism and Individual Rights. One or the other. There’s no in between.
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