On the surface—in personality and speech characteristics—Donald Trump is nothing like Barack Obama. In fact, you might say he’s the un-Obama. Obama’s most salient characteristics (at least, as his supporters and the press see him) include being smooth, intellectual, and … Continue reading →
I clearly remember when I first became truly alarmed during Obama’s 2008 campaign. Originally I didn’t know much about Obama, and slowly but surely began to notice warning signs that he might be worse than the garden-variety liberal Democratic candidate … Continue reading →
The answer, according to this piece at Politico, is only a little bit, and nowhere near the amount Trump brags about or the numbers that would matter. I’ve been pointing out something similar for months. However, much as I find … Continue reading →
This story is so bizarre I don’t know what to make of it—both the original story and the current Trump denial after supposed earlier admissions. I’m not even going to try to wade through it at the moment, but there … Continue reading →
It would take a very special person to accept the VP position under Donald Trump. First of all, the person has to be able to stomach Donald Trump. Secondly, the person should be capable of lending at least the appearance … Continue reading →
Everyone’s conferring with Trump. Paul Ryan, for example. Makes sense. They want to see what he’ll promise, what they’re willing to give, whether it’s a good idea to support him, and probably much more. But I wonder if they understand … Continue reading →
Commenter “J.J.” wonders: How do you account for this? Hillary is on record as being for closing down the coal industry. Trump is on record as saying he will put the miners back to work. Polls today in West Virginia … Continue reading →
There’s a lot of talk lately about how everyone was predicting Trump would go nowhere—except, of course, his fervent supporters, who believed almost from the start that he could win the nomination. Looking back, my recollection was that at the … Continue reading →
For those of you who say that there’s no way Donald Trump could be a worse president than Hillary Clinton, I put before you this story: Asked whether the United States needed to pay its debts in full, or whether … Continue reading →
Do you like Donald Trump’s policy papers? That’s nice, but they don’t mean much: Trump’s abrupt dismissal of his own tax plan, which he regularly cited on the campaign trail, came a day after he signaled a willingness to raise … Continue reading →
For quite a few years now I’ve been hearing the slogan “burn it down” from a lot of people on the right side of the blogosphere. So one thing I didn’t have to learn from Trump’s candidacy is that there … Continue reading →
I have a theory here. The idea is that Trump has been pushing the envelope, testing his supporters to see how far he can go. Whether he believes the lies he tells, or whether he just thinks they will and … Continue reading →