2016 Postmortem

liberal N proud

(60,334 posts) Thu Aug 18, 2016, 06:27 AM Aug 2016

"Fear is a good thing. Fear is going to lead you to take action."
STEPHEN K. BANNON, the former Breitbart News executive who was named Donald J. Trump's campaign chief, in a 2010 interview, on frightening Americans out of complacency.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/18/us/politics/stephen-bannon.html?rref=business&module=Ribbon&version=context&region=Header&action=click&contentCollection=Business%20Day&pgtype=Blogs

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Bannon shows that Trump will amp up the fear component driving his base (Original Post) liberal N proud Aug 2016 OP

He needs more than his moronic base. nt Demsrule86 Aug 2016 #2

I think they are hoping to scare the republicans as a whole to come back liberal N proud Aug 2016 #3

I could see the GOP coming home before the election too. Demsrule86 Aug 2016 #4

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1. trump has already fortified his position to the voters that matter that he is unhinged...so do more

Thu Aug 18, 2016, 06:50 AM

Aug 2016

to reinforce that image is such a smart play

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2. He needs more than his moronic base. nt

Thu Aug 18, 2016, 06:59 AM

Aug 2016

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3. I think they are hoping to scare the republicans as a whole to come back

Thu Aug 18, 2016, 07:00 AM

Aug 2016

Fear worded so well before for the republicans, they want to do it again.

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4. I could see the GOP coming home before the election too.

Thu Aug 18, 2016, 08:25 AM

Aug 2016

This is a very important election...I still think they will lose but it could be closer.