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Tag Archives: Dustup 2016
Campaign Symbolism 101: Donald Trump’s Emergency Landing
It turns out Donald Trump lost altitude in more than just the Iowa caucuses this week. Exhibit A: Mechanical troubles forced Trump Force One to make an emergency landing in Tennessee on Wednesday. From ABC’s The Note: Donald Trump’s Private … Continue reading
Trump’s Strong-Arming Jeb Bush Donor Is BULLYs–t
As the dustupping staff noted yesterday, Donald Trump mouthpiece Alan Garten sent a cease-and-desist letter to Jeb Bush mega-donor Mike Fernandez threatening legal action if he published this ad calling Trump a BULLYionaire. Regardless, the ad did run … Continue reading
Can ‘BULLYionaire’ Donald Trump Bully Jeb Bush Mega-Donor?
It’s no secret that the Republican establishment (and their Goon Squad of PACmen) is afraid to attack Donald Trump, in spite of his increasingly hair-brained pronouncements. Except for Mike Fernandez. The drama started to unfold in Politico a few days … Continue reading
GOP Prez Hopefuls in Pickup Truck Race to Bottom
The terrorist attacks on Paris earlier this month have unleashed a predictable raft of TV spots from Republican presidential candidates trying to out-tough each other on homeland security. The common denominator? Terrorists with rocket launchers in pickup trucks. That image … Continue reading
Ads ‘n’ Ends From the GOP Presidential Bakeoff
In the interest of full disclosure, we should state right off that the dustupping staff dipped in and out of last night’s Republican Presidential Pillowfight on the Fox Business network, mostly because it was mostly boring. But that certainly won’t … Continue reading
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Tagged American Action Network, CFPB, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Donald Trump, Dustup 2016, Elizabeth Warren, Fox Business, Fox News, GOP Hair Apparent, Greenville Online, kids table debate, Lauren Dezenski, Lindsey Graham, Politico Massachusetts Playbook, Republican Presidential Pillowfight, Richard Cordray, Security Is Strength, Sidewire
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Presidential Ad Flashbacks (1956 Adlai-Ike Rematch Edition)
Among the greatest headscratchers in American history (How did George Custer think he was gonna win the Battle of Little Bighorn? . . . Why did Grady Little leave Pedro Martinez in Game 7 of the 2003 ALCS? . . … Continue reading
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Tagged 1956 presidential ads, 2003 ALCS, Adlai Stevenson, Adlai-Ike Rematch, Chris Matthews, Dustup 2016, Dustup 2016 NostADgia desk, Dwight Eisenhower, Eisenhower Answers America, Estes Kefauver, George Custer, Grady Little, Harry Truman, History Today, hole in his shoe, How's That Again General?, John F. Kennedy, Little Big Horn, Living Room Candidate, Pedro Martinez, The American Presidency Project, The Living Room Candidate, The Man from Abilene, The Man from Libertyville
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To Know Trump (All Bagel and No Schmear Edition)
What a difference a Tslump makes. One month ago, GOP Hair Apparent Donald Trump was bragging that he didn’t need advertising to fuel his presidential run because “I’m getting so much coverage. It would almost be — you’d OD on … Continue reading
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Tagged @realdonaldtrump, ABC, all bagel and no schmear, Donald Trump, Dustup 2016, five-cent Trump, GOP Hair Apparent, Iowa, John Di Domenico, Morning Joe, MSNBC, NBC, New Hampshire, ObamaCare, Politico, Real Clear Politics, Ryan Struyk, South Carolina, The Note, The Trail Tapes, Trump poll numbers, Trump Slump, Trump Stump, Tslump
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2016 Ads ‘n’ Ends (‘Take a Bullet for Donald Trump’ Edition)
Itemizing a few deductions from the presidential campaign trail . . . Item: Sanders campaign starts to ‘Air the Bern’ Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders’ quixotic presidential run is so revolutionary, he has just: 1) hired a pollster; 2) prepared … Continue reading
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