The duty of The Times and the news media generally, from the point of view of the "man on the street," lies in the phrase "The Fourth Branch of Government." Does The Times and the news media generally have some notion of who the men and women on the street are that the rest of us just don't get? Trump is playin' you people
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Stop complaining about all the free press Trump is getting. He's newsworthy. Not to cover him is a form of censorship. If this country votes him its leader, it won't be because of the press. It will be in spite of the press, for there is no doubt Trump's views have been made very clear, in this piece and in others. If Trump is elected, it will be because the electorate wanted him elected. Good job NYT. We need more of these articles on Trump - in depth, timely, and so very accurate.
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HRC is constantly called to account for her ethics because she sent emails off of official government servers.
I wonder what people would say about Hillary Clinton if she was a casino operator who bankrupted 4 companies and had run an unaccredited for-profit school shut down for fraud for offering students worthless degrees and mountains of taxpayer guaranteed student debt.
Trump is running on a platform of incompetence and illegality.
He wants to overturn decades of post WWII nuclear nonproliferation policies and the NATO alliance, yet had never heard of the nuclear triad before he was asked in the debates.
He wants to bring back Medieval torture despite global treaties banning such as crimes against humanity.
He wants to overturn the First Amendment by executive order.
He wants to be responsible for a $4 trillion federal budget and oversee a $19 trillion economy after bankrupting 4 companies.
He is playing the white man card of assumed competence over an accomplished woman with a record of public service and achievement.
He lies about facts like the unemployment rate to uninformed voters - like claiming the unemployment rate is 45% despite census data and the BLS database that make the claim absurd - unless your 95 year old grandmother and 6 month old baby should be working.
Yet he has the audacity to call HRC crooked. What projection!
The real card Trump is playing is the ignorance card - which is why he loves the uneducated voter.
I wonder what people would say about Hillary Clinton if she was a casino operator who bankrupted 4 companies and had run an unaccredited for-profit school shut down for fraud for offering students worthless degrees and mountains of taxpayer guaranteed student debt.
Trump is running on a platform of incompetence and illegality.
He wants to overturn decades of post WWII nuclear nonproliferation policies and the NATO alliance, yet had never heard of the nuclear triad before he was asked in the debates.
He wants to bring back Medieval torture despite global treaties banning such as crimes against humanity.
He wants to overturn the First Amendment by executive order.
He wants to be responsible for a $4 trillion federal budget and oversee a $19 trillion economy after bankrupting 4 companies.
He is playing the white man card of assumed competence over an accomplished woman with a record of public service and achievement.
He lies about facts like the unemployment rate to uninformed voters - like claiming the unemployment rate is 45% despite census data and the BLS database that make the claim absurd - unless your 95 year old grandmother and 6 month old baby should be working.
Yet he has the audacity to call HRC crooked. What projection!
The real card Trump is playing is the ignorance card - which is why he loves the uneducated voter.
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The NY Times has become Trump's major source of free publicity. Fox News, The Wall Street Journal, People Magazine and the National Enquirer combined don't promote his candidacy as much.
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I am a paid subscriber to the NYT, and I find it so distasteful that it tries to cram propaganda down its reader's throat. Instead of finding an intelligent and factual article to enjoy, I find this long-winded, opinionated, frivolous bias. Draper's imagined Trump World, complaint about Trump's engaging an experienced political campaign adviser (Manafort) in lieu of an outsider to politics, and criticism of the Fl. State attorney for not prosecuting Lewandowski are so nonsensical. Draper is clueless of who his readers are.
Give Trump a chance. He's achieved a lot. More than most. There will be great successes, and a few gaffs but America, and the world, will be better off. Don't take his off the cuff comments too seriously, the media soon sorts those out. There will be a team of advisors around to keep him in check. Vote for Trump. Let's see what he can do. America is slipping in the eyes of the world. Don't let this continue. We all know what the other outcome will be, more of the same.
A very insightful story......and it comes down to this....what a choice....as an Independent leaning Republican with disdain for this man, at this point, when I stand in the voting booth in November I have to vote "against" the other person I have equal disdain for. Why? If she wins the next nominee to SCOTUS would be further left than Obama's artful choice. Our nation cannot afford this. Sorry........
Omg. There is now actually a SEPARATE ARTICLE posted today about the confetti 'photo shoot' used in this article. (And I very seldom use all caps.) ARE YOU BLANKING KIDDING ME??? Maybe the Times needs to have bracelets made up that say, WWAGD. (What Would Amy Goodman Do?)
New York Times, leadership of the United States of America is no joke. I must be dreaming. This is not happening.
New York Times, leadership of the United States of America is no joke. I must be dreaming. This is not happening.
"I have seen the enemy, and he is us."
I have long wondered what would be the ultimate undoing of our nation - and possibly the world. As simple as that quote is, Pogo's paraphrase sure nailed it. How eerily prescient...
I have long wondered what would be the ultimate undoing of our nation - and possibly the world. As simple as that quote is, Pogo's paraphrase sure nailed it. How eerily prescient...
The Trump "phenomenon" can probably be explained in a few short, depressing paragraphs, and already has been. The man himself really doesn't deserve much more explaining. He has said very little that is real news in month, yet the American news sources can't seem to stop themselves from making news for him. No one in recent memory, including the Kardashians, has gotten more free publicity by simply saying the same inane things over and over again. I don't believe that publishers, writers and pundits are really doing their readers a service by chasing their byline and being played by the Trump candidacy.
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Who might have thought that the "Theater of the Absurd" would reach so deeply into an American Presidential election. The voters are asking for a global crisis for reasons that I cannot figure out or begin to explain. I can only imagine that there are large numbers of voters so completely stupid that their reality must resemble enduring ignorance and a redneck soul truly afflicted with Fox News media-made paranoia and distopic discontent.
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This already happened in California with Schwarzenegger.
That was a trial balloon to see how easy it is to just manipulate elections with TV celebrity fawning and false outrage about "the system"
If people are hurting so bad, how did Apple make $53 billion selling luxury gadgets ?
That was a trial balloon to see how easy it is to just manipulate elections with TV celebrity fawning and false outrage about "the system"
If people are hurting so bad, how did Apple make $53 billion selling luxury gadgets ?
And adding insult to injury, Trump wants others to repay his loans to his campaign and to fund the rest of any campaign cost.
Like a party crasher, who comes unasked, this one has little in common with the other guests, but he wants to freeload.
To the GOP, his pitch is that he is the only one left to beat Mrs Clinton. Think long-term! Maybe the less bitter medicine would be a Clinton win. She is unlikely to last more than one term. For that matter so is Trump, but which one would do more damage in four years--to US prestige, to the prestige of the Presidency, and to the US itself?
Trump started seemingly without anything to offer and swept the GOP field. Take note. What does that say about the GOP before he arrived and now that he is here, what will it say about a GOP that embraced him?
Priebus is a company man with no choice but to go along. Pity him!
Like a party crasher, who comes unasked, this one has little in common with the other guests, but he wants to freeload.
To the GOP, his pitch is that he is the only one left to beat Mrs Clinton. Think long-term! Maybe the less bitter medicine would be a Clinton win. She is unlikely to last more than one term. For that matter so is Trump, but which one would do more damage in four years--to US prestige, to the prestige of the Presidency, and to the US itself?
Trump started seemingly without anything to offer and swept the GOP field. Take note. What does that say about the GOP before he arrived and now that he is here, what will it say about a GOP that embraced him?
Priebus is a company man with no choice but to go along. Pity him!
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After reading this I am convinced he will be a great President. Keep reporting on him and more and more people will vote for him!!!! Thank you NY Times!
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Chris,
I don't agree with you about Mr. Trump, but I do agree with you that the New York Times is doing a wonderful job working for him. Thanks for pointing that out.
I don't agree with you about Mr. Trump, but I do agree with you that the New York Times is doing a wonderful job working for him. Thanks for pointing that out.
Anyone who doesn't fear for the future of this country, and the world, under a trump regime scares me.
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Reporter Robert Draper seems to have gotten his hard-hitting style of reporting from Megan Kelly's recent softball interview of Trump. This article would have been vaguely noteworthy - twelve months ago.
For those Times readers who desire serious reporting, I suggest you read David Cay Johnston's in-depth article on Trump's possible mob ties, as reported in today's POLITICO.
For those Times readers who desire serious reporting, I suggest you read David Cay Johnston's in-depth article on Trump's possible mob ties, as reported in today's POLITICO.
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Yesterday morning I attended the West Point graduation at which VP Joe Biden was the keynote speaker. I overheard chitchat about the horror and disbelief that Donald Trump could be next year's speaker at this esteemed annual ceremony. It left me speechless.
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"..(Trump's) forced wince of a smile looked as if someone were grinding a shoe into his toe.."
Impressive fakery, but it really can't compete for phoniness with the wide-eyed, wide-mouthed 'silent scream' Hillary evinces at her campaign rallies.
Impressive fakery, but it really can't compete for phoniness with the wide-eyed, wide-mouthed 'silent scream' Hillary evinces at her campaign rallies.
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To CW in Oakland.
I know exactly what you are referring to!
I know exactly what you are referring to!
This may well be an election decided by the voters who stay home on election day. If Trump wins it could be the last election.
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The media is not responsible for Donald Trump. He made himself the news, and the press would be irresponsible if it did not report about this dangerous man being supported by so many delusional voters in this country. The media is not perfect but it cannot, and should not report only about those they support. It is the news. Opinion pieces can and do express disgust with the manchild called Trump. Stop ranting about the media, and convince our fellow citizens that he cannot be permitted to succeed. We, the people ....
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No less than six NYT articles today with Trump's name in the title. Stop it. Just stop giving him so much attention. You're shooing him into the last place in the world where he belongs, the White House.
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Donald Trump is an improbable candidate to be the president of the US.
The problem with Trump is that a substantial number of his (business) ventures have been dismal failures, despite that he is an unusually gifted man. He failed mostly because he has been too impulsive & reckless.
He does have about 80% of the clinical symptoms of hypomania. (I happen to be a psychiatrist & 80 yrs. old) If he were a little less so, and only a hypomanic personality as many successful businessmen & statesmen have been, he could have achieved anything he set out to achieve. Two good examples of hypomanic personality have been Bill Clinton & Fidel Castro. Fidel Castro had enormous charisma; Bill Clinton had a lot less. Still Clinton's indefatigable persistence & laser-focus on what he wanted to achieve & humility made him quite successful. All three, Trump, Clinton & Castro are exceptionally gifted. In general, with liberal margins, all three are essentially benevolent men.
Because of his hypomania, the nation should not take a chance on Trump. Impulsive mistakes he is likely to make, if he becomes president, COULD, though not necessarily be DISASTROUS.
The problem with Trump is that a substantial number of his (business) ventures have been dismal failures, despite that he is an unusually gifted man. He failed mostly because he has been too impulsive & reckless.
He does have about 80% of the clinical symptoms of hypomania. (I happen to be a psychiatrist & 80 yrs. old) If he were a little less so, and only a hypomanic personality as many successful businessmen & statesmen have been, he could have achieved anything he set out to achieve. Two good examples of hypomanic personality have been Bill Clinton & Fidel Castro. Fidel Castro had enormous charisma; Bill Clinton had a lot less. Still Clinton's indefatigable persistence & laser-focus on what he wanted to achieve & humility made him quite successful. All three, Trump, Clinton & Castro are exceptionally gifted. In general, with liberal margins, all three are essentially benevolent men.
Because of his hypomania, the nation should not take a chance on Trump. Impulsive mistakes he is likely to make, if he becomes president, COULD, though not necessarily be DISASTROUS.
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He's not gifted. The only gifts he has were the millions in "gifts" he got from his daddy. The ones he lies about to this very day ...
Blowing your inheritance on vanity projects is not especially impressive.
Blowing your inheritance on vanity projects is not especially impressive.
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We have approx. six months until election day !
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Those who deplore Trump as a Hitler or Mussolini, while decrying coverage of him by the media, are complicit in the over-the-top coverage.
There are similarities between Caesar and Trump: both were wealthy, both were demagogues, and both were determined to portray themselves as having a full head of hair while being bald. However, Caesar had a salad. Trump does not.
There are similarities between Caesar and Trump: both were wealthy, both were demagogues, and both were determined to portray themselves as having a full head of hair while being bald. However, Caesar had a salad. Trump does not.
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Donald Trump: Plays one on TV.
Manafort is dangerous. He represents what elections have become--managed and administered. Elections are no longer unalloyed symbols of democracy. Populism itself has become administered, a form of spectacle that is put to use in the melodrama we call an election.
Perhaps Plato was right? Democracy leads to oligarchy? How do we prove Plato was wrong?
Perhaps Plato was right? Democracy leads to oligarchy? How do we prove Plato was wrong?
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Donald J. Trump......is the creation of the media....and I am sorry that
the New York Times has fallen into the trashy tabloid level of the
constant attention to Trump....
I believe that the Editors and journalists have been just as much conned
as the low brow supporters of Trump....who actually reads tabloid news.
and the other supporters who read this august Sunday NYTimes...are
disappointed to see that ....Trashy journalism has crept into the Editors
sacred towers at NYT.
the New York Times has fallen into the trashy tabloid level of the
constant attention to Trump....
I believe that the Editors and journalists have been just as much conned
as the low brow supporters of Trump....who actually reads tabloid news.
and the other supporters who read this august Sunday NYTimes...are
disappointed to see that ....Trashy journalism has crept into the Editors
sacred towers at NYT.
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To CBRussell
But worse, they allow trashy punctuation......
But worse, they allow trashy punctuation......
I saw Robert Draper, the writer, on TV. The way he talked about Trump was without personal bias, so I decided to read this article. It was an interesting read for me. I thought the writer made some keen observations. To be honest, wish the article was longer!
This article shows how totally unprepared Donald Trump is to be President. He is not studious and unwilling to study issues. Facts mean nothing to him. He is the worst Presidential candidate in over a century.
