Earlier this summer a person in the broadcasting business (ahem) pointed out that while Trump has been readily accessible to many broadcasters for interviews and comments (and thus good for news ratings), his freakish candidacy has not made any meaningful advertising buys.

Ouroboro.

What a sickness we have, that we think that mainstream media has the duty.

On the night of Obama's election to office, Peter Jennings actually had the gall to ask, "What do we really know of this man?" on national television. Of course they'd carried his water through the whole thing, embodying white guilt to put yet another schmo through the pipeline to office.

They're selling Kleenex, being no less self-centered than any fat American grilling on Memorial Day while mouthing a platitude about supporting the troops.

More anti-Constitutional? How can you get there from where we are, ignoring actual Federal laws when inconvenient to power?

1. If you like your medical plan/doctor you can keep them.

2. Rescue personnel changing uniforms multiple times (2 hours) because of concern about insulting Libya.

3. The Clinton Foundation. Period.

4. Not reviewing refugee/visa applicant's social media because it MIGHT be considered political incorrect (their words not mine). (Hope that's a comfort to the San Bernadino victims. We were politically correct.)

5. No one goes to jail for IRS overreach or VA purposely screwing over vets to look good on paper. (Hell they'll die some day so it's all good, I still get my bonus/raise, and it's really hard to fire me anyway.)

6. Purposely putting coal mines out of business w/o putting in place help for the miners (can't chew gum and walk at the same time or just do not care since their union vote is locked in).

MSM let these stories die despite having some juicy human interest stuff in them (corrupt use of power, incompetence of government officials, big government cronyism, etc.).

So I'm supposed to be worried about what Trump is SAYING versus what the government is DOING?

LOL! You go gurl. Keep coming up w/excuses to vote Clinton. It's not like she intentionally DID anything wrong, reckless, or stupid.

She's just one hell of a good speaker and she does say the RIGHT things even though she does not give any press conferences. Guess that is what is most important.

Oh yeah. Trump is the greatest threat to our way of life since Gengis Khan.

Hillary is terrible and it makes me sick to have to vote for her. But she's corruption as usual -- she'll run things like a corrupt grownup. There will be at least a good show of being constitutional.

Yes, that's what we're dealing with. Two presidential candidates that show up poorly in comparison to an oyster cracker.

If Trump is elected, he will be the most anti-constitutional President we've ever had.

*looks at Obama's record* Oh, let's give Trump a chance, shall we? it's a tough hill to climb, and I doubt he'll make it. What's the worst that could happen? he rules for 4 years like Obama?

Limbaugh asks a very good question:

Why would the Russians want to help Trump win when they could wait and blackmail President Hillary?

http://hotair.com/archives/2016/07/26/rush-why-would-the-russians-want-to-help-trump-win-when-they-could-wait-and-blackmail-president-hillary/

If you like neither candidate, you could just stay home.

I also think it's possible that media "elites" felt it beneath them to cover Trump in any serious way.

"Hillary is terrible and it makes me sick to have to vote for her. But she's corruption as usual -- she'll run things like a corrupt grownup. "

Still waiting for any evidence of this. Nothing she has said or done in the last thirty years shows any sign of good temperament or adult decision making skills.

Your dad is voting for Trump Amy. Maybe your mom too, if she values her newly discovered Second Amendment rights.

The Democratic party has entered an all out war on individual constitutional rights in this country.

The ratchet only turns one way. Especially if they maintain control of the Supreme Court. That they will continue to control the federal bureaucracy is a given.

Clinton - with all her connections, money, and resume - couldn't win a fair fight against a crusty, aging Socialist.
Trump took on whatever the Rep. establishment had to offer and mopped the floor with them.
Say what you will about Trump, at least he's got some brass.

I also think it's possible that media "elites" felt it beneath them to cover Trump in any serious way.

Oh, you're missing the point. It's right here: "We're not interested in covering that -- right now."

The media elites are looking forward to running those stories when it helps their fellow Democrats to win elections. They had every interest in advancing the cause of any Republican candidate they thought would be the easiest to defeat in a general election.

Now that the nominations are all sewn up, the undecideds are left with a quandary:

• Trump, a relatively unknown quantity for whom everything is negotiable;

• Clinton, a known quantity for whom pandering, lying, and dodging come as naturally as breathing;
• Johnson, who agrees with TEH BERN 73% of the time;
• Stein, a Greenie
  

The last three have a very clear path to winning: take 270 electoral college votes and it is done. Anything less than that? if no one gets to 270, then House of Representatives will vote by state delegation and Trump wins.

I'm more pissed at the constant pass the media gives the Clintons. From their shady sham charity, to using the state department to sell favors, to blaming some patsy for their incompetence in Benghazi. The list never ends. If the media had done their job, the democrats would have selected a different nominee.

Hillary is our very own Cristina Fernandez Kirchner!

You're going to find it a very tough slog. And it's your own damn fault.
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Maybe, especially last year, the Dems thought that since Republicans couldn't stand him either, they'd do the job for them?

Not to mention that I can't quite imagine what the Dems COULD have done in advance - or that it wouldn't have looked suspicious, somehow, had they gotten visibly worried.

