Dan Turkel of Business Insider contemplates Nate Silver's data-driven debacle on Trump. Obviously, Nate Silver had plenty of company in believing Trump would not be the Republican nominee (Yes, my hand is raised), just as he has plenty of company in believing Trump can't beat Hillary (or Bernie!).
It's hard to scale the Trump Ascendance relative to the Leicester City Foxes, but some Black Swans are coming home to roost this year.
IF YOU ARE HAVING TROUBLE GETTING NERVOUS: My two-cent theory on Trump's success with voters disenchanted with the current governing class: "Trump" is one syllable whereas "Eff you" is two. Succinct! And yeah, this bodes poorly for Hillary.
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Posted by: Threadkiller | May 05, 2016 at 10:24 AM
Is it safe to use students' thumbprints to pay for lunch?
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20160501/news/160509939/
Posted by: Truthbetold | May 05, 2016 at 10:30 AM
Posting this comment from the end of the last thread.
Huckabee was on Fox this morning pointing out how he had worked for every single GOP candidate for president since Bush 41, even if he privately had some doubts about some of their positions. He said he sucked it up and campaigned for them enthusiastically, because that is what being part of a political party requires.
He said if they choose to stay home and simply said "We support the nominee of our party" then that's ok. But if they actively broadcast they will vote for Hillary, it's beyond the pale.
Laura Ingraham says that for two election cycles the RNC did not have Bush 43 speak. First time ever a former president wasn't invited, and it was because he was so unpopular. She thinks Trump doesn't want their endorsement, anyway.
Lots of callers taking my position (and Huckabee's) that we sucked it up and helped the last 2 tomato cans, and this is making people pretty mad.
Ingraham also did a credible imitation of Bush 43 saying "We'll show HIM, Jebbie!"
MY position is that they should do no harm. No one says they have to attend and no one expects an endorsement.
But if they throw their lot in with Hillary, they are dead to me.
Posted by: Miss Marple 2 | May 05, 2016 at 10:31 AM
The plan was to purge conservatives from the GOP and the Trump nomination will go a long way in doing so.
Posted by: Truthbetold | May 05, 2016 at 10:34 AM
Trump's nomination isn't nearly as disheartening to me as the last two tomato cans, whom I still supported as the lesser evil. The country clubbers revealing themselves is another reminder that only one third of the population supported the revolution.
Posted by: Captain Hate | May 05, 2016 at 10:41 AM
A must read--about how Margaret Sanger, US eugenist Stoddard and the NYT played their parts in the first German genocide--in Africa--and how that morphed into the European Jewish holocaust on this Holocaust Memorial Day.http://www.timesofisrael.com/in-germanys-extermination-program-for-black-africans-a-template-for-the-holocaust/
Posted by: clarice | May 05, 2016 at 10:46 AM
Captain Hate,
I was so tempted to call into Ingraham and use your term "tomato cans."
It is such an apt description!
Posted by: Miss Marple 2 | May 05, 2016 at 10:47 AM
In all seriousness, what exactly did the GOP leadership expect to happen when they had 17 candidates, and only one of them had national name recognition dating back 30 years, and only one of them was really comfortable on TV thanks to having his own show for several years?
Forget the issues, forget their records. Trump was far more comfortable communicating with "average people" and being on camera than anybody else in the race, because he was doing exactly that every week for how many years on The Apprentice?
Why that was (and remains) a mystery to the GOP is beyond me.
Posted by: James D | May 05, 2016 at 10:51 AM
I took Teddy over to visit one of my dog owning lib friends with whom I usually argue because of her sacrificing her son's optimum future on the altar of public schools. We avoided that topic and had a pleasant chat. Of course she wanted to talk Trump and I stated that he wasn't my first or second choice but thought he had a very good chance of trouncing the Cackler, with which she didn't argue. She stated that she considered 404 a major disappointment.
I've readily admitted that my data is anecdotal but the support for Rodham among libs is nonexistent.
Posted by: Captain Hate | May 05, 2016 at 10:55 AM
What I like most about Donald Trump this week is that he's a unifier.
We can see that is his personal life, his stable marriage, the many people who are proud to be his friends, people like Mike Tyson and Bill Clinton.
We can see that in his business dealings. Like the Koch brothers, he has always understood that, in a free market, most transactions will benefit both sides, so he always looks for win-win deals.
