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Don't forget, Rush is the media, at least in a singular sense. I disagree with him here for a couple of reasons. First, that he is applying the usual rules to the candidate/media dynamic, in which no matter what, the media always win. The assumption that that rule set may not be broken at will is, in my opinion, a very shaky one. No such dynamic is permanent or written in stone. At some point a candidate who challenges it with sufficient skill will break it.

Second, that at this point Trump can't afford NOT to challenge the media. These have plummeted into the most hysterical, reckless, and provably inaccurate hate campaigning I have seen in a lifetime of watching American politics, so much so that it has become self-parody. It's so over the top that even they have noticed. Nor does it appear that they're backing off on it. Game on, then, because to try to take the high road got Sarah Palin absolutely buried in filth and that's what they're trying to do to Trump. Trump, however, is a very different target from a young western Governor. He knows them to the soul. It is difficult to imagine any current political player with the insider knowledge and the celebrity to withstand this avalanche and give it back in kind.

The time for dignity and fighting like gentlemen and ladies is long past. Trump can bring it by the shovel full and I'll be applauding him the entire time.