{"id":26536,"date":"2017-03-01T13:45:47","date_gmt":"2017-03-01T21:45:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=26536"},"modified":"2017-03-01T13:45:47","modified_gmt":"2017-03-01T21:45:47","slug":"gas-from-the-sphincter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2017\/03\/01\/gas-from-the-sphincter\/","title":{"rendered":"Gas from the Sphincter"},"content":{"rendered":"

I did not watch the speech.  I had less than 100 industrial strength barf bags left, and George told me that if I used him for the overflow, he would reject Stumpy for a month.<\/font><\/p>\n

In recent weeks, as the horror of living in  a Republican Reich has begun to unfold, it slipped my mind that the Fuhrer can be very skillful at following a script on a reality show.  His speech was nothing like his persona and was completely unrelated to his policies.  It was good enough to fool casual viewers, who have not been following recent events, to think Trump might not be so bad, after all.<\/font><\/p>\n

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President Donald Trump got rave reviews for his disciplined, restrained first address before Congress, but a pressing question looms \u2014 can this Trump last?<\/p>\n

There are signs Trump and his aides are proactively trying to keep the good vibes going. They yanked the rollout of a new executive order on Trump\u2019s controversial travel ban that sparked mass protests across the nation. Vice President Mike Pence was trotted out on the morning shows to deliver his ever-on-message talking points \u2013 even saying Trump\u2019s speech was \u201call him,\u201d even though many of his aides had a heavy hand in its crafting. And Trump himself was banal on Twitter, simply writing \u201cTHANK YOU\u201d on Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n

But there are real doubts Trump can stick to his pledge on Tuesday night that the \u201ctime for trivial fights is behind us,\u201d and Democrats were eager to claim the presidential figure appearing in the well of the House was a phony.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis president’s speech matters a lot less than the speeches of just about any other president because they’re detached from his reality. He talks one way and does another,\u201d Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said on CNN Wednesday morning, adding on ABC that Trump \u201ctalks to the working folks of America, they were his main constituency, but the way he’s governed has been totally with the hard right special interests against the working people.\u201d…<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

From <Politico<\/a>><\/font><\/p>\n

For better commentary, here are several clips from MSNBC<\/a>.<\/font><\/p>\n

Bill Maher weighs in on Trump<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bill Maher, host of HBO\u2019s \u2018Real Time,\u2019 joins Chris to discuss Trump’s Join Address and his call to "drain the swamp."<\/p>\n