We can see that in his TV show -- "Mentor" I think it was called. As I understand it, he worked with young people, showing them how to work with others, and helping them find places where they could contribute to the organization.
We can see that in the way he has supported his church over the years. He has been even more generous than John Kerry,
Most of all we can see it in the civil way he had conducted this campaign, no cheap shots, no insults, no gutter tactics, but just an honest exploration of the issues.
And people everywhere have responded to his high-level campaign. The polls show that even people here in the US who don't plan to vote for him like and respect him. He is already something of a hero in Mexico, and is respected all through Europe.
No doubt some credit for his ability as a unifier should go to his aides, people of high character like Paul Manafort.
It is difficult to think of anyone who is more fit to unify, first the Republican party, and then the nation
Posted by: Jim Miller | May 05, 2016 at 11:03 AM
Jim Chanos vs Elon Musk.
It's not that none of Musk's current ventures would have already failed without government subsidies. They wouldn't even have been started in the first place and the admittedly bright guy would have made something someone was actually willing to pay more for than it cost.
Posted by: Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki | May 05, 2016 at 11:03 AM
clarice, I read a comment somewhere yesterday that pointed out the number of predominantly black schools named after Sanger. Like converting to Islam while blaming the joooooos for slavery.
Posted by: Captain Hate | May 05, 2016 at 11:03 AM
From my USNA friend:
For a wonderful documentary on the work of Sir Nicholas Winton, a Jew who saved hundreds of Jewish children before the outbreak of World War II by organizing the effort to provide documentation, travel, and families who would accept the fleeing children, see Nicky’s Family (link to trailer below). Sir Winton, who kept his story and his role in the rescue effort to himself for 60 years, died recently in England at the age of 106. Available on Netflix. Highly recommended.
Don’t know if Benno was a benefactor of Sir Winton’s efforts, but Winton’s foundation is still looking for many of those who were helped, but may have been unaware of how they had been helped..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQkGs6cn6Dg
Benno Gerson was from Essen, Belgium (Flanders) on the Dutch border where Mrs. JiB's mother side of the family is from. Been there many times but never heard this amazing story.
http://www.capitalgazette.com/news/naval_academy/ph-ac-cn-holocaust-remembrance-0505-20160505-story.html
Posted by: Jack is Back! | May 05, 2016 at 11:06 AM
Yes, CH--amazing disconnect.
http://freebeacon.com/issues/wall-street-whistleblower-turns-scrutiny-clinton-foundation/
Posted by: clarice | May 05, 2016 at 11:07 AM
Kudlow really was great on CNBC's show Squawk In the Street defending Trump against a guy by the name of Ed Rodgers who is supposed to be some muckety muck GOPer who was blathering about how Trump isn't respectful towards a liberal viewpoint..
Since when have progs been respectful to a conservative point of view? NEVER!
This kind of thinking is why we've lost the past two elections!
Posted by: glasater | May 05, 2016 at 11:07 AM
Good policies unite countries, as far as countries can be united, far more than pleasant personalities.
Many of Trump's announced policies are pretty good.
The question is whether he will first try and then succeed in getting them implemented.
If he does he'll be a unifier. If not he won't.
Posted by: Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki | May 05, 2016 at 11:09 AM
Jim Miller, your snark against Trump is just indicative to me that you've spent too much time in the rainy/liberal west side of our state. Inslee and his ilk have stewed your brain..sadly..
Posted by: glasater | May 05, 2016 at 11:10 AM
Ig, Doc Chanos may be a lefty himself, but he can see through bs in a financial statement. The way Elon brags about swapping cash between his ventures was certain to draw Doc's attention. I wonder what Tommy Seyer will have to say to Doc about this move, as Elon's ventures are in the pure AGW zone Tommy likes. (Doc and Tommy do get together now and then in NY for presentations to the classes of 79-81 and in New Haven where they do a tag team seminar at the School of Mangement -- at least as I recall).
Posted by: henry | May 05, 2016 at 11:11 AM
Fuck off, Miller.
Posted by: Captain Hate | May 05, 2016 at 11:13 AM
...a guy by the name of Ed Rodgers who is supposed to be some muckety muck GOPer who was blathering about how Trump isn't respectful towards a liberal viewpoint...
The GOPe gets upset when guys on their side embarrass them by not self applying the kick me sign the progs hand out.
