For Bernie Sanders it was another day, and another victory. Bernie Sanders won the Wyoming Democratic caucuses Saturday, providing his campaign with one more jolt of momentum before the race against Hillary Clinton heads east.And while Sanders split t…
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Montreal Simon: How the MSM is Trying to Marginalize Bernie Sanders
I haven't the slightest doubt that when future generations look back at the 2016 race for the White House, they will easily understand that Bernie Sander's campaign was the most historically significant.For having heralded the beginning of a se…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Donald Trump Gets Back in the Wrestling Ring
A few days ago, I pointed out that Donald Trump learned most of his political skills in the wrestling ring.That's why everything is bigger than life, or YUUUUGE.That's why every villain is an ethnic stereotype, that's why he talks like d…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Donald Trump and the Growing Republican Revolt
Well there was Donald Trump in Arizona yesterday, whipping up the racist rabble who want him to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.While his supporters kicked and punched a protester.Another Donald Trump event erupted in violence in Tucson, Ari…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Donald Trump and Abraham Lincoln’s Ominous Warning
There have been quite a few stories and cartoons in the media recently, wondering what Abraham Lincoln, if he was alive today, would say about the dangerous demagogue Donald Trump.All seem to agree that the Great Emancipator wouldn't be impressed….
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Donald Trump and the Ideology of Violence
I see that Donald Trump is back on the road again, after having to cancel a rally in Chicago due to clashes between his followers and protesters.And he is not just rejecting criticism that his inflammatory rhetoric has created an atmosphere of violen…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Donald Trump and the Road to Fascism
For months Donald Trump has been whipping his fanatical followers into a frenzy with his inflammatory racist rhetoric.Stirring up tensions in his already badly divided country.And yesterday those tensions exploded into violence.And we got a chilling vi…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: How the American Media Enabled the Rise of Donald Trump
Anyone who has watched the American media's coverage of the race to the White House knows that it is grossly unbalanced.And that Donald Trump gets more coverage, and free publicity, than any of his Republican or Democratic opponents.But that's …
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Donald Trump and the Rise of the Authoritarians
It was depending upon your point of view, either a ghastly gaffe, or a fascist moment.Donald Trump in Orlando yesterday, leading his followers in a solemn pledge to vote for him in the upcoming Florida primary.Only to make the gathering look like a Na…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Trump Test: How Much Does He Hate You?
In my last post I told you how disgusted I was by Donald Trump's depraved obsession with the size of his hands.And the size of his genitals.And how I feared that if he ever became President, he might come after me…Read more »
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Donald Trump and the Great Size Scandal
I wasn't able to watch the last Republican debate because I don't get Fox at my place. Which turned out to be just as well. Because the last thing I would have wanted to see is Donald Trump defending the size of his hands and his…um…penis…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Justin Trudeau and the Anti-Trump Factor
Next week Justin Trudeau will set off on a three-day visit to Washington, which will include a glittering state dinner at the White House. The first for a Canadian Prime Minister in almost twenty years.And while he will discuss plans with Obama for a…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Donald Trump and the Bigot Wizard
For weeks Donald Trump has been flirting with fascism. And teetering on the edge of the Pit of Depravity.By retweeting material from white supremacists.In a desperate effort to flatter them, and pander to his bigot base.And now it seems he has stumble…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Donald Trump and the Rise of the Violent Demagogue
Donald Trump has claimed that he could shoot a person in the middle of a crowded street and his supporters would still vote for him.And despite that statement it seems he's right.But what also seems obvious is that with every passing day he is beco…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Bernie Sanders and the New American Revolution
Three days after Bernie Sanders' victory in New Hampshire I'm still floating on a cloud, and dreaming up a storm.I still can't quite believe my eyes. How could an old leftie calling for a revolution in the United States of America manage to…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Bernie Sanders and the Attack of the Millionaires
With Bernie Sanders seemingly headed for a decisive victory in tomorrow's New Hampshire primary, it seems that the Millionaire's Club is starting to feel the heat, or the Bern.For first there was Rex Murphy on the National, denouncing Sanders f…
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