The sweet smell of success

Shorter verbatim Chris Cillizza:

So, we’re left with this dilemma: Goldberg insists the story is true. Trump insists the story is false. Both of those views can’t be right.Now, I am not in a position to litigate who is right here.

“Either he’s alive or he’s dead, or the cops got him… or they don’t.” If only Mr. Blonde knew that the real lucrative crime in America is to pull in a six figure salary for this kind of insight he might still be alive.

Even more instructive is that CNN actually used this “analysis” to promote the column:

Whatever else is happening in the United States there has never been a better socioeconomic context for a submediocre well-connected white guy.