Chris ("I worked the cones") Christie did indeed rethink his campaign. He thought he'd had enough and dropped out. He may sit down, but I have no real hope that he will ever shut up.
Also gone is also-ran Carly (Planned Parenthood is cooking and eating babies) Fiorina. As the only Republican woman running, Fiorina provided a patina of warmth and hominess that will be sorely missed.
Jim (I don't know enough about him to give him a nick-name) Gilmore has also dropped out. After experiencing the exponential increase of votes from Iowa to New Hampshire (from 12 to 133), Gilmore left before we could see if this was a trend. If he were to continue to increase his votes exponentially, my calculations show that he would have had 1.3 billion votes by the seventh primary. Too bad we'll never know.
Friday, February 12, 2016
Wednesday, February 3, 2016
These Just Out....
Rand (Son of Ron) Paul dropped out of the race for president today. Once considered a real contender....
Rick (santorum) Santorum also dropped out of the race today, although he vowed to spread his...uh... magic over Marco Rubio. I am sure the Florida Senator relishes the endorsement.
In a related incident, Ted Cruz called the Donald's whining after his loss in Iowa a "Trumper-tantrum". This type of cheap shot barely even qualifies as sophomoric. I resent the competition.
Rick (santorum) Santorum also dropped out of the race today, although he vowed to spread his...uh... magic over Marco Rubio. I am sure the Florida Senator relishes the endorsement.
In a related incident, Ted Cruz called the Donald's whining after his loss in Iowa a "Trumper-tantrum". This type of cheap shot barely even qualifies as sophomoric. I resent the competition.
Tuesday, January 19, 2016
Wish I was Making This Up
Sarah Palin endorsed Donald Fucking Trump tonight.
During the course of the ramble, she mentioned the 'squirmishing' among the various factions in the middle east.
Note: I want to thank Lawrence O'Donnell of MSNBC, both for playing the clip of Palin and confirming that I had indeed heard her say 'squirmish'. I imagine there's some sqirmishing going on in the GOP right now.
During the course of the ramble, she mentioned the 'squirmishing' among the various factions in the middle east.
Note: I want to thank Lawrence O'Donnell of MSNBC, both for playing the clip of Palin and confirming that I had indeed heard her say 'squirmish'. I imagine there's some sqirmishing going on in the GOP right now.
Monday, January 18, 2016
I Am Not Shitting You
Today, the British parliment debated whether to ban Donald Fucking Trump from entering the country.
Monday, January 4, 2016
Not So Super
"I have, like, this incredible vocabulary."
Donald Trump, December 21, 2015
"Fershur. Totally."
Your Blogger, just now
Update (A continuing tradition of rhetorical eloquence):
"Her statement changed bigly."
Donald Trump, March 29, 2016
It is, rightly, said, that there can be too much of even a good thing. It must also be said that there are, of course, a few things of which there never can be too much. Off the top of my head that includes: beer, redheads and chocolate. Although not necessarily in that order. But definitely in combination.... Yes.... Definitely in combination.
I digress. But, yeah, in combination....
Right, where was I? Oh yeah, too much of a good thing.
In oratory, as in writing, the impact of a superlative is directly inverse to its frequency of use. The more often a word is used the more commonplace and insipid it becomes.
Which brings us back to Trump.
Traditionally, there have existed two kinds of political speakers; the man of few words, and the great orator. For a man of few words, whatever he says, due to the laws of supply and demand, seems to have more substance. A great orator, on the other hand, can speak often, and at great length, if, like Winston Churchill, he can draw his thoughts and phrases from a deep well. Trump is neither of these. He speaks often, and at great length, but his supply comes from, at best, a stagnant puddle. He is a man of few words, repeated endlessly.
Herewith; a Trump lexicon:
Great, nasty, terrific, horrible, amazing, disaster, powerful, important, awful, tremendous, disgusting, incredible, terrible, and, of course, yuge.
Throw a handful of random nouns and verbs in with the above, stir well, and you have a pretty typical Trump paragraph. It might even make an interesting drinking game. With beer... and redheads.... Well, once again, I digress.
We must still see how the primaries shake everything out. But, as I said once before: schadenfreude.
Donald Trump, December 21, 2015
"Fershur. Totally."
Your Blogger, just now
Update (A continuing tradition of rhetorical eloquence):
"Her statement changed bigly."
Donald Trump, March 29, 2016
It is, rightly, said, that there can be too much of even a good thing. It must also be said that there are, of course, a few things of which there never can be too much. Off the top of my head that includes: beer, redheads and chocolate. Although not necessarily in that order. But definitely in combination.... Yes.... Definitely in combination.
I digress. But, yeah, in combination....
Right, where was I? Oh yeah, too much of a good thing.
In oratory, as in writing, the impact of a superlative is directly inverse to its frequency of use. The more often a word is used the more commonplace and insipid it becomes.
Which brings us back to Trump.
Traditionally, there have existed two kinds of political speakers; the man of few words, and the great orator. For a man of few words, whatever he says, due to the laws of supply and demand, seems to have more substance. A great orator, on the other hand, can speak often, and at great length, if, like Winston Churchill, he can draw his thoughts and phrases from a deep well. Trump is neither of these. He speaks often, and at great length, but his supply comes from, at best, a stagnant puddle. He is a man of few words, repeated endlessly.
Herewith; a Trump lexicon:
Great, nasty, terrific, horrible, amazing, disaster, powerful, important, awful, tremendous, disgusting, incredible, terrible, and, of course, yuge.
Throw a handful of random nouns and verbs in with the above, stir well, and you have a pretty typical Trump paragraph. It might even make an interesting drinking game. With beer... and redheads.... Well, once again, I digress.
We must still see how the primaries shake everything out. But, as I said once before: schadenfreude.
Tuesday, December 22, 2015
Tuesday, November 17, 2015
Another One Bites the Dust
Bobby (Lucky to have made it to Governor) Jindal has dropped out of the presidential race.
He will be missed- by those of us who noticed that he was running.
He will be missed- by those of us who noticed that he was running.
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