Forget Vance. It’s •Trump• the Republicans should be talking about replacing.
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@exchgr
My and-I-want-a-flying-laser-pony fantasy is that the GOP kicks Trump out and he runs as a third party candidate. -
@inthehands i need this now
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Paul Cantrellreplied to Paul Cantrell on last edited by
Objective journalism means objective standards!
How far behind was Biden in the polls when the press started their broken record “Will Biden drop out??” coverage going day after day after day? (The answer is “mostly tied within the margin of error.”) So obviously when Trump trails by the same margin, the press has to give him the exact same treatment. Otherwise it’s imbalanced. That’s just science, isn’t it?
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@exchgr
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Paul Cantrellreplied to Paul Cantrell on last edited by
“But PAAAAAULL,” you cry, “none of that is how journalism works!”
Well gosh, that’s what I thought too about when the press was bird-dogging Biden, but apparently all this is exactly how the press works. That is unless of course they’re straight-up pimping for Trump. But we all know the press would never!
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Paul Cantrellreplied to Paul Cantrell on last edited by
“But PAAAAAULL,” you cry, “none of that is how journalism works!”
Well gosh, that’s what I thought too about when the press was bird-dogging Biden, but apparently all this is exactly how the press works. That is unless of course they’re straight-up campaigning for Trump. But we all know the press would never!
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Paul Cantrellreplied to Paul Cantrell on last edited by [email protected]
In the interest of balance and journalistic integrity, I warmly encourage you to pester the crap out of your favorite US national news outlet about all of the above.
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Kee Hinckleyreplied to Paul Cantrell on last edited by
@inthehands The co-chair of the committee that makes those decisions is Lara Trump. They removed anyone not “loyal” from it. Short of dying from a stroke brought on by being asked a question by an uppity Black woman (yes, that’s sarcasm), I don’t see how that happens.
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Paul Cantrellreplied to Kee Hinckley on last edited by
@nazgul
Who cares? That’s not the press’s problem! I fully expect that they will apply exactly the same approach to Trump that they did to Biden, in the interest of fairness and objectivity. We can prod them a bit if they need reminding. -
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️See, @lolgop gets it
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@inthehands Nobody wants him to drop out of the race.
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@Virginicus
Are you sure about that? Don’t you think there might be Republican establishment types who want him to go, but are just afraid to say it? Shouldn’t we all speculate endlessly about it, just in case? -
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Jennifer Rubin gets it too (via @GottaLaff
Laffy (@[email protected])
THIS: Via Jennifer Rubin: Media: This is a test. Will you keep #Trump's racism on page one for 3 weeks, demand he exit the race, press every R to comment on it, consult African American studies experts, talk to communities of color ? You know, do your job as resolutely as you did on Biden's age. Try it.
Mastodon (mastodon.social)
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@inthehands I stand corrected. I was thinking of us here, who worry that a sane Republican would win and want this creep humiliated.
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Paul Cantrell (@[email protected])
@[email protected] My and-I-want-a-flying-laser-pony fantasy is that the GOP kicks Trump out and he runs as a third party candidate.
Hachyderm.io (hachyderm.io)
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@inthehands @exchgr The Republican Party, now desperate for someone to run at all, drafts their nominee from 2012, Mitt Romney, plus some luckless Senator or governor as VP. The non-Democratic vote is gloriously split, and Harris wins all the states won by either Obama or Biden at some point, with the possible exception of Indiana. A few other states fall in her column that wouldn’t have otherwise. Romney wins Utah and maybe Idaho and one or two other Western states. Trump, whose loss is beyond the wildest ability of corrupt election officials to undo, disappears into a black hole of self-pity before any of his remaining trials.
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@dpnash @exchgr
It’s beautiful. And then I get the laser pony, right?But seriously, this is •exactly• the scenario the Republican elites have been trying to prevent since Trump clinched the nomination in 2016. And that is what made Trump’s takeover of the party so swift and so complete. They’d rather destroy the country than split the party.
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Paul Cantrellreplied to Paul Cantrell on last edited by
It seems emptywheel is also wondering when exactly the press will apply their objective, unbiased reporting principles and trumpet the many, many possibly hypothetical calls for Trump to drop out (via @wdlindsy
“Outlets like the NYT have largely memory holed what a shit show [Trump’s press conference] was.
“In response to Joe Biden’s similarly awful performance at the debate, the NYT dedicated weeks to demanding he drop out.
“Not Trump.”
William Lindsey :toad: (@[email protected])
"Trump spent 6 minutes lying about crowd size. He spent 6 minutes lying about polls. He spent 6 minutes lying about the criminal cases against him. None of that has led the press to call the GOP to replace him. ... In response to Joe Biden’s similarly awful performance at the debate, the NYT dedicated weeks to demanding he drop out. Not Trump." ~ Marcy Wheeler #Trump #media #CorporateMedia #MediaFail #democracy /8 https://www.emptywheel.net/2024/08/09/trumps-imaginary-helicopter-friends-and-bacon-emergency/
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Paul Cantrellreplied to Paul Cantrell on last edited by
Amid cratering support, key Trump supporters call for campaign overhaul, privately pressure him to drop out
[…is the headline the NYT would print if they had consistent editorial standards]:
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Kevin Severud :donor:replied to Paul Cantrell on last edited by
@inthehands Who would be the candidate in that case, I wonder. Nikki? Vance? DeSantis?
@davetroy