Posted on 07/23/2016 4:51:31 PM PDT by COBOL2Java
I was at the Cleveland arena Thursday night where this history was made, and I was particularly revolted by Friday morning’s spin from two of the biggest Horseman of the Trump Apocalypse. The New York Times castigated the speech as “dark” and “angry” while the Washington Post labeled it “a dire portrait of a lawless, terrorized nation.”
In truth, there is a profound disconnect between Trump and much of the mainstream media—even as a solid majority of the electorate enthusiastically embrace Trump’s message. For example, when Trump calls for a ban on Muslim immigration, journalists quickly get their laptops in a twist.
Trump correctly sees, however, an American government ill-equipped to properly vet a flood of Muslim refugees. Ergo, a temporary ban on Muslim immigration from well-targeted countries coupled with “extreme vetting” constitutes a rational risk-management tool in a post-9/11, ISIS world where beheadings, bombings and random mass shootings are now commonplace.
A similar disconnect exists with a candidate who openly proclaims his love for waterboarding. Far too many journalists roll out the one-dimensional “torture doesn’t work” critique rather than understand the more complex use of waterboarding and other enhanced interrogation techniques as a necessary and often effective method to extract information from people who want to place nuclear bombs in our cities and poison gas in our subways.
(Excerpt) Read more at nationalinterest.org ...
Gives it a little perspective doesn’t it. Trump is all “dark” while these “liberals” are all light and airy, aren’t they.
Ya know really.... “Homophobes” would just like to convince these buggery-holics that it’s stupid and not only isn’t it needed for love, it’s hate.
As Laura said, the media needs to do their jobs!
Most of what I heard Trump say was on the order of “My opponent will do this.....I will do the opposite”.
Nothing dark about opposing the darkness.
Howabout "Black Hole"?
a variant of “cluster” would be most appropriate
The media’s not “out of touch”. They are colluding with the DNC to create and communicate lies and false narratives to make sure their candidate wins.
Now, thanks to wikileaks, we have rock solid proof for all to see.
I’m curious , was it Obama Dark or Moochell Dark?
Unstable
Ohh, nice, but lets go deeper! This word must hit the target and do great damage.
What do you think of......check other forum threads.
Bump to the top!
A word that is more phoney, more disconnected seems appropriate to me.
They didn’t dare call the speech Obama made in 2008 ripping W some new arseholes “dark,” did they?
Was CBS watching the SAME Convention that I was????
The RNC was Dark, Pessimistic??? WTF?
What part of “Make America GREAT again” don’t they understand? That’s an optimistic message. All the speakers were optimistic and hopeful.
Well, actually, it translates to:
1. LESS FREE STUFF FROM TAXPAYERS TO LAZY/SELFISH PEOPLE == GOOD REASON TO BE PESSIMISTIC
2. BUT FOR THE PRODUCERS IN THIS COUNTRY, IT’S AN OPTIMISTIC MESSAGE BECAUSE THEY WILL PRODUCE MORE WHEN NOT BURDENED BY THE SOCIAL WELFARE STATE.
Criticizing the Left Socioeconomic Fascists isn’t pessimistic. It’s realistic!
It’s astonishing that SeeBS (CBS)is now pumping pure propaganda whereas before they tried to pretend they were not a propaganda arm of the left...
Go ask all the reporters of the NY Times...when was the last time that you took a car tour through America....talked to old guys at barber shops, spoke to retired women at cafes, or listened to a group of ranchers from Colorado? A lot of these reporters are living inside of a sphere and have no idea what the general public is thinking.
the infowarrior
The truth is like garlic and a cross to a vampire
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