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Except it’s not working.

The Battle of Waterloo was won on the playing fields of Eton. So the old saw goes, referring to the bravery and discipline of the aristocratic officers the British Army, learned while playing rugby against Harrow.

The Battle of Watergate was won in the network and newspaper editorial offices. There, “an effete corps of impudent snobs,” as Bill Safire brilliantly put it, launched a media putsch that panicked a nation into the delusion that a microscopic dabble in an insanely pointless burglary required the execution of the most effective statesman in U.S. history, Richard Nixon.

A handful of contemptuous nabobs of negativism basically seized control of the leading organs of the press and launched an attack that led to genocide in Cambodia among other disasters.

This was, as the genius Edith Efron put it, “news from nowhere,” a tale of sound and fury signifying the left’s capture of the media as The Bard might say.

Now they’re trying the same thing on Trump. To break him down by endless attacks on him as a r****t and a bully and a dope.

In a way it’s pitiful. John Lewis, d. Ga. Still nursing a head wound from 1966 or ’67. Saying Trump is not a l********e P*******t because the Russians uncovered that the DNC sabotaged Bernie Sanders’ campaign. Crazy. So Trump fires back that Lewis is a loser. That’s schoolyard nothings except for the following.

The almighty New York Times calls Trump a r****t for defending himself against a smear. A black reporter at the Times writes an angry article about Trump as r****t… not one fact in it. But no one cares. That’s the news. That leads. No one cares.

The NYT does not call the tune any longer. V**ers get their news from a jillion sources on the Internet. The Times is a voice and a big voice. But there are a billion other voices now. And about half of the nation just does not believe Big Media any longer. They don’t buy the vicious lie that white people are all r****ts. They know that the Black Caucus and Black L***s M****r are real r****ts. They know Joe Sixpack isn’t and anyway, they don’t care.

They’re s**k of being pushed around. They elected a tough guy who won’t be pushed around. He’s a shtarker and he cannot be broken in spirit by the thugs and bullies of the media.

The left will beat and beat and huff and puff. But it’s a different world now. Again… The people who elected Trump don’t remotely believe he’s a r****t and they’re s**k of hearing it anyway.

This Trump guy. He’s not a sensitive soul like Nixon. He knows how pitifully jealous the media people are. He owes them nothing. He sneers at them. He’s moving them out of the White House. It’s brilliant. He’s making real the t***h of now. The media are not good guys by and large. They’re jealous snobs. They are not running the show any longer. One tweet from Trump blows their 5,000 word stories to bits. This battle over Trump’s legitimacy is done. In Trump’s mind and in his legions’ minds, he’s legitimate and the media isn’t. He knows how the world works. It really is a reality TV show now. He’s some dope.

https://spectator.org/the-assassination-of-donald-trump/

missinglink Loc: Tralfamadore

Excellent article .
Thanks for posting .

reconreb Loc: America / Inglis Fla.

It is amazing to watch the MSM implode , the left is devouring itself and is entertaining as far as I'm concerned ..

viking747

It's too bad about John Lewis. He suffered his head wound way back when and he has decided to be the bigot. We've needed a leader with a backbone and at last we have one. I would like to suggest the NY Times will be excellent to line your bird cage. It is fitting that a bird should have a worthwhile target

Ricko Loc: Florida

viking-since this is not the first inauguration John Lewis has skipped, it does make him appear to be more of a sore loser than anything else. Not surprising that one third of Calif House democrats are not attending. These are the same people who agreed to pay Eric Holder millions to fight the enforcement of our i*********n l*ws by President Trump. Lets see what happens when they come crying for a bail-out of their financially stressed State. Good Luck America !!!

THUNDERBOLT

Here ya go,
ThunderBolt

skopii

Excellent, you nailed it. "V**e Incumbents OUT!"

PeterS

Trump will self implode. There is no reason to waste a bullet on him...

padremike Loc: Phenix City, Al

You'll eat a lead pill long before Trump. His e******n has driven you Marxist crazy and given traditional, moral, patriotic and spiritual Americans hope that we won't be called on to feed you that "pill". You really don't know how evil you are do you? You don't know what you have done against America because you simply do not know how to differentiate that which is good against that which is evil. That, in itself, should be your first clue there is something desperately wrong with you. You call evil good and good evil and this is the worst state that person can ever attain and it is practically impossible to ever recover. Poor thing. You've lost your souls. Maybe you should retire for awhile in the desert - the one in Saudi. Meditate for the next 8 years.....at least. You progressives can help make America great again - leave. He he he he! On second thought it will be more fun pouring salt in those open wounds. There is a second alternative.......become American patriots again. I know, that's asking for the impossible.

BigMike Loc: yerington nv

The amazing part is that the continue to use the same, tired rhetoric that has lost them 1000 or so government seats in the last three e******ns. You'd think they could come up with a better plan. Maybe when they lose even more in the mid-terms...

BigMike Loc: yerington nv

I doubt it. You're in complete denial that we are in very unusual times. You've underestimated Trump since all this began and you continue to do so. You've underestimated his support, too. Why don't you wait a bit and see what he does? What you're doing now makes you seem petty and emotional.

PeterS

Padre anytime I want to understand evil I just read some of your words and the clarity becomes astounding. And don't worry about me Padre, worry about yourself, because anyone who can claim to have accepted Christ and be as vile as you are either is the devil himself or his cousin. I've ran across a lot of Christians in my day Padre but never one who heart is as black as yours...

PeterS

It wasn't Trump who we under estimated but our country. And just what is there to wait for? The man is a psychopath and as much pressure as it going to be on him he's either going to implode or explode but which ever it is I doubt strongly that he will be around to see the end of his term. If you want to see emotions just pay attention to your man...

padremike Loc: Phenix City, Al

You've now confirmed that you call T***h a lie and good as evil. But we knew that already didn't we Peter? That is the very worst state a man can attain. The only way you've ever run across uncompromising Christians with your Progressive philosophy is with a truck. You cannot be a Progressive and a Christian. They are competing philosophies and require severe denial of the Christian faith. You would, of course, approve of those weak Christians, like yourself, who think no behavior should be condemned. If you think my comments are vile you should read some of the early church fathers when they were dealing with the heretics, like yourself, in their own age. The faith has never been defended with a feather.

missinglink Loc: Tralfamadore

He is merely giving you warning. Most won't call out and you wouldn't hear , " Duck you sucker " , from me . You have pushed many conservative Americans much
to far and you mouthy wacko nutters keep yapping about how your going to force your s**t down our throats. It's over for you creeps. At least for now.

We do not care how you live and the current laws amply protect you. You tootie fruity nutters on the other hand want to change all the laws so that we can not live the way we want to. You have forced your hand far to much. It's push back time so sit down and shut up moron . You will still be protected by law to live how ever you want to. We demand the same.

One very minor example.
No more forced cake baking . Got that worm ?

One big example.
You can use the ladies room.
You want this in your neighborhood
then fine. Not in mine. No national
laws for this type s**t. You can keep
it locally and when you do , good luck
with all your g****r confused moronic
fellow towns folk .

So shall you reap what you sow. I***t