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Leaked Audio Proves Mainstream Media Cheers On Trump's Bigotry For Profit
Submitted by Deirdre Fulton via TheAntiMedia.org,
Even as large swaths of the population call for media outlets to do their part in stemming the “dangerous tide of hatred, violence, and suspicion” taking hold in the United States, corporate media - which stands to benefit nicely from the $5 billion 2016 presidential election - is egging on that same divisive rhetoric.
“Go Donald! Keep getting out there!” CBS Corporation chief executive Les Moonves reportedly said during an investor presentation Monday.
Trumpeting the advertising dollars already flowing CBS’s way as a result of the crowded 2016 GOP presidential primary, Moonves said:
“We love having all 16 Republicans candidates throwing crap at each other — it’s great. The more they spend, the better it is for us.”
“And, you know, this is fun, watching this, let them spend money on us, and we love having them in there,” he declared. “We’re looking forward to a very exciting political year in ’16.”
Writing for The Intercept, Lee Fang notes that “[t]he call took place right around the same time Trump announced his intention to bar Muslim immigrants from entering the United States, suggesting the CBS chief didn’t know about that yet.”
However, Fang continues, “Moonves’ remarks came after months of similar rhetoric from Trump, including claims that the Mexican government is sending rapists into the U.S. and statements supporting a registration system for Muslim Americans.”
As Common Dreams and others have reported, media companies are positioned to benefit from the unlimited campaign spending corrupting the U.S. political system. As Moonves said in 2012, “Super PACs may be bad for America, but they’re very good for CBS.”
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And yet, not a word about Obama hatin on "the folks" appearing on his No-Fly list.
Very very puzzling ;-)
Duh!
If the Media can't offer "Shock Value", then they HAVE NOTHING TO OFFER!
Trump knows this and plays them like a fiddle!
He gives them relentless "shock", they make money and Trumps gets 24x7 coverage that SUFFOCATES his competitors!
PS> When was bigotry redefined as calling it like it is?
But... but... he hate's Muslims and so do I because they're crazy and I'm Christian.
The Protocol plans are moving forward smoothly. Pit religion against religion... pit race against race... pit culture against culture... divide and conquer. So obvious to those with eyes to see and brain to think. What outcome did we expect when our controllers falsely drove us into bombing, maiming, killing and destroying middle-eastern peoples and their countrys' infrastructures? Did we think they would willingly stay to wallow in their misery while at the same time loving and respecting us in the West?
Trump is half right. We do need to kick a certain religious sect out of our countries... and it ain't Islam.
ISIS is a creation of USA/Saudi/Isreali Military Industrial Complex and the Petro Dollar. To be afraid of Muslims that are responding to invasion's then stop invading oil rich nations and start respecting their sovereignty.
Bush's plan to "Bring Peace to the Middles East" required that he destroy it first...and, in a warped, ironic way, he was right...the only way there will EVER be peace in the ME is when one religion conquers the other...even then, peace will be short lived as the “winners” try to “decide” who will rule over, and profit the most, from the newly conquered.
Dare I say, the MSM and Libtards all, have their own special brand of bigotry when they can look into the soul of a man and assume the worst about their intentions
Bigotry? What Bigotry? Fuck you Deirdre....you filthy media whore...
Dang Double Post - Well, Ill finish my thought then. THIS is what drives people into the arms of The Donald. People are sick and tired of these self-rightous morality whores.
Tempting all in every way like Satan
Regarding Trump and the importing terrorists issue..
“One Libs bigotry is a real man’s common sense.”
-Manthong
That's right Les, your network doesn't have the creativity to put out its own original quality programming so you have to resort to what ever drive by media hits this election throws at you for viewers.
Mainstream news is "trumped" by the elite " club of isles ".
i e. They are told what to and not to show/print. At least as far back as 1907, maybe earlier.
Trump and Hilliary (for that matter) are circus clowns to anyone with a brain.
Jewish CBS exec
He is considered as the second most highly paid Executive for 2013, he gets $65.4 million.
Arm yourselves.
Right in the begining I saw Trump as a General.
They won't allow him to win, they will Ron Paul him.
The left and Jews are the enemy of this nation.
"The left and Jews are the enemy of this nation."
LOL...yeah, right...and all of the "Evil" carried out by the "Left" receives a stamp of approval and is FULLY FUNDED by the "Right" in Congress...take your MEDS!
They are leftist and Jew controlled too.
