Hillary Clinton

A Simple Way Out of Trump and Hillary

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Not that it would work. Should Clinton get the most votes or electoral votes, the left would riot if Congress would elect another, or put excruciating pressure on Democratic Congressmen. Ditto for Trump supporters, though I suspect it would be more measured.

http://thefederalist.com/2016/10/14/stupid-simple-way-trump-vs-hillary-2016/

 

A Well Thought Case For Trump and Against Clinton

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Conrad Black: The first one-on-one between Clinton and Trump was an even, if disappointing, debate

“For the United States, the last 20 years have been a multiple disaster — in the Middle East, endless war, national fragmentation and humanitarian tragedy; the greatest economic debacle since the 1930s; the admission of millions of unskilled peasants into the country illegally; doubling the national debt of 233 years in seven years to achieve annual economic growth of one per cent; and truckling to Iranian sectarian zealotry and sponsorship of terrorism while the entire alliance system has putrefied. President Obama and secretary Clinton have led the West to make common cause with the Russians and Iranians in the remnants of Iraq that both Bushes invaded, while exchanging fire in the neighboring rubble heap of Syria with the same Russians and Iranians. It is impossible to imagine any American president of living memory conducting the West into such a ludicrous crossfire.

One member or another of the Bush and Clinton families was president, vice-president, or secretary of state for eight straight terms (1981-2013) and both families put up candidates for the White House this year. The Adams and Roosevelts had distinguished presidents 20 years apart, and Teddy Roosevelt and FDR were sixth cousins and in different parties. This recent handing around of the nation’s highest offices almost without interruption for decades is not based on dazzling merit and has become, as Hillary Clinton’s endless falsehoods suggest, a corrupt practice. (Obama only managed to intrude into this bi-regency because the Democratic party’s grandees, the unelected ex officio delegates to the Democratic convention in 2008, concluded that it was time for a non-white president. The conclusion was the right one but the beneficiary of it was not.)“

The Debate of The Century

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Not so much. More like a schoolyard brawl.

The leftist media saw a big Hillary win. Online polls (admittedly unscientific) had Trump winning, some by a lot. More thoughtful pundits saw a tie or Hillary by a nose. The first 30 minutes were carried by Trump when he hit Hillary on trade and the economy. The next 30 minutes went to Hillary when Trump got hit on taxes and birtherism. The last 30 minutes were probably a tie. The questioning was clearly skewed against Trump. One wonders if the Clinton mafia didn’t threaten Lester Holt and NBC in advance especially after the Matt Laurer kerfuffle. While Trump got hit with tough questions on the above, Clinton faced not one question on Benghazi, her email server, the Clinton Foundation or her “deplorables” comment. NOT ONE! This may ultimately backfire against her and the left-wing media as it plays into the idea (truth) that most media is in the tank for Clinton. Trust in media is at an all-time low and voters may recoil against obviously biased questioning.

Lester Holt: The Third Debater?

For both candidates it was probably a mixed bag. Trump was good on trade and the economy, looked Presidential at times, was genuine and proved that he could handle the big stage with Clinton (pre-debate whisper by the left was that he would get blown away). On the flip-side, he interrupted too often, did appear miffed at times and got into the trees too often on insignificant things (taxes, birtherism). He has to comment quickly and move on or redirect. On his personal taxes all he has to say is “I have been audited every year of my adult life. I have always complied with the law and my lawyers advise me to withhold releasing my taxes until the audit is complete. Why is that so hard? As a consequence he was way too defensive during the last hour. Clinton kept her cool and often stayed on message. However, she looked flummoxed at times, especially on trade and really had nothing new to offer. She played small-ball: green energy, stop-and-frisk, Trump not paying a contractor or two and insulting a few women…really? That’s the best you got? She also looked scripted, phony and smug compared to the “genuine” Trump, and her nasty attack at the end regarding Trump’s “misogyny” may be seen as overly negative.

