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Could a televised concert trump Trump's big day?

This idea will backfire on whoever tries it.

Since the founding of our country Inauguration Day has been a non-partisan celebration and affirmation of our democratic system. (Talk to someone who comes from a country where power is not transferred peacefully if you want to appreciate it).

For years performers and others took part regardless of political affiliation. I certainly have not been a fan of every President who's been elected in my lifetime, but respected the day and what it stood for.

If they choose to blow-up the tradition I predict things will go very badly for them.
 
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And thanks to alternate choices like the diginets and Netflix, Trump's inauguration is expected to be the lowest-rated ever, even lower than the 15.5 million viewers who watched George W. Bush being sworn in again in 2005.
 
The Constitution says nothing about watching or visiting, rating or not rating, so if it turns out to be like the Founding Fathers' inaugurals all will be well, so long as he is inaugurated on January 20, 2017 at noon. In other words, the flourishes and frills are not really part of the solemn swearing in of the President and Vice President.

While we are at it, I am one of the many who was simply begged to perform and declined for the sake of ratings, even though I cannot prove that anyone even asked.
 
johnnya2k6 said:
And thanks to alternate choices like the diginets and Netflix, Trump's inauguration is expected to be the lowest-rated ever, even lower than the 15.5 million viewers who watched George W. Bush being sworn in again in 2005.
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Is that 15.5M number inclusive of all the waiting rooms in the USA? You know, car dealers, dentists and doctors. :)
 
FreddyE1977 said:
This idea will backfire on whoever tries it.

Since the founding of our country Inauguration Day has been a non-partisan celebration and affirmation of our democratic system. (Talk to someone who comes from a country where power is not transferred peacefully if you want to appreciate it).

For years performers and others took part regardless of political affiliation. I certainly have not been a fan of every President who's been elected in my lifetime, but respected the day and what it stood for.

If they choose to blow-up the tradition I predict things will go very badly for them.
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I think the organizers are just trying to get $$$
 
landtuna said:
Is that 15.5M number inclusive of all the waiting rooms in the USA? You know, car dealers, dentists and doctors. :)
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Transmission replacement or Trump inauguration? Root canal or Trump inauguration? Choices, choices ...

And I can't see low ratings for this at all. I think just about everyone is interested in how Trump will present himself and what he might say. If it were anyone else being sworn in, I'd say to expect the usual optimistic platitudes, but this is no ordinary president-elect, and he has given no indication that he can stay diplomatic and optimistic for anywhere long enough to deliver a complete inaugural address. I'm a lifelong Democrat and I'll certainly be watching.
 
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I'm a lifelong Democrat and I'll certainly be watching.
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Now we have a Chief of State that rivals that of North Korea.

Trump's speeches have already been heard - from a foreigner with a funny mustache many years ago.

The only announcement I am interested in is impeachment and the sooner, the better.
 
He will be sworn in at noon on Friday, and will be much better received than some are wishing for.
 
landtuna said:
Now we have a Chief of State that rivals that of North Korea.

Trump's speeches have already been heard - from a foreigner with a funny mustache many years ago.

The only announcement I am interested in is impeachment and the sooner, the better.
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Donald Trump has been a well-known public figure for 35 years.

At no time during all those years did any of these people even once raise the concern that he might be the Second Coming of Hitler.

Guys like Hitler always tip their hand years in advance. They write a book, take over a beer hall, etc.

Indeed, these very same people who are now accusing Trump of being Hitler used to seek out dinner invitations with him and pose for pictures with the Paparazzi.

This "Trump is Hitler" talk is laughably insane. You don't have to be a supporter or even like the guy to concede that.

It's also a comparison that should not be thrown about lightly.
At least those who lost family members in WW II or in concentration camps wouldn't think so.
 
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FreddyE1977 said:
Donald Trump has been a well-known public figure for 35 years.

At no time during all those years did any of these people even once raise the concern that he might be the Second Coming of Hitler.

Guys like Hitler always tip their hand years in advance. They write a book, take over a beer hall, etc.

Indeed, these very same people who are now accusing Trump of being Hitler used to seek out dinner invitations with him and pose for pictures with the Paparazzi.

This "Trump is Hitler" talk is laughably insane. You don't have to be a supporter or even like the guy to concede that.

It's also a comparison that should not be thrown about lightly.
At least those who lost family members in WW II or in concentration camps wouldn't think so.
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Because your statements raise issues which should be addressed but this forum is not the proper place for this discussion I will PM you. Suffice to say your argument is full of holes.
 
Back to the topic, and the OP, there WILL in fact be a Make America Great Again Welcoming Celebration on Thursday January 19 in DC. This concert will feature Toby Keith and several other stars. Then there is the actual inauguration on the 20th, followed by various inaugural balls that night. All will have various celebrity performers. No word if it'll be televised outside of the normal cable news outlets.
 
According to the online list of Inaugural Parade appearances and Inaugural Performers it looks more like the All American team, meaning that was how it was planned all along and some were feeling rather dissed by not getting invited to perform or march in the Inaugural Parade, so they said that they would decline, would not accept, and to please stop the photo shop outrage and backlash.
 
http://www.multichannel.com/news/content/survey-fox-was-dominant-news-source-trump-voters/410261

Wow this was expected anyway

Fox News Channel was the main source of news for 40% of the voters who put Donald Trump into the White House, while Hillary Clinton's supporters got their news from a number of outlets, with none of those getting more than 20%. Only 3% of Clinton supporters said Fox was their main source of news.

That's according to a new Pew Research Center survey, conducted Nov. 29-Dec. 12 among a representative sample of 4,183 adults.

The next most common main news source for voters who elected Trump was CNN, which the President-elect has attacked as fake news, though that network was cited by only 8%.

The full Trump voter breakdown was FNC, 40%; CNN, 8%; Facebook, 7%; NBC, 6%; Local TV, 5%; ABC, 3%; CBS, 3%; and local radio, 3%.

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CNN was the main source of news for Clinton voters, cited by 18% of respondents. MSNBC, Facebook, local television news, NPR, ABC, The New York Times and CBS were each cited by between 5% and 9% of those respondents as their main source.

The full Clinton voter breakdown was CNN, 18%; MSNBC, 9%; Facebook, 8%; local TV news, 8%; NPR, 7%; ABC, 6%; The New York Times, 5%; CBS, 5%; NBC, 4%; local newspapers, 4%; and FNC, 3%.

Across voters for both candidates, 19% said FNC was their main source, followed by CNN at 13% and Facebook at 9%, although Facebook does not produce its own news.

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Prominent online sites that do produce news did not make much of a dent in the "main source" list.

Breitbart was named by only 1% of respondents as the main source of news, as was The Huffington Post. Buzzfeed was not named by a single member of the sample. Those sites were part of the larger news diet for some of those respondents.

The margin of error for the survey is plus or minus 2.7 percentage points, Pew said.
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