Donald Trump and the lunatic fringe

Authored by chindit The Rise Of America's Lunatic Fringe Anyone who spends any amount of time on the internet has seen them. They are the moonbats, the wingnuts, the whackjobs, the Conspiratorialists. They are America’s new Lunatic Fringe, and their numbers are growing. While the rise of the internet fed a segment of society that has always existed, as the cyberworld has become an increasingly important source of both entertainment and information, an entirely new demographic has joined what was already amongst us.

Donald Trump has invited all the Republican presidential candidates to a debate. Ron Paul and Jon Huntsman properly turned down the offer. Newt Gingrich, hoping for a Trump endorsement like the idea. One must understand upfront this is not a gracious offer by Donald Trump to conduct a a fair debate. This is a self-serving promotion by Don Trump, for Don Trump, to put none other than Don Trump into the spotlight as kingmaker.

On Wednesday The Daily Show aired a segment in which Jon Stewart referred to Donald Trump as F**kface von Clownstick. He said that it was Trump's birth name.

Last night on David Letterman, Donald Trump said that he generally thinks the things he says on Twitter are "smart" and "cute", but sometimes they come back to haunt him.

Donald Trump gave his highly anticipated speech at CPAC Friday morning, and all anyone is talking about now is how confusing and terrible it was.

Donald Trump is threatening an online internet campaigner with a $25m lawsuit over a campaign to encourage Macy's to drop Trump's products from its shelves and his face from its advertising.

The Donald has sued Bill Maher over a joke Maher made last month on NBC's "Tonight Show."