As True Thirty winds down its series on the storied journalism of Dan Rottenberg, we wanted to share a piece he wrote for the Broad Street Review in 2017. His prescience is even more impressive than his prose. What makes Trump tick? by: Dan Rottenberg, Jan 24, 2017
Good article! One of the better 'diagnosls' of Trump I have read. It is alarming how many libs who have left the dem party and how many republicans who don't want Trump; might end up reluctantly voting for him again unless the dems pull a better looking rabbit out of somewhere or the republicans grow some and elect a better candidate. Trump has them over a barrel though since he holds about 1/3 of the party votes and has already said he will tell his supporters not to vote at all if a different Rep candidate is selected. Which means the Dems would win again and frankly I don't know too many folks who want either Biden or Kamala either even among the Libs. We desperately need some better candidates!
Maybe NPD is why so many entertainers go into politics.
Yeah, this piece was prophetic. And just one of the reasons why I was so impressed with Dan Rottenberg. A true old fashioned shoe leather journalist. I wish we had more of them today.
Yeah, Dan nailed this piece, huh?
And yes, we do indeed some better candidates! :-)
Thanks again for reading T30!
Glad to see that you re-ran this from 2017 - means even more now! Well done, as always ...
Good article! One of the better 'diagnosls' of Trump I have read. It is alarming how many libs who have left the dem party and how many republicans who don't want Trump; might end up reluctantly voting for him again unless the dems pull a better looking rabbit out of somewhere or the republicans grow some and elect a better candidate. Trump has them over a barrel though since he holds about 1/3 of the party votes and has already said he will tell his supporters not to vote at all if a different Rep candidate is selected. Which means the Dems would win again and frankly I don't know too many folks who want either Biden or Kamala either even among the Libs. We desperately need some better candidates!
Maybe NPD is why so many entertainers go into politics.
Yeah, this piece was prophetic. And just one of the reasons why I was so impressed with Dan Rottenberg. A true old fashioned shoe leather journalist. I wish we had more of them today.
Thanks for reading, buddy!