It is hard to quantify the value of name recognition, but Donald Trump has gone from fame to international mega-fame. That has to be gargantuan when your business is your name.
GENE WEINGARTENDonald Trump is way worse than George W. Bush. George W. Bush is a fundamentally decent man of limited intelligence who surrounded himself with awful people who dragged him in terrible directions. He was a bad president.
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You know, I am not a particular Kennedy apologist or an awed fan – I was 12 when he was murdered – but I have discussed Kennedy with historians. For his incredibly short tenure, he was a very important president.
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I think politics is everything.
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Donald Trump is a boor, and cannot stop being a boor.
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I think Trump is simply inept, incapable of rescuing himself.
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It’s as though when you order a sirloin steak, it comes with a side of maggots.
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Making stuff up is the worst thing a journalist can do. Plagiarizing is the second worst.
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My neighborhood is fairly white, yet the local middle school is all black. It is bad. It is very bad.
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I think Trump wants to be dictator. I don’t think the courts will allow him to be, and I think that after months of revolting sycophancy, neither will Congress. He will sink to such a popularity trough that even those spineless, craven gophers will cave.
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I think I might prefer women without makeup. Though I don’t really know, because I am not good at identifying makeup.
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International politics is not my strong suit. The older I get the less certain I am that I even HAVE a strong suit.
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Being “Jewish” is way stronger culturally than it is religiously.
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Politics is how you think about life itself.
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I feel like no matter what happens in my career endeavors after today, going to grad school is one of the best decisions I’ve ever made.
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I once found myself driving, smoking a cigar, taking notes, and talking on the phone at the same time. I only became completely aware of this when I had to shift, and realized something had to give.
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I don’t consider Hillary Clinton to be the lesser of two evils.
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