My takeaway is that Trump missed an opportunity to deliver a knockout blow. Although Lester Holt treated her with kid gloves, Trump had the opportunity to hit her where she is vulnerable. When she brought up “conflicts of interest”, I think during the personal tax discussion, the door was wide open for Trump to say “The Clinton Foundation is a walking conflict of interest” and then lay out a specific or two. When she criticized Trump for not paying contactors, he should have said “much of my support is from the working class, people you call Deplorables”. When she attacked on his women comments, he should have countered ” Hillary Clinton is a walking war on women” and then outlined all of the women she has tried to destroy. I can’t believe that he was not quicker on the counter-punch. He had huge openings and didn’t take them.

My advice to Trump for next debate: keep cool, don’t be defensive, answer and redirect. Look for every opportunity to attack Clinton on her email server, Benghazi, her honesty, the Clinton Foundation, her “Deplorables”, attacks on women, ect.

Another view:

http://thefederalist.com/2016/09/27/6-quick-takeaways-from-last-nights-presidential-debate/

Final exit comment: I find it comical that media “fact-checkers” found Clinton more truthful. Several had her near perfectly honest or truthful. That struck me as odd. Thinking back over the debate, it seemed like they were about equal in telling things factually correct and honest or telling mistruths. I then went back and quickly found four obvious instances where Clinton lied or was incorrect. This just proves that even the media truth police are corrupt. Best to ignore them.

If The US Won’t Save Itself…

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Perhaps WikiLeaks and Julian Assange will save it. It is sad that an activist may have to take the necessary steps to save the country from its corrupt government, but more power to them. Clinton should already be up on charges in the email scandal if law enforcement actually did its job. I wonder what they have that may be so damning. So far, Assange has delivered the goods.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xh9R_dbYVAs

Weep For the USA

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If you are following the political theater of the absurd, Trump is in trouble, Hillary is surging, Democrats are on message, Republicans are either unsupportive, actively working against Trump, or in a few cases (Meg Whitman) supporting Hillary. I can see not voting or supporting Gary Johnson, but Whitman has crossed a line. Nothing could be more despicable than what she has done. Consider, Meg: Hillary has spent the past 30 years using political connections to enrich herself, endanger national security and would most certainly be headed to prison if her last name wasn’t Clinton. If elected she will continue the failed Obama legacy and continue to expand a massive, corrupt, inefficient government.

Sure the LWM, which loved Trump during the primary has turned on him viciously, but he has to stop the unforced errors and be perfect to have a chance. It is simply stunning that he beat a field of 16 mostly highly qualified candidates but is now “in trouble” while Hillary barely beat a man who is little more than a warm corpse.

http://www.nationalreview.com/article/438580/democrats-outcaricaturing-trump

http://www.nationalreview.com/article/438618/third-party-candidates-gary-johnson-jill-stein-have-no-chance-presidency

How tens of millions of Americans could vote for a felon and a grafter is beyond me. The US is truly in dire straights, a may be beyond saving.

 

The US Has Become A Banana Republic

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With the FBI letting Hillary Clinton slide last week in the email scandal, Obama’s overt agitation on the issue of race, and Ruth Ginsburg’s open politicking on the presidency, the US is looking more and more like a Banana Republic.

In the case of Clinton, this is hardly the first time the rule of law has not been applied evenly, but does anyone for a second believe that if she was not “Hillary Clinton, presumptive Democratic nominee” that she would not have been indicted? This is a very dangerous precedent and signals loudly that laws that apply to most do not apply to our political elites.

As far as Obama goes, his foot-in-mouth racial advocacy blew up in his face with the murders of five Dallas police. But even that could not stop him from pontificating. He is not a leader or uniter…he is simply a clueless, incompetent ideologue.

Finally there is Ginsburg, whose critique of Trump was so unprecedented that even the NYT and WAPO took to criticizing her. She has rarely hidden her far-left ideology, but by making such public statements she has proven to no longer be fit for the bench. One must wonder if she is nuts. She has done untold damage to what is supposed to be an impartial body.

Where I was once angry at such things, I now find myself deeply saddened. The country is in serious trouble with a government like this.