Pic Of The Moment: Trump Succeeding By Telling Republicans Exactly What They Want To Hear: Bullshit

[EarlG]

It’s Official: Donald Trump Overtakes Ted Cruz as the Most Dishonest Republican Presidential Candidate

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[aint_no_life_nowhere]

1. I don't know about the other crap he's spewing, but I'm loving his RePuke bashing

especially calling out Jeb Bush as a puppet of big money.

[ericson00]

15. can't wait till those clips are used against Jeb, Walker, or other potential

GOP nominees if Trump loses. if Trump wins, we'll just turn him into Romney. People seem to forget that only the GOP primary base wants "businesspeople."

[Quackers]

2. And you deserve a K&R!

[yuiyoshida]

3. Jon Stewart would call it

BullSh*t Mountain.

[underpants]

4. Belligerence

They crave belligerent a-holes. He is just using Fox and RW radio tactics on them. Their party (really their propaganda which has taken over) repeatedly creates these types but doesn't know how control them - if they aren't on the payroll.

[SusanaMontana41]

18. Bingo.

Republicans have been riding the tiger for years, so they shouldn't be surprised when the tiger bites them.

[bulloney]

5. Essentially, wasn't that the basis of Reagan's success?

Just tell people what they like to hear in that simple, folksy manner?

[SusanaMontana41]

19. Well … yes. n/t

[Historic NY]

6. Trump mountain....

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[Initech]

9. Or....

[SusanaMontana41]

20. HOLY SHIT! eom

[NewJeffCT]

7. Still, his truth telling percentage

is higher than Rush and Fox News.

[Initech]

8. The GOP is just one big steaming pile of bullshit!

[SoapBox]

10. I say he's drawing the Tea Bag freaks.

They love to hate and he's full of hate and stupid, just like them.

[Stellar]

11. Reagan Economist shocked Chris Hayes when he said this about his Republican Party

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x31nzr1_reagan-economist-shocked-chris-hayes-when-he-said-this-about-his-republican-party_news

[whathehell]

12. Oh my..

To quote the tattooed lady in the first televised Trump focus group:

"He speaks duh truth".

[SusanaMontana41]

21. I thought this would be about David Stockman,

the father of "trickle down" economics who long ago divorced himself from his own fairy tale.

Bruce Bartlett obviously is not seeking the GOP nomination for president.

[ericson00]

14. at least Trump makes no bones about it

Jeb and Walker actually take their own shit seriously. Trump knows he's playing the people.

[SummerSnow]

30. Also when he is asked how he will do something or how will a policy be paid for he says...

" just trust me, I can do it" and they wont press him.


freaking amazing

[pansypoo53219]

16. the truthiness candidate. just what fux gnewz watchers want.

[Wash. state Desk Jet]

17. Trump bills himself as a builder

But it seems his real faddish interior design. Given that is it for whatever it is -he likes those gold fixtures perfectly flaunted-
, he knows the first rule of interior design, he knows it's not your idea ,your concept ,your drawings,your lay out that matters,your design can be total bunk, but you bill the idea ,the design as if there can be nothing better than that.

You convince the client of that very thing and it matters not there after how bad your design really is. You catch them up in your concept and your concept is all and sustaining, all they will see is your concept through your presentation.

What they see in the end result is bought and paid for in advance. compliments of the N.Y. school of fine arts !
subject,: the first rule of interior design ! It's a choice.

[OKIsItJustMe]

22. On The Media: Looking Backward On The Presidency Of Donald Trump

http://www.onthemedia.org/story/looking-backward-presidency-donald-trump/

[font face=Serif][font size=5]Looking Backward On The Presidency Of Donald Trump[/font]

Thursday, August 20, 2015 - 12:39 PM

[font size=3]On January 20, 2017, Donald Trump was sworn in as the 45th President of the United States. Impossible? Sure. But it happened anyway.