"Tempting all in every way like Satan"
...and "God" the creator of everything, including Satan, stands by helplessly...or does he enjoy the show? Either way, one twisted bastard and I'm not "feeling the love"...
"We do need to kick a certain religion out of our countries... and it ain't Islam."
One idiot yesterday actually posted that "Christianity deosn't spread by force"...yeah, right...of course the Bible was quoted as a "source"...
A. Is "God" Christian?
B. Is G. Bush "Christian"
C. Did "God" provide a "Plan" for G. Bush?
He thinks so....
'I am driven with a mission from God'. God would tell me, 'George go and fight these terrorists in Afghanistan'. And I did. And then God would tell me 'George, go and end the tyranny in Iraq'. And I did." "And now, again, I feel God's words coming to me, 'Go get the Palestinians their state and get the Israelis their security, and get peace in the Middle East'. And, by God, I'm gonna do it." - George Bush.
If ABC is true, then God USED MAN to KILL MUSLIMS in order "spread his love for them" and "give them" CHRISTIAN flavored "Freedom and Democracy"...and that's not spreading Christianity by force?
Christianity requires following the teachings of Christ. As such, Christianity cannot be spread by force because that would be acting against the teachings of Christ and so unchristian.
You people are funny.
"following the teachings of Christ"
Would Jesus Spend a $TRILLION a year on the military?
Would Jesus KILL MILLIONS and DESTROY NATIONS in order to spread "Freedom and Democracy"?
"Liberals" sure wouldn't...but "Christians" do it with pleasure...
"Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction" - Blaise Pascal
"You people" are mentally ill...
So, you're saying Putin is a faux Christian or Hollande is an agnostic-"liberal"?...clearly I'm missing something here ;-)
What I'm saying is guns don't kill people; Religous people with guns kill people because "God" told them to...
Well, that doesn't explain the agnostic-"liberal" Hollande "bombing brown people" but if he's hearing voices in his head perhaps he should get that checked out ;-)
LOL - these anti-Christian folk are becoming very entertaining though.
I'm not "anti-Christian"; I'm anti-organized, global, governmental, Religion of all flavors....RELIGION KILLS!
So much of it is TOTAL bullshit!
"Earth is ~6000 years old"
>God created the Earth - Check
>>God created Man - Check
>>>God created Math - Check
>>>>Math says that 2+2=4 - Check
>>>>>Man, using math, (both God's creation) finds that the Earth is billions of years old...WRONG!
Why do this to your "kids"....
i'd say i'm in the anti-organized/institutional religion camp, too. but your argument doesn't hold water. athiestic communism is responsible for FAR more deaths in the last century than all religious creeds put together.
most religions -- with the exception of islam -- do not endorse nor advocate the killing of others. they may at times be utilized as an excuse or to rally the people to common cause, but not as a doctrinal necessity. instead of manufacturing soliloquies on behalf of world leaders past, why not give us some clear example of non-islamic religion (specifically christianity) and its role in justifying bloodshed.
janus
"...Christ's wishes for mankind were associated with a political system or course of political events in this world. For the crusaders his intentions were embodied in a political conception, the Christian Republic, a single, universal, transcendental state ruled by him, whose agents on earth were popes, bishops, emperors and kings. A personal commitment to its defence was believed to be a moral imperative for those qualified to fight."
http://www.amazon.com/The-Crusades-History-Jonathan-Riley-Smith/dp/03001...
You also seem to be against rational thought and infatuated with straw men.
"Liberals" sure wouldn't...but "Christians" do it with pleasure...
Really....so it is Christians that are behind the aborting of, what is it now, 55 million babies? Or are those the 'liberals' in your perverted non-sensical world?
Obama is some sort of Christian leader now? When did the dronemaster switch from BLT?
Unless you are being sarcastic, if that's the case, then job well done.
"liberals" are not behind 55 million abortions; God is...that was "God's Plan" for those unborn children...it's not our place to ask why...just smile, believe, and pay your tithe.
Liberals try to prevent unwanted babies..and kill them if necessary.
Conservaties give them life; then wash their hands of the issue when those children end up living in trash dumps, searching for food and dying horrible deaths.
Which is more evil?
Feels good "giving every child life"...but when asked to pay for it..well, they "should have made better choices"...
Liberals (state loving, collectivist atheists) doing as they wish:
Stalin, Mao, Hitler, Castro, Pol Pot.....
double post delete.
Your best post of the day!
the problem here is which Christ
- the one that let them crucify him just to make a non-violent point, teaching love and understanding even for enemies... or
- the muscular, thriumphant one that kicks ass, like the one Crusaders followed?
