Author: Dick Polman
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Polman: On the US Supreme Court, Democrats simply lost
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When Senate Republicans decided last year to ditch their constitutional duty – by stiffing President Obama’s eminently qualified Supreme Court nominee, denying him even the courtesy of a hearing – they took a big political risk. They gambled that the voters wouldn’t punish them on election day. Turns out, they were right. Their unprecedented power…
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Polman: the seniors running for president should cough up their medical records
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I won’t waste your time trying to use Feeling Poorlygate as an excuse to play amateur doctor – plenty of people in the basket of deplorables are doing that already – because here’s the sagacious bottom line: Given what we already know about the ’16 presidential candidates – combining their ages, this is the oldest…
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Polman: Trump’s real pay-to-pay scandal ignored by the media
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How refreshing it is, after weeks and months of faux Clinton Foundation “scandals,” after all the fatuous media talk about “optics” and “perceptions,” to finally have a real Foundation scandal to chew on. An actual example of pay-to-play, of money given and a favor granted. And it comes to us courtesy of Donald Trump.…
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Polman: How false media equivalency is benefiting Trump
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Back in early May, I predicted that the mainstream media’s “objectivity” rituals would kick in as autumn neared, “balancing” the two major candidates according to the timeworn rules of “on of the one hand, on the other hand,” thus leaving the impression that Hillary Clinton (seasoned and experienced, whatever her flaws) and Donald Trump (manifestly…
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Polman: Let’s chew on the new Clinton Foundation nothingburger
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The mainstream media has a tough time “balancing” the coverage of a presidential campaign where one candidate is temperamentally suited for the Oval Office and the other candidate belongs in a middle school locker room, snapping wet towels. But in the service of “balance,” the media is trying its best nonetheless. This week, for instance,…
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Polman: Roger Ailes and Donald Trump deserve each other
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If you read Superman comics as a kid, you’re probably familiar with Bizarro World – the planet where everything is the opposite of life on Earth. I bring this up because it’s clear Donald Trump is running for president of Bizarro World. Trump is on track to lose female voters like no other candidate in…
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Polman: Hillary Clinton’s transparency phobia
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Hillary Clinton is riding high, thanks to the latest Trumplosions. But just because she’s winning in the polls, we shouldn’t whitewash her flaws. And here’s one that sticks in my craw: It has been over 240 days since she last held a press conference. That’s nearly the length of a full-term pregnancy. That’s the…
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Polman: Can the GOP nuke its own nominee?
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The Republican race has gone nuclear. One big reason why GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump is cratering lately – brand new polls show him 11 points down in Pennsylvania, 9 points down in Michigan, 15 points down in New Hampshire – is because people are catching on to the fact that he’s too unstable,…
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Polman: Donald Trump’s fact-free marketing of fear
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I knew it would be a long night when Donald Trump launched his acceptance speech with a promise to speak “honestly,” telling the crowd, “There there will be no lies. We will honor the American people with the truth, and nothing else.” As if. When a con man offers to sell you Arizona land with…
