10-09-2017, 10:01 PM
(10-09-2017, 06:37 PM)Benton Wrote: Trump was flailing and needed something to get people angry about. He picked up an issue that had been a non-issue for months. And the media, his base, and his detractors took the bait instead of just saying "Why are you talking about a football player instead of balancing the budget?"
I dunno. Supposedly the media pool was advised to stay in their vehicles as the Veep's visit would be short and they would be left if they wandered off.
I didn't care about their walk off.
I do care about him using tax dollars to make a statement.
If all he cared about was getting his message out — that he disapproves of the Colts protesting Trump's comments — then he could've done it for little to no cost by picking up the phone and calling the media relations office. BAM, saved enough money to buy new textbooks for a few schools in Indiana next year.
And the leftists in the media and NFL fell for it. There is a bit of genius in his move here but I do not think for a minute he planned it out. He fell bass ackwards into this political gem .
