Trump discovers karma is a… well, it’s not nice to him.

Posted by | October 11, 2016 15:30 | Filed under: Media/Show Business Politics

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Neal Gabler on how television enabled Trump and later became his undoing:

A candidacy launched by television has now most likely come undone thanks to television, particularly one aspect of television — its macho culture.

Television has been Donald Trump’s enabler from the time he announced his campaign for the presidency. He was always the attention-deficit candidate in an attention-deficit age where television, especially cable television, required a 24/7 stream of news. Trump understood, and provided it. He was a clown in a never-ending circus. Years from now, historians will no doubt analyze the Trump phenomenon and point to white grievances at the ascendance of minorities, to globalization, to wage stagnation and economic inequality, to political dysfunction, to anger at elites and to a host of other forces as sources. But they might also want to look at an America that can’t spend a second away from its cellphones, that needs constant stimulation, that has to tweet and text lest it lose contact, and that must check Facebook 100 times a day to keep in the loop. Trump became the political loop.

And that’s just the opening of a big think piece over at Salon (via billmoyers.com) that is worth the time to read in full.


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Copyright 2016 Liberaland
By: dave-dr-gonzo

David Hirsch, a.k.a. Dave "Doctor" Gonzo*, is a renegade record producer, video producer, writer, reformed corporate shill, and still-registered lobbyist for non-one-percenter performing artists and musicians. He lives in a heavily fortified compound in one of Manhattan's less trendy neighborhoods.

* Hirsch is the third person to use the pseudonym, a not-so-veiled tribute to journalist and author Hunter S. Thompson, with the permission of his predecessors Gene Gaudette of American Politics Journal (currently webmaster and chief bottlewasher at Liberaland) and Stephen Meese at Smashmouth Politics.

12 responses to Trump discovers karma is a… well, it’s not nice to him.

  1. amersham1046 October 11th, 2016 at 15:34

    Trump thinks karma is a coffee you can get at Starbucks

  2. anothertoothpick October 11th, 2016 at 16:18

    Karma never nice to cult leaders.

    Now excuse me, I have an appointment with hale-bop.

    https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/e433adb26922bd5c3c6587fdc940eef220a3e7238876b8bc8d2e05a1ec5ce260.jpg

  3. granpa.usthai October 11th, 2016 at 17:45

    off subject, but why aren’t there any bumper stickers that say:

    WORK HARDER AND PAY MORE TAXES
    freeloading billionaires like trump are
    depending on you!

    ?

  4. William October 11th, 2016 at 18:22

    “A candidacy launched by television has now most likely come undone thanks to television, particularly one aspect of television — its macho culture”.
    He should return to the printed word, only this time don’t use a ghost writer. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/83ef09aef4cd94e1e13d67527679b170c0fd9d5c002d08847a40188dc708b82f.jpg

  5. Foundryman October 11th, 2016 at 21:34

    People who admit to sexual assault should be on a no fly list. I’m wondering if foreign countries will admit him after this, win or lose.

    • The Original Just Me October 11th, 2016 at 23:15

      I imagine the Airline Hostess will spill his drink on Him when He Grabs Her P***y.

  6. whatthe46 October 11th, 2016 at 22:36

    tRump tells his supporters that don’t forget to vote on Nov. 28th. lets pray they don’t fact check the idiot.

    • The Original Just Me October 11th, 2016 at 23:13

      Well there He goes. Mixing up voting Day and My Birthday. I suppose I’ll get a Ballet in the mail this year instead of a Birthday Card.

  7. whatthe46 October 11th, 2016 at 22:53

    http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/10/donald-trump-fortune-telling-machine-has-popped-up-in-nyc.html
    must go to this page and view the video
    https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/d7a40f9cfe6b9edd1218a8e7bc17d4881fc6ba70f6c9a7ee8cfbf0a8a781c892.jpg

    clever

    • The Original Just Me October 11th, 2016 at 23:11

      Rats, I don’t have a nickel.

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