2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumTrump found his "idea" about the Russians having Clinton's emails
from theoretical speculations in an op-ed in the WSJ, but before the writer got to that point, he had this to say:
Mr. Trump is a classic demagogue. He has made his way by breast-beating about American dilemmas as if he discovered them. We wont enforce our immigration law but wont change it either. NATOs role is uncertain and America shoulders a disproportionate burden. Trade raises our standard of living but costs some Americans their jobs (as all competition does). This editorial page has warned for 30 years about too big to fail. If it were as easy to solve these dilemmas as Mr. Trump pretends, they would have been solved by now.
Put aside the practical arguments prominent Republicans use for, grudgingly, supporting Mr. Trump: His tax plan is good. He would blow up a status quo incapable of productive change or evolution. Hes not Hillary Clinton.
The problem is, these supporters who lend him credibility nevertheless cant believe anything Mr. Trump says. He lies not only to voters in the time-honored way, to gather a coalition to get him into office. He has a history of lying in his business, to his partners, customers, lenders and subcontractors. He sent his wife out to tell the American people your word is your bond. She stole the line from Michelle Obama.
Mr. Trump may occasionally tell the truth but you would never know it. His supporters are only guessing about what he intends, if anything, in office.
http://www.wsj.com/articles/a-john-le-carre-election-1469574311
And about Clinton's emails:
A complete record may yet exist that Mrs. Clinton doesnt know about. Hackers may have broken into her serverMr. Comey seemed to suggest it was highly likely. Before or after she takes the oath, foreign agencies may begin posting unredacted versions of the censored emails the State Department has been publishing. They may post nonpersonal personal emails the State Department has never seen. They may post fake deleted emails that Mrs. Clinton would be unable to prove are fake.
Skidmore
(37,364 posts)Don't they dare try to excuse this monster. Want to complain?
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Tatiana
(14,167 posts)Oy. What a situation we find ourselves in.