tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post1244756999219587859..comments2024-03-29T09:51:06.888-05:00Comments on Every goddamn day: 03/29/24: 'Plump Trump, chump!'Neil Steinberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-61630419182428210332017-02-27T08:24:36.645-06:002017-02-27T08:24:36.645-06:00The end of the Oscars was certainly a fiasco on Su...The end of the Oscars was certainly a fiasco on Sunday.<br /><br />And while Giancreco is a goofus, he has a point about Trump, but still should have known better.Privatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10757585399827295128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-10614412220166691842016-02-26T18:25:00.712-06:002016-02-26T18:25:00.712-06:00Trump plays the media, not the other way around. H...Trump plays the media, not the other way around. He's more than adept at using the Cable 24/7, reality TV format many viewers have watched and perceived as "real" the past decade or so. What amuses me is how the Republican Party has been seduced into doing the same. It works, except when it doesn't. Your column is spot on. Trump isn't a new force; he's the product of years of the Republican pandering machine. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04541828632284556589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-28983985992498971912016-02-26T17:12:49.484-06:002016-02-26T17:12:49.484-06:00That's right. I completely forgot about him a...That's right. I completely forgot about him and his crusade against clerical sinecures. "Godlike" I think Trollope characterized him. Might have been a little exaggeration on his part, as I think his description of Tower's powers goes on for pages and pages.<br /><br />johntatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10088632798195131329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-35552285413564130352016-02-26T16:31:38.900-06:002016-02-26T16:31:38.900-06:00Yes. And Tom Towers of "The Jupiter." Tr...Yes. And Tom Towers of "The Jupiter." Trollope would have had a field day with the likes of Fox News.<br /><br />TETomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09641357239788323783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-29521413007441859132016-02-26T16:23:26.104-06:002016-02-26T16:23:26.104-06:00"Newsworthy. Interesting or important enough ..."Newsworthy. Interesting or important enough to report as news." Merriam=Webster.<br /><br />An unresolvable problem is that attempts to give all sides fair hearings can create an impression that all are equally valid, a tendency exploited, for instance, by such as the tobacco industry and the tribe of climate change deniers. Also, one gets the impression that the press might instinctively puff the chances of potential political also ran's simply because a horserace is more newsworthy than a canter in the park. It was the credo of Lord Cooper, the press baron in Evelyn Waugh's great evisceration of the press, "Scoop:" "The 'Daily Beast' stands for strong, mutually antagonistic governments everywhere." <br /><br />Tom Evans Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09641357239788323783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-27329316194025910682016-02-26T10:26:43.238-06:002016-02-26T10:26:43.238-06:00I was hoping for a reference to Quintus Slide of t...I was hoping for a reference to Quintus Slide of the People's Banner, but I guess it might have undermined your point a bit.<br /><br />johntatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10088632798195131329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-12608248431530314562016-02-26T09:31:56.188-06:002016-02-26T09:31:56.188-06:00Trumpocalypse.Trumpocalypse.Genehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05805289693205180574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-31342401729645279402016-02-26T09:14:41.332-06:002016-02-26T09:14:41.332-06:00What can you say about the Trump apocalypse that h...What can you say about the Trump apocalypse that hasn't been said already? Shame on his ignorant supporters and double shame on the media for making it so easy for him. Nice photo though! That newstand on the corner of Chicago and Main in Evanston has pretty much been open for business since the first half of the twentieth century.Baruchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10568908951400103413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-2623331896690354822016-02-26T09:08:36.718-06:002016-02-26T09:08:36.718-06:00Wrong, Rubio isn't better than Cruz or Trump. ...Wrong, Rubio isn't better than Cruz or Trump. Rubio is a child who just repeats what he's been programmed to say, such as the night Christie shredded him.<br /><br />As Lindsey Graham said last night "My party has gone batshit crazy."Clark St.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09634234069783123180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-22303527765097029142016-02-26T08:58:23.988-06:002016-02-26T08:58:23.988-06:00Good column, NS.
Well at least Rubio did a job on...Good column, NS.<br /><br />Well at least Rubio did a job on Trump last night, not that I'm a big Rubio fan. He's certainly better than Cruz and Trump.<br /><br />Charen's column in the paper today is spot on Trump, though delusional as usual about Obama. And there isn't even an email at the end of her column where she can be told a thing or two. Someone mentioned her the other day.<br />Privatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10757585399827295128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-72104016848746839162016-02-26T08:28:19.263-06:002016-02-26T08:28:19.263-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.Privatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10757585399827295128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-56320661436625623922016-02-26T08:20:18.847-06:002016-02-26T08:20:18.847-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.Privatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10757585399827295128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-12177627876072903422016-02-26T07:52:35.239-06:002016-02-26T07:52:35.239-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.Privatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10757585399827295128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-84166148969796697772016-02-26T07:49:36.330-06:002016-02-26T07:49:36.330-06:00Mainstream media does sway political preferences,...Mainstream media does sway political preferences, that's why I look forward to the unbiased perspective you deliver. Most of the time soot on.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09876680869195735416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-78874944650762257242016-02-26T07:49:31.848-06:002016-02-26T07:49:31.848-06:00Mainstream media does sway political preferences,...Mainstream media does sway political preferences, that's why I look forward to the unbiased perspective you deliver. Most of the time soot on.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09876680869195735416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-39400227570894655632016-02-26T04:06:21.586-06:002016-02-26T04:06:21.586-06:00Unfortunanthing anythings possible Unfortunanthing anythings possible Nylarghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06832283654860630484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-39556354168099844632016-02-26T04:05:27.316-06:002016-02-26T04:05:27.316-06:00Unfortunanthing anythings possible Unfortunanthing anythings possible Nylarghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06832283654860630484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-62523486454113049052016-02-26T04:03:57.940-06:002016-02-26T04:03:57.940-06:00Unbelievable. Any thing's possible in AmericaUnbelievable. Any thing's possible in America Nylarghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06832283654860630484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-49003863408330655792016-02-26T04:03:29.836-06:002016-02-26T04:03:29.836-06:00Unbelievable. Any thing's possible in AmericaUnbelievable. Any thing's possible in America Nylarghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06832283654860630484noreply@blogger.com