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angrychair

(8,682 posts)
Tue Jun 7, 2016, 06:41 PM Jun 2016

Stop Giving This Idiot Airtime

I did a random sample of three websites (Huffington Post, Raw Story and Salon) I look at sometimes and there are, literally, more than 30 negative stories regarding tRump on their respective front pages right now.

CNN and Fox both aired empty stages that tRump,eventually, would make an appearance on:
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The NYT stated he has had roughly $2 billion dollars in free media coverage:
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/03/16/upshot/measuring-donald-trumps-mammoth-advantage-in-free-media.html

My point is this: stop giving this piece of crap free airtime. I really don't give a shit about him or what he has to say.

We need to focus on what we can do and what Democrats care about. Stop saying his name and stop giving the media a reason to cover him based on Internet searches and other metrics, in other words, change the channel if he is on it. We want the cameras and stories on us, not him.
Do we want to win elections or just talk shit about someone?

Are we about electing Democrats or just name calling like little kids on a playground?

Are we about electing Democrats or political gamesmanship?

Our goal should always be to show how we are better than teapublicans, not a lite version of them.

Let's get the stories about us.
The cameras on us.
Let's win some elections and take back governorships, state legislatures and congress and make a real difference.

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Stop Giving This Idiot Airtime (Original Post) angrychair Jun 2016 OP
but they're all covering her "victory" speech tonight 10pm est. Jack Bone Jun 2016 #1
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