Category: Trump’s Rally Crowds

Trump’s Personal Pandemic: She Kicked Him in the Balls (October 14, 2020)

First let’s shout out loud and proud. First Lady Melania Trump has just passed the primary test. Did she put the Nation above her personal comfort zone? She is a mother and caregiver, not the plastic imitation we often get to view when managed by Trump Inc. Here is her official White House statement issued… Continue reading Trump’s Personal Pandemic: She Kicked Him in the Balls (October 14, 2020)

Trump’s Convention Week: One’s A Dud and Elmer Fudd (August 24, 2020)

Down here near the Central Gulf, Louisiana residents prepared for a possibly historic Hurricane Double Whammy to start the week of Trump’s Re-Election Convention Coronation. Two serious storms to hit our midsection with 48 hours of each other. Never before in my lifetime. In this Age of Pandemic, folks have seemed to take this threat… Continue reading Trump’s Convention Week: One’s A Dud and Elmer Fudd (August 24, 2020)

Trump’s Conduct: The Ducker-In-Chief is At It Again (May 4, 2017)

One of the stellar stories of the last 100 or so days has been the near complete absence from the public scene of our erstwhile American First Lady. We already knew she had no taste for the political life, since she said so quite openly in 2015 when her husband was beginning to suffer from… Continue reading Trump’s Conduct: The Ducker-In-Chief is At It Again (May 4, 2017)

Trump’s Crowd Size Contest: Male Enhancement Challenge (January 24, 2017)

As immensely difficult personally as it was for Trump to swallow the implied jeers about his small inaugural crowd size, delivered by the Media he so despises (compared to that Kenyan Muslim guy no less), which downed his inaugural emotional high on Friday. Trump seemed to have simmered down somewhat by Monday evening. But, no.… Continue reading Trump’s Crowd Size Contest: Male Enhancement Challenge (January 24, 2017)

Trump’s TV Ads: Still Broken Trifecta (November 1, 2016) Third Iteration

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: CMAG/Kantar Media Presidential Campaign TV… Continue reading Trump’s TV Ads: Still Broken Trifecta (November 1, 2016) Third Iteration

Trump: Fibs and the Fibbing Fibbers Who Fib Them (August 31, 2016)

The Literary Inspiration for This Title The title of this post is a gentle adaptation of a 2003 best-selling satirical book by Al Franken,* who was subsequently elected to the U.S. Senate from Minnesota in 2008, and re-elected in 2014. Franken was a prominent cast member of NBC’s Saturday Night Live for almost 15 years,… Continue reading Trump: Fibs and the Fibbing Fibbers Who Fib Them (August 31, 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)