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Deeply disturbing. Donald Trump doesn't drink alcohol?
William H. Harrison
Millard Fillmore
Rutherford B. Hayes
Benjamin Harrison
Howard H. Taft
These presidents also didn't drink alcohol. Two Whigs and three Republicans - all historically ranked for performance in the lower half of our presidents. None made America great again, or ever. Causal? No. Correlatable? Probably.
William H. Harrison
Millard Fillmore
Rutherford B. Hayes
Benjamin Harrison
Howard H. Taft
These presidents also didn't drink alcohol. Two Whigs and three Republicans - all historically ranked for performance in the lower half of our presidents. None made America great again, or ever. Causal? No. Correlatable? Probably.
You can roll your eyes about Trump, but what is the other side doing with their opportunity of a generation to wrest control of Congress from the racists and reactionaries? Arguing about transgender bathrooms, throwing chairs around in meetings, saying they're sorry but they have to ditch coal mining jobs, threatening disruption at their convention. Way to go Democrats. Sounds like you have a plan.
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You were so proud you even published a companion story about choosing the confetti. The media can't get over itself. Forget Iraq 2.0 this is full scale attrition. Ratings baby!
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Trump knows in his bones that it’s now or never. Today’s Donald Trump will be the Donald Sterling of the 2020’s and the Sumner Redstone (whom he uncannily resembles) of the 2030’s, if he lasts that long. As for Trump’s PR men and spin doctors, they remind me of nothing so much as O.J. Simpson’s dream team. Whether or not they actually believe in their man, they know a good deal when they see one.
Another telling aspect of Trump's "leadership" capabilities, or lack there of, are revealed in Mr. Drapers article. When he is advised by Paul Manafort about being more presidential, Trump "grew more red-faced". Is this how a president, especially one with virtually no foreign or economic policy experience, nor military knowledge should act when given sincere advice? Should we expect to see the West Wing deserted of any person whose specific knowledge and experience would be invaluable to just about any other president except this one? This, from the person whose brain is so much smarter than any other person. Is this what we as a country want to see leading us in these troubling times?
I admit that 8 months ago the pickings were less than grand out of the 17 candidates. But lets be honest; there were one or two who are much more qualified, and much less scary, than what the country now has the GOP's stander-bearer. And when we enter the voting booth on November 8 the stink will be palpable. But we must hold our collective noses and choose the less onerous, and odorous, of the two. We cannot be the country that not once, but twice, elected a black man to our highest office that now is on the cusp of putting a carnival barker and snake oil salesman is his successor.
America, do the right thing again. Keep it great by choosing Hillary Clinton. With all her warts she has ore to offer than a man who asks people if his 16 year-old daughter is "hot".
I admit that 8 months ago the pickings were less than grand out of the 17 candidates. But lets be honest; there were one or two who are much more qualified, and much less scary, than what the country now has the GOP's stander-bearer. And when we enter the voting booth on November 8 the stink will be palpable. But we must hold our collective noses and choose the less onerous, and odorous, of the two. We cannot be the country that not once, but twice, elected a black man to our highest office that now is on the cusp of putting a carnival barker and snake oil salesman is his successor.
America, do the right thing again. Keep it great by choosing Hillary Clinton. With all her warts she has ore to offer than a man who asks people if his 16 year-old daughter is "hot".
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DT makes my skin crawl with things like "Don't you think my daughter's hot?" What a moron. Stephen Colbert ran a clip the other night from Kanya West's appearance on the Ellen Show last week and he sounded like DT. Incoherent, narcissistic, stupid and all the rest. One commenter asked, "How did we get to the point where DT is even being considered as president material?" Simple - smart, socially conscious people who would normally step up to help run OUR government have retired and/or now own the systems. Why work when you can steal from the rest of us. It will take a few years to develop enough socially conscious democrats and independents who will work to restore democracy in America, through well-managed government, and meantime we must play defense against fools like DT.
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I pulled out the magazine from my folded NY Times and almost started crying. Please stop! Just stop giving this man any attention. You need to write about real issues and get it from people who actually have original, concrete ideas. Economic and social inequality, global warming, gun control, threat of terrorism, the national debt, cost of college, our children's future...the list is pretty long. Surely the NY Times can do better than this.
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I think writing about the republican nominee for United States of America is a pretty important issue. The other issues you refer to will be greatly impacted by the result of this election. The nominee issue "trumps" all other issues right now.
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To Veronica in NY.
Well said!
Well said!
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Just finished reading this article . It's a great read .Sympathetic and human too. Even inspiring in spots .....Leaves me thinking this man could become the next President of the USA .
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You are kidding, right?
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The article has absolutely nothing to do with whether Trump becomes President. But it's really very simple: if he wins both Florida and Pennsylvania, it's almost impossible for him not to win and if he doesn't, he absolutely won't win.
I feel very sorry for this country if he does win. We don't need a racist, sexist, xenophobic man whose instincts are to appeal to the worst in people. And that's all aside from the fact that he's a stupid man with no real understanding of the world aside from negotiating real estate deals. Is this really the best we have to offer the country and the world?
Furthermore, he would accomplish absolutely nothing because he's hated by both side of the aisle in Congress, outside possibly of a small band of Tea Party people. Frankly, I don't think most of his supporters actually understand how laws are passed in this country and how little power the President actually has.
I find it hard to believe that the same country who put Obama in the White House twice is going to put Trump there, no matter how much people don't like Hillary Clinton.
I feel very sorry for this country if he does win. We don't need a racist, sexist, xenophobic man whose instincts are to appeal to the worst in people. And that's all aside from the fact that he's a stupid man with no real understanding of the world aside from negotiating real estate deals. Is this really the best we have to offer the country and the world?
Furthermore, he would accomplish absolutely nothing because he's hated by both side of the aisle in Congress, outside possibly of a small band of Tea Party people. Frankly, I don't think most of his supporters actually understand how laws are passed in this country and how little power the President actually has.
I find it hard to believe that the same country who put Obama in the White House twice is going to put Trump there, no matter how much people don't like Hillary Clinton.
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Him we are gonna trust with the nuclear codes?
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Here we go again. They did that to Goldwater in 1964. Lots of atomic bombs.
Then Lyndon Johnson sent me to war games for 3 weeks. He lied about the
Tonkin incident and sent 1/2 million men to Viet Nam. 50,000 Americans
dead and still dying from it. Lyndon Johnson - Hilary Clinton not much difference.
Then Lyndon Johnson sent me to war games for 3 weeks. He lied about the
Tonkin incident and sent 1/2 million men to Viet Nam. 50,000 Americans
dead and still dying from it. Lyndon Johnson - Hilary Clinton not much difference.
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Too bad his elitist business practices don't sync up with his 'platform' to make America great again. The reason it's 'again' is b/c his cronies took us down to begin with and now want to come in and 'save' us. Those who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones. Too bad I can't upload a photo here b/c yesterday I took a snapshot of the label inside his daughter's designer trousers. The label reads "Made in Vietnam." Enough said.
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Despite his sizable shortcomings, he is the only candidate in the Republican field who isn't owned by some unseen, private puppet master.
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Not at all surprising that the campaign HQ looks like a dump; totally representative of the candidate.
Even less surprising is the total lack of diversity, in the staff and in any pictures... but then, again, totally representative.
The one candidate who is not a sociopathic liar, raging racist or in bed with Wall street isn't a viable pick for America because he's (gasp) a democratic socialist..
Besides most people not even knowing what that means, that's the only reason someone like Trump or Hillary is a better choice?
Again, not at all surprising in a country whose education system usually doesn't rank very high in any developed nations listings.
All the "train-wreck in slow motion" comments are spot on.
Even less surprising is the total lack of diversity, in the staff and in any pictures... but then, again, totally representative.
The one candidate who is not a sociopathic liar, raging racist or in bed with Wall street isn't a viable pick for America because he's (gasp) a democratic socialist..
Besides most people not even knowing what that means, that's the only reason someone like Trump or Hillary is a better choice?
Again, not at all surprising in a country whose education system usually doesn't rank very high in any developed nations listings.
All the "train-wreck in slow motion" comments are spot on.
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How can you equate Hillary Clinton--First Lady, Senator, Secretary of State with vast knowledge--to Trump? If Republicans hadn't made PACs legal, if it didn't cost a billion dollars to campaign for president, Clinton would not be needing money for her campaign.
This whole "Clinton would be just as bad as Trump" campaign makes no sense. Somebody please tell me why Clinton is worse than, saw GWB, whom people thought of as just a nice-to-have-a-beer-with guy. Why on Earth do people all over the world think the presidency is the one job you don't need any experience for? Try getting a job as a social worker or doctor or teacher with no credentials. And they can't harm about 330 million people the way a US president can! How is ignorance a good thing?
This whole "Clinton would be just as bad as Trump" campaign makes no sense. Somebody please tell me why Clinton is worse than, saw GWB, whom people thought of as just a nice-to-have-a-beer-with guy. Why on Earth do people all over the world think the presidency is the one job you don't need any experience for? Try getting a job as a social worker or doctor or teacher with no credentials. And they can't harm about 330 million people the way a US president can! How is ignorance a good thing?
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Total charlatan and his vassals are completely suckered.
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Yikes...when historians look back before the Jan 20,2017 inauguration of Pres Trump, these may be the critical two or three weeks they focus upon as the turning point. Yesterday, Trump quoted Bernie's anti-Hillary venom at length. I don't hear Bernie protesting loudly today at Trump's offering to the NRA of a Max Max free-for-all gun totting America. Will this be remembered as the two or three weeks when Bernie put the choke of America's march toward an alternate progressive future and its descent into into the fascistic maelstrom of the Trump era which may soon dawn upon us? The thought is chilling. Yet, our media are numbing us to this by normalizing both Trump and the thoroughly unhinged anti-Hillary venom being spewed by Bernie's campaign. I'm closer than ever to packing my bags for New Zealand...just as I did in 2004 when the specter of Dubya's second term descended upon us. Sadly, many, including the millions of women and minorities who might otherwise save America from descending into political abyss, may not counteract the misogynistic and xenophobic white bread male crowd sustaining Trump nor the comfortable latte liberals giving succor to Bernie's otherwise comatose march to the Dem nomination.
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How can it happen that a totally unqualified person is in the run to be president of the US? The only preeceeding case of someone not holding political office was Eisenhower and before that, Hoover. Both were experienced government officials, and showed a great deal of intelligence and common sense. Now we have someone who feels that experience in government is unnecessary. I cannot understand how one can argue with a person who is deliberately ignorant. And Donald revels in his ignorance, every day and every way. Who is foolish enough to have this fool running the gov
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There was Reagan, who began all this rot.
But I guess we weren't done letting the rich and famous persuade us to take our country further down the road towards the third world.
But I guess we weren't done letting the rich and famous persuade us to take our country further down the road towards the third world.
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Being a general of Eisenhower's rank is a political office. Other generals who ran for and won the Presidency without holding any other office: Washington, Taylor, Grant.
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Toom,
You don't have to look past than Hillary Clinton to find the answer to your opening question. The dems should be embarrassed that she will be their candidate. The only way Trump has a chance will be against Clinton or Sanders. I think Trump will win the presidency because Americans do not want Clinton. It's ridiculous for the Dem party to lose the presidency because they can't nominate an electable candidate. That's the real story here.
You don't have to look past than Hillary Clinton to find the answer to your opening question. The dems should be embarrassed that she will be their candidate. The only way Trump has a chance will be against Clinton or Sanders. I think Trump will win the presidency because Americans do not want Clinton. It's ridiculous for the Dem party to lose the presidency because they can't nominate an electable candidate. That's the real story here.
If Mr. Trump does not drink, how will he ever sober up? They want help, not hope. Help from the GOP, that cannot even define itself, much less care about the average american. The 'proxygop' (new term?), will remain lost, just as Trump will be if he wins! He will be too busy living in his high world, and maintaining his standards. While the average becomes the nuevoistatusquo, the new norm. He may not drink but he is high on something. And a stunning win to the highest office in the most powerful nation in the world might have him OD.
He will forget about the average, the poor, whether he wins or does not. For Trump, he will still be, himself.
He will forget about the average, the poor, whether he wins or does not. For Trump, he will still be, himself.
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I plan to bookmark this article and give to the few that I know that support Trump. Whether or not they'll find it, deep within in the most disoncerting message that I hope they will hear: this person does not back down.
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Does not back down from what?
In reply to MR
does not back down from confrontation with anyone, and in particular, Hillary Clinton.
does not back down from confrontation with anyone, and in particular, Hillary Clinton.
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Trumpy should have been in Rajasthan, India, in 123,8 degrees temperature ... He'd tell us: "Folks, this stupid weather makes me sweat like Little Rubio. But if you believe the liberal science of climate change you are wrong, that's stupid. The Weather loves me, I get along with Weather just fine, I'll get the best deal. That's a promise. We'll win, we will get the coal mines to produce, we will burn more, put babe Sarah to drill baby drill, we are winners, we'll Make America Great Again. The scientists are losers, they don't know how to make deals... I make terrific deals, I love Weather, she loves me, I love you, America loves me, I'll beat Hillary, I am the Unifier, I can deal with Weather, the Planet loves me, I will be the Greatest President, Putin likes me, he's no loser, hicks love me too, I love hicks... Hope honey, make sure all the media hears this."
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To Nick K.
Regular people vote for Trump to squelch Elitism. This includes you, Nick.
Regular people vote for Trump to squelch Elitism. This includes you, Nick.
The mainstream media's hyper-coverage of Trump is be bad enough. But for this newspaper to glorify such a sick and vile man with a magazine cover showing confetti -- as if he is already victorious in the Presidential race -- is simply disgusting and beyond belief. If this were 1933, one could easily envision The Times' designers hanging banners in Nuremberg.
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Thanks so much for helping make the most dangerous demagogue in the history of the United Staes more credible and legitimate.
