Comments on: Trump, The Others, and A New Test of the Hypothesis https://gregladen.com/blog/2015/08/11/trump-the-others-and-a-new-test-of-the-hypothesis/ Wed, 12 Aug 2015 20:22:20 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.6 By: Donal https://gregladen.com/blog/2015/08/11/trump-the-others-and-a-new-test-of-the-hypothesis/#comment-471167 Wed, 12 Aug 2015 20:22:20 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=21397#comment-471167 An interesting article by my former coblogger Michael Maiello:
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/trump-models-campaign-after-pro-wrestling

]]> By: Russell Seitz https://gregladen.com/blog/2015/08/11/trump-the-others-and-a-new-test-of-the-hypothesis/#comment-471166 Wed, 12 Aug 2015 18:14:24 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=21397#comment-471166 While I concur Mister Trump is little more than Cthulhu with a tentacle combover, t alk of a viscount as the next Speaker of the House should be suspended while we address the sixty four dollar qestion of currency reform.

Recent biographies of that great hero of the American Revolution, Marquis de Lafayette make clear who made the greatest contribution to France’s critical support of our infant republic.

Only one matriarch is fit to replace Alexander Hamilton on the ten dollar bill , the one who assured American victory by hastening the diversion of deGrasse’s fleet to Yorktown:

Marie Antoinette.

]]> By: Greg Laden https://gregladen.com/blog/2015/08/11/trump-the-others-and-a-new-test-of-the-hypothesis/#comment-471165 Wed, 12 Aug 2015 14:18:44 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=21397#comment-471165 So, can Monckton be a vice presidential candidate? Or maybe Trump will go and join the British Peerage.

]]> By: Susan Anderson https://gregladen.com/blog/2015/08/11/trump-the-others-and-a-new-test-of-the-hypothesis/#comment-471164 Wed, 12 Aug 2015 13:23:35 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=21397#comment-471164 Appalling and fascinating, the enabling of sociopathy and vulgarity in the public sphere. Does not bode well for our future, the idea that standing in the middle of a room and throwing a tantrum will fix things.

Main reason I’m here, though, is to present an idea I had, which is that Monckton and Trump are cut from the same cloth, and very shoddy cloth it is!

]]> By: Douglas C https://gregladen.com/blog/2015/08/11/trump-the-others-and-a-new-test-of-the-hypothesis/#comment-471163 Wed, 12 Aug 2015 04:27:26 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=21397#comment-471163 Christopher @ #12 – Nate is not always right as http://fivethirtyeight.com/datalab/donald-trump-wont-win-a-war-against-fox-news/ shows – Fox capitulated.

]]> By: Christopher Winter https://gregladen.com/blog/2015/08/11/trump-the-others-and-a-new-test-of-the-hypothesis/#comment-471162 Wed, 12 Aug 2015 01:43:47 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=21397#comment-471162 I’ve predicted in other venues that Trump’s popularity will fade early and he will not win the GOP nomination. (Whether he will decide to run on a third-party ticket I have no idea.)

In comparison with Ross Perot, I think he comes off second best. Perot made a big splash too, but ended up going nowhere in the presidential race.

Nate Silver reinforces this assessment in Trump’s six stages of doom

]]> By: Douglas C Alder https://gregladen.com/blog/2015/08/11/trump-the-others-and-a-new-test-of-the-hypothesis/#comment-471161 Tue, 11 Aug 2015 22:12:10 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=21397#comment-471161 er… day not say in that last one

Greg #3 – It’s really going to depend on Trump’s momentum I’d say. It’s going to be a real bind for them – go with their Koch et. al. overlords, in which case I don’t doubt they use some kind of voter suppression tools if they can, or if it looks like Trump is going to sweep the GOP votes then they’ll probably go with him to give themselves a “shot” at the presidency. The real task is if they do go with him can they convince the MSM to play ball with them. I suspect that won’t happen (play ball) as the entertainment value of Trump will be too big a target for them to overlook. The same thing is already starting o happen with Bernie – he’s getting more and more MSM coverage because of his appeal, and it is increasingly positive (in a relative manner) – still not up to what Hillary gets but he’s getting there.

I so want Bernie to be the one representing the Democrats in this race as it would be a massive slap in the face to our asinine (I’m trying to be polite) “leader” Stephen Harper. Not to mention he wold be an awesome president – his views are all in the right place.

]]> By: Douglas C Alder https://gregladen.com/blog/2015/08/11/trump-the-others-and-a-new-test-of-the-hypothesis/#comment-471160 Tue, 11 Aug 2015 22:01:19 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=21397#comment-471160 Ooooh Fox blinked – Trump won. This gets more interesting by the say 🙂

http://www.salon.com/2015/08/11/donald_trump_vanquishes_roger_ailes_fox_news_surrenders_in_battle_of_the_bullies/

]]> By: skeptictmac57 https://gregladen.com/blog/2015/08/11/trump-the-others-and-a-new-test-of-the-hypothesis/#comment-471159 Tue, 11 Aug 2015 21:05:57 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=21397#comment-471159 I find it deeply disturbing that so many on the right take this man seriously as a potential leader that would inherit the most powerful office on the planet, with the power to affect (destroy?) the world’s economy and diplomatic and political relations for decades. There is nothing in his background or character that bodes well for the possibility of him being anything other than a joke and embarrassment for the U.S. in the eyes of the rest of the world and domestically.
Maybe this is all just a way for conservatives to temporarily blow off some steam because they are rightly sick to death of the politics as usual from their tribe. And like any good bender, they will get it out of their system, sober up, and get back to real life on Monday morning…albeit with a shiner, a permanent marker mustache, and a promise of “Good god! I’ll never do THAT again!!!”.

]]> By: Brainstorms https://gregladen.com/blog/2015/08/11/trump-the-others-and-a-new-test-of-the-hypothesis/#comment-471158 Tue, 11 Aug 2015 18:37:06 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=21397#comment-471158 “… it’s that he’s been saying it so bluntly.”

Yeah, that makes the stuffed shirts uncomfortable (“He’s exposing our dirty secrets!”), but the Base is all excited and turned on that he’s revealing their emperor’s lack of (decency) clothing.

More popcorn, please…

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