This is fear manifest for DJT. Nothing more. Never mind the vile chicanery he will employ post-election whatever the result, he is now laying the groundwork for the savagely desperate embarrassment he may face after the reality of the election, so he is trying to get out in front of it now. Like a boisterous playground child, he spouts t…
This is fear manifest for DJT. Nothing more. Never mind the vile chicanery he will employ post-election whatever the result, he is now laying the groundwork for the savagely desperate embarrassment he may face after the reality of the election, so he is trying to get out in front of it now. Like a boisterous playground child, he spouts threats and bluster, but nothing has even happened yet. He truly is in the wrong game though. Think about it: controlling others in one's business empire your entire life is one thing, but having the public control his fate via election is beyond his psychological capacity. One wonders why he ever ran in the first place. He was in over his head in 2016 and the same applies now.
I did have a sobering thought though. If he's as insane as we all know he is, who really IS behind him that he just might win? We really need one of the streaming services to run a bunch of those old films about political chicanery like The Manchurian Candidate, Dr. Strangelove, All the King's Men, The Best Man . . . with a great commentator fronting them with context comments and maybe a panel after the movie viewing to hammer the similarities home.
We should make a list and commit to watching and sharing.... I think I'll save Strangelove to the end. All the King's Men . . . I haven't watched the Sean Penn version, I'm more familiar with the older one. We'd better steer clear of some of those Spencer Tracy movies where he's the lone wolf fighting against the political machine, like in State of the Union. Trump would probably say HE's the Tracy character. Born Yesterday is a great comedy for those days where the news is just too awful. Or maybe watch IT instead of the debate, especially the original with the great Judy Holliday. Too bad Melania's probably never seen it, she could have cut Trump off at the knees if she'd emulated THAT character.
There's also the Madame Secretary TV series. That's tempting. I watched every single episode when it was on prime time. Never watched The West Wing--did you?
Madame Secretary? It was so good. Very unreal because she is just so ethical and perfect but at the same time it was so warming to watch after Trump won in 2016
I don't have Netflix, cancelled it on principle because of some of their series (long story.) I just looked it up on Paramount because, as a CBS show, I thought it would on there. It isn't, a testament to how streaming giants get you by the throat. So instead I now am suggesting we watch Frost/Nixon and do a comparison of that kind of journalism vs what we'll see (or hear of) tonight ;)
This is fear manifest for DJT. Nothing more. Never mind the vile chicanery he will employ post-election whatever the result, he is now laying the groundwork for the savagely desperate embarrassment he may face after the reality of the election, so he is trying to get out in front of it now. Like a boisterous playground child, he spouts threats and bluster, but nothing has even happened yet. He truly is in the wrong game though. Think about it: controlling others in one's business empire your entire life is one thing, but having the public control his fate via election is beyond his psychological capacity. One wonders why he ever ran in the first place. He was in over his head in 2016 and the same applies now.
I did have a sobering thought though. If he's as insane as we all know he is, who really IS behind him that he just might win? We really need one of the streaming services to run a bunch of those old films about political chicanery like The Manchurian Candidate, Dr. Strangelove, All the King's Men, The Best Man . . . with a great commentator fronting them with context comments and maybe a panel after the movie viewing to hammer the similarities home.
Check out "A Face in the Crowd" with Andy Griffith as a media demagogue.
Okay, added to the list!
Add to the list - The Dead Zone (movie, not series) with Christopher Walken.
Done
Awesome idea, Valerie!
We should make a list and commit to watching and sharing.... I think I'll save Strangelove to the end. All the King's Men . . . I haven't watched the Sean Penn version, I'm more familiar with the older one. We'd better steer clear of some of those Spencer Tracy movies where he's the lone wolf fighting against the political machine, like in State of the Union. Trump would probably say HE's the Tracy character. Born Yesterday is a great comedy for those days where the news is just too awful. Or maybe watch IT instead of the debate, especially the original with the great Judy Holliday. Too bad Melania's probably never seen it, she could have cut Trump off at the knees if she'd emulated THAT character.
There's my Fall watch list! Thank you, ma'am.
There's also the Madame Secretary TV series. That's tempting. I watched every single episode when it was on prime time. Never watched The West Wing--did you?
I didn't. I'm hearing so much about this that I think I better though. Is it good?
Madame Secretary? It was so good. Very unreal because she is just so ethical and perfect but at the same time it was so warming to watch after Trump won in 2016
OK. I'll give it a try. I dropped Netflix a year or so ago because it was so disappointing but maybe it's better now.
I don't have Netflix, cancelled it on principle because of some of their series (long story.) I just looked it up on Paramount because, as a CBS show, I thought it would on there. It isn't, a testament to how streaming giants get you by the throat. So instead I now am suggesting we watch Frost/Nixon and do a comparison of that kind of journalism vs what we'll see (or hear of) tonight ;)
You're on.