![]() Of course, it was not always the case that every microsecond of a campaign was undertaken under klieg lights. We want our campaign-book reportage to show us something we have not seen before. Image by Sasha Arutyunova for the NY Times Seeing this guy elected president of the United States would turn your stomach too if you had been seeing what he was really like for over 500 days. She had been assigned to the Trump campaign for the duration of the seemingly endless electioneering season. Tur had more reason for gastrointestinal distress than most. In fact, a wave of nausea has been crisscrossing the nation ever since November 8, 2016, a date that will live in infamy, trapped in a seemingly endless back and forth sloshing. NBC reporter Katherine Bear “Katy” Tur was not alone in feeling that way. I’m about to throw up.I so wish she had said “I think I’m gonna barf,” but we can’t have everything. Election Day I’m about to throw up.I so wish she had said “I think I’m gonna barf,” but we can’t have everything. Prologue: Trump Victory Party New York Hilton Midtown 10:59 P.M. And the sample size is way too small to assert that a political newbie will necessarily be a bad President. So, holding prior high political office is no guarantee of getting a good President. Someone else might point to Richard Nixon. And lots of former veeps, governors, senators, etc., have been lousy Presidents. Eisenhower never held political office, nor did several other generals-turned-President. With regard to the other question, it would be elitist to say that a President must have first held another political office. As the sports saying goes, statistics are for losers. You design your strategy according to how victory is defined. The object of a presidential campaign is to get the most electoral votes. The object of football is to score the most points. Saying that Hillary won the popular vote in the 2016, and therefore should be President, is like saying the football team that gains the most yards should be declared the winner of the game, irrespective of the final score. ![]() We just don't know because both she and Trump would have campaigned differently. It is a fallacy to say that HRC would have been President if the popular vote determined the outcome. ![]() It is a fallacy to say that HRC would have been President if the popular …more If there were no electoral college, campaigns would be run very differently. Richard If there were no electoral college, campaigns would be run very differently. Tur was a foreign correspondent who came home to her most foreign story of all.įROM THE RECIPIENT OF THE 2017 Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism. It’s also the story of what it was like for Tur to be there as it happened, inside a no-rules world where reporters were spat on, demeaned, and discredited. Unbelievable is her darkly comic, fascinatingly bizarre, and often scary story of how America sent a former reality show host to the White House. ![]() Through all the long nights, wild scoops, naked chauvinism, dodgy staffers, and fevered debates, no one had a better view than Tur. The Boys on the Bus became the Girls on the Plane-but the circus remained. She was part of the first women-led politics team in the history of network news. At one point, he got a crowd so riled up against her, Secret Service agents had to walk her to her car. He tried to charm her, intimidate her, and shame her. In return, Trump repeatedly singled out Tur. She visited forty states with the candidate, made more than 3,800 live television reports, listened to endless loops of Elton John’s "Tiny Dancer"-a Trump rally playlist staple.įrom day 1 to day 500, Tur documented Trump’s inconsistencies, fact-checked his falsities, and called him out on his lies. Tur lived out of a suitcase for a year and a half, following Trump around the country, powered by packets of peanut butter and kept clean with dry shampoo. Tur lived out of a suitcase for a year and a half, following Trump around the country, powered by packets of peanut butter and kept clean with dry 7 hours, 46 minutesĬalled "disgraceful," "third-rate," and "not nice" by Donald Trump, NBC News correspondent Katy Tur reported on-and took flak from-the most captivating and volatile presidential candidate in American history. 7 hours, 46 minutes Called "disgraceful," "third-rate," and "not nice" by Donald Trump, NBC News correspondent Katy Tur reported on-and took flak from-the most captivating and volatile presidential candidate in American history.
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