The Problem of Which Christ is old, it was already present at the schism between the Catholic and the Orthodox Churches
Islam, frankly, made it even worse. Because you know what happens according to Islam at the End of Times?
Christ returns and kicks ass... against the enemies of Islam. Yup, Jesus is The Hero of Islamic End Times, battling the Anti-Christ and folding his arms around all true believers
religion is a good thing that becomes a bit troublesome... depending from the dose. "How Much" is the ever present question. More isn't always... better
religion is a good thing that becomes a bit troublesome... depending from the dose. "How Much" is the ever present question. More isn't always... better.
But atheism is the religion in any doses that's toxic.
"Cannot" and is not are two very different things. You may be right that Christians should not use force, but they most certainly do.
But to put a finer point on it, today, Christians as they call themselves, more often spread zionism that Christianity. Christ would weep for the actions of evangelicals in the Middle East.
God doesn't tell me to kill anyone.
But I'll take it upon myself to do just that if threatened by some jihadist raghead.
And if .gov doesn't want that happening all over the country, TPTB need to adopt Trump's plan as stated.
Back in the day, the old testament, God allowed the "bad" people to kill the "good" people by granting them the power to do so.... Thus awakening the need for a God and obeying his laws. Why not allow believers to kill the fucking filth of human kind?
Don't try to reason with these bigoted monsters, they are pure zionist filth. traitors to America.
When is he going to start using reason? Didn't see any there.
Don't know much aout logic do you?
The left hate white christians but have no problem with hispanic christians.
funny eh?
The left hates anybody that resists becoming dependent on their government teats and won't vote for them 80-20.
I'm not a Christian, and I hate Muslims (Wahhabis and any other truly fundamentalist sect). I'd also have Christians if they followed their book of lunacy to the letter (largely because I'd be on fire while tied up in the village square for at least a half dozen reasons).
No, you're jugglenuts
My mother was a journalist. She quit in the early 70s when the push became for profit. When I was just a child, she taught me to view ANY news with a critical eye and some healthy skepticism. After the 70s, she said it was all blatant garbage and not worth sifting though any of it.
Today, with all the technology and the massive flow of information, it seems Truth is even more elusive. Especially with the State having the control of the media in the background.
Miffed
Oh fuck off with this noble journalist bullshit. Journalists are journalists because they are preachy and self important failed writers, who think they are above such things as greed.
What the hell were you responding to? Certainly not Miffed's post.
"... Trump's bigotry ..."
That's like saying that you should respect a person that is stabbing you.
I reject the assumption that Trump's comments/views on immigration or Islamists reflect bigotry. Americans should have the right to upsize or downsize the number of immigrants that come into the country, plus modify this process. During times of heightened risk, slow/stop the flow for a while.
And Islam isnt a race or ethnicity. It's a violent, aggressive political ideology.
ZH has gone full bore "left-libertarian" with these absurd remarks.
Increasingly, the site complains about everything and anything. And then when a person proposes an actual solution- the Tylers complain about that.
The magic words of racist, bigot, Nazi, et al no longer have the magical powers that they once did. So stay 'shocked,' Tyler, as Trump's candidacy grows.
Tyler NEEDS a good fight.
If you like your No-Fly list, you can keep your No-Fly list.
Now export commenters on ZH and import to No-Fly list.......
KJWqonfo7: Surely it has already been done.
Is it really puzzling nmewn? We know who owns the media and directs the propaganda machine. The double standard is breathtaking, yet few seem to see it. Decades of creating easily led sheeple instead of independent thinkers will do that to a country.
No, not puzzling at all, very few see it but enough of us see it clearly ;-)
Obama isn't running for reelection and thus has no money to spend on an election campaign. It's a good idea to read the article before commenting.
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http://www.rageon.com/products/donald-trump-urinal-mouth
Network, circa 1976, lives. It's all about ratings and $$. The question to ask is, would Howard Beale work for these trolls?
Thanks, Les.
Is this really surprizing?! MSM only thinks about market share and money... this is nothing, remember what Murdoch and The Sun did... how low these people can go... absolutely disgusting!
"Entertainment" News sure is something I tell ya' !! Unfortunately m ost murricans still think its REAL just lke the "shootings".
http://www.businessinsider.com/ndaa-legalizes-propaganda-2012-5
Probably not doing great for wig sales.
Confirms the obvious.
Yet another proof that it's laughable for people to present Trump as some sort of anti-establishment figure.
