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RandySF

(57,659 posts)
Sat Aug 20, 2016, 03:23 PM Aug 2016

Trump’s New Campaign Manager Regularly Lies to Him About Voter Support

There’s a secret to newly appointed campaign manager Kellyanne Conway’s success with Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump: she knows how to play to his ego.

The notoriously thin-skinned businessman promoted Conway over fellow campaign pollster Tony Fabrizio, in part, because he didn’t like it when Fabrizio told him about his poor poll numbers and how he needed to do better, a source close to the campaign told The Huffington Post.

Conway is better at massaging the truth ― she tells him that there are hidden Trump voters lurking in swing states, the source said ― and her words.

“Kelly’s telling Trump what he wants to hear,” the source said.

“She has a whole vocabulary of diplomatic words. That’s the kind of woman he likes around, who can tell him the soft way ― encourage him, guide him but not criticize him,” said a second source close to Trump.

The Republican pollster doesn’t tell Trump not to say something, she says it would be “unpleasant” or “awkward,” the second source said. She doesn’t say something Trump wants to say is a lie, she says it’s “open to so many interpretations, I want to tighten it up so there’s no room for misinterpretations,” the second source said.

“She’s a genius,” the second source close to Trump told HuffPost. “I get much further telling people what they want to hear. That’s a good way to handle Donald, you reinforce what he wants to do. She is so diplomatic it’s unbelievable.”

But diplomacy, while a useful trait in politics, can be disastrous for a campaign pollster. They are often the campaign’s truth-teller, the one person who will tell the candidate when he or she is failing to connect with voters and should switch tactics. So while an impossibly cheerful spokesperson can help a campaign thrive, an impossibly cheerful pollster presents a unique danger to the candidate.


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-campaign-manager-kellyanne-conway_us_57b75ad1e4b0b51733a372bc?section=&

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Trump’s New Campaign Manager Regularly Lies to Him About Voter Support (Original Post) RandySF Aug 2016 OP
Regularly? She's been on the job 3 days. Lol yeoman6987 Aug 2016 #1
She's been his pollster from the beginning. RandySF Aug 2016 #3
Still a weird story yeoman6987 Aug 2016 #5
There's nothing weird about it RandySF Aug 2016 #6
It is a liars club! liberal N proud Aug 2016 #2
Word is that Fabrizo will be next to get fired bluestateguy Aug 2016 #4
The truth shall set him free. nt TeamPooka Aug 2016 #13
Goddamn Glamrock Aug 2016 #7
Yep. The Bubble. It's GREAT! It's beautiful! underpants Aug 2016 #10
Nov 8 is going to MFM008 Aug 2016 #8
Romney was shocked too. underpants Aug 2016 #11
It's the second season of the UK "House of Cards" sofa king Aug 2016 #9
Good News for Us then jodymarie aimee Aug 2016 #12
I thought this was SOP for anyone that works for Trump? GOLGO 13 Aug 2016 #14
Gotta tell the emperor's clothes are dashing sakabatou Aug 2016 #15
She's his emotional fluffer. But with the media she's a shark. nolabear Aug 2016 #16
It's Been That Way All His Life Wolf Frankula Aug 2016 #17

Glamrock

(11,781 posts)
7. Goddamn
Sat Aug 20, 2016, 03:35 PM
Aug 2016

That's a thick fucking bubble they live in, yeah? This is Romney all over again. I mean, way worse but, still...

underpants

(182,279 posts)
11. Romney was shocked too.
Sat Aug 20, 2016, 05:22 PM
Aug 2016

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His pollsters factored in the energy of his rally crowds into their numbers.

sofa king

(10,857 posts)
9. It's the second season of the UK "House of Cards"
Sat Aug 20, 2016, 05:17 PM
Aug 2016

Quite worth the watch if you haven't seen it. "Sarah Harding" is a pollster who becomes Francis Urquhart's political advisor, and of course Francis... is Francis... to her. They even have the same hair.

 

jodymarie aimee

(3,975 posts)
12. Good News for Us then
Sat Aug 20, 2016, 06:30 PM
Aug 2016

Good news for us then. Let them all live in fantasyland and be whalloped on election day. I am hoping for all 50 states. 2nd time in my lifetime, this time in the correct direction.

GOLGO 13

(1,681 posts)
14. I thought this was SOP for anyone that works for Trump?
Sat Aug 20, 2016, 09:05 PM
Aug 2016

From the bathroom attendant to his CFO, tell him that rainbows & sunshine constantly spring from his asshole.

nolabear

(41,915 posts)
16. She's his emotional fluffer. But with the media she's a shark.
Sat Aug 20, 2016, 09:44 PM
Aug 2016

I say it every time she comes up. Don't take her lightly.

Wolf Frankula

(3,595 posts)
17. It's Been That Way All His Life
Sat Aug 20, 2016, 11:59 PM
Aug 2016

He has been surrounded by ass kissers and boot lickers all his life. That's why he has gone bankrupt four times. He's never had anybody who can tell him no. "No Donald, that is a dumb idea." "No Mr. Trump, we can't do it." It's always been, "Oh Donald! You're such a genius!"

Wolf

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