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The only reason this has been a wild ride is because there has been unprecedented and overwhelming coverage of Trump with virtually 100% of it being negative from the media, main stream and not, and from the establishment in both major political parties as well as pundits from both parties. There are so few in those groups that actually voice support for Trump you can count them using the fingers on one hand. What is amazing is that Trump has actually been able to secure the nomination, with popular votes; the voice of the people that is, in the face of such wide spread intolerance and actual hatred displayed by the aforementioned organized groups that are against him. I congratulate Trump and hope he becomes President as opposed to “Crooked” Hillary and or Bernie the “Crazy socialist”.
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Can we just stop ...
Just stop dancing around this dumpster fire of the vanities? It's disgusting, and we need substance.
SUBSTANCE, I say, substance! And I'm not apologizing for yelling. Can we just talk about facts and issues? That's what newspapers are for, please.
Just stop dancing around this dumpster fire of the vanities? It's disgusting, and we need substance.
SUBSTANCE, I say, substance! And I'm not apologizing for yelling. Can we just talk about facts and issues? That's what newspapers are for, please.
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Trump is no longer the impossible nominee. He is real and is a threat to all that America holds sacred. He is the dark force, a menace to society, and it is incumbent upon the NYTimes and all journalists who maintain some sort of integrity to report the horrific prospect of a Trump presidency.
DD
Manhattan
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Manhattan
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He is a threat to what America holds sacred? You mean invading other countries and implementing "democracy"? Yes he is a threat to that. He wants to talk with other leaders instead of playing modern cold war, waiting for something to crack to deploy more troops and kill in the name of freedom. I think most of the world is rooting for him instead of that warmonger Clinton. We don't want migrants you've forced upon us. Europe is in terrible shape cause of your toying with world, and it's trembling. This extreme leftist hypocrisy is rotten and stale. People are recognizing it, and seeing a chance in Trump.
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Sacred? Like invading random counties in the middle east?
Sorry, I don't care anymore. I hope Trump burns it all down.
Sorry, I don't care anymore. I hope Trump burns it all down.
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If you think Trump is the antithesis of American Imperialism and Hegemony I have to wonder if you are being deliberately ignorant. At what point did Trump come out in support of world peace? At what point did Trump show himself to be about protecting the most vulnerable amongst us? At what point did Trump signal his support for equality amongst the people of this nation? At what point did Trump signal his view of tolerance? At what point did Trump indicate that the ideals of democracy were important to him? At what point did you fail to notice that he is taking us swiftly down the rabbit hole of fascism? At what point did you completely turn your back on democracy and decide that all we needed was a sociopathic, self-indulgent, ignorant president to cure all the ills heaped upon us by a 30 years of anti-democratic policies and practices. At what point did you start believing that anti-democratic ideals and policies were democratic while democratic ideals and policies where hypocritical of democracy. At what point did you get it all wrong and become proud of it?
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Presidential candidates and presidents tend to be remembered for the most concise summaries of their central concerns.
Take FDR: “We must especially beware of that small group of selfish men who would clip the wings of the American eagle in order to feather their own nests.”
Take Dwight Eisenhower: “We pay for a single destroyer with new homes that could have housed more than 8,000 people . . . This is not a way of life . . . it is humanity hanging from a cross of iron.”
Take John Kennedy: “Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty.”
Take Ronald Reagan in Berlin: “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!”
Take Donald Trump: “I would build a great wall, and nobody builds walls better than me, believe me, and I’ll build them very inexpensively, I will build a great, great wall on our southern border. And I will have Mexico pay for that wall.”
Not to mention Mr. Trump’s inquiring about the whereabouts of his wife: “Where’s my supermodel?”
Take FDR: “We must especially beware of that small group of selfish men who would clip the wings of the American eagle in order to feather their own nests.”
Take Dwight Eisenhower: “We pay for a single destroyer with new homes that could have housed more than 8,000 people . . . This is not a way of life . . . it is humanity hanging from a cross of iron.”
Take John Kennedy: “Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty.”
Take Ronald Reagan in Berlin: “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!”
Take Donald Trump: “I would build a great wall, and nobody builds walls better than me, believe me, and I’ll build them very inexpensively, I will build a great, great wall on our southern border. And I will have Mexico pay for that wall.”
Not to mention Mr. Trump’s inquiring about the whereabouts of his wife: “Where’s my supermodel?”
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The level of exposé' regarding Mr. Trump does not seem to matter. Every disgusting tidbit only elevates this man amongst his followers, and gleans more headlines for his campaign.
It's like watching a train wreck in slow motion.....distressing and painful, knowing nothing can be done to change the course of events.
It's like watching a train wreck in slow motion.....distressing and painful, knowing nothing can be done to change the course of events.
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excellent article. amazing photography. after the hit piece earlier this week I wasn't going to read this but the photos pulled me in.
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"They don't want hope, They want help"- Very true but it is very unlikely that Trump will help them if he becomes President. Firstly he is going to be the nominee of a party that is essentially for rich people like himself who have massively benefited from forces of globalization. Second, he does not have any plan, period. He may talk big (or "Yuuuge") and say things about "making America great again" but the dude has no clue whatsoever. His spontaneity and outrageous-ness might be refreshing to a class of people miffed at the current political class but he is still a charlatan, a con-man and a blowhard. Anywhere else this would have been comical but having this person come so close towards being President of the World's sole superpower where he could get his "small" hands on nuclear codes, is a matter of concern not just to us but the whole world!
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Climate change? Hello? Can we ask this man about that, please?!
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P. T. Barnum is alive and well.
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There's a Vanity Fair piece from the time when Ivana divorced Trumpy McTwoface (for "cruel and inhuman treatment") that refers to the couple's efforts to be regarded as aristocrats. It was referred to by others as the Trump's "imperial phase." This is no longer shameless self-promotion in Dirty Donald's mind. It is Destiny. It is his birthright.
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The fact Trump might actually beat Hillary Clinton shows the Democratic Party is just as out of tune with America as the Republicans. For a year now, everyone has marveled that Trump can say things that would end the campaign, if not career, of an established politician. Still not figured it out? Well here it is: Americans are so sick and disgusted with the status quo, that they are willing to swallow the poison pill that is Trump. We are like a dog eating grass, willing to make ourselves sick to expel what we cannot digest.
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I totally agree.
The great movie "Advise And Consent" hit the nail on the head when considering a candidate for Secretary of State. In the movie, Seeb Cooley, the senior senator from South Carolina ( played by legendary Charles Laughton, southern drawl and all) got up on the Senate floor and said;
"Is our storehouse of political talent so impoverished that this is all we can come up with?"
Does anyone think that Trump, and for that matter Hillary, would have gotten this far if either party presented the people of this country with candidates of quality rather than overblown buffoons and dishonest political hacks? I think not. I know of nobody who is jumping for joy with the choices here!
The great movie "Advise And Consent" hit the nail on the head when considering a candidate for Secretary of State. In the movie, Seeb Cooley, the senior senator from South Carolina ( played by legendary Charles Laughton, southern drawl and all) got up on the Senate floor and said;
"Is our storehouse of political talent so impoverished that this is all we can come up with?"
Does anyone think that Trump, and for that matter Hillary, would have gotten this far if either party presented the people of this country with candidates of quality rather than overblown buffoons and dishonest political hacks? I think not. I know of nobody who is jumping for joy with the choices here!
It's already an oligarchy now anyway. We have the illusion of choice. And the men who run this country are laughing into their single malt. While we roll around in the mud divided. So much hate and venom.
Trump is awful. Anyone who has faith and hope in him will get berned.
Trump is awful. Anyone who has faith and hope in him will get berned.
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Yes well ummmm Obama was so much more immensely qualified in that he had vast experience as a community organizer and was a US senator fir 300 days.
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He was a US senator for four years and an Illinois legislator for eight years. That is infinitely more experience in government than Trump, who has zero.
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The national media still doesn't get it. Mr. Trump is insane.
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So?
Trump runs his campaign like a spitting image from VEEP.
And it works.
Trump runs his campaign like a spitting image from VEEP.
And it works.
In Stephen King's novel "The Dead Zone" the doomed hero is cursed with a clairvoyance which can give him terrifying flashes into the future when he touches certain people. When he brushes against a rising, psychopathic presidential candidate he gets a vision of the man as a future president setting off a nuclear conflict. Hmmm...
I may not be clairvoyant, but I never want a man who gets urges to "knock the crap" out of somebody in charge of the nuclear codes. Let's keep King's apocalyptic visions squarely in the domain of fiction for all our sakes.
I may not be clairvoyant, but I never want a man who gets urges to "knock the crap" out of somebody in charge of the nuclear codes. Let's keep King's apocalyptic visions squarely in the domain of fiction for all our sakes.
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NYT continues to build the infrastructure to support Trump's presidential campaign by creatively reporting on all things Trump. The journalists, no, the NYT essayists (who have replaced traditional journalists) can be commended for their creativity, but it is questionable whether they are contributing to intelligent discourse on the issues the voters need to consider in deciding who should be our country's next president.
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In a related matter, fellow New York Times readers, please take a look at the photograph accompanying the article "Donald Trump Releases List of Possible Supreme Court Picks." (That article is not accepting comments.) This is not the first photo published by the paper of Mr. Trump pictured exiting a large black SUV, shooting his cuffs, guarded by impressively manly secret service agents (I assume that's who they are). Am I dreaming, or is the newspaper going out of its way to portray Mr. Trump as valuable, important and virile? Photos of Sen. Sanders generally picture him gesturing during speechmaking. Photos of Sec. Clinton often show her speaking or interacting with constituents. Sorry, but I just can't recall photos of Sen. Sanders or Sec. Clinton looking guard-worthy or stalwart. I'm sure they have secret service protection, etc.; I just think the paper is bending over backwards to make Mr. Trump look uber-important. Perhaps I'm mistaken. (Then, again, there’s the confetti in this article.)
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Amazing article. While I won't be voting for Trump, there is a side of me that very much admires his pluck and what he has done on a shoestring. Yes, he benefited from celebrity and seems even to have surprised himself. Yet there is something real there too. And I think that is what his many supporters sense. They yearn for real -- warts, un-PC, a bankruptcy or two -- rather than finely polished blah that gives more of the same. I actually worse less about him as President than I do about his ability to build an administration that works and can handle running government of several hundred agencies and several million workers, all while handling unexpected domestic and international crisis. In this, Clinton reigns supreme. If I could get Trump as President and Clinton as Deputy President (not a useless Vice President), that might be my dream ticket.
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You are in danger of normalizing fascism and making the white supremacy that Trump openly stands for sound acceptable and normal. Granted, since he is the presumed Repub. nominee you need to cover Trump, but the ostensibly respectful, detached tone of this article masks a horrible truth: the violence and hatred that Trump foments in rallies has become mainstream. Consider the rise of other fascist leaders and think about the consequences.
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Sorry guys you can say whatever you want to say but Trump is going to be the new US president.
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L will work to prove your prediction wrong. Are you actually Donald posing as Donald's PR person?
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I have had an abortion and have never punished myself and I never will. It was the right decision at the time. Trump is a threat to women everywhere! Does anyone stop to think that Trump (if he wins) will only be a figure head - someone in the republican party will make the decisions and Trump will be their mouthpiece. Do you really want to elect the entire republican party? Vote for anyone...as long as they arent Trump.
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I do not often agree with George Will. I do, however, endorse his clarion call to action. The GOP, now that Trump is the Party's all but certain nominee, must focus laser-like on one objective: Guarantee that Trump loses in all 50 states.
I also find myself wishing to actively support a "ridicule and scorn" offensive against Trump, as urged by both Charles Blow and Paul Krugman.
My small contribution to such an effort:
HERE HE COMES TO SAVE THE DAY
(To be sung to the tune of the Mighty Mouse Song, "Here I Come to Save the Day".)
When disaster does abound,
Donald Drumpf will fly around!
"Here I come to save the day!
Mighty Drumpf is on the way!"
Where there's wrong to set aright,
Mighty Drumpf will join the fight!
In the streets throughout the land
Solves he problems on demand!
Though the nation's in bum shape,
Know that all will turn out great!
For the battle he'll be there!
From Drumpf Tower in the air
Sounds he out his mighty call!
What's to worry, after all?
"Here I come to save the day!
Mighty Drumpf is on the way!"
I also find myself wishing to actively support a "ridicule and scorn" offensive against Trump, as urged by both Charles Blow and Paul Krugman.
My small contribution to such an effort:
HERE HE COMES TO SAVE THE DAY
(To be sung to the tune of the Mighty Mouse Song, "Here I Come to Save the Day".)
When disaster does abound,
Donald Drumpf will fly around!
"Here I come to save the day!
Mighty Drumpf is on the way!"
Where there's wrong to set aright,
Mighty Drumpf will join the fight!
In the streets throughout the land
Solves he problems on demand!
Though the nation's in bum shape,
Know that all will turn out great!
For the battle he'll be there!
From Drumpf Tower in the air
Sounds he out his mighty call!
What's to worry, after all?
"Here I come to save the day!
Mighty Drumpf is on the way!"
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Why does the press love DT so much? Because they might get to ride in his private jet and rub shoulders with his wealthy brethren? Why do they allow him to "call in" to television shows? Would they like a president of the United States to jet around on his or her private plane and have no government oversight because he or she is above that? Think about all the time, ink and money that has been wasted on trying to lambast Ms. Hillary Rodham Clinton for stupid things like Benghazi and e-mails. The only explanation is that this is not an election - it is a BIG press party and members of the press really want celebrity, and as much money as they can rake in, no matter what the cost to society. It is NOT acceptable in any way. DT is nuts and the press promotion of his candidacy is even more nuts.
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Hhe's a good story? He sells papers?
Kool-aid is back........"Orange Twisted"
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What happened to the media's watchdog role in monitoring the conduct of our government?
We've seen this before when GW Bush misspoke his way to the White House and then lied his way into an unwarranted war in Iraq.
