Posted on 11/02/2015 5:06:32 PM PST by Hojczyk
Donald Trump has rejected the Republican campaignsâ joint effort to negotiate the terms of the GOP debate format with the major media networks, insisting he will negotiate independently.
It is a brazenâand brilliantâmove, one that demonstrates the difference between politics-as-usual and the bold reform Trump is promising his supporters.
(One does not have to be a Trump supporterâindeed, this author has at times been a criticâto recognize that.)
ABC News released a draft list of the other campaignsâ demands. It is rather underwhelmingâa demand for petty guarantees, such as a promise that moderators will not ask the candidates to raise their hands in answer to questions. It is a list, sadly, that validates Democratsâ mockery, which had painted the Republican candidates as âwhiners.â
Trump is not just demanding changes in camera angles. He is proposing that debates no longer be the intellectual property of the mainstream mediaâthat they become âopen sourceâ content, run by political parties for the benefit of the public, and not by the mainstream media, with any proceeds of advertising donated to charitable causes.
So while the other campaigns are haggling over marginalia, Trump is bidding on an entirely different deal. He has the leverage to pull it off, because he brings the ratings to the show. But the real genius of the idea is the way he proposes to re-frame primary debates, not just improve them.
It is a pitch aimed beyond politicians, at the public.
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
THIS IS IT! TRUMP’S POLL NUMBERS WILL FALL DRASTICALLY!
Yes, he is waltzing in and fighting them at the same time.
Waltzing and fighting, all at once.
Effortlessly.
Beautiful.
Wish I had that God given talent.
Trump is the real deal.
Proceeds from the campaigns re-airing debate clips in ads.
The networks still make a boat load on advertising during the debates.
There is an observation that type “A” people hire type “A” people, and type “B” people hire type “B” or type “C” people. Priebus is a type “B” person who was put into place by type “B” or type “C” people.
Trump is smart.
Miss Lindsey is a Trojan horse.
Trump is no âfollowerâ .
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And we need a “leader” right now.
Trump led on immigration. He led with a tax plan. He is leading on VA issues.
Trump is a leader. Most of the rest of them are waiting to see which way the trial balloons blow.
I am leaning more and more Trump every day.
He’s doing it now, and his not even president yet!
Love it
If Trump is brazen and brilliant, the other candidates are simply pathetic.
If Trump is the wolf, the rest of the candidates are cackling hens. What a bunch of sorry nothings. Not one candidate has the skill set Trump has. They know nothing of negotiating and are only too happy to be fleeced by the RNC.
Do we want these types as president?
Go Trump!
Trump knows what he is facing, and he knows what he has to do to do whatever it is he has to do to bring America back to bigger and better than where She was before...
He knows so many A people that work for him, that he does deals with, that he just talks to that he is so far ahead of the election than the rest of the candidates it would make your head spin....
This guy is in this to win, and win is what he does and for anyone to think they are going to ‘remove’ him or ‘knock’ him out is really quite funny...
I am in awe...I don't know very much, but what little I do know, I wouldn't know where to start...and he has by now probably got America back on Her feet as the Beautiful Country She should be!!!
Carson is proving to be a very bad choice. I don’t know why anyone would put money behind him.
...and then he will DROP OUT OF THE RACE. :)
No other candidate in this crowded field has the leadership skills that Trump has. I’m sorry if that steps on toes, but truth is truth.
If you are going to do something, be BOLD
As do I. This is in character for him. Sees a problem, takes action to solve the problem immediately. No need to sit elites around the table talking endlessly, sipping their cafe lattes and eating pastry. Just as he was told no private ‘helicopter on the fair grounds’- he immediately found a solution in order to take children for a high ride. Trump is OUR MAN. GO TRUMP!!! The Best of America! Why you ask? Because HE IS AN AMERICAN WINNER. HE IS THE MAN WE NEED
The following is something I post from time to time;
As someone about Trumps age, I find it easy to believe his explanation as to why he’s running.
I’ve agonized over the America we are leaving for my own children and grandchildren to live in and raise their families in. Most Freepers here probably feel the same way.
America hardly resembles the one I grew up in. It’s but a shadow of its former self, with freedoms, successes, and with respect from our friends, and fear of us by our enemies, all but non-existent.
Trump said he was running so that his family wouldn’t look at him, knowing he could have fixed it, but didn’t.
His own story of building the Trump Organization shows that he knows how to build great empires. Now he wants to make all of America great again.
I think we are but the lucky side beneficiaries.
I said on another thread that I wonder if he is in it to sell books.
He is evidently spending 80% of his donations on advertising so if that is true how is he setting up the necessary infrastructure in individual states? Is he even trying to get on the ballot in Virginia?
With internet streaming, like Youtube and Netflix, who needs the TV networks?
Teach the Clinton Networks a lesson. No fair reporting and no fair moderators GoodBYE.
Get GOP moderators like Levin, Ingraham, Styne, Hannity, Limbaugh and hear about the GOP
issues, and solutions.
No Gotcha questions. Just like the media does when its a Democrat Debate.
Sponsors could be OAN, Drudge, Blaze , Breitbart, Newsmax, The Patriot channel on XM, Cspan.
Lots of bandwidth tell the media leftists they ain’t needed.
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