But I don’t think we would ever see a President Trump making a jackass of himself on an Argentinian dance floor, or doing The Wave at a baseball game with a cold-blooded murdering dictator…
Via The Hill: Obama on Trump: ‘This is not a reality show’
President Obama on Friday urged the news media to closely scrutinize Donald Trump’s record and past comments, and avoid coverage that highlights “the spectacle and the circus” of the campaign trail….
Via CNN: Obamas dance with stormtroopers, R2-D2 on Star Wars Day
Dance. Or dance not. There is no try. #MayThe4thBeWithYou https://t.co/9g1JUHV1n5
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) May 5, 2016
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Last night I found myself surrounded by enlightened people, and of course they all understood that Trump was the second coming of Mussolini, and that he represented a dangerous fascism that all right-thinking Americans should oppose. I decided it was a good moment to bite my tongue and maintain a neutral expression, because to do anything else would have been pointlessly unpleasant. These people, these smart, educated people; they don’t get it and they’re never going to get it.
But what is “it” that they’re never going to get? It’s not as if I wanted to rush to the defense of Trump and praise his virtues, but it’s so obvious that the violence and enforced regimentation in modern America comes from the Left, and the disruptions at Trump’s rallies come from the Left, and the riots and looting comes from the Left, and the obsession with race and sexual orientation and the like comes from the Left. And if we’re in trouble today, if we’re failing, if we’re sinking, it’s not because of Trump; Trump arises to fill a vacuum created because our institutions have failed us, repeatedly and willfully and catastrophically — or at least so we perceive, those of us who live with our feet on the ground and not in ivory towers. Yes, Shifra, what you say here is so obvious that, in a sane world, you wouldn’t have to say it.
It’s about plastic Greek columns, selfie stick photos, YouTube Glozell interviews, and interviews between 2 Ferns. Not to mention bowing and lying.
I’m hearing a new meme being floated, and liberals are starting to repeat it like parrots: The media made Trump, the media gave Trump $2 billion (that’s the figure they’re all repeating) of free publicity. The implication is the media should now organize to stop promoting Trump, so we’ll all see him the way we’re supposed to.
Peggy Noonan’s latest column has an interesting take on the media role:
And speaking of reality, here’s an odd video; 6 minutes of a Trump supporter walking through a crowd of vulgar, violent Trump haters in San Francisco. Gotta hand it to this guy; he will not be cowed by those scum. But it’s Trump who’s the guy with the dangerous crowds behind him. Right, just keep repeating that. Say it often enough and it takes on the ring of truth.
Talk about the pot calling the kettle, I don’t think there’s ever been a
politician that has made all the rounds of the talk shows several times
a year these past 7 years.I’m sure BO’s finale will be him getting
slimed on the Nickleodeon Kids Choice Awards.