A guide to political intimidation of the media, including character assassinations, mass email campaigns, lobbying of the "referees" and on and on. Yes, it's Arnold. The goal is to make the perpetrator the victim of a gotcha media, rather than as a liar or predator or lunatice. While we're on the subject of this media jujitsu, here's the mother of them all, explaining what might prevent her from jumping into the GOP race:
“It’s a matter for me of some kind of practical, pragmatic decisions that have to be made. One is, with a large family, understanding the huge amount of scrutiny and the sacrifices that have to be made on my children’s part in order to see their mama run for president. But yeah, the fire in the belly — it’s there.”
You mean the scrutiny of the intensely private Bristol of DWTS fame and now with her own reality show? The kids, brought up by this brittle narcissist, seem to have picked up their own propensity for fame-whoring, rather than, say, going to college, as a way to make a living. Or is she referring to something else she may at one point blame on the evil lamestream media? For the curious, by the way, if you haven't read this latest post from Laura Novak, it's worth your time.
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