Discussion for article #244156
I call BS.
The first rule of âThe Griftâ is never spend your own money. Iâll wait for the Q1 FEC filings.
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Donald Trump doesnât have to spend anything on advertising, and he knows it. He has succeeded in getting every media outlet, including TPM, to amplify his message at no charge.
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I suppose Mexico better start saving for that wall theyâre going to pay for.
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âSpending his own moneyâ YeahâŚriiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight.
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âWe will not allow any attack to go unanswered.â
The official slogan of the Trump for President Campaign. How pathetic!
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He doesnât need to pay for his message getting out.
http://mediamatters.org/blog/2015/12/23/the-2015-fox-primary-its-trump-and-then-everyon/207659
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Well Iowa brought this on themselves.
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A $2M-a-week campaign that surely is going to provide Dr.George Simon with more valuable research material:
âTextbook narcissistic personality disorder,â echoed clinical psychologist Ben Michaelis. âHeâs so classic that Iâm archiving video clips of him to use in workshops because thereâs no better example of his characteristics,â said clinical psychologist George Simon, who conducts lectures and seminars on manipulative behavior. âOtherwise, I would have had to hire actors and write vignettes. Heâs like a dream come true.â
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Wouldnât it be great if some stations, after reviewing the twaddle, lies, outrageous statements and general b.s., refuse to air his ads?
Wow, heâll huff and puff and maybe blow a gasket! We can only hope so.
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Would these be the same stations with news departments that feel water skiing squirrels, garage fires, Girl Scout cookie sale drives and telling you the weather 6 times in 30 minutes constitutes âNewsâ?
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reminds me of the graph: The Usefulness of Fingers in Traffic
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Is it just me, or is that Trump bar chart giving us the finger?
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âTrumpâs campaign didnât end up spending any of the $25 million budgeted for TV ads for the third quarter of 2015.â
Because Americaâs press corpse (sic) stood in line to give it away for free.
âA confidence trick is also known as a con game, a con, a scam, a grift, a hustle, a bunko (or bunco), a swindle, a flimflam, a gaffle or a bamboozle. The intended victims are known as âmarksâ, âsuckersâ, or âgullsâ (i.e. gullible).â â Wikipedia
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Twiggyâs whereabouts are surely news to someone.
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Yep. Iâll believe it when I see it. They have been talking about buying TV time for months with nothing.
I think theyâre trying to intimidate their opponents.
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Trumpâs candidacy is one part vanity and one part genuine campaign. If he doesnât buy those ads it wonât be because his campaign is a grift. Itâll be because he simply doesnât need to. Why spend it if you donât have to and when youâre already getting it for free?
But I do think youâre exactly right that this is a move to intimidate the other campaigns, and a warning shot to let them know heâll go scorched earth if anyone tries to carpet bomb against him the way Romney did against insurgent candidates in 2012. Tell me again how the establishment is going to stop him. Time is running out quickly, and now heâs positioned himself to blunt the last weapon they might use against him.
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Donald Trump: "Iâm really rich. I have a lot of money, more than all of them put together. âŚI mean, part of the beauty of me is that I am very rich."
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âIf you attack Trump, he will attack you 10 times as hard,â the adviser told Foxâs Howard Kurtz. âWe will not allow any attack to go unanswered.â
Me thinks all the Super-Pacs for the other candidates will want to join forces and run ads against him. Is Donny-boy going to spend more than $25 million of his own money going after each candidate? MAke him put his money where his mouth is.
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Boy am I glad I donât live in Iowa. Those poor folks are about to be inundated with Trump 24/7.
GEESH!!!
At first I read the headline as âTrump planning $2-a-week TV Buying spreeâ.
(snicker)
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