Breitbart Editor Declares 'WAR,' Warns Of 'Schwarzenegger 2.0' Without Bannon
Source: Talking Points Memo
By MATT SHUHAM Published AUGUST 18, 2017 3:19 PM
After declaring WAR following news of White House chief strategist Steve Bannons ouster, Breitbart News senior editor-at-large wrote that President Donald Trump risked becoming Schwarzenegger 2.0.
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Like Trump, Breitbarts Joel Pollak wrote, Schwarzenegger ran for Californias governorship as a celebrity outsider, promising to reform a corrupt, wasteful and lethargic political system, reaching across party lines.
But after struggling with intense media criticism, and after losing a key referendum on reforms to state government, Schwarzenegger gave up on his agenda, and abandoned the political base that had brought him into office, he added. He re-invented himself as a liberal, embracing policies such as Californias controversial cap-and-trade program, which had zero effect on climate change but has chased businesses, jobs, and middle-class families out of the state. Pollaks message was clear: Trump, in dismissing Bannon, had made a serious mistake.
Bannon was not just Trumps master strategist, the man who turned a failing campaign around in August 2016 and led one of the most remarkable come-from-behind victories in political history, Pollak wrote. He was also the conservative spine of the administration.
Read more: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/breitbart-editor-bannon-ouster-schwarzenegger
bearsfootball516
(6,377 posts)Could mean that Breitbart is ready to attack Trump
Could mean that Breitbart is ready to attack people in the White House that they believe are more moderate, and are preventing Trump from moving further right.
Could mean that Breitbart is ready to "softly" attack Trump, where they don't really hurt him, but say things that could influence him to move further right, which is sort of what the "Schwarzenegger 2.0" could be. It doesn't directly attack him, but it sort of threatens him to move further to the right.
calimary
(81,466 posts)"What is it good for?"
"Absolutely Nothing!"
And so forth.
caraher
(6,279 posts)defacto7
(13,485 posts)when Trump resigns. Smoke and mirrors. They're all in on it.
mrsv
(209 posts)Initech
(100,102 posts)Please please tell me some more jokes!
bearsfootball516
(6,377 posts)Without that base, Trump doesn't get into the White House. They do have some influence.
Initech
(100,102 posts)harun
(11,348 posts)PSPS
(13,614 posts)I don't think breitbart is known at all outside of online political forums. Occasionally, you will see a mainstream straight news article refer to them beyond just being bannon's past and I always wonder why they make a reference to it at all.
All of these crazy websites were begun many years ago as personal opinion blogs. This includes breitbart, drudge and countless more. Somehow, during the W Junta, you would start to see the sites' names appearing in real news pieces. The entire idea that their content warrants mention has never made sense to me. But maybe that's just the way things are now where anything posted anywhere online is noteworthy merely because ... it's there on the internet somewhere.
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)He would scream at protesters for Republican Party. Make fake videos for Republican party.
Way to many Republican events with open bars and all you can eat pulled pork, mac n cheese buffets. Breibart dropped dead outside his home-all alone. Republicans funded the website we have today because fox isn't hateful enough.
Initech
(100,102 posts)underpants
(182,877 posts)Breitbart serves as a more respectable source for fringe news stories and spin. They get picked up by Drudge which goes through a conduit to Politico (the whole purpose of Politico is to get Drudge into MSM).
The subscribers to Breitbart are his flying monkeys that are dispatched into the web. Across boards and comments. He tapped into the gaming crowd of frustrated white males.
Bannon's a smart guy but, no, they don't have much actual political power. I attribute this to self promotion to continue bilking people out of money.
Initech
(100,102 posts)I think Breitbart might be the only site on the internet that could outdo Alex Jones in terms of sheer crazy.
Dave Starsky
(5,914 posts)The rest is just kicking and screaming that their man in the White House is gone.
ffr
(22,671 posts)One has to wonder where all that hate inside them comes from. Did they not have many friends when they were young?
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)msongs
(67,441 posts)David__77
(23,503 posts)I had thought that it may be possible that Trump would seek another route to win, which would be to change his agenda entirely.
If, in fact, Trump did seek to "govern from the center," he would definitely see his popularity increase in the aggregate.
Duppers
(28,127 posts)TRump goes with his gut which doesn't contain an ounce of fairness or ability to govern "govern from the center," no matter what he previously said.
Beartracks
(12,821 posts)Bernardo de La Paz
(49,036 posts)maxrandb
(15,351 posts)Hell, if it results in America being represented by the same kind of percentage of progressive Democrats that California enjoys...and does nationally to the Retrumplican party what has happened to them in that great state, I say; BRING IT ON
Initech
(100,102 posts)I'd go for it!
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)Cold War Spook
(1,279 posts)Before running of the presidency, Trump was for women's choice. He hated abortions but said that it was a woman's choice on whether or not to have one. He was also in favor of a ban on assault rifles. He became a Republican because knew that the people who would vote for him as a Republican were not very bright.
Dave Starsky
(5,914 posts)I can't believe how people greatly overestimate how much market penetration Breitbart has in this nation.