Saturday August 27th – Open Thread

tomb of the unknown - memorial dayOur Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. THY WILL BE DONE, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but DELIVER US FROM EVIL.

For Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever and ever. Amen †

Florida Mason Dixon Poll: Authentic Trump 44%, Inauthentic Clinton 30% With Independent Voters…

A non-media poll by Mason Dixon of central Florida Voters (I-4 Corridor) finds Donald Trump leading overall: 46% Trump to 42% for Clinton.

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More interestingly, and many would say more importantly, Donald Trump is leading Hillary Clinton by 14 points with independent voters:  Trump 44%, Clinton 30%

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This tracks with the previous outline we shared discussing voter registration, voter intent, voter engagement, and voter analysis within Florida.  All of the previous factors, without media spin, show Donald Trump positioned to crush Hillary Clinton in Florida.

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An Alt-Right Response To Pickles Clinton and Her Russian Planetary Conspiracy Theorem…

Paul Joseph Watson presents a rather funny response to the alarmingly weird conspiratorial speech outlined yesterday by candidate Pickles:

We anticipated 2016 was going to be a really unusual campaign season, but no-one could have predicted how loony it would actually become…

Secretary Hillary Clinton, campaigning to become President of the United States, actually gave a public speech claiming that Vladimir Putin was using mind-control to manipulate nationalist inhabitants of planet earth in a grand conspiracy against her campaign.

And if you don’t believe her, YOU are the conspiracy theorist.

Think about that for a few minutes.

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Friday August 26th – Open Thread

tomb of the unknown - memorial dayOur Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. THY WILL BE DONE, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but DELIVER US FROM EVIL.

For Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever and ever. Amen †

Dr. Drew TV Show Cancelled Days After Questioning Clinton’s Health…

It was only August 17th when Dr. Drew Pinsky said Hillary Clinton may be receiving “inadequate health care that is not optimal for her condition” during an interview where Pinsky discussed the alarming history of her medical conditions. (See Video)

Today, CNN’s Headline News cancelled his show:

Dr. Drew and his team have delivered more than five years of creative shows and I want to thank them for their hard work and distinctive programming,” Jautz said. “Dr. Drew has been an authoritative voice on addiction and on many other topical issues facing America today.   ~ Ken Jautz CNN Executive

Trump’s New Hampshire Speech: “Clinton Corruption and Sabotage of Inner Cities” (transcript)…

Everyone is trying to figure out the difference between the Trump speeches and Campaign Manager Kellyanne Conway’s media presentations in discussion of them.  Many are perplexed.  However, it all appears to be part of a larger campaign strategy.

Campaign CEO Steve Bannon is in charge of the speeches, the content, the messaging and delivery therein.  Followed by Campaign Manager Kellyanne Conway in charge of how the campaign engages with the media in response to those speeches.  It’s a bad cop, good cop scenario (per se’).

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Trump/Bannon attack the establishment, then Conway sells it as a call out to the more moderate middle (hence the appearance of “pivots”). Each role-player with a unique role to play.

It’s a little bit funny because depending on your source of media, there are two simultaneous campaigns.

If you watch TV (traditional media) you get mostly the softer message, the “moderate middle” conversation.  However, if you actually watch the event rallies -and take the messaging from the direct sourcing- you get the more coarse version, the brutally honest version, the “vulgarian/anti-establishment conversation”.

It’s an entirely new era, a new paradigm in campaigning. A great example today in New Hampshire: (more…)