THE GAME OF ‘OPERATION GET TRUMP’

This past week has presented a compelling case for even presidential candidate Donald Trump to turn down his ego for a moment to acknowledge that he’s having a rough time. Aside from his dramatically sliding poll numbers against opponent Hillary Clinton that warrant a separate discussion, the mainstream media has now replaced their “His damn […]

LET’S TALK ABOUT TRUMP’S EMOTIONAL INSTABILITY

I was going to publish a post on Presidential candidate Donald Trump’s impressive campaign moat which prevents opponent Hillary Clinton from putting him away this summer, but I think it’s more important to discuss his emotional instability first. (Laughing) Before you Conservatives start groaning, let me remind you that Liberals take plenty of lumps from […]

DNC TRIES TO FOOL PUBLIC BUT TRUMP FOOLED EVERYONE

The public fell for the ol’ major party misdirection play again. And the press, along with that play-making major party, fell for another Trump card. Somehow, emphasis on the Wikileaks-produced Democratic National Committee versus Bernie Sanders email dump quickly shifted to the phantom argument about a Russian conspiracy, instead of focusing on the damning email content itself which […]

QUICK THOUGHTS ON TRUMP’S DRAFT RNC SPEECH TONIGHT

About 30 minutes ago, I had a chance to read a draft of Donald Trump’s speech he’s supposed to make tonight when he accepts the Party of No Brains’ nomination for President. If you felt comfortable with saying Melania Trump Rock and Rolled Michelle Obama’s speech earlier this week, you’ll likely think that Donald Trump […]

WELCOME TO 2016 — WHERE WOULD YOU LIKE TO COUNT THE BODIES?

It harms the spirit to think that the 2016 presidential election has distilled our collective vision to a choice between a war hawk who will assuredly leave a trail of Black and Brown limp bodies — as well as a few white Slavic ones — across four continents, and another candidate where there’s a widely-held […]

IS TRUMP WITH NO LOOT ANY LESS DANGEROUS?

Presidential hopeful Donald Trump’s reported $1.3 million campaign war chest is making political junkies’ howl with laughter. (Laughing) It’s likely that local politicians who ho’d themselves out to industry groups have about as much campaign cash! A humorous surface view of the story makes you wonder if Trump’s campaign looks like one of those Rap […]

SUNDAY SMACK: LIFE UNDER TRUMP?

By now, you’ve seen the Boston Globe’s (satire?) front page that’s supposed to predict what a Donald Trump presidency would look like in a year. [PDF.] The newpaper, which published an accompanying editorial to explain why Trump must be stopped compared the GOP front runner to a dictator: If Trump were a politician running such […]

SUNDAY SMACK: TRUMP, CRUZ & KASICH DEAL?

There’s been play talk about a grand compromise which could save the Republican Party from civil war or even implosion this summer, and I want your thoughts about it. The hypothetical deal is that the GOP allows Trump to become the Presidential nominee without any resistance from party bigwigs. In return, Trump chooses John Kasich […]

WRITER’S BLOCK: HOW WILL THE 2016 ELECTIONS BE SCRIPTED?

There’s trouble in Hollywood Washington this year. Buying into Frank Zappa’s axiom that “Politics is the entertainment division of the military industrial complex” also means reconciling the role elections — and theoretically, independent-minded voters — play in this metaphorical value chain. Therefore, extending Zappa’s logic would likely lead you to conclude that America’s two major […]

THE MYTH OF TRUMP CHANGING THE GOP

Oooh, baby — this sounds desperate. Wall Street Journal’s Gerald Seib just made an indirect appeal to the Party of No Brains supporters’ sense of ideology as a way to stop Donald Trump’s raging campaign for the party’s nomination. In his Donald Trump Nomination Would Change GOP Philosophy, Not Just Leadership piece, Seib writes about […]