From the not too distant future, we relive the shock and confusion of those early days and trace the path, tragically predictable but not without surprises, of the next four years. How could such a thing happen? What did it mean? And is it possible that it wasn't all bad?

Adapted from the article by Jon Lovett for The Atlantic.

Narration by Andy Lanset

Trump impersonation by Ed Kelly[/font][/font]

(Follow the link to listen to this 10 minute radio drama…)

[Bucky]

24. it's a funny article, but not terribly realistic

Not long before Trump, gulp, actually gets the Republican nomination, it will astonish you how quickly the spineless opportunists in the Republican establishment line up to kiss the man's ass. John Wayne Gacy could have an R behind his name and he'd be impeachment proof under a Republican Congress.

[Bucky]

23. The saddest part isn't that lying works, but that the types of lies so many want to hear

This is still a democracy, after all. Trump is getting away with all his lies because this is the type of thing millions of Americans want to hear. The supply and demand of lies in the market are perfectly balanced here. He's a savvy enough business person (or at least savvy enough huckster) to know that absolutely hateful bullshit will get him perilously close to the Republican nomination.

What has acculturated so many Americans into wanting to be told the ugly lies that the Donald is spewing?

I'm still pretty sure he won't end up with the nomination, by the way. Hucksters always burn out in the spotlight. At some point all the gullible chumps giving Trump their support are going to realize he hates them as much as he hates the immigrants & minorities & grown ups running the government that he's getting the Republican rank and file all riled up about.

[WhiteHat]

25. Of course.

Not going to psychologize Trump here, just wanted to mention that facts are difficult things requiring an attention span greater than that of a flea.

Trump doesn't have a hard job. Every construction worker he employs has a more difficult one, requiring more effort and thought than Trump uses day-to-day.

What Trump does have is a knack for taking advantage of idiots. Every time he talks about his advantageous deals, he's talking about suckers. Today, in his current job, that's the American voter. He thinks.

Let's hope the media gives Trump the serious attention he deserves. Then maybe we can get serious about this next election.

[thebighobgoblin]

26. The Trump Phenomenon

The metrics of endorsements and PAC money still suggest that Jeb Bush should end up taking the nomination, but Trump's going to have a much better head start than anyone's had in years. More than that, I think Bush's weakness opens the door for other more conventional candidates, like John Kasich.

I don't really see Trump telling Americans what they want to hear because I don't think Americans really have any idea what they want to hear - until they hear it. What Trump's doing right is that he's looking confident, strident, and bad-@ss at a time when people are increasingly unsure about anything in their life. There's all kinds of uncertainty right now, from ISIS to anxious global markets to the American job sector. Trump talks about these things very openly and apologetically, as if he's sitting down at the bar having a few beers with the average construction worker. He's accessible. He's forthright. Who doesn't appreciate that on some level? Hell, I do and I wouldn't vote for him if he paid me to.

Trump gives people the appearance of certainty in uncertain times. The more he gets singled out the more powerful he becomes, because he just amps it up with more certitude and attitude. People in a democracy like leaders who are unafraid, even when they promise to be horrible leaders. Hitler proved that (not that I'm actually making a comparison here).

[63splitwindow]

27. There's an old trial lawyer saying...

When the facts are against you, pound on the law. When the law is against you, pound on the facts. When they're both against you, pound on the table. tRump be doin' a whole lot of table ponding!
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[czarjak]

28. "Anybody but Obama"...

I hear it all the time.

[TNNurse]

29. I have to ask

Is there a person who actually knows what Trump thinks and believes? How much is just an act? Is there a hidden agenda?
Does anyone really know???

[SummerSnow]

31. I just think he is a bored rich guy and has nothing to do. His narcissism desires the Whitehouse.

he wants to be king

[TNNurse]

32. He does sound like he wants to be king or czar.

He does not know or care about the rules that go along with the job....you know Congress, the Constitution and the Courts....they would not apply to him.