PHILADELPHIA — Four million more people tuned in to see Donald Trump accept the republican nomination than watched Hillary Clinton accept the democrat nomination.
[…] According to Nielsen Media Research data published Friday, an estimated 27.8 million people watched Hillary Clinton address the delegates in the Wells Fargo Center on the final night of the Democratic National Convention.
Update at bottom: *Note* my sincere apologies, I thought most people were already familiar with this story. However, it has been brought to my attention that a massive number of people had no idea about this when it took place (2012 – 2015). So additional information and context added at the bottom. /SDWhen you read this, sip slowly, dust off the way-back machine, and think about those who have surfaced visibly to support Hillary Clinton. Including “retired” U.S. General John Allen (retired in 2012), who was previously brought out of retirement to lead President Obama’s fight against ISIS in 2014.
In order to understand the scope of the relationships it takes understanding the full back story. Stay with it….
The question posed to the Tree House back in 2014 was: Why is the White House selecting a retired General John Allen, instead of a current commanding officer to lead Obama’s anti-ISIS efforts?
Deep breath: This White House uses personal leverage to their advantage like no other before it. Example #1: Where’s Bowe Bergdahl? Example #2: What ever happened to Ahmed Abu Khattala the captured head of the Benghazi attack ?
See… you had to think about it. This White House swamps us so much we forget to follow-up…..
There was a risk to the political optics of fighting ISIS. A terrorist enemy the White House refused to acknowledge, and previously called the “JV Team”. Consequently, the administration needed a competent “General” President Obama and Denis McDonough could control, rely upon, and quite possibly bypass the Pentagon.
So who did the White House leverage in 2014?
Yeah, General John Allen.
Open Discussion Thread for anything surrounding the DNC Philadelphia Convention. Hillary Clinton has been working toward this campaign night for 16 consecutive years:
Today is the final day for the Democrat Coronation of Hillary Clinton. Candidate Donald Trump released the following campaign message:
At Hillary Clinton’s convention this week, Democrats have been speaking about a world that doesn’t exist. A world where America has full employment, where there’s no such thing as radical Islamic terrorism, where the border is totally secured, and where thousands of innocent Americans have not suffered from rising crime in cities like Baltimore and Chicago.
In the Democrats’ fantasy world, there is no problem with Hillary Clinton maintaining an illegal, exposed server full of classified information that could have been hacked by any foreign enemy, and in which Hillary Clinton risked prison time to delete 33,000 emails that were simply about yoga and wedding planning. In this world, there is no Hillary Clinton disaster in Syria, Libya and Egypt, ISIS doesn’t merit a mention, Iran isn’t on the path to nukes, convention stages don’t need American flags, and our great men and women of law enforcement, our police, do not need to be honored. (more…)
Hillary Clinton faces a general election problem almost identical to the problem Ted Cruz faced in the 2016 republican primary: ‘the need to avoid personal exposure‘.
Any random visibility of Hillary Clinton leads to an increased acceptance that she is fundamentally inauthentic. More exposure leads to diminished support. In essence, ‘who‘ Hillary Clinton is becomes the greatest risk to her own candidacy. It’s a weird dynamic.
As a direct consequence the campaign staff, and those who are charged with retention of a false image, cannot allow Hillary Clinton to face situations where she (they) are not in full control of the optics and outcomes. Today, when faced with questions about Hillary’s lack of accessibility by the media the campaign manager laughed off any possibility:
(The Hill) […] Speaking at a luncheon hosted by The Wall Street Journal, campaign manager Robby Mook (above right) burst out laughing when asked if Clinton would hold court with members of the media before Election Day.
Day #3 and the DNC is working overtime to control the optics of a divided Democrat National Convention in Philadelphia. The latest efforts are some of the most ridiculous.
In an effort to keep the Bernie Sanders contingent in the dark, the convention handlers turn out the lights on a large portion of the attending delegation:
Team Bernie fights back by using their own cell phones to declare their visibility: (more…)
Open Discussion Thread for anything surrounding the DNC Philadelphia Convention:
Stay with it…. enJOY !!
The Marilyn Mosby press conference today (dropping charges in Baltimore), followed the carefully scripted DNC Convention presentation of the Black Lives Matter “Mothers of The Movement” last night.
Anyone watching current events who claims these two events were not strategically timed to occur sequentially is being obtuse.
Baltimore Mayor Rawlings-Blake is the DNC Convention Chairperson by design. The timing of the press conference, by Baltimore Attorney General Marilyn Mosby, was also by design. The Democrat party is notorious for framing the narrative and the optics which fuel the media cycles.
We predicted this sequence of events.
We predicted this exact sequence of events.
A sequence which will culminate in the use of another intentionally delayed racial criminal justice event; the trial of Officer Michael Slager in South Carolina (begins, October 31st 2016 – Halloween).
On Day #1 of the DNC convention, the democrat party received a significant amount of ridicule on social media for constructing a make-shift wall around the stage. (pictured left)
The wall was made of metal barricades covered in blue cloth to disguise the barrier.
However, the optics were terrible, and the DNC is all about theater and the optics.
For Day #2 it appears the DNC modified their security wall to make it less obvious to the camera’s covering the convention, and the viewers watching: