Sometimes Trump’s Cigar Isn’t Just a CigarLawrence Meyers
Sigmund Freud’s famous quote, “Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar,” was to clarify that not everything a patient said or did was somehow symbolic of a deeper psychological issue. That’s almost never the case with politics, when almost every action is really about what’s behind the act itself.
That’s why I’m presenting this article a “Guide to the Perplexed Liberal” for all the activities they’ve been buzzing about since Donald Trump won the election.
Tweet! Tweet!Liberals are furious with President-Elect Trump’s tweets. They say it is evidence that he is an unhinged narcissist with his finger of the nuclear button – which you’ll recall, they believe nobody is overseeing anymore.
It’s certainly true that prior to Steve Bannon and Kellyanne Conway joining the campaign, President-elect Trump’s tweets were utterly undisciplined. Now, since a cigar isn’t just a cigar, they are being used in a unique and powerful way. Tweeting is a way for President-Elect Trump to speak instantly and directly to the American people.
Think about it. Prior to Twitter, responses would have been issued via a press release, statement, or direct address. Now, President-Elect Trump can just tell people to eff-off.
That’s exactly what he did, and rightly so, to Rep. Lewis. This man may have been a civil rights champion, but he’s not above criticism. So for him to go on national television and claim that President-elect Trump isn’t a legitimate president, then he is fair game. So Trump punched back, embarrassing Lewis for the Congressman’s truly disastrous job of running his district (which also tells you how stupid Democrats are, to continually put the same losers back in office for thirty years. Can you say Hank “Guam Will Tip Over” Johnson?)
It’s also the best revenge on Twitter’s private war on conservatives, which has helped torpedo any chance of it being acquired. What’s the company going to do? Ban the president?
“You’re Fake News”Oh, what a delight. Never have I been so happy to see how President-elect Trump beat down Jim Acosta of CNN, and the dishonest network itself. Neil Cavuto drives the knife in so perfectly.
Liberals are all upset that somehow this shows that President-Elect Trump is a fascist! He doesn’t want a free press! Silly people.
CNN and BuzzFeed were utterly and completely humiliated in one of the greatest come-uppances in media history after reporting a completely false story, one without any evidence, with the clear intent to smear President-elect Trump. To think that they would get away without being challenged demonstrates the elitist attitude the Left holds for its vaunted mainstream media.
President-elect Trump could have completely ignored the matter and not given it the dignity of being addressed. That’s one strategy. However, just like with Lewis, that would be a missed opportunity to lay down the law.
more at:
http://townhall.com/columnists/lawrencemeyers/2017/01/16/sometimes-trumps-cigar-isnt-just-a-cigar-n2271723
