Posted on 02/28/2016 11:40:05 PM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
The man is certainly flexible, and so are his supporters.
He disavowed Duke a dozen or more years ago, back when he had thought about running before. Then on Friday night, BEFORE Sunday night, he disavowed Duke again.
Look... what YOU are seeing as wishy-washy vacillation is actually something entirely different. It's a 40-year, finely tuned talent for getting media attention. He manipulates the media. Have you not seen them talking to each other in exasperating terms, acknowledging ON-AIR how they know they're being manipulated, but yet they still cover him every time he pulls this stuff?
Trump plans these things in advance. In fact, I saw this on the news just today, where someone (CNN?) was saying this is why he seems so back-and-forth on a lot of issues -- it makes the media chase after him for clarification. With the Duke thing, of COURSE he could have disavowed him again, 2 days later on national TV, but if he did, you and I and half the world wouldn't be talking about Trump, now would we?
Another trick he does with the media: He ALWAYS overstates/exaggerates at first, then backs off a little after he's gotten good press coverage and about a million dollars worth of ad time on TV.
To normal people, it would mortify us to think that half the world thinks we're racist. But he sees it as free publicity that keeps everyone talking about him. This is why he became so well-known in the first place, even back in the 1970s. He learned it early and has used it well, keeping himself in the spotlight, which then increases his income. It's a form of salesmanship flamboyance that has helped make him wealthy. Along with a lot of hard work.
Actually, he's pretty much an "empty suit", who will lie and cheat about anything and everything. He also isn't likable at all and you need to appear to be "likable" to get ahead in politics.
Oh, come on... don't make it personal. If anything, we are all morons living in an alternative world, because the world we are living in right now is about as alternative as it can get, and only morons would tolerate it (which we have done so far). We have a ruling class made up of pederasts, homosexuals and criminals and a liar under investigation for felonies and treason running for Office of President.
CW may be hard headed, and I may totally disagree with CW on many points, but I don't believe for a second that CW is a moron. Seems to be fairly intelligent. As intelligent as anyone else here.
Besides, what fun would a DEBATE FORUM be if there was not someone to take the OPPOSITE SIDE on the issues ?
While I may not always agree with the style CW uses, I respect CW sticking to her guns.
He's manipulating you.
Trump:
["Art of the Deal"]: The final key to the way I promote is bravado.
I play to people's fantasies.
People may not always think big themselves, but they can still get very excited by those who do.
That's why a little hyperbole never hurts.
People want to believe that something is the biggest and the greatest and the most spectacular.
I call it truthful hyperbole.
It's an innocent form of exaggeration - and a very effective form of promotion.
A non-ideologue who is driven by a need for order and competency in an otherwise insane geopolitical atmosphere, an atmosphere that -- if not corrected -- will directly impact his legacy, his life's work, and worst of all, his children and grandchildren.
Then there's also the fact that he loves a challenge, and he knows he can fix this
Uh.... did you feel the karma ? You posted those photos and text twice, and got the bottom sentence wrong twice.
Are you listening, Cincy?
We're compassionate conservatives, but compassion has its limits.
lets all vote for a hillary supporter to prove were against hillary
lets all vote for a democrat fundraiser and lifelong democrat money man to prove were not beholden to insiders
lets all support an adulterer to prove were against bill clinton despite the fact that this adulterer is buddies with clinton
lets all vote for a man who wore a costume for 4 years in high school and then told veterans he knows more about being in the military than many veterans just to prove we honor veterans
lets all abandon our morality and vote for trump
“I play to people’s fantasies.
People may not always think big themselves, but they can still get very excited by those who do.
That’s why a little hyperbole never hurts.
People want to believe that something is the biggest and the greatest and the most spectacular.
I call it truthful hyperbole.
It’s an innocent form of exaggeration - and a very effective form of promotion.”
Seems to me the same thing could be said about every TV show, every Movie, every NEWS show and TALK show you have ever seen. And especially the WEATHER channel.
It’s really more of an explanation of human psychology.
Go easy on Cobra64. Those pictures were distracting and may have caused his typos.
I appreciate your stand for free speech.
For me, being told to vote for Trump (or I’m a “traitor”) is on par with Nancy Peolsi telling the country that “You’ll have to vote for the bill, to find out what is in the bill.”
People who were paying attention KNEW what was in the bill.
And they voted NO.
You're right, and thank you for your support. :-))
Where did i say that I admire him for manipulating the media? I’m not sure where you got that one. It’s an old salesman’s technique. Dale Carnegie type of stuff, New York style.
Yes, he manipulates the media; they realize it’s happening to them; and they seem to get frustrated because it’s their JOB to follow him around and cover everything controversial he says. They can’t NOT cover him, which is the key to his success in getting free advertising. How do you think he’s managed to be on top and yet spending the least amount of money?
By you having that quote handy, it shows that you already know what he’s doing. So if you and I are aware of what he’s doing while he’s doing it, exactly how are we being manipulated?
Unless one has some grand illusions that he’s Superman who can change our country in a few short years, then i’m not seeing the manipulation. All i want is the damn wall, a stop to political correctness that’s being used by the Left to destroy us, freedom from being invaded by hordes of jihadists, and the ability to say “Merry Christmas” again. Anything more and it’s icing on the cake.
If the immigrant invasion and PC crud isn’t stopped NOW, we’ll never make it until the next election. It’s THAT bad. And even if we did make it another 4 years, we would have millions and millions of newly-legalized, formerly-illegal immigrants who would be voting for their newfound entitlements. Like i said, no more United States.
If you can’t see that, well... I can’t open your eyes for you.
Walls keep people in too.
And what if "anything more" isn't icing but dictates?
You okay with that?
You mean he decided to run as a Republican after Obama’s last victory because he knew he’d be a disaster and another Democrat wouldn’t likely win the next one. So he went for the party that he thought had the best chance of winning. He could have easily run as either party and few would have blinked an eye, especially after his Reform party attempt in 2000.
Funny how he thought Obama was doing great not long after his first victory...
You are probably right. I'm going to go back and look at those pictures some more. Again.
And how would you suggest we get around the fact that there are no longer enough conservatives to elect a President who is a pure fiscal and social conservative?
There are 2 separate and distinct issues here:
1. Who is more fiscally and socially conservative?
2. Who can rally enough people to vote for him so he can beat Hillary?
If we cannot find one person who fits BOTH criteria, then we must choose.
1. Choose this one, and he loses in November. There aren’t enough of us left!
2. Chose this one, and we can save the Republic from socialism and/or Revolutionary War II. After a few years of Reaganesque economic growth, at least 2 generations of young people will see for the first time in their lives how prosperous a nation can be if run correctly by a fiscal conservative. THEN we can find another fiscal and social conservative and have a chance at winning the 2024 election.
Now choose.
Because they were the ones who made the bill. They all knew.
I understood Pelosi's comment to mean that the public would not be allowed to know what was in it until it was passed.
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