As Josh says in his editorās blog, it is likely that Trump will soon read some anti-Nazi statement through gritted teeth. I am already bracing myself for the sighs of relief following that momentāand the inevitable declarations that Trump has now become president.
Trumpās waiting for an evening, Tiki-lit backdrop for his remarks.
Iām somewhat shocked Rupert let this one throughā¦maybe heās too busy playing footsie with Jerry Hall to care? Still a weak response, but as itās the Post, Iāll take it. āMany sides,ā my assā¦
Wow are the Faux News KKKomment boards in rare form todayā¦WOW.
The editorial board said the President shouldnāt have a difficult time summoning āa few Trumpian terms like ālosersā and āreally, really bad peopleā to describe the hundreds of neo-Nazis, Klansmen, white supremacists and the like who descended on the college town ā not after one of them has killed an innocent.ā
Timid Trump canāt find his words. Wonāt call them what they are - BAD NAZIS. Weak (or sick)!
Gosling stepsā¦
Wrong, wrong, wrong.
Donnieās dog-whistle was pitch perfect, for his Nazi/KKK/Alt-right base.
Any particular link you can provide? Iād prefer not to have to wander around FUX News.
Heheā¦hereās one, although I would suggest first just taking in the apologist angle theyāve taken by looking at the front page and the articles and headline wording as a whole.
āBadly missed the markā
Meaning itās a branding problem.(snicker) Murdochās minions realize that thereās some minimal relation to obvious reality required to make propaganda effective(read Shep Smith and sometimes Chris Wallace).
Itāll really be a riot if as suggested above trump doesnāt
#cave
to the pressure and go all teeth-clenched.
Either way, heās toast.
Murdoch:āI hate amateursā
Yep. Itās always hard to see whatās what. And when people donāt really want to know, itās that much harder to make them see it. But honestly things are changing, especially since this weekend. I think people are seeing, even some who didnāt want to, that Trump is what they accused Obama of being: a person whose values are alien from those of the society he claims to want to lead. There may not be much talk anymore of pivots and so forth. The illusion is getting too hard to maintain. But Iām sure the NYT has a long thumbsucker in the works right now about how cozy former leaders have been with Nazis and what about Wernher von Braun and so forth. Generally, though, I think the supertanker is turning toward reality a bit.
Well, thatās two minutes of my life I wonāt ever get backā¦
But thanks for the laughs thereinā¦
This is what I see too. The problem for Murdoch &co is entirely with the optics. Not that trump should be doing anything differently, just that he should be disguising his tolerance for murderous racists so that public outrage doesnāt get in the way of enacting the right wing agenda.
I canāt go to those sites. The comments horrify me. I can only imagine.
Itās not called a āmissā if your intention was not to hit it. Trump canāt give a broad condemnation of Nazism, fascism or White Supremacy. Iām not sure Iām in with Josh Marshall in thinking Trump is one of them but he needs them. Nothing offends Trump unless itās aim is to attack Trump. Killing people in the street of Charlottesville is mox nix to him. But the killer is a part of his shrinking base and thatās where Trump comes in. He cannot risk losing the support of the Alt Right. If he does heāll destroy his future in politics and probably the Political Right in America too. If the Alt Right is made to feel unwelcome by Trump theyāll take their movement elsewhere and fragment the GOP. Most GOPāers do not agree with the Alt Right but they need them. Thatās why you see Trump tip toeing thru the tulips when it comes to the subject.
Thereās an enormous opportunity for the Democrats in this. Itās so solid theyāre going to have to outdo themselves to fuck it up.
With a side order of āHereās how itās done Mr. President. I think weāve accomplished something in this session.ā
āAccording to my records your retainer is exhausted. Weāll need another hundred to continue to help. Iād like to put you on paygo myself, and Iām going to ask the board later. Meanwhile when can we expect the payment?ā
And when DJT thru gritted teeth and clinched jaw reads a prepared statement today, theyāll hail him and take credit.
Now would sure be a great time for the Access Hollywood āN-wordā tape of Trump to be released.
Speaking of missing the mark Iām hearing gun loving co-workers bitch and moan about a new NC law on the way getting rid of having to have training and lowering the age of concealed carry. One even said āitās gong to become the wild westā! I thought that was what they wanted? Also bitching that folks that do training will go out of business. Oh the mothaā fuckinā irony! Complaining that no mental disorder check and one guy says he better by as many as he can because he has some conditions that might be considered a disorder. Oh the irony!