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2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumJerry Springer misses one critical point; the elephant in the room.
Washington (CNN)Jerry Springer said there's one big difference between his infamous TV show -- known for its propensity for onstage violence and fireworks -- and the current presidential race, where violence and fireworks have broken out at Donald Trump rallies.
"If you look closely at the screen, you won't find one person there running for president -- that's the difference," Springer told CNN's Brooke Baldwin on "Newsroom" Tuesday in condemning what he's observed at Trump events.
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He said comparisons to the riots at the 1968 Democratic National Conventions were misplaced because at the time there was more widespread volatility in the country and no politician was behind the disruption. In contrast, he blamed Trump for stoking the tension on display today.
"Never before has the candidate himself been the one to instigate whatever the problems are," Springer said. "And so yes, that has created a problem. But frankly ... I don't think there's any way that Donald Trump gets elected as president of the United States."
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http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/15/politics/jerry-springer-donald-trump-entertainment-2016-presidential-race/index.html
Springer's program and Trump's ascendancy are corporate media conglomerate products, pure and simple, they reinforce one another and as such both creations; are totally establishment meant to divide the people by their most base instincts.
The corporate media conglomerates have literally given Trump hundreds of millions in dollars of free publicity no matter how inane or ridiculous his pronouncements from day one. Trump never had to buy ads, it was all free and continuous airplay brought to us by the CMCs "news" programs.
The idea of Trump being "anti-establishment" is laughable and total kabuki theater meant to distract the people from the only true anti-establishment candidate; in the race, Bernie Sanders.
They have buried, edited, demeaned and ignored the import of Bernie's message; unity not division and the corruption of mega-dollars on our government and democratic process from day one when his announcement was hidden deep in the bowels of the New York Times.
The corporate media conglomerates continuous messaging focus throughout this race to date has been on division whether it be gender, race or personalities and how that plays in the "horse race" with minimal quality coverage of critical issues, policies and their potential effects on the lives of the American People.
The corporate media conglomerates narrow self-serving agenda does not align with the best interests of the people whether it be the debasing of our culture via Springer's trash program or the non-stop promotion of Trump all the while feigning outrage and concern.
The CMCs want a divided people unless we all unite under the corporate supremacy and empire banner.
The corporate media conglomerates manipulations are nothing but a con game against the American People in order to prevent social enlightenment of our most desperate needs while keeping them from being met.
They CMCs; have promoted Trump because they knew the American People were angry and wanted to divert that anger away from legitimate and long needed reforms that were in conflict with their own narrow, self-serving less than 1% agenda and on to the weak and disenfranchised in our society.
Bernie Sanders has done remarkably well despite the corporate media conglomerate's; shell game with the American People and this race isn't over despite their eager propensity for declaring it all but dead even before Iowa and New Hampshire voted.
Regardless of how it ultimately plays out, the movement is only gaining strength
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Jerry Springer misses one critical point; the elephant in the room. (Original Post)
Uncle Joe
Mar 2016
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Wilms
(26,795 posts)1. Springer says:
"If you look closely at the screen, you won't find one person there running for president -- that's the difference..."
Wilms says: If you look closely at the screen and the Springer viewers at home, indeed, you won't find one person there running for president. But you will see many that are VOTING for a president. That's the problem.
Go away, Springer. You are among the owners of this mess.
Some google images from Springer rallies. Trump has nothing on him.
https://www.google.com/search?q=jerry+springer&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjRmK-Ck8XLAhXC2D4KHUfTBv8Q_AUICCgC&biw=1138&bih=528&dpr=1.2#tbm=isch&q=jerry+springer+fight
Uncle Joe
(58,349 posts)2. It should also be of note that Springer is a Hillary supporter.
The talk show host, Hillary Clinton supporter and former Democratic mayor of Cincinnati was weighing in on the 2016 race and Trump's success.
Segami
(14,923 posts)3. LOL!...caucusing.
Wilms
(26,795 posts)4. Good morning, Segami.