In the last two weeks Trump has made a renewed call to “the Evangelicals” for their support as he vows to protect and support Christian rights in the United States. This is not his first rodeo with the more explicitly political among their brothers and sisters, despite the large segments of this religious group who… Continue reading Trump: Cardboard Christian (August 14, 2016)
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Trump’s Military Service Family History: A 50-Year Update (July 27, 2016)
We have added another 50 years to the Trump family military service history to extend the 100 years already chronicled earlier (June 6,2016). The saga begins with the birth of Donald Trump’s grandfather Friedrich Trump (1869-1918) in Kallstadt, Germany in 1869. It runs through four generations of men named Trump in this family through mid-2016.… Continue reading Trump’s Military Service Family History: A 50-Year Update (July 27, 2016)
Trump’s Convention Ratings Flub: No Better than 4th Place (July 24, 2016)
Trump’s 2016 Cleveland convention is over and done. He promised showbiz and ratings, and delivered a mediocre performance. Trump’s Convention Acceptance Speech (2016): The Modern Cult of Personality No surprise to anyone paying attention, before the final ratings were actually announced this past Friday, Trump was punditificating, in his own bombastic style, what a huge… Continue reading Trump’s Convention Ratings Flub: No Better than 4th Place (July 24, 2016)
Trump’s Rally Crowd Tracker: Massive Projections (June 18, 2016)
As the pre-general election campaign intensifies before the two national party conventions in July (Republicans in Cleveland July 18-21 and Democrats in Philadelphia July 25-28), Trump’s intended tactical strategies are becoming much clearer. He will ignore traditional political wisdom and advice. He does not want to focus on a traditional get out the vote ground… Continue reading Trump’s Rally Crowd Tracker: Massive Projections (June 18, 2016)
Trump and the Hackensack Challenge: GOP’s Down Ballot Sinkhole (June 11, 2016)
Trump has been engaged in a two week rant about unfair treatment imposed on him by a Federal District judge in California, who was born in Indiana, first appointed to the bench in California by Republican governor Arnold Schwarzenegger in 2007 (San Diego County Superior Court), and who happens to be of Hispanic heritage. Trump… Continue reading Trump and the Hackensack Challenge: GOP’s Down Ballot Sinkhole (June 11, 2016)
Trump: The Codex Trumpius, Perspectives from Outside (June 7, 2016)
The 2016 election primary season is essentially over, save for the shouting. No disrespect to the District of Columbia and its pending primary (D June 14), but the District will never board the Trump Train, and they have but three electoral votes to cast against him. If we are to endure the constant assault of… Continue reading Trump: The Codex Trumpius, Perspectives from Outside (June 7, 2016)
Trump’s New Metric: Lawsuits per Billion Ratio (June 1, 2016)
Trump’s hair-trigger lawsuit behavior has been much in the news this past week, It started with his intemperate and racist outburst about the San Diego based Trump University fraud case, and morphed into a more searching examination of his typical business practices for more than 30 years. Trump Art: The Lawsuit Golden Abstract (Interactive Graphic)… Continue reading Trump’s New Metric: Lawsuits per Billion Ratio (June 1, 2016)
Trump: Postcards from Republicans in the Vineyards (May 28, 2016)
A Vintage Postcard From Cleveland Graphic to Headline the Catalogue* A periodic offering of Love Notes and Dear John epistles from loyal Republican partisans, tearfully sent to Big John with the stubby little fingers (the modern day Valentino Love Legend in His Own Mind).** All senders are recognized bona fide Republican or conservative voters, writers,… Continue reading Trump: Postcards from Republicans in the Vineyards (May 28, 2016)
Trump and the 2016 Women’s Hall of Shame (May 26, 2016)
Donald Trump is now notorious for his persistent verbal abuse and degrading comments about women from stem to stern. His vulgarian tendencies have only been amplified during the past year, and he seems to have no governing sense of propriety or decency. He attacks and verbally assaults women of both parties, from all walks of… Continue reading Trump and the 2016 Women’s Hall of Shame (May 26, 2016)
Trump: Memoirs of a Man of Pleasure (AKA Johnny Miller) (May 21, 2016)
Can you say John Cleland? Or, for those out there fond of word puzzles. Johnny Miller. Two proper names. Take the first name, drop the third letter. Change the first vowel to another vowel two alphabetic positions before. Change the first consonant of the first name to the sixth letter of the alphabet. Take the… Continue reading Trump: Memoirs of a Man of Pleasure (AKA Johnny Miller) (May 21, 2016)