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UCmeNdc

(9,601 posts)
Sun Aug 21, 2016, 12:11 PM Aug 2016

Kellyanne Conway is “telling Trump what he wants to hear,” a source said.

There’s a secret to newly appointed campaign manager Kellyanne Conway’s success with Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump: she knows how to play to his ego.

The notoriously thin-skinned businessman promoted Conway over fellow campaign pollster Tony Fabrizio, in part, because he didn’t like it when Fabrizio told him about his poor poll numbers and how he needed to do better, a source close to the campaign told The Huffington Post.

Conway is better at massaging the truth ― she tells him that there are hidden Trump voters lurking in swing states, the source said ― and her words.

“Kelly’s telling Trump what he wants to hear,” the source said.

“She has a whole vocabulary of diplomatic words. That’s the kind of woman he likes around, who can tell him the soft way ― encourage him, guide him but not criticize him,” said a second source close to Trump.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-campaign-manager-kellyanne-conway_us_57b75ad1e4b0b51733a372bc?section=politics


She acts subservient and plays the weak female role to boost his ego. In a way she is the exact opposite of Hillary.

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jpak

(41,760 posts)
5. As a seasoned pollster, she knows there are hidden double-secret hordes of Trump voters out there
Sun Aug 21, 2016, 12:28 PM
Aug 2016

That no mortal pollster can poll...

OnDoutside

(19,982 posts)
7. Has she damaged what career she has by jumping into the metaphorical bed, with Trump ?
Sun Aug 21, 2016, 01:19 PM
Aug 2016

There are bound to be recriminations after this campaign, will she be part of the blamed ?

There were suggestions that she is being played by Trump, and that the real back story is a new Media company with Bannon, to rival Fox.

eShirl

(18,505 posts)
9. in other words, he needs mommy to spoon feed him and coo.
Sun Aug 21, 2016, 01:32 PM
Aug 2016
"...That’s the kind of woman he likes around, who can tell him the soft way ― encourage him, guide him but not criticize him,”
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