Being a grownup usually means doing what is best for the family/country instead of yourself.

Clinton fails, has failed, and by her/their nature will fail to do this. It's not in their DNA.

MSM gave Chelsea a $600,000 PART-TIME job so do you really think they will give them a hard time? (People seem to die around the Clintons so ...)

Trump will have all eyes on him, all tongues awagging, and all ears alistening. What's he going to do? You've swallowed the kool-aid on this one.

Good job Lenona. That there is no difference between the DNC and the MSM was the point that went whooshing over your head.

Also, the right wing has put out reams on how corrupt Hillary is. The professionally self identified dems couldn't do the same? Really?

She is not an adult. Nor will she bother even attempting the veneer of Constitutionality. Obama has smoothed the path for her, there. The dems will use voter fraud to take Congress (because why not, theyve never suffered a consequence for breaking the law.) She'll put a progressive on the Court who will know damn good and well that they have to toe the line or be killed off, the media will do as theyre told, and she'll be a dictator in all but name.

My biggest worry about Clinton winning is the SCOTUS appointments. She'll put a couple more left wingers on there and bye-bye 2nd amendement.

Then they'll decide that we need to follow Europe's example and start going after "hate speech" which they'll say is constitutional because it "causes violence" or some other BS. Then they'll, of course, define what is "hate speech" and it'll be anything that doesn't toe the "progressive" line. We'll start seeing gov't used to silent any dissent. It's already happening in Europe:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/germany-springs-to-action-over-hate-speech-against-migrants/2016/01/06/6031218e-b315-11e5-8abc-d09392edc612_story.html

Note in the above that the "hate" is basically just pointing out the reality of the "refugees" and saying that they need to think again about taking in so many. There've been similar articles about similar stuff in the UK and I think Sweden.

"Hillary is terrible and it makes me sick to have to vote for her. But she's corruption as usual -- she'll run things like a corrupt grownup. There will be at least a good show of being constitutional. "

That's a lot of wishful thinking. Plus she's for increasing Muslim immigration, so she's totally got your back on that issue, right?

Not that it really matters who you vote for here in CA, the moonbeams will give it to $hillary.

That there is no difference between the DNC and the MSM was the point that went whooshing over your head.
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How did YOU fail to notice that the first line was "Dear Mainstream Media and Democrats"?

I assume it's more the Dems' job than the media's, anyway.

Still don't get it Lenona? There are plenty of context clues in there.

> How did YOU fail to notice that...

Ben, people starting to notice that you don't read stuff, despite having terribly strong opinions about it.

lenona; "I assume it's more the Dems' job than the media's, anyway."

Good point lenona. I'v wondered just how much control Clinton has had over the Dem's individuals talking to MSM.

Hard to believe no one has gone ballistic. There has been enough non-Fox news generated by safe second party ("He said ...") to kinda show impartiality.

There's just so much that's not being investigated by curious minds (most of these reporters were children in the '90's) that I have to believe that MSM's upper management is shielding the Clinton's. (They do have a remarkable ability to get away w/stuff.)

Is that the new insult Crid? I thought I was lazy and shiftless.

I must admit I am crankier than normal. The kids biowarfare division has had some surprising successes of late. But we parents will regroup! Their forces will be driven back! Victory is in sight! There are no germs coming over that hill! (said Baghdad Ben)

"By May, Trump had already received roughly $3 billion worth of free media ..."

Doesn't sound like "The Mainstream Media Ignored Trump Into Power". I'll ignore Trump for a measly $1 billion if anyone is listening.

As IRA said 'right now' was key. They wanted what they hoped was a weaker Republican opponent. But you don't have to take my word. Those smrat guyes over at Harvard put their thinking caps on.
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/harvard-study-as-trump-won-media-coverage-turned-sharply-negative/article/2596199

Unfortunately for them the MSM is fairly ideologically isolated. What they think is a huge negative doesn't always sound that way in flyover country.

"Limbaugh asks a very good question:"

I've actually been wondering what kind of game Putin is trying to play with that. Trump has said some pretty pro-Russia stuff, but I can't believe Putin would be taken in by that -- he must know that even if Trump were so inclined, if he wins, there will be a white-hot spotlight on his every action and he won't get away with playing footsie like Obama has. As near as I can tell, the possible motivations are:

(1) Firing a warning shot across Hillary's bow: "When you win, remember that I have the goods on you."

(2) Simply trying to create as much chaos as possible, hoping that by doing so, he'll create openings to insert operatives and gain effective control over the U.S. government. A classic Bolshevik tactic.

(3) He's trying to prove to the world that he's the smartest guy in the room. (But in doing so, he may have over-thought the problem...)

"I've actually been wondering what kind of game Putin is trying to play with that. Trump has said some pretty pro-Russia stuff, but I can't believe Putin would be taken in by that -- he must know that even if Trump were so inclined, if he wins, there will be a white-hot spotlight on his every action and he won't get away with playing footsie like Obama has. As near as I can tell, the possible motivations are:"

Maybe Putin is in the same boat as the rest of us. It isn't that he likes Trump so much. He just loathes Hillary.