A perennial favorite of presidential campaigns is the "Rose Garden Strategy." But there are others. Harry Truman adopted a "Whistlestop Strategy" in his 1948 campaign. Richard Nixon was the first to pursue a "50 State Strategy" in 1960. During the COVID pandemic, Joe Biden pioneered the "Basement Strategy."
But this year brings something truly new. Donald Trump has promised to attend all of his trials in person because of the media attention they bring. For the first time ever, a presidential candidate is running on an "I Haven't Been Convicted Yet Strategy."
Strange times.
Soon to be followed by the "I'll appeal the convictions" strategy, then the "I did it, I'm out, and I'll do it again" strategy.
The point is to make the court cases personal, so judges, juries and prosecutors will know that if they cause "too much truble" there will be violent response against them personally.
Hey, it gets the attention of ALL the media, and it's all totally FREE! It's "news" so they gotta cover it, amirite? Better yet, after a certain date, he can't be either tried, or even CHARGED with anything, regardless of what he does, because of "election interference".
Criming his way to the White House. Deplorable. Our judicial system was never built to handle this, or even sustain it. Let's hope it doesn't catch on.
"During the COVID pandemic, Joe Biden pioneered the 'Basement Strategy.'"
Once again repeated MAGA slant and slander,
A lifetime ago, my Bachelor of Science degree required me to take a non-technical elective, so I took an intro to psychology course. One thing I remember is the story of a researcher that embedded himself in a cult that believed that the earth was coming to an end on a certain date and time, except cult members would be saved because, by being at a designated location at a specific time, they'd be taken away on an alien spaceship. The not-surprising part is that the spaceship never showed up and the earth survived. The surprise was the effect on most cult members' belief in the cult, which was strengthened.
To paraphrase Upton Sinclair, it's difficult to get some people to understand something when that understanding reveals that they've been acting like an idiot.
in terms of intellectual sunk-costs incurred on his behalf, trump is a trillionaire
"Dare to be stupid!" -- Homer Simpson, or was it Weird Al Yankovich?
Real knowledge is to know the extent of one’s ignorance. – Confucius
Aka: embrace your inner idiot.
"The Courtroom Strategy"
Will it be a net positive or negative to focus eyes on the outcomes of multiple criminal and civil cases? On the courthouse steps he will sell whatever lies he wants to. But as the convictions line up, will those lies become clear and tiresome for his marginal supporters?
This following the Iowa caucuses that were just day after day of free publicity for wingnuts while the Democrats had nothing to say.
Well, the 50-state strategy is long gone thanks to the Electoral College. 100% of the money'll be spent in only those states with a whiff of "swing."
We all know he shows up for free tee vee time so he can show his ‘manly’ scowl to hide his baggy jowls.
What an incredible loser. I’m so glad I don’t have tee vee.
"I Haven't Been Convicted Yet Strategy" is the natural successor to what he said last year:
[I’m] an innocent man
I did nothing wrong, and they know it.
NO Crime has been committed
There was no Error made, No Misdemeanor, No Crime
indict an innocent man
I’M 100% INNOCENT
I DID NOTHING WRONG!
there IS NO CRIME HERE!
there is NO CRIME OF ANY KIND
there was NO CRIME, NO AFFAIR
THERE WAS NO CRIME!!!
There was no crime, period.
I did NOTHING wrong in the “Horseface” case.
It also helps that I did nothing wrong!
I did absolutely nothing wrong
I am guilty of nothing