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global1

(25,215 posts)
Wed Mar 21, 2018, 02:57 AM Mar 2018

Did I Hear Right That 'Drain The Swamp', 'Build The Wall' & 'Crooked Hillary' All....

were creations of CA? They were provided for Trump to use in his campaigning? CA created and managed Trump's campaign and Trump was just their puppet?

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Did I Hear Right That 'Drain The Swamp', 'Build The Wall' & 'Crooked Hillary' All.... (Original Post) global1 Mar 2018 OP
Pretty sure that covers it. sheshe2 Mar 2018 #1
yup!! riversedge Mar 2018 #5
Every asshole who believes in the "Deep State' are probably also influenced by their narrative. TheBlackAdder Mar 2018 #16
Deep State meme was probably test marketed by CA as well blake2012 Mar 2018 #17
It was. "Deep State" was one of the first, along with "Drain the Swamp!" TheBlackAdder Mar 2018 #21
I have never understood the "deep state" meme. Sophia4 Mar 2018 #42
Yup backtoblue Mar 2018 #2
Bannon needed a vessel. Volaris Mar 2018 #4
Very.... BigOleDummy Mar 2018 #9
Perfectly put. AJT Mar 2018 #10
Bullseye. (nt) Paladin Mar 2018 #15
I think you nailed it blake2012 Mar 2018 #19
the perfect mobster movie intro mshasta Mar 2018 #22
It sounds like a heist flick because that's exactly what it is. Volaris Mar 2018 #41
So Do You Think This Could Be Trump's Undoing With His Base?.... global1 Mar 2018 #12
Sure hope they can wake up and realise what happened backtoblue Mar 2018 #13
There is a large contingent of his base that is just like him CrispyQ Mar 2018 #37
"Drain the Swamp" was stolen from Pelosi Adenoid_Hynkel Mar 2018 #3
Stolen like everything else drumpf. democratisphere Mar 2018 #7
they knew what stupid people would fall for Skittles Mar 2018 #6
You ARE the puppet, Donald. BadgerMom Mar 2018 #8
and Im sure this where CelticWinter Mar 2018 #11
Meet Maria Katasonova Tommy_Carcetti Mar 2018 #14
Last video 'If we are losing, we will destroy the whole world.'- okayyy-nt poboy2 Mar 2018 #18
And their weapon of choice: Tommy_Carcetti Mar 2018 #20
That made me lol. CrispyQ Mar 2018 #40
Why does it matter who came up with these slogans? oberliner Mar 2018 #23
Often, the discovery of small details adds greater context to the whole. LanternWaste Mar 2018 #26
Trump's supporters are convinced he's their messiah gratuitous Mar 2018 #29
It also reveals extent of coordination poboy2 Mar 2018 #30
Since they consider themselves his puppetmaster you're darn tootin' it matters who they are eleny Mar 2018 #34
I think I heard that on the news. Blue_true Mar 2018 #24
They definitely targeted people who wouldnt be inclined to do research emulatorloo Mar 2018 #35
Sure sounds like it. The dupe trickled right down didnt it? nolabear Mar 2018 #25
But I'm pretty sure he came up with "Space Force" out of his own mighty brain....:) dameatball Mar 2018 #27
And stable genius is his too...that one is all him. nt Kirk Lover Mar 2018 #33
Would not surprise me if they also came up with "Blood and Soil" DBoon Mar 2018 #28
Deployed...they deployed the phrase. Like Lugenpresse poboy2 Mar 2018 #32
This is the episode that covers CA and Trump campaign, only 16 minutes emulatorloo Mar 2018 #31
That's correct. Also, "Deep State" CA would seed out the rhetoric sayings to see if it got traction. iluvtennis Mar 2018 #36
Doesn't it just sound Cha Mar 2018 #38
and "Deep State" too RussBLib Mar 2018 #39
Ironically its Russia and CA etc BSdetect Mar 2018 #43
LINKS -- RandomAccess Mar 2018 #44

TheBlackAdder

(28,154 posts)
21. It was. "Deep State" was one of the first, along with "Drain the Swamp!"
Wed Mar 21, 2018, 11:31 AM
Mar 2018

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And the CEO of CA and his companion mentioned how they would plant it in the internet and let it spread with gentle prodding, just enough so poeple would not suspect it as being politically motivated.

That whole "Deep State" narrative spread though Republican and Democratic camps. Last night, MSNBC (I think Hardball) had a survey that showed more Democrats believe in the Deep State than Republicans. So, it seems like the message resonates on some common ground between both party groups.

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backtoblue

(11,342 posts)
2. Yup
Wed Mar 21, 2018, 03:01 AM
Mar 2018

The Puppet used "any means necessary" to get elected. Greed, ego, and apathy. It's hard to figure out who's using who to get their agenda realised.

Volaris

(10,266 posts)
4. Bannon needed a vessel.
Wed Mar 21, 2018, 03:40 AM
Mar 2018

Putin needed a Bitch.
Trump needed cash.
The Republicans needed Power.
Their donors 'needed' a tax cut.

