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In reply to the discussion: I can't believe what I just heard on MS NOW [View all]PatrickforB
(15,550 posts)45. Kind of shows who Trumpy's Project 2025 handlers are scared of.
Platner is definitely not perfect and the right wing propaganda machine is doing a great job of swiftboating him.
When we consider his message, we cannot be surprised, because like AOC and Mamdani, he has lifted his eyes beyond the lip noises made by profit-driven corporate 'news' media.
The historical antecedent of this, of course, is when Congress sent a new Fairness Doctrine bill to the snake Reagan and he killed it by veto in 1987. THAT is what has happened, and it is by careful design.
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He's done four tours in combat. It will take more than bone spurs to scare him.
Amaryllis
8 hrs ago
#27
Trump agreeing with somebody is a sure way to destroy their credibility. Poor AIPAC.
hay rick
7 hrs ago
#43
Trump attacks everyone. He uses a grab-bag of alliterative, memorable, simple words.
maxsolomon
8 hrs ago
#39
Nothing Trump says surprises me, except the rare occasion when something true escapes his lips
Martin Eden
7 hrs ago
#41