Posted by: Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki | May 05, 2016 at 11:14 AM
--Elon's ventures are in the pure AGW zone Tommy likes--
Henry,
You mean, now, after Tomy figured out how much more lucrative government stipends are than those clunky coal mines he made his fortune in?
Posted by: Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki | May 05, 2016 at 11:17 AM
Jim Miller is entitled to his opinion as are others who accurately describe Trump in unflattering terms.
Current supporters would like to paper over reality and his truly slash and burn campaign tactics.
We are allowed to take our time and re-evaluate Trump without people shoving him down our throats.
There is such a thing as being gracious in victory
I still support the Bush family as is my right and will not do Trump any harm
Posted by: maryrose | May 05, 2016 at 11:18 AM
Huckabee got on the bandwagon and his daughter got a good job compliments of Trump
Carson now heads up his VP selection.
I report the true facts.
Posted by: maryrose | May 05, 2016 at 11:20 AM
-Ig, Doc Chanos may be a lefty himself...--
Doug Kass is another very lefty kinda guy who nevertheless doesn't let his political insanity get in the way of business math and analysis.
Posted by: Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki | May 05, 2016 at 11:21 AM
Capt:
Really😒
Posted by: maryrose | May 05, 2016 at 11:21 AM
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Posted by: Dublindave | May 05, 2016 at 11:22 AM
I'm reposting maryrose's comment from the last thread because its important
"Jim Miller is entitled to his opinion as are others who accurately describe Trump in unflattering terms.
Current supporters would like to paper over reality and his truly slash and burn campaign tactics.
We are allowed to take our time and re-evaluate Trump without people shoving him down our throats.
There is such a thing as being gracious in victory
I still support the Bush family as is my right and will not do Trump any harm"
My response to her is Trump certainly is not gracious in victory as is true of SOME of the Trump supporters here!
Posted by: Texas Liberty Gal | May 05, 2016 at 11:22 AM
--Jim Miller is entitled to his opinion as are others who accurately describe Trump in unflattering terms.--
Did someone say they weren't?
Posted by: Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki | May 05, 2016 at 11:22 AM
Jim Miller should be helping Chris Vance in his race against Maria Cantwell rather than blathering on and on against Trump..
Posted by: glasater | May 05, 2016 at 11:30 AM
Ig, See the comment right below yours!
Posted by: Texas Liberty Gal | May 05, 2016 at 11:32 AM
Looks to me like the polls got it wrong because they didn't get what voters are pissed off about and how pissed off they are. The attitudes of the Republican elitists made it worse. Like over at National Review.
Real Clear Politics links to an article with the headline, We must shame dumb Trump fans: The white working class are not victims. And won't that just put a lock on the election for Hillary! Good lord!
Now the polls are getting it wrong about Hillary because the pollsters go along with the conventional progressive wisdom: of course Hillary has no legal problems! Meanwhile a yuge number of voters disagree and are positively repelled.
I wonder if we're not seeing an immunity to the press that has gradually built up in the voting public. Hope springs eternal.
Posted by: Tom Bowler | May 05, 2016 at 11:33 AM
Yes, really, maryrose. How did you feel when he asked his ignorant question about if Catholics had to go to confession if they voted for Trump? I don't know if he's decided to adopt a Molly Ivins/Stephen Colbert persona but if he thinks he's being witty or perceptive I don't see why he shouldn't receive some contrary feedback.
Posted by: Captain Hate | May 05, 2016 at 11:34 AM
TLG
Jim Miller wouldn't be a Cruz supporter had he gotten the nomination.
Posted by: glasater | May 05, 2016 at 11:35 AM
Ex Rogers went to work for kamal adham, a kingpin of bcci, and fmr Saudi spymaster after the scandal broke.
Posted by: buccaneer morgan | May 05, 2016 at 11:36 AM
CH - Are you purposely trying to run non Trump supporters off. Is this to be a Trump supporters only thread??? Using the F word?? Really??
Posted by: Texas Liberty Gal | May 05, 2016 at 11:38 AM
Stop being dense, TLG; I've made it clear that Trump wasn't my first or second choice in the primaries but I'll support him going forward.
Posted by: Captain Hate | May 05, 2016 at 11:43 AM
I remember reading about that massacre in gravity's rainbow, the annotated edition.
