Political Theatre category archive
Dis Coarse Discourse 0
Rob Korobkin, self proclaimed young person, is dismayed at the dismal destructiveness of the dispersal of the discourse. A snipppet:
These days, if you want folks to hear your voice, you have to be just as incendiary as the trolls.
You have to be share-worthy. . . .
Trump’s obnoxious, sure, but that’s an asset, not a liability.
Ryan’s Derp 0
Daniel Ruth lets his imagination shake free the bonds of earth.
That Which Is Yet To Be 0
Ed at Gin and Tacos thinks he knows how the Trump campaign will proceed.
Read it. (Frankly, I would not bet against him.)
Always Have a Fallback 0
Shorter Dick Polman: “Rosebud.”
A Trumped Up Reputation 0
At The Bangor Daily News, David Treadwell rounds up a list to Donald Trump’s con games. There’s nothing much new in it, but it’s quite impressive–one might even say yuge—to see it all in one place.
A Divot, Not a Pivot 2
A while ago, I unloaded on the concept of the “pivot,” which seems to be rather a fetish amongst the conventional political media.
Now Clarence Page finds himself wondering where that magickal mystickal Trumpian pivot may be. A snippet–follow the link for the complete article (emphasis added):
Quite the opposite, Trump sounded like he’s doubling down on his efforts to rouse the conservative and largely blue-collar and middle-class base that has turned out in huge numbers, as he puts it, at his rallies.
Frankly, in Trumplandia, there may be multiple divots, but there is not one pivot. Trump is temperamentally incapable of a “pivot.” A “pivot” requires discipline.
Aside:
As a news junky and someone who trained as a historian (I know that’s not parallel, but it’s my blog), I read a lot of stuff and Clarence Page’s commentary has earned my respect. Nevertheless, I find his contention that “Timing and managing your pivot as a candidate is tricky but crucial” to be laughable.
A pivot is “tricky but crucial” only if your message is a PR fabrication conceived in marketing, birthed in strategy, and schooled for maximum duplicity. If your message is correct and true, you need not pirouette away from it.
