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NewHendoLib

(60,465 posts)
Sun Sep 15, 2024, 06:21 PM Sep 15

"They" have created such a pattern and decades of lies and bullshit that it invites disbelief

I guess in some ways that is there intent - such as the pet-edibles story. But then when things like today happens, it is pure "person who cried wolf".

I believe the vast majority of what comes out of Democrats' mouths. I believe virtually nothing that comes out of the Repugs.

And I believe very, very little of what is reported in print and video media.

How many different sharks has our country jumped?

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usonian

(13,552 posts)
2. Perhaps the strategy is that when damn near everyone is lying, the truth-tellers look like liars.
Sun Sep 15, 2024, 06:29 PM
Sep 15

I’ve got to find my copy of the fascist playbook to see if this is in there.

(JK) I don’t have one.

But if it gobbles, it’s Goebbels.

Silent Type

(6,406 posts)
4. He's a lying POS. But assassination attempts should be taken seriously. If they'll go after trump
Sun Sep 15, 2024, 06:36 PM
Sep 15

they’ll darn sure go after VP Harris.

regnaD kciN

(26,568 posts)
5. It's Bannon's strategy...
Sun Sep 15, 2024, 06:45 PM
Sep 15

“Flood the zone with shit.”

Trump gets his ass handed to him in the debates? Double-down on the “Haitians eating pets” story, then double-down on it again. Since the media will never dare to dismiss the story as a lie and not cover it, the spotlight remains on TSF and his framing. Trump makes an incredibly stupid tweet about hating Taylor Swift? There was gunfire in a fight near Trump’s golf course. No…there was a gunman on the course! Secret Service spotted a gun poking out of the bushes! No sign of the gunman, though, even though they recovered an AK-47 from those bushes. No…they have the guy in custody! No…what happened was him being spotted near the course, dropping his gun, and trying to escape by car. Who knows? Who cares!? All we know is “TRUMP SURVIVES ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT,” and, suddenly, nothing else matters.

That’s the whole point of flooding the zone. Let your guy and his agenda suck all the oxygen out of the room, and people won’t focus on anyone else. Kamala? Who’s that? It is as it always was…about Trump and no one else.

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Blue Owl

(54,633 posts)
8. One must ask -- what about tRump's immediate bubble is genuine?
Sun Sep 15, 2024, 06:57 PM
Sep 15

Everything — EVERYTHING is about ‘optics’ and cheating and putting on appearances…. Nothing is organic or natural about this man or his fart-filled sphere of gassy smoke and mirrors…..

Initech

(101,716 posts)
10. So many of our current problems can be traced back to Fox News, Wall St, and Rush Limbaugh.
Sun Sep 15, 2024, 07:23 PM
Sep 15

AKA, the shithead trifecta.

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