dagblog - Comments for "On Donna Brazile..."

Huh. Is there more context to

artappraiser — Wed, 15 Nov 2017 03:45:11 +0000

Huh. Is there more context to this, or is that it? https://t.co/40zZAN3iIJ
— Annie Karni (@anniekarni) November 14, 2017

She was discussing how she wasn't getting paid for her work at the DNC, the financial pressure it put on her and threw that in as a punchline at the end.
— Karen Tumulty (@ktumulty) November 14, 2017

Bernie may be some form of

CVille Dem — Mon, 13 Nov 2017 23:18:59 +0000

In reply to “...from the party

Bernie may be some form of senatorial "establishment," but not the Democratic Party Establishment, which he did indeed run against in every possible way. He never was a Democrat; he just pretended to be one so he could use their resources.

Although I agree that he might not have expected a warm reception, he sure was willing to whine about rules that were in place long before he showed up, and complain about every detail he didn't agree with, bitter to the end about the "establishment."

In the end he seems to have been pretty savvy for the Sanders Family; his net worth seems to have grown quite a bit, although it is really unknown, because, like trump he refused to show his taxes.

Of course - anytime you have

PeraclesPlease — Thu, 09 Nov 2017 09:09:22 +0000

In reply to book marketing is a tough gig

Of course - anytime you have the other side giving good soundbite...

book marketing is a tough gig

artappraiser — Thu, 09 Nov 2017 07:00:12 +0000

In reply to Hey, book marketing is a

book marketing is a tough gig

It appears that's an understatement in this particular case. In a link to a Digby post that Peracles just cited elsewhere, there's a snapshot of Fox News home page from Weds, meant to show how they were ignoring the election results. Instead, what I noticed is she's become a Fox News star! Donna gets two pictures, Trump only one. Clear that they wanted to make sure nobody missed her interview with Tucker Carlson...

so 6 hrs. ago on The Real

artappraiser — Thu, 09 Nov 2017 00:21:26 +0000

In reply to Trump's as "authentic" and

so 6 hrs. ago on The Real Donald Trump it's yay go Team Trump we are the yuge minority being picked on by the bully majority, but we are still here, can't take us down. Surprised it didn't go into the yuge size of the inauguration crowd:

Congratulations to all of the ”DEPLORABLES” and the millions of people who gave us a MASSIVE (304-227) Electoral College landslide victory! pic.twitter.com/7ifv5gT7Ur
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 8, 2017

He is not going away, even if removed from office, even if in a jail cell, gonna dig in his heels, attack attack attack anything anti-Trump, anti-Trump verifies the delusion, it means he not only exists but is a yuge spectacular draw, a star, all news is good news.

(I paste the tweet so not another click goes there...)

Why the question mark? Why

PeraclesPlease — Wed, 08 Nov 2017 23:14:31 +0000

In reply to you make a good point, he is

Why the question mark? Why the hesitant "like" qualifier? Reality making you shy, or have you looked in his eyes and seen something I haven't seen?

you make a good point, he is

artappraiser — Wed, 08 Nov 2017 22:55:58 +0000

In reply to Trump's as "authentic" and

you make a good point, he is really a special case, there is no possibility of coming close to the meaning of authentic because: he is like a p.r. person working for his narcissist authentic self, who considers himself a talented p.r. person, rinse and repeat...scary it's like there is no soul there?

Trump's as "authentic" and

PeraclesPlease — Wed, 08 Nov 2017 20:45:38 +0000

In reply to I give a great deal of credit

Trump's as "authentic" and "believable" as a TV preacher. But I can't prevent people's willing suspension of disbelief. Yes, we happily accept lies if they build up our team, and we even use lies as a signal that we're on the team. That's just our basic psychological makeup, as confirmed more this past year or two.

I give a great deal of credit

artappraiser — Wed, 08 Nov 2017 20:38:04 +0000

In reply to See my previous comment -

I give a great deal of credit for that to SNL and all our comedians for hitting on spinmeisters like Kellyanne and Spicey very hard and in brilliant ways, really I do. I said that the comedians will help us at the start of Trump's presidency and I think they have. Once ridicule of the worst, the "meisters", goes viral, people who only glance at news on occasion start questioning what they look at. The danger now is cynicism, the all politicians are lying shitheads thing. And for candidates to appear "authentic",. that's hard to do in this day and age when they've got to hire pros to help them out and then those pros are always making them second guess what they say. (On the other hand, Trump being Mr. Authentic true to self, that's a big fail, hah; even diehard fans wish he would quit with spilling out his id on Twitter.)

See my previous comment -

PeraclesPlease — Wed, 08 Nov 2017 18:37:39 +0000

In reply to I am actually surprised all

See my previous comment - reality has bit people hard. Stirring up fantasies will likely get shorter shrift this year. Fake news will have a harder time passing as real news - for a while, before we settle back into more comfortable habits.