Posted by: buccaneer morgan | May 05, 2016 at 11:43 AM
TLG
CH wants this to be a fact free thread.
Posted by: Truthbetold | May 05, 2016 at 11:43 AM
an aside about Clarice's 10:46 - The beliefs of the eugenics movement were a big component in the problems with the biology book at the center of the Scopes trial.
The Scopes trial is framed in the MFM (& in Inherit the Wind) as stupid Bible believers vs smart evolutionists...but people should look into the biology book they are siding with. I think most would be appalled.
http://apologetics-notes.comereason.org/2015/03/the-shocking-biology-book-that.html
http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/254429/inherit-racism-jonah-goldberg
Posted by: Janet | May 05, 2016 at 11:44 AM
It is striking isn't it janet, wasn't that the rationale behind the buck decision.
Posted by: buccaneer morgan | May 05, 2016 at 11:46 AM
There's a little debate going on right now on Squawk Alley re Chanos vs Musk.
TLG - I like Ted Cruz a lot and am very sad for him but just check out the below link to see how liberal elitists would have treated him had Cruz won the nomination:
No one should feel sorry for Ted Cruz: His humiliating defeat is exactly what he deserved
And that would have been mild compared the attacks he would have eventually received.
Posted by: glasater | May 05, 2016 at 11:47 AM
Look above at your response to Jim Miller Capt.
I find it offensive as I don't use that word.
Contrary feedback,no. Personal attack : yes.
Funny yesterday said at school the person I am grateful for is my liberal boss. At the same time she had also picked me as the person she was grateful to for helping them out this semester.I think Trump supporters are a bit nervous about him making it over the finish line
In his own words he said he doesn't need some of us.
Kind of like Dean and Kerry saying they didn't need the South to win an election
Let us try to be peaceful here and agree to disagree.
We do not need to insult or diminish others to build ourselves up.
Posted by: maryrose | May 05, 2016 at 11:48 AM
narciso - Thanks much for the info on Ed Rogers.
Posted by: glasater | May 05, 2016 at 11:48 AM
Trump won. Either he is supported or Rodham wins.
Your clean white toga will be of no use during Hilligula's reign.
I did not vote for Trump and I am not a fan, but Rodham is a sh(redacted) sandwich and a criminal.
We have choice.
Choosing not to decide is a Choice. Rodham is that choice. I'm not asking anyone to happily vote for Trump, BUT, not voting for Trump serves up a delicious Sh(redacted) sandwich to America.
bon appetit
Posted by: GUS | May 05, 2016 at 11:49 AM
Here people are free to spew vitriol at Trump and his voters, and others are free to respond in kind.
Critics of only the 2nd group have zero moral authority to preach civility.
Posted by: boris | May 05, 2016 at 11:50 AM
Look Marty is here!! Hi Marty. Should I share the news???
Posted by: Lee Cary | May 05, 2016 at 11:52 AM
Gus
If the choice was Obama or Clinton who would you choose?
Posted by: Truthbetold | May 05, 2016 at 11:54 AM
glasater is correct; I was concerned about how well Cruz would've responded to the unhinged attacks by the left. Judging from Zuckerberg, he really made them more crazy than any other candidate. No doubt he would've fired back with the facts on his side but I don't know if he has the right temperment to effectively counter the attacks.
That gets into the squishy subjective side of campaigning but I was afraid he'd get Goldwater results rather than Reagan.
Posted by: Captain Hate | May 05, 2016 at 11:54 AM
Boris
We can say what we like about Trump.
That does not mean we are saying those things about his supporters
Support him if you want.
Posted by: maryrose | May 05, 2016 at 11:55 AM
Hey Marty!!! Should I tell everyone who you are???
Posted by: Lee Cary | May 05, 2016 at 11:58 AM
"We can say what we like about Trump"
Then don't pretend to be above the fray.
You don't get to be "the umpire".
Posted by: boris | May 05, 2016 at 11:58 AM
glas, Musk is quite a character and I am a fan of his Space activities. However everything he has done (including space) since PayPal depends on govt largess and subsidy. That Chanos found problems in the way various Musk controlled / public ally traded entities blur lines with funding is not surprising. Time will tell, but Chanos has a longer record spotting financial obfuscation than Musk has with business success.
