He launched his campaign like an angry orange Hitler on steroids, by calling Mexicans drug dealers and rapists, vowing to immediately deport 11 million undocumented immigrants.Build a great wall along the southern border, and make Mexico pay for it.Bu…
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Montreal Simon: Donald Trump and the Mexican Nightmare
He launched his campaign like an angry orange Hitler on steroids, by calling Mexicans drug dealers and rapists, vowing to immediately deport 11 million undocumented immigrants.
Build a great wall along the southern border, and make Mexico pay for it.
But when Donald Trump realized he was alienating moderate Republicans and his polls were starting to resemble a rapidly deflating piñata, he decided he should moderate his image.
So off to Mexico he went…
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Montreal Simon: The Day Donald Trump Declared War On His Own Country
Once upon a time Donald Trump's passionate bromance with Vladimir Putin had its comic qualities.But not any longer. Not after this.And what Trump said yesterday was not only dangerous and crazy.Read more »
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Hillary Clinton and the Bernie Revolution
It's opening night at the Democratic Convention. And what was supposed to be Hillary Clinton's sparkly coronation is turning into a bit of a nightmare.For even as Clinton prepares to accept her party's nomination, what was supposed to be a…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Donald Trump, Mike Pence, and the Humiliation of Chris Christie
I didn't get to watch Donald Trump introduce his running mate Mike Pence yesterday.For it is summer, and both it and life are too short.But now I'm sorry I didn't.Because it was Trump at his worst or most bizarre.Read more »
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Donald Trump and the Road to Damnation
Well he may look like the man from Glad. But Mike Pence, Donald Trump's choice for vice president, is actually the man from God.He defines himself as “a Christian, a conservative, and a Republican, in that order.” And he's really bad news …
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Donald Trump and the Money Pit
It's the ultimate irony. Donald Trump the billionaire, who is always boasting about how much money he has.The man who claimed he could self finance his own campaign.Now finds himself in a really embarrassing position.Up to his big mouth in a money…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Donald Trump and the American Horror Story
In one of last posts I told you how shocked most LGBT Americans were to hear themselves described as Donald Trump's newest supporters.With that ghastly bigot now claiming that after the Orlando massacre, gay people hate Muslims as much as he does.E…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Hillary Clinton, the Millennial Generation, and the Bernie Revolution
Well she finally did it. After years of battling to return the White House where she once lived.After years of highs and lows, and scandals real and imagined.Hillary Clinton is now the Democratic Party's presidential candidate.Read more »
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Why Donald Trump Is Suddenly Looking So Vulnerable
One of the main reasons Donald Trump is so popular, is because for so long he was given a relatively free ride.All he had to deal with were attacks from the other Republican candidates.And as we know they weren't much competition…But now the gen…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Donald Trump and the Liberal Redneck’s Warning
It was only a few weeks ago that Donald Trump promised that as soon as he won the Republican nomination, he would start behaving in a more "presidential" manner.But last week when he finally did clinch the nomination, and sent out that pictu…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Donald Trump and the Great Taco Bowl Stunt
It was the perfect example of why Donald Trump is almost certainly going to lose the Presidential election.For there he was yesterday, trying to reach out to Hispanics who he has insulted, threatened to deport and build a wall to keep out.Celebrating…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The New Donald Trump and Ted Cruz’s Scary Attack Ad
Donald Trump has been on his best behaviour recently, as he tries to change his tone to try to look more presidential. Donald Trump defended Saturday his method of striking a different tone at rallies than he does behind closed doors with party offici…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Will the Panama Papers Propel Bernie Sanders to Victory?
It's impossible to exaggerate the impact of the Panama Papers' scandal. It's impossible to predict how much it will shake up the world, or how many heads will roll. Now the question who's is next? How far will the damage spread? The an…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: Donald Trump and the Accidental President
I've always had the feeling that the person most surprised by Donald Trump's meteoric rise in the polls was The Donald himself.That in his quest to boost his reality television image, and his business profile, he launched himself into the Repub…
Continue readingMontreal Simon: The Bernie Revolution’s Big Night of Victory
It's been an uphill battle for Bernie Sanders and his #feeltheburn followers. The Sander's campaign gets less media coverage than any of the others.And it doesn't have the Super PAC money Hillary Clinton does.But after last night it does ha…
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