Monday, April 29, 2019

Margaret Brennan interviews Brad Parscale

Both are fast talkers. Plus, Parscale anticipates Brennan's questions and jumps his responses without ever uttering a single, um, er, aaaah, there are no time-buying placeholder vocalizations, all answers are immediately available and shot back.

Brennan is harsh. A bit accusatory, But she's usually harsher than this. In a photograph of Pascale standing next to Trump, Pascale is about four to six inches taller. And Trump is taller than most. Compared to her usual style, I think Brennan is being a bit kittenish in Parscale's presence.

Q: Is the president changing his message to match information on his donors, or is his agenda driven by the White House?

A: You're twisting that a little bit. The president sets the policy. These policies are a range of things. 1300 Elm St. could be concerned about immigration while 1305 Elm St could be really concerned about terror policy. That doesn't mean we're changing what the president's message is to them. We're showing the part of the message that's right for them. [target messaging] The president has so many promises that he's kept, so many promises that are on the website Promiseskept.com, people can't just sit there and go through them like Tweekapedia. We take the ones that matter to them and show them based off who they are.

Pascale is smart. For all that he tells, and it is quite a lot, we must assume there is much more, and of greater importance, that he keeps close to his chest. Because why give away secrets to his opponents? His confidence is reassuring. Look closely. Slow down the playback speed and observe Brennan blinking her eyes in Morse code: e'reway ewedscray.

It's fun.

2 comments:

edutcher said...

Parscale is very smart.

At Trump's rally in Grand Rapids, he figured out a way to match up cell phone numbers with voter registrations and found a third of the people there were Demos.

It doesn't hurt to have the Demos acting like they did in '72, but, when you've got 2 guys that smart working together, it don't look good for the opposition.

AllenS said...

He sounds like a good man to have on your side.