Donald Trump has, as of Thursday, been running for president for a year. It's been ... quite a year. Literally within the first five minutes of his speech announcing his candidacy, Trump declared that illegal immigrants from Mexico were rapists and drug dealers — the sort of comment that, for another candidate, would probably be disqualifying and ended his or her campaign before it really began.
For Trump, it wasn't. In fact, one could argue that the comment made his campaign — or at least set the tone for it; the ensuing fight with Univision sparked the flood of media attention that allowed Trump to crowd his 16 opponents off the airwaves.
Over the next 365 days, Trump said so many things that would have stumbled or destroyed other candidates that we tend to forget them. Remember when he got in a fight with the pope? Trump got in a fight with the pope. Then he went on to win the Republican nomination.
We did our best to collect every comment offered by Trump that, for a normal candidate, might well have been deadly. In doing so, we developed a "how deadly this would be to normal candidates" scale, expressed in a measure we call a "Jeb." How many normal, milquetoast Republican candidates out of 10 would have been doomed by that thing Trump said? A 1-Jeb comment may have taken out an already-weak candidate, but would probably be survivable by most. A 10-Jebber? Impossible to survive — for a mere mortal.[...]
So, buckle up. Marvel at the things Trump has gotten away with that another candidate would have had to spend weeks rebutting. If you're a candidate reading this at home: We cannot recommend the "say any old thing as frequently as possible" strategy for everyone.
1. Calls Mexican immigrants rapists
2. Says John McCain isn't a hero
3. Refers to Megyn Kelly's menstruation
4. Insults Carly Fiorina's looks
5. Says voters don't care about policy issues
6. Gets his military advice from news shows
7. Suggests 9/11 was George W. Bush's fault
8. Calls Iowa voters stupid
9. Says Muslims in New Jersey celebrated 9/11
10. Mocks a disabled reporter
11. Says Muslim migration should be banned
12. Doesn't know about the nuclear triad
13. Encourages rally violence, part I
14. Repeats a vulgar insult of Ted Cruz
15. Calls the pope "disgraceful"
16. Encourages rally violence, part II
17. Threatens to unwind the First Amendment
18. Declines to disavow racists
19. Refers to a certain part of his anatomy
20. Dismisses his campaign manager's grabbing a reporter
21. Blames the Internet for an unfounded allegation he made
22. Declares that women who have illegal abortions should be punished
23. Accuses a judge of being motivated by race
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WP is seething at being barred from his events. Their bias is quite blatant. Or will they be compiling a similar list about Hillary? Not holding my breath.
ReplyDeleteI think the article simply expresses astonishment that Trump has gotten away with many things that would have destroyed the candidacy of others
ReplyDeleteSure. But we don't see such articles about Hillary, nor did we see them about Obama.
ReplyDeleteDistortions of the Leftist Washington Pest article
ReplyDelete1.. Calls Mexican immigrants rapists
- only the huge mass of uncontrolled and unvetted criminal illegal immigrants not the whole group as per WP twisting
2. Says John McCain isn't a hero
- He isn't. He is a radical Leftist and destroyed the Forrestal
3. Refers to Megyn Kelly's menstruation
- Lie. He said blood came from somewhere and didn't specify
4. Insults Carly Fiorina's looks
maybe
5. Says voters don't care about policy issues
- This is largely true
6. Gets his military advice from news shows
Leftist distortion
7. Suggests 9/11 was George W. Bush's fault
He was partially to blame by allowing the breakdown of the intelligence units and he also protected the Saudis after the fact
8. Calls Iowa voters stupid
9. Says Muslims in New Jersey celebrated 9/11
- They absolutely did and there are videos to prove it.
10. Mocks a disabled reporter
11. Says Muslim migration should be banned
Distortion. He says that it should be halted until we can determine who is dangerous and who is not. This is the only sane policy
12. Doesn't know about the nuclear triad
13. Encourages rally violence, part I
- Most of the violence has come from outside Leftist agitators which the enemy press has blamed on him
14. Repeats a vulgar insult of Ted Cruz
15. Calls the pope "disgraceful"
He was right on target for the Popes communicst policies
16. Encourages rally violence, part II
WP lie
17. Threatens to unwind the First Amendment
Where does this fabrication spring from?
18. Declines to disavow racists
Unlike Obama he calls the Muslim terrorists what they are.
19. Refers to a certain part of his anatomy
20. Dismisses his campaign manager's grabbing a reporter
That was a minor incident blown way out of proportion
21. Blames the Internet for an unfounded allegation he made
22. Declares that women who have illegal abortions should be punished
This is true. Why should the murder of a fetus go unpunished
23. Accuses a judge of being motivated by race
What's wrong with calling a spade a spade?
There is no similar list about Hilary that could be compiled. That's the whole point!
ReplyDeleteRidiculous on its face.
ReplyDeletePardon me, Rabbi Eidensohn, but although Muhammad Ali died way back on June 3rd, I see him as at much in relevance to Issues of Jewish Identity as this post (while I am not necessarily ruling this post out):
ReplyDelete1) His relationship with the Jews.
2) Otherwise, than the above, how do we relate to his personal life and I'd there for us what to learn from and if yes, what?
3) How do we relate to his grandson's Bar Mitzvah? And although his mother isn't halachically Jewish, does this indicate his softening up to Jews? How do we approach his bargaining for Arab prisoners (which I wouldn't bother referring to as Palestinians) in contrast to his pleadings on behalf of journalist Daniel Pearl's life?
4) Do we look at him as a moderate Muslim (which I truly believe to be an oxymoron)? Or sshould we keep in mind that this imam, Zaid Shakir (who has said controversial things concerning 9/11 and relative political issues and who has connections to CAIR(Committee of American Islamic Relations),which endorses Hamas and has raised money for them, at least indirectly) , presided over the funeral and that mean that he must have had some relationship with him?
So, perhaps Rabbi Eidensohn, maybe we can have a post about this??
None of the above. Say what you will about the Clintons (and I write not as a fan of either), but their political careers have been largely characterized by taking pains to keep discourse very mainstream and uncontroversial, even when that has required blatant misrepresentations.
ReplyDeleteSuch a laundry list of lone shockers as characterizes Trump here would just not be possible for a Clinton's record of public speech.
On the other hand, flip-flopping accusations have been levelled against both of them now & long before, and to the n-th degree. Such an accusation is far more demonstrable and has long received lots of press attention. So your desire to see uneven journalistic coverage here is really just not very well founded.
This all seems so obvious that I don't know why you even argue the point.
My desire is to see even coverage, not uneven. Currently, and for years now, press coverage has been heavily weighted against Republicans. This is so obvious and well-known as to be almost a truism, but you're welcome to delude yourself as you please.
ReplyDeletePerhaps I'm wrong here, but I seem to recall Benghazi, DOJ wiretapping, NSA spying, Obamacare website all getting due attention in the mainstream news. Or perhaps you have in mind something that's escaping me at the moment?
ReplyDeleteAs for Trump coverage, well, the Press practically got Trump nominated from the get-go. No shortage of coverage there. If a lot of it has been them laughing at him, well, that's really no journalists' fault; the guy is a clown, after all. Everyone must grant that. Brilliant PR player, yes, but through'n'through a clown & quite a mesmerizing bully. So can't blame any journalists for that.