He'd be an anyonymous slumlord without the media.
Somebody's gotta clear the path for Kanye in 2020.
I can hardly wait.
By 2020 Kanye won't have nearly the right media stuff. It probably won't be anyone we'd currently think of. There'll be somebody who posted their own sex tape on FaceTube and got a bajillion "Likes," and then came up with an insipid catchphrase repeated endlessly. If Randy "Macho Man" Savage were still alive and in his prime, it'd be him.
BRAWNDO! IT'S WHAT PLANTS CRAVE! AND VOTERS TOO!
To clarify, I'm not making a point about the things Trump says. Just the media phenomenon. And in American politics these days, the media phenomenon is what matters.
People talk about Nixon's sweaty-faced weasel-eyed five o'clock shadow and how that lost him the 1960 Presidential election, and it's only been more so every time since. Maybe the 1964 election was actually about issues and politics. 1968 and 1972 were about backlash against scary dirty hippies. Carter was more telegenic than Ford. Reagan was vastly more telegenic than Carter or Mondale. Anybody was more telegenic than Dukakis. Clinton has always been, and will always be, better TV than GHWB or Bob Dole. GWB was far better TV than Al Gore or John Kerry. Barrack Obama is far better TV than McCain or Romney.
So, who on the scene today is better TV than Donald Trump? Anybody? Buehler? It's been at least 40 years, if not more than 50 years, since the candidate who was worse TV won. Donald Trump IS TV. Sleazy "Reality TV" combined with Pro Wrasslin', at that.
Mike Judge over-estimated the time-lapse by about 490 years.
And you'd be just another leftist lawyer with a big ass and armpit hair, Shrillary.
Learn what bigotry is, for fuck's sake.
Trump is a bigpatriot.
It is a meaningless french word. Thats all.
Most french words are meaningless. That's why French is the "lingua franca" of the effete and pretentious.
divide and conquer, ZWO plan for decades and working like a charm
Moonves - tribe member
Just curious, has Trump said anything about the hildabeast since he announced his campaign? I know some (like bubba jeb) are big on the conspiracy theory that trump is working for the hildabeast to derail republican prospects of POTUS, but I haven't been able to find anything where he's trashing it. Could his silence on it be a subtle clue that perhaps they might be onto something? I've had this theory in the back of my mind as well, for some time, just looking to test it.
A good point to ponder. On the other hand, why would Trump mention Hillary? She hasn't said or done anything that requires a response, and Trump's not one to discuss anyone other than himself, while he's still got any self to promote.
Why go after Hillary now? The task at hand is to eliminate the competition for the Republican Nomination. Once you win the nomination, then you implement the plan to rise above the other sides candidate.
By leaving Hillary alone, that frees her up to "state her positions"...like "YES!" to importing a 100k Syrians...she's loading Trumps cannons...let her be...
Hillary went to Trump's wedding. Trump has given Hillary lots of money. They're friends. This isn't complicated. If you can read a coloring book you can figure this out.
Seems like an awful lot of effort to go to just to help out a friend. What's in it for the Don? He's already a billionaire.
Never seen the American Media machine in anything outside of “our biasing goes to 11” save for immediately after 9/11 and even that didn’t last. Here in Canada the CBC can spin a pretty nice story but CNN, NBC, Fox, PBS and the others can put enough english on the ball to play tennis against themselves without a wall in sight.
Canada, the land of speech codes and other fascisms....
Probably doing great for mop head sales.
That's Entertainment . . . The Jam
Donald sits down with Putin a week after his inauguration, points his finger and says, ' You're Fired, Upon '.
Its Deidre Fulton who added the word "Bigotry" to this story. The original in my opinion well written article comes from journalist Lee Fang at The Intercept with no mention of Bigotry.
https://theintercept.com/2015/12/10/cbs-chief-cheers-trump-go-donald-kee...
If Fulton thinks Trump is a bigot that is her judgement, but may not be the judgement of others.
Interesting.
I'm not sure if Trump is a bigot or not. I don't think I care, myself. What he clearly is is an opportunist, and a fine one at that. If he weren't he'd have lost all his dad's money by now. Once succeeds in business, and particularly in the Real Estate and Media businesses to the extent that one is an opportunist.
I have no idea what Trump really believes in. He may believe in nothing at all. He sees that about 20% of Americans, at any given time, want violent revenge against whomever they vaguely or acutely resent. And if they're not able to personally act out their revenge fantasies, they want to watch while somebody else does it, and then maybe get in a few kicks to the groin of somebody, anybody, who can't fight back.
