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Today's Tiedrich rant: Donald Trump's imaginary "crushing" victory, and other media atrocities
Link: https://www.jefftiedrich.com/p/donald-trumps-imaginary-crushing
going by the headlines alone, you would be forgiven for believing that Donald Trump totally fucking crushed Nikki Haley in this past Saturday’s South Carolina primary.
you had to read past the headlines to get the real story. yes, Trump did win — but he only got 59% of the vote. that 41% of the hard-core primary-voting GOP base won’t pull the lever for him is a huge problem for an incumbent candidate backed by the entire power structure of the Republican Party.
Donny has underperformed in every primary and caucus that’s been held to date — and yet, the media continues to paint a bullshit bubble of invincibility around him. Robert Reich gives us some perspective — as well as a history lesson — in his post this morning:
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got that? a number that was a “huge problem” for Poppy Bush in 1992 is smooth sailing for Trump in 2024. oh, how our media continues to fail us.
- more at link -
you had to read past the headlines to get the real story. yes, Trump did win — but he only got 59% of the vote. that 41% of the hard-core primary-voting GOP base won’t pull the lever for him is a huge problem for an incumbent candidate backed by the entire power structure of the Republican Party.
Donny has underperformed in every primary and caucus that’s been held to date — and yet, the media continues to paint a bullshit bubble of invincibility around him. Robert Reich gives us some perspective — as well as a history lesson — in his post this morning:
Quote:
In 1992, Patrick Buchanan won 40 percent of the vote in the New Hampshire primary, holding George H.W. Bush to 58 percent — almost exactly what Haley did to Trump on Saturday. The New York Times treated the outcome as a huge problem for Bush, with the headline “BUSH JARRED IN FIRST PRIMARY” followed by a story characterizing the result as “a roar of anger” toward Bush from Republican primary voters.
got that? a number that was a “huge problem” for Poppy Bush in 1992 is smooth sailing for Trump in 2024. oh, how our media continues to fail us.
There's a lot more to this rant, and it's worth a click to read the rest on Tiedrich's blog. He praises Governor Newsom for refusing to take the "Dump Biden" bait from Kristen Welker on Meet The Press. And much more!
