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Tommy_Carcetti

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3. It's the Gish Gallop of Outrageousness

Reply to DemocratSinceBirth (Original post)

Fri Jan 22, 2016, 02:31 PM

Jan 2016

A single tweet of Anthony Weiner's underwear killed his political career forever.

But because Donald Trump says and does so many outrageous things, incidents like this will get lost in the mix.

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Trump just retweeted something from a neo-Nazi [View all] DemocratSinceBirth Jan 2016 OP

And this is the GOP's front runner Iliyah Jan 2016 #1

countdown to shameless back-pedaling covered by all networks live, 10�9... librechik Jan 2016 #2

It's the Gish Gallop of Outrageousness Tommy_Carcetti Jan 2016 #3

I am surprised he hasn't pulled it yet. Maybe he likes it... DemocratSinceBirth Jan 2016 #4

Bless his little black heart. n/t zappaman Jan 2016 #5

Still on his Twitter page after four hours. Tommy_Carcetti Jan 2016 #6

And every media outlet is taking the bait right on schedule. Shandris Jan 2016 #7

What do you mean? Tommy_Carcetti Jan 2016 #8

It's his message style. He tweets something he WANTS the media to talk about... Shandris Jan 2016 #10

Do you actually blame the media though? Tommy_Carcetti Jan 2016 #11

You should see the Google trend on that phrase now. Shandris Jan 2016 #12

Again, the story shows two important things: Tommy_Carcetti Jan 2016 #13

and once again trump suck all the air out of the news cycle dembotoz Jan 2016 #9