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Miles Archer

(18,837 posts)
Sat Jan 23, 2016, 06:17 PM Jan 2016

That DU home page image of Trump...Michael Medved nailed it, folks.



It's a P.R. thing, an image thing. It has nothing to do with what the Democrats "say" about Republicans.

It's the Republican party's "Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain" moment.

Problem is, everyone is paying attention.

It's every Republican candidate in our lifetime, without the mask. That's Trump.

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That DU home page image of Trump...Michael Medved nailed it, folks. (Original Post) Miles Archer Jan 2016 OP
I'm going to say this, T-rump will not be the GOP nominee Iliyah Jan 2016 #1
only if they pull something at the convention restorefreedom Jan 2016 #6
That's why Medved nails it malaise Jan 2016 #2
Medved is a DB who has never nailed anything. BillZBubb Jan 2016 #3
Michael Medvid didn't nail a damn thing. he is implying that republicans are not like the m-lekktor Jan 2016 #4
He REVEALED that Republicans don't like being caught at their own game Miles Archer Jan 2016 #5
Why utter that name? Koch Ebola Jan 2016 #7
fuck them all. they contributed to this JI7 Jan 2016 #8
Kristol, the enthusiastic promoter of Palin, now disses her crush as a '2 bit Caesar' muriel_volestrangler Jan 2016 #9
If Medved thinks Trump isn't exactly what awoke_in_2003 Jan 2016 #10

BillZBubb

(10,650 posts)
3. Medved is a DB who has never nailed anything.
Sat Jan 23, 2016, 06:33 PM
Jan 2016

He would have nailed it had he said "correctly" instead of "routinely".

m-lekktor

(3,675 posts)
4. Michael Medvid didn't nail a damn thing. he is implying that republicans are not like the
Sat Jan 23, 2016, 06:37 PM
Jan 2016

the stereotype DEMS ascribe to them , just Trump is and he is wrong. Trump isn't the only GOPer who has those nasty traits.

Miles Archer

(18,837 posts)
5. He REVEALED that Republicans don't like being caught at their own game
Sat Jan 23, 2016, 06:44 PM
Jan 2016

He used Trump as a reference point. But what he's saying...and I'm sure he did not intend to say it...is that the objection to Trump is that he is the personification of a stereotype, but he's not. He's a Republican without the mask and they depend on that mask for votes.

I'm not trying to say Medved is gifted or insightful. I'm saying he was unintentionally honest, and by that definition, he unintentionally nailed it.

muriel_volestrangler

(101,301 posts)
9. Kristol, the enthusiastic promoter of Palin, now disses her crush as a '2 bit Caesar'
Sat Jan 23, 2016, 08:14 PM
Jan 2016

that "American conservatives have always disdained". Really, Bill? Always?

I’m against him on a bunch of issues, but Republicans need to learn from his message — the nationalism, the kind-of candor, the willingness to embrace Middle America.

http://www.mediaite.com/tv/bill-kristol-gop-needs-to-learn-from-trumps-nationalism/

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