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What in the world is going on with NY Post. Article about Trump getting nuttier and Melania (Original Post) Laura PourMeADrink Aug 2016 OP
Maybe Murdoch senses a political realignment is coming to America EricMaundry Aug 2016 #1
His number one goal is selling newspapers Dorian Gray Aug 2016 #7
True ! Anyone who defends/stands with him seems crazy too. But, it still is Laura PourMeADrink Aug 2016 #9
New York Magazine: Why Murdoch backed Trump Laura PourMeADrink Aug 2016 #2
Can anyone imagine if M. Obama had posed nude? panader0 Aug 2016 #3
Really...amazing how she stayed out of the fray. Guess her biggest faux pas Laura PourMeADrink Aug 2016 #11
The RW tore her apart for wearing a sleeveless dress to the SOTU address and for an tblue37 Aug 2016 #18
"But Melania isn't black!" struggle4progress Aug 2016 #21
I suspect, like so many republicans, Murdoch is backing cautiously away from the nutwad cali Aug 2016 #4
Yes, posted that this morning. Very interesting ! Wonder who will be the Laura PourMeADrink Aug 2016 #5
Ayotte? Her endorsement was tepid to begin with and now he's attacking her cali Aug 2016 #6
Yes ! Trump wants a full-throated unconditional "love him" endorsement and don't Laura PourMeADrink Aug 2016 #8
In an oblique way, his own vp pick, Pence, trashed the hell out of Donny boy today cali Aug 2016 #10
Geez...missed it. Need to find and watch. For people Laura PourMeADrink Aug 2016 #12
I think Trump may very well have a "health crisis", but it won't be Pence cali Aug 2016 #13
Here's the rules... Laura PourMeADrink Aug 2016 #14
The only thing wrong here is that Trump would have to want to drop out. And the Laura PourMeADrink Aug 2016 #15
Well, say it's mid september and he's been 10+ points down in the polls for a month cali Aug 2016 #16
Yes. I can see that - much better than living through the failure ! Think he's Laura PourMeADrink Aug 2016 #17
I'm sure they're working on that feverishly as we speak, but it won't matter who they end up with cali Aug 2016 #19
And...we win. No real change :( but maybe next time :( Laura PourMeADrink Aug 2016 #20
 

EricMaundry

(1,619 posts)
1. Maybe Murdoch senses a political realignment is coming to America
Wed Aug 3, 2016, 08:43 PM
Aug 2016

... and he doesn't want to be left out.

After all, he also fired Ailes.

Dorian Gray

(13,503 posts)
7. His number one goal is selling newspapers
Wed Aug 3, 2016, 09:08 PM
Aug 2016

he'll align himself with the devil to do that.

Plus, any NY paper not reporting this stuff (not the nudes, but the behavioral crap) would be laughed at.

 

Laura PourMeADrink

(42,770 posts)
9. True ! Anyone who defends/stands with him seems crazy too. But, it still is
Wed Aug 3, 2016, 09:16 PM
Aug 2016

odd to me that he is going so far with Trump trashing. Very odd indeed. Some people think the original photos of last week were a Trump ploy to take the heat off the Kahn fiasco. Yes, throw his wife under bus.

 

Laura PourMeADrink

(42,770 posts)
2. New York Magazine: Why Murdoch backed Trump
Wed Aug 3, 2016, 08:44 PM
Aug 2016
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/05/why-rupert-murdoch-decided-to-support-trump.html

According to a half dozen sources familiar with Murdoch’s thinking, the media mogul has signaled he plans to fully back Trump in the general election against Hillary Clinton. Murdoch’s embrace of Trump is a sharp reversal from the hostile view he held over much of the past year. In fact, according to one high-level Fox source, it was Murdoch himself who directed Kelly to hammer Trump during the debut GOP debate, in Cleveland, that sparked the feud in the first place. “Rupert told her to do that,” the source said.


snip

Murdoch’s strategy seems to be a win-win. If Trump gets into the White House, Murdoch will likely have an open line to the new administration (at least as open as anyone can have with Trump). And, if Trump loses to Hillary Clinton, then Murdoch’s right-wing outlets have a ready-made enemy to beat up on for the next four years. That’s a deal Trump can surely respect.

panader0

(25,816 posts)
3. Can anyone imagine if M. Obama had posed nude?
Wed Aug 3, 2016, 08:45 PM
Aug 2016

We have been lucky to have the classiest act ever in the WH. Thanks Obama!