Posted by: henry | May 05, 2016 at 11:59 AM
Re Bush I-II, I'd like to think they know arriving in Cleveland with their negative baggage in tow "wouldn't be prudent" or helpful to anyone but HC. Announcing now they won't be attending lessens its "news" potential later. I wonder how many Dem conventions it was after 1980 until Jimmy Carter even made an appearance in the peanut gallery?
Posted by: DebinNC | May 05, 2016 at 12:01 PM
Gus
Is that question too tough for you?
Posted by: Truthbetold | May 05, 2016 at 12:01 PM
maryrose I said exactly what I wanted to say; brief and to the point. If you think I'm a bad person for doing so, I can live with that.
Posted by: Captain Hate | May 05, 2016 at 12:02 PM
So sad. I was doing a little research in Arlington Heights and guess what I found??
Posted by: Arlington Heights Illinois | May 05, 2016 at 12:03 PM
Henninger has a bit of the sad.
Posted by: buccaneer morgan | May 05, 2016 at 12:04 PM
Marty. One last chance.
Posted by: Lee Cary | May 05, 2016 at 12:05 PM
I'm waiting Marty. You've been warned.
Posted by: Lee Cary | May 05, 2016 at 12:07 PM
Thank, henry :-)
Guess Cramer earlier said words to a similar effect re Musk.
I play duplicate bridge with a fellow who recently bought the S model Tesla and is going to take me for a long ride..and I'll get to drive it! He says it is wicked fast!!
Plus, he'll want photographs of it also. It will be fun :-)
Posted by: glasater | May 05, 2016 at 12:07 PM
Gus
Hillary or Obama?
Posted by: Truthbetold | May 05, 2016 at 12:11 PM
I read American Thinker Marty, you and I used to write stuff. What happened to you?? I hear you're single.
Posted by: Lee Cary | May 05, 2016 at 12:15 PM
Want to know who the troll is?? Marty Watters. He's a single man now.
Posted by: Lee Cary | May 05, 2016 at 12:17 PM
The voters of Indiana who made the effort to go to the polls on Tuesday and deliver for Trump his landslide victory knew exactly the kind of man they were voting for. How could they not after having been subjected to 65,000 negative ads, along with all the words written by the pundits and spoken by the talking heads against him?
They also had to have been well aware that this was the nevertrump movement's last stand, that if they gave him a victory, he was likely going to be the party's nominee. And they knew all about his unfavorables and the polls, and they heard all the threats of what dire things would happen to the party if they went on to defy the party leaders and vote for a man the party hierarchy shunned.
They knew all the bad stuff about Trump and they didn't care. He is the very antithesis of Mitt Romney. He's a junkyard dog. They know that about him and that is the very reason why they voted for him. They also know he's a risk, but they're willing to take that risk because their backs are against the wall and they're aware even if it's only on a subconscious level that all revolutions against the ruling order, be they cold or hot, will not happen without considerable risk.
The mistake being made over and over in this election season by Trump's opponents is thinking that if they could just educate people about Trump's true nature, he would lose his support. But instead the opposite happened--the more his negatives were exposed, the more his support grew.
Because a person with his kind of negatives are what a lot of people think this country needs right now.
A junkyard dog.
Posted by: derwill | May 05, 2016 at 12:17 PM
Marty! I hope things are getting better for you. You've had a tough go of it. It seems you lost your job and...
Posted by: Lee Cary | May 05, 2016 at 12:18 PM
Gus
Stop stroking your Les Paul and answer the question.
Posted by: Truthbetold | May 05, 2016 at 12:18 PM
What happened to your wife Marty??
Posted by: TruthbeMartyWatters | May 05, 2016 at 12:19 PM
--Ig, See the comment right below yours!--
Expressing the opinion someone else would be more profitably occupied doing something else besides voicing their opinion does not in any way imply they are not entitled to their opinion or voicing it.
It just means they think it stinks and frankly, while I have always previously enjoyed Jim Miller's comments, and his blog, his recent trend toward long, sarcastic, condescending comments regarding Trump that by implication point the same criticism toward Trump supporters are getting a bit tiresome.
If Trump is as obviously and unremittingly loathsome as he describes and is clearly a proto fascist with misogynistic and racist tendencies rather than just a big mouth buffoon then JM shouldn't be surprised that those who either enthusiastically or reluctantly support the big mouth buffoon take the sarcasm and condescension a bit personally.
