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Springfield: Another Game of 4D Chess Won By Trump vs the MSM

Posted: September 15, 2024 by datechguy in Always look at the bright side of Trump, election 2024, elections, politics
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Do remember you are there to fuddle him. From the way some of you young fiends talk, anyone would suppose it was our job to teach!

C. S. Lewis The Screwtape Letters Letter #1

In the days when I was doing Computer Technical Support (which is why this blog is DaTechGuy blog and why I’m DaTechGuy online) one of the things I ran into a lot were people who focused on a particular problem while losing sight of what their actual goal was. You could fix a bug but if you aren’t addressing what the actual goal was you weren’t doing the customer much good. I always established what they were trying to do and if there was a better way of doing it suggest it as I fixed the bug so that the underlying problem, the goal, could be achieved.

Even at my current location which is as far as you can get from tech support when I was occasionally given a new person to train on a simple process like picking items ordered, I never started there. I took them to every part of the warehouse from the receiving docks where the product came in, to the receivers to processed and recorded it, to the group putting to the stations where they were being shipped to the lines where the shipped items were put in their respective bins and back to the docks. The idea was to make people understand that while the task seemed mundane it was a vital cog that worked with all the others to the ultimate goal of getting a product ordered by a customer to their door.

One of the best attributes of Donald Trump is one he shares with both Ron DeSantis who I supported in the primaries, is that the sees things in this way and the entire Springfield business is an excellent example of how this works.

The media/left reacted with glee at Trump bringing up the of pets in Springfield and spent days bashing him over it.

This put the entire countries’ focus on Springfield and while the left was decrying memes showing Trump protecting cats and dogs and stuff like this hilarious image:

The reality was that it became excellent fodder for doing two things, first showing the left for what is it to wit:

And this is classic:

All that is fun but is misses the bottom line which is that now everybody is talking about how the Biden Administration dumped tens of thousand of foreign nationals on a small town doubling it’s population with no support for the town in coping with it.

That’s a subject the left doesn’t want to discuss but it’s the cat and dog business that gave the opening to J.D. Vance when the media tried to play “Gotcha” with him on it:

Or as Ace of Spade put it after posting a NY Times story which included (emphasis Ace):

Mr. Trump’s debate remarks have themselves become a meme on the left since Tuesday, as musical remixes of his comments have ping-ponged around Instagram, TikTok and other social platforms, mocking the pet-eating claims while also prolonging their stay in the news cycle.

The attention has been unwelcome in Springfield, where tensions over immigration have flared since an 11-year-old boy was killed last year when a Haitian immigrant driving without a valid license crashed his minivan into a school bus.

Which caused him to quip

“They’re killing 11-year-old boys, not cats” is not the winning message you think it is, New York Times.

Kurt Schlichter nailed it:

And if Trump ends up going to Springfield and highlights the issue it will be spiking the ball.

Update: JD Vance again:

and again

Ohio State Troopers Sent to Town David Muir Says Nothing is Happening In

Posted: September 13, 2024 by datechguy in Uncategorized

One of the disadvantages of telling a lie in front of a huge national audience is that reality often gets into the way.

For example when you “fact check”TM Donald Trump in front of a national audience of 60 million saying nothing is going on in Springfield Ohio, it just might hurt your credibility when this happens two days later:

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine has ordered state troopers and additional funding sent to the suffering city of Springfield, Ohio, to deal with a major influx of Haitian illegal immigrants dropped off there by the Biden-Harris regime:

“I want the people of Springfield and Clark County to know that as we move forward, we will continue to do everything we can to help the community deal with this surge of migrants,” said Governor DeWine. “The federal government has not demonstrated that they have any kind of plan to deal with the issue. We will not walk away.”

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine announced new state support for the city of Springfield, which is dealing with significant stress on its healthcare and public safety systems due to the influx of thousands of Haitian migrants over the last several years.

And of course as the world has internet it doesn’t help when people can hear this:

It’s a lot like what Ace of Spades noted on the Aurora Colorado story that the MSM initially dubbed as “fake”

Meanwhile, in Aurora, CO, where Tren de Aragau gangsters are definitely not taking over apartment buildings, You Deplorable Racists, police have arrested ten Tren de Aragua gang members for taking over apartment buildings.