In America, half the eligible voters don't vote. 20% will only vote for a Democrat. 20% will only vote for a Republican. Elections are decided by which candidate can get 5% +1 vote out of the remaining 10% of the electorate. Getting to that total each new election is the challenge. Reagan did it by bringing in the Evangelicals, who had been up to that point fairly apolitical. Thanks a ton, Ronnie. Clinton appealed to young voters and black people, just as Obama has done. Disappointing those voters 4 times in 20 years doesn't bode well for HRC. Trump may very well have found the source of his 5% +1 votes among the nativists, the geopolitically oblivious, and those who don't have the education, intelligence or adaptability to gain the socio-economic status they think they're entitled to.
Trump's also tapping into an age-old and frightening truth. Anytime a war-loving people wallow in self-pity for a long enough time, horrible things happen. We're getting to that point, and Trump has more than enough media-savvy to position himself to profit from that.
Exactly. Poling R's and D's is a waste of time; they're voting party line. It's the Middle Ground (MG) folks that decide the election. I view myself as an MG...and NO WAY IN HELL am I voting for Hillary Clinton...the only chance she has with me is if the R's put up Bush...but he's DROPPING in the polls from his HIGH of 5%...LOL!
...and...I'm not the only MG voter with a STRONG "No Clintons OR Bush's" attitude.
"It's the Middle Ground (MG) folks that decide the election. I view myself as an MG"
Middle-ground, meaning indecisive clods who can't stake out a position without interpolating others'
MG = Non-kool-aid drinkers that see R and D as two sides of the same coin but CAN DEAL WITH THE REALITY OF THAT and CHOOSE THE LESSER OF THE TWO EVILS.
Trump may very well have found the source of his 5% +1 votes among the nativists, the geopolitically oblivious, and those who don't have the education, intelligence or adaptability to gain the socio-economic status they think they're entitled to.
Blame the victims you sick sonofabitch
Yeah those dumbass factory workers who's jobs were outsourced under Clinton NAFTA.
Obama Yes We Can continued to bomb, drone, utterly destroy Libya and Syria, create a Portable Terrorist Army (who's name changes daily) and start color revolutions globally. And preside over the greatest transfer of wealth from the working and middle class to the educated, intelligent and adaptable 1%.
"Something of a cunt, ain't she, Doc?"
McMurtry would hate this bitch too. She can take her xenophilic racialism and cram it in her narrow ass.
"Yeah those dumbass factory workers who's jobs were outsourced under Clinton NAFTA."
Pull your head out of your ass...Clinton SIGNED OFF on NAFTA....NAFTA WAS WRITTEN BY REPUBLICANS and it was given to Clinton for approval by the "Limbaugh Congress" (as it was known at the time)....REPUBLICANS GAVE US NAFTA...Clinton was just a spineless weasal Democrat more concerned about his political carreer during a time when the country was swinging Right, than the future of "those dumbass factory workers".
Really? Just signed off? Al Gore was a BIG supporter. Maybe you should listen to the Gore, Perot debate with Gore pompously telling us how great NAFTA is.
"Also, this video is significant because it documents how NAFTA was sold to America by its elected leaders. In hindsight, some of the most ridiculous statements I heard from the debate was from Vice President Al Gore:
1) "They [GM] have started to move jobs back from Mexico to the United States."
2) "If he [Ross Perot] is right, then you give six months notice and you're out of it [NAFTA]."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhwhMXOxHTg
Al Gore?
The above poster implied the Democratic White House did not really support NAFTA (they just "signed off" on it). Gore was Vice President under Clinton when it was signed and he was the one selling it to the public during the debate with Perot.
The "above poster" did not imply that the "Democratic White House did not really support NAFTA (they just "signed off" on it)"; Clinton and his minions certainly "supported it".
Iit was a "popular" political issue. What the "above poster" was implying is that Clinton DIDN'T DO IT ON HIS OWN!...the Repubiclans pushed the boulder up the hill for him TO HAPPILY SIGN, AGAINST the wishes of the majority of Democrats.
Gore and Clinton were/are Corporate whores that wwould sell their moms for a $5 trick if it would win them an election.
The SENATE delivered the final version of NAFTA for Clintons approval.
51% of Senate Democrats voted NO!
23% of Senate Republicans voted NO!
It was started by Bush, and Finished by Clinton...the lobbyist got what they paid for...
