Political Theatre category archive
A Case of DJT 0
At The Guardian, Lucia Graves claims to have found a fitting analogy for the candidacy of Donald Trump. A snippet:
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But the way this election is shaping up, the better analogy might be an autoimmune disease. Such illnesses result from our body’s natural defenses being marshalled against it with destructive results. Trump is exploiting our political immune system to the detriment and potentially grave peril of the republic. He’s taken what actually makes America great, the systems of government designed to foster public good – the courts, the press, our charity and financial systems – and used them for personal gain at the body politic’s expense.
Change of Address 0
The Gettysburg address, as re-imagined by Melania Trump’s speech writers.
Fee-Fees 0
Shorter Historiann: Ahhh, did someone hurt ooo’s itty-bitty feelings?
Additional bonus fee-fees here.
“Patrol’ll Git You”* 0
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*That’s the second line of a children’s song from the slave South as quoted in a little book compiled by one of my great uncles (citation available upon request). The book had only a local printing and is now long out of print, but I still have my copy.
By the by, the first line of that charming little ditty is “Run, N****r, run.”
Chris-Crossed, for Whom the Bridge Tolls Dept. 2
Dick Polman marvels at the disparate treatment.
We all know what would happen. The mainstream media would nail Clinton for the “perception” that a “shadow” had been cast over her campaign. They would assail her for refusing to dump the aide. They would amplify Donald Trump’s inevitable declaration that this episode proved the perfidy of “Crooked Hillary.”
But since Trump is inexplicably permitted to play by banana-republic rules, there will be no such equivalent oucry over the fact that his own transition leader, Chris Christie, was outed yesterday in federal court by a prosecutor who said he was fully aware of the bridge closures while they were happening. It was a milestone moment in the long-running scandal, the first time that a federal official has said such a thing in a formal judicial proceeding, and it flatly contradicted Christie’s long-running lie (which he repeated Sunday on CNN) that he has been exonerated by all the investigations.
More troubled waters at the link.
Her Word Is Her Bondi 0
Appearances must be maintained at all costs, stiff-upper lip, pip-pip, and all that, eh, what.
Much more “eh, what” and “pip, pip” at the link.
The Candidates Debate 0
Tony Norman looks forward to what should happen, but won’t, at Monday’s Presidential debate. A bit (emphasis added):
Even if the moderators commit journalistic malpractice and fail to ask Mr. Trump about Mr. Obama, his conspiracy theories still remain a target-rich environment. Remember when he jumped on the “Justice Antonin Scalia was murdered” bandwagon? Since he doesn’t have detailed policy recommendations about the economy, foreign policy or military preparedness, he might as well be asked about the lies he tells on Twitter.
“Even if,” my anatomy. Try “when.”
In corporate media’s, particularly broadcast media’s, coverage of the Trump campaign “journalistic malpractice” has been the norm.
Legacy, Bushie Style 0
Thom wonders when, if ever, the buck will stop where it belongs.
Chris-Crossed: A Bridge Too Far 0
And this surprises anyone how?
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The evidence will show that Baroni and Wildstein were so committed to their plan to punish mayor Sokolich during those few minutes they had alone with the Governor they bragged about the fact there were traffic problems in Fort Lee and Mayor Sokolich was not getting his calls returned,” Khanna said.
