A word that should be banished from our media's lexicon after this election* is "pivot." It's the lazy shorthand of our broken media for deception, or if you will, an "Etch-a-Sketch" moment. Neo-fascist con artist Donald "Rump" Trump is so unconvincing in his insincere pitch to African-Americans and Hispanics that he only has a press corps pushing a new "narrative" for him because 1) Horse race! and 2) Hillaryhate.
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* Along with "playbook," "running out the clock," "game changer," etc. Interesting how sports metaphors are used to describe the serious business of electing leaders.
(cartoons, from top: Mike Luckovich, Jim Morin, and Tom Toles, all via GoComics.com)
