Tuesday, February 23, 2016

Vetting Trump


"Fox News and Wall Street Journal opposition to Donald Trump as he marches inexorably toward the GOP nomination in July recalls the furious anti-Napoleon headlines in the Paris republican newspapers in 1815 when the deposed emperor landed in France after his first exile and began his march to Paris. “The Bastard Has Reached Boulogne!” the headlines screamed on the first day. Then a week later they read, “The Monster is at Marseilles!” Then three days later, “The Viper Has Reached Versailles!” Then the next day, the headlines proclaimed, “His Majesty Has Arrived!”  Comedian Argus Hamilton

Trump’s Foreign-Policy Legacy: Not Having a Foreign Policy   . . ."In fact, if Trump leaves the campaign, that might be his foreign policy legacy: he managed to remain the front-runner and command the election coverage for an astonishingly long period of time without making any visible effort to learn the complex foreign policy and national security issues that would constitute his major responsibility were he to win. If the 2012 campaign showed the also-rans the dangers of not preparing adequately, is the 2016 campaign showing how far you can go without bothering to do that homework?

Trump confuses Ben Carson for Barack Obama during a campaign stop in South Carolina   



What Do the Trump Voters Want? . . . "Now in 2016 the rest of America is rallying to Donald Trump who will Make America Great Again. And what will he deliver?" . . .

Poll: Trump leads Kasich in Ohio   "Trump takes 31 percent support, followed by the Ohio governor, at 26 percent; Sen. Ted Cruz(Texas), at 21 percent; and Sen. Marco Rubio (Fla.), at 13 percent, in the Quinnipiac University poll released early Tuesday."
"Retired pediatric neurosurgeon Ben Carson gets 5 percent . . . 

Donald Trump: Thin-Skinned Tyrant  . . . "None of us wants to be insulted or smeared. But sharia forbids not only ridicule or slander against Islam; it bans any examination that casts Islam in an unflattering light. Worse, truth is not a defense: Even if one’s questions are based on undeniable past actions or verbatim quotes from scripture, tough questioning is considered blasphemous. Retribution, moreover, is often completely out of proportion to the scale of the perceived “offense.” 
"How is Trump different?
"They say politics ain’t beanbag: People in and around it eventually get slammed by opponents and other critics. But to Trump, the mildest criticisms are “vicious” attacks."
Trump’s Yuuge Lies  . . . "Is Trump actually committed to rolling back government-run health care? No. Last fall — on a Republican debate stage, no less — he touted the virtues of single-payer health care. And on abortion, Planned Parenthood funding, the crisis in Syria, Syrian refugees, his opinion of the flat tax, and a host of other issues, it’s simply impossible to know what Trump actually thinks, because he has repeatedly taken contradictory positions."  Read more

Political Cartoons by Gary Varvel

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