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herding cats

(19,569 posts)
Mon Jun 13, 2016, 05:38 PM Jun 2016

I think I found the article that sent Trump off at the WaPo

Last edited Mon Jun 13, 2016, 07:10 PM - Edit history (1)

It's a blog post, and it is blistering!



Four cryptic words Donald Trump can’t stop saying

A day after 49 people were killed in the worst mass shooting in U.S. history, Donald Trump seemed to imply that President Obama might have been connected, in some way, with the attack.

"Look, we're led by a man that either is not tough, not smart or he's got something else in mind," the presumptive Republican nominee told Fox & Friends Monday morning.

Earlier in the interview, when asked why he called for Obama's resignation, Trump said, "He doesn't get it or he gets it better than anybody understands. It's one or the other."

Also during that interview, Trump repeated a four-word phrase that has come to define his conspiratorial campaign almost as much as his official slogan, "Make America Great Again."

"There's something going on," Trump said. "It's inconceivable. There's something going on."

That phrase, according to political scientists who study conspiracy theories, is characteristic of politicians who seek to exploit the psychology of suspicion and cynicism to win votes.

It just gets better read it all here: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/06/13/the-four-cryptic-words-donald-trump-cant-stop-saying/?hpid=hp_no-name_hp-in-the-news%3Apage%2Fin-the-news
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I think I found the article that sent Trump off at the WaPo (Original Post) herding cats Jun 2016 OP
Well THAT took 9 months for someone to say publicly underpants Jun 2016 #1
Precisely malaise Jun 2016 #6
Good for them for calling him out on this crap. He is dangerous. Glimmer of Hope Jun 2016 #2
Not an editorial--it's a WaPo Wonkblog piece by Max Ehrenfreund. nt pinboy3niner Jun 2016 #3
My error! herding cats Jun 2016 #5
November will be a rout. rug Jun 2016 #4
Yeah there is something going on IronLionZion Jun 2016 #7
How dare they repeat PatSeg Jun 2016 #8
Sneaky MSM lowlifes. Jerry442 Jun 2016 #11
I have no doubt PatSeg Jun 2016 #17
Geez...not one day goes by without drumpf getting into hot water over something he said/did ailsagirl Jun 2016 #9
. herding cats Jun 2016 #10
Haaahaa..no shite, he can't make it thru one day! misterhighwasted Jun 2016 #12
TEENY, tiny hands ailsagirl Jun 2016 #14
HAH!!! ailsagirl Jun 2016 #13
He's such an PatSeg Jun 2016 #18
Beyond Blistering...This is outstanding and a very important read.. Stuart G Jun 2016 #15
Thank you for taking the time to read it. herding cats Jun 2016 #19
It also reveals someone who is houston16revival Jun 2016 #16

IronLionZion

(45,644 posts)
7. Yeah there is something going on
Mon Jun 13, 2016, 07:33 PM
Jun 2016

the Republican party nominated a buffoon who thinks he's smart by exploiting "the psychology of suspicion and cynicism to win votes". But most Americans are smarter than that and our increasingly distributed independent media sources (like blogs) can't be manipulated like the mainstream sources.

So Trump's message isn't going to get to enough people before they also hear the brutal take down and ridicule that will reverse any of his gains. The moderate and independent middle of America is not going to fall for suspicion and conspiracy theories. If they do, it won't last very long.

Hillary is running laps around this amateur.

Jerry442

(1,265 posts)
11. Sneaky MSM lowlifes.
Mon Jun 13, 2016, 08:02 PM
Jun 2016

Next thing you know, they'll be writing scurrilous stories about things in his past that, y'know, actually happened.

PatSeg

(47,750 posts)
17. I have no doubt
Mon Jun 13, 2016, 09:12 PM
Jun 2016

they will stoop that low! The media just doesn't treat the poor guy "fairly". No wonder he sues so many people.

ailsagirl

(22,908 posts)
9. Geez...not one day goes by without drumpf getting into hot water over something he said/did
Mon Jun 13, 2016, 07:54 PM
Jun 2016

Really amazing

misterhighwasted

(9,148 posts)
12. Haaahaa..no shite, he can't make it thru one day!
Mon Jun 13, 2016, 08:08 PM
Jun 2016

" Donald quietly counts down the 24 hr clock, as he wrings his tiny hands"

Stuart G

(38,458 posts)
15. Beyond Blistering...This is outstanding and a very important read..
Mon Jun 13, 2016, 08:44 PM
Jun 2016
That phrase, according to political scientists who study conspiracy theories, is characteristic of politicians who seek to exploit the psychology of suspicion and cynicism to win votes.

These four words ........."There is something going on"...expose Trump as someone who is trying to create fear .......over and over again...more fear.....more hate..

.Like others who have used fear to promote ..hate.........fear....hate...and fear...and hate and fear.

He is extremely dangerous...and never underestimate the fear and hate combination...please remember this.........................
......Joseph Stalin thought he could control and deal with it on his terms.....Tens of millions died because he was wrong............

herding cats

(19,569 posts)
19. Thank you for taking the time to read it.
Mon Jun 13, 2016, 10:49 PM
Jun 2016

Perhaps this will begin a dialog about how dangerous he actually would be in power.

houston16revival

(953 posts)
16. It also reveals someone who is
Mon Jun 13, 2016, 08:51 PM
Jun 2016

paranoid and not overly bright and is constantly convinced there is something
they don't understand.

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