Trump Chumps
by digby
I have been trying to avoid the silly Trump mania, but when I see something like this I just have to groan:
Really? We're going to start comparing this blow-dried media whore to the president? "Which one handles the press better?" "Which one is more fun?"
It's not enough that they are validating this Birther crap by letting this clown dominate the airwaves for weeks on end. Now they're going to compare his relationship with the media to the president of the United States. A president who got "testy" by the way when he got asked ikf he was born in Kenya.
I agree that this is likely to blow back on the Republicans over time as this looney tune drives all the GOP presidential contenders further over the cliff. But in the meantime, they have mainstreamed this idiotic Birther nonsense to such a degree that it's now become a "smell test" issue for the sizeable minority of people who are unhappy with government and don't pay attention to the details. All they know is that it's a "controversy" and since there is one, you have to wonder why the president hasn't put it to rest. They'll never know that it's a pack of totally illogical lies.
We watched this unfold in the 90s when every batshit rumor emanating from an Arkansas bait shop was given an airing and it didn't matter over the long haul that they were all eventually proven wrong because the damage had already been done. It's toxic and the media should have to answer for when they inject this poison into the body politic.
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