What is the deal with Charles Krauthammer? Yeah, sometimes I hate him, and sometimes I love him. Well, today I’m feeling all lovey-dovey, thanks to a column by Charles pointing out that Donald Trump’s recent threat to jail Hillary Clinton once he’s president is perhaps the worst thing he’s ever said, which, of course, is…
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Is Paul Ryan Growing a Pair, or Growing a Pear?
OK, “growing a pear” does not mean anything, though, ipso facto, it does not mean “growing a pair,” and, since I am definitely not a fan of Paulie, I don’t want to start complimenting him all of a sudden. It was, after all, only a few weeks ago that Paulie was giving a glowing review…
Donald Trump probably not as bad as the Spanish flu, Conor Friedersdorf avers
As World War I was coming to an end, the Spanish1 flu epidemic killed an estimated 675,000 Americans. Would a Trump presidency produce a similar body count? asks the Atlantic’s Conor Friedersdorf. Well, probably not, Conor, but I, in turn, have a question for you. Would the United States recover as quickly, and as completely,…
Shorter Paul Ryan: “I like being Donald Trump’s bitch! I like it a lot!”
Yeah, House Speaker Paul Ryan, aka “Lyin’ Paulie Ryan”, seems to have found his true calling: ankle-grabbing for the Donald. While the reactions of most Republicans to Trump’s performance in Monday’s debate ran along the lines of “Hey, he didn’t call Obama a nigger, did he?”, Paulie’s been in full gush, reports Politico’s Rachel Bade:…
Walinsky Does Trump
Over at Politico, Adam Walinsky gives good head with the following: “I was RFK’s Speechwriter. Now I’m Voting for Donald Trump. Here’s Why.” What follows is a depressingly accurate account of Hillary Clinton’s Putin-phobia, her school-girl earnest conviction that Mr. Putin “needs to be taught a lesson.” Mrs. Clinton, with all her vaunted knowledge of…
A Wall of Shame for the Party of Shame
Wash Post columnist Robert J. Samuelson has a column up arguing that spending $25 billion for Donald Trump’s “impenetrable, physical, tall, powerful, beautiful” wall is a great idea, because building one would facilitate a grand compromise on immigration reform: “If we could buy an immigration bargain for $25 billion, or even a bit more, it…
“Disciplined” thievery gets Ryan nod
According to House Speaker Paul Ryan, Donald Trump is “more disciplined” these days. How is that, Paulie? Because he’s staying “on message” about stealing Iraqi oil? Every prominent Republican who has not announced, at the least, that s/he will not vote for Donald Trump lacks even a shred of honor. “Establishment Republicans”—which includes every surviving…
Shorter Krauthammer: Hey, it’s only six million! What is that in cattle cars?
If I were a Jew, I think I’d be uncomfortable with the figure “six million”. It sends the wrong message, don’t you think? But that’s how many “illegals” Donald Trump targeted for deportation in his latest speech, and Charles Krauthammer, who is a Jew, is totally down with it.. Back in the day, Charlie wrote…
Rich Lowry, headed for the last round up
The Donald’s “new” immigration plan is “detailed and substantive,” Rich Lowry tells us at Politico: “If we aren’t going to have a sweeping amnesty or tolerate the status quo, illegal immigrants must be subject to deportation. All of them don’t have to be rounded up, as Trump ridiculously advocated in the primaries.” No, we won’t…
Republicans say “Hurray for Hillary!” Democrats say “Hurrah for Trump!”
Yes, Republicans do. Suppose the Democrats had nominated a competent candidate—not necessarily a “dream” candidate à la Barack Obama—but one who, you know, hadn’t lied her 69-year-old ass off about pretty much everything under the sun while operating a multi-million-dollar shakedown racket cum non-profit cum political machine. Just suppose. Then the Democrats wouldn’t be beating…