The media sat on the sidelines, like a group of people watching a car as it slowly starts to roll backward down a slope, and didn't step forward when there was still time to pull the parking brake or throw a brick behind a tire.
This feels exactly the same. All these journalists writing toothless oh gosh, golly gee tabloidesque fascinator articles.
Please write about
a) What procedures exist to disqualify a presidential candidate and how we go about creating them if they don't.
b) What citizens need to do to organize serious campaign finance reform
c) How the wrong pick for president of the US could mean the death of billions of humans if there is no strong leader to guide us during a time when we are willfully and wittingly turning the planet into a barren desertscape with a shrinking set of habitable Earth oases.
We've seen this before when GW Bush misspoke his way to the White House and then lied his way into an unwarranted war in Iraq.
The media sat on the sidelines, like a group of people watching a car as it slowly starts to roll backward down a slope, and didn't step forward when there was still time to pull the parking brake or throw a brick behind a tire.
This feels exactly the same. All these journalists writing toothless oh gosh, golly gee tabloidesque fascinator articles.
Please write about
a) What procedures exist to disqualify a presidential candidate and how we go about creating them if they don't.
b) What citizens need to do to organize serious campaign finance reform
c) How the wrong pick for president of the US could mean the death of billions of humans if there is no strong leader to guide us during a time when we are willfully and wittingly turning the planet into a barren desertscape with a shrinking set of habitable Earth oases.
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Trump just released his list for potential Supreme Court nominees and the media is eating it up. What about President Obama's actual nominee who is languishing in limbo due to the republicans. I wish that the media and the democrats shouted about this from every rooftop until the hold a vote. Trump is playing everyone and the media is not doing a very good job at keeping real issues front and center.
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The only reason Trump is the GOP candidate is because of the non stop corporate media coverage. Day after day, all you see is Trump headlines. The election is a sham. There is no fair and free election. Your mind is not your own.
"The Centcom contract stipulates that each fake online persona must have a convincing background, history and supporting details, and that up to 50 US-based controllers should be able to operate false identities from their workstations "without fear of being discovered by sophisticated adversaries".
“The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of society constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power of our country. ...We are governed, our minds are molded, our tastes formed, our ideas suggested, largely by men we have never heard of," Bernays.
"The Centcom contract stipulates that each fake online persona must have a convincing background, history and supporting details, and that up to 50 US-based controllers should be able to operate false identities from their workstations "without fear of being discovered by sophisticated adversaries".
“The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of society constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power of our country. ...We are governed, our minds are molded, our tastes formed, our ideas suggested, largely by men we have never heard of," Bernays.
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The media is reporting on Trumps laundry list of Supreme Court pics like he is already the president. Have the forgotten about Garland and the naked power grab from the republicans. Please start doing your job media.
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2016 is the year elections changed and the media failed. Despite their education and resources, 99% of media "missed" Sanders/Trump and continue to boost Trump while downplaying Sanders. Journalism is in a chicken - egg quandary having to make a profit by selling stories, but this entire election has been a misfire. Who fires the pundits?
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It is a party and great fun! The mud-slinging, the roars of the crowd, the rallies, white supremacy restored, the promises of riches and beautiful women - a time to celebrate and tell the grandchildren one day. The trumpets are gleaming on this warm and sunny May day, the drummers of this splendid event are well attired - only some political mirrors are missing, a minor drawback in this spring festival, a great many people can look at him - the healthy well-cared complexion, the lovable ruffian and ageless city dandy, so elated. An historical occasion where our country will be great again. This is by many accounts wanted, a good start where thousands of young are expected to join the parade in his honor, while the crowd behind the security kept-lines surge expectantly into closer formation. Time to strike up the band and enjoy a crash of exultant music. The eagle soars and the flag floats, and yet some of his supporters feel restless, kept waiting for the rest of the Nation to join, and waiting... and perhaps some of us will keep them waiting in the name of America.
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And today's Morning Edition on NPR included an interview with Stephen Moore, introducing him as a "prominent economist" who was fixing Trump's tax plan. What are our last vestiges of actual journalism doing with this non-investigative claptrap?
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Donald Trump is running this campaign like a businessman, not a politician. This means he will say anything, do anything, to get his foot in the door. Once in, he will do whatever is necessary to get his wishes. Looking at his track record in business, it does not look good for the United States. He has shown a tendency to talk a good game, open large and strong, but when times get tough, he carves his interests out of the business and float away leaving the rest to sink.
We already made the mistake of electing a so-called businessman, George W Bush, who had serially bankrupted many businesses. Unlike Donald, he was bailed out by his Daddy's pals each time. I kept pointing it out to my friends who were inclined to support him as a clear pattern, but being very optimistic I could not imagine a plausible scenario where he could do similar damage to the US. We were at that time expecting a budget surplus, riding high in the world amid an internet and telecom boom. 2001-2008 gave us the answer to how much damage such a guy could do to a country like the United States.
I do not think Trump will be worse than Bush. I doubt his rhetoric about torture, etc... Trump is a lot more cosmopolitan and modern than he lets show. But with a Republican House and Senate, no matter who wins the White House, we are doomed to Bathroom Bills, Open-Carry Madness and government by non-decision, i.e., DEFAULT setting. Speaking of default, Trump wants to renegotiate our debt ...
We already made the mistake of electing a so-called businessman, George W Bush, who had serially bankrupted many businesses. Unlike Donald, he was bailed out by his Daddy's pals each time. I kept pointing it out to my friends who were inclined to support him as a clear pattern, but being very optimistic I could not imagine a plausible scenario where he could do similar damage to the US. We were at that time expecting a budget surplus, riding high in the world amid an internet and telecom boom. 2001-2008 gave us the answer to how much damage such a guy could do to a country like the United States.
I do not think Trump will be worse than Bush. I doubt his rhetoric about torture, etc... Trump is a lot more cosmopolitan and modern than he lets show. But with a Republican House and Senate, no matter who wins the White House, we are doomed to Bathroom Bills, Open-Carry Madness and government by non-decision, i.e., DEFAULT setting. Speaking of default, Trump wants to renegotiate our debt ...
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Before presidential elections, The Times likes to skewer the republican candidates daily, but, seriously, what was the purpose of this article?
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It was interesting. It gave more of an insite into Trump than any tax return would.
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The media's excessive coverage of Donald Trump has little or nothing to do with his rise to his current position. The media can only provide excessive coverage, it cannot "make" him. If his position on the merits on the issues did not appeal to huge numbers of voters, no amount of media coverage could make up for that. Similarly, if his positive aspects did not outweigh the negative ones, the media would not be able to catapult him into the lead by providing excessive coverage. Instead, excessive coverage would only show, excessively, his negative aspects. Stop blaming the media and start blaming Mr. Trump.
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I disagree. I think an incessant media barrage normalizes outlier behavior in the minds of many. Constant exposure makes the once unthinkable seem possible, even tantalizing. I do agree in the sense that Mr. Trump is responsible for his own weirdness; but without the constant exposure, I believe his constituency would have been marginal.
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Hey, Brian. Aren't you a Fox News commentator?
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'Melania’s soft-spokenness and Lewandowski and Hicks’s deferentiality — both referred to Trump as “sir” and “Mr. Trump” — lent the whole tableau an Old World texture, like a Habsburg patriarch in repose.'
That's pretty much all you need to know. This man doesn't want to be President, he wants to be King.
Kings don't need real advisers, just lots of Yes-men to tell them how great they are. Such would be his Cabinet, and his Executive branch would be just as chaotic as his campaign. We'd have a different national policy every week, because no one would dare speak up against him.
How on Earth did we get to this point?
That's pretty much all you need to know. This man doesn't want to be President, he wants to be King.
Kings don't need real advisers, just lots of Yes-men to tell them how great they are. Such would be his Cabinet, and his Executive branch would be just as chaotic as his campaign. We'd have a different national policy every week, because no one would dare speak up against him.
How on Earth did we get to this point?
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Trump is the modern reincarnation of Andrew Jackson, the foul mouthed, brutal, militarist who in fact has an entire era named after him (1815-1845). But let us hope he doesn't win. If he does become president, against a seemingly formidable demographic tide, all bets are off.
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Apart from learning that (according to him) Donald Trump has never touched alcohol (really?), I learned nothing from this gnat's-eye view of the candidate and his political operation. Did Mr. Draper ever engage the candidate in any serious discussion of issues, or attempt to? Did he ever get bored with the candidate's apparently insatiable need to tell everyone how "great" he was doing? Did he reach any conclusions about what kind of president Donald Trump might make? This is the sort of can't-see-the-forest-for-the-trees coverage that has given rise to the widespread feeling that Trump is as much a creation of the media as he is of anything else.
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Is it too much to ask the Times to analyze Trump's actual policies, and ask his campaign to comment? If they won't -- tell us. No substance, no articles.
Is he going to maintain Social Security and Medicare, or cave to Paul Ryan?
Will he go after ISIS or stay out of the middle east?
Will he support exceptions for abortion, or nominate Supreme Court justices who won't?
Will he raise taxes on the wealthy, or lower them?
Will he eliminate the deficit in 8 years? How?
Will he support an increased minimum wage, or are "wages too high already?"
If he despises money in politics, does he oppose Citizens United?
Is he going to maintain Social Security and Medicare, or cave to Paul Ryan?
Will he go after ISIS or stay out of the middle east?
Will he support exceptions for abortion, or nominate Supreme Court justices who won't?
Will he raise taxes on the wealthy, or lower them?
Will he eliminate the deficit in 8 years? How?
Will he support an increased minimum wage, or are "wages too high already?"
If he despises money in politics, does he oppose Citizens United?
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He will do all of those things, none of those things, AND MORE.
TWENTY-TWO PAGES (22) of Admiraftion? And we will have 6 more months of
Chronic Swill. The Donald, meanwhile has promised constant Vaccuous slime .....and we can bank on him keeping that promise. The "Debates" we're total devoid of Any substance from Trump....Do we deserve This? As one who has only one vote....I don't think so!
Chronic Swill. The Donald, meanwhile has promised constant Vaccuous slime .....and we can bank on him keeping that promise. The "Debates" we're total devoid of Any substance from Trump....Do we deserve This? As one who has only one vote....I don't think so!
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Hopefully no one is forcing you to watch (or read).
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Sorry, Robert....some Stroke handicap, but appreciate the social.
bear with me...
from Moschus, the 2nd Century Bucolic Greek poet, who apparently has met one of our candidates for the Presidency:
"...a wiley brat, makes cruel play, his hair is plenty, his forehead bold, his baby hands are tiny but can shoot a long way..."
Literature is timeless. And while it's not particularly comforting to think of those tiny hands, reaching out to us through the centuries, in fact it's kind of creepy, I can always count on the ancient Greeks to lend a little perspective, being our oft-taught original birthers ... of democracy.
Now, I wonder what 'they' would think?
from Moschus, the 2nd Century Bucolic Greek poet, who apparently has met one of our candidates for the Presidency:
"...a wiley brat, makes cruel play, his hair is plenty, his forehead bold, his baby hands are tiny but can shoot a long way..."
Literature is timeless. And while it's not particularly comforting to think of those tiny hands, reaching out to us through the centuries, in fact it's kind of creepy, I can always count on the ancient Greeks to lend a little perspective, being our oft-taught original birthers ... of democracy.
Now, I wonder what 'they' would think?
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Excellent quote and interpretation. The Greeks almost to a man, Thebans, Spartans and Athenians alike, above all else admired wiliness, craftiness and cunning. They still do. Fair play, good form and all that, don't feature strongly in the rules of the Eastern Occidental play-book.
Physical strength, speed and power obviously mattered for warriors and athletes alike. As did endurance, fortitude and valour. Opportuneness was critical to success and to living well. Paying attention to the omens was good sense. But in the end? All that mattered was not losing. Winning at any cost was the aim.
Going on his past and present record, I think they would have just loved the odious Trump. Except, there was pitfall for all back then that still remains.
Hubris.
I do hope Trump gets his.
Physical strength, speed and power obviously mattered for warriors and athletes alike. As did endurance, fortitude and valour. Opportuneness was critical to success and to living well. Paying attention to the omens was good sense. But in the end? All that mattered was not losing. Winning at any cost was the aim.
Going on his past and present record, I think they would have just loved the odious Trump. Except, there was pitfall for all back then that still remains.
Hubris.
I do hope Trump gets his.
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Has Trump released a recent medical report? I have no specific knowledge, but he looks unhealthy to me. Does he take medicine for high blood pressure?
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he looks totally worn out even since first debate does he have the stamina to be president would like to see his medical report
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It's probably none of our business. Like his tax returns.
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The New York Times is doing a wonderful job electing Trump! Free press everyday - good, bad, its all the same - it gets him in the news. Where is Hillary in all this? Monday morning my iphone had 4 lead articles about Trump and one that was sort of about Hillary. Obviously, Trump is the more serious candidate! Congratulations New York Times! Enjoy our new president. I guess that's what you really want! Smart move! He's so qualified, so presidential. Such good ideas, will really "make us great again". Don't you think? Great job.
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He has promised(albeit not eloquently) to:
1. Reduce US corporate tax rate to encourage Us business not to shelter elsewhere (and focus our discussion around US corporations bringing jobs back OR ELSE PAY UP). remember when we used to all but products Made in USA? It's possible. Let's not kid ourselves. Apple and others do it out of corporate greed.
2. Enforce EXISTING immigration laws and strengthen our borders. (Ar you ok when an illegal immigrant has felonies on their rap sheet and allowed to stay)
3. Repeal the incredibly expensive obamacare and offer a revised plan
4. Modify current entitlement programs that are being abused
Doesn't sound bad to me.
1. Reduce US corporate tax rate to encourage Us business not to shelter elsewhere (and focus our discussion around US corporations bringing jobs back OR ELSE PAY UP). remember when we used to all but products Made in USA? It's possible. Let's not kid ourselves. Apple and others do it out of corporate greed.
