Quote:He's a Blue Falcon who couldn't go 30 minutes without getting baited into a conflict. He discounts or rejects anyone who doesn't tell him what he wants to hear. He alienates us from our allies who view him as the very worst of what Americans are stereotyped as.


That combination is toxic. Do you see where I am going with this?

 

This is absolutely the best argument against Trump.  I can't fault anyone who has fears about this part of Trump's character.  I think Hillary is just as bad (if not worst), but this is not an unreasonable position in opposition to Trump.  I could understand someone choosing the status quo over a potential loose cannon.  A lot of the more common complaints about Trump (racist, sexist, etc) is not much more than rhetoric useful for political assassination.  Critical thinkers should be able to spot when words or sentences have been omitted to create a different context, and dismiss those who would use that to manipulate emotions.  

 

For example, I saw a video the other day that tried to make it seem like Robert Di Nero supported Trump.  It didn't take long to realize the words could be out of context, so I did a google search. When I found the actual video, it was anything but praise for Donald Trump.  Yet, people were posting "A surprising star endorses Trump" on Facebook without even trying to verify the truth of it.  Likewise, when Trump is speaking of a particular group of people (illegal immigrants) and the articles the next day leave out the word "illegal," you should realize you are being manipulated. 

 

Quote:You need to get your story straight. I know it gets confusing.

 

Either Trump is losing because the mean old media is being unfair (I.e., people are being influenced by the mean old media) or no one (90%, right?) believes the media, so they aren't influencing anyone anyway.

 

Right?

 

Sometimes things like this aren't mutually exclusive.  The Wikileaks shows the DNC wanting to legitimize Donald Trump, Ben Carson, and Cruz to ensure a Hillary victory.  They encouraged the press to legitimize them as candidates.  Specifically Donald Trump.  This was due to the fear that almost any other candidate would beat her.  At the very least, this shows that you could legitimately argue that biased press coverage could be both favorable during the primaries (even while being critical of Trump) and unfavorable during the generals for the same reason: To help Hillary win the presidency.  

 



 

Right now I am petrified that Hillary is almost totally dependent on Republicans nominating Trump…she has huge endemic political weaknesses that she would be wise to rectify…..even a clown like Ted Cruz would be an even money bet to beat and this scares the hell out of me….. -Brent Budowsky (Huff Po Journalist in an email to Podesta, Hillary's campaign chair)

 

"I am one of the people with credibility to suggest Bernie people support her in November." -Budowsky

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