The tweetrage is going to be the richest, most luxurious tweetrage ever.
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Listening to Trump opining his loss in Iowa, I was soooâ reminded of a famous moment on a great old sitcom: On the old Mary Tyler Moore Show, pompous, blowhard anchorman Ted Baxter, whose ego was a bloated and fragile as Trumpâs, once ran for the Minneapolis City Council. After his not-unexpected drubbing (but much-better-than-expected showing) he gave a concession speech that ended his political career: âThe voters have spoken, and if thatâs what they want____THE HELL WITH THEM!â âŚAnd he walked off the stage looking soooâ satisfied with himself.
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LOL. Trump finally sounding desperate. Music to my ears.
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It will be yuuuuge!
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You know, I think youâre right, and itâs because of the word âflamboyant.â A person of his limited vocabulary isnât likely to use it. But todayâs generation of second-rate would-be writers is very prone to using words without really understanding what they meanâIâm guessing what the writer meant was âverboseâ or ârambling.â
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The magic of the Palin endorsement.
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Come on now. I could have sworn I saw Cruz wearing a feather boa when he gave his victory speech last night. 
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Some day youâre going to get the Howard Dean treatment, Mr. Trump.
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Dear Editor - Why is this newsworthy? Itâs trivial. It sheds no new insight on the character of the subject. It will have no impact on future noteworthy events. This article should not have been published.
A cynic might suspect that a reporter was given the assignment to cover the subject, and since whatever a reporter observes must, by definition, be newsworthy, this qualifies.
It does qualify as the news equivalent of clickbait. Being insulting it can play to certain peopleâs emotions and to partisan prejudices.
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Not every article here is news. Some are just stubs, or transcribed press releases. The point is to have someplace to hang comments. This really shows up on occasions when the commenting section is down.
What I want to know is this: Is Sarah Palin finally, at long last, useful to no one at all?
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I think her Trump endorsement speech definitely set the world record for rambling and flamboyant and will never be topped.
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Trump: Cruzâs Rambling Iowa Victory Speech Is His âHoward Dean Momentâ
#Loser says what?
(Just keeping it on Trumpâs level.)
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Itâs like Clemenza said. âOh, Melania, you wonât see her no more.â
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Interesting. Do you think âclickbaitâ articles tend to get more comments than substantive articles?
Great analogy by Donald Trump. Marco was completely discombobulated and full of himself during his speech. I think he having on of those attacks of egomania that the power hungry sociopaths have. I was thinking Howard Dean also.
They never seem to learn that bringing Iquiterod (AKA: âTyphoid Sarahâ) in to help is like calling in the Duggars to support abstinence.
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As someone who has complained many times about âclickbait articlesâ, I can say they do get more comments mainly because theyâre easier than substantive articles, e.g. international affairs including the Middle East and Africa, the current Zika virus crisis, world economy including a bankrupt Puerto Rico, etc., which sometimes require a specific and detailed understanding many commentators donât have, myself included. Weâve also been told that at TPM offices their TVs are tuned into Fox, presumably to channel the junk to us for a specific purpose, namely, generating clicks.
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âDonald Trump criticizing the length and flamboyance of a speech - the irony is too rich for words.â
I half expected him to criticize Cruz for giving such a self-involved speech.
I thought the Dean bashing that the media administered after that so-called âscreamâ was way over the top. Every time I see that clip I donât see anything different from any other politician elated by his win. Compare that to Palinâs run and the un-presidential behavior of many of this cycleâs crop of GOPers, and the mediaâs branding of Deanâs conduct as a sign of mental instability is ludicrous.
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