Let's make fun of Trump, bash him, etc. while we can!

[The Wonkette]

(10-27-2016, 08:02 AM)Bob Butler 54 Wrote: Gingrich in his recent "interview" with Kelly kept pushing the fact that Americans live in two different realities.  In specific, in Gingrich's reality Trump is doing pretty good in the polls.  I've been saying similar things about partisans being able to live in cocoons,  finding news outlets and support groups who will tell one only what one wants to hear.  If one wants to deceive one's self, the tools are readily available.

This does not by any means imply that all cocoons are equal in merit.  The above is a pretty good review of the validity of Trump's reality.

I actually heard him speak last month; I was maybe 30 feet from him.  I attended a day-long seminar which examined welfare reform after 20 years.  It was held at the Brookings Institute and was a series of panel discussions on the impact of welfare reform on children, family formation, and work.  It concluded with a session with Newt Gingrich and Bruce Reed (Bill Clinton's domestic policy advisor) reminiscing about the politics surrounding the enactment of welfare reform.  The audience consisted of academics, researchers, and government employees who have policy-wonk type jobs (like yours truly).

In this discussion, Gingrich was very complimentary to both Clintons, and appeared to be very reasonable.  He certainly knew how to play his audience.  I was entertained and charmed.  Scumbags can be quite charming.

Here is the link to the seminar.  https://www.brookings.edu/events/the-20t...takeaways/