The Trump/Republican Primary/General Election Megathread

[jamil]

Here are some other points.

Framed Farrah Fawcett - style E Poster by Unknown at FramedArt.com

OK, there are a couple of points there that didn't escape my notice.

I haven't seen any of those points since the 70s.

 

[ArcadiaGP]

Just days after he denied ties.

AP Sources: Manafort tied to undisclosed foreign lobbying

 

[ArcadiaGP]

Donald Trump campaign undergoes major overhaul - CNNPolitics.com

Trump has named Steve Bannon, the executive chairman of Breitbart News and a former investment banker, to the post of chief executive

BAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAAHHAHAHA

oh god

oh ... this... this is too much.

So was Breitbart turned into the Trump PR machine to get Bannon hired or was Bannon hired because Breitbart was his PR machine? Chicken and the egg.

I would hope those that push Breitbart Trump articles might re-consider after this hilarious news. Like posting "ClintonForAmerica" articles to defend Hillary.

 

[jamil]

Donald Trump campaign undergoes major overhaul - CNNPolitics.com



BAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAAHHAHAHA

oh god

oh ... this... this is too much.

So was Breitbart turned into the Trump PR machine to get Bannon hired or was Bannon hired because Breitbart was his PR machine? Chicken and the egg

You beat me to it. I was just going to post that.

It's now officially 'Trumpbart'.

What this means, Trumpers, if you post a link from Trumpbart to cite some claim, I will laugh at you out loud.

 

[T.Lex]

As important, for the election, is that there will be a lack of continuity - in spirit and personnel. This is not a good thing.

Actually, now that I think about it, if Trump stops doing what he's been doing, that might be a good thing.

Will be interesting. My immediate sense is that bringing in a new media dude and someone who helped Quayle and Gingrich may not be moving in a better direction.

At least Manafort's experience in the Ukraine was generally successful.

 

[nate77]

Just days after he denied ties.

AP Sources: Manafort tied to undisclosed foreign lobbying

Sounds like Manafort is on his way out anyways.

 

[nate77]

You beat me to it. I was just going to post that.

It's now officially 'Trumpbart'.

What this means, Trumpers, if you post a link from Trumpbart to cite some claim, I will laugh at you out loud.

Red State, and the Blaze are much more respectable right?

or how about CNN --Clinton News Network.

Yeah, Brietbart is only media entity with an agenda.

 

[ArcadiaGP]

Red State, and the Blaze are much more respectable right?

or how about CNN --Clinton News Network.

Yeah, Brietbart is only media entity with an agenda.

RedState/Blaze - Not necessarily. Although their bias is more with party, not with idol.
CNN - Not as egregious as MSNBC. There are respectable journalists still at CNN, and they do actual fair and balanced coverage.

Nearly all media entities have a party/ideology agenda to some degree. Breitbart took it a step further and made it about a single candidate... and went full-negative against other members of the party they used to support. There's a difference.

 

[T.Lex]

Part of it, too, is calibrating our own personal filters. Used to be I would generally accept Breitbart reporting at face value. Now, not so much.

CNN, and to a greater extent MSNBC and the other major news departments, I would look at the factual things and try to identify what's missing.

Informed means informed as to the different perspectives of the reporting agencies.

 

[nate77]

CNN - Not as egregious as MSNBC. There are respectable journalists still at CNN, and they do actual fair and balanced coverage.

Like this?

CNN Busted: Claims Milwaukee Shooting Victim's Sister 'Calling For Peace.' Edits Out Her Calls To 'Burn Down The Suburbs!' | Daily Wire

 

[jamil]

Red State, and the Blaze are much more respectable right?

or how about CNN --Clinton News Network.

Yeah, Brietbart is only media entity with an agenda.

Oh c'mon. All the media is biased. I complain about that often. But what media CEO officially heads up any other political campaign? If the CEO of ABC News became the chairman of the Clinton campaign, you'd rightly complain. ABC news is already biased. But every now and again they do come up with some thoughtful, accurate stories. But if their CEO went to work for the Clintons, EVERY story would lose whatever credibility it had otherwise.

The press and the Clintons... Reporters don't like them. The left leaning press favors the Clintons to the extent that they want a Democrat to win. I don't think you can trust any of the press, but Brietbart has been an unofficial propaganda wing of the Trump campaign. Now they've made it official. They've made themselves not credible.

 

[ArcadiaGP]

Like this?

CNN Busted: Claims Milwaukee Shooting Victim's Sister 'Calling For Peace.' Edits Out Her Calls To 'Burn Down The Suburbs!' | Daily Wire

I, too, posted that elsewhere.

We're not going to spend the next 15 pages cherry-picking awful actions by media outlets, we'll get nowhere. CNN isn't the Goebbels outlet like some want to claim.

 

[ArcadiaGP]

The Times of London has memo saying Manafort helped lay the groundwork for the annexation of Crimea.

Not sure if business or political ties, though.

 

[voidsherpa]

We're not going to spend the next 15 pages cherry-picking malicious actions by media outlets, we'll get nowhere.

FIFY

 

[nate77]

Oh c'mon. All the media is biased. I complain about that often. But what media CEO officially heads up any other political campaign? If the CEO of ABC News became the chairman of the Clinton campaign, you'd rightly complain. ABC news is already biased. But every now and again they do come up with some thoughtful, accurate stories. But if their CEO went to work for the Clintons, EVERY story would lose whatever credibility it had otherwise.

The press and the Clintons... Reporters don't like them. The left leaning press favors the Clintons to the extent that they want a Democrat to win. I don't think you can trust any of the press, but Brietbart has been an unofficial propaganda wing of the Trump campaign. Now they've made it official. They've made themselves not credible.

The Obama administration is littered with mainstream media ties, nothing new.

CNN, CBS News, ABC News Honchos Have Obama Administration Family Ties - Breitbart

Brietbart link

 

[T.Lex]

Wait - let me see if I know how this works.

Times of London? London has a radical globalist Muslim mayor, so of course it'll be biased against Trump.

(But, having said that, seems somewhat convenient that the annexation of the Crimean, which happened in 2014, somehow stymied an investigation that started in 2006. Using cultural leverage for political gain is certainly not unique to Manafort.)

 

[indiucky]

Here are a few nice points to consider.....

 

[PaulF]

Here are a few nice points to consider.....

Your points are diverse, and well-ordered...but, I'm afraid they are a little dated for this discussion.

 

[indiucky]

Your points are diverse, and well-ordered...but, I'm afraid they are a little dated for this discussion.

Well yes and no....Every one keeps saying these two candidates will take us back to the stone age so we might as well prep....

 

[Ericpwp]

'Vote for Trump!' Serbian ultra-nationalists chant as Biden visits - Business Insider