1. Early in December, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, who all things considered had a very rocky year, made history when...
...a Quinnipiac poll showed his job disapproval rating at 77 percent.
2. Ted Cruz said that when his wife, Heidi, became first lady…
...“French fries are coming back to the cafeteria.”3. Marco Rubio’s ad about how “It’s Morning Again in America” made news because…
...it opened with a shot of the Vancouver skyline.
4. In a debate, Ben Carson said that when a president vets potential Supreme Court nominees, he should consider…
...“the fruit salad of their life.”5. This year Rick Perry, Donald Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Energy…
...lost the paso doble competition to Vanilla Ice on “Dancing With the Stars.”6. Retired Gen. Jim Mattis, Trump’s selection for Secretary of Defense, is nicknamed…
...Mad Dog.7. Linda McMahon, Trump’s pick to head the Small Business Administration, has known the president-elect a long time. McMahon’s husband, Vince, once paired with Trump in a…
...professional wrestling production in which Trump shaved off McMahon’s hair.8. Trump’s choice for Labor Secretary, Andrew Puzder, is a fast-food franchise baron who once said…
...“I like beautiful women eating burgers in bikinis. I think it’s very American.”9. Trump won the Electoral College by one of the lowest margins in American history, and got nearly three million votes fewer than Hillary Clinton. Afterward, he referred to his victory as…
..."a landslide."10. In a TV interview, Trump said that when he looks in the mirror he sees…
...“a person that is 35 years old.”11. Trump said he didn’t need a daily intelligence briefing because…
...“I’m, like, a smart person.”
12. Trump’s doctor, who wrote the famous letter declaring Trump would be “the healthiest individual ever elected to the presidency,” gave an interview in which he said it had never occurred to him that Trump, at 70, would be the oldest president-elect. But he added…
...“If something happens to him, then it happens to him .… That’s why we have a vice president and a speaker of the House and a whole line of people. They can just keep dying.”Acknowledgement: The great Gail Collins
>"...They can just keep dying.”
ReplyDeleteI don't believe anything further needs to be said.