I reposted the first paragraph only (up to "and which are not?") and it was also deleted as spam.
On Thursday, December 1, 2016 at 2:04:06 AM UTC-8, euwe wrote: > > the topic: > > http://www.breitbart.com/2016-presidential-race/2016/11/30/coulter-how-trump-could-ruin-his-presidency/ > > my reply: > > But if he breaks a *major* campaign promise, his supporters will turn on > him with a blind ferocity, dwarfing their rage toward Jeb! because Trump’s > is the more exquisite con. He will have duped them. And he will never, > ever, ever get them back. > ------------ > That's a little Gothic baroque there, seems to me, especially in light of > the mincing around the word "promise." Haven't we already begun bracing for > what we already know are broken promises by giving permission for Trump to > define which promises are major and which are not? > > Isn't it business as usual? Haven't we always found ourselves willingly > yoked by the tyranny of low expectations? Reagan's rule - don't criticize > our own - the opposition will do it for us. > > Only in the case of Trump, not only have we accepted the old politicians > trick, "read my lips," on a sliding scale of meaning, but added permission > to redefine the new red-meat phrases that energized the base as 'sarcasm,' > 'literary license,' and 'hyperbole'. > > Ann, if you go ballistic about "broken promises," you'll be facing the > populist movement we've based all our hopes on, alone.. Do I have to remind > you what awaits you on that road? > > First, you'll be "crazy Ann" - that "disgusting person," who he never > thought was a very good writer. Never read your books. Shortly followed by > character assassination - every day will be a bad hair day - bad lighting > in the studio, or in a late night, grainy paparazzi photo .. sunken eye > sockets.. Rosie was a fat pig.. you'll be a skinny witch, maybe with a sly > sniff into the microphone for emphasis. Perhaps Trump will muse aloud > during a press conference without naming you, whether an Adam's apple is a > dead give-away for... well, you know. > > and then there's twitter. > > Oh, your friends at Fox will help you out at first, give you some air-time > like a two-headed snake - the sensation of the hour, poked and prodded like > a specimen in a jar.. will Hannity abandon Trump, that he single handedly > elected, for your unique commentary, book tours and biting insights? > > If your list of "major" promises disagrees with his, I suggest you parrot > his exact phrases describing his rationalizations - as all the others who > depend on populism for their celebrity, and continued income, will. > -- -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "PoliticalForum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to politicalforum+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