 

Laura PourMeADrink

(42,770 posts)
11. Really...amazing how she stayed out of the fray. Guess her biggest faux pas
Wed Aug 3, 2016, 09:18 PM
Aug 2016

was wanting kids to eat right at school. How horrible.

tblue37

(65,490 posts)
18. The RW tore her apart for wearing a sleeveless dress to the SOTU address and for an
Wed Aug 3, 2016, 10:31 PM
Aug 2016

official portrait!

 

Laura PourMeADrink

(42,770 posts)
5. Yes, posted that this morning. Very interesting ! Wonder who will be the
Wed Aug 3, 2016, 09:02 PM
Aug 2016

next to defect. Still think something's fishy - like how is the NYP able to dig up these pics?

Also, people are naive - Trump purposely is holding back on Paul Ryan and McCain endorsements for one reason only. To change the subject on Kahns.

And guess what, MSM, it worked. Trump duped you all.

 

cali

(114,904 posts)
6. Ayotte? Her endorsement was tepid to begin with and now he's attacking her
Wed Aug 3, 2016, 09:05 PM
Aug 2016

I'm listening to him now and reading the comments on youtube. Quite the shitfest.

 

Laura PourMeADrink

(42,770 posts)
8. Yes ! Trump wants a full-throated unconditional "love him" endorsement and don't
Wed Aug 3, 2016, 09:13 PM
Aug 2016

question anything from that point forward. Wonder why he isn't trashing Newt and Christie yet. What a small and vindictive man.

 

cali

(114,904 posts)
10. In an oblique way, his own vp pick, Pence, trashed the hell out of Donny boy today
Wed Aug 3, 2016, 09:18 PM
Aug 2016

by giving his full throated endorsement to McCain, who the petty one has refused to endorse because, according to him, McCain is terrible on Veteran's issues.

Holy moly but this speech is nuts. Not that that's novel, but still, his consistency is striking.

 

Laura PourMeADrink

(42,770 posts)
12. Geez...missed it. Need to find and watch. For people
Wed Aug 3, 2016, 09:23 PM
Aug 2016

who like to study human nature and abhorrent behavior - he's a gold mine.

Hmmmm. Maybe Trump will drop out and somehow Pence will rise to nominee - so he's letting him do his thing? Although, sure that is not in the rules, although I did hear someone hypothesize about that.

 

cali

(114,904 posts)
13. I think Trump may very well have a "health crisis", but it won't be Pence
Wed Aug 3, 2016, 09:55 PM
Aug 2016

It's this really complex process if Trump's out.

 

Laura PourMeADrink

(42,770 posts)
14. Here's the rules...
Wed Aug 3, 2016, 10:01 PM
Aug 2016

According to guidelines on the Republican Party's website, the process for re-nominating a candidate could only happen in the event of the nominee's "death" or "declination." In other words, the party can only act if the nominee leaves.

If the nominee drops out, the 168 members of the RNC may reconvene and would have the power of all their respective states' votes "totaling the number of delegates that they were entitled to at the convention," former RNC spokesman and political commentator Douglas Heye told The News. In other words, in lieu of reconvening all 2,472 delegates for another GOP spectacle, the committee members would vote by proxy.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/disastrous-week-trump-raises-question-dropped-article-1.2737144

 

Laura PourMeADrink

(42,770 posts)
15. The only thing wrong here is that Trump would have to want to drop out. And the
Wed Aug 3, 2016, 10:03 PM
Aug 2016

RNC has zero leverage, right? Unless Trump really truly didn't want to be prez, like lots of people think....what could get him to drop out??

 

cali

(114,904 posts)
16. Well, say it's mid september and he's been 10+ points down in the polls for a month
Wed Aug 3, 2016, 10:10 PM
Aug 2016

his ego might not be able to handle a thrashing.

 

Laura PourMeADrink

(42,770 posts)
17. Yes. I can see that - much better than living through the failure ! Think he's
Wed Aug 3, 2016, 10:19 PM
Aug 2016

planted the seeds....polls, system rigged. Anything that would protect his ego. Not his failure - someone/something else.

So, the repukes had better have someone waiting in the wings, huh.

 

cali

(114,904 posts)
19. I'm sure they're working on that feverishly as we speak, but it won't matter who they end up with
Wed Aug 3, 2016, 10:35 PM
Aug 2016

the millions of furious trumpettes will not vote for whoever it is.

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