WEEK 014 / 073 — Flowers & a Thank You Note
SEPTEMBER 17, 2015. THE SECOND DUEL IS OVER. ITS VERDICT COMES NOT FROM JUDGES, BUT FROM THE COUNTING OF EYES — MORE THAN THE HOSTING HOUSE HAS EVER DRAWN.
Just announced that in the history of @CNN, last night’s debate was its highest rated ever. Will they send me flowers & a thank you note?
“Every poll done on debate last night, from Drudge to Newsmax to Time Magazine, had me winning in a landslide. #MakeAmericaGreatAgain!”
SEPTEMBER 19. A STRANGER'S QUESTION BECOMES A TRAP. HE REFUSES THE SCRIPT THE REALM DEMANDS.
“Am I morally obligated to defend the president every time somebody says something bad or controversial about him? I don't think so!”
This is the first time in my life that I have caused controversy by NOT saying something.
“GIVE AMERICA BACK ITS DREAM! -- Donald J. Trump”
I am having a really hard time watching @FoxNews.
EVERY POLL CROWNS HIM THE DUEL'S VICTOR. BUT THE FOX HOUSE, TWICE HUMILIATED, TURNS ITS LIGHTS AGAINST HIM — AND BEGINS TO ESCALATE.
TO BE CONTINUED →
This week in the saga
The second duel passes into legend by its audience alone — the highest-rated night in the hosting house's history, and he asks only for flowers and a thank you note. Then a stranger's question at a rally becomes a trap, and he commits the strangest heresy of his campaign: controversy by silence, refusing to defend the departing king. As his banner rises — GIVE AMERICA BACK ITS DREAM — the Fox house, twice humiliated, turns its screens against him.
Readers' Corner
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