2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumEugene Robinson: "Your candidate is a flake. A fraud. A bag of air. A con man. A joke."
Donald Trumps supporters can pretend otherwise, but deep down they must know the truth: Trump has been playing them for fools all along.
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Attempts by allies to explain the complete reversal have been comic. My favorite came from Trump campaign spokeswoman Katrina Pierson, who said this on CNN: He hasnt changed his position on immigration, hes changed the words that he is saying.
That absurdist formulation sounds like something from the experimental writings of author Gertrude Stein who, come to think of it, gave us the perfect blanket description of the entire Trump campaign: There is no there there.
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I realize that most of Trumps ardent fans do not take kindly to being lectured by the likes of me. But it is with a certain degree of genuine sympathy that I say what has to be said: Your candidate is a flake. A fraud. A bag of air. A con man. A joke.
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In a sense, spokeswoman Pierson was right: Trump doesnt actually have positions. He only has words.
MORE:
http://topstoriesbreak.com/donald-trump-is-a-flake-and-fraud/
http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/8/25/1563941/-Eugene-Robinson-Donald-Trump-is-a-flake-and-a-fraud
Dustlawyer
(10,495 posts)Love Eugene Robinson and this is one reason why!
MoonRiver
(36,926 posts)Rump is just a low brow bully.
Cracklin Charlie
(12,904 posts)He's just great!
MoonRiver
(36,926 posts)That man is awesome! One of the very few bright lights on MSNBC!
Cracklin Charlie
(12,904 posts)ailsagirl
(22,893 posts)SnowCritter
(810 posts)was that those were Trump's "good qualities".
NewJeffCT
(56,828 posts)and how Trump has flip-flopped back to a harder stance on immigration already.
Bernardo de La Paz
(48,988 posts)yardwork
(61,588 posts)DemoTex
(25,392 posts)He is one of those people that gives me hope for this state.
Don't tell me you flew in one of those ugly-ass things?
trusty elf
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groundloop
(11,518 posts)I don't think of tRump so much as a flip-flopper but more as a weathervane - he takes whatever position he needs to depending on where the wind is coming from at any particular moment. He's a huckster, he'll say whatever he thinks people want to hear. Always has been, always will be.
rurallib
(62,406 posts)but it looks like the rubes are finally catching on.
nearly conned himself into the most powerful job in the world despite 0 qualifications.
allan01
(1,950 posts)book_worm
(15,951 posts)yuiyoshida
(41,831 posts)K&R and tweeted.
aggiesal
(8,910 posts)calimary
(81,197 posts)And he's so exquisitely spot-on about this - "I say what has to be said." Yep. It HAS TO be said. More of those at his level need to join that chorus.
Hekate
(90,633 posts)jtuck004
(15,882 posts)Sorry, started channeling The Sound of Music for a moment.
TonyPDX
(962 posts)in Buenos Aires and London one day.
I wonder how it feels to be an actual, credentialed journalist in an era of news readers and opinion-blabbers?
CTyankee
(63,901 posts)He sure is a bright spot in my morning msnbc viewing...
Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)The Blue Flower
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Greywing
(1,124 posts)Someone pfishing for access to your computer