The Kind-Hearted Smart Aleck

One of the most surprising quotes from James Comey's interview on ABC last night was when he contended that Donald Trump has "above-average intelligence." After making some quips about the remark on Twitter, a fellow progressive defended Comey, saying, "Trump would have to be smart to dupe so many people!" Okay, let's just get this out of the way - Donald Trump is not smart. A rich man does not make a smart man. The Donald was born into money, was always surrounded by people who knew money, and as a result, guess what? The guy has money. Also, it doesn't take a genius to use bullsh*t to persuade another to also believe bullsh*t. It has been scientifically proven that the earth is round. Even so, there are people who deny this fact and believe it to be flat. So if one flat-earther convinces another to be a flat-earther, can other be constituted as smart? I don't think so. It's just one idiot persuading another to hop on the idiot train. Let...

Like a lot of people, I was tuned into the James Comey interview last night on ABC. While I think the exchange between Comey and reporter George Stephanopoulos was certainly interesting, I didn't find it to be the earth-shattering back and forth a lot of my fellow progressives did. Perhaps that's partially due to me consistently keeping myself informed about the world of news and politics, but I digress. To his credit, former FBI Director Comey came across as calm, intelligent, and honest. He was very careful with his words, was reluctant on going the absolutist route with any of his answers regarding the Russia probe, and while he appeared to be a man wanting to clear his name and reputation on his previous actions, he also came across as a man who was struggling to come to concise answers on how exactly those previous actions (potentially) impacted this country. Nothing Comey said really surprised me. In saying that, though, here were a few of the more eye-catching moment...

Due to a pair of #ComeyDay tweets I made yesterday, I got mentioned on the following two sites this morning: https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2017/06/the-funniest-tweets-about-john-mccains-addled-ques.html http://www.chicksontheright.com/no-one-idea-sen-john-mccain-trying-ask-james-comey/

What is it with Donald Trump and using unnecessary, perhaps meaningless quotations in tweets? First, on March 4th of this year, he tweeted this: "Terrible! Just found out that Obama had my 'wires tapped' in Trump Tower just before the victory. Nothing found. This is McCarthyism!" After receiving backlash for his (false) accusation, press secretary Sean Spicer attempted to partially walk back the president's comments, telling the press, "I think that there's no question that something happened. The question is, is it surveillance, is it a wiretap, or whatever?" Then on May 12th, The Donald posted this tweet: "James Comey better hope that there are 'no tapes' of our conversations before he starts leaking to the press!" To this point, there has been no evidence to either prove nor disprove Trump's insinuation. However, given his history with using quotes to broaden a term's definition, several analysts have speculat...

From 3:30 to 5 pm EST today, Tracy Fort and I will be reflecting on the craziness that was the 2015-2016 election season, going in depth about how we see next Tuesday's presidential race turning out, amongst other things. To listen, simply click on the link below: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/thetracyfortshow/2016/11/02/tracy-craig-bring-the-best-in-politics-news