Tag: Donald Trump

How the Republican elite created Trumpenstein https://t.co/0CBjEnVMyR pic.twitter.com/HRaBmwi5Po— Mother Jones (@MotherJones) February 25, 2016 How the Republican Elite Created Frankentrump To rouse its voters, the GOP exploited hate, anger, and paranoia—and set the stage for the tycoon.

Potemkin Ideologies As I keep saying, the Republican and Democratic parties, as revealed by their primaries, are not at all symmetric. On the Democratic side, the argument is about a theory of change: voters really do care about progressive priorities, and are torn between two candidates who broadly have similar ideologies but have different visions … Continue reading “Trump: It’s about authority, not virtue”

I wonder who will write the October 2016 National Review editorial endorsing Donald Trump?— Jeet Heer (@HeerJeet) January 23, 2016

Jeb Bush’s Swift Boat defense comes up short … Jeb Bush and his staffers can’t have it both ways. When it’s the Republican’s brother on the ballot, Bush thinks the smearing of a war hero is worthy of praise and gratitude. When it’s Donald Trump, leading Jeb Bush in the polls, doing the smearing, the … Continue reading “Selective Outrage”

(via Balloon Juice) This is South Carolina Governor NIkki Haley speaking at a Tea Party rally that was supposed to feature Donald Trump. Can we stop pretending this is a real political movement now? I’m sure Fox “News” will tell us the estimated crowd was around 200,000…