Length or Heft?
He’s proven time and again he’s no parliamentarian,
And he’s convinced us he’s an unrepentant contrarian.
He’s not an ideologue,
But he’s doubtless a demagogue,
And for sure Donald Trump’s a “short-fingered vulgarian.”
Day: March 22, 2016
Trump Would Be the Least Popular Nominee Ever
67%
“Trump’s unfavorable rating stood at 67% — two-thirds of all Americans — in a March Washington Post-ABC poll, including 56 percent who had a ‘strongly’ unfavorable impression of him. Just 3 in 10 had a favorable impression of Trump (15% ‘strongly’). American politicians tend to be more unpopular than usual these days, but it’s hard to overstate how bad Trump’s numbers are with all Americans. In fact, Trump’s highly negative ratings appear to have no equal among major party nominees in presidential campaigns over the past 32 years.”
Ryan Would Start Well Behind Clinton
43% to 35%
Spread by which House Speaker Paul Ryan would trail Hillary Clinton in a general election matchup if he were selected the Republican nominee for president in a contested convention this summer, a new Morning Consult poll shows.
Warren Goes on the Trump Warpath
Donald Trump knows he’s a loser. His insecurities are on parade: petty bullying, attacks on women, cheap racism, flagrant narcissism.
— Sen. Elizabeth Warren, in a series of tweets designed to get under Trump’s skin.
Trump Unites GOP Fundraisers — In Opposition to Him
4.8 million
Amount raised by the Anti-Trump PAC, Bloomberg reports. “The prospect of a Donald Trump nomination is accomplishing what a diverse and talented field of Republican presidential contenders could not: uniting the party’s big-money donor establishment,” the New York Times reports. “Some of the wealthiest conservative givers in the country are helping pay for a series of last-ditch attacks to wound Mr. Trump, disclosures filed on Sunday night revealed, even after previously backing rival Republican candidates. And officials involved with the political groups have made clear that they are aggressively raising more money to fight Mr. Trump, hoping to deprive him of enough delegates to win the Republican nomination outright. That would set the stage for a contested convention in July.”
Trump Meets with the Washington Post Editorial Board, Discusses the Size of His Hands
The 2016 campaign for the U.S. presidency will likely always be remembered as the first time (and, let’s hope, the last) that a candidate’s genitals became an issue.
The candidate in question is Donald Trump, of course. And for everyone who is familiar with Trump’s history before he entered the presidential race, it is hardly surprising that he’s dragged presidential political discourse down to this unprecedented level of vulgarity.
