Try as I might, I cannot for the life of me figure out this from Gauleiter Drumpf: I am getting bad marks from certain pundits because I have a small campaign staff. But small is good, flexible, save money and number one! “Save money and number one!” So his number lines begin at two? He …
Grifters Gonna Grift
The Wizard of Haws
In a country with a working press and sane electorate, this would simply be the end of the Trump candidacy: In blunt testimony revealed on Tuesday, former managers of Trump University, the for-profit school started by Donald J. Trump, portray it as an unscrupulous business that relied on high-pressure sales tactics, employed unqualified instructors, made …
Open Thread: Bill Kristol, Maintaining His Spotless Record
Just a heads up over this holiday weekend: There will be an independent candidate–an impressive one, with a strong team and a real chance. — Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) May 29, 2016 Or let's put the Kristol question this way: what General would be stupid enough to let Kristol talk him into a vanity run for …
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Trump Surrogate To Trump Supporters: You’ve Been Had
Remember how the Trump phenomenon is a referendum on the decades old bait-and-switch scam practiced by the Republican Party? You know, how every election the rubes get promised an end to abortion, teh gheys prayed-away, Obamacare repealed, the Kenyan Mooslim Usurper hounded out of town — and especially how they were going to get their …
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Trump-proofing the Republican nomination process in the future
This post is speculation. It assumes that Trump will lose and lose big in November and that the Republican establishment as defined by a variety of rules committees has the power and the will to institute changes to the Republican primary process to Trump-proof the process. The easiest way for the Republican Party to Trump-proof …
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Annals Of Grift, Chapter [n]: “Pastoral Medicine”
This story is a perfect example of a truly elegant con. On one side, the marks: suffering, credulous, and primed to both reject and crave authority. On the other, the grifters, offering valiant rebellion against the establishment, all the comfort of faith, and the knowledge that the truly dedicated marks will become repeat customers. Ladles and jellyspoons, …
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Open Thread: GOP Has-Beens for Trump
That gnashing of teeth you are hearing? Those wails? That's Bill Kristol as his pet flirts with Trump. https://t.co/LjQJ0WCs6U — Jeet Heer (@HeerJeet) March 20, 2016 From The Hill: GOP White House hopeful Donald Trump huddled with Washington, D.C., Republicans in the shadow of the Capitol on Monday, an attempt by the political newcomer to …