2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumRoger Stone. Corey Lewandowski. Paul Manafort. Stephen Bannon.
Each one of these guys has lead the charge at the Trump Campaign at one point, and each one is his own unique brand of awful.
Roger Stone--Nixonian dirty tricks guy, avid follower of Alex Jones conspiracy theories
Corey Lewandowski--Creepy Doug Stamper type, would patrol the floor of rallies and literally shake down people he thought were getting out of line.
Paul Manafort--Mysterious foreign agent and advisor to authoritarian brutes worldwide.
Stephen Bannon--Head guy at Breitbart, notorious hangout for cretins of the alt-right and purveyor of easily debunkable clickbait journalism. You just know that's not going to end up pretty.
Amazingly, the first three guys have all been relieved of the top spot but they continue to remain in the public eye boosting Trump in either formal or informal roles. Even more amazingly, none of them seem to like each other that much despite their common love of Trump.
tonyt53
(5,737 posts)Gus, this is going to get very, very ugly. Trump can't beat Hillary on substance, so they are going to revert to what they all know best, and that is lies and innuendo. They all know that people will believe anything, and it is up to the person being "accused" to clear their name. That takes away from the real issues. Lots of people will accept this nonsense as fact, just like they did with the Kerry swiftboating attacks. Kerry thought people would know better, but they didn't. This is going to get very. very, very ugly.
brush
(53,784 posts)"Even more amazingly, none of them seem to like each other that much despite their common love of Trump."
What the hell is going on?
Do they all, including Trump, have allegiance to someone eise?
This is highly suspiciouse sh_t. Are we watching an attempt by a foreign power to install someone beholden to them into the White House?
Where the hell is Comey's ass now when we need him instead of still trying to keep Clinton's emails in the news.
Maybe he's working for Putin too.
sarae
(3,284 posts)I don't understand Trump. When he has a severe problem with women, he (unofficially) hires Roger Ailes. And when he has a problem with minority outreach he hires Breitbart's Stephen Bannon the same Breitbart who called Bill Kristol a "renegade Jew".
madaboutharry
(40,212 posts)A man just fired from the helm of Fox News for decades of sexually harassing women in the most vulgar and disgusting ways. Now, he is the person preparing Trump for the debates and most likely an "unofficial" advisor to the campaign.
Don't forget the harassment complaints from women journalists against Lewabdowski a couple of months back.
This must be one of the most horrid group of people ever assembled.
underpants
(182,826 posts)As I posted elsewhere - the bubble enters the echo chamber.
No one of any suffocation, as Trump desparitly wants people to think he is, sees Breitbart other than fodder for the masses to post on Facebook.
sofa king
(10,857 posts)GeorgeGist
(25,321 posts)It's a thing.