Thursday, June 25, 2015

This Is How A President Spends His Time

Friday morning update: Usually when a headline talks about a celebrity's "bump" that celebrity is assumed to be with child. (No, this isn't about Bristol Palin, but I reserve the right to snark about her in a later post.) Right now I'm referring to a story at Politico with this headline: "Trump Bump Terrifies GOP," and they're referring to his rising poll numbers. It starts with this:

All jokes aside, the Republican Party is officially afraid of Donald Trump.
He has virtually zero chance of winning the presidential nomination. But insiders worry that the loud-mouthed mogul is more than just a minor comedic nuisance on cable news; they fret that he’s a loose cannon whose rants about Mexicans and scorched-earth attacks on his rivals will damage the eventual nominee and hurt a party struggling to connect with women and minorities and desperate to win. (Read the article here.) 

 Let's start a running list of all the creative ways writers are describing Mr. Trump: 

 Big glitzy doofus (Salon)
Loud-mouthed mogul/minor comedic nuisance (Politico) 

Original Post:


Should a presidential candidate spend his time thinking about beauty pageants? Probably not, at least not out loud, but that's not stopping The Donald.

Because of the obnoxious comments about Mexicans in his announcement speech last week, Spanish-language station Univision is declining to air the upcoming Miss Universe pageant, of which Trump is a part owner. The Donald is not happy:




Could this campaign get any more entertaining? Yes. Oh yes. The first debate is only six weeks away.
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