2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumHillary-Hatred Derangement Syndrome
By Dorothy Rabinowitz (who is a member of the WSJ editorial board, usually covers media and was a leading skeptics at the children abuses on day care centers stories of the 80s.)
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The NeverHillary forces are another matter entirelycitizens well aware of the darker aspects of Donald Trumps character but who have nonetheless concluded that they should give him their vote. They are aware of his casual disregard for truth, his self-obsession, his ignorance, his ingrained vindictiveness. Not even the first presidential debate, which saw him erupt into a snarling aside about Rosie ODonnell, could loosen his hold on that visceral drive to inflict payback, in this case over a feud 10 years old.
The NeverHillary forces are aware, too, of his grandiosityhis announcement that he knows more about Islamic State than any of Americas generals will long be rememberedhis impulse-driven character, his insatiable need for applause, the head-turning effect on him of an approving word from Vladimir Putin. The Russian leaders compliment late last year was of the mildest kindhe referred to Mr. Trump as talented and colorfulbut it was enough to make the candidates heart go pitter-patter with gratitude and engender instant expressions of his faith in Mr. Putins integrity and leadership. As Mr. Trump himself has explained, if he says nice things about me, Im going to say nice things about him.
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Yes, Trump may be rough around the edges, but hes a fresh force, the argument goes, unlike the establishment war horse, Mrs. Clinton, with her history of scandal and rumors thereof, and her decades in politics. Mr. Trump is the dynamo who will blow up the old order. Hes authentic, a man with the courage of his convictions.
Mr. Trump has not, of course, shown himself notably reliable as regards the courage of his convictions. Its by now impossible to count the number of times and ways in which hes sidled away from his grand plans on immigration, that promise to deport everyone here illegally, not to mention his proposal to institute a total block on Muslim immigration till we figure things out. Hes proffered no less than three different views on abortion, one of which called for at least some punishment for the woman involvedquickly changed to wait, no, it should be the doctor.
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Here is a flaw apparently even more rankling than her email server history, the questions about Benghazi, or the Clinton Foundation: She offers nothing of Mr. Trumps aura of free-swinging dynamism, not to mention a mind blissfully uncluttered by facts, knowledge of geopolitical realities, and the like.
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Her election alone is what stands between the American nation and the reign of the most unstable, proudly uninformed, psychologically unfit president ever to enter the White House.
http://www.wsj.com/articles/hillary-hatred-derangement-syndrome-1475192121
jodymarie aimee
(3,975 posts)Lawrence had her on last nite. As all of his segments, masterful.
uppityperson
(115,677 posts)My poem on his followers
He is strong
He speaks his mind
He didn't mean how that is being reported
He is smart
He is a winner
He says what I wish I could if I weren't so polite
He didn't mean that
He rallies us to be more
He is bold
He is mad at the lying media
He is real
He didn't mean that
He is attacking people who deserve it
He is attacking goldstar parents?
He didn't mean that
He is attacking women, muslims, poor, fat, people who are lower class
I thought he attacked someone I liked, but was mistaken
He didn't mean that
I thought he attacked someone good, he said he didn't
He didn't mean that
I am confused
He is masterful
He didn't mean that
He doesn't pay taxes?
The "lying media" reported his exact words and they are bothersome
He can't mean that
He said what about all those women?
He can't be that bad, must be pretending
He is accusing others of the same thing he does?
He didn't pay his employees, repeatedly?
Has he no empathy?
He is seeming like a bully but can't really mean that
Benghazi!
I am so confused
I can't be confused
He can't mean that
He can't mean that
He can't mean that
He can't mean that
He can't mean that