2. Enforce EXISTING immigration laws and strengthen our borders. (Ar you ok when an illegal immigrant has felonies on their rap sheet and allowed to stay)
3. Repeal the incredibly expensive obamacare and offer a revised plan
4. Modify current entitlement programs that are being abused
Doesn't sound bad to me.
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1. U.S. manufacturing is at an historical high. Mfg employment is lower due to increased productivity.
2. Enforcing existing immigration laws will cost several billion additional dollars in the federal budget. Are you ok with that? Illegal immigrants commit fewer crimes than citizens.
3. Repeal of the ACA would cost several billion dollars and would leave millions uninsured. Trump has not set out a proposal. Have you ever heard that the Devil is in the details?
4. Which entitlement programs? Are you ok with cuts to Medicare, Social Security, and veterans' benefits? Those are the entitlement programs that consume the lion's share of the budget and that Paul Ryan & Co.--and presumably Trump--are targeting.
5. Trump is a businessman, and not a very good one at that. We've already tried businessmen. Hoover and Bush 43 produced the worst economic cataclysms in U.S. history.
2. Enforcing existing immigration laws will cost several billion additional dollars in the federal budget. Are you ok with that? Illegal immigrants commit fewer crimes than citizens.
3. Repeal of the ACA would cost several billion dollars and would leave millions uninsured. Trump has not set out a proposal. Have you ever heard that the Devil is in the details?
4. Which entitlement programs? Are you ok with cuts to Medicare, Social Security, and veterans' benefits? Those are the entitlement programs that consume the lion's share of the budget and that Paul Ryan & Co.--and presumably Trump--are targeting.
5. Trump is a businessman, and not a very good one at that. We've already tried businessmen. Hoover and Bush 43 produced the worst economic cataclysms in U.S. history.
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So, how did you get it so wrong dude?
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I read a statement recently that blew me away in it's wisdom and simple truth: "Trump's campaign is not about politics; it's about psychology."
For example, Trump is a master manipulator; an artist at the "Art of the Deal." After all he wrote the book. He's masterful at zeroing in on and exploiting (for self-serving purposes) whatever is required to win regardless the arena. In politics, he's an uncanny ability to find and focus on unspoken fears and concerns (immigrants, Muslims and loss of control/comfort) to amass a huge following of the forgotten/overlooked. He also can make those he entrances believe the unbelievable, that he cares and will bring about all the changes they desire; even if that means putting the country in reverse (and all without ever revealing how.)
But the most disturbing factor is he's not in this race to reach a position to contribute to the betterment of our country. Instead, he's in it for hedonistic ego purposes. To prove he's a winner; not the loser deep inside he believes he is. And that's despite his wealth, his name in giant letters on structures from here to Timbuktu, and his number "10" wives and companions.
Yet, a true patriot with love for country would never put that country or it's citizens in danger by trying for the top job for which he is sorely unqualified to manage.
For example, Trump is a master manipulator; an artist at the "Art of the Deal." After all he wrote the book. He's masterful at zeroing in on and exploiting (for self-serving purposes) whatever is required to win regardless the arena. In politics, he's an uncanny ability to find and focus on unspoken fears and concerns (immigrants, Muslims and loss of control/comfort) to amass a huge following of the forgotten/overlooked. He also can make those he entrances believe the unbelievable, that he cares and will bring about all the changes they desire; even if that means putting the country in reverse (and all without ever revealing how.)
But the most disturbing factor is he's not in this race to reach a position to contribute to the betterment of our country. Instead, he's in it for hedonistic ego purposes. To prove he's a winner; not the loser deep inside he believes he is. And that's despite his wealth, his name in giant letters on structures from here to Timbuktu, and his number "10" wives and companions.
Yet, a true patriot with love for country would never put that country or it's citizens in danger by trying for the top job for which he is sorely unqualified to manage.
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So far, which job has Donald mismanaged?
Ask yourself the same question of the 535 members of Congress.
Ask yourself the same question of the 535 members of Congress.
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You are expecting rational thoughtful honest behavior from a human being who is none of those things. He is a deeply flawed egoist whose multiple pathologies clearly reveal the single goal of everything he does: immediate self-gratification, self- aggrandizement; he is a master of deception whose actions are focused on one thing/person only: himself. He brooks no advice remotely critical of his lack of a true statesman's vision because he is not one and has no greater vision for anything beyond himself. The very rules he follows in business may work marginally for managing a company but a country is not a company where it's titular head makes every decision. Realistic Compromise is at the heart of a successful political leader. Trump is incapable of true leadership beyond the narrow scope of a reality show. It is truly frightening that the truth of this man's character has been so normalized and our country may actually have him at its helm. Woe to America and the world if voters don't wake up and start thinking!
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We should all be outraged at the lack of seriousness with which journalists and their editors have treated Trump's campaign. He is STILL referred to as the "impossible" nominee. Time for the NYT and all the other mainstream publications to own up to their role as the free press.
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John Wayne would not be too happy to find a man of Trump's character having his photograph next to Mr. Trump's own.
While the communication director looks like one of my daughter's Barbie Dolls, Ken never dared to have a hair do like Donald's.
While the communication director looks like one of my daughter's Barbie Dolls, Ken never dared to have a hair do like Donald's.
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Does anyone knows where congressman Ryan is?
Answer: Some where in Siberia trying to warm up to Donald Trump.
Answer: Some where in Siberia trying to warm up to Donald Trump.
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Trump's list of Supreme Court picks are all (except one or two) from (midwest) swing states! In the past, these states have voted Democratic. He is attempting to energize and unify the base with a preemptive signal as well as reassure big donors. This is populist pandering to moderates (who like government) and radicals (who oppose it), reinforced by being all white.
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Here is a theory:
The key to Trump's run can be found in the movie Trading Places where the billionaire Duke brothers place a wager in the "usual amount".
Another billionaire talked him into running by making Trump a gentleman's wager. I have a hunch who it was and the key to that question is his repeated statement that if Trump wins the presidency "Mexico will pay for the wall".
The motivation to get Trump to run was to use Trump as a wrecking ball to level Jeb Bush and the rest of the republican field to pave the way for Hillary's eventual coronation.
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Mr. Trump follows very simple rule; if you want to be the president, look, behave and act like one. Granted, he has sent too many awful tweets, said truly disgraceful things, but he arrives in his own 757, has a team for the first 100 days in the W.H. and has now released a list of his Supreme Court candidates. He makes it look like a done deal.
How do I, a Finn living in Finland, know this? The news media, including NYT, helpfully publishes everything he says and does. I know far less about Mrs. Clinton’s campaign than I know about Mr. Trump’s.
If Mr. Trump wins the election, I point my finger at the news media. They made him.
How do I, a Finn living in Finland, know this? The news media, including NYT, helpfully publishes everything he says and does. I know far less about Mrs. Clinton’s campaign than I know about Mr. Trump’s.
If Mr. Trump wins the election, I point my finger at the news media. They made him.
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Too bad you don't know more about Senator Bernie Sanders - my choice for president. He isn't nearly as good as Trump at manipulating the media - but believe me he is much better person and actually knows how the U.S. government works.
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Since when has Trump EVER looked, behaved and acted like a president?
Not in any media, anywhere, ever.
Not in any media, anywhere, ever.
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The news media didn't make Trump -- the GOP and Faux News did!
NYT - Several years ago when the lying, conniving Trump was the head Birther, building a following, he could have and should have been stopped by concerned journalists, media and Republicans (who now want to stop him) then.
The thought of this proto-fascist as president and leader of the free world is too much to bear. Unfortunately, it may be too late to stop him.
The thought of this proto-fascist as president and leader of the free world is too much to bear. Unfortunately, it may be too late to stop him.
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The day I pick up the NYT and DON'T see Trump on the front page... that will be a good day.
The election is still 6 months away. Please, God, make it stop.
The election is still 6 months away. Please, God, make it stop.
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With coverage like this, Trump will never get re-elected.
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The media will be at fault when Trump wins this election. So much for a free and unbiased press. It does not matter whether it is negative press or positive, it is the fact that he is getting so much coverage that matters.
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Wait! Let's calmly consider whether we should elect -- as president of the United States! -- a loud, flamboyant character who pretends to be someone else in order to flatter, brag about and exalt himself, that very same flamboyant character. Trump becomes president only in the event of national insanity.
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Ah, no need to scroll down and read the comments. I'll sum it up: "Trump offends me. Trump frightens me. He's a know-nothing menace. He'll destroy America! We don't want to read or hear about his campaign! We want more coverage on his problems!"
To which I reply: get over yourself. Yes, the media coverage of Trump is disproportionate, but you can always learn from it - even if it isn't as severe on the candidate as you'd like. Ever heard of "know thy enemy?" This piece was a valuable insight to how the Trump Machine and its staff operates. It shows vulnerabilities they had (or perhaps still have) and a glimpse of Trump's worldview. America would do better to learn more about a potential POTUS' personality off the rally stage.
Besides, aren't there enough articles detailing his countless faults? What's the harm of this story? Coverage of Bernie, a has-been? Waste of space. If anything we should get more critiques and inside views of Hillary Clinton's campaign, but perhaps NYT is saving that for later. You may hate personality politics – I'm certainly no fan – but that's what we're getting in November. We've heard the candidates' views on key issues repeated over and over, and everyone knows them now. Trump surely won't stick to the issues and I'll eat my shirt if Clinton does. She really isn't above Trump by much as a human; look at the way she sunk Sanders.
Folks, I'll say it again. READ. Read what comes your way, and maybe it'll prepare you better - or make you tougher.
To which I reply: get over yourself. Yes, the media coverage of Trump is disproportionate, but you can always learn from it - even if it isn't as severe on the candidate as you'd like. Ever heard of "know thy enemy?" This piece was a valuable insight to how the Trump Machine and its staff operates. It shows vulnerabilities they had (or perhaps still have) and a glimpse of Trump's worldview. America would do better to learn more about a potential POTUS' personality off the rally stage.
Besides, aren't there enough articles detailing his countless faults? What's the harm of this story? Coverage of Bernie, a has-been? Waste of space. If anything we should get more critiques and inside views of Hillary Clinton's campaign, but perhaps NYT is saving that for later. You may hate personality politics – I'm certainly no fan – but that's what we're getting in November. We've heard the candidates' views on key issues repeated over and over, and everyone knows them now. Trump surely won't stick to the issues and I'll eat my shirt if Clinton does. She really isn't above Trump by much as a human; look at the way she sunk Sanders.
Folks, I'll say it again. READ. Read what comes your way, and maybe it'll prepare you better - or make you tougher.
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These are perhaps the most brilliant comments I've seen published by the NYT ever.
Bravo.
Bravo.
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Trump barely spent a dime defeating his rivals during the primaries thanks in part to the media's frenzy coverage of this buffoon who is unfit to lead the free world. Now the NYTimes is giving free ad space to this billionaire by running a feature story in its magazine while important issues like Sander's ascent in the contest and Clinton's weakness as a candidate hardly gets a nod. Only time will tell if the media has failed America.
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"Back in his bedroom just before midnight, he checked his Twitter feed, as he often did when, he told me, he felt the passing urge to 'knock the crap out of' somebody."
Can we PLEASE keep the nuclear codes away from this individual?
Can we PLEASE keep the nuclear codes away from this individual?
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Saw the interview with the journalists who wrote the Trump and His Women article that got so much attention over the weekend. Two men all buttoned up, the female in between dressed in a deep V-neck sleeveless dress, her hair and face perfectly done. Extremely articulate and attractive, the show's host beaming at her, I'm sure she was seeing herself as the next Meghan Kelly as they all talked about how awful, just horrible, Donald Trump was to women.
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Shall we tally up the number of front-page left and front-page center NYT headlines in the past six months that include the letters T-R-U-M-P as compared to any other topic in the world? It's no wonder he's winning all these primaries; the media is his steady-Eddie lackey and it costs him nothing. STOP STOP STOP this inane, disgusting favoritism veiled as objective reporting, NYT; we thought you were better than that!!
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You'll forgive me for not having read the entire article before writing, but it sickens me no end to read Trump-and-Nothing-but-the-Trump. I'm with those who say, "Basta!" and "We've had enough already," and "Isn't this just feeding this pathetic man's ego?" I look forward to the day(s) in which all journalists buckle down and really do their job, providing all citizens with information they need. I grant you it won't be easy, but journalists MUST begin to stick with the searing questions that need need answering (repeating as necessary), and not be side-swiped by this master crier/denier/liar.
I've said it before, but this, too, bears repeating: I'm very, very worried about what may happen to my great country if Trump is elected.
I've said it before, but this, too, bears repeating: I'm very, very worried about what may happen to my great country if Trump is elected.
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Well, have a nice life in Italy (there's a country that knows how to govern itself!) because Trump will be elected President.
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Italy gave the world architecture, art and real food. Don't knock it.
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Burlescone.
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A lot of what you see him doing is just bad-guy wrestler blustering. The people who come to his rallies all worked up into a tizzy over something he said or pointed out would have found other reasons (completely unrelated to Trump et al) to work themselves into tizzies somewhere else at someone else's expense. So in that regard, it's good he's wrangling the yahoos and giving them a place and reason to burn calories where it won't affect the people in their everyday lives. Actually.. that's a lot of what politicking in Merka really is. All that stuff about Hill'ry's email: every time one of those articles takes wing I guarantee there are thousands of people who jump for joy and tell each other "We got her now! We got her now!" If that didn't happen, that rancor would get steered onto their neighbors or workmates. Because Hill'ry is their bigger fish to fry it keeps a thousand little town residents outta the frying pan; because Trump's gonna build that wall there are lots of heads held high that would otherwise remain downcast. By the time Hill'ry's emails are filed and that wall don't get built those energetic ambitions will have found new windmills to charge...at.
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When will NYT get serious reporting on Trump?
