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Media attacking Trump.

posted 8 years ago by dremco (16)
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For those of you complaining that the media is attacking Trump unfairly, you should note that Trump set the tone for the backlash. I'm not saying that he could have been completely successful with a unifying message, but when he chose (during the campaign) to go scorched earth on the media and his opponents, he was choosing war.

This is what war looks like when others fight back, unlike the sub-contractors that couldn't fight for themselves when Trump didn't pay them, or Trump University students who got soaked for 35K for nothing. He's not just screwing with single moms and plumbers that can't fight back anymore. He's threatening a very powerful media and press organization. Trump declared war. So he got one.

[–] gcarras (2770) 8 years ago

Well, he had a handful of very unifying messages last night at the speech.

[–] Sandman3 (1453) 8 years ago

Come on. The media was going to go after Trump no matter what. The media leans so far left they would have gone after whoever the Republican nominee was.

[–] Sandoz (2021) 8 years ago

You're half correct: "the media was going to go after Trump no matter what"...because he's a lying, greedy, scumbag blowhard.

That's why.

[–] Sandman3 (1453) 8 years ago

" You're half correct: "the media was going to go after Trump no matter what"...because he's a lying, greedy, scumbag blowhard."

So you don't think the media would have went after say Ted Cruz had he won. Or Marco Rubio. Sure they would.

[–] Sandoz (2021) 8 years ago

Yes, they may have, but not until they implemented some policies that deserved going after. And while I'm not a fan of either of those gentlemen, either (Rubio is a kid, and Cruz is a..."gnome" is the best word that comes to mind), I don't think either of them would have started their administrations with same kind of cluster-f*ck insanity and incompetence that Trump has.

[–] Mint Berry Crunch (345) 8 years ago

That's not their fucking message and you know it. When Trump went after everyone, they brought it upon themselves and opened the door first. Trump was perfectly fine spreading his message of building the nation back up based on keeping out scum who have exploited it and took advantage of liberal pussy pushovers, and getting government to run efficiently.

The media is not going after him for that, or for the nonsense you brought up. It's just a complete smear campaign full of nothing but lies, loaded questions, fallacies, twisted incomprehensible logic, and bullshit to feed off the hysteria from the idiots on the left who think the world is going to end because Trump is "crazy." It's just an agenda to get ratings, and push their own stupid ideals over his. And the assholes who agree with those ideals will look the other way and make stupid excuses and bullshit comparisons to justify the completely unethical and unfree press, while the rest of us see right through the bullshit and continue to be sick and tired of these fucking games. Games being played just to win the power struggle going on in Washington. I'd rather see the country burn to the ground under Trump than have the other side win using these tactics with their paid media shills and crooked spin of fake "news."

[–] TabbyS (1277) 4 years ago

Ahh... memories