And Clinton's Labor Secretary, Robert Reich, promoting it:
"Labor Secretary Robert Reich said Tuesday that labor unions are "just plain wrong" in opposing the North American Free Trade Agreement with Mexico and Canada and predicted it would result in adding jobs to the U.S. automobile and steel industries."
"The easiest conclusion is that there is a giant sucking sound from the south with regard to our jobs. That's just plain wrong."
http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1993-07-14/business/9307140084_1_jobs...
If ANY President is "for" anything, then OF COURSE all of his minions will publicly support it.
Majority of Dems were against it, Majority of Republicans were for it...that's all you need to know to figure out which party sold us out!
Your right. And the majority of Republicans were gor ObamaCare and teh majority of Democrats were against it. Pay no attention to vote totals.
"Pay no attention to vote totals."
Pull your head out of your ass...FINAL vote in the Senate of the FINAL draft that Clinton signed:
51% of Senate Democrats voted NO!
23% of Senate Republicans voted NO!
NAFTA was started by Bush 1, kept alive and finally passed by Newt's "Limbaugh Congress".
Yes, D' are not innocent, but the R's are covered in blood with this one.
~~~~
It's the Senate that passes what will become law.
1993 - 100 Senators
44 Republican - 77% voted YES!
55 Democrat - 49% voted YES!
The country was shifting Right, Dems were even switching to the R Party...it should have been a slam dunk...but even in the face of so much "support", 51% of Democrats said NO! If Republicans had offered up 51% it would have went down in flames.
Yes, R & D are to blame...but my response was to the original poster that stuck all the blame on Clinton...no way!
The democrats had the White House. Clinton could have vetoed it, but didn't. And enough democrats voted for it in both the House and Senate that it passed even though they had a majority in BOTH houses. Both parties hold responsibilty.
Overall Dems for - 129
Reps for - 166
"by the "Limbaugh Congress" (as it was known at the time)"
At the time of the vote, the democrats had the majority in BOTH the house and senate
House Dems - 258
Reps - 175
Senate Dems - 56
Reps - 44
"The SENATE delivered the final version of NAFTA for Clintons approval"
And the democrats had a majority in the Senate and could have blocked it.
"And the democrats had a majority in the Senate and could have blocked it."
Too many soft D's and the country was shifting RIGHT really hard...bunch of pussies went along with the R's in order to save their political carreers.
C'mon now...you cannot believe NAFTA was a product of the Democratic Party? what D's are guilty of is not stepping in front of the train the R's were conducting.
Damn, I was starting to have high hopes for you, Chris.
You seem to think there's a difference between Obama, Clinton, Trump, and any other fascist? You're holding the binoculars backwards.
Don't get too romantic about the working and middle class, either. Whom do you think loves this fascist bullshit the most? The real fact is, feudalism never went away. And who loves the aristocrats more than those standing on the second rung of the ladder, stomping down on everyone on the lowest rung.
Why do you think less-educated whites are so drawn to Trump? Because they share so much in common? Or because he's promising them he'll let them beat the shit out of the people just below them on the ladder? There are an awful lot of "Me Too! Kids" in America. The "Me Too! Kid" isn't the bully who beats you up. On the schoolyard, the bully kicks your ass. While you're lying there groaning, the kid who didn't have the guts to fight you comes up and kicks you in balls and yells, "ME TOO!" They're all voting for Trump.
You want to find some real fascist bastards, of course it's the Elites at the top skimming off all the gravy. But how do they get away with it? By pitting the nearly impoverished against the truly impoverished. They actually think their obsequious loyalty to the Elites will be rewarded. Next time it is will be the first. Feudalism is a real bitch.
Clinton's NAFTA was a symptom, not a cause. Why did it pass? Because factory owners had already closed all their US factories and fucked over all their US lower-class employees. They just didn't want to pay any import duties on their now-foreign-made goods. The damage had already been done long before.
You think Donald Trump won't line his own pockets while condescendingly pretending he loves NASCAR? You think he won't hand Social Security over to the tender mercies of Wall Street while eating chickenfried steak on a stick at the Missouri State Fair?
Have I got some real-estate for you.
"Because factory owners had already closed all their US factories"
BULLSHIT!
Clothing, washers, dryers, farm equipment...tons of Blue Collar jobs in the USA prior to NAFTA; it was AFTER NAFTA passed that these jobs went away.
