Headlines

These headlines are real ... they have all been discovered on Internet news sites.

Obama set for pardon frenzy as he leaves office ...

Rosie O'Donnell calls for Trump to be arrested

Bernie Sanders: Trump won because Democrats are 'out of touch'

Rand Paul: Will a GOP Congress ever balance the budget?

Paul Ryan: Obamacare kill bill will defund Planned Parenthood ...

Experts call declassified Russian report 'disappointing'

ACLU set to testify in Sessions AG confirmation hearings

Never Trumpers contemplate the impossible -- working with Trump

Penn State nixes 'sanctuary campus' plan ...

Gunman shoots, wounds US consular official in Mexico

Heavy snowfall paralyzed Istanbul ...

People donate almost $80K to Chicago victim in just two days

No Trump

Multi-billionaire Donald Trump again announced for the presidency yesterday and threw some red meat to the assembled crowd ... saying for one thing that he would build a wall on our southern border and make Mexico pay for it!. The Donald certainly doesn't lack for ego ... and this is the major off-putting aspect of his personality ... see: Daily Mail Article and Video. Surely Trump might do, as president, many of the things that need doing ... reasserting America's place on the world stage ... restoring our infrastructure ... bringing the American fiscal budget more in balance ... getting our economy moving (even promising 4% annual GDP growth) ... and making this country great again.

And, after eight years of lackluster rule by his current doppelganger, the American voter might be ready for such an offbeat solution ... even radio host Howie Carr here in Boston is rooting for The Donald. However, I somehow feel that Trump is in this race more for the ride and is unlikely to move the masses of the voting public to his side. I could be wrong. I've been wrong before ... predicting Ronald Reagan had no chance. But, if Donald Trump is the Republican nominee ... despite his already trashing of some of his Republican opponents ... I strongly suspect that enough opposition research will come out on him as to sink the very slim chance that he might have. He has lived a very fast and loose life after all.

But then again so has Hillary