and I'm quite used to the assertive northern urban east coast people. This is different, Trump is the guy you invite to dinner at home if you owe him some sort of social obligation because you know he'll embarrass you in a restaurant.

I am somewhat grateful to the man for resurrecting such a useful but nearly forgotten word. Now if only someone will come along to fully illustrate "fop," my world will be closer to completion.

Stubby Fingered Vulgarian?

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"getagrip" commenting about "short fingered vulgarian".

The tRump probably can't even get a grip on his own stuff!!

My only known Republican relative, a cousin, lives there. In an effort to keep family peace I've never discussed politics with her, but she's a retired teacher still getting all the great benefits and pension that her teachers union has gotten her yet a Repug. Honestly don't know what she thinks of Trump and not going to ask.

I grew up in an adjacent county. Four contiguous counties there in south central PA were the four (out of 66 in PA) that voted for Goldwater in 1964.

and reverts to their previous lukewarm-liberal programming. Alas, it's more of a fluke these days.

Where does this "NPR is rightwing" nonsense come from?

I hear it all the time-- is it trolling or just ignorance?

And don't get me started on Cokie Roberts.

You, of course, are entitled to a different experience. NPR is the last button I push on my car radio these days. Maybe I've been too quick to react, but I've heard too many things that made me push NPR into the radio dump heap. My NPR listening experience is very limited these days.

There's a lot more on NPR than Morning Edition and Cokie.

and end up turning it off most every morning as some right wing shill comes on for a comment.

Or as seems to be the case on most of their news shows they have to insert that "Clinton has a trust problem" into most political stories, whether it is relevant or not.

And yeah Cokie Roberts and Mara Liasson and Tucker Carlson and Jonah Goldberg etc. They can't seem to find liberal commentators.

NPR would be a great place for a weekly Jon Stewart commentary.

When Diane would take treatment, some woman would take over and it would be horrible for those of us that read as well as listen.

Lately, even Diane would only make one followup question and then stop. Her guests would be ready for that these days and so it is like going back in time or to another channel with no followup questions. Diane's replacement woman ... like she never heard another side to a story.

They had to get rid of Carl Castle shortly before his multiple decades anniversary and replace him.

If two parties continue to constitute our politics, we should have at least two separate radio stations broadcasting in each locale.

Living on Earth, Snap Judgement, RadioLab, To the Best of Our Knowledge. These are the reasons I listen to and support NPR. I listen to NPR on a regular basis and have since 1971, and I have never noticed a rightwing slant to the news at any time during the intervening years. There does seem to have been an effort to be more "balanced" for the past several years, but that does not mean they are right wing. They are, IMHO, one of the most balanced sources of news available to the US public. I don't watch TV, and this is one of the few choices available to me.

I think there's some old saying about being easy to please, but I can't put my finger on it. But, yeah, regarding the people in your post, even if you just have a little bit of class and sophistication you'll be turned off by Trump.

or left.