*record scratch*
*freeze frame*
Yep, that’s me. You’re probably wondering how I ended up petting a white nationalist pic.twitter.com/5uthAnquyQ— laura olin (@lauraolin) September 16, 2016
Hat tip to Antipodean commentor The Mighty Trowel for the mot juste. To be fair, Jimmy Fallon is a professional entertainer, and should not be held to the same standards as the so-called journalists and pundits defending Trump’s indefensible positions. He should still be ashamed of himself, though, because “birtherism” — aka ‘racism rebranded for cowards’ — really isn’t a topic to joke about.
Or to defend, per “ambulatory cream cheese sculpture” (h/t BettyC) and primary debate moderator Hugh Hewitt, who thinks “the press” is being meeeeaaaan…
So I argued w/ @realDonaldTrump and @mike_pence to allow everyone in, and advocated for pool. Now pool censoring news. Just wow. MSM melting
— Hugh Hewitt (@hughhewitt) September 16, 2016
“Mad Bitcher” Chris Cilliza, at the Washington Post, just admires the balls on that guy:
Donald Trump is, at heart, a showman. He rose to national fame thanks to star turns on reality TV in which he played the tough-talking boss to a group of aspirants hoping to become as successful as he has been in business. His great gift is the ability to draw attention — and then use that attention for his own, usually commercial, purposes.
Trump may have outdone himself on Friday morning….
The networks eventually cut away from the generals, but then Trump was back at the mic — roughly 90 minutes after his event was originally slated to start. Meaning that he drew an hour and a half of live coverage for:
1. An empty podium.
2. A series of military endorsements/testimonials.
3. Three sentences from Trump himself — one that is totally false and two others that represent a total reversal from a position he held as recently as, well, Thursday night.