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From Glenn Reynolds of Instapundit: "You should also listen to Surber, one of the few who clearly saw the Trump Train coming. Scholars of this election should read his Trump The Press. But probably won’t."

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About the Author

Don Surber is a retired newspaper columnist living in Poca, West Virginia. An Army veteran and a graduate of Cleveland State University, his political blog -- http://donsurber.blogspot.com -- is a must-read daily for thousands of people around the world.

The author of two books on Exceptional Americans, Surber uses his wit and their words to show not only the bias of media coverage of Donald Trump, but also the media's incompetence and failure to understand the very readers and viewers they worked for.

"Trump the Press" is a celebration of the American people finally standing up to the elitists in the media and politics.

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Publication Date: July 25, 2016
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Great fun!

ByWilliam P. Woodallon July 6, 2016

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A new political classic!

This delightful book contains hundreds of quotes from the pundits, opinion 'leaders' and political 'experts' who all failed to comprehend the rise of Trump. "What fools these mortals be" was the Bard's line, but it also applies here.

But it's not just quotes; Surber's acerbic wit and analysis are also present, as in this passage:

"Only someone as entrenched in the federal government (as Witcover became after decades of covering Washington) would dismiss Trump's forty years as a chief executive officer as making him "conspicuously unqualified" to be president, especially while a community organizer with less than a term in the Senate sat at the Resolute desk in the Oval Office."

This volume should be required reading for all those studying political 'science' or journalism. Great fun!

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The Whole Story.

ByLaurence F. Sheldon, Jr.on July 7, 2016

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Dense.

Interesting word.

On the one hand it describes well the targets here, the "press". So dense that no amount of "obvious" can penetrate.

On the other hand, it describes the book itself, where every word on every page conveys the story to the reader.

Another reviewer describes it as "a new political classic" -- I think it may be a new genre -- one that not only explains what happened, but also provides the whole back drop so the reader can see WHY it happened.

The whole book is important and should be read in-sequence, but be prepared for some chapters to hit harder than others, I think there were a half dozen like that--particularly 34, 41 and 44.

These special chapters triggered Aha! moments for me, where with great clarity I saw for the first time things I should have seen before.

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The complete record of the stupidity of the pundits and journalists writing during the primary season, 2016

ByDavid Bakinon August 1, 2016

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You might think this book is only for Trump fans. It is not. It is a record for anyone who needs now or will need in the future a reminder of how utterly useless and completely wrong-headed the entire pundit and "journalist" class is (*). There is no point whatsoever in paying any attention at all to any pundit - regardless of declared political affiliation - or any "journalist" at all - who is making political prognostications. They are none of them independent - they just follow each other like sheep. Sheep who believe their own beliefs are echoed by the people at large. Poor benighted fools, they all suffer from severe Dunning–Kruger effect.

I will be buying the revised and updated version of this book in December 2016, because regardless of how the election turns out, we'll have 4 full months of additional mistaken garbage to read to from the bien-pensant morons.

(*) With a few exceptions, like the author of this litany of failure, who had the insight that this book would be an interesting record to create.

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Bypaul s damus,mdon July 2, 2016

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I do not believe any book like this has ever existed in the literature of politics or its history, certainly not of the press per se. It is written with an easy style, deceptive in its seeming simplicity and innocent humor, devoid as it is of the sneering hostility common to its protagonists, the pundit press, that renders it hard to put down as a book, all the more admirable in its message that truth is more than a match for the arrogance of the false prophet unfairly ordained. Surber has mined and quoted, without truncating in the least, the extensive column footage of political "experts" predicting the fall and humiliation of Donald Trump, often for years prior to his nomination bid. Whether you love, fear, or hate Trump, there is much to learn and even enjoy for all sides in this smoothly written and often delightful little book. The Chapter "Peak Trump" is worth the price of the book by itself and someday it will be considered a required classic for the educated journalist or connoisseur of political satire. The press itself and its monolithic motivation to rule popular opinion is examined in some detail, not in a polemic by the author, but by the press itself in its own indelible words.
Surber is a blogger now but was the political analyst of a small town newspaper for decades. He correctly called several National elections, missed others. He has the humility that gives power to his views, never blatant, always informative, always surprising. This book is a masterpiece.

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Outstanding!

ByZ Regimeon July 4, 2016

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This is first rate writing. I consider Don a friend (and fellow Mountaineer!) but even if he wasn't, there is no doubt about his literary skills. The man knows how to make a case for his beliefs without being preachy or overbearing. WHEN - not if - Trump wins, this book will be looked at as one of the most sagely and prescient books in modern presidential political history.

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Buy this one.

ByArnold F. Williamson July 18, 2016

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I haven't enjoyed a book quite like this one EVER. In punchy, tightly written chapters, Don Surber reviews the GOP primary process, from announcements, to primaries, to majority delegate position for Donald Trump, and has a blast with the conventional wisdom of the press and the pundits (who in general performed abysmally) who got to see their predictions fail in a short time, again and again. For those of us whose humor revolves around a line that gets more meaningful over time (think of Marc Anthony's "honorable men"), this is a collection of essays and chapters not to be missed.

You want it. This is worth buying.

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He has done so with wonderful humor and irony

With remarkably extensive research and direct quotes, Don has done a marvelous job highlighting the machinations, screeds and convulsions of the anti-Trump movement in the run up...Read more

Published 12 days ago by David Batten

Thankfully!

It was most enjoyable reading this book about how the Trump 2016 election played out. I have ordered your next book and am anxious to read it!

Published 15 days ago by mbmeme

That's why they call 'em "experts"

A fun read. Interesting to see how so many "experts" can be so persistently wrong and refuse to budge from preconceived notions.Read more

Published 17 days ago by rurallbob

Good book well written great detail

Arrived on time. Good book well written great detail. Could be even better if it were indexed.

Published 19 days ago by Ron Michaels

MANDATORY READING!

Captures the entire terrifying and hilarious behavior of the doofus commentariat and mainstream media during the amazing 2015-2016 election process.Read more

Published 23 days ago by mifouf

A Searing Indictment of Conventional Wisdom circa 2015/2016

If you are a blogger like myself who closely followed and on occasion personally covered the presidential primaries Don Surber's excellent book Trump the Press is a trip down...Read more

Published 1 month ago by Peter Ingemi

Don's a two copy author for me!

I came to know about Don Surber through Instapundit and so took Glenn Reynold's advice to read "Trump the Press".Read more

Published 1 month ago by Mary Stephanie Kilroe

Not just about our execrable press -- the book provides insight into the man

I first learned of the Surber book (and heard of Don Surber) when Steve Hayward wrote about it—with enthusiasm—at the PowerLine blog.Read more

Published 1 month ago by Paul

An excellent and hilarious narrative of the 2016 Republican nomination and the pundits who got it all so very, very wrong

BTW -- this is Fritz Sands (Kyra's husband), so this is my review, not hers.

This is a fast and entertaining (and quite amusingly vicious) recapitulation of the 2016...Read more

Published 1 month ago by Kyra Sands

Mr. Surbers' instincts of the American electorate are rare ...

Mr. Surbers' instincts of the American electorate are rare in "News Media." He hits out of the park exposing how the game was played and how the media and pols didn't know...Read more

Published 1 month ago by HW

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