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Hekate

(90,642 posts)
13. It's what Trump does. It's how he knocked down 16 GOP opponents in 2016...
Mon Jan 27, 2020, 09:08 PM
Jan 2020

He picked them off one by one until he was the only one left. Very simple formula: he lies and lies and lies.

But the lies are tailored to the individual and all show a pattern:

Make up a nasty belittling nickname and use it often
Find an emotional weak spot (Ted Cruz loves his wife) and get inside their head and under their skin (Your wife so ugly. How ugly is she? Too ugly to "date" )
Stick the knife in. Twist it.
Mock the victim's response (Cruz choked and teared up)
Keep this up until they quit
Move on immediately to the next one

It does not matter if you think your chosen candidate is godlike and can stand up to a Cat 5 hurricane. It does not matter if you think Joe Biden is too old or whatever. Know this: once Joe and Hunter Biden are destroyed your candidate is next.

So we either stick together and defend each other, or Trump/Pence is guaranteed to win this November.

Because that's what heinous orange told them to do. MerryBlooms Jan 2020 #1
And that's why his followers love him, apparently. Goodheart Jan 2020 #4
Indeed. MerryBlooms Jan 2020 #7
It is a diversion. When pukes say look over here? look over there. pwb Jan 2020 #2
Diversion and go on the attack is the go-to tactic when a Republican has nothing to stand on TheRealNorth Jan 2020 #5
It doesn't. Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jan 2020 #3
Well Zerlinsky didn't smear him. Somebody's got to! nolabear Jan 2020 #6
Like you said. Just blowing smoke, and trying to claim there was corruption in Obama admin, Hoyt Jan 2020 #8
Yep that's all they have Andy823 Jan 2020 #11
they assume acquittal regardless. They're just using free airtime to smear the likely D-candidate unblock Jan 2020 #9
The term they keep using in the media.. Trumps opponents the Bidens..what a load of horse hockey Peacetrain Jan 2020 #10
The average "only half-way paying ... Whiskeytide Jan 2020 #12
It's what Trump does. It's how he knocked down 16 GOP opponents in 2016... Hekate Jan 2020 #13
IMO you should make this a stand-alone new discussion. Talitha Jan 2020 #14
Thank you, I'll consider that Hekate Jan 2020 #16
When beset by fear and doubt, run in circles, scream and shout...nt Wounded Bear Jan 2020 #15
It doesn't. They don't care though, they're getting paid a lot to make shit up. Claritie Pixie Jan 2020 #17
The goal was/is to bring down Biden tinrobot Jan 2020 #18
They believe the Democrats will protect Joe Biden by not permitting Hunter Biden as a witness... kentuck Jan 2020 #19
Look over there! moondust Jan 2020 #20
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