Look at the charts...the "Giant Sucking Sound" predicted by Ross Perot started when Bush took office...EXACTLY AS PEROT PREDICTED!
http://www.economicpopulist.org/files/u1/manpayrolls.png
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=5f2_1183680135&c=1
"You think Donald Trump won't line his own pockets while condescendingly pretending he loves NASCAR? You think he won't hand Social Security over to the tender mercies of Wall Street while eating chickenfried steak on a stick at the Missouri State Fair?"
Would Hillary do that?
Are you lonely up on that pedestal? Asshole.
Do you understand absolutely nothing about American politics? And yet you figured out how to register at ZH? Jesus, we need the math captchas back.
+1 @swmnguy
"In America, half the eligible voters don't vote. 20% will only vote for a Democrat. 20% will only vote for a Republican. Elections are decided by which candidate can get 5% +1 vote out of the remaining 10% of the electorate. Getting to that total each new election is the challenge. Reagan did it by bringing in the Evangelicals, who had been up to that point fairly apolitical. Thanks a ton, Ronnie. Clinton appealed to young voters and black people, just as Obama has done. Disappointing those voters 4 times in 20 years doesn't bode well for HRC. Trump may very well have found the source of his 5% +1 votes among the nativists, the geopolitically oblivious, and those who don't have the education, intelligence or adaptability to gain the socio-economic status they think they're entitled to."
Should have commented before about this, but it's one of those simple yet insightful comments that had me wondering why I hadn't thought of it before.
Thanks! Clearly I irritated a few of our fellow ZH'ers, but I think some of them chose to miss the point in favor of taking offense at the obvious.
This is also why some politicians are always trying to disqualify as many voters as possible. Shrinking the numbers involved in this calculus makes rounding up that 5%+1 a lot easier.
Moonves's missed quote: "16 for '16? [inaudible name], it must be a sign!"
Media is in it for the dough. Who gives a shit about Media these days? Even South Park is crashing.
...he's very popular... The sportos, the motorheads, geeks, sluts, bloods, wastoids, dweebies, dickheads - they all adore him. They think he's a righteous dude. [/Grace, Ferris Bueller's Day Off]
Where are Xena, Hercules, Jason, and Machiste when you need them?
Who in the hell said it was bigotry? Sounds like the asshole that wrote this article has a "For Profit" slant too!!!
Definitely a slant - this article orignally came from CommonDreams.org, which was founded by a former community organizer and political consultant who helped found the Congressional Progressive Caucus.
"The non-profit organization Common Dreams was founded in 1996 by political consultant Craig Brown, .... has a long history in progressive politics."
"Common Dreams also re-publishes relevant content from numerous other sources such as the Associated Press and writers such as Robert Reich"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Dreams
Typiclly CBS has hit peices on Trump on their news site
Sure the media loves Trump - but how do they make money giving him free coverage? The Donald won't have to spend anything on campaign ads! But I suppose the anti-Trump camp (both Democrat and Republican) will make up for it!
He is a clever little scamp.
I stopped reading after three sentences.
Another stupid, lousy article on ZH.
I miss the days when we had Marla Singer around...
Deidre has her brat children downvoting people who resent being called bigots.
I don't need to be lectured by a xenophile.
She's worse than a xenophile, she's a xenomaniac. This article doesn't betray a preference, it betrays a psychological disorder.
"...How I miss the old names..."
Fuck off, Deirdre.
Bitch called me a bigot. I support Trump.
Not-so-smart folks will pay for a lively show, even if they know it will end badly.
What is this garbage you post on here, Tyler Durdin?
Another lame article on ZH that plays on PC, thought-censorship, and keeping people afraid of the truth.
Were all the Democratic and Republican presidents who shut down immigration between 1924 and 1965 to preserve the identity of the nation also bigots? Please.
"In a time of universal deceit - telling the truth is a revolutionary act." -George Orwell
I think "Tylers" problem is he is a cuck European.
http://i.imgur.com/wun8rpY.gifv
If you can't comprehend the difference between restricting immigration from certain countries due to war in particular, and restricting immigration by people of a particular religious affiliation, then I suppose you are a poster child for the failure of American public schools.
Gonna gamble, just so we can have more multiculturalism? Things not unsteady enough yet, not enough total strangers with unknown motives walking our streets? Not enough native born being radicalized into killers? And what 'religion' are you talking about? That is a matter of definition.
The Constitution and policies of our government do not exist to secure the rights of aliens. Nor do they countenance a political system of revolution, complete with sanctioned violence, within our borders. That threat remains in place because of our lack of appreciation of its nature. Until recently we have assumed that it is a religion, and not a blueprint for theocratic tyranny on the heels of violent revolution.
