{"version": "1.0", "type": "rich", "title": "Wait, were we just rickrolled?", "author_name": "kontextmaschine", "author_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "provider_name": "kontextmaschine", "provider_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "url": "https://kontextmaschine.com/post/147688153333/", "html": "\n\n\n

sevzem:

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bloodandhedonism:

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Wait, were we just rickrolled?

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judging from the rumors on how it was done on purpose for publicity, i wouldn\u2019t put it past trump and his team, tbh

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@kontextmaschine

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this and we have an official spinner analogizing her to Twilight Sparkle. Meme magic.

I like to keep ragging on this one point about how John Kerry chose Amanda Marcotte as his internet outreach specialist in 2004 not because the tactics of it matter anymore but to choose Amanda Marcotte, fucking 2004 Amanda Marcotte, as OUTreach specialist meant that at that late date you

1) Knew the internet was Important

so to deal with that

2) Had heard of A Young on the Internet

2004! Christ.

2008 Obama was with the curve (which was something given national campaigns were traditionally run by elder lions), honestly these guys might even be ahead of it, completely yielding TV for memes

But more than anything, to be a success a Trump presidency would have to bury its charisma in institution for successors to draw on, and they\u2019re already doing it without even having won and that\u2019s impressive. Like, quick, what was Kerry\u2019s slogan? McCain\u2019s? Romney\u2019s?

Shoulda put it on a hat

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