Aurora PD arrests 10 members of the Tren de Aragua gang in connection apartment building takeover


Aurora police arrested 10 members of the Venezuelan gang, Tren de Aragua, for alleged violence against the migrant community. City officials stress the gang has not “taken over” Aurora.

Old narrative: these gang members have not taken over any apartment buildings in Aurora

New narrative: these gang members have not taken over the city of Aurora itself

Honestly it’s like the left thinks that video and audio have not been invented.

I’ll give the last word to that noted Trump Fan Marianne Williamson:

“Continuing to dump on Trump because of the “eating cats” issue will create blowback on Nov. 5. Haitian voodoo is in fact real, and to dismiss the story out-of-hand rather than listen to the citizens of Springfield. Ohio confirms in the minds of many voters the stereotype of Democrats as smug elite jerks who think they’re too smart to listen to anyone outside their own silo.”

Or at least would have if she didn’t get so much backlash that she ran away from her point:

Her comments set off a firestorm among leftists. Williamson’s colleagues wasted no time labeling her remarks as “racist.”

In an update following the backlash, Williamson attempted to clarify her stance:

“The conversation regarding Haitians in this country has gotten out of hand. While my tweet yesterday was not meant in any way whatsoever to feed a racist narrative, we’re living at a time when nuanced conversation is difficult – particularly so on twitter, where people read a few words, don’t even read the whole tweet, and project onto it things that aren’t even there. The larger issue, however, is the safety and well being of human beings. All of us. Haitians are a good people and contribute much to this country. Given the hysteria that’s present around this issue, I’m deleting yesterday’s tweet.”

https://twitter.com/marwilliamson/status/1834230977788313677

Who were the winners and losers from Tuesday night’s Presidential Debate?

Posted: September 12, 2024 by Jon Fournier in Uncategorized
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President Trump won the debate, however, it was not a decisive victory because he was vastly outnumbered on stage.  I expected the debate to be a farce when it comes to journalistic integrity.  The moderators on ABC exceeded my expectations.  Most of the evening Trump was debating Kamala Harris and the two moderators.  Every time Trump had some momentum going he was interrupted with a bogus fact check. 

President Trump did keep his cool for the most part. He exercised a good deal of discipline and self control despite the overwhelming odds.

Kamala lost the debate.  The audience witnessed just how unpleasant a person she really is.  Her tone of voice was harsh and annoying.  Her cackle was prominent.  Unfortunately for Trump she did not let lose any of her word salads.  A week of intensive debate prep paid off big time. 

The whole notion of fair and unbiased debates took a major hit.  The debate was a three way tag team grudge match against Trump.  It was so bad that MSNBC gushed over it.

Truth was the biggest loser during the debate.  Kamala lied with impunity.  She shoveled bovine excrement the entire evening.  She lied about everything and spewed every single hoax imaginable.   21 False Claims & Hoaxes by Kamala Harris that ABC’s Debate Moderators Did Not Fact Check (breitbart.com)

Vice President Kamala Harris issued a slew of false claims and hoaxes that ABC debate moderators did not fact check during Tuesday’s debate against former President Donald Trump.

The American people also lost big time because that was the only debate Kamala agreed to do.  She is too cowardly to risk another debate, especially one where the deck is not overwhelmingly stacked in her favor.

Spiking the Debate Ball for Trump

Posted: September 12, 2024 by datechguy in Uncategorized
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There were two reasons why the MSM spun Kamala Harris as the winner of Tuesday’s debate:

The first was to try and demoralize Trump voters who might have missed the debate.

The second was to make any steal credible. This is actually why Joe Biden had to go. For people to go along with the steal of the election as they did last time, it has to be at least plausible and it simply wasn’t plausible with Joe Biden in the state he is in.

And while I saw some evidence of the former from people who did not see that debate alas that pesky reality keeps getting in the way, because a lot of people did see it:

The Nielsen figures show that 58 million people tuned in for the debate between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday, roughly 6.5 million more than who watched the debate between Biden and Trump, which likely led to the former’s decision to drop from the race. According to Axios, the viewership numbers for Tuesday may rise about 60 million “once Nielsen finishes a more comprehensive tally.”

“The highest-rated game in the NFL’s opening week averaged 29 million viewers. The debate roughly doubled that. Americans are tuned in to this election, especially now that Harris has replaced Biden atop the Democratic ticket,” noted Axios.

And those who got their first taste of Kamala didn’t move people on issues that matter to them

Debate watchers also gave Trump a 23-point advantage over Harris when it came to whom they trusted to handle immigration and a 6-point edge on handling the role of commander in chief. 

