Inspection- Trump May Damn Well Win
by Ken Carman Who could imagine, despite the shallowness of past campaigns, that even if a lead Republican ran ads nationwide calling himself, “The Mr. Nothing but Brag and Blather Candidate,” he might win anyway? He certainly enjoys that kind of ad hominem-based campaigning,and suffers little, to not at all, for it. Indeed it often makes his numbers soar. Between name calling and all the, “It’s going to be so wonderfuls,” and the, “there will be so much winning you’ll be tired of winnings,” sometimes Donald Trump almost makes carnival barker seem to be a Mensa-worthy intellectual pursuit.
Meanwhile, over on the other side of the 2016 equation… Read more
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