Posted by: Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki | May 05, 2016 at 12:21 PM
Iggy
It upsets many Trump supporters because they fear it's true.
Posted by: Truthbetold | May 05, 2016 at 12:24 PM
derwill --
What this country needs right now is not on the menu. It's either Rodham or Trump, neither of whom will make a good president. But those are our choices.
Shout about it, laugh about it, but when you've got to choose, anyway you look at it, we lose.
Posted by: Theo | May 05, 2016 at 12:24 PM
Your wife was pretty upset Marty.
Posted by: TruthbeMartyWatters | May 05, 2016 at 12:25 PM
Theo
And the sad thing is it was by design.
Posted by: Truthbetold | May 05, 2016 at 12:26 PM
Marty Watters, you ask a lot of questions, but don't seem to answer any.
1)Why were you fired.
2)Are you stalking your ex-wife too.
That should be pretty easy to answer for a MAN like you!!
Posted by: TruthbeMartyWatters | May 05, 2016 at 12:26 PM
yikes and double yikes.
I'm going OT here:
need a recommendation for a California red. a friend is moving to CA and am putting together a CA gift basket and wanted to include a bottle of red wine. Don't want to spend more than $20 range
anyone going to see Captain America: Civil War?
Posted by: rich@gmu | May 05, 2016 at 12:27 PM
Theo-Nukular-Kook-kook-achew
Posted by: boris | May 05, 2016 at 12:27 PM
Lee, that's an impressive collection of articles you have at AT.
Posted by: Captain Hate | May 05, 2016 at 12:27 PM
>>>Shout about it, laugh about it, but when you've got to choose, anyway you look at it, we lose.
Posted by: Theo | May 05, 2016 at 12:24 PM<<<
The Alien v. Predator election. Yeah!
SMOD-Cthulhu 2016 ... The Most Evil.
Posted by: rich@gmu | May 05, 2016 at 12:30 PM
Clos du Val Merlot, rich.
Posted by: lyle | May 05, 2016 at 12:30 PM
Yes, I used to write with Marty Watters, but something snapped and Marty went off the deep end.
I have more if you'd like to discuss.
Marty doesn't mind, he's circling drain right now, and doesn't know what to do.
Posted by: Lee Cary | May 05, 2016 at 12:30 PM
Re Trump being a knave and a fool, how has he managed to bamboozle Jeff Sessions, Ben Carson, and Mike Huckabee who are neither?
Posted by: DebinNC | May 05, 2016 at 12:33 PM
good grief ...
Posted by: rich@gmu | May 05, 2016 at 12:33 PM
Or John Bolton.
Posted by: lyle | May 05, 2016 at 12:33 PM
Glas, I was intrigued by the cars early on. Especially the insane acceleration possibilities. Have fun!
Posted by: henry | May 05, 2016 at 12:33 PM
Thanks lyle.
Posted by: rich@gmu | May 05, 2016 at 12:36 PM
Narcisolator help needed! I have lost my working copy. Web search has not been helpful.
Many thanks.
Posted by: asw | May 05, 2016 at 12:36 PM
Deb --
Actually, I do not think that you have a good point here. Historically speaking, Trump has FAR fewer endorsements from both elected officials and party leaders than any presumptive nominee has ever had at this stage of the campaign. The question you should be asking is why have so many Senators, Governors and Congresspeople NOT endorsed him?
Posted by: Theo | May 05, 2016 at 12:38 PM
What, you don't like my wine rec? ;)
Posted by: lyle | May 05, 2016 at 12:38 PM
The day I own a car that needs to stop and batteries recharged..
Never happen, henry :-)
Posted by: glasater | May 05, 2016 at 12:41 PM
And Newt Gingrich
Posted by: Art in Newport | May 05, 2016 at 12:41 PM
You're welcome, rich.
Maybe you should educate yourself on the difference between a feature and a bug, Theo.
Posted by: lyle | May 05, 2016 at 12:41 PM
And Rudy Giuliani.
Posted by: lyle | May 05, 2016 at 12:42 PM
How to Shop for Wine in the South of France
https://pjmedia.com/lifestyle/2012/7/19/how-to-shop-for-wine-in-the-south-of-france/
Posted by: Truthbetold | May 05, 2016 at 12:43 PM
lyle --
So your point, I gather, is that the few endorsements that Trump has gotten -- Chris Christie, et al, -- are shining testaments to his character, while the many, many, many endorsements that he has not gotten are, what? Meaningless? Or also shining testaments to his character? Not much logic there......
