The Kind-Hearted Smart Aleck

The linguistic acrobatics of Donald Trump and those who work with or for him are quite amazing. I suppose they would have to be since the man appears to be unable of admitting a mistake, all the while lying approximately 69% of the time, according to Pulitzer Prize-winning fact-checker Politifact.com . When Trump made claims that the size of his inauguration crowd was larger than that of Obama's, Kellyanne Conway called it an "alternative fact." More recently, after the president admitted that he was under investigation in a tweet, one of his lawyer's came out and said that he wasn't under investigation. Ms. Conway added to this, suggesting that Trump was merely trying to place a spotlight on irony with his tweet. In many other such scenarios, Trump or his spokespeople have excused the president, suggesting he was just being sarcastic, not to take his tweets seriously, that he was being taken out of context, or how he was interpreted didn't match his int...

Remember when Donald Trump senior advisor Kellyanne Conway referenced a Bowling Green massacre which never actually happened? Well, Public Policy Polling (PPP) decided to have a little fun with that slip up, and in a recent poll asked the question, "Do you agree or disagree with the following statement: 'The Bowling Green massacre shows why we need Donald Trump's executive order on immigration?'" Overall, just 23% of polltakers said yes, while 57% responded with no, and an additional 20% weren't sure. Among Trump voters, however, a majority 51% answered in the affirmative. That's right, according to this poll, more than half of Trump voters believe that a fictional attack was reason enough to place a travel ban on seven Muslim-majority countries. Due to this, expect to see the following poll results among Trump voters in the future: - 53% believe the Wrigley Field Whack Off resulted in many people going blind - 58% believe the Great Wall of Jina is l...

On January 22nd's episode of Meet the Press , Donald Trump senior advisor Kellyanne Conway defended Trump press secretary Sean Spicer's debunked claim that Donald Trump's inauguration crowd was larger than it actually was by telling host Chuck Todd, "You're saying it's falsehoods. And they're giving - Sean Spicer, our press secretary - gave alternative facts." I'm sorry, but there's no such thing as alternative facts. "Alternative fact" is synonymous with falsehood, lie, bullsh*t, malarkey, etc. When a comment runs contrary to a well-established fact, that comment isn't a fact in any sense of the word; it's simply false. Just imagine if we used Ms. Conway's line of thinking throughout the course of our lives... Setting: Math class Professor Ymidoingthis: "Can anyone tell me what 7 x 7 is?" Ronald Rump: "14" Ymidoingthis: "I'm sorry, but that's incorrect. The answer is 49." ...