He's psychologically damaged, intellectually & emotionally unfit. Trump's life as an insulated rich man has allowed him to say or do anything & then brush it off. The media is complicit w/ him in this behavior. Trump felt a need 'to take someone down'? Wow.
The media's giving Trump a free ride because RATINGS!
Kenneth Adelman - neocon war hawk/diplomat/former director of U.S. Arms Control & Disarmament Agency was interviewed on CNN today by host Kate Bolduan & flummoxed her by dismissing her inane question about Trump's meeting w/ Kissinger. Adelman blasted the meeting (& by inference Bolduan) saying nothing would come of it - and that Trump's emotionally & intellectually unfit, doesn't know anything & won't learn, is bizarrely infatuated w/ demagogues Putin & Kim Jong-Un, is dangerous, etc. Bolduan seemed unprepared & dazed. Adelman got less than 2 minutes, Bolduan had no followup.
Adelman - a rare example of a serious knowledgeable person speaking openly w/o reservation on tv about Trump's unfitness. Adelman, neocon tho he is, vocally supported Obama over McCain because of Palin's unfitness & he knows foreign policy/war/nuclear weapons.
Thanks to Adelman for slamming Trump's horrifying flaws instead of yammering about personalities/GOP politics/'the process,' which he was obviously expected to do, and which is 99% of the useless news coverage of Trump.
The media is completely failing us about Trump.
What are we to do?
He's psychologically damaged, intellectually & emotionally unfit. Trump's life as an insulated rich man has allowed him to say or do anything & then brush it off. The media is complicit w/ him in this behavior. Trump felt a need 'to take someone down'? Wow.
The media's giving Trump a free ride because RATINGS!
Kenneth Adelman - neocon war hawk/diplomat/former director of U.S. Arms Control & Disarmament Agency was interviewed on CNN today by host Kate Bolduan & flummoxed her by dismissing her inane question about Trump's meeting w/ Kissinger. Adelman blasted the meeting (& by inference Bolduan) saying nothing would come of it - and that Trump's emotionally & intellectually unfit, doesn't know anything & won't learn, is bizarrely infatuated w/ demagogues Putin & Kim Jong-Un, is dangerous, etc. Bolduan seemed unprepared & dazed. Adelman got less than 2 minutes, Bolduan had no followup.
Adelman - a rare example of a serious knowledgeable person speaking openly w/o reservation on tv about Trump's unfitness. Adelman, neocon tho he is, vocally supported Obama over McCain because of Palin's unfitness & he knows foreign policy/war/nuclear weapons.
Thanks to Adelman for slamming Trump's horrifying flaws instead of yammering about personalities/GOP politics/'the process,' which he was obviously expected to do, and which is 99% of the useless news coverage of Trump.
The media is completely failing us about Trump.
What are we to do?
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Adelman -- a neocon hawk who loved the Iraq war and Obama.
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The New York Times typically runs between six to nine "hit pieces" on Trump every day of the week. What more do you want? The Washington Post has 20 people dedicated to digging up dirt on him and the rest of the Weak Stream Media are doing likewise. All the cheap shots about his hair seem to be the best they can do.
It's tough when the subject doesn't drink, smoke, or do drugs nor do members of his family. No one comments on Hillary's drinking prowess, but that is just another bit of hypocrisy on the part of the lefty media in this country. Where is the speculation about Hillary's wearing only pant suits?
It's tough when the subject doesn't drink, smoke, or do drugs nor do members of his family. No one comments on Hillary's drinking prowess, but that is just another bit of hypocrisy on the part of the lefty media in this country. Where is the speculation about Hillary's wearing only pant suits?
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Is it just me, or does Trump look like an open cockpit pilot who flew through a dust storm and then, upon landing, took off his goggles? What's with the pale skin around his eyes? He looks like a reverse raccoon...
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And your point is?
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@NJGeek:
Two words: Spray tan. Yes, he is odd-looking and the comb over and hair color make him look like a parody of himself.
All that money and power, yet still insecure about his appearance.
Two words: Spray tan. Yes, he is odd-looking and the comb over and hair color make him look like a parody of himself.
All that money and power, yet still insecure about his appearance.
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Probably wears goggles to protect his eyes while lying on a tanning bed.
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Trump is dispicable and I'd never vote for him.
Us humans are very adaptable creatures - I'm already coming to terms that this buffoon is going to be our next president.
Nothing is absolute. He does have some positive attributes, and at least he's not a communist like Bernie Sanders.
Us humans are very adaptable creatures - I'm already coming to terms that this buffoon is going to be our next president.
Nothing is absolute. He does have some positive attributes, and at least he's not a communist like Bernie Sanders.
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I love the John Wayne and Reagan background. It almost seems reality TV worthy. Oh wait....
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Yes, three war dodgers in one convenient location.
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What about Slick Willy fleeing to Oxford and misleading an ROTC officer in Arkansas?
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/clinton/etc/draftletter.html
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/clinton/etc/draftletter.html
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Fleeing to Oxford? You mean when he was appointed a Rhodes Scholar, an award given to very few?
Most of Donald's quotes in this article can be summed up in two ideas"
"I win/won XYZ."
"I have the best XYZ."
He sounds like a child, desperate for attention. Being president is so much more complicated than that, and the fact that people don't seem to realise it is astonishing. Managing a hotel and a golf course is not running a country; he has no knowledge at all of the world, or how government works.
I wouldn't want a chef doing my surgery just because he's held a knife anymore than I would want Donald Trump running my country just because he's owned a business.
"I win/won XYZ."
"I have the best XYZ."
He sounds like a child, desperate for attention. Being president is so much more complicated than that, and the fact that people don't seem to realise it is astonishing. Managing a hotel and a golf course is not running a country; he has no knowledge at all of the world, or how government works.
I wouldn't want a chef doing my surgery just because he's held a knife anymore than I would want Donald Trump running my country just because he's owned a business.
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"I wouldn't want a chef doing my surgery just because he's held a knife anymore than I would want Donald Trump running my country just because he's owned a business."
If the "professional politicians" weren't incompetent (e.g., Obama red line comment about Syria) or corrupt (Hillary, but I'm limited to 1200 characters) perhaps we could trust them to run the country.
If the "professional politicians" weren't incompetent (e.g., Obama red line comment about Syria) or corrupt (Hillary, but I'm limited to 1200 characters) perhaps we could trust them to run the country.
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If I'm the Russians, Chinese, etc, I would attack on day one, taking over countries and territories as fast as I could. In fact, the USA will also be very vulnerable on that and the coming days, as were when Bush's team refused briefings (Condi Rice blocked the briefings - I hold her more responsible than Bush for 9/11) about Al Qaeda because they didn't trust Clinton or anything he had done or advised. Huge mistake. Then, the "will attack using airplanes.." ignored Presidential daily brief, because they had no background or context.
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So true!
I was going to say that Trump makes Chauncy Gardner from the movie 'Being There' look like a brain surgeon. However after watching Ben Carson in the debates I don't use Neurosurgeons as an example of intelligence. I would vote for Chauncy Gardner any day over Trump, or Hillary for that matter. C'mon Bernie, run as an independent.
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No, the real Chauncy Gardner was Bush II, if there ever was one.
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Again, Trump, Trump, Trump? His plush plane seats, his me, me, me remarks, his fancy resort? Not new, not interesting, and not harmless. Enough, NYT, unless the article is about substance, at least in the questions asked of Trump, if not his answers.
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I live in Oakland, but I'm not offended by Trump's statement. It's no less stupid and uninformed than any statement he makes.
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You're so right, Phillip. Oakland is only the 9th most dangerous city in America. How dare Trump put you at the top!
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Trump's been a Democrat most of his life, and it still comes through. Just a day or two ago, he said transgendered people must be protected, while other GOPers talk about them only in terms of bathrooms. And during an Alabama rally, early in his candidacy, he began talking about women's health issues and only stopped when the crowd became silent.
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@Jospeh:
Ha...You're right! Trump's the real moderate and democrat and Hillary is the neocon Establishment 1%er, aka elite Republican candidate. It's like Freaky Friday.
I'll take the moderate. People are so fearful of Trump because they can't predict or control him. Ranting on about him starting nuclear wars and ending the world make them look paranoid and ridiculous. Besides, Hillary is the warhawk - a fact even the NYTimes acknowledges.
Take a deep breath America...The sky is not falling.
Ha...You're right! Trump's the real moderate and democrat and Hillary is the neocon Establishment 1%er, aka elite Republican candidate. It's like Freaky Friday.
I'll take the moderate. People are so fearful of Trump because they can't predict or control him. Ranting on about him starting nuclear wars and ending the world make them look paranoid and ridiculous. Besides, Hillary is the warhawk - a fact even the NYTimes acknowledges.
Take a deep breath America...The sky is not falling.
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Trump is very inconsistent, and gives the impression of mental instability. he is too dangers to become president. A destroyed world after WWIII cannot be rebuilt.
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If you believe Trump's the moderate, check out the list of potential Supreme Court nominees he just presented. Or what he says about global warming.
The guy has a truly extraordinary ability to fool people into believing what they wish to believe about him. Why do you think you're exempt?
The guy has a truly extraordinary ability to fool people into believing what they wish to believe about him. Why do you think you're exempt?
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Millions of Americans have voted for Trump and will continue to do so. The Trump nay-sayers must think so very little of their fellow Americans who are pro-Trump while holding themselves it would seem, in such high esteem and on such high moral ground while being so very smart and clever.
Naysayers: Time to get over yourselves.
Naysayers: Time to get over yourselves.
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No special esteem or moral ground needed to want a president who is well-informed, eloquent, open-minded, and civil.
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No, it definitely is not time to be ok with a 69 year old child being president because he's run out of other ways to feel popular and loved. It's too bad that pro-trumpers are so flat out of other ways to feel good about themselves that they latch on to someone who will quite literally say anything at all to put smiles on their faces (the "smart and clever" word for that is "manipulation" - but pro-Trumpers hate those smart and clever things, don't they?). That phenomenon is what could really use help - and I'll thank Trump for bringing it to light via his supporters.
Trump supporters need to wake up. Trump cares about one thing - himself, and only himself. Can you not see how he is simply completely changing his tune and saying whatever it takes to make the next person happy?? Seriously?
Yes, we do regard that level of blindness to be negative. No one is going to apologize or feel like it's some kind of personal flaw that they think so.
And please, people need to stop fueling this ridiculous hate towards intellectualism in America. Its a good thing to be smart, and skeptical of obvious scams (I'll help you out, I'm talking about Trump) and attempt to point that out via fact-based arguments to others who may not recognize them. Crapping on those people (who are trying to help you, btw) just to feel better about ones self is not good.
Republicans finally ran out of candidates that can be taken seriously A pro-Trumper is simply someone who has not gotten over THAT.
Trump supporters need to wake up. Trump cares about one thing - himself, and only himself. Can you not see how he is simply completely changing his tune and saying whatever it takes to make the next person happy?? Seriously?
Yes, we do regard that level of blindness to be negative. No one is going to apologize or feel like it's some kind of personal flaw that they think so.
And please, people need to stop fueling this ridiculous hate towards intellectualism in America. Its a good thing to be smart, and skeptical of obvious scams (I'll help you out, I'm talking about Trump) and attempt to point that out via fact-based arguments to others who may not recognize them. Crapping on those people (who are trying to help you, btw) just to feel better about ones self is not good.
Republicans finally ran out of candidates that can be taken seriously A pro-Trumper is simply someone who has not gotten over THAT.
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Not meant to offend but the rant above is exactly the definition of Elitism. "Let me tell you stupid people what is for your own good."
Geeesh.
Geeesh.
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Trump's comment "Boy - this Isis" reminds me of the fictional character Republican presidential candidate Robert Ritchie played by James Brolin on "The West Wing." When meeting with President Bartlett, Ritchie, who's wildly out of his depth running for president, comments "Crime - boy I don't know." President Bartlett is horrified by how clueless Ritchie is, then recovers and tells him that's the moment he knew he would beat Richie in the election.
Not that any of this will bother Trump's brainless supporters.
Not that any of this will bother Trump's brainless supporters.
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So wonderful and open-minded of you to think of millions of Trump supporters as brainless. You're a genius no doubt!
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@Nemesis
Trump's still dangerous & out of his depth!
Trump's still dangerous & out of his depth!
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Thank you Robert Draper and NYTimes Magazine for a fascinating report on Trump's campaign and how it has managed to function and thrive outside of political norms.
This is certainly an interesting and educational campaign cycle for the voters with Trump and Bernie Sanders.
They've both made us see through new eyes how much our presidential election has been take away from the citizens and the power transferred to the parties, delegates, media influence, super PACS, corporate/special interests, voter registration restrictions and closed primaries, etc.
I hope you will do a similar piece on Bernie Sanders. He deserves it.
After November, I hope Americans will unite to demand that the way we elect our President becomes more transparent, streamlined, less costly and a much shorter process. A major overhaul in how we elect our officials is long overdue.
The Trump haters are going to go crazy over this article. lol...
This is certainly an interesting and educational campaign cycle for the voters with Trump and Bernie Sanders.
They've both made us see through new eyes how much our presidential election has been take away from the citizens and the power transferred to the parties, delegates, media influence, super PACS, corporate/special interests, voter registration restrictions and closed primaries, etc.
I hope you will do a similar piece on Bernie Sanders. He deserves it.
After November, I hope Americans will unite to demand that the way we elect our President becomes more transparent, streamlined, less costly and a much shorter process. A major overhaul in how we elect our officials is long overdue.
The Trump haters are going to go crazy over this article. lol...
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In the movie, “Patton,” George C. Scott says America loves a winner. And Donald Trump is a winner. He likes to win and he plays to win. He is a perfect representation of the values and brashness that defined the United States in the 20th century until the feminization of American popular culture and the political correctness police came along.
