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Inevitably when the conversation turns to Trump-related matters, the subject turns to sex. What’s good, what’s bad, how’s she rated, would you or not, who got who first or second, or last, or not at all. That’s Trump & his boys with their innocent locker talk. So edifying and uplifting to hear from the new… Continue reading Trump & Women: “Lysistrata” Flexes Her Modern Muscles (January 18, 2017)

Over the recent Christmas holidays, I have had the distinct pleasure of renewing my acquaintance with the novels of English writer Robert Harris** (1957-present). Some time ago I read Pompeii (2003) and Imperium*** (2006), both historical novels set in the tumultuous times of the Roman Republic. It was a bare knuckles harshly practical world, with… Continue reading Trump’s Imperium Triumph: A Literary Diverticulum* (January 17, 2017)

I finally mustered the courage yesterday to watch the full blown Trump Press Event from Wednesday for a second time, start to finish. It was the first and last formal (if that term is not an oxymoron here) of Trump’s Pre-Presidential run and hide. It did not disappoint. We all have to get used to… Continue reading Trump & The Press: “I Hate These Meeces to Pieces “(January 14, 2017)

The New Year is still wet and in diapers. Now is the traditional time for individual resolutions of good behavior for the year ahead. The Annual New Year’s Resolution Parade. There is one public health inspired promise that only Donald Trump can make. One that would benefit all of America. As the final voting figures… Continue reading Trump’s First Challenge: Presidential Bariatric* Index (January 1, 2017)

As before, the gold standard source for monitoring Presidential campaign TV ad spending remains the data provided by CMAG/Kantar Media on a weekly basis. CMAG/Kantar Media is like the Nielsen Ratings for campaign TV. A full accounting for our purposes is provided by the Associated Press (AP) wire service and found here. The data was… Continue reading Trump’s TV Ads: Final Exam Permanently Broken (November 15, 2016)

Trump’s election night performance has upended the terms of political discussion in the country, perhaps for decades to come. Certainly, it will be the central topic for the next half-decade at least. Along with much else that will be altered is the introduction of a new Protected Class of American citizens, who have been the… Continue reading Trump’s DWA: America’s Newest Protected Class of Citizens (November 12, 2016)

Trump’s Louisiana Complaint Timeline Friday, March 24th Wall Street Journal (WSJ): Donald Trump beat Sen. Ted Cruz earlier this month in Louisiana’s Republican presidential primary by 3.6 percentage points, but the Texan may wind up with as many as 10 more delegates from the state than the businessman. The Trump campaign’s first problem is in the… Continue reading Trump’s Louisiana Complaint: No Mulligan for Relief (March 30, 2016)

Republican voters held primaries in Arizona and Utah on March 22nd.* These two states make up 2/3 of what we can call the I Formation Triple Red Primary in the Mountain West. The third player is Idaho which held its Republican primary election on March 8th. History & Origin of the I Formation Triple Red… Continue reading Trump: I Formation Triple Red Primary (March 23, 2016)

Conservative columnist David Brooks writes in the New York Times today: No, Not Trump, Not ever. The article title mirrors this blog’s central theme, even if Brooks uses a slightly more up market phrasing. Brooks is vexed. He takes himself to task. He eats some crow. He respects the voter’s intentions. He questions the choice… Continue reading Trump: Happy Gilmore Rhyme Attack (March 18, 2016)