Tag: Donald Trump
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An Unbeatable Ticket
I should have known it was always going end like this: A Donald Trump/Megyn Kelly 2016 GOP ticket for president. Trump takes a backseat to no one. Not even to that evil political mastermind Frank Underwood. I know now why he can’t seem to let go of Megyn Kelly. Why he always brings her up…
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Our Present and Future Demagogues
We must also, as a society, fix the underlying economic and social conditions that make Trump-like supporters in the first place and then vote the way they do. Donald Trump is only the latest demagogic figure to come along and exploit much of the ignorance and insecurities that some of these people feel in their…
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The Center Cannot Hold
Prediction: Republicans are not going to crack up at their convention in Cleveland. There’s enough time between now and the July 18–21, 2016 Republican National Convention for party leaders to realize that Donald Trump is their dream candidate. The singular achievement of the Trump campaign is that he distilled decades of Republican agitprop–White Supremacy–into a…
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FLEETING INFAMY Many are called, but few are frozen in spotlight By MICHAEL O. ALLEN and RICHARD T. PIENCIAK, Daily News Staff Writers
Sunday, May 4, 1997 Most people who grab fleeting notoriety — Sukhreet Gabel, the kid who stole the A train, Lady Bing and Yankee switcher Fritz Peterson — disappear quickly and quietly. Then there are those like Burton Pugach, resurrected at regular intervals, and Donald Trump, who never seems to leave the stage. Pugach has…