That seems to match what some of those CBS voters were saying, with one talking about Trump’s effective closing statement— if Harris was going to do things, why hasn’t she done any of them now, while she’s in office?

Remember this is AFTER watching the debate.

Then there is the Reuters stuff that I mentioned yesterday that’s worth repeating with a little more detail:

Reuters interviewed 10 people who were still unsure how they were going to vote in the Nov. 5 election before they watched the debate. Six said afterward they would now either vote for Trump or were leaning toward backing him. Three said they would now back Harris and one was still unsure how he would vote.

Harris and Trump are in a tight race and the election will likely be decided by just tens of thousands of votes in a handful of battleground states, many of whom are swing voters like the undecided voters who spoke to Reuters.

Although the sample size was small, the responses suggested Harris might need to provide more detailed policy proposals to win over voters who have yet to make up their minds.

Five said they found Harris vague during the more than 90-minute debate on how she would improve the U.S. economy and deal with the high cost of living, a top concern for voters.

The encounter was particularly important for Harris, with a weekend New York Times/Siena College opinion poll showing that more than a quarter of likely voters feel they do not know enough about her, in contrast to the well-known Trump.

The Trump converts said they trusted him more on the economy, even though all said they did not like him as a person. They said their personal financial situation had been better when he was president between 2017-2021. Some singled out his proposal to tax foreign imports, although economists say that is likely to raise prices.

And then of course there is C-SPAN not knows as a Trump Bastion:

But to me the real tell was after the debate, and Sarah Hoyt nails it brilliantly:

Last night in the PJM liveblogging, it was taken as fact that Kamala was winning because her team was already demanding another debate. This didn’t make much sense, except under “oh, she wants to rub his face on it” maybe. But even so–

It wasn’t till this morning the full stupid of this hit me.

So, Kamala managed not to Biden it on stage. Great.

And yes, she, personally, might be stupid enough not to realize how much help she had from the mods and likely from her little friend in her ear. And think it would be fun to do it again.

But Que Mala’s team isn’t Que Mala. I suspect they treat her about like Biden’s team treated him. And they’re the same people.

They know she’s not that great. And they know that in the primaries in 16 she imploded in the debates. They’ve been carefully keeping her away from any opportunities to interact with press or even the public. And please keep in mind they allowed BIDEN to mingle. So, this is their estimation of her intellect and ability.

And yet, despite a supposedly HUGE bump from the debate in the polls, a bump such as puts her out of reach…. She’s asking for another debate, and apparently pressing the point.

People! I raised children. The kid who follows the other going “I demand a rematch!” is not the winner. Ever.

Period.

You can tell she writes books for a living can’t you? As for Trump:

At the same time, regardless of what Nancy Grey Goose Pelosi says, you know Trump is not a coward. Heck, we have photo evidence of it. If Kamala really were that far ahead in the polls from the debate, Trump’s team and frankly Trump would want a rematch. Also, Trump, right? He’d be spoiling for a fight, going “I demand a rematch” even if his team were trying to hold him back. Say what you will of him, if he ran from a fight he wouldn’t have thrown his hat in the ring this year, despite everything they’ve thrown at him. Or he’d have quit after the failed assassination attempt. And his ego is big enough if he had bombed, he’d want to show how great he really was. And again, his team would really just have to get out of the way.

Instead Trump is saying “Only on Fox and with my chosen moderators.” I.e. he’s putting CONDITIONS on it.

Guys?

This is not how a loser acts.

In fact, the roles are reversed and require not just that Kamala be brutally stupid, (which I’ll buy) but that her entire team also be too stupid to remember to breathe out after breathing in. And it breaks character for Trump.

Finally there is this from the NEW YORK FRIGGEN TIMES:

But not all voters, especially those undecided few who could sway the election, were effusive about the vice president’s performance.

In interviews, these undecided voters acknowledged that Harris seemed more presidential than Trump. And they said she laid out a sweeping vision to fix some of the country’s most stubborn problems.

But they also said she did not seem much different from Biden, and they wanted change.

And most of all, what they wanted to hear — and didn’t — was the fine print.

Frank Luntz actually said with the straight face that Trump lost the election on Tuesday, I’m sure that will keep him in good standing with the media he depends on but as I said on Tuesday, reality doesn’t care.

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