The Briefing Room
General Category => Politics/Government => Topic started by: Formerly Once-Ler on January 02, 2016, 07:18:17 am
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http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/01/politics/donald-trump-skywriting-rose-bowl-parade/index.html
(CNN)Skywriters stole the show at the 127th Rose Parade in California on Friday, dashing out a message for Donald Trump just as the last float left the gate.
"America is great! Trump is disgusting," were the words dotted clearly across the sky on what appeared to be a mostly cloudless morning.
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CNN's Sara Sidner, who is on site in Southern California, counted six skywriting planes.
The Huffington Post's Ariel Edwards-Levy, tweeted she saw a link also written in the sky to a site called Anybodybuttrump.us, which uses the same language as the message as seen over the parade route.
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The scene is already causing a minor craze on social media and along the Rose Parade's 5.5-mile route.
The man who says he was behind the skywriting is Stan Pate, 57, from Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
"I've listened to this Donald Trump over the past several months, and I'm the guy that believes you ought to respect the office of President, it doesn't matter who holds it," he told CNN. "You respect the office of the most important person in the country."
Pate said he could see himself voting for Hillary Clinton but hasn't decided yet. He's more determined to stop Trump right now.
"The idea that you can hate your way to the presidency is disgusting to me," he added. "I'm tired of hearing it, he's in the way of us selecting the right person for the job. It's time somebody stood toe to toe with him. I'm encouraging people across all of America to get involved and tell Donald Trump exactly who he is and what he is."
Pate, who showed CNN a contract with the skywriting company to prove he funded the effort, was confident he got his message out far and wide.
"Skywriting is a huge billboard and its grabs people's attention," he said. "There were probably a million people in the street. You can see this thing for 15 miles."
more at link
According to Trumpbart Pate is a Rubio donor.
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/01/01/marco-rubio-campaign-donor-behind-anti-trump-sky-writing-rose-bowl/
Pate also has a website http://anybodybuttrump.us/
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It's starting to get good now.
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It's starting to get good now.
It is crunch time. The long knives are coming out.
The danger for the GOPe was that Trump might run 3rd party. That is becoming more difficult each passing day. Almost impossible at this point. http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2015/08/07/trump-independent-bid-ohio-debate/31283537/
Now it will get dirty and we will see if Trump has the fortitude to battle multiple fronts.
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This happened in California.
Doesn't matter.
No Republican will win that state in the presidential race again.
Fuhgeddaboutit..!
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This happened in California.
Doesn't matter.
No Republican will win that state in the presidential race again.
Fuhgeddaboutit..!
But the publicity it is getting is national. Not necessarily negative for Trump, though. With him, so long as he is the story, whether positive or negative, he wins.
The worst thing that could happen to Trump is for him to become irrelevant. Other than that, anything that publicizes him seems to be good.
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If this is real, that is one talented pilot.
The spacing and sizing of the letters is almost perfect, which gives me pause......
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If this is real, that is one talented pilot.
The spacing and sizing of the letters is almost perfect, which gives me pause......
It is like ink jet printer, mounted on the airplane. Computer programmed.
More wind=blows apart and distorts quickly. Calm like it was yesterday=stays put nicely for longer
This is clever use of money. Spend one time for airplane writing, aired on nation parade and game coverage, and talked about for days in the media.
Will Trump call the guy one of his choice names?