2016 Election

The Trump Scorecard (1/3)

Surya,

“He’s losing me.” That’s what my friend, a Trump supporter, said to me recently. A Kasich moderate, he voted for Trump when it was him or Hillary. He’s been with Trump on just about everything since then … until recently.

The Spin Cycle

“Where there’s smoke, there’s fire” is a useful aphorism — unless you happen to be talking about media coverage of the Trump administration. In that case, the saying should be: “Where there’s smoke, there’s a smoke machine.”

Not My President (2/3)

Hi Jordan -

I agree that we live in a time where both parties seem very far away from each other. While I think there would have been a much clearer contrast and world-view difference between a Ted Cruz vs Bernie Sanders contest, I think it was still present…

True Lies (1/3)

Surya,

President Trump is imprecise and inaccurate. That is something on which we can both agree. The opposition calls it lies, but non-haters understand the truth underlying the statements and give the president a pass.

Introducing Debating Donald…

Jordan -

I think you know I’m pretty forlorn about President Trump and the way things have played out. Maybe more depressing is that there wasn’t an immediate realization of my dream that Trump would be so outrageous as to unite Left/Right against him…