@atomicwasted - Are we currently at war? Yes. Have we not been at war with Islamic countries since 2001? Yes. That's actually all the more reason to shut down immigration. Never before have we taken in immigrants from the countries we are at war with. I know, I know, "terrorism" is not a country, but just do a quick check on where we have boots on the ground and current operations.
And were we at war for the entire time between 1924 and 1965? Of course not. And of course we were not at war with China, when it became clear that letting in thousands of Chinese immigrants was not in the country's best interests.
Please, crack open a history book, and specifically look at Chinese immigration policy, before you go into "keyboard warrior" mode and just make a fool of yourself.
You are splitting microscopic hairs f you think the opposition to muslims is based upon what they believe more thanit is what many of them do in the name of what they believe. You don't get to clai protected status for your murdering ways becuase you cloak it under the guise of religion.
I'm a member of the American Marketing Association, and receive the Journal of Marketing Research. Many recent articles in the Journal of Marketing Research concur with what Les Moonves says in the Audio.
Its all about selling shit. "People will buy anything... (that is 'one to a customer.')"
I love the way that libertarian minded ZH/Tyler play both sides of the despotic divide; Big Business and Tea Party false noses; one against the other.
Optimates vs Populares; As witnessed by ZH as the neo-Cicero, the moralist who writes about the neo-ROman Republic's coming demise.
All the while tearing into the "statist" Keynesian neo-faustian game of CB printing and monetary debasemet. Under the aegis of ZH's ARCH-ENEMY : the GS Squid; architects of the Neo-Catilinarian Conspiracy of our age.
So as an altermedia blogsite ZH defends free market orthodoxy in Ron Paul's Stoical mantra of "destroy the FED and give us back the gold standard"; all the while pouring oil on the fire of neo-Sylla's Oligarchical global construct as it resists Obama's role of Populares statist leader neo-Marius.
Neo-Cicero of ZH deplores the fall of neo-Roman republic in this tug of war for hegemony in Mare Nostrum!
Which tug of war according to ZH will ensure that the Republican state comes down in flames and is likely; given the dangerous economic spiral; to be replaced by a faceless proxy for those very Oligarchs, one who will promote a DESPOTIC USA once the market has collapsed.
Now where this neo-narrative gets interesting is that what follows contradicts the historically analogous thread of Cicero's life who depised Caesar's despotism in its triumphal march to replace the corrupted Republic entrapped in civil war.
ZH by being on both sides of the divide laughs at the weakening pillars of US democracy teetering in the tempest all the while applauding the rise of populist dictatorship.
From Charybdis to Scylla we thus could fall..."but its not our fault for being the scribes of this awesome reset. We just write the day by day scenario of this imperial demise."...
Well Cicero you be... but unlike Cicero... do you applaud neo-Caesar as SAVIoUR of the US from ongoing civil war's past dystopia OR NOT?
Ave Trump the saviour or down with Trump the bigot?
I'm confused...neo-Cicero does stutter !
PS : Kudos to Anti-media.org for keeping the pressure up on the chicanery of the neo-neo-con GOP shenanigans and "confuse em" with Trumpism cabal.
https://www.rt.com/news/325473-donald-trump-time-bald-eagle/
Here is your new leader you racist fascist douche-bags.
Prog projection at its finest.
Again, when did Islam become a 'race', you true racist douchenozzle.
probably when Jews became a race.
Ahh, the fashionable xenomania of the hard left, masquerading as enlightenment.
Glad I do not own a TV.
What a disgusting fucking poster child for the idiots of America. Grow, grow, grow is all you need to know.
You might be a Trump supporter if this is you. Or maybe this is you?
"Trump's Bigotry"
Is Tyler retarded? Show me where this french word has played out in this case.
One persons truth is anothers bigotry.
Haven't seen the articles here about Obama's bigotry towards those clinging to their guns and religion, or those evil people on the 'no-fly' list he was hatin on.
Welcome to Huffpo lite.
Nationalism is not bigotry, dick.
Something tells me ol' Les will be at a loss for words during Trump's inaugural address.
This is beyond stupid.
Another false charge by the Open Borders crowd based on the naive idea that cultures and polities are fungible, which is the bigotry of the statist, who wants to introduce as much disorder into society in order to have statists declare that all associations other than the state are useless and anachronistic so that the individual stands alone, naked and afraid against the state, who will offer them protection and order from the chaos they've created.
You expect a Jew to turn down a sheckel?