This is what the summation of Muellers investigation will be.

Volaris

(10,266 posts)
41. It sounds like a heist flick because that's exactly what it is.
Wed Mar 21, 2018, 12:20 PM
Mar 2018

Bannon was the only one with anything that could be called 'higher ideals'; everybody else was in it for the payday.
And Bannon is fuckin crazy. It's shock doctrine, domesticated. I think Chris Hedges was probably right.

global1

(25,215 posts)
12. So Do You Think This Could Be Trump's Undoing With His Base?....
Wed Mar 21, 2018, 07:43 AM
Mar 2018

The base learning that he isn't the linguistic genius he's made himself out to be. That the lines they thought were 100% Trump were just words from a script he was given to read and repeat to them. That even his using and calling out 'crooked hillary' was a fraud. That he was using them just like he was being used - as a puppet.

CrispyQ

(36,410 posts)
37. There is a large contingent of his base that is just like him
Wed Mar 21, 2018, 12:01 PM
Mar 2018

they will never admit when they are wrong. In fact, they often double down. Just like Trump.

 

Adenoid_Hynkel

(14,093 posts)
3. "Drain the Swamp" was stolen from Pelosi
Wed Mar 21, 2018, 03:15 AM
Mar 2018

who coined the phrase in 2006 to campaign against the Abramoff GOP Congress.

Our Trump-infatuated media gushed over Donnie's supposedly clever linguistics creation that wasn't even his.

CelticWinter

(1,399 posts)
11. and Im sure this where
Wed Mar 21, 2018, 07:14 AM
Mar 2018

Fake News comes from too. Do you really think don the con could up with anything on his own. Only thing he thinks with is his teenie weenie.
Celtic

CrispyQ

(36,410 posts)
40. That made me lol.
Wed Mar 21, 2018, 12:04 PM
Mar 2018

I'll bet there are days that Putin is thinking, "I had no idea he was this fucking stupid."

 

LanternWaste

(37,748 posts)
26. Often, the discovery of small details adds greater context to the whole.
Wed Mar 21, 2018, 11:51 AM
Mar 2018

Often, the discovery of small details adds greater context to the whole. As it's doing in this case.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
29. Trump's supporters are convinced he's their messiah
Wed Mar 21, 2018, 11:54 AM
Mar 2018

If their messiah didn't come up with all his brilliant sayings, if he's just parroting memes fed to him by Russian trolls, some of them might begin to doubt his powers. Some of them might begin to question their previous fealty to a man who tells it like it is when they find out that he really just tells it like he's been told. Those feet might just be made of clay overlaid with gilt.

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
24. I think I heard that on the news.
Wed Mar 21, 2018, 11:46 AM
Mar 2018

But if people are going to allow themselves to be led instead of doing research, tactics like that work. Large numbers of democrats bought into those caricatures during the primary.

emulatorloo

(44,045 posts)
35. They definitely targeted people who wouldnt be inclined to do research
Wed Mar 21, 2018, 12:01 PM
Mar 2018

They analyzed each of the profiles by running them thru a computer to get a psychological profile of their fears and paranoia, as well as their habits.

Besides Trump folk they targeted potential Clinton voters and sent false messages designed to convince them to literally be scared to vote for her.

nolabear

(41,926 posts)
25. Sure sounds like it. The dupe trickled right down didnt it?
Wed Mar 21, 2018, 11:50 AM
Mar 2018

They should flog this fact until every rabid idiot shouting those horrific slogans realizes it wasn’t the brilliance of their leader, that he was indeed a puppet and his words meant nothing but “Me! Me!”

DBoon

(22,336 posts)
28. Would not surprise me if they also came up with "Blood and Soil"
Wed Mar 21, 2018, 11:53 AM
Mar 2018

Cambridge Associates seems to specialize in scientifically targeted Nazi propaganda

emulatorloo

(44,045 posts)
31. This is the episode that covers CA and Trump campaign, only 16 minutes
Wed Mar 21, 2018, 11:57 AM
Mar 2018

Worth watching if you haven’t seen already

RussBLib

(8,999 posts)
39. and "Deep State" too
Wed Mar 21, 2018, 12:02 PM
Mar 2018

I remember when Trump first tried that phrase. He said he didn't like it, but the crowds loved it, and so he loved it.

He gets this phrase from CA, tries it out, it resonates, so he uses it.

He's a total con man, a media creation, and we are paying the price for stupidity.

 

RandomAccess

(5,210 posts)
44. LINKS --
Wed Mar 21, 2018, 08:23 PM
Mar 2018

They literally tested Nazism on their focus groups and decided it was a winning message.
Trump used a campaign strategy firm run by his campaign manager that decided the best way to appeal through voters was a combination of racism of authoritarianism. They literally tested Nazism on their focus groups and decided it was a winning message.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100210387823

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