The incessant prognostications about the fall of Donald Trump have been misleading, and now meaningless. Yet, his supporters are legion and given the hostility the liberal elite and Hillary acolytes have demonstrated toward them at his rallies, they have become reluctant to talk about their support for him in public. The consequence of shutting down free speech is that the public will never have a genuine insight into how people truly think or feel. And so the predictions about this presidential contest will continue to be skewed, half-baked and ultimately wrong.
If Bernie Sanders does not win the Democratic nomination, there are millions of people across the United States who are ready to cast their vote for Trump. This election is different from prior elections because political party has become less important than the ideas and values that Sanders and Trump have come to represent. Trump may not be nuanced but he is America writ large and he has clearly demonstrated that he knows how to win.
The incessant prognostications about the fall of Donald Trump have been misleading, and now meaningless. Yet, his supporters are legion and given the hostility the liberal elite and Hillary acolytes have demonstrated toward them at his rallies, they have become reluctant to talk about their support for him in public. The consequence of shutting down free speech is that the public will never have a genuine insight into how people truly think or feel. And so the predictions about this presidential contest will continue to be skewed, half-baked and ultimately wrong.
If Bernie Sanders does not win the Democratic nomination, there are millions of people across the United States who are ready to cast their vote for Trump. This election is different from prior elections because political party has become less important than the ideas and values that Sanders and Trump have come to represent. Trump may not be nuanced but he is America writ large and he has clearly demonstrated that he knows how to win.
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I have always wondered what people mean when they are say they feel limited by "political correctness". As far as I know it simply means that it is unkind to be racist, homophobic etc. Do you wish to be openly homophobic or racist? In what way do you it feel it limits you?
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It isn't that people want to be openly homophobic, transphobic, xenophobic, or racist, it's that they don't want to be wrongly labeled these things by sharing unpopular opinions. For example, it's difficult to share the opinion that America needs stronger border controls, immigration laws and immigration enforcement without being discounted as a xenophobe or a racist by a loud subset of the population.
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Vote for Trump and invest in bomb shelters? That could be a campaign slogan.
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No snark, no spin. Thank you, Robert Draper.
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This article is one of the scariest I have read on Trump, because it shows his ability to stumble his way to the presidency. He is the car accident we cannot help but stare at. And now that he has done what no one thought he could he is seen as David, and if he successfully portrays Hillary as Goliath then we're all in for four years of horror.
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It's scary because it makes Mr. Trump look human ... and like what he is -- a businessman. I saw some humility here. I saw someone who could learn. A couple more articles like this and maybe, if Bernie doesn't get there ....
A very interesting look at Mr. Trump.
A very interesting look at Mr. Trump.
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Greatest article ever. Absolute greatest. By the most talented writer the NY Times has ever produced. This article will no doubt be the most e-mailed article of all time. It will be HUGE.
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Unless you are the author's friend or relative, it a very lame article, a dime a dozen of the gotcha articles hunting for his every weakness and blind at all his qualities. Does the author believes that Hillary Clinton knows the "real" rest of the world? Unlike Trump? As the author implies? Hillary has been first lady of Arkansas, first lady of the US, secretary of state for the last 30-40 years and she has seen the world in business trips, business class or private jets, five stars hotels, boardrooms and official delegations for her entire life; just like Trump. It's not like she took her backpack and toured the world sleeping in tents.
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@Mytwocents
The Clintons live very much like they're America's (unwanted) Royal Family, guarded for 30 years by the Secret Service, piling up several hundred million $ w/little effort, surrounded by servants, lackeys, chauffeurs, personal assistants, rich people, celebrities, Wall Streeters, etc. Arranging wildly overpaid dumb jobs for Chelsea who they think we're interested in/impressed by. If you think her "friendships" (as she describes them) with George Clooney, David Geffen, Lloyd Blankfein, Jeffrey Epstein, John Podesta, Tony Blair, Bono, Netanyahu, Madeleine Albright, Empress Michiko, etc. have helped Hillary understand the concerns of regular people, by all means vote for her. Many of us aren't fooled.
She's spent over 30 years in a life of highest luxury and power surrounded by others with little or no relationship to Planet Earth.
Of course she doesn't know what normal life is like or the concerns of normal people. Nor does Trump.
What does it say about us that we nominate people like this who can't possibly understand our concerns?
The Clintons live very much like they're America's (unwanted) Royal Family, guarded for 30 years by the Secret Service, piling up several hundred million $ w/little effort, surrounded by servants, lackeys, chauffeurs, personal assistants, rich people, celebrities, Wall Streeters, etc. Arranging wildly overpaid dumb jobs for Chelsea who they think we're interested in/impressed by. If you think her "friendships" (as she describes them) with George Clooney, David Geffen, Lloyd Blankfein, Jeffrey Epstein, John Podesta, Tony Blair, Bono, Netanyahu, Madeleine Albright, Empress Michiko, etc. have helped Hillary understand the concerns of regular people, by all means vote for her. Many of us aren't fooled.
She's spent over 30 years in a life of highest luxury and power surrounded by others with little or no relationship to Planet Earth.
Of course she doesn't know what normal life is like or the concerns of normal people. Nor does Trump.
What does it say about us that we nominate people like this who can't possibly understand our concerns?
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Hillary grew up in a middle class family, went to public schools and at Wellesley, was just like all the rest of us who cleaned our own rooms, made our own beds, did our own laundry, took turns waiting on tables at dinner time or assisting the servers in the cafeteria, and "sat on bells." And if she went on any student outings, as many of us did, we carried backpacks, slept in tents or in cheap hostel dorms, travelled by bus or subway, or walked. For those who were lucky enough to afford a car, you were only allowed to have one for the last semester of senior year. I don't know if she toured Europe by Eurail pass after graduation as many did, but she did go to law school at Yale after Wellesley.
Also, it's funny how this article contradicts NYT's report on Trump's treatment of women:
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/15/us/politics/donald-trump-women.html
Alair A. Townsend was for a time the highest-ranking woman inside New York’s City Hall during the Koch administration, with the title of deputy mayor for economic development. But when Mr. Trump called her, she said, her position seemed less relevant to him than her gender.
He was dismissive. It was always, “Hon,” “Dear.” Things he wouldn’t have said to a man. It was designed to make you feel small. And he did that repeatedly.
From this article:
To his right sat his 32-year-old son Eric, whom I heard Trump refer to as “honey.”
So, basically, Trump called both men and women he feels close with "honey". While this habit may be annoying for some (I personally hate when random people address me as "friend" or "buddy"), it is hardly sexism.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/15/us/politics/donald-trump-women.html
Alair A. Townsend was for a time the highest-ranking woman inside New York’s City Hall during the Koch administration, with the title of deputy mayor for economic development. But when Mr. Trump called her, she said, her position seemed less relevant to him than her gender.
He was dismissive. It was always, “Hon,” “Dear.” Things he wouldn’t have said to a man. It was designed to make you feel small. And he did that repeatedly.
From this article:
To his right sat his 32-year-old son Eric, whom I heard Trump refer to as “honey.”
So, basically, Trump called both men and women he feels close with "honey". While this habit may be annoying for some (I personally hate when random people address me as "friend" or "buddy"), it is hardly sexism.
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(Not Mark) I've had that problem most of my life, as in I'm the one saying "hon or sweetie" to other people, usually younger employees, both men and women. After all these years I still have to watch what I say and how I say it! It is annoying to hear and it's annoying to speak it!
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Remember when Mr. Obama called a female reporter "Sweetie"? Of course not, it was only reported in British newspapers. Hypocrites!!!!!
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I thought things were bad when Reagan and W got elected. But now...
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You're right. NOW, during the Obama/Clinton administration the middle class is vanishing and we can't beat a group that drives around a desert in pick up trucks.
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Although, i used to despise Trump, i now see that he has the characteristics of a great leader in the mold, say, of Napoleon. One who stays out in front of everyone else, who recasts all failures and shortcomings in a favorable light, who couldnt care less about political correctness and public opinion and listens only to his own inner voice rather than that of professional advisers or opinion polls. Someone who tosses out the tired old rule book and in the process scandalises all the tired old hacks who think tbey know best. A breath of fresh air. I certainly will vote for him.
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I hope this is sarcasm.
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...and ended up on a windswept deserted island with a continent in ruins.
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You are focusing on style and forgetting substance. According to your criteria, Hitler could also be considered a "great leader". He "tossed the tired old rule book" and ordered massacres by the thousands and millions.
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We say we want candidates who are unscripted and not controlled by monied interests; who aren't part of the insider politics that enriches those at the top and cares little for the average person.
We say we want Republicans who are more moderate and are willing to change and modify their positions to get things done--to not be bound by orthodoxy.
We say we want jobs, a less interventionist foreign policy built on national interests instead hopeless attempts at nation building in our image.
We get a a teetotaler who has married three tough strong women, has a smart, tough daughter who is a key executive in his family business and is all of the above.
And he is according to the NYT and the usual elites, Mussolini for wanting tight borders and better trade agreements to help working people drowning in the global economy.
This article was of course meant to be the story of Trump's implosion--but post Indiana, that "journalism" time investment had to get column inches, albeit with a hastily rewritten lede. So we got this--a piece that focused on ancient history with little new insight about where the campaign is now--a "now" that includes Hillary's convention being likely more contentious than Trump's.
We say we want Republicans who are more moderate and are willing to change and modify their positions to get things done--to not be bound by orthodoxy.
We say we want jobs, a less interventionist foreign policy built on national interests instead hopeless attempts at nation building in our image.
We get a a teetotaler who has married three tough strong women, has a smart, tough daughter who is a key executive in his family business and is all of the above.
And he is according to the NYT and the usual elites, Mussolini for wanting tight borders and better trade agreements to help working people drowning in the global economy.
This article was of course meant to be the story of Trump's implosion--but post Indiana, that "journalism" time investment had to get column inches, albeit with a hastily rewritten lede. So we got this--a piece that focused on ancient history with little new insight about where the campaign is now--a "now" that includes Hillary's convention being likely more contentious than Trump's.
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The Republicans seem able to do what the Democrats can't, which is to put aside past differences and unite to achieve their ultimate goal.
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The picture tells it all: Trump's campaign poster of himself, by Reagan, with the words, "It's time for another REAL PRESIDENT." Trump, along with the GOP, have spent the last 8 years treating our twice-elected, thoughtful, responsible leader as not-the-President. From The Donald's incessant revisiting of Obama's birth certificate, to refusing a sitting President to set forth a Supreme Court nominee, to undermining President Obama's authority before the world, to Congressional Republicans' obstruction, whatever the national cost, Trump and his party's maneuverings against Obama have dropped the bottom out in their party for what constitutes leadership.
News flash, Trump: we have a REAL PRESIDENT now, one whose shoes you will never fill.
News flash, Trump: we have a REAL PRESIDENT now, one whose shoes you will never fill.
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So Donald Trump's favorite movie of all time is Citizen Kane. The man has absolutely no self knowledge. None. It would be funny if the possibilities weren't so tragic.
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It happens to be considered the greatest movie ever made.
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And Hillary Clinton's favorite movie is The Wizard of Oz -- a fantasy occurring while one is sleeping.
So what?
So what?
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And Bill's favorite was "The Devil in Miss Jones".
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it blows my mind that a writer hired by the NYT had failed t see that Trump was going to be the nominee as late as 5 weeks before he closed the deal. I predicted he'll get the nomination on my blog in the first week of his campaign last summer. I also predicted the lack of WMDs as soon as NYT started selling the war. Who hires these lame, blind journalists at the NYT?
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Since Donald Trump's entrance, foray and success into American politics was predicated on his political trial balloon of pushing, peddling and propagandizing the demonstrated Birther Lie about the President of the United States, I would like to see a journalist ask him and confront him about what he truly thinks about the Birther Lie.
Does he still believe in the Birther Lie ?
What does Mr. Trump think the Birther Lie has contributed to the United States of America, political discourse and what does it says about his character given that the Birther Lie is a lie ?
Of course, Mr. Trump will not seriously answer the question, but the question needs to be asked until he answers it.
Donald Trump's inability to answer a question...and the media's continued inability to forcefully ask Trump a question and demand a coherent answer spell serious political catastrophe for America if such political and journalistic malpractice continues through Election Day.
The Presidency of the United States is not the right psychotherapeutic treatment for a gold-plated, pathologically prevaricating, public policy ignoramus and megalomaniac clinically addicted to public polling approval.
Let's Make America My Psychiatric Couch: Donald Trump 2016
Does he still believe in the Birther Lie ?
What does Mr. Trump think the Birther Lie has contributed to the United States of America, political discourse and what does it says about his character given that the Birther Lie is a lie ?
Of course, Mr. Trump will not seriously answer the question, but the question needs to be asked until he answers it.
Donald Trump's inability to answer a question...and the media's continued inability to forcefully ask Trump a question and demand a coherent answer spell serious political catastrophe for America if such political and journalistic malpractice continues through Election Day.
The Presidency of the United States is not the right psychotherapeutic treatment for a gold-plated, pathologically prevaricating, public policy ignoramus and megalomaniac clinically addicted to public polling approval.
Let's Make America My Psychiatric Couch: Donald Trump 2016
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If you like your healthcare, you can keep it. Period.
"Lack of transparency is a huge political advantage. And basically, call it the stupidity of the American voter or whatever, but basically that was really really critical to get for the thing to pass" MIT Professor Gruber talking about lying to the American people about Obamacare.
The Obama administration's manipulation of the press to sell the Iran deal.
Does the Left care about any of these lies? Lies that make Nixon look like an amateur? Just wondering.
"Lack of transparency is a huge political advantage. And basically, call it the stupidity of the American voter or whatever, but basically that was really really critical to get for the thing to pass" MIT Professor Gruber talking about lying to the American people about Obamacare.
The Obama administration's manipulation of the press to sell the Iran deal.
Does the Left care about any of these lies? Lies that make Nixon look like an amateur? Just wondering.
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Mr. Trump never believed that Mr. Obama was born in a foreign country. But he knew that he has the platform to even make the President prove something he was spending millions to hide. And he got the whole topic to disappear by embarrassing Mr. Obama into displaying it.
