I watched the NBC Nightly News this evening and was reminded why I rarely do so. There’s very little news and a lot of fluff.
The lead story was billed as a “war” between Donald Trump and Ted Cruz over the State of Iowa. It seems Cruz is surging, whatever that means, in the polls there and The Donald isn’t happy.
So he called Cruz a maniac. However, from the clips NBC showed, Cruz seemed to be minding his own business and rallying his team. Not really what a maniac would do. It made me wonder if Trump has a team, given he’s paying for his campaign himself.
Some announcer then said that there were about fifty days left before the Iowa Caucus, which leads me to believe more firmly that this story isn’t a story at all. Granted, it suggests the Republican Party is in disarray and that there will be a lot of infighting in the future. But that’s nothing new.
Call me cynical, but I suspect the real purpose of this news item was to promote the final GOP debate of the year which takes place tomorrow night.
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