Thursday, June 9th, 2016
I have never been a Donald Trump supporter for President. In fact, I reluctantly voted for Marco Rubio over John Kasich in the Georgia Republican Primary because at the time, I believed that Rubio had a better chance to stop Trump.
But Like many Republicans, I have grown increasingly concerned with the news media abusing its Constitutional protections to surreptitiously promote one political party over another.
As an example:
Since Donald Trump announced his candidacy for President, the MSNBC Morning Joe program has covered him extensively. Before Mr. Trump became the Republican party’s presumptive nominee, Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski went out of their way to show the positives of “The Donald’s” foibles and antics. They praised his populist campaign genius and his ability to remain focused on the task at hand as he surgically took out his opponents one by one.
Now that Mr Trump is the Republican nominee, Joe and Mika spend much of their three hours a day, five days a week demonizing the man and the things he does. They book the gamut of anti-Trump Republican sympathizers to give credence to their attacks. Once on camera, they insist those same Republicans denounce Mr. Trump further and proclaim that he is an unAmerican racist who is completely unfit for the Presidency.
Anyone who watched the Morning Joe transformation from objective Trump analysis to unrelenting demonization could only conclude that the fix was in from the beginning.
I’m not suggestion that there was a carefully orchestrated plan or a well rehearsed script. Rather, all that was needed was a simple two step understanding between the principals to
1. Look for Trump’s positives and then be fair and balanced in their portrayal of him.
2. Once nominated, do everything possible to discredit him.
From there, the cadre of sycophant program regulars would instinctively recognize the intent of the principles without any instructions and dutifully improvise their roles in the two act play.
Want proof? All you have to do is find the time to review the Morning Joe videos from the point where Donald Trump became the Republican front runner.
The Morning Joe program is entitled to present any political view they wish? What they are not entitled to do is intentionally deceive and manipulate their voting viewers in an effort to rig an election to promote their personal agenda. That Joe Scarborough is unAmerican.
