Oprah Winfrey has her own network: OWN. Now Donald Trump has his own network as well: CNN. Night after night, program after program, the network gives its airtime to him, for free. Tonight, for example, CNN televised Trump's pep rally from Alabama. A pep rally! In case you're wondering, I'm loving the Trump phenomenon. Do I think he can win the presidency? Yes. This doesn't mean I think he will win, only that I wouldn't be surprised if he does. I've called him a buffoon in this blog more than once, but now, having listened to him for several weeks in a variety of contexts, I think he's five steps ahead of everyone else. The man is a genius. Few of the "analysts" on CNN "get" him. Douglas Brinkley, for example, who is a hack historian, gave a laughably inept and partisan analysis this evening, in which he called Trump's view of immigration "nativism." Brinkley doesn't realize that Trump's frank language and bold ideas are precisely what endear him to so many Americans, and not just Republicans.
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