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Not since the LBJ ad of a little girl picking flowers suddenly nuked because Goldwater was president have I seen an uglier ad. And this was clearly in the can prior to verdict on the theory that it would jibe with the "convicted felon" tag and persuade us that charges in the ad were the real basis of the conviction.

The left has the money, owns all media, and is without scruples. How much damage can this sort of thing inflict?

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  • Henry Racette@HenryRacette

    I guess the good news is that we're probably dealing with media saturation at this point: after eight years of anti-Trump vitriol, the good and the bad are likely baked into the electorate, and Trump could shoot someone on 51st Street and it wouldn't change the outcome. (Did I get that location right? I really don't remember.)

    Meanwhile, I suspect the turnout for Trump among those who had already decided to vote for him probably just got locked in: I won't be the only one eager to pull the lever for the Republican candidate this year. (Nor, apparently, am I the only one who sent in a donation to the Trump campaign immediately after the verdict was announced.)

    The progressive Democrats got their cheating in early this time. Let's see if this is the worst they can do.

  • MarciN@MarciN

    I am constantly amazed at what people on the left believe about Donald Trump. I saw a clip about a month ago in which a young woman Democrat said, "He locked babies in cages." Geesh. She was talking about the southern border protocols.

    The party platform for 2020 said that Trump had caused the deaths of thousands of people from covid.

  • Banned Member@philo

    FJB is less substantive than a skid mark in Reagan’s shorts…intellectually speaking, of course. Always has been, always will be. History will not be kind. (Since he is no longer really “with us”, I do wish Jill a very long and healthy life to suffer the well deserved mockery on his behalf. She has earned it.)

  • Randy Weivoda@RandyWeivoda
    ReplyingtoHenry Racette

    Henry Racette (View Comment):

    I guess the good news is that we’re probably dealing with media saturation at this point: after eight years of anti-Trump vitriol, the good and the bad are likely baked into the electorate, and Trump could shoot someone on 51st Street and it wouldn’t change the outcome. (Did I get that location right? I really don’t remember.)

    I thought it was 5th Avenue, but maybe I'm just thinking of the delicious, but hard-to-find candy bar.

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