Next: Mr. Obama's grades at Occidental College, and how he got into Columbia Univ.
Next: Mr. Obama's grades at Occidental College, and how he got into Columbia Univ.
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Let's make Donald Trump your President in November, instead! How about that, captain?!
Love the haters!
(((Trump2016)))
Love the haters!
(((Trump2016)))
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I learned everything I needed to know in the first paragraph: That its okay to make a phone call while a plane is taxiing down the runway. Nice!
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I think that five weeks before May 2nd, in mid-March, it was pretty clear that Trump would be the nominee, as Rubio left, Trump already won both Super Tuesdays, and the race boiled down to mostly theoretical question of "How big Trump's win will be". I know that NYT proclaimed Trump's campaign in trouble - despite the polls and the candidates - but both facts speak more about media prejudices about Trump, not election math.
If it were anyone but Trump, five weeks before May 2nd Draper would have said that he won the primaries.
If it were anyone but Trump, five weeks before May 2nd Draper would have said that he won the primaries.
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your recent articles:
1.DT is not going anywhere
2.look out for the Trump pivot!
3.the moment in Thursday's debate that explains why DT is winning.
4.Mister Trump's wild ride.
5. is Trump Presidential? Is anyone?
(cue spilled salt, throw over the shoulder, & Stevie Wonder's Very Superstitious)
gee, with media "enemies" like this in a "free" (a ha ha) press, who needs friends?
proudly blocked on Twitter by Humpfty Drumpfty himself, and wielding the magnifying glass for any mention of Bertnie Sanders' wins.
praying for the high wall of hubris, and the great fall that will preserve America from powers & principalities in high places. as my erstwhile boss, Mister Rogers, would want me to.
1.DT is not going anywhere
2.look out for the Trump pivot!
3.the moment in Thursday's debate that explains why DT is winning.
4.Mister Trump's wild ride.
5. is Trump Presidential? Is anyone?
(cue spilled salt, throw over the shoulder, & Stevie Wonder's Very Superstitious)
gee, with media "enemies" like this in a "free" (a ha ha) press, who needs friends?
proudly blocked on Twitter by Humpfty Drumpfty himself, and wielding the magnifying glass for any mention of Bertnie Sanders' wins.
praying for the high wall of hubris, and the great fall that will preserve America from powers & principalities in high places. as my erstwhile boss, Mister Rogers, would want me to.
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sorry, Bernie for the misspell. rock on!
The Greeks have a word for Trump, a demagogue. And demagogues being what they are, are bad news. Just ask the Greeks.
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Hillary is a demagogue worse than Trump; all she did in Senate is rename a post office, yet she claims she is the one who 'gets things done'. Sure, for whoever pays her millions in speeches or in contributions for her foundation. At least Trump built many buildings. Is a creator and a builder, not an influence peddler.
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Two things about Trump: married 3 times, bankrupt 4 times. A loser in love and business.
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Building helps Trump.
Let DT make $250k year being Senator.
Let DT make $250k year being Senator.
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I would say most New Yorkers know who Donald Trump is: an aging playboy who loves publicity and can't get past his youthful hairdo. Why he is running for president, I think most of us in New York have no idea. He is not prepared for this job and I can't believe he really wants it if he has any idea what it is really like. Maybe early dementia?
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Rasmussen polls are biased in favor of the Republicans. Don't get your hopes up, Donald.
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H.L. Mencken's observation: "As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.”
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...for a third time (Reagan, George W and now Trump)
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But that was Bush.
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Ah, that Mencken always could turn a phrase, could he not?
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Yuuuge article, just beautiful.
In fact, he can win it. Unlikely, sure, but not impossible. Especially now that Bernie is busy arranging the traditional Democratic Party circular firing squad.
In fact, he can win it. Unlikely, sure, but not impossible. Especially now that Bernie is busy arranging the traditional Democratic Party circular firing squad.
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TRUMP TO WORLD, I'm going to be better to women on women's issues than Hillary Clinton and everybody else combined. OK Donald, but you'd better move beyond the point where you think that women are disgusting when they need to use the bathroom or nurse their children. Actually, of the puffery and grandiosity emerging from your combined tail pipes and chimneys, you've raised the temperature globally. Anyhow, Donald, How come you don't mind being compared to Adolf Hitler? Have you figured out yet that 7/11 is a corner convenience store and 9/11 is a terrorist attack? Are your Tweets more geographically accurate than chirping on about Paris being in Germany? Oh, OK, Donald So you're saying a little birdie told you that so you wanted to tweet along with the bird? Maybe you'd like to run a home for orphaned parrots? Oh yeah, have you decided to disclose your income tax returns, before you're nabbed by the IRS? While you're at it you might like to find out about turning your golf courses into artificial islands. Oh yeah, I think you need to adopt a slogan by Groucho Marx: I wouldn't join any club that would have me as a member.
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Let's be fair. Mrs. Clinton was late returning from the restroom because a Sanders staffer was in it, and she refused to enter the room with anyone else in it!!!! That's why she was late. So you can call it sexism; I call it fear of being near the "little people".
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The Secret Service makes some rules while watching over candidates (to protect them from deranged people with weapons). Maybe one of the rules is to use the bathroom only when no one else is in there. Makes sense to me.
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WHY is the NYT continuing to feature Trump with prominent photos on front page? First the tabloid article about Trump and women and now this. After facilitating his rise by treating his every announcement as news instead of the political ad that it was, the Times should have learned its lesson. But on and on it goes. I am losing faith in the editorial judgement of my long-trusted newspaper.
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Probably was a mistake ever to trust it.
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Yeah, the nerve of these NY TImes writers to report the news. Maybe they can interview Mrs. Clinton on her private plane. Whoops, she carefully avoids letting reporters see her getting on her private plane, so everybody can pretend she is one of the "little people" she clearly disdains, with her fakes pointing and waving at non-existent people at rallies, her insults to her Secret Services protectors.
If, God forbid she gets elected, she will probably be inaugurated as "I Hillary Diane Rodham" (You heard it here first!)
If, God forbid she gets elected, she will probably be inaugurated as "I Hillary Diane Rodham" (You heard it here first!)
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Because trump stories get a lot of clicks and clicks are money. The NYT is staffed by some great reporters, but it is a business that has been losing money for a long time now.
Proof yet again that nature - in this case, the nature of what has become the Republican Party - abhors a vacuum. The case in point meaning vacuous ideas, programs, allegiances, actions/inactions and, most significantly, minds.
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Agree! And a soft, pudgy guy with small hands and a critter on his head is perfect to lead that party.
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Why does the Times refer to Trump as "Mr. Trump" just like on his trashy and offensive TV show? Although it is far from the only way in which this newspaper has helped give credence to the idea that he should be taken seriously, the continued use of that title of respect has been a subtle contributor.
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It's Times-style. Everyone is referred to as: "Mr." Or "Ms." Or "Mrs."
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Many years ago, the NYT referred to Meatloaf as Mr. Loaf.
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It's increasingly disturbing to me that we can't even rely on the NYT to take a racist, sexist, ignorant bigot to task for his abhorrent views and statements. This piece glosses over it and continually normalizes and romanticizes him; a yuuge disservice to the American public.
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I don't know which is a better analysis. Trump's, 'I could stand in the middle of 5th avenue...', or H.L. Mencken, 'Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.'
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I guess that the adage "Keep it simple stupid" still has merit when it comes to politics. People want simple solutions to intractable complex problems. Unfortunately, solving the America's problems won't be that easy!
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It is about time, NYT!!! I have subscribed to your paper for over twenty years and read it daily. During election season, I skim or skip most political articles because of the bias. I was so close to cancelling my subscription with the most recent article about the models at Mar Lago but just did not want to lose the other non- political articles. This is the First honest article written about Trump. Goes to show just how influential and effective Donald Trump really is in any of his endeavors. Our press needs to give him a chance for our country.
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I am afraid, Madam, that you are totally delusional! If you love this country, don't vote for Trump, or anyone else in today's Republican party!
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Can we please get a better view of the books on the shelf of his campaign headquarters and then a reporter to ask who, if anyone, is reading these books? Thanks.
"You know that he has not read the Bible because his name is not in the Bible."
Bobby Jindal on Drumpf
"You know that he has not read the Bible because his name is not in the Bible."
Bobby Jindal on Drumpf
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A candidate who doesn't plan much, is uninterested in the outside world, surrounds himself with a coterie who clearly know their powerless positions, has no solid policy positions, relies on the economic and demographic fears of his audience, and sometimes advocates violence against those who disagree with him? What could possibly go wrong there?
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Trump campaign sounds authentic, organic, raw, exciting. Hillary sounds phony, manufactured, poll-tested, stale.
I think Trump is going to clobber her in November.
I think Trump is going to clobber her in November.
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Authentic, organic, raw, exciting? This isn't a wrestling or boxing match; it will be the presidential election.
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NYTimes, take note. You are doing this. Please stop.
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Ah, yes, organic and exciting... By organic do mean that he has managed to dig up all the racists, misogynists, and the other true "patriots ". I don't call that exciting. I will go with the stable, "boring" candidate.
Same old stuff. The guy is unqualified to run the country. A golf club for rich people? Yes. A hotel? Yes. A country? Absolutely not.
We will look back on this period and give credit for Trump for disrupting the Republican old guard, making them shift to a more credible and electable candidate, and that, folks, will be that.
Trump will leverage the entire episode as a way to increase his holdings,obtain financing for junk, and continue selling the Trump Branding rights....otherwise...it's a lark. You really want DT talking to Kim Jong Un?
We will look back on this period and give credit for Trump for disrupting the Republican old guard, making them shift to a more credible and electable candidate, and that, folks, will be that.
Trump will leverage the entire episode as a way to increase his holdings,obtain financing for junk, and continue selling the Trump Branding rights....otherwise...it's a lark. You really want DT talking to Kim Jong Un?
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More breathless tabloid coverage. Do you not realize that if you're talking about Trump, he wins?
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From Clayton's mouth to God's ears.
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First allow me to compliment the New York Times . The magazine is visually striking. I'm reminded of Life magazine back in the day. Now getting back to real life. What does Donald want? This is my real question. There is the obvious: power, beautiful women, money. But he already has all these. Is it possible that he truly does care about America? Hillary seems to only care about more power, older women and minorities. Perhaps Trump is the right choice. Stay tuned.
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This stunningly insecure and childlike old man wants desperately to be loved or feared. These are not qualities we want in a leader capable of getting us all killed.
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And why would anyone care about older women and minorities? Maybe because the combination of the votes of older women and minorities could determine the outcome of the presidential race?
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Note to NYT: Stop, stop STOP!! plastering the front page with three or four articles about Donald Trump every single day. The media made him, and that includes you. Write about his rivals, and the issues, not about yourselves (the media). This is shameful non-journalism. Your readers expect and deserve better.
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Mrs. Clinton does not want to be written about; the more she is written about or appears in public, the worse her poll numbers. They don't want to write too much about Mr. Sanders, because he might accidentally get the nomination if people realize how decent, intelligent, and honest he is (we can discuss his actual views another time). The Times writes about Mr. Trump because it scares their liberal readership and sells papers. My biggest surprise about this article was that it had very few negative characterizations as in most of its "reporting", and mostly contained facts. What a shock from this newspaper.
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I have been making the same plea! Is the Times going to endorse this man, because they are certainly wholeheartedly supporting his 24/7 media domination strategy. Enough. Please restrict coverage to Trump's explanations of his policy positions. That should eliminate him from your pages altogether.
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The press won't stop, LC, because DT is bringing in money for their financial elite owners (all six of them). Of course, the article linked here was written in 2012 and BIG democracy-destroying money masters have bought up even more of the press since then. The press speaks for and to them - not 99% of us.
http://www.businessinsider.com/these-6-corporations-control-90-of-the-me...
http://www.businessinsider.com/these-6-corporations-control-90-of-the-me...
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"The propagandist's purpose is to make one set of people forget that certain other sets of people are human." A. Huxley.
Contemplate, for a moment, how much of Mr. Trump's election propaganda is predicated upon this principle.
Mexicans. Muslims. China. Women. Immigrants. Liberals. The Media. His Republican primary opponents and even their wives. Secretary Clinton. President Obama.
Identify, objectify, marginalize, and demonize.
Those are Mr. Trump's rhetorical weapons of choice and their primary objective is to dehumanize, dehumanize, dehumanize.
Don't let Mr. Trump, America, dehumanize you by dehumanizing others.
Contemplate, for a moment, how much of Mr. Trump's election propaganda is predicated upon this principle.
Mexicans. Muslims. China. Women. Immigrants. Liberals. The Media. His Republican primary opponents and even their wives. Secretary Clinton. President Obama.
Identify, objectify, marginalize, and demonize.
Those are Mr. Trump's rhetorical weapons of choice and their primary objective is to dehumanize, dehumanize, dehumanize.
Don't let Mr. Trump, America, dehumanize you by dehumanizing others.
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I am so tired of reading about Donald Trump. At this point, nothing new can possibly be written. There are so many more interesting stories to be told.
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You've created a monster.
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Oakland and Ferguson are more dangerous than war torn cities threatened by ISIS? I just can't with this man....
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Spike Lee make a movie about the South Side of Chicago called "Chi-Raq" for nothing...
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You could be a smarmy, hyper-literal critic, or you could acknowledge his point that our inner cities — e.g. Oakland, south Chicago, Baltimore, Detroit, Flint — are in fact more dangerous [to Americans] than perpetually war torn pockets of the Middle East.
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That's it! Trump should be President of the Middle East!
If, God Forbid!, Trump wins the Presidency, we will have elected someone who has no idea how the office works and is totally unprepared. It will be critical in the coming months to see who he hires as his staff. While Trump is out shooting off his mouth, these are the people who will be getting things done. The 'powers behind the throne' will determine if his presidency is just an embarrassment or a total disaster.
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