Trump doesn’t look a day over 69
And yet, he is. It’s Donald Trump’s 70th birthday. I wrote a previous post on the advanced ages of the candidates; you can find it here.
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Shhhh—don’t criticize Trump!
Commenter “Geoffrey Britain” raises an interesting point: To exclusively focus upon Trump’s faults is to make voting for him less likely, which at least in swing states makes Hillary’s election more likely. If Trump loses, that will be the time … Continue reading →
Trump supporters as Osgood: “well, nobody’s perfect”
Trump supporters remind me of the Osgood character in “Some Like It Hot.” You remember: Point out Trump’s manifest and myriad flaws? Trump supporters always have an answer. All the other candidates who have held public office have a political … Continue reading →
Trump University, last February
It’s not as though the Trump University fraud trial was unknown till recently. It had just gotten lost in the shuffle of so many other things. I went back to see what I had previously written about it, and I … Continue reading →
Everything you always wanted to know about Trump University…
…and were too weary to ask. Well, maybe not everything. But plenty. Please take a look. Excerpts (this was written in 2014): The supreme court of New York ruled earlier that Trump University, now renamed Trump Entrepreneur Initiative, LLC, is … Continue reading →
A couple more things about Trump and Judge Curiel
My “note” at the end of this post has engendered quite a bit of discussion about Trump’s remarks accusing Judge Gonzalo Curiel of bias. First, let me repeat a bit of what I wrote there: Trump’s “racist” comment about the … Continue reading →
Awakening from the Trump spell? Too little, too late
I noticed that a prominent Trump facilitator and a prominent Trump shill are rather unhappy with Trump’s recent comments about Judge Gonzalo Curiel. The facilitator is Joe Scarborough: After months of amiable interviews and a report that their “friendship” was … Continue reading →
Decisions, decisions
Every day there’s some new outrage from Donald Trump and/or Hillary Clinton. That’s almost a given, and it’s something we have grown used to. “Grown used to” can segue into “grown complacent about.” But I’m not complacent—nor do I think … Continue reading →
Trump vs. Hillary: the unpopularity contest
Much has been written about the fact that the 2016 election is shaping up as an unpopularity contest rather than the more ordinary popularity contest. That is, the candidate who has managed to offend a bit less is likely to … Continue reading →
Populism is the opiate of the people
This post at Red State by Brandon Morse points out something Donald Trump said recently that is both troubling and Obama-like (is that redundant?): Politicians have used you and stolen your votes. They have given you nothing. I will give … Continue reading →
All the news that’s all about Trump
This post is not about Donald Trump. It’s about coverage of Donald Trump. Remember last summer, when his candidacy was new? Pundits, bloggers, and commenters kept using the phrase “Trump sucks all the air out of the room” to express … Continue reading →
Dealing with the consequences: the road not taken
People on the right who refuse to vote for Donald Trump are commonly met with the response that they must then bear some responsibility for electing Hillary Clinton, and that as they watch her presidency unfold they will have to … Continue reading →