Posted by: Theo | May 05, 2016 at 12:44 PM
.. why have so many Senators, Governors and Congress people NOT endorsed him?..
Because they see him as an agent of change, as a threat to business as usual.
Posted by: Art in Newport | May 05, 2016 at 12:44 PM
glasater - Here's my latest post on Jay Inslee.
I don't recall ever doing a positive post on Washington state's governor. (You can check that by doing a site search, if you like.)
And I have voted against him every chance I have had.
Incidentally, Rob McKenna, Inslee's opponent in 2012, has come to opinions much like mine about Donald Trump. From everything I know about McKenna, I believe he came to them much the same way I did -- by watching how Trump behaved, nand by looking at his record.
Posted by: Jim Miller | May 05, 2016 at 12:45 PM
The question you should be asking is why have so many Senators, Governors and Congresspeople NOT endorsed him?
Trump's campaign site at least includes an "endorsements" section with entries, unlike Cruz's when I checked a day or two before the IN primary. Isn't a better question than why more politicos aren't supporting Trump is why none supported Cruz, not even his fellow R TX senator?
Posted by: DebinNC | May 05, 2016 at 12:47 PM
Art --
Fair enough, if your argument is that Trump is good because he has NOT gotten endorsements. But Deb's point (added to by others) is that Trump is good because of the handful of endorsements he has gotten.
Either endorsements are a good thing or they are a bad thing. You need to pick a side.
I suppose the comeback could be "well, SOME endorsements are a good thing and OTHERS are not." But how are we supposed to know which is which? I get the feeling that the "good" ones are the ones he has gotten and the "bad" ones are the ones that he has not gotten.
That, my friend, is a mug's game.
Posted by: Theo | May 05, 2016 at 12:48 PM
Actually, Theo, I think you're wrong. And not just wrong, but fatally wrong. The kind of man you want to see as president--decent, moderate, contemplative--wouldn't have been able to stop the train wreck that is coming. Maybe he would have slowed the train down a little, so that we hit the wall at 100 miles an hour rather than 150, but the train would still be wrecked. We can't fix what's wrong--what's destroying--western civilization with little steps, measured steps. Decent steps. We need bold, radical, scary, potentially destructive change, and we needed it yesterday.
Will Trump be able to do the things that need to be done? No one knows, but I doubt it. He probably doesn't even know himself yet just how far he's going to need to go if he's going to have any influence on avoiding the disaster that is coming, and maybe it's already too late anyway. Maybe he'll even make things worse. But right now, at this moment in time, he's the only one out there even talking about trying to stop the train wreck. Yeah, he's a risk, yeah he's got some fatal flaws, he's a liar and a cheat and a narcissist, and all those oter things his detractors say about him, but he's also bold and brash, and he fights dirty.
We don't need a hero, we need an anti-hero. We need the kind of guy who rides into town and shoots all the bad guys dead, even if he's got to do it by shooting them in the back.
Posted by: derwill | May 05, 2016 at 12:48 PM
The question I'm asking, Theo, is why the GOP leadership and the pundits and Nevertrump are blaming the 45% of GOP voters who picked Trump, when THEY were unable to settle on a single alternative to rally the other 55% behind.
Instead of sneering at Trump, and blasting his voters, they should be looking in the mirror for who to blame for where things are.
If they had gotten their act together in December or January, and cut deals to get all the remaining candidates to support, say, Rubio (offer Cruz AG or the first SC nomination; offer Kasich Interior and Jeb Education, etc), and they had made it a one on one contest before Super Tuesday, maybe he'd be the nominee now. And if not, then they WOULD have a legitimate reason to blame the voters for Trump.
But they didn't. I don't know why. Only they do, and maybe they ought to answer that question for themselves instead of casting blame and insults at everyone else.
Posted by: James D | May 05, 2016 at 12:51 PM
A stroll down memory lane with Clarice and her pal.
Tasty Food to Celebrate American Freedom in the South of France
https://pjmedia.com/lifestyle/2012/7/26/tasty-food-to-celebrate-american-freedom-in-the-south-of-france/
Posted by: Truthbetold | May 05, 2016 at 12:51 PM