Catch of the Day

It's a tough one: how to you write about Donald Trump's phony candidacy without becoming part of the hype about Donald Trump's phony candidacy? I think that Alex Pareene gets it right in a fun post. Best line (and why it's a catch):

Today Trump even became a pseudo-birther, in an interview with ABC News, which was for some reason taking part in an extensive marketing campaign for a television show that airs on a rival network.

Excellent. Also nice: the idea that the "candidacy" doesn't exist is trumpeted (sorry) in Salon's headline, subhead, and the lead. Just in case you might miss it and, like ABC News, foolishly mistake a media promotional event with a presidential campaign. Jonathan Chait was good on Trump, but Pareene nails this one.

Obligatory NewsRadio reference: Alas, Trump cannot claim, as Jimmy James did, to be Deep Throat, but D.B. Cooper is still available. Sort of.